Quick and Handy Grammar Review: Questions Formation Exercise 1

Questions in English ✎
Grammar Practice Worksheets
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Quick and Handy Grammar Review: Questions Formation 2
Exercise 1:
Sentence stems. Complete the questions. 5
Exercise 2:
Sentence conclusions. Complete the questions. 6
Exercise 3:
Form the questions. 7
Exercise 4:
Exercise 5:
Error Correction. Correct the mistakes in the questions and answers. 9
Exercise 6:
Exercise 7:
Exercise 8:
Choose the correct question word for each question. 12
Exercise 9:
Match each question word with the correct answer. 13
Exercise 10:
Write short answers. 14
Answer Key 15
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Quick and Handy Grammar Review: Question Formation

One of the most difficult grammar tasks in English is forming questions. The typical subject - verb word order
is often inverted. Tenses sometimes change, and modals or auxiliary verbs (be, have, or do) are inserted in the
sentence.
The 20 key words for questions in English are:

Do Modals Have Be
Do Can Could Have Am
Does Will Would Has Is
Did Shall Should Had Are
May Might Was
Must Were
For each type of question, there is a specific word order.
Structures
X = Auxiliary Verb or Modal S = Subject V = Verb
I. Yes / No Questions:
Structure: Auxiliary - Subject - Verb (+ Object)

X S V
1. Does he speak Chinese?
X S V (object)
2. Do you know the professor?

X S V (object)
3. Can I help you?

X S V (object)
4. May I borrow your pen?

X S V (object)
5. Have you finished your homework?

X S V (object)
II. Yes / No Questions with Be:
Structure: Verb - Subject

V S
1. Is she Korean?
V S (adjective)
2. Are you doing your homework?

V S V (object)
3. Am I in the right room?

V S (prepositional phrase)
4. Was he the president?

V S (object)
5. Were you tired?

V S (adjective)
III. WH Questions:
Who What When Where Why Whose How
Structure: Question word - Auxiliary - Subject - Verb (+ Object)

Q X S V
A. WH Questions with Do
1. When do we eat?
Q X S V
2. Where does he eat?

Q X S V
3. Why did they eat spicy food?

Q X S V (object)
Note: The word eat is in the base form and does not change in the question according to singular/plural
(do / does), or present/past (do / did).
B. WH Questions with Modals

1. When can I come?
Q X S V
2. Why must you study?

Q X S V
3. Where will we meet tomorrow morning?

Q X S V
C. WH Questions with Have

1. Why has your brother gone home?
Q X S V (object)
2. Where has your sister worked for the last two years?
Q X S V
3. Who have you talked to recently?

Q X S V
Note: The V (verb) is in the past participle form and does not change in the question.
D. WH Questions with Be
1. Was he your husband?
V S (adjective)
2. Why are you so happy today?

Q V S (adjective)
3. Where is she now?

Q V S
Exercise 1:
Sentence stems. Complete the questions.
1. Who is ________________________________________________________________________?
2. What does he ___________________________________________________________________?
3. Why did Mark _________________________________________________________________ ?
4. Where are we __________________________________________________________________ ?
5. How many pieces of cake _________________________________________________________ ?
6. How much did you ______________________________________________________________ ?
7. When is Marco going to __________________________________________________________ ?
8. Where did _____________________________________________________________________ ?
9. How much do __________________________________________________________________ ?
10. How long ____________________________________________________________________ ?
Exercise 2:
Sentence conclusions. Use the following sentence conclusions to write present, past, or future questions.
1. _______________________________________________________________ last month?
2. _______________________________________________________________ next semester?
3. _______________________________________________________________ right now?
4. _______________________________________________________________ to the beach?
5. _______________________________________________________________ me some advice?
6. _______________________________________________________________ tomorrow evening?
7. _______________________________________________________________ before we go home?
8. _______________________________________________________________ on Sunday?
9. _______________________________________________________________ next winter?
10. _______________________________________________________________ after class ends?
Exercise 3:
Form questions for the following answers.
1. Four cups. _______________________________________________________________?
2. At 3:00. _______________________________________________________________?
3. Three years old. _______________________________________________________________?
4. $425 a week. _______________________________________________________________?
5. She is the professor. _______________________________________________________________?
6. He is a butcher. _______________________________________________________________?
7. $50 for the pair. _______________________________________________________________?
8. Next Tuesday. _______________________________________________________________?
9. From Korea. _______________________________________________________________?
10. Last week. _______________________________________________________________?
Exercise 4:
Form questions for the following answers.
1. Four times. _______________________________________________________________?
2. At the mall. _______________________________________________________________?
3. Three hundred years old. ____________________________________________________________?
4. In 1984. _______________________________________________________________?
5. She is in the hospital. _______________________________________________________________?
6. To China. _______________________________________________________________?
7. Twice a week. _______________________________________________________________?
8. Tall and slender. _______________________________________________________________?
9. Black. _______________________________________________________________?
10. Chicken and rice. _______________________________________________________________?
Exercise 5:
Error Correction. Correct the mistakes in the questions and answers.
1. What doing Robert tomorrow at 3:00? He going to the movies.
___________________________________________________________________________________
2. Why work Maria two jobs? She need the money.
___________________________________________________________________________________
3. What weather like yesterday? It is cold.
___________________________________________________________________________________
4. Do he know the professor name? It Professor Johnson.
___________________________________________________________________________________
5. He is work in a store? He make a good salary.
___________________________________________________________________________________
6. When did come Chang to class? In 3:00.
___________________________________________________________________________________
7. Can you to tell me what time is it? It 4:30.
___________________________________________________________________________________
8. Where were he yesterday? I no see him.
___________________________________________________________________________________
9. Do Victoria live in Salem? I no think so.
___________________________________________________________________________________
10. Why you no tell me about the test? I didn’t never know about it.
___________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 6:
Form questions to get the underlined information.
1. James works in a cellphone store. _____________________________________________________?
2. Maya is 22. _____________________________________________________?
3. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. _________________________________________?
4. Harry was driving 91 miles an hour. _____________________________________________________?
5. Joan became the new head teller in Community Bank. _______________________________________?
6. Maria has to do her homework now. _____________________________________________________?
7. The Andersons will leave for Thailand next Sunday. _______________________________________?
8. Hye Seop graduated in 2006. _____________________________________________________?
9. Olga’s raise was $2000 a year. _____________________________________________________?
10. Lars Lindemann is the coach of New City. _______________________________________________?
Exercise 7:
Form questions to get the underlined information.
1. John is a computer specialist. _____________________________________________________?
2. Maria has 20 cousins. _____________________________________________________?
3. Harry Carson is the owner of Amadeus Restaurant. __________________________________________?
4. My sister has to stay in the hospital for three days. __________________________________________?
5. Johan left early because he has to wake up early tomorrow morning. ____________________________?
6. Mario likes to cook. _____________________________________________________?
7. Andy ate four slices of pizza. _____________________________________________________?
8. Chantel weighs 120 pounds. _____________________________________________________?
9. Olivia was born in 1980. _____________________________________________________?
10. Wassim was born in Korea. _____________________________________________________?
Exercise 8:
Choose the correct question word for each question.
1. [ ] don’t you like the pizza tonight?
a. Who b. Why c. How d. Where
2. [ ] does your brother work?
3. [ ] bag is that on the table?
a. Who b. Why c. How d. Whose
4. [ ] do you get from school to your house?
5. [ ] old is your little brother?
6. [ ] did you come late to class today?
7. [ ] lives next door to you?
8. [ ] did you come to the United States?
9. [ ] are you going to the party with?
10. [ ] is the nearest pharmacy?
Exercise 9:
Match each question word with the correct answer.
1. why? a. nine years old b. 42 degrees

c. at 1:00 d. because I was late
2. who? a. my sister b. 420 pounds

c. at 1:00 d. because I was hungry
3. when? a. my aunt b. $420

c. at 3:00 d. because she was tired
4. how much? a. my uncle b. $120

c. at midnight d. at the mall
5. with whom? a. my aunt b. three days a week

c. at 9:00 d. never in my life
6. how often? a. with my aunt b. three days a week

c. at the airport d. in 1971
7. which? a. the green one b. too many

c. in June d. 500 miles
8. when? a. my sister b. with Han Min

c. in the summer d. in India
9. why? a. a police officer b. $1200 a month

c. in Thailand d. because she found a new job
10. what? a. my friend b. three pounds

c. at 2:00 d. an old dog
Exercise 10:
Write short answers to the following questions. Example: Is Tommy late? Yes, he is.
1. Is Barbara nice? Yes, ________________________________________.
2. Was Harold on time? No, ________________________________________.
3. Is your bag black? No, ________________________________________.
4. Is Professor Herzog your teacher? Yes, ________________________________________.
5. Are you from Pakistan? Yes, ________________________________________.
6. Are you 24 years old? No, ________________________________________.
7. Are we in the right room? Yes, ________________________________________.
8. Is the dog inside? No, ________________________________________.
9. Were you driving 45 miles an hour? Yes, ________________________________________.
10. Were you married last year? No, ________________________________________.

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Quick and Handy Grammar Review: Question Formation

The 20 key words for questions in English are:

For each type of question, there is a specific word order.

Structure: Auxiliary - Subject - Verb (+ Object)

2. Do you know the professor?

3. Can I help you?

4. May I borrow your pen?

5. Have you finished your homework?

II. Yes / No Questions with Be:

Structure: Verb - Subject

2. Are you doing your homework?

3. Am I in the right room?

4. Was he the president?

5. Were you tired?

Who What When Where Why Whose How

Structure: Question word - Auxiliary - Subject - Verb (+ Object)

2. Where does he eat?

3. Why did they eat spicy food?

B. WH Questions with Modals

2. Why must you study?

3. Where will we meet tomorrow morning?

C. WH Questions with Have

3. Who have you talked to recently?

2. Why are you so happy today?

3. Where is she now?

2. What does he ___________________________________________________________________?

3. Why did Mark _________________________________________________________________ ?

4. Where are we __________________________________________________________________ ?

5. How many pieces of cake _________________________________________________________ ?

6. How much did you ______________________________________________________________ ?

7. When is Marco going to __________________________________________________________ ?

8. Where did _____________________________________________________________________ ?

9. How much do __________________________________________________________________ ?

10. How long ____________________________________________________________________ ?

1. _______________________________________________________________ last month?

2. _______________________________________________________________ next semester?

3. _______________________________________________________________ right now?

4. _______________________________________________________________ to the beach?

5. _______________________________________________________________ me some advice?

6. _______________________________________________________________ tomorrow evening?

7. _______________________________________________________________ before we go home?

9. _______________________________________________________________ next winter?

10. _______________________________________________________________ after class ends?

1. Four cups. _______________________________________________________________?

3. Three years old. _______________________________________________________________?

4. $425 a week. _______________________________________________________________?

5. She is the professor. _______________________________________________________________?

7. $50 for the pair. _______________________________________________________________?

8. Next Tuesday. _______________________________________________________________?

9. From Korea. _______________________________________________________________?

10. Last week. _______________________________________________________________?

1. Four times. _______________________________________________________________?

2. At the mall. _______________________________________________________________?

3. Three hundred years old. ____________________________________________________________?

5. She is in the hospital. _______________________________________________________________?

7. Twice a week. _______________________________________________________________?

8. Tall and slender. _______________________________________________________________?