Exercise 1 Put the words in the questions in the right order

1 Where/you/born/were?

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2 Where/you/did/grow up?

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3 What/like/did/you/doing/at school?

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4 What/like/were/you/as/a young child?

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5 When/decide/you/did/an actor/to become?

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6 How/parents/your/did/react?

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7 What/say/when/told/did/you/they/them?

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8 How/you/when/old/left/were/you/home?

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9 What/job/first/your/in the theatre/was?

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10 What/of/directors/working/kind/with/you/do/like?

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Exercise 2 For each of the following, first make a yes/no question. Then make an information question using where, when, how long and a subject question using who

Example: They can stay there.

Yes/no question: Can they stay there?

Information question: Where can they stay?

Subject question Who can stay there?

1 She stays there every summer.

2 She is staying there.

3 She will stay there for a while.

4 She is going to stay there for a day or two.

5 They stayed there in January.

6 They will be staying there when you come.

7 They should stay there.

8 He has stayed there.

9 He has been staying there.

10 John is there.

11 John will be there very soon.

12 John has been there.

13 Judy will have been there.

14 Ann and Tom were married in 1995.

15 This package should have been taken there last week.

Exercise 3 Ask a question about the highlighted information using who, what or another question word

1 We live in the old town.

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2 I gave the book to Valerie.

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3 Michael lent me his car.

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4 I got married 20 years ago.

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5 He plays basketball best.

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6 I’d like the green pullover, please.

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7 I like big woolly pullovers.

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8 A madman murdered the President.

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9 A madman murdered the President.

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10 A madman murdered the President.

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11 I go to the cinema at least once a week.

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12 The journey takes about six hours from here.

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13 To get to my house, you take the bus and get off at Wood Green.

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14 He keeps the key in that box.

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15 There’s a litre of milk left.

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Exercise 4 Make appropriate questions for the answers given in the exercise

a The teacher. The teacher opened the door.

Who opened the door?

b Opening the door. The teacher is opening the door.

What is the teacher doing?

1 My friend. That letter is from my friend.

2 Maria. Maria wrote that letter.

3 My mother’s. That is my mother’s coat.

4 In August. Alice and John are going to get married in August.

5 Gray. Her eyes are gray.

6 Black. Her hair is black.

7 Herb tea. I’d like some herb tea.

8 Coffee. I usually drink coffee with my breakfast.

9 The soap bubbles. The soap bubbles made her sneeze.

10 Ten minutes. It usually takes me ten minutes to eat breakfast.

11 By taxi. I got to the airport by taxi.

12 A ball. The boy has a ball in his pocket.

13 Four. I have four brothers and sisters.

14 Florida. I grew up in Florida.

15 Five hours. It takes five hours to get there by plane.

16 Historical novels. I like to read historical novels.

17 Chapters 2 and 3. The test will cover Chapters 2and 3.

18 Because the traffic was heavy. I was late because the traffic was heavy.

19 For three days. She’s been sick for three days.

20 Twenty. I’m going to invite twenty people to my party.

21 This one. You should buy this camera, not that one.

22 Marie Curie. Marie Curie discovered radium.

23 Practicing asking questions. We’re practicing asking questions.

24 Great. Everything’s going great.

Exercise 5 Write questions with what

1 I’ve got a new TV set. (make?) __________________

2 I want a job. (kind?) ___________________

3 I’ve got a new sweater. (colour?) __________________

4 I got up early this morning. (time?) ___________________

5 I like music. (type?) ___________________

6 I want to buy a car. (kind?) ___________________

Exercise 6 Put in what/which/who/

1 _____ is that man’s name?

2 _____ way shall we go? Left or right?

3 You can have tea or coffee. _____ do you prefer?

4 “_____day is it today?” “Friday.”

5 This is a nice house. _____ room is yours?

6 _____ is your favourite sport?

7 _____ is more expensive, meat or fish?

8 _____ is older, Ann or George?

9 _____ kind of camera have you got?

10 A: Mary has got three cameras.

B: _____ camera does she use most?

11 _____ nationality are you?

Exercise 7 Complete the questions with How+adjective or adverb (high/long/often/far//deep/old)

1 _____ is Mount Everest? Nearly 9000 metres.

2 _____ is it to the station? It’s about two kilometres from here.

3 _____ is Helen? She’s 26.

4 _____do the buses run? Every ten minutes.

5 _____is the water in the pool? Two metres.

6 _____ have you lived here? Nearly three years.

Exercise 8 Write questions with How...? Add the necessary adjectives

1 Are you 1 metre 70? 1.75? 1.80? ___________________________

2 Is this box one kilogram? Two? Three? ______________________

3 Are you 20 years old? 22? 25? _____________________________

4 Did you spend £10? £15? £20? ____________________________

5 Do you watch TV every day? Once a week? Never? ____________

6 Is it 1000 miles from Paris to Moscow? 1500? 2000? ___________

Exercise 9 Match a statement (1-10) with an appropriate short answer (a-j)

1 They’ve got a lovely house in the country.

2 I like going to the theatre.

3 I don’t really enjoy thrillers.

4 I’ve never seen such a huge car before.

5 Mike didn’t do his homework.

6 I paid to get into the theatre.

7 They can’t speak French.

8 You shouldn’t lose your temper.

9 I’d love to be in Hawaii now.

10 You should save some money if you want to go to India with them.

Exercise 10 Fill each space in the following short exchanges with an appropriate auxiliary verb

Example: A: She hasn’t finished painting her house yet.

B: Hasn’t she?

1 A: I haven’t got a computer yet.

B: __________ you?

2 A: I __________ lend you my bike, if you want.

B: Can you? Thanks.

3 A: You shouldn’t take more than three of those pills a day.

B: __________ I?

4 A: We __________ have to be going home now.

B: Will we?

5 A: I’d rather stay at home tonight.

B: __________ you?

6 A: We could have done more to help him.

B: __________ we?

7 A: You don’t have to invite them again.

B: __________ we?

8 A: They won’t be able to visit this Christmas.

B: __________ they?

9 A: She ought to apologise.

B: __________ she?

10 A: I’m afraid she hasn’t got a clue.

B: __________ she?

Exercise 11 Add tag questions

1 They want to come, _______________

2 Elizabeth is a dentist, _______________

3 They won’t be there, _______________

4 You’ll be there, _______________

5 There aren’t any problems, _______________

6 That’s your umbrella, _______________

7 George is a student, _______________

8 He’s learned a lot in the last couple of years, _______________

9 Larry has a bicycle, _______________

10 Monkeys can’t swim, _______________

11 Tina will help us later, _______________

12 Peggy would like to come with us to the party, _______________

13 Those aren’t Tony’s books, _______________

14 You’ve never been to Paris, _______________

15 There is something wrong with Jane today, _______________

16 Everyone can learn how to swim, _______________

17 Nobody cheated on the exam, _______________

18 Nothing went wrong while I was gone, _______________

19 I am invited, _______________

20 This grammar is easy, _______________

Exercise 12 Fill in the spaces with the correct tag

1 Your dad does the cooking, __________ ?

Yours never does the housework, __________ ?

2 There’s not much we can do about it, __________ ?

3 It’s a beautiful day, __________ ?

Yes. Let’s go for a walk, __________ ?

4 You’ve got a bicycle, __________ ?

Yes. You no longer have yours, __________ ?

5 You weren’t cheating in the test, __________ ?

No, I’d never cheat, __________ ?

6 You don’t know his secret, __________ ?

7 You could take up tennis, __________ ?

8 You’d rather carry on with volleyball, __________ ?

9 She lost her temper, __________ ?

10 Yes, but she shouldn’t have, __________ ?

Exercise 13 Underline the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill the spaces in the sentences given below

1 You must try and get to the lesson _____ .

A more early B more earlier C the earlier D earlier

2 She works _____ than me.

A more hard than B more hardly C much harder D much hard

3 I use the car _____ often than I used to.

A less B the less C least D lesser

4 She ran to the station as __________ as she could.

A quicker B most quick C more quick D quickly

5 Try to get here _____ you can.

A the soon B soon as C as soon as D soonest

Exercise 14 Fill in each space with the appropriate adverb phrase using the word given

Example: My wife drives more carefully than I do. (careful)

1 She works ___ more efficiently _________________ than everyone else in the office. (efficient)

2 I play chess ____________________ my son does. (bad)

3 He got up ____________________ anyone else. (early)

4 If you don’t eat ____________________, you’ll be sick. (slow)

5 She doesn’t drive ____________________ as her husband does. (dangerous)

6 I play football ____________________ than before, now that I’m employed. (often)

7 She didn’t do ____________________ in the test as she expected. (good)

8 The person who runs ____________________ than others, will win first prize. (quick)

9 You ate ____________________ than anybody else at the party. (much)

10 You’ll have to work ____________________ if you want to get your degree. (hard)