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Here are the answers, but what's the question?: 1-4

 

One of the biggest problems for students of English is forming questions. So to make your lives easier (or more difficult), on some of the questions we have given you a choice of answers. But on some you will have to think about your answer.

There are four answers on each page and for each answer, there are six possible questions, and there is only one possible answer that would be naturally used by native speakers, so you may have to choose the correct question very carefully.

Some of the questions may even seem and look correct, so you should read them very carefully!

Good luck!

 

1. The man is fixing the car.

a) What is fixing the man?

b) How the man is fixing?

c) How is the man fixing?

d) What is the man fixing?

e) Is the man fixing?

f) What the man is fixing?

 

2. 'Horrible' means 'not pleasant'.
a) What means 'horrible'?

b) What does mean 'horrible'?

c) What does 'horrible' mean?

d) 'horrible' means does what?

e) Does what 'horrible' mean?

f) How does 'horrible mean?
 

3. The first man landed on the moon in 1969.
a) When did land the first man on the moon?

b) When land the first man on the moon?

c) When landed the first man on the moon?

d) When did the first man land on the moon?

e) When did the first man on the moon land?

f) In what year did the first men land on the moon?

 

4. The staff at the factory have to wear a uniform.

a) What did the staff at the factory have to wear?

b) How do at the factory the staff have to wear?

c) What did the staff have to wear at the factory?

d) What do the staff at the factory have to wear?

e) What have to wear at the factory the staff?

f) How do the staff have to wear at the factory?

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5. Charles Lindbergh made the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

a) Who made the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

b) What did Charles Lindbergh make the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

c) Who the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean did make?

d) Where did Charles Lindbergh make the first flight?

e) Who did make the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

f) When was the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

 

6. I am really interested in sport.

a) What is really interested in sport?

b) What are you really interested in?

c) What in sport are you really interested in?

d) What you are really interested in?

e) What interested in are you?

f) What are you really interested?

 

7. Brian lives in Manchester.

a) Where is Brian living?

b) Where lives Brian?

c) Where in Manchester does Brian live?

d) Where Brian lives?

e) Where living is Brian?

f) Where does Brian live?

 

8. I was in Spain last week.

a) Where did you go last week?

b) Where were you last week?

c) Where was you last week?

d) Where you go last week?

e) Where last week were you?

f) Where in Spain were you?

9. If it rains, I’ll stay inside.

a) What you will do if it will rain?

b) Will you stay inside if it will rain?

c) When it rains, will you go inside?

d) If it had rained, what would you have done?

e) If it rains, what will you do?

f) If it rains, I will stay inside?

 

10. Because his mother is very ill.

a) Why Fred finish work early?

b) Why did Fred go home at 3 o’clock?

c) Why Fred does go home?

d) Why does go home Fred at 3 o’clock?

e) Why is Fred go home early?

f) Why will Freda go home tomorrow?

 

11.  I’ll try the green one.

a) What one will you try on?

b) Which will you try on coat?

c) What colour try on will you?

d) Which sweater will you try?

e) Who will try the colour dress?

f) What will you try the one?

 

12. It’s 6 o’clock.

a) What time is it in?

b) What is time?

c) What o’clock is it?

d) What time is it?

e) Is it what time?

f) What is it?

13. ‘Ksiegarnia’ in English is bookshop or bookstore.

a) How you say ‘ksiegarnia’ in English?

b) What you say ‘ksiegarnia’ in English?

c) How is ‘ksiegarnia’ in English?

d) What is ‘ksiegarnia’ in English?

e) How is ‘ksiegarnia’ pronounced in English?

f) What in English is 'ksiegarnia'?

 

14. Yes, I enjoy listening to the radio.

a) Do you listening to the radio enjoy?

b) Do you to the radio listen?

c) Do you enjoy listening to the radio?

d) Do you enjoy to the radio listening?

e) Do enjoy listening to the radio you?

f) Do listening to the radio you enjoy?

 

15. No, I’m sorry, I can’t take you home in my car as I’m going by bus!

a) Could you give me a lift home?

b) Can you in your car give me a lift home?

c) Could you go by bus as you can’t take me home in your car?

d) In your car take me home can you?

e) Are you not sorry that you take me home you can’t? 

f) Can you for a lift home take me in your car?

 

16. Yes, it can.

a) Can a motor bike go more faster than a car?

b) Can a plane go more higher than a helicopter?

c) Can a boat go much faster than a bicycle?

d) Can go quicker a small car than a scooter?

e) Can a cat see gooder than a person?

f) Can George make bigger cakes than Susan?

And here are the answers (or the correct questions!)

If you are not sure of some of the answers (in red), then you know where to check...

1. The man is fixing the car.

a) What is fixing the man?

b) How the man is fixing?

c) How is the man fixing?

d) What is the man fixing?

e) Is the man fixing?

f) What the man is fixing?

 

2. 'Horrible' means 'not pleasant'.
a) What means 'horrible'?

b) What does mean 'horrible'?

c) What does 'horrible' mean?

d) 'horrible' means does what?

e) Does what 'horrible' mean?

f) How does 'horrible mean?
 

3. The first man landed on the moon in 1969.
a) When did land the first man on the moon?

b) When land the first man on the moon?

c) When landed the first man on the moon?

d) When did the first man land on the moon?

e) When did the first man on the moon land?

f) In what year did the first men land on the moon?

 

4. The staff at the factory have to wear a uniform.

a) What did the staff at the factory have to wear?

b) How do at the factory the staff have to wear?

c) What did the staff have to wear at the factory?

d) What do the staff at the factory have to wear?

e) What have to wear at the factory the staff?

f) How do the staff have to wear at the factory?

 

5. Charles Lindbergh made the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

a) Who made the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

b) What did Charles Lindbergh make the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

c) Who the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean did make?

d) Where did Charles Lindbergh make the first flight?

e) Who did make the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

f) When was the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

 

6. I am really interested in sport.

a) What is really interested in sport?

b) What are you really interested in?

c) What in sport are you really interested in?

d) What you are really interested in?

e) What interested in are you?

f) What are you really interested?

 

7. Brian lives in Manchester.

a) Where is Brian living?

b) Where lives Brian?

c) Where in Manchester does Brian live?

d) Where Brian lives?

e) Where living is Brian?

f) Where does Brian live?

 

8. I was in Spain last week.

a) Where did you go last week?

b) Where were you last week?

c) Where was you last week?

d) Where you go last week?

e) Where last week were you?

f) Where in Spain were you?

9. If it rains, I’ll stay inside.

a) What you will do if it will rain?

b) Will you stay inside if it will rain?

c) When it rains, will you go inside?

d) If it had rained, what would you have done?

e) If it rains, what will you do?

f) If it rains, I will stay inside?

 

10. Because his mother is very ill.

a) Why Fred finish work early?

b) Why did Fred go home at 3 o’clock?

c) Why Fred does go home?

d) Why does go home Fred at 3 o’clock?

e) Why is Fred go home early?

f) Why will Freda go home tomorrow?

 

11.  I’ll try the green one.

a) What one will you try on?

b) Which will you try on coat?

c) What colour try on will you?

d) Which sweater will you try?

e) Who will try the colour dress?

f) What will you try the one?

 

12. It’s 6 o’clock.

a) What time is it in?

b) What is time?

c) What o’clock is it?

d) What time is it?

e) Is it what time?

f) What is it?

 

13. ‘Ksiegarnia’ in English is bookshop or bookstore.

a) How you say ‘ksiegarnia’ in English?

b) What you say ‘ksiegarnia’ in English?

c) How is ‘ksiegarnia’ in English?

d) What is ‘ksiegarnia’ in English?

e) How is ‘ksiegarnia’ pronounced in English?

f) What in English is 'ksiegarnia'?

 

14. Yes, I enjoy listening to the radio.

a) Do you listening to the radio enjoy?

b) Do you to the radio listen?

c) Do you enjoy listening to the radio?

d) Do you enjoy to the radio listening?

e) Do enjoy listening to the radio you?

f) Do listening to the radio you enjoy?

 

15. No, I’m sorry, I can’t take you home in my car as I’m going by bus!

a) Could you give me a lift home?

b) Can you in your car give me a lift home?

c) Could you go by bus as you can’t take me home in your car?

d) In your car take me home can you?

e) Are you not sorry that you take me home you can’t? 

f) Can you for a lift home take me in your car?

 

16. Yes, it can.

a) Can a motor bike go more faster than a car?

b) Can a plane go more higher than a helicopter?

c) Can a boat go much faster than a bicycle?

d) Can go quicker a small car than a scooter?

e) Can a cat see gooder than a person?

f) Can George make bigger cakes than Susan?

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