A. Make questions by putting the words in the correct order.
1 Who / love / did / Scarlett O’Hara?
Who did Scarlett O’Hara love? …e…
2 What / on 4 April 1968 / happened?
…………………………………………….. ……
3 Who / Around the World in 80 Days / wrote?
…………………………………………….. ……
4 landed on Mars / What / in 1976?
…………………………………………….. ……
5 Who / Will Smith / marry / in 1997 / did?
…………………………………………….. ……
6 invent / did / What / Frank Whittle?
…………………………………………….. ……
7 in 1969 / What / Neil Armstrong / do / did?
…………………………………………….. ……
Now match answers a – g t o questions 1-7.
a Jules Verne
b He walked on the moon.
c Viking 1
d Jada Pinkett
e Rhett Butler
f The jet engine
g The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Answers
2 What happened on 4 April 1968? g
3 Who wrote Around the World in 80 Days? a
4 What landed on Mars in 1976? c
5 Who did Will Smith marry in 1997? d
6 What did Frank Whittle invent? f
8 What did Neil Armstrong do in 1969? b
B. Write complete questions using the present simple or the past simple of the verbs in the box.
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1 What / Miguel de Cervantes?
What did Miguel de Cervantes write? Don Quixote
2 Who / at 10 Downing Street?
…………………………………..? The British Prime Minister
3 What / most of San Francisco in 1906?
…………………………………..? An earthquake
4 Who / Mary Jane Watson?
…………………………………..? Spider-Man
5 Who / Sunflowers?
…………………………………..? Vincent Van Gogh
6 What / Tim Berners-Lee?
…………………………………..? The World Wide Web
7 Who / Elton John in his song Candle in the Wind?
…………………………………..? Marilyn Monroe
Answers
2 Who lives at 10 Downing Street?
3 What destroyed most of San Francisco in 1906?
4 Who does Mary Jane Watson love? Who loves Mary jane Watson?
5 Who painted Sunflowers?
6 What did Tim Berners-Lee invent?
7 Who did Elton John sing about in his song Candle in the Wind?
C. Read the texts and write a question for each answer.
There was an accident in our road yesterday. A driver was going down the road too fast. A bird hit the car roof and surprised the driver. The driver came off the road and hit a tree.
1 What did the car hit? A tree
2 What hit the car? A bird.
Matt likes cats but Kelly likes birds.
3 ………………………………? Birds.
4 ………………………………? Matt.
My mum told my neighbour that I didn’t like school. And my neighbour told my teacher!
5 ………………………………? My mum.
6 ………………………………? My teacher.
The world makes money and money makes the world go round.
7 ………………………………? Money.
8 ………………………………? Money.
Answers
3 What does Kelly like?
4 Who likes cats?
5 Who told my neighbour that I didn’t like school.
6 Who did my neighbour tell?
7 & 8 What makes the world go round? / What does the world make?
D. You have the chance to go on a sports activity course, but you are not sure if you want to go. In your notebook, write questions to ask the organisers, using who or what and the words in the box.
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Example: What do you teach on the course?
……………………………………………….
……………………………………………….
……………………………………………….
……………………………………………….
Answers
Possible answers
2 Who teaches the sports/classes / us?
3 What happens (on a sports activity course)?
4 Who can come on the course?
5 What do I (need to / have to) wear?
6 What do I (need to / have to) bring?
7 Who do I contact?
E. Circle the correct option.
1 A: Who ……………? B: Tolstoy.
a did write War and Peace
b did War and Peace write
c wrote War and Peace
2 A: What ……………? B: The Harry Potter books.
a write J K Rowling
b wrote J K Rowling
c did J K Rowling write
3 A: What …………… on 31 August 1997? B: Princess Diana died in a car crash.
a happened
b did happen
c happens
4 A: Who …………… on the left side of the road? B: British and Japanese people.
a drive b drives c does drive
5 A: What …………… every February or March? B: The Carnival.
a happen in Rio
b does happen in Rio
c happens in Rio
Answers
1 c 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 c
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