English Grammar Exercises for B1 B2 – Questions forms

A. Make the questions by putting the words in the correct order.

1   born / you / where / were

      Where were you born?

2   Clare / washing / her / is / hair

      ……………………………………………….?

3   did / when / you / her / see

      ……………………………………………….?

4   of / was / the / first / America / who / president

      ……………………………………………….?

5   on / a / ever / horse / been / have / you

      ……………………………………………….?

6   apples / buy / how / did / many / you

      ……………………………………………….?

7   the / time / start / what / game / does

      ……………………………………………….?

8   in / standing / are / rain / why / the / you

      ……………………………………………….?

B. Read the text and write questions about the missing information (?).

It was 1? at night in the small village and Simon was at home. He couldn’t sleep because 2?. Simon went to the kitchen to get some water. The he heard 3?. Simon went 4? and looked outside. He couldn’t see anything but he still felt 5?.

6? was happening that night. Simon was right because 7? Was near the house. The animal was very dangerous and it wanted 8? …

1   What time was it?

2   ……………………………….?

3   ……………………………….?

4   ……………………………….?

5   ……………………………….?

6   ……………………………….?

7   ……………………………….?

8   ……………………………….?

C. Reply to each statement with a short question.

1   I came at six o’clock. ……Did you?……

2   It finished very late. ………………………………….?

3   We haven’t decided yet. ………………………………….?

4   Tom is still working there. ………………………………….?

5   I was going to ask Sam. ………………………………….?

6   Stacy hasn’t been feeling well. ………………………………….?

D. Complete the questions in the speech bubbles.

E. Complete each quiz question using two words, then circle the correct option.

1   ……How many…… languages are there in the world?

      a thousands     b hundreds     c millions     d twenty-six

2   ……………………… the word ‘tea’ come from?

      a Latin     b Greek     c Chinese     d German

3   ……………………… you call sounds like the ‘a’ in cat and the ‘e’ in ‘better’.

      a letters     b vowels     c consonants     d diphthongs

4   ……………………… these words is an adverb?

      a she     b nice     c here     d and

5   ……………………… Americans call ‘taxis’?

      a buses     b trams     c trains     d cabs

6   ……………………… the most common letter in English words?

      a e     b a     c p     d u

7   ……………………… people speak Dutch?

      a the Netherlands     b Denmark

      c the Philippines     d Germany

8   ……………………… do children usually say their first words?

      a At the age of 6 months.

      b At the age of 1.

      c At the age of 2.

      d At the age of 3.

F. Write three questions to match each short answer.

1    Yes, I did.

      Did you tell Martin?

      Did you remember the flowers?

      Did you read it?

2    No, she didn’t.

      ………………………………….?

      ………………………………….?

      ………………………………….?

3    Yes, we have.

      ………………………………….?

      ………………………………….?

      ………………………………….?

4    No, they weren’t.

      ………………………………….?

      ………………………………….?

      ………………………………….?

5    Yes, you did.

      ………………………………….?

      ………………………………….?

      ………………………………….?

G. Write your own quiz and swap with a friend.

1   Who ……wrote the song ‘Yesterday’……?

2   What ………………………………………………….?

3   Who ………………………………………………….?

4   How ………………………………………………….?

5   When ………………………………………………….?

6   Why ………………………………………………….?

H. Circle the correct option.

1   ………… there a lot of people who know Latin?

      a Is     b Are     c Does

2   ………… small children learn a second language?

      a Do     b Does     c Can

3   Why ………… English become an international language?

      a did     b was     c were

4   Who ………… you see there?

      a was     b did     c has

5    A: Did she translate it?   B: Yes, he ………… .

      a was     b does     c did