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Exercise 1   

Ask Joe questions. (Look at his answers before you write the questions.)

1

(where / live?) …………………….

In Manchester.

2

(born there?) …………………….

No, I was born in London.

3

(married?) …………………….

Yes.

4

(how long / married?) …………………….

17 years.

5

(children?) …………………….

Yes, two boys.

6

(how old / they?) …………………….

12 and 15.

7

(what / do?) …………………….

I’m a journalist.

8

(what / wife / do?) …………………….

She’s a doctor.

Answers

1

1  Where do you live?

2  Were you born there?

3  Are you married?

4  How long have you been married?

5  Have you got (any) children? or Do you have (any) children?

6  How old are they?

7  What do you do?

8  What does your wife do?

Exercise 2   

Make questions with who or what.

1

Somebody hit me.

Who …………………….

2

I hit somebody.

Who …………………….

3

Somebody paid the bill.

Who …………………….

4

Something happened.

What …………………….

5

Diane said something.

…………………….

6

This book belongs to somebody.

…………………….

7

Somebody lives in that house.

…………………….

8

I fell over something.

…………………….

9

Something fell off the shelf.

…………………….

10

This word means something.

…………………….

11

I borrowed the money from somebody.

…………………….

12

I’m worried about something.

…………………….

Answers

2

1  Who hit you?

2  Who did you hit?

3  Who paid it? / Who paid the bill?

4  What happened?

5  What did she/Diane say?

6  Who does it I this book belong to?

7  Who lives in that house? / Who lives there?

8  What did you fall over?

9  What fell off the shelf?

10  What does it I this word mean?

11  Who did you borrow it from? / … borrow the money from?

12  What are you worried about?

Exercise 3   

Put the words in brackets in the correct order. All the sentences are questions.

1   (when / was / built / this house) …………………….

2   (how / cheese / is / made) …………………….

3   (when / invented / the computer / was) …………………….

4   (why / Sue / working / isn’t / today) …………………….

5   (what time / coming / your friends / are) …………………….

6   (why / was / cancelled / the trip) …………………….

7   (where / your mother / was / born) …………………….

8   (why / you / to the party / didn’t / come) …………………….

9   (how / the accident / did / happen) …………………….

10   (why / this machine / doesn’t / work) …………………….

Answers

3

1  When was this house built?

2  How is cheese made?

3  When was the computer invented?

4  Why isn’t Sue working today?

5  What time are your friends coming?

6  Why was the trip cancelled?

7  Where was your mother born?

8  Why didn’t you come to the party?

9  How did the accident happen?

10  Why doesn’t this machine work?

Exercise 4   

Write negative questions from the words in brackets. In each situation you are surprised.

1   A: We won’t see Lisa this evening.

     B: Why not? (she / not / come / out with us?) …………………….

2   A: I hope we don’t meet Luke tonight.

     B: Why? (you / not / like / him?) …………………….

3   A: Don’t go and see that film.

     B: Why not? (it / not / good?) …………………….

4   A: I’ll have to borrow some money.

     B: Why? (you / not / have / any?) …………………….

Answers

4

1  Isn’t she coming out with us?

2  Don’t you like him?

3  Isn’t it good?

4  Haven’t you got any? or Don’t you have any?

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