Exercises A1 : asking questions in English (answers)

These exercises are based on the key rules from the course: using do, is, or are to form questions, and adding Wh- words like what, where, or who to ask for details.

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Exercise 1 : Fill in the blank: do, is, or are?

Complete each question with the correct auxiliary verb: do, is, or are.

1. ___ you speak English?
2. ___ she your teacher?
3. ___ they from France?
4. ___ he like football?

Correction

1. Do you speak English?
2. Is she your teacher?
3. Are they from France?
4. Does he like football?

Exercise 2 : Spot and correct the mistake

Each sentence contains one error. Rewrite the full question correctly.

1. Where you are from?
2. What she does like?
3. Is they at school?
4. Who do is your friend?

Correction

1. Where are you from?
2. What does she like?
3. Are they at school?
4. Who is your friend?

Exercise 3 : Choose the correct question

Select the correctly formed question for each situation.

1. You want to know someone's name. Which question is correct?
   • What your name is?
   • What is your name?
   • Is what your name?
   • Your name what is?
2. You want to know where a person lives. Which question is correct?
   • Where you live?
   • Where does lives she?
   • Where does she live?
   • Do where she live?
3. You want to ask if two friends are students. Which question is correct?
   • Is they students?
   • Do they students?
   • Are they students?
   • They are students?
4. You want to know who a person is talking to. Which question is correct?
   • Who you are talking to?
   • Who are you talking to?
   • Are who you talking to?
   • You are talking to who?

Correction

1. What is your name?
2. Where does she live?
3. Are they students?
4. Who are you talking to?