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English Quiz - Asking Questions (Questions)

We ask questions without giving much thought to how we actually construct a question. In English, there are two main ways of forming a question: either by inverting the subject and the main verb or by the use of an auxiliary verb (a helping verb).

Here are two examples:

'He is swimming in the lake. - Is he swimming in the lake?' (inversion)
'He studies hard. - Does he study hard? (does is the auxiliary/helping verb).

One thing you must always remember when writing a question - the question mark at the end. You shouldn't have too many problems with this 11-plus quiz.

Good luck!

Change the sentence below into a question.
It was raining yesterday.

[ ]	Was it raining yesterday.
[ ]	Was it rain yesterday?
[ ]	Was it raining yesterday?
[ ]	Did it raining yesterday?

Change the sentence below into a question.
He works very hard.

[ ]	Does he works very hard?
[ ]	Does he work very hard?
[ ]	Does he working very hard?
[ ]	Do he work very hard?

Change the sentence below into a question.
They died in the Great War.

[ ]	Did they died in the Great War?
[ ]	Did they die in the Great War?
[ ]	Were they died in the Great War?
[ ]	Died they in the Great War?

Change the sentence below into a question.
She is beautiful.

[ ]	Is she beautiful.
[ ]	She is beautiful?
[ ]	Is she beautiful?
[ ]	Does she is beautiful?

Change the sentence below into a question.
He lost his keys last night.

[ ]	Did he lose his keys last night?
[ ]	Did he lost his keys last night?
[ ]	Is he lost his keys last night?
[ ]	Did he lose his keys last night.

Change the sentence below into a question.
She likes horses.

[ ]	Does she likes horses?
[ ]	She does like horses?
[ ]	Does she likes horses.
[ ]	Does she like horses?

Change the sentence below into a question.
He can run very fast.

[ ]	Can he run very fast.
[ ]	He can run very fast?
[ ]	Cans he run very fast?
[ ]	Can he run very fast?

Change the sentence below into a question.
He built his own house.

[ ]	Did he built his own house?
[ ]	Did he build his own house.
[ ]	Did he build his own house?
[ ]	Did he builds his own house?

Change the sentence below into a question.
Susan has been to France twice.

[ ]	Has Susan been to France twice.
[ ]	Has Susan been to France twice?
[ ]	Susan has been to France twice?
[ ]	Has Susan to France been twice.

10.

Change the sentence below into a question.
He had seen all the films before.

[ ]	He had seen all the films before?
[ ]	Had he seen all the films before.
[ ]	He seen had all the films before.
[ ]	Had he seen all the films before?

English Quiz - Asking Questions (Answers)

Change the sentence below into a question.
It was raining yesterday.

[ ]	Was it raining yesterday.
[ ]	Was it rain yesterday?
[x]	Was it raining yesterday?
[ ]	Did it raining yesterday?

The question is formed by simple inversion of 'it' and 'was'. DON'T FORGET the question mark!

Change the sentence below into a question.
He works very hard.

[ ]	Does he works very hard?
[x]	Does he work very hard?
[ ]	Does he working very hard?
[ ]	Do he work very hard?

Use the auxiliary/helping verb do/does and write the main verb in its dictionary form: 'work'. Use does for he/she/it and do for I/you/we/they. The dictionary form of the verb has NO endings, for example: 'work', 'eat', 'revise', 'help', and so on

Change the sentence below into a question.
They died in the Great War.

[ ]	Did they died in the Great War?
[x]	Did they die in the Great War?
[ ]	Were they died in the Great War?
[ ]	Died they in the Great War?

Use the auxiliary/helping verb 'did' and write the main verb in its dictionary form: 'die'. Use did for he/she/it and for I/you/we/they. The dictionary form of the verb has NO endings, for example: 'work', 'eat', 'revise', 'help', and so on

Change the sentence below into a question.
She is beautiful.

[ ]	Is she beautiful.
[ ]	She is beautiful?
[x]	Is she beautiful?
[ ]	Does she is beautiful?

The question is formed by simple inversion of 'she' and 'is'. DON'T FORGET the question mark!

Change the sentence below into a question.
He lost his keys last night.

[x]	Did he lose his keys last night?
[ ]	Did he lost his keys last night?
[ ]	Is he lost his keys last night?
[ ]	Did he lose his keys last night.

Use the auxiliary/helping verb 'did' and write the main verb in its dictionary form: 'lose'. Use did for he/she/it and for I/you/we/they. The dictionary form of the verb has NO endings, for example: 'work', 'eat', 'revise', 'help', and so on

Change the sentence below into a question.
She likes horses.

[ ]	Does she likes horses?
[ ]	She does like horses?
[ ]	Does she likes horses.
[x]	Does she like horses?

Use the auxiliary/helping verb do/does and write the main verb in its dictionary form: 'like'. Use does for he/she/it and do for I/you/we/they. The dictionary form of the verb has NO endings, for example: 'work', 'eat', 'revise', 'help', and so on

Change the sentence below into a question.
He can run very fast.

[ ]	Can he run very fast.
[ ]	He can run very fast?
[ ]	Cans he run very fast?
[x]	Can he run very fast?

The question is formed by simple inversion of 'he' and 'can'. DON'T FORGET the question mark!

Change the sentence below into a question.
He built his own house.

[ ]	Did he built his own house?
[ ]	Did he build his own house.
[x]	Did he build his own house?
[ ]	Did he builds his own house?

Use the auxiliary/helping verb 'did' and write the main verb in its dictionary form: 'build'. Use did for he/she/it and for I/you/we/they. The dictionary form of the verb has NO endings, for example: 'work', 'eat', 'revise', 'help', and so on

Change the sentence below into a question.
Susan has been to France twice.

[ ]	Has Susan been to France twice.
[x]	Has Susan been to France twice?
[ ]	Susan has been to France twice?
[ ]	Has Susan to France been twice.

The question is formed by simple inversion of 'Susan' and 'has'. DON'T FORGET the question mark!

10.

Change the sentence below into a question.
He had seen all the films before.

[ ]	He had seen all the films before?
[ ]	Had he seen all the films before.
[ ]	He seen had all the films before.
[x]	Had he seen all the films before?

The question is formed by simple inversion of 'he' and 'had'. DON'T FORGET the question mark!