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1. A: What does she look like? B: ______ tall, beautiful and has shoulder-length black hair. a) She looks b) She is c) She looks like d) She is looking 2. What's the best question for this answer? 'I like watching TV with my family and playing cricket with my friends.' a) What are you like? b) What do you look like? c) What do you like doing? d) All of the above 3. A: ______ B: Well, she's interesting and very clever. She's got a good sense of humour too. a) What is she like personality? b) What is she like? c) What does she like doing? d) What does she look like? 4. A: What does he ______? B: He loves tea but he can't stand coffee. a) likes to drink b) like drink c) liking to drink d) like to drink 5. What's the best question for this answer? 'He's tall and handsome. He's got short brown hair and dark eyes.' a) What does he look like? b) What is he look like? c) What does he like? d) None of the above 6. What do you want to know if you ask 'What is he like?' About his ______. a) preferences b) interests c) looks d) personality

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1. A: What does she look like? B: ______ tall, beautiful and has shoulder-length black hair. a) and c) You don't need the words 'like' or 'look' when you answer the question 'What does she look like?' b) This is the how you answer the question about someone's appearance. Well done! d) This tells you what's she doing right now. It doesn't tell you about her appearance. Try again.

2. What's the best question for this answer? 'I like watching TV with my family and playing cricket with my friends.' a) and b) You need a different question to ask about someone's hobbies or interests. Try again. c) This is the right question to ask about someone's interests or hobbies. Well done! d) Only one of these options is correct. Try again.

3. A: ______ B: Well, she's interesting and very clever. She's got a good sense of humour too. a) Although you want to ask about her personality, you don't need the word 'personality' in the question. b) This is the correct way to ask about someone's personality. Well done! c) This question is about her hobbies and interests. You need a different question if you want to ask about her personality. d) This question is about her appearance. You need a different question if you want to ask about her personality.

4. A: What does he ______? B: He loves tea but he can't stand coffee. a) and c) The verb 'like' needs to be in a different form here to create the question correctly. b) You need an infinitive (to + base verb) after 'like'. d) This is the correct way to ask about someone's likes and dislikes. Well done!

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5. What's the best question for this answer? 'He's tall and handsome. He's got short brown hair and dark eyes.' a) This is the correct way to ask about someone's appearance. Well done! b) The verb 'is' is wrong. You need another one here. Try again. c) This question is about what he likes and dislikes. The correct one is about his appearance. d) One of these options is correct. Try again.

6. What do you want to know if you ask 'What is he like?' About his ______. a) If you want to know about his preferences, you'd ask 'What does he like?' Try again. b) If you want to know about his interests, you'd ask 'What does like doing?' Try again. c) If you want to know about his looks, you'd ask 'What does he look like?' Try again. d) Correct. You want to know what type of person he is.

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