Making Questions & Short Answers

1- Yes/No questions:
A question that you can answer either Yes or No

Question Tense Question Form Example

Present Simple
▪ Am I at the correct location?
1-With Be (BE ) am + SUBJECT + Adjective/Noun ▪ Are the keys under the books?
Is ▪ Is she working today?
Are

2-With Do DO/DOES + SUBJECT + VERB ▪ Do you play baseball?

▪ Does she live in Japan?
▪ Do they want a pen?

Past Simple (BE ) was + SUBJECT + Adjective/Noun ▪ were you at home yesterday?
Were ▪ Was Anna Late?
1-With Be
Did + SUBJECT + VERB ▪ Did Max play football?
2-With Did ▪ Did you watch the film yesterday?

2- Wh- question:
WH questions ask for information. They are different than Yes/No questions.
Question Tense Question Form Example

1-Present simple WH + DO/DOES + SUBJECT + VERB Question

Am/is/are word answer example

What Thing What is that?

When Time When is the game?

Who Person Who do you live with?

Where Place Where do you live?

Why Reason Why are you happy?

How Directions/ How are you?
Feelings
 Exercise

Make past simple ‘yes / no’ questions:

1. (I / see you last week?)

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2. (you / meet your father yesterday?)
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3. (we / go to Spain in June?)
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4. (it / snow last winter?)
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5. (they / stay in last night?)
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6. (Julie / watch a film on Saturday?)
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7. (Lucy / pass the exam?)
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8. (you / have fun at the party?)
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9. (I / lock the door?)
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10. (Sally and Victoria / go to a café at lunchtime?)
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11. (we / meet in 1997?)
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12. (the film / start on time?)
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13. (they / cook dinner?)
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14. (it / rain a lot on your holiday?)
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15. (you / feel okay on the first day of your new job?)
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16. (I / leave my bag in the taxi?)
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17. (he / play sport as a child?)
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18. (you / buy anything today?)
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19. (the meeting / go well?)
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20. (you / like the meal?)
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Answer Key

1. Did I see you last week?

2. Did you meet your father yesterday?
3. Did we go to Spain in June?
4. Did it snow last winter?
5. Did they stay in last night?
6. Did Julie watch a film on Saturday?
7. Did Lucy pass the exam?
8. Did you have fun at the party?
9. Did I lock the door?
10. Did Sally and Victoria go to a café at lunchtime?
11. Did we meet in 1997?
12. Did the film start on time?
13. Did they cook dinner?
14. Did it rain a lot on your holiday?
15. Did you feel okay on the first day of your new job?
16. Did I leave my bag in the taxi?
17. Did he play sport as a child?
18. Did you buy anything today?
19. Did the meeting go well?
20. Did you like the meal?
 Present Simple ‘Wh’ Questions
Make present simple ‘wh’ questions:
1. (where / you / go to school?)
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2. (what / you / do?)
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3. (where / John / come from?)
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4. (how long / it / take from London to Paris?)
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5. (how often / she / go to the cinema?)
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6. (how many children / you / have?)
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7. (when / you / get up?)
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8. (how often / you / study English?)
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9. (what time / the film / start?)
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10. (where / you / play tennis?)
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11. (what sports / Lucy / like?)
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12. (how / they / get to work?)
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13. (how often / I / come here?)
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14. (where / she / live?)
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15. (why / you / eat so much chocolate?)
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16. (what / this machine / do?)
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17. (who / she / meet on Saturdays?)
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18. (how many brothers / she / have?)
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19. (how much / this / cost?)
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20. (where / you / eat lunch?)
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Answers:
1. Where do you go to school?
2. What do you do?
3. Where does John come from?
4. How long does it take from London to Paris?
5. How often does she go to the cinema?
6. How many children do you have?
7. When do you get up?
8. How often do you study English?
9. What time does the film start?
10. Where do you play tennis?
11. What sports does Lucy like?
12. How do they get to work?
13. How often do I come here?
14. Where does she live?
15. Why do you eat so much chocolate?
16. What does this machine do?
17. Who does she meet on Saturdays?
18. How many brothers does she have?
19. How much does this cost?
20. Where do you eat lunch?