Types of Questions

Специальные вопросы 

 Ex. 1. Translate the questions into Russian

1. When / What time do you get home?
2. - Where do you come from?  - I come from Belarus.
3. Why did you decide to study English?
4. Who are you?
5. Who meets you at home? Who helps you with your problems?
6. Who do you meet at home? Who did you see at the party?
7. What are you? What do you do?
8. What happened?
9. What is the book like? What is the weather like today?
10. What is your sister like?
11. What does your sister look like? How does your sister look like?
12. What did you buy in the shop?
13. What are you looking at ? Who are you waiting for?
14. What kind of music do you listen to?
15. What books do you like reading? Which book would you like to read?
16. What size shoes do you wear?
17. What colour are your eyes?
18. What is this knife used for?
19. What are you doing this weekend?
20. Whose car did you borrow? Whose car is this?
21. How soon will you be ready? How quickly can you get here? How well do you   know English?
22. How often do you go shopping?
23. How many times a week / a month / a year do you go to the bank?
24. How much does it cost?
25. How far is it from your home to your work? How far do you live from your work?
26. How long does it take you to get to your work?
27. How long will you be on holiday?
28. How big is your flat?
29. How do you spell this word?
30. How about going to the theatre? What about watching this film?
31. Shall I open the window? Shall I bring you some water?
32. What shall I wear?
33. Shall we go to the theatre tonight?

Ex. 2. Ask special questions to the sentences beginning with the words given in brackets.

1. Some children do stupid things. (why?)
2. I am looking for my watch (what?)
3. His penfriend lives in London. (where?)
4. We met after school yesterday. (when?)
5. She'll come to the party. (with whom?)
6. English is spoken in many countries. (what countries?)
7. He was not prepared for the test. (why?)
8. They were playing a game when I came. (what game?)
9. I have made some mistakes in this exercise (how many?)
10. He has given me his old camera. (what?)

Ex.3. Write questions to the sentences

1. He visited his aunt in summer. (when)
2. My father likes to travel by train. (how)
3. She has never been at a big railway station. (why)
4. We buy railway tickets at the booking-office. (where)
5. Some children go to school by bus. (by what / how)

Ex.4. Write questions to which the following sentences are answers.

1. A lesson lasts forty minutes.
2. We had only five lessons.
3. I am reading a rule now.
4. We haven't examination this year.
5. The holiday will start next month.
6. I was looking out of the window at that moment.
7. There are no problem children in my class.
8. All tests are prepared by the teachers.
9. My mother came to school.
10. I was given another text.

Ex.5. Form questions.

• birthday / is / when / your?
• many / How / cards / did / get / you?
• do / What / like / you / presents?
• mum / What / make / did / cake / your?
• at the party / you / did / what / do?
• like / you / parties / do / Why?
• summer / are / this / where / you / going?
• there / going / How / you / are?
• take / going / to / what / you / are?
• with / are / you / Who / going?
• do / going / to / you / there / What / are?
• you / stay / going / to / are / Where?
• what / playing / dad / sports / your / games / is / of / fond?
• roller-skate / when / learn / you / to / did?
• of / afraid / are / swimming / you?

Ex.6. Complete the tag questions.

1. The books about animals are real fun, …
2. You really like reading magazines, …
3. You can go to the library tomorrow, …
4. Your mum thinks adventure stories are exciting, …
5. You haven't seen «Harry Potter» yet, …

Ex.7. Correct the mistakes.

• What Tony is writing?
• What is writing?
• What Julia want to do?
• Who does wants a cup of tea?
• Who President John F. Kennedy killed?
• Who did invented the telephone?
• Whose your favorite actor?
• Who's is this coat?
• What hand do you write with?
• Arthur is 21, hasn't he?
• You're a student, isn't it?
• They live in Milan, doesn't it?
• Does Diana like golf, doesn't she?