Open Questions

What - When - Where - Why - Who - How

I. Choose the correct alternative.
1) ................ are my keys?
2) ................ is the problem?
3) ................ is your favourite singer?
4) ................ is your birthday?
5) ................ old are you?

I'm ten years old.

6) ................ is your telephone number?

7) ................ are you from?
8) ................ is your best friend?
9) ................ is your e-mail?
10) ................ are you?

I'm fine, thanks.

11) ................ is your graduation?

12) ................ is she crying?

Next week.

Because she is sad.

13) ................ is your last name?

Gonzalez.

14) ................ is your favourite actor?

15) ................ old is your cat?
II. Choose the right option.
1) ................. is the concert?
What Who Why
When

Anthony Hopkins.

Two years old.

2) ................. is Cristiano Ronaldo from?

How When Where Why
3) ................. are you so happy?
When How What Why
4) ................. is your brother?
Why How Where What
5) ................. are you late?
Where When Why How

I'm getting married!

He is still sick.

Because of the traffic.

III Choose the correct question words

1...............................do you live? - I live in London.
2......................... 's that girl? - She's my sister.
3.......................................do you go to school? - By bus.
4......................................do banks open? - At eight O'clock.
5...................................are you wearing that coat? - Because it's hot!
IV Write question about the words in bold.
Example:
He drank juice. - What did he drink?

1.They went to Spain.

2.He writes novels.
3.Lacy likes soccer
4.The girls watched a serial.
5.He discovered the truth.

V Choose

the correct answer.

Q1 - ____ are you doing tonight?

What
Where

Q2 - ____ time do you get up?

When
What

Q3 - ____ is going with you?

Who
Whose
Whom

Q4 - ____ is the dark-green coat?

Who
Who's
Whose

Q5 - How ____ does it take you get home?

long
long time

Q6 - ____ often do you go to the theatre?

When
How
What

Q7 - ____ people were there at the meeting?

How much
How many

Q8 - ____ are you going on holiday?

What time
When

Q9 - ____ have you been? I've been waiting for ages.

Why
What
Where

Q10 - ____ did it cost?

How
How much
How many

VI Choose the best WH word:

1. ..............................do you want to eat? Pasta and cheese.

2. ................................do they smoke? Cigarettes.
3. .........................does John drive? Cars.
4. ....................................do we get up? Early in the morning.
5. ...................................does that girl go swimming? At the club.

VII Choose the correct WH Question word.

1. _________ do you live?
I live in Toronto.
a) Who
b) What
c) Where
2. _________ do you wake up?
I wake up at 7:30 am.
a) When
b) Why
c) How
3. _________ is your brother?
He is great, thanks for asking.
a) Where
b) Why
c) How
4. _________ is this?
That's my electronic dictionary.
a) Who
b) What
c) Where
5. _________ do you take English class?
Because I want to improve my speaking.
a) Where
b) When
c) Why

6. _________ does your father work?

He works at the post office.
a) When
b) Who
c) Where
7. _________ do I cook rice?
You need to use a pot with water.
a) How
b) Who
c) Where
8. _________ is the party?

It is on Saturday night.
a) Where
b) When
c) Why
9. _________ are you sad?
Because my dog is sick.
a) Who
b) What
c) Why
10. _________ is the bank?
It is on 4th Avenue.
a) When
b) Where
c) How
VIII Use the given words/prases and form wh-questions (questions with
question words).
doing are they what

when in the morning you up get do

how your spell do you name

for homework is what

like does handball Tim why

what the girls sports do like

lunch for have did what friend your

did Paris stay long Kevin how in

like the weather what was

easy who is thinks maths

IX Ask for the bold part of the sentence.

1.Julia likes pop-music. -

2.Maria comes from Spain. -

3.They play in the garden. -

4.Rick rides his bike. -

5.I go to the cinema on Saturdays. -

6.We go to Mallorca because it is warm there.. -

7.Joe repairs his bike. -

8.Robin drives his car carefully. -

9.Peter runs with his dog every day. -

10.Eric goes to Italy for a holiday. X Write the correct possessive adjective .

1.You are Alex and Robert.

... names are Alex and Robert.
2.It is a tree.
... name is apple tree.
3.She is Rose.

... name is Rose.

4.They are Amanda and Samuel.
... names are Amanda and Samuel.
5.He lives in Boston.
... address is 10 Main Street.
6.We are Laura and Tom.
... names are Laura and Tom.
7.I am Martha.
... name is Martha.
8.You are David.
... name is David.
XI Choose the correct pronoun.
Q1 - I saw ____.
her
she

Q2 - Give it to ____.
they
them

Q3 - She kissed ____.

he
him

Q4 - He took ____.
it
them
Either could be used here.

Q5 - Did anyone see ____?

us
we
Either could be used here.

Q6 - _____ arrived on time.

Them
They
Either could be used here.

Q7 - What did ____ say?

her
she

Either could be used here.

Q8 - She's faster than ____ am.

me
I

Q9 - I saw you and ____ there.

she
her

Q10 - Between you and ____, I really didn't like it.

me
I

Q11 - My brother and ____ went there.

I
we
me

Q12 - He gave it to me and ____.

she
her

XII Complete each of the sentences below with the correct form of the
adjective.
1. Jeremy is 10 years old. Jenny is 8 years old. Jeremy is (old) ____________
______ Jenny.
2. The Alps are very high. They are (high) _____ _______________ mountains in Europe.
3.An ocean is (large) ____________ _______ a sea.
4.A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money. A Twingo costs less.
A Rolls Royce is (expensive) _______ ________________ _____ a Twingo.
5.John's results were bad. Fred's were very poor. Fred's results were (bad) __________ _____
John's.
6.This exercise is not very difficult. It's ____________ ______ I expected.
7.The weather is not good today. It's raining. I hope the weather will be (good) _____________
next week.
8.People are not very friendly in big cities. They are usually (friendly) ________________ in small
towns.
9.In the government of a country, the President is (important) _____ ______ _______________
person.
10.People say that Chinese is (difficult) ______ ____________ to learn than English.

XIII Complete with some or any

1. I've got

bananas.

2. I haven't got

apples.

3. Have you got

orange juice?

4. He's got
5. Are there
6. Has he got
7. There aren't
8. There are
9. I haven't got
10. There is

milk.
chips?
wine?
apples.
eggs.
tomatoes.
cheese.

XIV Fill in the right word for each gap. (some or any)
1.She doesn't know .................... of the sights worth seeing in Vienna.
2.Did he get................... tickets for the new show? - No, I didn't.
3.Please, ask her for ................. more cake.
4.Shirley could not buy ................ apples because they were sold out.
5.They didn't want to get ....................... homework.
6.They will certainly meet .......................... friends at the party.
7.She doesn't read....................... newspapers.
8.He didn't meet .......................... friends last weekend.
9.She ordered........................ orange juice.
10.She often buys ............................ bars of chocolate for her children.

XV Decide whether you have to use much or many.

1.She has so..........................friends!

2.Too..........................cooks spoil the broth.

3.Hurry up. I don't have so...............................time.
4.We went to a dairy yesterday. I had never seen so........................cows
before.
5.It's also quite amazing how ........................... milk these cows produce every
day.
6.You have too............................. money. Won't you share it with me?
7.There are so............................poor people in the world.
8.There are too ................................. children in the house.
9.My father doesn't drink...............................coffee.
10.How..................................of you have ever been to London?
XVI Put in the verbs in brackets in Simple Present or Present Continuous.
1.Andy sometimes ...................... comics. (to read)
2.We never ............................... TV in the morning. (to watch)
3.Listen! Sandy .................................... in the bathroom. (to sing)
4.My sister usually .................................... in the kitchen. (to help)
5.My mother................................. breakfast now. (to make)
6.They often ................................. the bathroom. (to clean)
7.Look! The boys .......................................home. (to come)
8.Every day his grandfather.................................... for a walk. (to go)
9.I ......................................... with my friend at the moment. (to chat)
10.Cats ........................................ mice. (to eat)