English grammar quiz
Quiz: question forms in English
Where you live? or Where do you live? Who broke or who did break? Check how you build questions: 12 questions with every answer explained.
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Quiz: Question forms
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Question 1.
(blank) you like coffee?
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Present Simple with you: auxiliary do, Do you like…?
Question 2.
Where (blank) she work?
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Present Simple with she: does. Work has no -s after does.
Question 3.
(blank) you at home yesterday?
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To be in the past with you: were. Did isn’t used with to be.
Question 4.
What (blank) you do last weekend?
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Last weekend is past, Past Simple: What did you do?
Question 5.
Who (blank) the window?
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Who is the subject here, so statement word order and no did: Who broke…?
Question 6.
Who (blank) you call yesterday?
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Here who is the object and you is the subject, so we need did.
Question 7.
It’s cold today, (blank)?
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Tag question: a positive statement with is takes a negative tag, isn’t it?
Question 8.
You don’t eat meat, (blank)?
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A negative statement takes a positive tag with the same auxiliary: do you?
Question 9.
What (blank) this word mean?
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What is the object and this word (singular) is the subject, so does: What does it mean?
Question 10.
(blank) have you lived here?
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Asking about duration: How long…? When isn’t used with the Present Perfect.
Question 11.
She lives in Lviv, (blank)?
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Lives is Present Simple with no auxiliary, so the tag uses does: doesn’t she?
Question 12.
Where are you (blank)?
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In everyday questions the preposition goes at the end: Where are you from?
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Take the level testEnglish question forms: the rule
Intonation isn’t enough: the auxiliary verb goes before the subject.
Auxiliary before the subject
Is, are, have, will, can… move to the front. With no auxiliary, use do / does / did.
Have you finished?
have moves to the front
Where did you go yesterday?
did for the Past Simple
Subject questions
When who or what is the subject, keep statement word order.
Who lives here?
no do
What happened?
no did
Question tags
Positive statement → negative tag; negative statement → positive tag, with the same auxiliary.
You’re coming, aren’t you?
positive → negative
She doesn’t eat meat, does she?
negative → positive
Typical mistakes
Things learners of English often say. On the left — what to avoid, on the right — the correct version.
Not this:
Where you work?This: Where do you work?
Question word + auxiliary.
Not this:
Does she works here?This: Does she work here?
No -s after does.
Not this:
Who did call you?This: Who called you?
Subject questions: no did.
Not this:
What means this word?This: What does this word mean?
What is the object here: use does.
FAQ
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What are the types of questions in English?
Yes/no questions (Do you…?), wh- questions (Where do you…?), alternative questions with or, question tags (…, isn’t it?) and subject questions (Who called?).
When don’t questions need do?
When there is already another auxiliary or modal (Are you…? Can you…? Have you…?) and in subject questions (Who knows?).
What level is this quiz?
A1–A2. If you make a lot of mistakes, start with the Present Simple and Past Simple: their questions use do / does / did.
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Will vs going to
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I wish and if only
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