Questions: Different types – English Grammar Test for B2
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(a) Do
(b) Are
(c) Would
(d) Will
2 Can you tell me what time ______ the train leaves?
(a) does
(b) do
(c) —
(d) is
3 He’s from Canada, ______?
(a) doesn’t he
(b) isn’t he
(c) wasn’t he
(d) hasn’t he
4 I asked her where she ______ gone on holiday.
(a) has
(b) had
(c) have
(d) was
5 ______ did you decide to move abroad?
(a) What
(b) When
(c) Why
(d) Where
6 Let’s visit the museum tomorrow, ______?
(a) shall we
(b) will we
(c) do we
(d) don’t we
7 You haven’t met my parents yet, ______?
(a) haven’t you
(b) did you
(c) have you
(d) do you
8 “Do you know when she’ll arrive?” – What kind of question is this?
(a) Direct
(b) Tag
(c) Indirect
(d) Negative
9 Who ______ the meeting yesterday afternoon?
(a) attend
(b) attended
(c) did attend
(d) attending
10 I wonder why she ______ so upset.
(a) is
(b) was
(c) be
(d) being
11 ______ you ever seen a shooting star?
(a) Did
(b) Were
(c) Have
(d) Do
12 Which of these questions is correct?
(a) What means this word?
(b) What this word mean?
(c) What does this word mean?
(d) What is mean this word?
13 If you want to be polite, you can ask: “Could you tell me where ______?”
(a) is the bank
(b) the bank is
(c) was the bank
(d) does the bank
14 Nobody called me, ______?
(a) didn’t they
(b) did they
(c) doesn’t they
(d) do they
15 ______ are you talking to on the phone?
(a) Who
(b) Whose
(c) What
(d) Whom
16 How long ______ here?
(a) have you been working
(b) did you work
(c) were you working
(d) you work
17 “Why didn’t you tell me?” → She asked me ______.
(a) why didn’t I tell her
(b) why I didn’t tell her
(c) why didn’t tell her I
(d) why I hadn’t told her
18 What’s the correct question tag? “I’m late, ______?”
(a) amn’t I
(b) aren’t I
(c) don’t I
(d) won’t I
19 Which question is NOT polite?
(a) Can you tell me where the bank is?
(b) Do you know what time it is?
(c) Tell me where is the bank.
(d) Could you tell me how to get to the station?
20 ______ she call you yesterday?
(a) Has
(b) Did
(c) Does
(d) Was
21 I’d like to know if she ______ coming tonight.
(a) is
(b) was
(c) were
(d) has been
22 ______ are your best friends?
(a) What
(b) Whose
(c) Who
(d) Which
23 What time ______ the meeting start?
(a) do
(b) does
(c) is
(d) did
24 “Do you know where my keys are?” – The underlined part is a(n) ______ question.
(a) Direct
(b) Indirect
(c) Tag
(d) Rhetorical
25 I can’t remember who ______ me about the new café.
(a) tells
(b) told
(c) was told
(d) telling
26 Why didn’t you answer my email? → He asked me ______.
(a) why I hadn’t answered
(b) why hadn’t I answered
(c) why I didn’t answered
(d) why hadn’t answered I
27 How often ______ your grandparents visit you?
(a) are
(b) do
(c) have
(d) did
28 ______ you like to come along with us?
(a) Are
(b) Do
(c) Will
(d) Would
29 “How are you feeling today?” – This is a ______ question.
(a) Yes/No
(b) Wh-
(c) Tag
(d) Indirect
30 You didn’t lock the door, ______?
(a) didn’t you
(b) did you
(c) don’t you
(d) haven’t you
31 “Isn’t it a lovely day?” is used mainly to ______.
(a) show surprise
(b) express agreement
(c) ask for information
(d) complain
32 ______ you tell me how to get to the airport?
(a) Do
(b) Could
(c) Shall
(d) Must
33 I can’t remember what time ______.
(a) does it start
(b) it starts
(c) is it start
(d) it start
34 What ______ you doing at this time yesterday?
(a) do
(b) were
(c) are
(d) was
35 She asked me who ______ me that morning.
(a) calls
(b) called
(c) was calling
(d) had called
36 Which of the following is NOT a Wh-question?
(a) Why are you sad?
(b) What do you do?
(c) Where is she?
(d) Are you ready?
37 ______ kind of music do you like best?
(a) What
(b) Which
(c) Whose
(d) How
38 He hasn’t finished yet, ______?
(a) hasn’t he
(b) did he
(c) has he
(d) doesn’t he
39 She wanted to know what ______ doing.
(a) was I
(b) I was
(c) am I
(d) I am
40 “Why not come with us?” – This question expresses ______.
(a) complaint
(b) suggestion
(c) surprise
(d) refusal
41 I asked him if he ______ me later.
(a) will call
(b) would call
(c) calls
(d) called
42 ______ you mind helping me with this box?
(a) Could
(b) Would
(c) Do
(d) Shall
43 She hasn’t decided where ______ yet.
(a) she goes
(b) does she go
(c) she’ll go
(d) will she go
44 You’ve never been to Japan, ______?
(a) did you
(b) have you
(c) haven’t you
(d) do you
45 He asked me why ______ so tired.
(a) was I
(b) I was
(c) am I
(d) I am
46 “Can you tell me what this means?” – It’s an example of an ______ question.
(a) Indirect
(b) Rhetorical
(c) Open
(d) Tag
47 Who ______ the report for today’s meeting?
(a) prepare
(b) prepared
(c) prepares
(d) preparing
48 ______ did you last speak to your manager?
(a) When
(b) How
(c) Why
(d) What
49 What time ______ we meet tomorrow morning?
(a) do
(b) are
(c) shall
(d) did
50 I’d like to know who ______ to yesterday’s conference.
(a) goes
(b) went
(c) gone
(d) going
51 He asked her where ______ from.
(a) did she come
(b) she came
(c) she come
(d) comes she
52 “Let’s have some tea, shall we?” – The tag here is used to ______.
(a) confirm agreement
(b) show surprise
(c) ask a question
(d) complain politely
53 Could you tell me when ______ open?
(a) the shops
(b) do the shops
(c) are the shops
(d) will the shops
54 ______ are you standing there? Come in!
(a) Why
(b) Where
(c) What
(d) How
55 The teacher asked who ______ the project yet.
(a) finished
(b) has finished
(c) had finished
(d) finishes
56 How long ______ you known her?
(a) do
(b) did
(c) have
(d) were
57 Nobody told him the news, ______?
(a) did they
(b) didn’t they
(c) was they
(d) have they
58 I can’t remember what she ______ yesterday.
(a) says
(b) said
(c) was said
(d) saying
59 He asked me whether I ______ see that movie.
(a) want to
(b) wanted to
(c) wants to
(d) was wanting to
60 ______ you like me to explain that again?
(a) Can
(b) Shall
(c) Would
(d) Do
Answer
1 (c) – Polite invitation → Would you like...?
2 (c) – Indirect → what time the train leaves.
3 (b) – Positive statement → negative tag: isn’t he?
4 (b) – Past perfect after past reporting verb.
5 (c) – Asking for reason → Why...?
6 (a) – Tag for Let’s → shall we?
7 (c) – Negative → positive tag.
8 (c) – It’s indirect because it includes a question within a statement.
9 (b) – Past simple form.
10 (a) – Present situation → why she is upset.
11 (c) – Present perfect → Have you ever...?
12 (c) – Present simple question → What does this word mean?
13 (b) – Indirect question → normal word order.
14 (b) – Negative subject → positive tag.
15 (a) – Asking for person → Who are you talking to?
16 (a) – Duration → have you been working.
17 (b) – Indirect → no inversion.
18 (b) – Irregular tag for I’m.
19 (c) – Word order is wrong → impolite.
20 (b) – Past simple question.
21 (a) – Present continuous → if she is coming.
22 (c) – Asking about people → Who...?
23 (b) – Present simple → does the meeting start.
24 (b) – It’s an indirect embedded question.
25 (b) – Simple past → told.
26 (a) – Reported question → past perfect.
27 (b) – Present simple for habits → do.
28 (d) – Polite offer → Would you like...?
29 (b) – Wh-question → How...?
30 (b) – Negative → positive tag.
31 (b) – Tag question for shared feeling.
32 (b) – Polite request → Could you...?
33 (b) – Indirect → what time it starts.
34 (b) – Past continuous → were you doing.
35 (d) – Reported speech → past perfect.
36 (d) – Yes/No question, not Wh-.
37 (a) – “What kind” = type of thing.
38 (c) – Negative → positive tag.
39 (b) – Embedded structure → I was.
40 (b) – “Why not...?” = polite suggestion.
41 (b) – Reported → would call.
42 (b) – Polite request → Would you mind...?
43 (c) – Future intention → she’ll go.
44 (b) – Negative → positive tag.
45 (b) – Indirect → why I was so tired.
46 (a) – Indirect question example.
47 (b) – Past simple → prepared.
48 (a) – Asking about time.
49 (c) – Polite suggestion → shall we meet...?
50 (b) – Reported → went.
51 (b) – Indirect → where she came from.
52 (a) – Tag confirms shared intention.
53 (a) – Indirect → when the shops open.
54 (a) – “Why” for cause.
55 (c) – Reported → past perfect.
56 (c) – Present perfect → have known.
57 (a) – Negative subject → positive tag.
58 (b) – Past simple → said.
59 (b) – Reported → past form wanted.
60 (c) – Polite offer → Would you like...?