Asking questions in English, Vocabulary English game
Asking questions in English exercise. ESL game on learning how to make sentences in English language based on fundamental rules of asking questions. Useful resource for homeschool and classroom use by teachers and students. Have fun with this vocabulary English game.
Learn asking questions English grammar.
1. Using indirect questions such as “Do you know” and “Could you help me?” are considered more polite.
a. True
b. False
2. If there is no question word in the sentence, “if” and “whether” can be used.
a. True
b. False
3. Select the question that is more polite in formal English
a. Where is the coffee machine?
b. Do you know where the coffee machine is?
c. Do you have any idea where the coffee machine is?
d. Both B and C
4. When asking questions in the more polite style, you can use the words “do, does and did”
a. True
b. False
5. Which question correctly replaces “did” to make the question polite in the sentence “Did he arrive?”
a. Did his train arrive yet?
b. Where is his train?
c. Do you know what time he is due to arrive at?
d. Where is he?
6. You can report a question by changing it to a statement after it has been asked.
a. True
b. False
7. When reporting a question, the order of the words stays the same as in the question.
a. True
b. False
8. Identify the “reported question” from the following question, “Where are we going?”
a. I do not know.
b. I was asked where we are going.
c. Where we are going, I asked.
d. None of the above
9. A “reported question” is still a question and must use the question punctuation.
a. True
b. False
10. Is the following question considered indirect and polite? “Did you find out what time the plane departs?”
a. Yes
b. No
c. There is not enough information to determine
11. When asking a question in the indirect form, the word order is the same as a normal question.
a. True
b. False
12. Is the following an example of a polite and indirect question? “Would you mind explaining how you came up with that solution?”
a. Yes
b. No
c. There is not enough information to determine
13. Change the following question into a polite question. “Is it done?”
a. Done yet?
b. If it is done, do you know?
c. Do you know if it is done yet?
14. Change the following question into a polite question: “Are you ready?”
a. Ready?
b. Would you mind telling me if you are ready?
c. Please tell me when you are ready.
d. Tell me when you are ready?
15. Change the following question into a polite question: “Will you go with me?”
a. Would you like to go with me tonight?
b. Go with me tonight?
c. Neither option is considered polite
d. Both options are considered polite