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Q1. What question can be asked in order to get the given phrase as the answer?   Pooja and Deepa’s
  • 1) Who lives in this house?
  • 2) Whose house is this?
  • 3) Where is the house?
  • 4) To whom does the house belong?

Solution

Whose house is this? Pooja and Deepa’s
Q2. Give a short affirmative and a negative answer to the question. Does your father know English?

Solution

Does your father know English? Affirmative: Yes, he does. Negative: No, he doesn’t.
Q3. What question can be asked in order to get the given phrase as the answer?  There is a man inside the house.
  • 1) Where is the house?
  • 2) What is inside the house?
  • 3) Why is the man inside the house?
  • 4) Who is inside the house?

Solution

Who is inside the house? Answer: The man is inside the house.
Q4. List all the questions which can be asked in order to get the sentence as the answer. The front door is creaking.

Solution

What is creaking? Which door is creaking? What is happening to the front door?
Q5. Give a short affirmative and a negative answer to the question. May I leave for the day?

Solution

May I leave for the day? Affirmative: Yes, you may. Negative: No, you may not.
Q6. Select the appropriate option for the blank. Mahesh ____ like the smell of boiling milk, does he?
  • 1) Do not
  • 2) Doesn’t
  • 3) Does
  • 4) Hasn’t

Solution

Mahesh doesn’t like the smell of boiling milk, does he?
Q7.  Which among the following is the interrogative form of the sentence?He does know how to speak in French.
  • 1) Does he speak in French?
  • 2) Did he speak in French?
  • 3) Can he speak in French?
  • 4) Will he speak in French?

Solution

Does he speak in French?
Q8. Identify the verb to which the question tag in the sentence is related. They were confident that Geeta would come first in the race, weren’t they?
  • 1) Come
  • 2) Were
  • 3) Would
  • 4) Confident

Solution

They were confident that Geeta would come first in the race, weren’t they? The question tag is related to the verb ‘were’.
Q9. Select the appropriate option for the blank. _____ break the rules of the school, can we?
  • 1) I cannot
  • 2) We cannot
  • 3) You shall not
  • 4) We may not

Solution

We cannot break the rules of the school, can we?
Q10.  State the type of the given question.  Do I look like I have a lot of time to waste?

Solution

  Rhetorical question
Q11. Identify the verb to which the question tag in the sentence is related. “Amit is a very smart boy who participates in all the school activities,” said the teacher, didn’t she?
  • 1) Participates
  • 2) Said
  • 3) Didn’t
  • 4) Is

Solution

“Amit is a very smart boy who participates in all the school activities,” said the teacher, didn’t she? The question tag is related to the verb ‘said’.
Q12. How will one change this sentence to an interrogative sentence? She promised that she will never lie in the future.
  • 1) By adding an auxiliary to the beginning of the sentence (did) and changing the tense of the main verb
  • 2) By adding “What” to the beginning of the sentence
  • 3) By adding a question mark to the beginning of the sentence
  • 4) By adding an auxiliary to the beginning of the sentence (did) and not changing the tense of the main verb

Solution

By adding an auxiliary to the beginning of the sentence (did) and changing the tense of the main verb Did she promise that she will never lie in the future?
Q13. List all the questions which can be asked in order to get the sentence as the answer. The house at the end of the road is owned by Mr Suarez.

Solution

Which house is owned by Mr Suarez? Where is Mr Suarez’s house situated? Who owns the house at the end of the road?
Q14.  What question can be asked in order to get the given phrase as the answer? Tod’s aunt
  • 1) What purse is this?
  • 2) Which purse is this?
  • 3) Who has a purse?
  • 4) Whose purse is it?

Solution

Who has a purse? Tod’s aunt
Q15. Change the following assertive sentence to an interrogative sentence.  I will either go to the mall or watch television.

Solution

Will I go to the mall or watch television?
Q16. Which among the following is a correct interrogative form of the sentence?  He confirmed that he was at the club that night.
  • 1) Where did he confirm that he was at the club that night?
  • 2) Why has he confirmed that he was at the club that night?
  • 3) When has he confirmed that he was at the club that night?
  • 4) Did he confirm that he was at the club that night?

Solution

Did he confirm that he was at the club that night?
Q17. State the type of the question. What if animals could talk one day?

Solution

Hypothetical question 
Q18. What question can be asked in order to get the given phrase as the answer?  The ones on the shelf
  • 1) Where are the jars kept?
  • 2) What are inside the jars?
  • 3) Which jars have to be taken out?
  • 4) Whose jars have to be taken out?

Solution

Which jars have to be taken out?
Q19. Change the assertive sentence to an interrogative sentence. The old man was fond of his pets.

Solution

Was the old man fond of his pets? 
Q20. Identify the verb to which the question tag in the sentence is related. The man who looked dishonest in the first place was the most truthful among the lot, wasn’t he?
  • 1) Who
  • 2) Looked
  • 3) Wasn’t
  • 4) Was

Solution

The man who looked dishonest in the first place was the most truthful among the lot, wasn’t he? The question tag is related to the verb ‘was’.
Q21. Change the following assertive sentence to an interrogative sentence.  I turned off the lights before leaving.

Solution

Did I turn off the lights before leaving?
Q22. Change the following sentence to a rhetorical question.  I am not an idiot.

Solution

Am I an idiot?
Q23. Select the appropriate option for the blank. _____Raj the best cook I have ever known?
  • 1) Is
  • 2) What
  • 3) Are
  • 4) Were

Solution

Is Raj the best cook I have ever known?
Q24. List all the questions which can be asked in order to get the sentence as the answer. She didn’t see him coming.

Solution

Did she see him coming? Whom didn’t she see coming? Who didn’t see him coming?
Q25. How can the following assertive sentence be changed to an interrogative sentence?  He has finished the work.
  • 1) By adding ‘What’ in the beginning of the sentence
  • 2) By adding a question mark at the end of the sentence
  • 3) By moving the auxiliary to the beginning of the sentence
  • 4) By adding an auxiliary ‘do’

Solution

By moving the auxiliary to the beginning of the sentence He has finished the work. Has he finished the work?
Q26. State the type of the sentence.  Are you from Gujarat?

Solution

Are you from Gujarat? Answer: Yes/No A ‘Yes/No’ question
Q27. List all the questions which can be asked in order to get the sentence as the answer. Richard’s friend’s aunt was involved in the embezzlement.

Solution

Who was involved in the embezzlement? Whose friend’s aunt was involved in the embezzlement? Whose aunt was involved in the embezzlement? What was Richard’s friend’s aunt involved in?
Q28. Select the appropriate option for the blank. He ____ never understand my problems, will he?
  • 1) Will
  • 2) Can
  • 3) May
  • 4) Shall

Solution

He will never understand my problems, will he?
Q29. Supplement the following sentence with a statement in agreement to it and one in disagreement to it. Does my sister look sad to you?

Solution

Does my sister look sad to you? Agreement: Yes, she does.  Disagreement: No, she doesn’t. 
Q30. Add a question tag.  Mohan works hard.

Solution

Mohan works hard, doesn’t he?


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