G5: Questions II - Present & Future Verb Tenses: yes/no
by Tom Rohrbach
Multiple Choice Quiz
Do you know how to make correct yes-no
questions with present and future verb tenses?
For each group of words below - verbs are
in ( ) - choose the answer
that is a 'normal' question — not a slang
or a super-formal British type!
there / a post office / near here / (be) ?
- There is a post office near here?
- Is there be a post office near here?
- Is there a post office near here?
years old / little Jeffrey / (will + be) / 4 or 5 / on his next birthday ?
- Will be little Jeffrey 4 or 5 years old on his next birthday?
- Will little Jeffrey be 4 or 5 years old on his next birthday?
- Little Jeffrey will be 4 or 5 years old on his next birthday?
Jim / (will + not + help) / fix / you / your car / this weekend ? Why / not ?
- Will Jim not help you fix your car this weekend? Why not?
- Won’t Jim help you fix your car this weekend? Why not?
- Jim won't help you fix your car this weekend? Why not?
(will + be + leave) / Mr. Riker / on the 10 o’clock train / or / noon train ?
- Will Mr. Riker be leaving on the 10 o’clock train or the noon train?
- Will be Mr. Riker leaving on the 10 o’clock train or the noon train?
- Will Mr. Riker leaving on the 10 o’clock train or the noon train?
any / good iPad apps / (be + not) / for learning English pronunciation / there ?
- Are not there any good iPad apps for learning English pronunciation?
- Aren’t any good iPad apps there for learning English pronunciation?
- Aren’t there any good iPad apps for learning English pronunciation?
[future perfect]
your son / by his 30th birthday / his dream of becoming a millionaire / (will + reach) ?
- Will your son have reached his dream of becoming a millionaire by his 30th birthday?
- Will have your son reached his dream of becoming a millionaire by his 30th birthday?
- Your son will have reached his dream of becoming a millionaire by his 30th birthday?
you / listening to / (be + not + tired of) / that same song / over and over again ?
- Are you tired of listening to that same song over and over again?
- Aren’t you tired of listening to that same song over and over again?
- Are you tired of not listening to that same song over and over again?
the boss / someone / (‘be’ going to + fire) / this month / again / like last month ?
- Is someone going to fire the boss again this month like last month?
- Is going to the boss fire someone again this month like last month?
- Is the boss going to fire someone again this month like last month?
Kelly and Nellie / (be + not) / twins ?
- Aren’t Kelly and Nellie twins?
- Is Kelly and vvvnot twins?
- Aren’t twins Kelly and Nellie?
Professor Jemison / that presentation / again / (be + going to + be + give) / at any future conferences ? I missed it this morning.
- Professor Jemison is going to be giving that presentation again at any future conferences? I missed it this morning.
- Is Professor Jemison again going to be giving that presentation at any future conferences? I missed it this morning.
- Is Professor Jemison going to be giving that presentation again at any future conferences? I missed it this morning.
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