G5: Questions III

G5: Questions III - WH- with various tenses

by Tom Rohrbach

Multiple Choice Quiz

Do you know how to make correct WH- questions with different verb tenses?

The correct word order for WH- questions is:

QUESTION WORD(S) | HELPING VERB | SUBJECT | MAIN VERB(S) | ... ?

EXAMPLE: How far | did | you | drive | before you took your first break ?

For a 'be' verb in simple present or simple past tense, there is no helping verb:

QUESTION WORD(S) | 'BE' VERB | SUBJECT | ... ?

EXAMPLE:

How many days | were | you | in Paris ?

["who" or "whom"?]
__ was found by the police in that crashed car along I-70 last night?
1. Who
2. Whom
3. Both are correct, even in formal English.
["who" or "whom"?]
__ have you talked with in the university admissions office far?
1. Who
2. Whom
3. Both are correct, even in formal English.
["who" or "whom"?]
To __ did you give your completed loan application before you left the bank yesterday? We can’t find it.
1. who
2. whom
3. Both are correct, even in formal English.
[present perfect]
you / how many / (buy) / music downloads / in the past year ?
1. How many have you bought music downloads in the past year?
2. How many music downloads you have bought in the past year?
3. How many music downloads have you bought in the past year?
[future – ‘be going to’]
on your next vacation / (go) / you and your husband / where ?
1. Where you and your husband are going to go on your next vacation?
2. Where are you and your husband going to go on your next vacation?
3. Where are you and your husband going on your next vacation?
[simple past]
shrimp scampi / at that new Italian restaurant / how / last night / (like) / you ?
1. How you liked the shrimp scampi at that new Italian restaurant last night?
2. How did you liked the shrimp scampi at that new Italian restaurant last night?
3. How did you like the shrimp scampi at that new Italian restaurant last night?
[future - passive]
next school board election / (hold) / in Denver / when ?
1. When will the next school board election be held in Denver?
2. When the next school board election will be held in Denver?
3. When will be held the next school board election in Denver?
[past perfect + ?]
Belgium / you / (live) / how long / to France / before / (move) ?
1. How long you had lived in Belgium before you moved to France?
2. How long had you lived in Belgium before you had moved to France?
3. How long had you lived in Belgium before you moved to France?
[future progressive]
on your honeymoon trip / what / you and your wife / cities / (visit) / in Europe ?
1. What will you and your wife be visiting cities on your honeymoon trip in Europe?
2. What cities you and your wife will be visiting on your honeymoon trip in Europe?
3. What cities will you and your wife be visiting on your honeymoon trip in Europe?
[simple past]
times / your baby / (wake up and cry) / during the night / how many ?
1. How many times did your baby wake up and cry during the night?
2. How many did your baby wake up and cry times during the night?
3. How many times your baby woke up and cried during the night?
[present perfect]
how much / your teenage daughter / (spend) / money / since you gave her a credit card last month ?
1. How much money has your teenage daughter spent since you gave her a credit card last month?
2. How much has your teenage daughter spent money since you gave her a credit card last month?
3. How much money your teenage daughter has spent since you gave her a credit card last month?
[future]
our leaders / the same mistakes / how / (keep + make) / over and over again ?
1. How often will our leaders keep making the same mistakes over and over again?
2. How will our leaders often keep making the same mistakes over and over again?
3. How often our leaders will keep making the same mistakes over and over again?
[future progressive]
time / your flight / (leave) / tomorrow / what ? Maybe I can give you a ride to the airport.
1. What time your flight will be leaving tomorrow? Maybe I can give you a ride to the airport.
2. Will your flight be leaving what time tomorrow? Maybe I can give you a ride to the airport.
3. What time will your flight be leaving tomorrow? Maybe I can give you a ride to the airport.
[present perfect]
that Hollywood actress / again / (get) / cosmetic surgery / why ? She looked beautiful already!
1. Why that Hollywood actress has gotten cosmetic surgery again? She looked beautiful already!
2. Why has that Hollywood actress gotten cosmetic surgery again? She looked beautiful already!
3. Why again has that Hollywood actress gotten cosmetic surgery? She looked beautiful already!