Class 12 English Grammar Unit 6 Questions Exercise
Unit 6 Grammar PDF
A question is a certain sort of statement that, at first glance, seems to demand for an answer.
The major categories of English Questions are as follow:
- Yes/No Questions
- Special or Wh-Questions
- Choice Questions.
- Tag questions or disjunctive questions.
Yes/No Questions
These are questions that can be answered with a simple "yes" or "no." They typically start with an auxiliary verb (such as "is," "are," "do," "did," "will," "can," "could," etc.) followed by the subject and main verb. For example:
Are you coming to the party?
Did you finish your homework?
Can you swim?
Special or Wh-Questions:
These are questions that typically start with a question word, also known as a wh-word (such as "what," "who," "where," "when," "why," "which," "whom," "how"). They require a more detailed answer than a simple "yes" or "no." For example:
What is your favorite color?
Where did you go on vacation?
How do you like your coffee?
Choice Questions:
These are questions that offer a choice between two or more options. They typically start with "which" or "would" and are followed by the options. For example:
Which movie do you want to watch, action or comedy?
Would you like tea or coffee?
Do you prefer pizza or burgers?
Tag questions or disjunctive questions:
These are questions that are added to the end of a statement to confirm or check information. They are formed by using a positive or negative statement followed by a tag question that reverses the polarity of the statement. For example:
It's a beautiful day, isn't it?
You don't like chocolate, do you?
She's a good singer, isn't she?
A. Look at the following questions and say what type of questions they are.
a. Do you like this country?
→ Choice question
b. Where is she from?
→ Wh question
c. How many eggs do we need for this cake?
→ Wh question
d. Whose children are playing in the yard?
→ Wh question
e. Does she like ice cream or sweets?
→ Yes/no question
f. She sent him an invitation, didn’t she?
→ Question tag
g. Could you tell me if the doctor is available?
→ Indirect question
h. Do you know how tall they are?
→ Indirect question
B. Choose the correct words from the box to complete the sentences.
a.……… your friend a scientist? – No, he's an artist.
→ Is
b.……… Naresh live in Kathmandu? – No, he lives in Pokhara.
→ Does
c. When …….. you get home? – I got home yesterday.
→ did
d. What time …….. you get up? – I get up at 6:00.
→ do
e.……… the children go to the part? – Yes, they went there after school.
→ Did
f. Are ……… going to school? – No, I'm going home.
→ you
g.……. you speak Chinese? – Just a little.
→ Can
h.…….. did you grow up? – I grew up in Okhaldhunga.
→ Where
C. Make wh-questions so that the words in bold become the answer.
a. Romeo loves Juliet.
→ Whom does Romeo love?
b. My mother made delicious bread yesterday.
→ What did your mother make yesterday?
c. The music was composed by Narayan Gopal.
→ By whom was the music composed?
d. I'm looking for a new book.
→ What are you looking for?
e. They were talking about the new movie.
→ What were they talking about?
f. She got the idea from a story.
→ Where did she get the idea from?
g. She always goes to school on foot.
→ How does she go to school?
h. She sometimes goes to the cinema.
→ How often does she go to the cinema?
i. They have been waiting for three years.
→ How long have they been waiting?
D. Change these indirect questions into direct ones.
a. Could you tell me where Market Street is?
→ Where is Market Street? Could you tell me....?
b. I'm longing to know what time the bank opens.
→ What time does the bank open? I'm longing to know...
c. Do you have any idea how he's managed to get in shape so quickly?
→ How has he managed to get in shape so quickly? Do you have any idea....?
d. I'd like to know how much this motorcycle costs these days.
→ How much does this motorcycle cost these days? I'd like to know...
e. Did you notice if he had left the car in the park?
→ Had he left the car in the park? Did you notice...?
f. Have you found out if the train has left?
→ Has the train left? Have you found out...?
g. I was wondering if they speak English well.
→ Do they speak English well? I was wondering.....
h. Would you tell us how we can get to the post office from here?
→ How can we get to the post office from here? Would you tell us......?
i. Do you remember if I locked the front door?
→ Did I lock the front door? Do you remember.......?