Present and past

Question 1

What’s the matter? __________ (why / you / cry?)

Answer 1

Why are you crying?

Question 2

Where’s your mother?__________ (she / work / today?)

Answer 2

Is she working today?

Question 3

I haven’t seen you for ages. __________ (what / you / do / these days?)

Answer 3

What are you doing these days?

Question 4

Amy is a student. __________ (what / she / study?)

Answer 4

What is she studying?

Question 5

Who are those people? ___________ (what / they / do?)

Answer 5

What are they doing?

Question 6

I heard you started a new job. __________ (you / enjoy / it?)

Answer 6

Are you enjoying it?

Question 7

We’re not in a hurry. ___________ (why / you / walk / so fast?)

Answer 7

Why are you walking so fast?

Question 8

What time _________ (the banks / close) here?

Answer 8

Do the banks close?

Question 9

Where (Maria / come)__________ from? Is she Spanish?

Answer 9

does Maria come

Question 10

Look at this sentence. What __________ (this word / mean)?

Answer 10

does this word mean

Question 11

It \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_(take) me an hour to get to work in the morning. How long \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
(it / take) you?

Answer 11

takes … does it take

Question 12

I think my English __________ (improve) slowly. It’s better than it was.

Answer 12

is improving

Question 13

‘What __________ (your father / do)?’ ‘He’s an architect.’

Answer 13

does your father does?

Question 14

It took me an hour to get to work this morning. Most days __________
(it / not / take) so long.

Answer 14

it doesn’t take a long

Question 15

Use always -ing.

a: The car has broken down again.
b: That car is useless. It _________

Answer 15

is always breaking

Question 16

Use always -ing.

a: Look! You’ve made the same mistake again.
b: Oh no, not again! I __________

Answer 16

am always making the same

Question 17

a: Oh, I’ve left my phone at home again.
b: Typical! __________

Answer 17

you are always leaving your phone

Question 18

a: How __________? By car?
b: Yes, we hired a car in San Francisco.

Answer 18

did you go?

Question 19

a: It’s a long way to drive. How long _________?
b: Two weeks. We stopped at a lot of places along the way.

Answer 19

did you take?

Question 20

a: Where _________? In hotels?
b: Yes, small hotels or motels.

Answer 20

did you stay?

Question 21

a: __________ good?
b: Yes, but it was very hot – sometimes too hot.

Answer 21

Was the weather

Question 22

a: __________ the Grand Canyon?
b: Of course. It was wonderful.

Answer 22

Did you go to / Did you see /

Did you visit

Question 23

‘What __________ (you / do) at this time yesterday?’ ‘I was asleep.’

Answer 23

were you doing

Question 24

‘__________ (you / go) out last night?’ ‘No, I was too tired.’

Answer 24

Did you go

Question 25

How fast _________ (you / drive) when the accident _________ (happen)?

Answer 25

were you driving … happened

Question 26

Sam ________ (take) a picture of me while I __________ (not / look).

Answer 26

took … wasn’t looking

Question 27

We were in a very diff icult position. We _________ (not / know) what to do, so we __________ (do) nothing.

Answer 27

didn’t know … did

Question 28

I haven’t seen Alan for ages. When I last _________ (see) him, he __________ (try) to find a job.

Answer 28

saw … was trying