Basics: Questions - Yes/No and Wh- Questions
This challenge contains 12 questions at easy difficulty covering Basics: Questions - Yes/No and Wh- Questions. Test your knowledge with a mix of question formats!
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Help Detective Paws complete his interrogation report about the stolen office pastry by dragging the correct verbs into the questions.
"First of all, do you like jelly donuts?"
"And were you in the breakroom at noon yesterday?"
"Tell me, is your colleague aware of your massive sweet tooth?"
"First of all, do you like jelly donuts?"
We use "do" as the auxiliary verb to ask Yes/No questions about present habits and preferences with main verbs like "like".
"And were you in the breakroom at noon yesterday?"
We use "were" (the past tense of "to be") with the pronoun "you" to ask about a location or state in the past.
"Tell me, is your colleague aware of your massive sweet tooth?"
We use "is" because "your colleague" is a singular third-person subject, and "aware" is an adjective (not a verb), so we need the "to be" verb.
Where did you go for dinner? What was your date wearing? When did you finally get home?
Use where to ask about a place, what to ask about a thing (like clothing), and when to ask about time.
Help Alex interview a potential new roommate by dragging the correct question words into his notes.
"So, when do you usually wake up on weekends?"
"Out of curiosity, how often do you clean the apartment?"
"By the way, who is your favorite person to invite over?"
"So, when do you usually wake up on weekends?"
Use "when" to ask about time.
"Out of curiosity, how often do you clean the apartment?"
Use "how often" to ask about frequency or habits.
"By the way, who is your favorite person to invite over?"
Use "who" to ask about a person.
Is this the year 3024? Do people still use smartphones here? Did the great robot uprising happen already?
- Use Is for singular subjects with the "to be" verb (Is this...).
- Use Do for plural subjects in the present tense (Do people...).
- Use Did for actions completed in the past (Did the uprising happen...).
Complete the barista's polite question to a very sleepy customer.
"Excuse me, _____ some milk in your coffee, or are you drinking it black to survive the morning?"
The correct answer is do you want.
To form a simple Yes/No question in the present tense with most verbs (like "want"), we use the auxiliary verb do + subject + base verb (Do + you + want).
"Does" is only used for he, she, or it!
Zorg the alien is struggling to ask humans for basic information. Drag the correct phrases to fix his questions!
"Excuse me, where can I find the best pizza in this galaxy?"
"Also, how much does this cost in Earth money?"
"Finally, why are you running away from me?"
"Excuse me, where can I find the best pizza in this galaxy?"
In Wh- questions, the auxiliary or modal verb (can) must come before the subject (I).
"Also, how much does this cost in Earth money?"
The correct question word order is: Wh- word (how much) + auxiliary (does) + subject (this) + main verb (cost).
"Finally, why are you running away from me?"
For the present continuous tense, the "to be" verb (are) swaps places with the subject (you) to form a question.
Help the detective interrogate a very suspicious baker. Choose the correct phrase.
"I need the truth, Mr. Crumb. _____ the last batch of chocolate chip cookies?"
The correct answer is Where did you hide.
For most Wh- questions in the past tense, the correct word order is: Wh- word (Where) + auxiliary verb (did) + subject (you) + base verb (hide).
Because "did" already shows the past tense, the main verb stays in its base form ("hide", not "hid")!
The correct answers are Where did you hide the pepperoni pizza? and Why are you covered in tomato sauce?
Wh- questions follow this word order: Wh- word + Auxiliary Verb + Subject + Main Verb.
- "Where did you hide..." is correct. "Where you hid..." is missing the auxiliary verb "did."
- "Why are you covered..." is correct because the "to be" verb acts as the auxiliary and moves before the subject.
- "When did you ate..." is incorrect because after the auxiliary "did," the main verb must be in its base form ("eat," not "ate").
Do you want oat milk or almond milk? How many pumps of vanilla syrup did you ask for? Does this drink need extra whipped cream on top?
- Use Do with the pronoun "you" to form a simple present Yes/No question.
- Use How with "many" to ask about quantity.
- Use Does with singular third-person subjects ("this drink") to ask a Yes/No question.
The correct answers are Do humans usually drink this hot bean water? and Are you going to add milk to my cup?
Yes/No questions in English usually start with an auxiliary verb (like do, does, is, or are) followed by the subject and the main verb.
- We use do (not does) with plural subjects like "humans."
- We use are (not is) with the pronoun "you."
- Verbs like "drink" cannot simply jump to the front of the sentence; they need the helper verb "do."
The correct answers are Who betrayed you during the island challenge? and Who did you betray during the island challenge?
Both of these are correct, but they ask very different things!
- Subject Question: "Who betrayed you?" (We don't know the subject. No auxiliary "did" is needed when who is the subject doing the action.)
- Object Question: "Who did you betray?" (You are the subject, so we need the auxiliary "did" before the subject.)
- "Who did betrayed you?" is incorrect because we don't use "did" with a past tense verb ("betrayed").
- "Who you betrayed?" is missing the auxiliary "did."
Complete the roommate's dramatic text message.
"This is a disaster! _____ my leftover pizza from the fridge? I was dreaming about it all day!"
The correct answer is Who ate.
When a Wh- word (like "Who" or "What") is the subject of the question, we do not use the auxiliary verb "do/does/did". Instead, we just use the Wh- word followed directly by the main verb in its normal tense (Who + ate).
Questions
If you've ever asked You like coffee? with rising intonation and gotten a confused look — you've felt the gap between casual and grammatical English questions. Many languages form questions with intonation alone, but English usually requires inversion (Are you ready?) or do-support (Do you like coffee?). Skip the structure and your questions sound like uncertain statements.
Questions in English use inversion of subject and an auxiliary (Can she dance?) or do-support when no auxiliary is present (Does the milk go in the fridge?). Yes/no questions, wh-questions, negative questions, and tag questions all share this machinery.
Auxiliary verb
If you've ever wondered why English asks Do you know? instead of Know you?, or how a single sentence can carry tense, aspect, AND voice (has been being cleaned), you've felt the work of auxiliary verbs. They're tiny words that quietly carry most of English's grammatical machinery — get them wrong and questions, negatives, and tenses all fall apart.
An auxiliary verb combines with a main verb to add grammatical meaning. The English auxiliaries are be, have, do, and the modal verbs (can, will, should…). They handle questions (Do you?), negation (don't), tense and aspect (has gone, is going), and passive voice (was eaten).
Verb
If grammar feels overwhelming, the fix is almost always to focus on verbs first. They carry the action, the time, the mood, and the voice — a single verb form decides whether your sentence reads as past or present, fact or hypothetical, active or passive. Get verbs solid and the rest of grammar suddenly looks much smaller.
A verb expresses action, state, or occurrence — the engine of every English sentence. Most verbs have five forms (base, -s, past tense, past participle, -ing); be has eight; modal verbs have fewer. Verbs carry tense, aspect, mood, and voice.
English Grammar Basics
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