Chapter 11 · Book pages 36–38
📗 Answer key: Questions and Question Tags
Finish the questions in your book first. Then check each one here: tap Show answer, then mark ✓ if you got it right or ✗ if not. For every ✗, read the "why" and say it out loud.
A. Choose the correct question word
1
____ were you talking to in the library?
✓ D. Whom
You talked to him/her, the person the action is done to → whom. (In everyday speech people often say who, but it isn't an option.)
2
At ____ time is she leaving?
✓ B. what
At what time…? is the usual way to ask for a clock time. (At which time is possible only when choosing from a fixed list, so it is less likely the book's answer.)
3
____ don't you like milk?
✓ A. Why
Asks for a reason: because…
4
____ did the burglar enter the shop?
✓ C. How
Asks about the way he got in (through a window, by breaking the lock). Where could also work if asking which door, but How is the most natural.
5
____ are you from?
✓ C. Where
Asks about a place.
6
____ is my blue shirt, Riya?
✓ D. Where
Asks where the shirt is (its place).
7
____ ate the last piece of sandwich?
✓ B. Who
Asks about the person who did the eating (the doer).
8
____ is the purpose of this meeting?
✓ D. What
Asks for information about a thing (the purpose).
9
____ will the new store open?
✓ B. When
Asks about time.
10
____ did you keep your book?
✓ A. Where
Asks about the place where the book was kept.
B. Choose the correct question tag
11
She is from Uttarakhand, ____?
✓ A. isn't she
Helper is, positive → negative tag; she → she.
12
You will come tomorrow, ____?
✓ B. won't you
will → won't (will not).
13
It couldn't be done, ____?
✓ D. could it
Negative sentence → positive tag with the same helper: could it.
14
You must answer the letter, ____?
✓ A. mustn't you
Same helper must → mustn't you.
15
Julia has just left, ____?
✓ C. hasn't she
Helper has → hasn't she.
C. Unscramble the words and choose the correct option
16
PE/ teacher/ of/ Zara/ who/ Saurabh/ and/ the/ is
✓ A. Who is the PE teacher of Zara and Saurabh?
Question word + helper (is) + rest, ending with ?
17
Finish/ homework/ you/ your/ to/ going/ are/ when
✓ C. When are you going to finish your homework?
When + are + you + going to finish your homework?
18
You/ there/ over/ doing/ are/ what
✓ D. What are you doing over there?
What + are + you + doing over there?
19
Cake/ the/ kept/ plum/ where/ Reema/ has
✓ D. Where has Reema kept the plum cake?
Where + has + Reema + kept the plum cake?
20
You/ gift/ the/ Christmas/ send/ two/ within/ days/ how/ will
✓ A. How will you send the Christmas gift within two days?
How + will + you + send the Christmas gift within two days?
Achievers Section (HOTS)
21
____ responsibility is it to clean this mess?
✓ C. Whose
Asks about the owner of the responsibility.
22
____ was the last time you visited the doctor?
✓ D. When
Asks about a time.
23
____ is my ceiling fan making that funny noise?
✓ B. Why
Asks for the reason for the noise.
24
He ran ten kilometres, ____?
✓ B. didn't he
ran = past, no helper → did; positive → didn't he.
25
Sarah isn't attending the class today, ____?
✓ A. is she
Negative sentence (isn't) → positive tag with the same helper: is she.