MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES UNIVERSITY

LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT

ENGLISH – LEVEL 1.1
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Verb To BE1 (3) – Information Questions

EXERCISE 1
Fill in the gaps with the correct question word. Choose between where, when, what, who.

1. A: __________ is Canberra?
B: It's in Australia.
2. A: __________ are John and Mandy?
B: They are my friends.
3. A: __________ is your birthday?
B: It's on 23rd May.
4. A: __________ is the Thames?
B: It's a river.
5. A: __________ is the concert?
B: On Saturday.
6. A: __________ is your schoolbag?
B: It's in my room.
7. A: __________ are London, Washington DC and Paris?
B: They're capital cities.
8. A: __________ am I?
B: You're my best friend.
9. A: __________ are you?
B: I'm your new English teacher.
10. A: __________ is your new school?
B. It's in Maple Road.
11. A: __________ are your holidays?
B: They are in October.

1 Source: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2763

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Language Instructor: Beatriz Erazo 1
 MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES UNIVERSITY
LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
ENGLISH – LEVEL 1.1
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12. A: __________ are Monday, Wednesday and Friday?
B: They're days of the week.
13. A: __________ are the Simpsons?
B: They're cartoon characters.
14. A: __________ is Christmas Day?
B: It on 25th December.
15. A: __________ are Sadie and Jack?
B: They're at school.
16. A: __________ are we today?
B: We're penguins – the mascot of our basketball team.
17. A: __________ is a Mercedes?
B: It's a car.
18. A: __________ is your favorite school subject?
B: Math.
19. A: __________ is your favorite teacher?
B: Ms. Potts.
20. A: __________ is Alabama?
B: It's in America.

EXERCISE 2
Fill in the gaps with the correct question word (when, where, what, who) and the correct
form of the verb "to be" (am, is, are).

1. A: __________ Brad Pitt?

B: An actor.
2. A: __________ Etna and Milan?
B: In Italy.
3. A: __________ a helmet?
B: A type of a hard hat.
4. A: __________ New Year's Day?
B: January 1st.

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Language Instructor: Beatriz Erazo 2
 MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES UNIVERSITY
LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
ENGLISH – LEVEL 1.1
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5. A: __________ Ljubljana?
B: In Slovenia.
6. A: __________ Berlin?
B: Capital city of Germany.
7. A: __________ your friends coming?
B: In June.
8. A: __________ Pavarotti and Domingo?
B: Opera singers.
9. A: __________ Titicaca and Windermere?
B: Lakes.
10. A: __________ the Great Lakes?
B: Between Canada and America.

EXERCISE 3
Complete the rules.

Use __________ to ask about a person.

Use __________ to ask about an object.
Use __________ to ask about a place.
Use __________ to ask about time.

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Language Instructor: Beatriz Erazo 3