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Questions with Be and Do
Practice asking and answering questions.
1. Warm up
Ask and answer the following with a partner.
1. What do you do on weekends? 3. How tall are you?
2. Do you watch a lot of TV? 4. What do you eat for breakfast?
2. Vocabulary
A. Are these words verbs, nouns, or adjectives. Write verb, noun, or adj in the space.
1. want 5. color 9. hair 13. cold
2. dog 6. eyes 10. work 14. eat
3. good 7. like 11. fast 15. tall
4. car 8. new 12. study
B. Read the responses then complete the questions with one of the words from Part 2A.
Question Response
1. Where do you ? In a hospital.
2. What color is your ? It is blonde.
3. What do you for dinner tonight? Hmmm, I think I want pizza tonight.
4. I like your new car. Is it ? Yes, it is. It is very fast.
5. Do you horror movies? Not really. I prefer dramas.
6. Was it hot or in Greece? It was hot.
7. Is that dress ? It’s beautiful. Thank you. I bought it last week.
8. What did you for dinner yesterday? I ate a nice pasta dish.
9. What is your favorite ? Maybe blue or green.
C. Underline the main verb, noun, or adjective after ‘be’ or ‘do’ in each of the questions.
1. Where do you work? 5. Was it hot or cold?
2. Is your brother tall or short? 6. What color is your hair?
3. What is your favorite color? 7. Do you like watching sports?
4. What did you study at college/university?
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3. Questions with Be and Do
A. Review the questions in Part 2C and circle ‘be’ or ‘do’ to complete the rules.
1. Questions that ask about verbs, use: be / do
2. Questions that ask about nouns, use: be / do
3. Questions that ask about adjectives, use: be / do
B. Complete the table below with the correct form of the verb ‘be’.
Subject Present simple Past simple Subject Present simple Past simple
1. I 4. We
2. You 5. You
3. He / she / it 6. They
C. Complete the table below with the correct form of the verb ‘do’.
Singular Plural
Subject Present simple Past simple Subject Present simple Past simple
1. I 4. We
2. You 5. You
3. He / she / it 6. They
D. Read examples a and b then write the questions that use ‘do’ in Part 2C in the spaces.
Question word(s) Do Subject Verb
a. Who do you live with?
b. Do you play a sport?
1.
?
2.
?
3.
?
E. Write the questions that use ‘be’ in Part 2C in the spaces.
Be Subject Adjectives
1. ?
2. ?
Questions word(s) Be your Noun / Adjective + noun
3. ?
4. ?
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4. Practice
A. Complete the questions with the correct form of the verbs ‘be’ and ‘do’.
1. What you like to do at night? 6. What you eat for dinner last night?
2. What color your eyes? 7. Who your best friend at high school?
3. Where you live when you were young? 8. you play any sports as a child?
4. you drink a lot of coffee? 9. it hot or cold last weekend?
5. you tall or short? 10. Who you usually go on holiday with?
B. Read the responses on the right and write a question for each. Check the questions above
for help.
Question Response
e.g. What do you eat for breakfast? I eat toast for breakfast.
1. ? My favorite food is pizza.
2. ? It is cold today.
3. ? I went to Fiji on holiday last year.
4. ? My best friend’s name is Joy.
5. ? My parents live in California.
6. ? I go on holiday three times a year.
7. ? My car is red.
8. ? I like action movies.
C. Ask your partner the questions above. Continue the conversation if interesting.
5. Interview
A. Write questions to find out more about your classmates.
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B. Ask your partner your questions. Change roles and respond to your partner’s questions.
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