English Classroom Exercises
Lower Intermediate Level

This is a test for students of English as a second language on a lower intermediate level (Forms 7 and 8). Think hard before clicking the right answer from the pulldown menu. Off you go!

Ask many different questions. The underlined words form the answer.
If the sentence is underlined in full, ask a question without a question word.

• Mrs Fuller speaks four foreign languages.
  Correct Answer?Who speaks four foreign languages?
  Correct Answer?How many foreign languages does Mrs Fuller speak?

• I haven´t visited my grandma for two weeks now.
  How long Correct Answer?haven´t you visited your grandma now?

• My big brother studies English at Cambridge
  Who Correct Answer?studies English at Cambridge?
  What Correct Answer?does your big brother study at Cambridge?
  Where Correct Answer?does your big brother study English?

• Sandy moved to Hamburg last week.
  Who Correct Answer?moved to Hamburg last week?
  Where Correct Answer?did Sandy move last week?
  When Correct Answer?did Sandy move to Hamburg?

• Dad´s mother left on Monday.
  Correct Answer?Did Dad´s mother leave on Monday?

• I am going to go on holiday to Southern Italy next year because I´d like to see the Etna.
  Who Correct Answer?is going to go on holiday to Southern Italy next year?
  Where Correct Answer?are you going to go on holiday next year?
  When Correct Answer?are you going to go on holiday to Southern Italy?
  Why Correct Answer?are you going to go on holiday to Southern Italy next year?

• Danny got a super-fast computer when it was his birthday last Saturday.
  Who Correct Answer?got a super-fast computer at his birthday last Saturday?
  What Correct Answer?did Danny get at his birthday last Saturday?
  When Correct Answer?did Danny get a super-fast computer?

• My pen-friend from America has arrived today
  Correct Answer?Has your pen-friend from America arrived today?

• Our neighbours´ children go to school in Wiesbaden.
  Who Correct Answer?goes to school in Wiesbaden?
  What Correct Answer?do our neighbours´ children do in Wiesbaden?
  Where Correct Answer?do our neighbours´ children go to school?

• The Millers always wash their car on Sunday morning.
  Correct Answer?Do the Millers always wash their car on Sunday morning?

Translate the following sentences

• Ich darf wegen der Englischarbeit morgen heute abend nicht fernsehen.
  Correct Answer?I am not allowed to watch TV tonight because of the English test tomorrow.

• Musstest du gestern mittag mit deinen Eltern in die Stadt fahren?
  Correct Answer?Did you have to go into town with your parents yesterday afternoon?

• Die Schüler der 7b müssen heute nicht bis um ein Uhr in der Schule bleiben.
  Correct Answer?The pupils of 7b don´t have to stay at school until one o´ clock today. The pupils of 7b needn´t stay at school until one o´ clock today.

• Wir mussten in den Ferien alle zuhause helfen.
  Correct Answer?We all had to help at home in the holidays.

• Sein kleiner Bruder darf nie alleine im See schwimmen.
  Correct Answer?His little brother is never allowed to swim in the lake alone.

• Durftest du am Wochenende in der Mannschaft spielen?
  Correct Answer?Were you allowed to play in the team at the weekend?

• Darf er mit dem Fahrrad zur Schule fahren?
  Correct Answer?Is he allowed to go to school by bike?

• Warum musstest du die Englischarbeit letzte Woche nicht wiederholen?
  Correct Answer?Why didn´t you have to repeat the English test last week?

• Müssen wir wirklich auf den nächsten Bus warten?
  Correct Answer?Do we really have to wait for the next bus? Must we really wait for the next bus?

• Normalerweise dürfen wir in den Ferien bis um 10 Uhr abends aufbleiben.
  Correct Answer?In the holidays we are usually allowed to stay up until 10 o´ clock in the evening.

• Die Schüler durften ihre CD-Player nicht mit auf den Ausflug nehmen.
  Correct Answer?The pupils weren´t allowed to take their CD players for the excursion.

• Mussten Julia und Robert an einer AG nachmittags in der Schule teilnehmen
  Correct Answer?Did Julia and Robert have to join a club at school in the afternoon?

Give a short answer to these questions.
If ... has already done it, say when ... did it.
If ... hasn´t, say when ... is going to do it.

• Have you cleaned the keyboard of your computer yet?
  Yes, Correct Answer?I have.
  I Correct Answer?cleaned it half an hour ago.

• Have you bought your mother a birthday present?
  Yes, Correct Answer?I have.
  I Correct Answer?bought one yesterday.

• Have your friends all turned up at your party yet?
  Yes, Correct Answer?they have.
  They all Correct Answer?turned up on time.

• Have you learnt your biology homework yet?
  No, Correct Answer?I haven´t.
  I Correct Answer?am going to learn it later.

• Has your little sister cleaned up her room yet?
  Yes, Correct Answer?she has.
  Sheila Correct Answer?cleaned it an hour ago.

• Have our neighbours left for the airport yet?
  No, Correct Answer?they haven´t.
  They have told me that they Correct Answer?are going to leave in two hours´ time.

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