Present Continuous Questions

1. What are you doing right now? How are you feeling today?
2. What is happening in this room? Who is sitting down and who is standing up?
3. What are you thinking about?
4. Who are you talking with?
5. What are you studying these days?
6. Are you holding anything in your hands?
7. Are you watching anything good these days?
8. What are you looking forward to these days?
9. Outside on the street, what are people doing?
10. In the sky, where is the bird going? What is the sun doing?
11. Imagine under this building. What are the earthworms doing? What else could be happening?
12. Imagine the cabin of an airplane. What are the flight attendants doing right now?
13. In the jungles of Borneo and Sumatra, what are the orangutans doing as we speak?
14. Think of a member of your family. Who are you thinking about? What are they doing at the moment?
15. Imagine there is an alien spaceship near earth. What is it doing? What are the aliens doing?
16. How is the weather changing these days? (It is getting…)
17. When are you going home?
18. What are you doing tonight?
19. Who are you meeting this weekend?
20. Are you doing anything tomorrow?
21. What are you having for dinner? Who is making it?
22. What are you giving me for my next birthday?
23. Where are you going on vacation?
24. Are your friends getting together any time soon?

Simple Past Conversation Questions

1. Who cooked last night's dinner for you?
2. Did you like the last movie you saw?
3. Did you walk here today?
4. What did you last thank someone for?
5. When was the last time you shopped? Where did you shop?
6. Who asked you the last question?
7. Did you exercise yesterday? For how long did you exercise?
8. What interesting topic did you talk about recently?
9. A young man kicked the vending machine. Why do you think he kicked it?
10. Which games or sports did you play this month?
11. When you traveled to another city or country, where did you stay?
12. The last time you ordered a pizza, who did you share it with?
13. How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?
14. How many times did you shower yesterday?
15. What did you laugh about recently?
16. What did you cry about recently?
17. A woman cheated on a test. Why did she cheat?
18. Did you check your door was locked last night? What else did you check before going to sleep?
19. At what time did you arrive here?
20. What was the last present you received?
21. Can you remember the last song you listened to?
22. Did anyone famous die this year? Who?
23. Did you save any school work from your childhood? What did you save?
24. A man rubbed his head. Why did he rub his head?
25. Can you remember borrowing something? What did you borrow? Why did you borrow it?
26. Did you pray or hope for anything or anyone lately? Whom or what did you pray or hope for?
27. Have you tried baking? What did you bake?

Present Perfect Conversation Questions (sub+have/has+verb3

1. Have you ever met a famous person?
2. Have you been to San Francisco?
3. Has it ever snowed in your hometown?
4. Have you eaten today?
5. Have you ever ridden a horse?
6. Has anyone you know been a soldier?
7. Have you tried computer programming?
8. Have you helped a friend move house?
9. Have you ever smoked a cigarette?
10. Have you sung in public before?
11. Have you broken a bone in your body?
12. Have you learned to play a musical instrument?
13. Have you or a friend done something embarrassing?
14. Have you ever been on a blind date?
15. What is the strangest food you have eaten?
16. What have you done today?
17. Where have you been this week?
18. Where have you been on holiday during your life?
19. Where have you been in this building?
20. Who in your family has helped you a lot?
21. Whom have you spoken to on the telephone lately?
22. Why has this been a good (or bad) year?
23. What is the best movie you have ever seen?
24. Which countries have been in the news this week?
25. Which spicy foods have you tried?
26. Which questions have been difficult to answer?
27. How long have you studied English?

Future Tense Conversation Questions

Answer the following future tense questions using will or be going to.
1. Are you going to study tonight?
2. Will you have fun this Friday night?
3. Are you going to meet friends today?
4. Will you talk to your parents soon?
5. Will it rain today?
6. Is it going to be sunny tomorrow?
7. Will this year be a good year?
8. Will you wear the same clothes tomorrow?
9. Are humans going to live on Mars someday?
10. Will being able to speak English still be a useful skill in the future?
11. When will you get home today?
12. When will this class be finished?
13. When are you going to travel overseas?
14. Who will make a mistake next?
15. Who will be the next leader of this country?
16. Who will you be with on your next date?
17. Where will you go after this class?
18. Where are you going to be at this time next year?
19. Where will people live when the oceans rise?
20. How many times are we going to eat pizza if we visit Italy?
21. How much is a can of cola going to cost in 2030?
22. How will you get home today?
23. How will people judge our generation in the future? What will they think of us?
24. What will you do with your English skills in the future?
25. What will happen if there’s a power cut?
26. What are you going to have for dinner?
If you are free tonight, we might go out for a drink, or to the cinema.
Correct answer: are
➪ First conditional: If/unless + present  (,)  future/imperative/modal verb (can, must, should, might, may)

2He will be   depressed if he fails the exam.

➪ First conditional: If/unless + present  (,)  future/imperative/modal verb (can, must, should, might, may)

3If I didn't know you, I would think   you were crazy.

➪ Second conditional: If/unless + past  (,)  would/could/might + infinitive

4Tell me the truth if you can  .

➪ First conditional: If/unless + present  (,)  future/imperative/modal verb (can, must, should, might, may)

5If you had a bigger salary, you would buy   more unnecessary things.
➪ Second conditional: If/unless + past  (,)  would/could/might + infinitive

6If it weren't   for Tom, I wouldn't be here.

➪ Second conditional: If/unless + past  (,)  would/could/might + infinitive
➪ In the second conditional we can use if I/he/she/it were (more formal) instead of if I/he/she/it was.

7You should call me if you see  anything unusual.

Correct answer: see
➪ First conditional: If/unless + present  (,)  future/imperative/modal verb (can, must, should, might, may)

8If they had this player, they wouldn't lose   a single match.

➪ Second conditional: If/unless + past  (,)  would/could/might + infinitive

9Our lives would be much easier if you worked closer to home.

Correct answer: worked
➪ Second conditional: If/unless + past  (,)  would/could/might + infinitive

10If I got a job in France, we might eat   crêpes every day.

➪ Second conditional: If/unless + past  (,)  would/could/might + infinitive
Relative
I have a friend who   speaks four languages.
➪ We use who for people.
➪ We could also use that, but we can't use an expression like *that he/she etc. in this type of relative clauses.
2The Internet is a place where   you can get cheap technology products.
➪ We use where for places.
3E-mails which   advertise things are called "spam".
➪ We use which for things and animals.
➪ We could also use that.
4A "technophobe" is someone that   is scared of technology.
➪ We can use that instead of who or which.
➪ We could also use who.
5We should only buy products that   can be recycled.
➪ We can use that instead of who or which.
➪ We could also use which.
6That's the shop where   I bought those shoes.
➪ We use where for places.
7I can't find the CD that   I borrowed from you.
➪ We can use that instead of who or which.
➪ We could also use which.
➪ We cannot use *what or an expression like *that he/she etc. in this type of relative clauses.
8Do you remember the park where   we met?
➪ We use where for places.

conditionals
Choose the correct form of the verbs to make first or second conditional sentences..
1If you …………….free tonight, we might go out for a drink, or to the cinema.
(would be , will be, are)

2He………….. depressed if he fails the exam. (will be, is, would be)

3If I didn't know you, I …………..you were crazy. (would think, thought, will think)
4Tell me the truth if you…………….(can, could, will)
5If you had a bigger salary, you ……….more unnecessary things. (will buy, would
buy, buy)
6If it …………..for Tom, I wouldn't be here. (isn’t, weren’t, won’t be)
7You should call me if you………… anything unusual.(saw, will see, see)
8If they had this player, they ………….a single match. (wouldn’t lose, didn’t lose,
won’t lose)

RELATIVE CLAUSE
Choose the correct relative pronouns to complete the following defining relative clauses.

1I have a friend   speaks four languages. (who, that he, which)

2The Internet is a place   you can get cheap technology products.
(where, which, that)
3E-mails   advertise things are called "spam". (where which, who)
4A "technophobe" is someone   is scared of technology. (that,
which, where)
5We should only buy products   can be recycled.(who, where, that)
6That's the shop   I bought those shoes. (where, which, that)
7I can't find the CD   I borrowed from you. (what, that, who)
8Do you remember the park   we met? (which, where, that)