Question 12 of 26intermediate🔧 ApplyShort Answer8 marks

Rearrange the following to form a question and write them in your notebook. Remember to put a question mark at the end.

(i)

are cows where the

Answer

Where are the cows?

(ii)

is your house which

Answer

Which is your house?

(iii)

it time is what

Answer

What time is it?

(iv)

the blue why sky is

Answer

Why is the sky blue?

(v)

the many are how birds on tree

Answer

How many birds are on the tree?

(vi)

you my when return will book

Answer

When will you return my book?

(vii)

walk you to do school

Answer

Do you walk to school?

(viii)

a can fly kite you

Answer

Can you fly a kite?

Explanation

(i) The question word 'Where' comes first, followed by the helping verb 'are', then the subject 'the cows'. (ii) The question word 'Which' comes first, followed by the helping verb 'is', then the subject 'your house'. (iii) The question word 'What' comes first, followed by the subject 'time', then the helping verb 'is', and finally 'it'. (iv) The question word 'Why' comes first, followed by the helping verb 'is', then the subject 'the sky', and the adjective 'blue'. (v) The question phrase 'How many' comes first, followed by the subject 'birds', helping verb 'are', and the prepositional phrase 'on the tree'. (vi) The question word 'When' comes first, followed by the helping verb 'will', subject 'you', verb 'return', and object 'my book'. (vii) The helping verb 'Do' comes first for forming a question, followed by subject 'you', verb 'walk', and prepositional phrase 'to school'. (viii) The helping verb 'Can' comes first, followed by subject 'you', verb 'fly', and object 'a kite'.