Question forms: What’s the Question?

This free worksheet helps students practise forming questions in a variety of tenses. It’s ideal for reviewing question forms and word order in present simple, past simple, present continuous and present perfect, and it gives learners a chance to apply their understanding in a controlled but meaningful way.

Students look at given answers and write the correct questions to match. Especially useful for learners who need reinforcement of auxiliary verbs or subject-auxiliary inversion.

Activity Overview

• Level: Pre-intermediate / Intermediate
• Target language: Question forms in various tenses
• Time: 10–15 minutes
• Group size: Individual or pair work

What you need

• One copy of the worksheet per student (download here)

How to use the activity

1. Give each student (or pair) a copy of the worksheet.
2. Explain that each sentence is an answer – their task is to write the correct question for each one.
3. Encourage students to think carefully about tense, subject-verb agreement, and appropriate question words.
4. After they’ve finished, check answers together or have students compare in pairs before checking as a class.

Worksheet examples:

1. _________________________________________?
   
   We are having a party on Friday.
2. _________________________________________?
   
   I got up at 7:00 this morning.
3. _________________________________________?
   
   They are from Rome.
4. _________________________________________?
   
   I work in a hospital.
5. _________________________________________?
   
   She goes to school at 8:30.
6. _________________________________________?
   
   We have seen the film three times.
7. _________________________________________?
   
   He sees his parents twice a week.
8. _________________________________________?
   
   The car cost $5,000.
9. _________________________________________?
   
   I was born in Spain.

Why use this activity?

This worksheet is a quick and effective way to review question forms in multiple tenses. It encourages learners to actively engage with the grammar and is useful for reinforcing word order, auxiliary use, and tense recognition. It’s a great refresher or homework task that requires little preparation.

Related grammar links

• How to use questions – Learn how to form and use questions correctly.