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Question Formation Error Correction

A2-B1 Level

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Question 1

Some sentences have one mistake, some have two, and others have no mistakes. Find the mistakes.

Sentence
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Click the box with the error, change it, and check!

Grammar review

This question formation error correction exercise targets the mistakes learners make most often when proofreading English questions: missing do, does, or did, using the wrong verb form after an auxiliary, and putting the subject and helper verb in the wrong order. The focus is on direct questions, so the examples stay at A2-B1 level.

Wrong: "Where your sister works?" Correct: "Where does your sister work?"
Wrong: "Did she finished the report?" Correct: "Did she finish the report?"

Because this page asks you to fix the wrong chunk inside complete questions, it trains careful proofreading after standard question-order practice. Some questions are already correct, including simple be questions and subject questions, so you also practise not changing a sentence just because it looks short. Read the whole question first, check the helper verb, then edit only the smallest grammar chunk that makes the form wrong.

Quick Rule

Direct questions: wh-word + auxiliary + subject + base verb | be/modal + subject + complement/base verb

  • 1.Where does your sister work?
  • 2.Did the visitors find the right room?
  • 3.Who opened the window?
  • 4.Can your brother swim well?
  • 5.What time does the class start?

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is "Where you work?" wrong in English?

It is wrong in standard written English because a direct present simple question with a main verb normally needs the auxiliary "do" or "does" before the subject. The correct form is "Where do you work?" For he, she, it, or a singular noun, use "does": "Where does your brother work?" A common learner mistake is copying the word order from a statement and relying on the question mark. In this error-correction route, punctuation is never enough. You need to check the grammar words that make the sentence a real English question.

How do I know whether a question needs do, does, or did?

First check the tense and subject. Use "do" for present simple questions with I, you, we, they, or plural nouns: "Do the shops open early?" Use "does" for he, she, it, or a singular noun: "Does the shop open early?" Use "did" for past simple questions: "Did the shop open early yesterday?" After all three auxiliaries, the main verb stays in the base form, so write "Does she like it?" not "Does she likes it?" This exercise trains both choices: the auxiliary and the verb form after it.

Why do some who and what questions not use did?

Some who and what questions are subject questions. That means the question word is doing the action, so you do not add "did": "Who called you?" and "What happened?" are correct. If the question word is the object, you usually need an auxiliary: "Who did you call?" The quick test is the answer. If the answer replaces the question word at the start, as in "Maya called me," it is a subject question. If the answer comes later, as in "I called Maya," use normal question order with do, does, or did.