Activities for ESL classroom: clauses

This activity is for a fifth grade english class (10-11 years old).

Students have to change the following declarative clauses into interrogatives.

1. Bell was looked on as a sweet-tempered young man.

2. I would rather we ate at home.

3. I ought to let your parents know we are here.

4. Children used to play in the garden.

5. I had to have someone to show me the way to the station.

6. He needs to study more at home.

7. You should have met him before.

8. I am having some people in after dinner tonight at my place.

9. She had eaten nothing since the picnic.

10. We are going to have a jolly family evening.

Answers:

1. Was Bell looked on as a sweet-tempered young man?

2. Would I rather we ate at home?

3. Ought I to let your parents know we are here?

4. Did children use to play in the garden?

5. Had I have someone to show me the way to the station?

6. Does he need to study more at home?

7. Should you have met him before?

8. Am I having some people in after dinner tonight at my place?

9. Had she eaten nothing since the picnic?

10. Are we going to have a jolly family evening?

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Activities for ESL classroom