QUESTION BANK MULTI LEVEL
One-point questions ---------------------------------
What's your name? Spell it.
What's your last name? Spell it.
Where are you from?
What is your address?
What is your zip code?
What is your telephone number?
How are you?
Spell book.
Do this: Stand up.
Do this: Sit down.
Do this: Raise your hand.
Do this: Put your hand down.
Do this: Close your eyes.
Do this: Open your eyes.
Do this: Touch your nose.
Do this: Put your hand down.
Count to twenty.
Say the ABC's.
What's your telephone number?
What is your ESL teacher's name?
How many days are in one week? (seven)
Say the days of the week.
(Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
How old are you?
What color is your hair?
What color are your eyes?
How much are three and seven? (ten)
How much are five and six? (eleven)
How much are six and seven? (thirteen)
What grade are you in?
Name five things in this classroom. (books, children, teacher,
books, children, teacher, desks, chairs, pencils, whiteboard, map, etc.)
Name three people in this classroom.
Yes or no? Today is Monday.
Yes or no? You are a girl.
Spell go / boy / man / is / me / you / he
Count by twos to twenty: 2, 4, 6... (8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20)
What day is today?
What color is a banana? (yellow)
What color is an orange? (orange)
What school is this?
Are you from Japan?
How much are seven and nine? (sixteen)
Name six colors. (red, orange, yellow, green,
blue, purple, brown, black, white, etc.)
Two-point questions ---------------------------------
Where do you live?
Name the months of the year,
(January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December)
How much is six times four (twenty-four)
How much is three times nine? (twenty-seven.)
How much is two times eleven (twenty-two)
What color is grass? (green.)
What color is chocolate? (brown)
What color are cherries? (red)
Do this: Go to the chalkboard and draw a circle.
Do this: Go to the chalkboard and draw a circle.
Do this: Go to the window and open it.
Do this: Go to the teacher's desk and find a pencil.
Do this: Go to the board and draw a square.
Name four things that are on your face?
(eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, cheek, chin,
eyebrows, lips, eyelashes, skin)
How many fingers do you have? (ten)
How many ears do you have? (two)
Spell Sunday / English / three
What is today's date?
What time is it now?
Who are you sitting next to?
What number comes after thirteen? (fourteen)
What number comes before twelve? (eleven)
Name four things you can write with.
(pen, pencil, chalk, marker, crayon, computer, typewriter,
notepad, telephone, Ipad...)
How many cents are in a dime? (ten)
How many cents are in a nickel? (five)
What coin is worth twenty-five cents? (a quarter)
How many cents are in a half-dollar? (fifty)
Two nickels are equal to what coin? _____ (a dime)
A dime and a nickel are worth how many cents? (fifteen)
What is a coin that is worth once cent? (penny)
Name five subjects you study in school.
(English, math, science, physical education, music,
social studies, reading, library, art, history, and others.)
Spell pencil / ruler / banana / yellow / window / house / pennies.
Three-point questions ---------------------------------
Name five things you can wear when it is very cold outside.
(mittens, boots, scarf, gloves, coat, hat, sweater, jacket)
The opposite of hot is ______. (cold)
The opposite of dirty is ____ (clean)
The opposite of North is ________. (South)
The opposite of good is ______ .( bad)
What is the plural form of man? (men)
What is the plural form of tooth? (teeth)
What is the plural form of foot? (feet)
What is the plural form of child? (children)
What is the weather today?
This sentence has a mistake: correct it:
My hands is clean. (My hands are clean. or, My hand is clean.)
This sentence has a mistake: correct it:
Give the book to she. (Give the book to her.)
This sentence has a mistake: correct it:
Jack don't like hamburgers. (Jack doesn't like hamburgers.)
This sentence has a mistake: correct it:
We wasn't happy yesterday. (We weren't happy yesterday.)
Who was the first president of the United States? (George Washington.)
What is the capital of the United States? (Washington, DC)
What is the capital of your home country?
How many states are in the United States? (fifty)
What is your phys-ed (gym) teacher's name?
What is the librarian's name?
What is the principal's name?
What is your music teacher's name?
What is the plural of mouse? (mice)
In baseball, how many strikes make an out? (three)
What month comes before December? (November)
What is the first month of the year? (January)
Name four vegetables. (potatoes, carrots, string beans,
beets, celery, lettuce, peas, tomatoes, sweet potatoes,
zucchini, cucumber, spinach, chard, celery, peppers, etc.)
Name four fruits. (apples, bananas, oranges, pears, peaches,
cherries, strawberries, blueberries, kiwis, grapes, etc.)
Name ten parts of the body. (head, neck, shoulder, arms,
chest, back, hands, wrist, fingers, elbow, stomach,
hips, legs, knees, ankles, feet, toes, nose, ear, etc.)
Count by threes to thirty. (3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30)
What is the last month of the year? (December)
What month comes between February and April? (March)
Name four rooms in a house. (kitchen, bedroom, living room,
bathroom, dining room, den, office, hall, etc.)
On what day is Halloween? (October 31)
How many legs do insects have? (six)
Whose face is on the penny and also on the five-dollar bill? (Abraham Lincoln)
What is the past tense form of write? (wrote) Spell it.
Whose face is on the quarter and the dollar? (George Washington)
What is the biggest animal on earth living today? (blue whale)
What is the capital of this state?
What is heavier, a pound of stones or a pound of feathers?
(They weigh the same, one pound.)
Whose birthday is July fourth? (The United States of America)
Where does the president of the United States live?
(The White House or Washington, D.C.)
What holiday is on February fourteenth? (Valentine's Day)
What is the past tense form of sleep? Spell it. (slept)
Name a holiday in December. (Hanukkah; Christmas)
In what year did Columbus reach America? (1492)
What is the biggest state in the United States? (Alaska)
What is the past tense form of find? Spell it. (found)
What is the smallest state in the United States? (Rhode Island)
What two countries border the United States? (Canada and Mexico)
What two oceans touch the United States? (Atlantic and Pacific)
In what month are the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington? (February)
How much is twenty-four divided by six? (four)
How much is twelve divided by two? (six)
I bought a pencil that cost thirty cents.
I gave the clerk a dime and a quarter.
How much change will I get? (five cents)
What is your art teacher's name?
The opposite of boring is (interesting, exciting, etc.)
The opposite of thin is (fat, wide, chubby, broad)
What is the past tense form of carry? Spell it. (carried)
The person who flies a plane is called a (pilot)
Name five meats. (beef, pork, porkchop, lamb, hot dog, hamburger,
chicken, fish, sausage, bacon, steak, etc.)
What is a sentence? (A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought.)
Name five things to drink. (milk, water, juice, soda, tea, coffee, lemonade, beer, whiskey, etc.)
Name four things that are "junk foods." (sugar, candy, soda,
potato chips, gum, cake, cookies, french fries, thick shakes, etc.)
What are the vowels? (a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y)
Name five farm animals. (pig, horse, cow, chicken, duck, donkey, goat, sheep, etc.)
What is a patient? (A person who goes to a doctor, a hospital, or a dentist, etc.)
Name animals that live in the water. (turtle, fish, frog, shark, whale,
dolphin, alligator, lobster, crab, shrimp, clam, etc.)
Name five animals that can fly. (butterfly, bird, bat, duck, eagle, goose,
robin, crow, seagull, fly, mosquito, etc.)
Name five animals that eat grass. (cow, horse, zebra, deer, sheep, donkey, elephant, goat, etc.)
Name five animals that eat other animals. (tiger, lion, shark, fox, wolf,
turtle,snake, alligator, etc.)
What is a contraction? Give an example.
(A contraction is a word made by shortening two words into one word:
don't from do not; isn't from is not, etc.)
Which word does not belong with the others: foot, ear, nose, mouth? (foot)
Which word doesn't belong with the others: circle, capital, square, triangle? (capital)
The person who works in a restaurant and brings food to your table is called a (waiter or waitress, server)
Which word does not belong with the others: please, thank you, you're welcome, goodbye? (goodbye)
Which word does not belong with the others: nurse, dentist, mailman, doctor? (mailman)
How many minutes are in one hour? (sixty)
How many hours are in one day? (twenty-four)
How many days are in one year? (three hundred sixty-five)
Your father's wife is your (mother or step-mother)
How many feet are in one yard? (three)
How many inches are in one foot? (twelve)
How many ounces are in one pound? (sixteen)
How many cups are in one quart? (four)
From which animal do we get wool? (sheep)
Say this correctly:
Larry Lion loves lemon lollipops.
Say this correctly:
Thank you for this thing, that thing, and the other thing.
Say this correctly:
The Chinese children shot the sheep.
Say this correctly:
Clever Harvey never plays the violin.
What is the past form of speak? (Spoke)
How many inches are in two feet? (Twenty-four)
What ocean is west of California? (Pacific Ocean)
How many sides does a square have? (Four)
Write today's date the short way.
In what room would you find a sink, a refrigerator, and a stove? (Kitchen)
Four-point questions ---------------------------------
At what temperature does water boil? (100 degrees Centigrade or 212 degrees Fahrenheit)
How often do Americans hold elections for president? (Every four years)
Who is the vice-president of the United States? (Depends...)
other questions/commands --------------------------
Are you married?
Are you sad?
Count from 11 to 19.
Do you cook in the bathtub?
Do you exercise?
Do you have children?
Do you like to cook?
How are you feeling today?
How do you get to work?
Is the board in the back of the room?
Is the table on the ceiling?
Please give me money.
Please jump two times.
Point to a clock.
Point to a door.
Point to something that is red.
Raise your right hand.
Touch your left elbow with your left finger.
Touch your left elbow with your right finger.
True or False: Grass is red.
True or False: I buy milk at the post office.
True or False: I have four fathers.
True or False: It's sunny at night.
True or False: My hand is under my head.
True or False: My telephone number is 42.
True or False: People live in trees.
True or False: People sleep in the dining room.
True or False: Teacher is a young man.
True or False: Teacher is bald.
True or False: The door is on the right side of the room.
True or False: You have three knees.
True or False: We keep things cold in the dishwasher.
What am I pointing at?
What are you doing right now?
What day is it?
What do you do in the morning?
What do you do on the weekend?
What does a cashier do?
What is the third month?
What is this?
What is your favorite food?
What month is it?
What should I do for a headache?
What time is it?
What's your address?
What's your name?
When were you born?
Where is a chair?
Where is the clock?