Imperatives and question words

Open the door starts with the base verb and leaves the listener understood, as requested. You open the door can also give an instruction in context, but explicitly names the listener. Repair: choose the requested pattern without treating every you instruction as wrong.

Please sit down is one option. Please take a seat or Could you sit down, please? can also express this request; the translation prompt does not require one grammatical frame.

Please open your book keeps open as a base verb. Opens adds an ending; to open adds to in this requested imperative frame. Next try: replace open with close.

Negative imperative = Don't + base verb: “Don't be late!”

Don’t stand asks people not to stand on the desks. After don’t in this frame, use stand rather than to stand or standing. Next try: write a negative instruction with run.

Asking about a name → What: “What is your name?”

Where is Ana? asks for Ana’s location using is before the subject. Where Ana is can occur inside a larger sentence, but it is not this full direct question. Next try: replace Ana with your teacher.

These are useful beginner answer types, not exclusive meanings for every question. What is her job? concerns a person; learn the full question as well as the word.

Where do you live? uses do with you and the base verb live. Where you live? may occur as a shorter conversational question; it is not the full do-question requested. Does does not agree with you in this model.

How old are you? asks Pat’s age. Where asks for a location and who asks for identity. Next try: give an age answer rather than a place.

Example: “Please be quiet.” or “Listen carefully.”

Who opened the door? asks for the person who acted. This subject question does not need do. Where and when cannot replace the person doing the action in these options. Next try: answer with a person’s name.

The context makes You stay here an instruction addressed to the listener. Naming you does not rule out an imperative. It does not ask a question about books. Repair: interpret who should act before applying the shorter verb-first model.

Who called? asks for the caller, with who as the subject. Where asks for a place and when for a time. This subject question does not need question-making do. Next try: ask for the time of the call instead.

Please don’t use your phone here asks visitors not to act; use is a base verb after don’t. The second adds an incorrect to. The third describes a habit in this wording rather than using the requested imperative. Next try: make a sign about not running.

Compare your English with the stated facts and checklist. Repair a real mismatch, or explain why none is present. Several answers can fit. This is written self-review, not an automatic correctness or proficiency result.

When asks for the departure time. Where asks for a place and who for a person. A sensible train question can still ask for the wrong information. Next try: answer with a time.

Where is the classroom? asks for the room’s location. When asks for a time; who asks which person is there. Next try: give a room or floor as the answer.

Why asks for the reason for leaving early. Where asks for a destination, and when for a time. Next try: answer with a reason rather than a destination.

How do you open this bag? asks for a way to open it. The owner and location do not supply that method. Next try: give a short instruction as the answer.

Where does Maya live? pairs singular Maya with does and keeps live as a base verb. Lives repeats the ending after does; do does not fit this singular-subject model. Next try: ask about Maya and Jo together.

What does this word mean? uses does before the singular subject and base verb mean. The other options break agreement or direct-question order. Next try: replace this word with these words.

Come in, please is an imperative invitation. You are coming in is a statement; Are you coming in? is a question. All can be English sentences, but only one uses the requested form. Next try: add a negative instruction about shoes.

Don’t be noisy keeps be as the base verb after don’t. Are and to be do not fit this negative imperative frame. Next try: replace noisy with late.

The sentence requests bringing the notebook; it does not show that it has arrived or that the student agreed. Next try: write a reply that actually promises to bring it.

Do can add emphasis to the imperative listen carefully. It does not make this a past event or a who-question. Next try: write the ordinary imperative without that emphasis.

Please can come before wait without making this request invalid. It can also appear later; the action verb stays in its base form. Next try: rewrite the notice with please at the end.

Please alone does not guarantee how a request sounds. Tone and situation contribute to politeness; the word does not remove the imperative structure. Next try: name one non-word feature that changes how a listener hears it.

My name is Lina supplies the requested name. The other replies give a place and a time. Next try: write the questions that those other replies would answer.

My brother identifies the caller. At lunchtime gives a time; from the office gives an origin. Next try: ask a separate when-question if you also need the time.

Where are the bags? uses are with plural bags. Is gives singular agreement here; do alone does not form this location question. Next try: ask about one bag.

In this situation You stay with the bags can assign a job to the named listener. It is not a price question or evidence of completed action. Next try: rewrite it with the listener understood.

Can you carry this? has the requested can-before-subject form. You can carry this? can check information conversationally, but does not begin with can. Do you can mixes question frames. Next try: make a negative answer.

What is Ella’s job? asks for the job. Where asks for a workplace and when for working times. What questions are not confined to naming physical objects. Next try: supply a job, then a separate workplace answer.

Don’t leave uses the base verb after don’t. The second adds to; the third states a habit in this wording. Next try: write a different negative instruction without copying this one.

Where asks for the location. Why asks for a reason and when for a time; those may be useful but do not answer this need. Next try: supply a place as your reply.

Compare your English with the facts and checklist. Revise a real mismatch, or explain why none is present. Several answers can fit. This written self-review does not automatically mark your answer correct or establish proficiency.