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Question 1:
Choose the sentence with the right word order A. Is how far your town from here?
B. How far your town from here is?
C. How far your town is from here?
D. How far is your town from here?
Feedback English has a rigid word order that cannot be changed without changing the meaning of the sentence.The word order in ‘WH questions’ is similar to ‘Yes/No questions’, but in ‘WH-questions’ question words ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘who’, ‘whose’, ‘where’, ‘how’, ‘which’, ‘why’ are put at the beginning of the sentences: WH + DO/DOES + SUBJECT + VERB.In questions with the main verb ‘be’ we usually have to put the main verb ‘be’ before the subject: BE+ SUBJECT. In ‘WH-questions’ with ‘be’ we have the following rigid word order: WH + BE + SUBJECT.‘How’ is used to ask about quantity, size, or age: How big is the house? So, after the question word ‘how’ we can use an adjective or an adverb: how long (length – time or space), how many (quantity – with countable nouns), how much (quantity – with uncountable nouns), how old (age), how often (how frequently something happens).The question word-combination ‘How far’ asks for information about the distance between two places: How far is the university from your house?; How far is it to the supermarket?. It is also used to talk about how true something is: How far do politicians represent the views of ordinary people?. We should remember, when we make a question with a verb other than the be verb, we need to use an auxiliary verb(do/did, have/had, will, are/is, etc): How far do you usually walk?; How far will you drive?In the test sentence we have the form of main verb ‘be’ – ‘is’ (the third person, singular), therefore,according to the rule of ‘WH-questions’ with ‘be’, we need to put it after the question word-combination ‘how far’: ‘How far is…’. And then after them we need the subject – your town. Thus, we are to choose ANSWER 4: How far is your town from here?
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