CELTA CCQs

Best CCQ: "We used to play football together"

• Did we use to play football together?

• Did we play football many times?

• Did we enjoy football?

• Did we frequently participate in football?

Best CCQ: "when Mehmet arrived, Ayşe had left"

• Where were they?

• Had Ayşe left?

• How did Mehmet feel?

• Did Ayşe leave before Mehmet arrived?

Best CCQ: "She felt apprehensive about the exam"

• Was she worried?

• Did she think the exam would be tough?

• How did she feel?

• What does apprehensive mean?

Best CCQ: He's a backgammon enthusiast.

• Is he good at backgammon?

• İs he enthusiastic about backgammon?

• Does he play backgammon every day?

• Does he enjoy backgammon?

Suitable CCQ(s): "I'm feeling a little under the weather today"

• What does 'under the weather' mean?

• Do they feel a bit ill?

• Do they have lots of energy?

• Is the weather sunny?

Suitable CCQ(s): If he had studied more, he might have passed the test

• Did he pass the test?

• Did he study hard?

• Does he wish he had studied more?

• Does he want to change the past?

Suitable CCQ(s): She's visiting her grandmother tomorrow

• Is she visiting her grandmother tomorrow?

• Will she visit her grandmother tomorrow?

• Did she organise this?

• Why did we use the present continuous?

Suitable CCQ(s): If I were you, I wouldn't tell her what you did

• Did she do something?

• What did she do?

• What is she talking about?

• Is it advice?

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