Questions,
Answers, Negatives
Exercise 1.
Form
the general questions.
Example:
My brother likes skating. — Does my
brother like skating?
1. He translates a
lot of letters into English. 2.1 had an early
morning call at seven o'clock. 3. Little children
like to ask many questions. 4. Their classes will
last till four o'clock tomorrow. 5. I've already done
this task. 6. She spends a lot of time on her English. 7. My
children are at college. 8. They had supper at
7 o'clock. 9.1 am going to play
tennis in the evening. 10. They were writing
when I came. 11. She can play the guitar very well. 12. There
are many people in the library now. 13. Brazil
Exercise 2.
Form
the alternative questions to the words in bold type.
Example:
My brother likes skating (3). —Does
your brother like skating or skiing? Does your or his brother like skating?
Does your brother or Pete like skating?
1. The film was exciting (2). 2. Thousands
of people visited the exhibition (2). 3. He
watches TV every day. (3) 4. They can
go to the country on Friday. (3) 5. She has
painted the walls. (3)
Exercise 3.
Change
the general questions into indirect ones. Begin your sentences with Do you know, I wonder or Tell me.
Example:
Has he seen this movie before? —
Do you know
if/whether he has seen this movie before?
Tell me please
if/whether he has seen this movie before,
I wonder
if/whether he has seen this movie before.
1. Is it common to
give a waiter a tip? 2. Does he want to
come round this evening? 3, Did you go out
last night? 4. Are single-parent families becoming more
common in Russia Vienna Paris
Exercise 4.
Form
the negative questions.
Example;
She took part in the performance. — Didn't she take part in the performance? Or Did
she not take part in the performance?
1,1 went to
the cinema with my friends. 2. They usually go to
bed very early» 3. They had finished work by 5 o'clock.
4. She will be studying at this time tomorrow. 5, There
was an old bridge here. 6. He came home very late.
7. She understands Spanish a little. 8. They
have a three-room flat. 9. He has been to the
USA
Exercise 5.
Form
the question tags.
Example:
She has already come. — She has
already соmе, hasn't
she?
1. They will return
in a month. 2. Let's buy a loaf of bread. 3. Open
the window. 4.1 am late. 5. There
is a theatre in the centre of the city. 6. She has
never been to the Zoo. 7.1 am right. 8. Don't
go there. 9. Peter and Ann know English well. 10. He
didn't do his homework. 11. Let's go to the
country. 12. There were no mistakes in his dictation. 13. She
won't be playing the piano at twelve. 14. They can't speak
German at all. 15. She knows him.
Exercise 6.
Correct
the mistakes if any.
1. Don't forget to
bring the book, will you? 2. There aren't any
apples left, are they? 3. He is sure to
come, doesn't he? 4. Let's come a bit earlier to have better
seats, don't we? 5. It isn't raining now, is it? 6. You and
I talked to him last week, didn't you? 7. He
won't be leaving tomorrow, will he? 8. She has never been
afraid of anything, hasn't she? 9. They have got two
children, do they? 10, The boys don't have classes today, do
they? 11.1 am to blame, aren't I? 12. We like
to swim in the swimming pool, do we? 13. Nobody has come
yet, haven't they? 14. Please turn off the light, don't you? 15. He has
never come back, hasn't he?
Exercise 7.
Put the words into the correct order (you must get
special questions).
1. time, his, always,' who, in, is,
lessons, for? 2. going, a, what, her, about, he, week, is, to, in, write, to?
3.about, did, speak, last, in, what, week, class, you? 4. this, you, read, how,
month, books, have, many? 5. people, the, to, at, prefer, sometimes, do, study,
why, library? 6. many, France USA
Exercise 8.
Correct the mistakes if any.
1. How often you have your English
classes? 2. What you do at English lessons? 3. What you prepared for your
lesson? 4. Who were absent from the previous lesson? 5. How many points you got
for your exam? 6. Who do you usually go home with? 7. What countries the USА borders upon? 8. When did the
briefing take place? 9. Who knows this district well? 10. Who did phone
yesterday? 11. How long you have been studying English?
Exercise 9.
Form the special questions to the words in bold type
(the number of questions is given in brackets).
Example:
He went to the theatre (3). — Who
went to the theatre? What did he do? Where did he go?
1, My working day
lasts eight hours. (3) 2. They discussed a lot of articles
on economics last weekend. (6) 3.1 have read this book in the
original. (3) 4. They were watching TV when I came. (4) 5,1 was
absent because I was ill. (2) 6. It took me two
hours to get there. (2) 7. They are going to travel by car. (3)
8. I always speak English to him. (3) 9. She will do the work
jn two days' time. (3) 10. I taught him to swim. (3)
The Use of Tenses
Exercise.
Complete the sentences with the words from
the box using them in the proper form of the Present Indefinite Tense.
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look
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be
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go
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seem
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have
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rain
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start
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eat
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take
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snow
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speak
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win
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1. The
child,___to school every day. His father___him there in his car, 2. She
always___ lunch at school. 3. Richard's life in Paris
little.
9. He___in a hurry. 10. The exams at school___ in April.
Exercise 10.
Open the brackets and use the proper tense.
1. Linda
and I (work) for a company, which (produce) automobiles. 2. We both (work) at
an office which (be) just in front of the factory where cars (be made). 3, I
(start) work at ten o'clock, and Linda (come) to the office at nine. 4. She (be) good at typing, she (write)
letters and reports every day. 5. She (not know) French very well, so she often
(go) to the sixth floor where I (work), 6.1 sometimes (help) her translate
letters, as I (know) French rather well. 7. Linda also (answer) telephone
calls, sometimes she (show) visitors around the factory. 8. She (do) common
paperwork, she (write) memos, (file) reports, (answer) letters. 9. She often
(arrange) meetings for her boss and other managers of the company. 10. You
(understand) what her job (be)? Yes, she (be) a secretary. 11. But she (not
like) her job and (want) to be a manager.
Exercise 11.
Find
and correct fifteen mistakes in the spelling of the following present
participles.
copiing,
putting, translateing, telling, closing, sitting, seing, giving, meetting,
being, forgeting, lieing, getting, filing, swimming, betting, quiting,
spreadding, eatting, begining, paing, openning, cutting, forbiding, laying,
splitting, winning, dying, stoping
Exercise 12.
Open the
brackets and put tha verb into the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous
Tense.
1. Be
quiet, please. We (work) at the translation and you (make) a lot of noise. 2.
He always (go) for a walk in the evening. 3. Where is Jack? — He (meet) his
girlfriend at the station. She (come) at 12 o'clock. 4. She (cry). Is something
wrong? 5. In
the morning I (have) little time, so I (take) a shower in the evening. 6. A decade (describe) a
period of ten years. 7. Her brother (work) in Canada Netherlands 20. A
woman who (look) after other people's children is a nanny.
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