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Exercise
1 Questions.
Make questions for which the following would be
reasonable answers. Ask about the words in bold type.
I saw Tom.
Possible question: Who did you see?
When a noun in
brackets is placed after a pronoun, use this noun in the question:
I saw him
(Tom) today. Question: When did you see Tom?
1
They went to New York.
2
It takes four hours to get there.
3
I didn’t think much of it.
4
He earns a
hundred pounds a week.
5
He (Tom) was fined ten pounds.
6
It (my room) is twice as big as yours.
7
They left the country ten years ago.
8
They came by bus.
9
I’ve been here for two months.
10
They (the students) went to the museum yesterday.
11
It (the car) does fifty to the gallon.
12
He met her in a coffee bar.
13
They (the neighbours) complained about the smell.
14
He (the clerk) made him fill up a form.
15
The pigs ate them (the apples).
16
He got in by climbing over the wall.
17
John bought them (the tickets).
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They (the roads) were very crowded.
19
I smoke forty (cigarettes) a day.
20
It (the hotel) was awful.
21
It (the market) is a stone’s throw from here.
22
I’ve had it (this cough) since the beginning of October.
23
(Guy Fawkes) tried to blow up Parliament.
24
(like) to speak
to Mr Jones please.
25
This is Tom’s.
26
Be stopped it (the train) by pulling the communication cord.
27
I've been waiting for half an hour.
28
She (Mary) put it in the dustbin.
29
I threw it away because I was tired of it.
30
There are four (hotels in the town).
31
They left it (the lawnmower) outside.
32
I found her address by calling at every house in the village.
33
She (Ann) gave me duck and green peas for lunch.
34
It (the lake) is very deep indeed.
35
I borrowed my brother’s car.
36
He buried it in the garden.
Exercise
2 See previous exercise for
instructions.
1
He
told me exactly
what happened.
2
It (the bridge) is built of reinforced concrete.
3
We’re
all going to
watch the cricket match.
4
He
broke it (his leg) in
a skiing accident.
5
He
(Tom) lost his job because
he kept coming in late for work.
6
I
bought the big
one.
7
It
(the new theatre) looks
rather like a factory.
8
I’d
like about a
dozen.
9
It (the
concert) began at eight p.m.
10
She went (to the dance) with George.
11
He
bought one (a car) because
the local railway station closed down.
12
He’s
coming at the
end of the week.
13
That one
is longer.
14
Jack taught
me (to play poker).
15
She’s
broken another
of your best plates.
16
I’m
looking for a
telephone box.
17
He’s borrowed your typewriter.
18
She was asking him for a rise.
19
He’s ringing up the police.
20
It (the word ‘boss’) means employer.
21
He
escaped by
climbing over the prison wall.
22
We were talking about Margaret.
23
They liked Ann’s idea best.
24
He complained to the manager.
25
It
was about the
size of an orange.
26
They
(the students) intend to
demonstrate against the new regulations.
27
I come from Scotland.
28
The best kind costs about twenty pounds.
29
He gave it away because he didn’t like the colour.
30
She (his sister) is very pretty.
31
It (this knife) is for opening oysters.
32
In the
mornings I have to get the breakfast, make the beds and tak Mrs
White’s children to school.
33
I like the black one best.
34
He comes (to London) about once a month.
35
Your father told me (about it).
36
He’s quick-tempered and impulsive.
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Answers
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Exercise 1
I Where did they go? 2 How long does it take to get there? 3 What
did you think of it? 4 How much does he earn? 5 How much was Tom
fined? 6 How big is your room? or What size is your room? 7 When
did they leave?/How long ago did they leave? 8 How did they come?
9 How long have you been here? 10 Where did the students go? 11
How many miles to the gallon does the car do/What does it do to
the gallon? 12 Where did he meet her? 13 What did the neighbours
complain about? 14 W'hat did the clerk make him do? 15 Who ate the
apples? 16 How did he get in? 17 Who bought the tickets? 18 What
were the roads like? 19 How many cigarettes do you smoke a day? 20
What was the hotel like? 21 How far away is the market? 22 How
long have you had that cough? 23 What did Guy Fawkes try to do? 24
Who would you like to speak to? 25 Whose is this? 26 How did he
stop the train? 27 How long have you been waiting? 28 Where did
Mary put it? 29 Why did you throw it away? 30 How many hotels are
there in the town? 31 Where did they leave the lawnmower? 32 How
did you find her address? 33 What did Ann give you for lunch? 34
How deep is the lake? 35 Whose car did you borrow? 36 What did he
do with it?
Exercise 2
1 What did he tell you? 2 What is the bridge built of? 3 Where are
you all going to? or What are you all going to do? 4 How did he
break his leg? 5 How or Why did Tom lose his job? 6 Which did you
buy? 7 What is the new theatre like? or What does it look like? 8
How many would you like? 9 When did the concert begin? 10 Who did
she go to the dance with? 11 Why did he buy a car? 12 When is he
coming? 13 Which (one) is longer? 14 Who taught you to play poker?
15 What has she broken? 16 What are you looking for? 17 Whose
typewriter has he borrowed? 18 What was she asking him for? 19 Who
is he ringing up? 20 What does the word ‘boss’ mean? 21 How
did he escape? 22 Who
were you talking about? 23 Whose idea did they like best? 24Who
did he complain to? 25 How big was it? 26 What do the students
intend to do? 27 Where do you come from? 28 How much does the best
kind cost? 29 Why did he give it away? 30 What is his sister like?
31 What’s this knife for? 32 What do you have to do in the
mornings? 33 Which one do you like best? 34 How often does he come
to London? 35 Who told you about it? 36 What is he like?
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