Questions. Exercises (Упражнения на вопросительные слова)

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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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18 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

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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