Types of Questions

Exercise 51

Read the answers and complete the questions with the appropriate words.

what whose how much why who how many when where how often

1. …lives in that flat? A young doctor lives there. 2. … does your brother work? He works in the hospital. 3. … dog is that? I think it’s my neighbour’s pet. 4. … do you do after classes? I go home. 5. … does she play tennis? She plays tennis twice a week. 6. … do you usually get up? I usually get up at seven. 7. … colour do you like best – red, green or yellow? I like yellow. 8. … mother works in the shop? Taras’s mother works in the shop. 9…. Does that car cost? I don’t know. But it’s very expensive. 10. … girls from your class go to that new computer club on Sundays? I think six. 11. …films do you like to see? I like to see films about animals. 12. …do you usually do in the evening? I usually read books and watch TV.

Exercise 52

Answer the following questions

1. What are you? 2. When were you born? 3. Where do you live? 4. What language do you learn? 5. When do you get up? 6. What kinds of books do you like to read? 7. Where will you go tomorrow? 8. Why have you chosen this profession? 9. How many sisters and brothers have you got? 10. How long have you been learning English?

Exercise 53

Put the questions to all numbered parts of the sentences

1. (1) He works (2) at the library (3) every Saturday. 2. (1) Our teacher always speaks (2) English (3) in the class. 3. (1) Our lessons usually last (2) two hours. 4. He was (1) in London (2) last week. 5. (1) Doctor Brown speaks (2) to me (about) my son’s health.

Exercise 54

Put all types of questions

1. Igor is a good friend. 2. My father often works overtime. 3. She has many friends now. 4. This boy studies at college. 5. They face a lot of problems at school. 6. I always admire my best friend. 7. His mother works at school. 8. You become a juvenile delinquent. 9. We are very united family. 10. We often go to the cafes. 11. Some children run away from their homes. 12. Parents must talk their children’s problems out.13. He helps his friends to cope with difficult home tasks. 14. My grandparents are already on a pension. 15. She immediately becomes the centre of attention at different parties.

The Past Indefinite Tense

Exercise 55

Add –ed to the verbs

to listen, to permit, to stay, to hate, to fry, to travel, to walk, to live, to rob, to carry, to save, to clean, to hurry, to slip, to answer, to bake, to cheer, to graduate, to empty, to play, to regret, to talk, to plan, to wait, to tidy.

Exercise 56

Write questions to the underlined words

1. He graduated from the University last year. 2. I resolved my problems very quickly. 3. My friend was in a habit of playing computer games every evening.4. My best friend always helped everybody to cope with difficult home tasks. 5. I did my morning exercises every morning.

Exercise 57

Complete the sentences with was or were

It … Sunday yesterday. The weather …horrible and my parents and me … at home. But I really … happy to stay at home. My mother … busy cooking a delicious dinner and my father and I … fond of playing chess. First I … not lucky, but then my father … surprised with my successes. when our tournament … over, I … proud of my victory. After dinner there … an exciting show on TV. It … very funny. In the evening I … tired a bit. But I … glad to spend the day with my parents.

Exercise 58

Rewrite the sentences in the Past Indefinite Tense

It is Monday. I get up at seven o’clock, brush my teeth, have a shower and go to the kitchen to have breakfast. My mother cooks breakfast for all the family and my elder sister washes the dishes after breakfast as she starts her work later. I leave home at eight o’clock. My lessons begin at half past eight and I have enough time to meet my friends. We go to school together and exchange opinions about the weekend. After school I hurry home and have dinner. After a short rest I do my homework and tidy my room. Then I play computer games. When my parents come home we have supper and watch TV.

Exercise 59

Put the verbs into the Past Indefinite Tense and read the joke

A man … (to buy) a parrot which could already talk. However, the man soon… (to discover) that the parrot mostly … (to know) bad words. at first he … (to think) it … (to be) funny, but then it … (to become) tiresome, and finally, when the man … (to have) important guests, the bird’s bad words … (to embarrass) him very much. As soon as the guests … (to leave), the man angrily… ( to shout) at the parrot, “That language must stop!”. But the bird … (to continue) telling bad words. Now the man… (to be) really angry. He … (to grab) the parrot and … (to put) it into the refrigerator. But it…(to have) no effect. From inside the refrigerator, the parrot still … (to said) nasty words. Then the man …(to open) the door of the freezer, … (to throw) the bird into it, and … (to close) the door.. this time there … (to be) silence. After two minutes, the man … (to open) the door and … (to remove) the very cold parrot. Slowly the shivering parrot … ( to walk) up the man’s arm, … (to sit) on his shoulder and… ( to speak) into his ear, sounding very frightened, “I’ll be good, I promise… those chickens in there … what … they…(to say?)”

Exercise 60

Write interrogative and negative sentences

1. Some collections started in a small way. 2. My friend cheered me up when I was depressed. 3. My mother was fond of her work. 4. Max went to the sport club last Sunday. 4. She indulged in track and field events in the childhood. 5. Some teenagers turned to crime and became juvenile delinquent. 6. He talked his problems over in his family. 7. My girlfriend went in for calisthenics. 8. I listened to the news last night. 9. This boy graduated from the University last year. 10. Rita found her keys in the kitchen.

Exercise 61

Find mistakes in the sentences

1. He didn’t did his morning exercises yesterday. 2. They was married. 3. Did we indulged in boxing? 4. They faced a lot of problems there. 5. Did she played volleyball in her childhood? 6. I were at training yesterday. 7. Students didn’t liked this exhibition. 8. His father were a bread maker. He often worked overtime. 9. He didn’t went in for sports. 10. Mary keeped fit.

Exercise 62

Do the test using the Past Indefinite Tense

1. He … felt refreshed after doing his morning exercises.

a. did feel b. felt c. feel

2. My best friend … a wonderful sense of humour.

a. has b. have c. had

3. Some collections … in a small way.

a. started b. stat c. to start

4. My father … overtime last week.

a. worked b. works c. to work

5. Some teenagers … crime and … juvenile delinquent.

a. turn become b. turned become c. turned became

6. … you … fit?

a. did keep b. did kept c. did to keep

7. They … fond of their work.

a. was b. were c. to be

8. All the year round many people … in different kinds of sport.

a. to indulged b. indulge c. indulged

9. … summer … excellent opportunities for swimming?

a. did affords b. did afford c. did afforded

10. He … stamps and coins in his childhood.

a. collected b. collect c. to collect

Exercise 63

Do the test using the Past Indefinite Tense

1…she a habit of helping her mother?

a. were b. was c. to be

2. My friend … … me up when I was depressed.

a. didn’t cheer b. didn’t cheered c. didn’t cheers

3. I … his collection of rare coins.

a. to admire b admire c. admired

4. They … … their problems

a. couldn’t resolve b. couldn’t resolved c. couldn’t to resolve

5. This teenager … strange interests.

a. develop b. developed c. to develop

6. My parents … to support me.

a. try b. tryed c. tried

7. She quickly … bored at this concert.

a. got b. get c. to get

8. They … … a special telephone number in the case of need.

a. didn’t dialed b. didn’t to dial c. didn’t dial

9. Solving crossword puzzles you … out many interesting facts.

a. found b. find c. finded

10. … this student … in for track and field events.

a. did go b. did went c. did to go

Exercise 64

Translate into English

1. Я займався волейболом і легкою атлетикою. 2. Він колекціонував рідкісні марки та листівки 3. Його друг мав чудове почуття гумору. 4. Цей спортзал надавав чудові можливості для тренувань з футболу. 5. Олег закінчив школу 3 роки тому. 6. Мій тато був годувальником в родині, а мама була домогосподарка. 7. Він часто працював понаднормово. 8. Підлітки шукали самовизначення та ставали незалежнішими. 9. Вони зустріли багато проблем коли були за кордоном. 10. Вони не були друзями. 11. Цей студент не отримував гарних оцінок. 12. Вона була у центрі уваги вчора на вечірці? 13. Моя дружина проводила багато часу на роботі. 14. Він утікав з дому? 15. Його батьки забезпечували йому емоційну підтримку? – Ні.

Exercise 65

Translate into English

1. Ми не мали звички готувати домашнє завдання відразу після навчання. 2. Вони брали участь у змаганнях із стрільби? 3. Яку команду ти підтримував на змаганнях Євро 2012? 4. Батьки підтримали цього студента емоційно. 5. Цей хлопець втік із дому, але згодом він усвідомив свою помилку і повернувся. На щастя, він не скоїв злочину і не став малолітнім правопорушником. 6. Мені подобалося товаришувати з Оленою. Вона була дуже товариська, енергійна і працьовита. Але вона переїхала до іншого міста і ми спілкуємося за допомогою Інтернету. 7. Минулого літа ми відвідали своїх дідуся та бабусю, які жили у селі. Вони на пенсії, але все ще сповнені життям та енергією. 8. Мій найкращий друг завжди був у центрі уваги. 9. Нам вдалося справитися із цим складним завданням. 10. Ми розв’язали цей Скандинавський кросворд дуже швидко і дізналися багато цікавих фактів про життя відомого колекціонера.

Exercise 66

Use the Present Indefinite tense or the Past Indefinite tense

1. I … (to like) solving crossword puzzles. Usually I… (to buy) them in the newspaper stall. But yesterday I … (not to buy) them because I … (to be) very busy. 2. When my father … (to be) young, he … (to collect) stamps and postcards. But now he … (not to collect) anything. 3. Very often teenagers … (to face) many problems. Yesterday my son … (to tell) me that he … (to have) problems at college. And that news … (to set) a conflict between us. 4. Mary … (to have) many friends, because she … (to be) very sociable person. 5. My best friend … (to indulge) in boxing, but now he … (to go) in for track and field events. 6. Yesterday my group mates … (to go) to the cinema. They … (to want) to see the new popular movie. But they … (not tot like) it. They said it … (to be) boring. 7. She … (to feel) refreshed after doing her morning exercises yesterday. 8. He … (to graduate) from the University last year and now he … (to be) a book-keeper. 9. My younger brother … (to play) computer games very often. But yesterday he … (not to play) them, his computer … (to break). 10. I … (to like) reading books. It … (to be) my hobby.

Exercise 67

Use the Present Indefinite tense or the Past Indefinite tense

1. They … (to be) in London last week. they … ( to enjoy) the journey. 2. His sister … (to study) English every day. She … (to be) a hardworking person. 3. You … (to come) home at six o’clock yesterday? - No, I … . yesterday I … (to come) home from college at half pst four. I … (to be) very tired. 4. He usually … (to sleep) well. But last night he … (to sleep) bad. 5.My mother always … (to take) a bus to get to work, but yesterday she … (not to take) a bus. She (to walk) to her office yesterday. 6.She … (to enjoy) the film, which we … (to see) last week? 7. When your lessons .. (to be) over on Monday? 8. Mary … (to like) writing stories. Last week she … (to write) a funny story about her pet. 9. As a rule my mother … (to cook) dinner but yesterday she … (to decide) not to cook. She … (to invite) us to the restaurant.10.You often … (to take) your brother for a walk? – Yes, I … . Why you … (not to take) him for a walk the day before yesterday? – He … (to be) ill.