33. Complete the sentences. Put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative.

1. The hotel ___ (not/be) very expensive. It ___ (not/cost) very much.

2. After the accident it ___ (be) a long time before she ___ (be) able to walk again.

3. The bed ___ (be) uncomfortable. I ___ (not/sleep) very well.

4. Madame Tussaud ___ (start) making models in wax as a teenager.

5. The film ___ (be) boring. I ___ (not/enjoy) it very much.

6. Nicholas ___ (try) different schools but he was bored and unhappy.

7. All morning as she ___ (wait) for the interview her nervousness ___ (grow).

8. I ___ (find) the whole event pretty boring, but the kids ___ (seem) to be enjoying themselves.

34. Rewrite each sentence as positive, negative or a general question, according to the instructions.

Example: My dad didn’t work late yesterday. (positive) — My dad worked late yesterday.

Greg went to the theatre at the weekend. (question) — Did Greg go to the theatre at the weekend?

I visited my parents last week. (negative) — I didn’t visit my parents last week.

1. We began our new language course book in May. (negative)

2. Mike got some tickets for the World Cup. (question)

3. Our trip lasted a fortnight. (negative)

4. Tanya didn’t sleep well at all last night.(positive)

5. They worked overtime in their new job. (negative)

6. The alarm clock woke Helen from a deep sleep. (negative)

7. He arrived at the hotel at midnight. (question)

35. Ask questions about the information in italics.

Example: Bobby played golf yesterday. — What did Bobby do yesterday?

1. My parents were on holiday in Greece in June.

2. It took Clare an hour to pack her travelling bag.

3. Charlotte Hughes (the second oldest person in the world) didn’t marry until sixty-three.

4. Alexander Bell started his first telephone company on August 2^nd 1877.

5. Martin worked the whole summer. The job was tiring but he earned a lot of money.

36. Ask subject or object questions. Give short answers to subject questions.

Example: We waited for him at the door. — Who waited for him at the door? — We did.

— Who did you wait for at the door?

1. We listened to the news at breakfast.

2. Anthony talked to his girlfriend on the phone all evening.

3. Fred’s sister married a famous actor.

4. They bought a present for us.

5. I reported the accident to the police.

37. Complete the sentences. Use is, are, was, were, do, does, did.

1. When and where ___ you born?

2. Where ___ you go to school?

3. When ___ you move to Chelyabinsk? — When I ___ a teenager.

4. How large ___ your family?

5. What languages ___ you speak?

6. What city ___ she from?

7. What sort of person ___ she? / What ___ she like?

8. What ___ she like doing in her spare time?

9. What ___ she look like?

10. ___ he married?

11. What ___ you think of me?

12. ___ you know what time it ___?

13. What time ___ the next train leave?

14. What ___ the weather like today?