- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Subject Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
- •Articles
- •Telephone Numbers
- •Countries and Nationalities
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following sentences true or false? If false, say why.
- •Questions
- •Social english
- •Introductions
- •Dialogues
- •Much/many/a lot
- •Some/any/no
- •There is/are Positive sentence
- •Negative sentence
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Articles
- •Numbers
- •Possessive - ’s/s’
- •Demonstrative Pronouns
- •(The) other(s)/another
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english Greetings
- •Dialogues
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Possessive Pronouns
- •Articles
- •Adjectives. The Comparative: using -er and more
- •Object Pronouns
- •Like/alike
- •Adjectives. The Superlative: using -est and most
- •Word Order: Adjectives
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following statements true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Fill in Paul's family tree. Write the names.
- •III. Find in the text English equivalents for these sentences.
- •IV. Quote the sentences in which the following words and combinations are used in the text.
- •Speaking
- •Family relations
- •Appearance
- •Character
- •Questions
- •Social english Time Expressions
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Adverbs Adverbs of manner (answer the question how?)
- •Adverbs of place (answer the question where?)
- •Adverbs of time (answer the question when?)
- •Word order: adverbs of manner, place and time
- •Adverbs of frequency
- •Adverbs of degree
- •Too/either
- •So do I/neither do I
- •Adverbs: the Comparative and Superlative
- •Articles
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •Speaking Useful Words and Expressions
- •Social english Directions What is the way to ...?
- •Verbs not normally used in the continuous
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions.
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Present Continuous vs. Present Simple
- •To be going to
- •Would like to do vs. Like doing
- •(A) little / (a) few
- •Indefinite Pronouns and Adverbs
- •Reflexive Pronouns
- •Themselves/ourselves vs. Each other/one another
- •Articles
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following statements true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. Ask the questions.
- •IV. Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used in the text.
- •V. Give a summary of the text.
- •VI. Complete these sentences. Use active words and word combinations.
- •VII. Translate into English.
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english Days and Dates
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •Cost, like, be back, stay, finish, snow, pass.
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •There is/are’ in the Future Simple Tense
- •Future Continuous
- •Verbs normally not used in the Continuous
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Future Simple vs. Future Continuous
- •Future Perfect Tense
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- •Ways of Expressing Future
- •Time and Conditional Clauses
- •Time Clause
- •Conditional Clause
- •In case
- •Both, either, neither
- •Both ... And/either ... Or/neither ... Nor
- •Articles
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following sentences true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. Ask the questions.
- •III. Find in the text English equivalents for these sentences.
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Package tour, trip, travel, journey, cruise, tour, flight
- •Social english
- •Positive form - Regular verbs
- •Positive form - Irregular verbs
- •Negative form
- •Regular and irregular verbs that are easily confused
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Used to/would
- •The Past Continuous Tense
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Past Continuous vs. Past Simple
- •Present Continuous and Present Simple; Past Continuous and Past Simple
- •Emphatic Auxiliaries - do/does/did
- •Articles
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Are the following sentences true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. Ask the questions.
- •III. Find in the text English equivalents for these word-combinations and sentences.
- •IV. Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used in the text.
- •V. Give a summary of the text.
- •VI. Complete these sentences. Use active words and word combinations.
- •VII. Translate into English.
- •Speaking Useful Words and Expressions Levels of education in uk:
- •School Subjects:
- •Students and Teachers:
- •Exams and Qualifications:
- •Questions
- •Social english At the Railway Station
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Just/ already/yet/still
- •Not ... Any more/not ... Any longer/no longer
- •Been in/been to/gone to
- •Since/for
- •Present Perfect vs. Past Simple
- •Article
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following statements true or false? If false, say why.
- •II. Here are the answers to some questions about the text. Ask the questions.
- •III. Find in the text English equivalents for these word combinations.
- •IV. Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used in the text.
- •V. Give a summary of the text.
- •VI. Complete these sentences. Use active words and word combinations.
- •VII. Translate into English.
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english Making an Appointment
- •Dialogues
- •Unit 10
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General question
- •Alternative question
- •Special questions
- •Tag question
- •The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- •We use the following time expressions with the Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General question
- •Alternative question
- •Special questions
- •Tag question
- •Past Perfect vs. Past Perfect Continuous
- •Reported speech
- •Reporting verbs
- •Indirect speech
- •Reported statements: with tense changes
- •Reported statements: other changes
- •Reported questions: general and alternative questions
- •Reported questions: special questions
- •Reported questions: tag questions
- •Reported commands
- •Reported offers
- •Reported requests
- •Review of reported speech
- •Reported conversations
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •Speaking
- •Social English Saying Good-bye
- •Dialogues
- •Unit 11
- •Ability and inability: can, could, be able to
- •Permission and prohibition: can, could, may, be allowed to
- •Obligation and necessity: must/have to/need (to)
- •Must vs. Have (got) to
- •In some sentences, two answers are possible.
- •Obligation and advice: should/ought to/shall/had better
- •Possibility: can/could/may/might
- •Certainty: must/can't/couldn't
- •Probability: should/ought to/will
- •Requests: could/would/can/will
- •Offers: can/could/shall/will/would
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Find in the text English equivalents for these word combinations and sentences.
- •III. Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used in the text.
- •Speaking Useful Words and Expressions
- •Questions
- •Social english Polite Requests
- •Unsolved mysteries
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Verbs with two objects in the passive
- •Verbs with prepositions in the passive
- •It is said that she ... / She is said to ... (Complex Subject)
- •Have something done
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english Expressing Preference and Reluctance
- •Dialogue
- •Unit 13
- •First Conditional vs. Second Conditional
- •Third Conditional
- •"Zero" Conditional
- •First/Second/Third/Zero Conditionals
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary:
- •I. Don't look back at the text and say whether the following statements are true or false. If false, say why.
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Give a summary of the text.
- •Speaking
- •Questions
- •Social english
- •Invitations
- •Accepting Invitations
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General questions
Was I waiting for you in the wrong place? |
- Yes, you were./No, you weren't. |
Were you reading when I phoned you? |
- Yes, I was./No, I wasn't. |
Was he staying at home yesterday? |
- Yes, he was./No, he wasn't. |
Was she wearing a fantastic dress at the party last night? |
- Yes, she was./No, she wasn't. |
Was it snowing all day? |
- Yes, it was./No, it wasn't. |
Were we having dinner at 7 o'clock? |
- Yes, you were./No, you weren't. |
Were you moving out when I phoned? |
- Yes, we were./No, we weren't. |
Were they flying over the Atlantic at 3 p.m.? |
- Yes, they were./No, they weren't. |
Exercise 26. Make these sentences into general questions. Give short answers.
Example: He was studying in the library at seven last night. Was he studying in the library at seven last night? - Yes, he was.
1. The baby-sitter was reading little Betty a fairy tale.
2. When Mrs. Robinson entered the room, her children were fighting.
3. Charles wasn't driving very fast when the accident happened.
4. We weren't talking on the telephone for too long.
5. Nobody was talking when the teacher came in.
Exercise 27. Write short answers to the following questions.
Example: Were you sitting here yesterday? - No, I wasn't. Did she see the accident? - Yes, she did.
1. Did they like your present? - Yes, __.
2. Were the children having a good time? - No, __.
3. Did you understand what he was saying? - No,__.
4. Were they leaving when you got there? - Yes, __.
5. Were you skiing in the mountains this time last winter? - No, __.
6. Did she tell you the truth? - No, __.
7. Was it a dead-end situation? - Yes,
Alternative questions
Was I reading a journal or a magazine? |
- A magazine. |
Were you talking to the headmaster or to one of the teachers? |
- To the headmaster. |
Was he/she/it growing fast or slow? |
- Rather fast. |
Were we/you/they watching a thriller or an action film? |
- A thriller. |
Exercise 28. Ask alternative questions and give short answers.
Example: He (play) the flute/the saxophone when you came in?
Was he playing the flute or the saxophone when you came in?
- The saxophone.
1. You (talk) on the telephone/(watch) TV when the doorbell rang?
2. Carol (cross) the road/(wait) for the bus when she saw the accident?
3. You (have) dinner at home/in a restaurant?
4. Her parents (live) in the centre of Moscow/on the outskirts when she was a child?
5. It (rain)/(snow) all day yesterday?
Special questions
What were you doing at 7 o'clock yesterday? |
- I was eating out with some of my friends. |
Where was she waiting for you at that time? |
- At the bus stop. |
Where were you going when I met you? |
- To the theatre. |
When were they living in Brazil? |
- A couple of years ago. |
Why were you crying when I saw you? |
- My broken leg was hurting rather badly. |
Which book were you reading when the doorbell ring? |
- 'Death on the Nile' by Agatha Christie. |
How fast was he doing an hour? |
- I don't know, but he wasn't driving too fast. |
How much were you earning for that job? |
- Not very much. |
Object question
Who |
were |
you |
waiting for when I saw you? - (For) my mother. |
Whose lecture |
were |
they |
listening to when the principal came in? - I don't know. |
What |
was |
she |
looking through when the lesson started? - Some documents. |
Subject question
Who |
were |
— |
laying the table when the guests arrived? - My daughters (were). |
What |
was |
— |
going on when I came in? - Sally and another girl were arguing. |
Exercise 29. Ask questions about the information in italics.
Example: We were taking the exam in the lecture hall.
Where were you taking the exam?
1. I was looking for some photos when you rang.
2. They were doing 70 miles an hour because they didn't want to be late for the train.
3. My grandfather was serving in the army when the war broke out.
4. They were selling tickets at six pounds each.
5. Joan's husband was fixing the car when he saw a car crash.
6. They were driving home from the theatre when the police stopped them.