Alternative question
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been talking with the executive manager or his deputy? - (With) his deputy. |
HadHad it been raining all night or only at dawn? - All night.
Exercise 13. Ask alternative questions with the following words. Give answers.
Example: You/read/for/an hour/two hours/before you turned on the TV?
Had you been reading for an hour or two hours before you turned on the TV?
- (I'd been reading) for two hours.
1. You/sit/in the sunshine/for/about thirty minutes/ an hour/when you suddenly felt sick?
2. There were books everywhere. She/read books/tidy up/her room?
3. Dave/smoke/for 20 years/less/before he gave up that bad habit?
4. They/travel/for/a week/two weeks/before they finally got there?
5. He/try to get/Julia/her sister/on the phone?
Special questions
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What had your son been doing when you came back from work? |
Playing computer games. | ||
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What had she been cooking when you got home? |
A cake. | ||
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When had they been shopping all day? |
Last Saturday. | ||
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Where had the soldiers been marching? |
To the parade. | ||
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Where had they been living before they left for Hungary? |
In Poland. | ||
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Why had you been phoning her every day for a month? |
I had to talk to her. | ||
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What kind of film had Patrick been watching when his mother entered the room? |
A western. | ||
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Which serial had your grandpa been watching all last week? |
“Unknown War". | ||
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Whose (friends) had Helen been staying with before she found a hotel? |
Peter's. | ||
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How (in what way) had they been trying to get in touch with her? |
By cellphone. | ||
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How fast had he been driving when he knocked down a child? |
At about 100 km an hour. | ||
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How much had she been earning when he asked for promotion? |
Not very much, I guess. | ||
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How long had you been corresponding with your penfriend? |
For about a year. | ||
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Who had |
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been calling every day for the past week? - A colleague of mine. | |
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What had |
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been waiting for when I ran into you? - The bus. | |
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Who had |
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been doing up the room all day? - The decorators. | |
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What had |
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been going on at Harry's place all last night? - A stag party. | |
Exercise 14. Ask questions about the information in italics.
1. Jill had been painting her room before her friends called in.
2. They'd been trying to phone her all the weekend.
3. The Browns had been staying at the Hilton because their friends couldn't put them up.
4. Terry and Ellen had been going to the theatre when I met them.
5. Greta had been looking through the 'Vogue' magazine when Paul dropped in.
6. Peggy had been waiting for Daniel's call that evening.
7. They'd been walking 3 kilometres an hour.