Exercise 4. Express your surprise and give short affirmative ( negative ) answers as in the model:

My friend lives not far from the University.

Does your friend really live not far from the University?

Yes ,he does. No ,he does not.

Model:

1. Peter studies general and special subjects.

2. Her friend seldom does his laboratory work.

3. We take part in social activities.

4. More than a thousand freshmen arrive at the University every year.

5. Our group usually has a lot of fun together.

Exercise 5 . Add tag-questions to the following statements and agree or disagree with them as in the model:

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a)They always discuss the important questions. They always discuss the important questions , don’t they?-Oh, yes they do.

b) They don’t discuss the important questions ? They don’t discuss the important questions, do they? Oh no, they don’t.

odel:

1. a) Sometimes our students go to the theatre.

b) Our students don’t go to the theatre.

2. a) The teacher usually corrects our mistakes.

b) The teacher doesn’t correct our mistakes.

3. a) We have an English lesson once a week.

b) We don’t have an English lesson twice a week.

4. a) My brother always works in the library.

b) My brother doesn’t work in the library

5. a) It takes them twenty minutes to get to the University.

b) It doesn’t take them twenty minutes to get to the University.

Exercise 6. React the questions making a choice as in the model . Use the word “surely” as in the model:

Does he or she live at home ?

He lives at home surely.

Model:

1. Do you take good or bad marks?

2. Does your friend go by bus or by car to get to the University ?

3. Do they go home or to the library after lessons?

4. Does she go to the canteen or have dinner at home?

5. Do your lessons begin at 8 o’clock or at 8.30 o’clock?

6. Do you work or study?

7. Does your mother teach at school or at the University?

Exercise 7. Ask a person who questions and answer them as in the model:

His mother teaches at the University.

Who teachers at the University?

His mother does.

Model:

1. Some of our students study German and French.

2. Petrov always asks a lot of questions.

3. We often celebrate holidays together.

4. From time to time Ivanov skips lectures.

5. After classes I usually go to the laboratory.

Exercise 8. Ask your friend all possible questions to the following sentences

The audience always listens to the professor N. with great interest.

Does the audience always listen to the professor N. with great interest?

How does the audience always listen to the professor N.?

Who listens to the professor N. with great interest?

Does the audience always listen to the professor N. or D. with great interest?

The audience always listens to the professor N. with great interest, doesn’t it?

Model :

1. We usually have three periods a day.

2. Most of our students like to play computer games.

3. His friend does well at the University.

4. Sometimes our daughter resists for tests.

5. They like the exact sciences most of all.