The English Grammar for Communication
Unit 1. Types of Questions
Unit 2. Present Simple and Present Progressive
Unit 3. Present Perfect and Present Perfect Progressive
Unit 4. Past Simple and Past Progressive
Unit 5. Past Perfect and Past Perfect Progressive
Unit 6. Future Simple and Future Progressive
Unit 7. Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive
Unit 8. Active and Passive Voices
Unit 9. Sequence of Tenses
Unit 10. Reported (Indirect) Speech
Unit 11. Conditionals
Unit 12. Infinitive, Gerund and Participles
Unit 13. Prepositions
Unit 1. Types of Questions.
A. General Questions.
B. Special Questions
C. Alternative Questions.
D. Disjunctive or Tag Questions.
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; (General Questions), (Special Questions), (Alternative Questions), (Disjunctive or Tag Questions).
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He is a student. Is he a student?
He will come tomorrow. Will he come tomorrow?
N.B!!! . .
Who took my pen?
What is Jack?
B. General Questions.
(General Questions) , , Yes No.
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-- Do you really love me?
-- Yes, I do.
-- Will you invite Mike to your birthday party?
-- No, I wont.
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| Can | he | speak | English? | |
| Did | they | see | her? | |
| Is | she | reading | a book? | |
| Does | she | live | in Brest? | |
| Have | you | received | a letter from her? | |
N.B!!! 1) , :
She has been playing the piano since morning.
Has she been playing the piano since morning?
2) to be to have Present Simple Past Simple, .
Is he at home?
Have you an English book?
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3) to be -, , :
She is a shop assistant.
Is she a shop assistant?
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Exercise 1. Put General questions to the following sentences:
1. I have dinner at home. 2. Ted came to see us today. 3. Nothing will be done until next week. 4. My aunt lives in Minsk. 5. She stood near the shop. 6. We shall be examining students tomorrow. 7. I` am going home soon. 8. They will have time to get there. 9. She is an experienced doctor. 10 He had to work late last night. 11. He forgot to mail the letter. 12. She advised me to wait until tomorrow. 13. He`ll give you my telephone number. 14. He drank lots of black coffee. 15. I`ve never eaten at that restaurant. 16. She found him smoking. 17. He is hiding in the woods near the house. 18. He does his work well. 19. Factories are built inside residential areas.
Exercise 2. Ask and answer yes/ no questions:
Sample: A: - He likes hockey.
B: - .. football?
C: - Yes, he ... (No, he .)
Student A: Student B:
Student C:
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Student C:
1. She is reading. --------------------------------------------- a book?
2. I speak English. --------------------------------------------- Spanish?
3. They visited Rome. -----------------------------------------Berlin?
4. She wants to meet Jane. ------------------------------------her husband?
5. I know Tom Smith. -----------------------------------------John Jackson?
6. He didn`t go out last night. ---------------------------------on Friday?
7. They`ve got two dogs. --------------------------------------any cats?
8. I`m going to the theatre. ------------------------------------on your own?
9. There is some tea in the cupboard. ------------------------ any coffee?
10. Mother bought some bread. ------------------------------- any butter?
11. The weather will be fine tomorrow. ---------------------- on Sunday?
12. The job will be finished soon. ----------------------------- before lunch?
13. The boy has gone out. ---------------------------------------into town?
14. She told the news to Father. --------------------------------to her friends?
15. I read the story by Mark Twain. ---------------------------all his stories?
16. Jane telephoned her friend from London. -----------------her parents?
17. I`ve spoken to my adviser. ---------------------------------to the Dean
18. Helen has already left the hotel -----------------------------the city?
19. The shopping center was a comfortable place to walk around in winter.
------------------------------------------------------------------- in summer?
20.There were some cherry-trees in the garden. --------------- any apple-trees?
Exercise 3. Ask yes/ no questions. Use do, does, did, have, has, can, will and these words:
| Read do drive wear rain have go out eat fly go |
Give true short answers.
Student A: Student B:
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1. you/ a lot of books?
2. you/ last night?
3. your best friend/ a Ferrari?
4. you /ever/ Chinese food?
5. you/to the seaside next summer?
6. it/ a lot in your country?
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7. you / a haircut last week?
8. you/ tennis?
9. your teacher/ glasses?
10. you /ever / in a helicopter?
B. Special Questions
(Special Questions) -- .
( ) Where? What? How? When? Why? How many? How old? .. , (.. , , ).
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TO BE present, past simple
| question word | be | subject |
| When Where | is were | the news on television? you yesterday? |
