| What? (, , , ) When? () Who? (, ) Why? (, ) Where? (, , ) Whose? (, , ) How? () What time? ( ) What color? ( ) What size? ( ) | How far? ( ) How big? ( ) How fast?( ) How tall? ( ) How well? ( ) How often? ( ) How long? ( ) How much/many? ( , ) How old?( ) |
I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew):
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
(Rudyard Kipling)
Where do you live/work?
Do you know Ann?
What do you do? (=Whats your job?)
What does this word mean?
How do you pronounce this word?
How do you spell that?
How much does it cost?
What time does the film/concert/class start?
What time does the train/bus/plane leave/arrive?
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Write special questions according to the model:
Ø Where / she live? Where does she live?
1. What / you want?
2. What / this word mean?
3. What time / the film start?
4. How much / those shoes cost?
5. Why / she need money?
6. How / this camera work?
7. Where / you buy your meat?
8. Who / you want to see?
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Insert special words to complete the following sentences:
How much/many? How far? How fast? How often? How long? How hot?
1. How... people live in London?
2. How... sugar do you take in your coffee?
3. How... does it take you to drive from London to Manchester?
4. How... do you go to the cinema?
5. How... is it from London to Moscow?
6. How... does a pocket of cigarettes cost?
7. How... does it get in Greece in the summer?
8. How... can you run 100 meters?
6. TENSES
1. Present simple tense
2. Present progressive tense
3. Present perfect simple
4. Past simple
5. Past continuous tense
6. Past perfect simple
7. Past perfect / past simple
8. Present perfect progressive tense
9. Future simple
Present simple tense
Use Example
| Current habits | Toby walksto work. |
| To talk about how often things happen | Angela doesn't visitus very often. |
| Permanent situations | Carlo worksin a travel agent's. |
| States | Doyou havean up-to-date passport? |
| General truths and facts | Poland isin the European Union. |
We can also use do/does in present simple statements for emphasis,
'You don't like going by bus, do you?' 'Actually, t do like going by bus for short distances.'
The bus isn't quicker than the train, but it does stop right outside the factory.
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Put the following sentences into 3rd person singular:
1. You watch too much TV. (He)
2. The rivers freeze in winter.
3. The prices rise every year.
4. Do you like onions? (She)
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5. Buses pass my house every half an hour.
6. The carpets match the curtains.
7. They like to fish in the lake. (Their father)
8. They clean the flat every week.
9. These tickets cost $10.
10. Their children go to this school.
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Complete the sentences with the correct forms of verbs given in bold type:
Ask get up go make play speak
Ø : Peter always gets up late on Sundays.
1. Ann and John sometimes tennis at weekends.
2. My mother often . French at home.
3. Small children questions all the time.
4. Sarah .. to Oxford to see her mother twice a week.
5. I . More mistakes in English when Im tired.
Say sit try wash watch
6. Andy always .. his clothes on Saturdays.
7. That child never . Thank you.
8. He .. in the same chair every evening.
9. She . to go skiing every year.
10. My father .. TV most evenings.
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Seven useful things
Put the beginnings and ends together. Put (e)s on the verb if necessary:
| 1. A dishwasher washes. 2. A cooker make . 3. Freezers keep . 4. A fridge keep . 5. Washing machines wash . 6. Photocopiers make . 7. A camera take | A clothes. B food cool. C food hot. D food very cold. E copies of papers. F plates, cups, etc. 1 G photographs.... |
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Make negative sentences. Use dont doesnt.
Ø I play chess. (cards) . I dont play cards.
1. You speak Arabic. (Chinese) ..
2. Bill plays the piano very well. (guitar) ..
3. We agree about most things. (holidays) .
4. Alan and John live near me. (George and Andrew) ..
5. My father writes novels. (poetry) .
6. Barbara works in London. (live)
7. Henry likes old books. (parties)
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Make questions:
Ø They smoke. Do they smoke?
Ø Ann teaches French. Does Ann teach French?
1. The Oxford bus stops here.
2. The teacher knows her.
3. You play the piano.
4. John works in a restaurant.
5. This train stops at York.
6. We need more eggs.
7. Mary likes parties.
8. Peter speaks Spanish well.
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Make questions:
Ø Ann (live) in London. + Ann lives in London.
Ø you (speak) Chinese? Do you speak Chinese?
Ø Sarah (like) classical music Sarah doesnt like classical music.
1. I (like) getting up early -
2. you (want) something to drink?
3. Joe (play) football on Saturdays +
4. you (remember) her phone number?
5. that clock (work) -
6. she often (fly) to Paris on business +
7. it (rain) much here in summer -
8. elephants (eat) meat?
9. he (think) he can sing? .
10. We (need) a new car +
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Use the adverbs of frequency given in brackets to make up sentences:
1. My brother speaks to me. (never) . My brother never speaks to me. ..
2. Susan is polite. (always)
3. I finish work at half past five. (usually).
4. Jill has started a new job. (just).
5. I go to bed before midnight. (rarely) ..
6. The bus isnt late. (usually).
7. I dont eat meat. (often)
8. I will forget what you said. (never)..
9. Have you broken your leg? (ever)..
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10. Do you work in the same place? (still).
11. They stay at the same hotel. (always)..
12. Diana doesnt work on Saturdays. (usually)..
13. What do you have for breakfast? (usually)..
14. When I arrived Jan was there. (already) When I arrived,..
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a) , . . , . .
Begin fly grow say
I usually the act myself. I some magic words. A bird out of an empty cage, and a flower in an empty pot.
Join put come go
Then Henry me on the stage. He into a box. I knives through the box, but he always out alive!
