Practical Grammar of English

Mary told me that she______to leave for London the following week.

______was the first man to invent a printing machine?

______does MSU stand for?

______did Bush become the American president?

Canada is a huge country, second in size only to Russia, ______it?

In big cities you'll find restaurants, coffee shops and snack bars to suit every pocket,______?

If you go camping, you will be able to see a lot of wild ani­mals, ______?

The polar bear can be found in the North,______it?

You don' like hamburgers,______?

It's not hot today,______?

You won't tell anyone about it,______?

I’m late, ________?

My teacher was stern to me, … he taught me to distinguish between the appearance and nature of things.

I turned the handle, … I opened the door.

1. A sentence is …

…question is  a question of a choice.

Let’s hurry up,  … we shall be late for the plane.

The question given with the help of interrogative words to get more, additional or concrete information is a … question.

She didn’t let him enter her room, … did she want to listen to his explanation.

Change into Indirect Speech: My friend told me,:  “We’ve plenty of time to do our work”        

Change into Indirect Speech: He asked, “Who arrested this man?”          

Change into Indirect Speech: I asked George, “Are you going to play football on Friday?”      

Dick to Lucy: Have you received my telegram ?

Dick asked  ___ .

Ann: Write down my address.

Ann asked me ___ .

 He said, “I’m very busy today.”

He said ___ .

Lena said, “Where have you been yesterday?”

Lena asked ___ .

“Don’t play in the street!”

Ann: “Is your sister good at English?”

Ann wanted to know ___ .

Put in order:

1. But like the other passengers, he must put his feet on it.

      2. The woman asked the conductor if the dog could have a seat like the other passengers, if she paid for her dog.

      3. One wet day a woman with a dog got on a bus.

      4. It was a very big dog and its feet were very dirty.

      5. The conductor looked at the dog and then he said, "Certainly, madam, he could have a seat".

1. The teacher said it was bad to hear that.

2. The boy said that it was his father speaking.

3. He wondered who the speaking man was.

4. Jack Smith didn't want to go to school.

5. He phoned to his teacher and said that Jack Smith wouldn't go to school for some days.

1. Her father understood that she boiled the egg for the first time in her life.

2. He took up a newspaper and read for ten minutes.

3. Father asked Kate to boil an egg soft for his breakfast.

4. Kate answered that it wasn't ready because it was still very hard.

5. Then he asked Kate if the egg was ready.

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 1. A little boy showed his father a new pen-knife.

2. "Are you sure it was lost?" the father asked.

3. "I saw a man looking for it."

4. He said he had found it in the street.

5. "Of course, it was lost!" the boy answered.