Practice
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 457.
Rewrite these sentences as questions or negatives, according to the instruction given.
1 I must go to the hospital tonight (negative)
2 James can play the piano (question)
3 Peter can pay for us (question)
4 We must go to the passport office today(negative)
5 We can go to the bank tomorrow (negative question)
6 You should phone the school today (negative)
7 You can answer all the questions (question)
8 She can pay for the lessons (negative)
9 You can talk to Mary for me (question)
10 Peter can check the times of the trains for us (question)
11 We must say goodbye to Alan and Sue (question)
12 They can stay here for a week (negative)
13 We can buy a return ticket here (question)
14 They should help you (negative)
15 He can understand me (negative question)
| JOB | - | a task (countable) - I can´t do two jobs at once |
| a position - How´s your new job going? | ||
| - | completed work - The builders have done an excellent job on your kitchen | |
| WORK | - | an activity (uncountable) - When will the work on your kitchen be finished? |
| - | a place - I get to work at seven forty-five | |
| - | music, paintings or writing by an artist - The complete works of Shakespeare |
Fill in the following sentences with the appropriate form of JOB or WORK.
1. The builders have done a great ___________ on your extension.
2. El Prado gallery is currently exhibiting ___________ by Manet.
3. She's got a ___________ working for an international auditors.
4. Gardening is tiring ___________.
5. Jim's changed ___________ three times in the last six years.
6. She's stressed because she's got problems at ___________.
7. Worringly, ___________ losses have increased sharply over the last 12 months.
8. I'm trying to find a ___________ for the summer.
9. The Prince has never done a day's ___________ in his life.
10. I got a lot of ___________ done this morning.
11. If a ___________ is worth doing, it's worth doing properly.
12.I had the ___________ of telling him to stop picking on Brian.
13.How long does it take you to get to ___________?
14.In the end I gave him up as a bad ___________.
15. She's the best person for the ___________.
16.A little hard ___________ never hurt anyone.
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