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A: I have two books. Which book do you want?Date: 2015-10-07; view: 569. B: That one. 2.A: What did you buy when you went shopping? B: A book. 3.A: Could I borrow your pen for a minute? B: Sure. I have two. ________________________ A: That one. (I would like that one). 4.A: ______________________________________ B: A pen. (Chris borrowed a pen from me). 5. A: Do you like this tie? B: Yes. A: Do you like that tie? B: It's okay. A: _____________________________________ B: This one. (I'm going to buy this one). 6. A: _______________________________________ B: A tie. (Tony got a tie when he went shopping). 7. A: These shoes are comfortable, but so are those shoes. ___________ _________ I can't decide. B: These. (You should buy these shoes). 8. A: There are flights to Atlanta at 7:30 a.m. and 8:40 a.m. __________ B: The 7:30 flight. (I'm going to take the 7:30 flight). 9. A: _________________________________________ B: Fast. (The meaning of rapid is fast). 10. A: _________________________________________ B: Very big. (Huge means very big). 11.A: Would you please hand me a sharp knife? B: I'd be happy to. _________________ ________ A: That one. 12. A: Are you a student in the English program? B: Yes, I am. A: ________________________________________ B: The beginning class. (I'm in the beginning class). 13. A: Did you enjoy your trip to Europe? B: Yes, I did. Very much. A: _________________________________________ B: I visited France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. A: __________________________________________ B: Spain, (I enjoyed visiting Spain the most).
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Exercise 9:Make sentences with how. 1.A: How old is your daughter? B: Ten. (She is ten years old). 2.A: _________________________ B: Very important. (Education is very important). 3. A: __________________________ B: By bus. (I get to school by bus). 4. A: __________________________ B: Very deep. (The ocean is very deep). 5.A: ___________________________ B: Very heavy. (My suitcase is very heavy). I can hardly lift it. 6. A: _____________________________ B: By plane. (I'm going to get to Denver by plane). 7. A: _____________________________ B: Very well. (Roberto speaks English very well). 8. A: _____________________________ B: I'm starving! When's dinner? 9. A: _____________________________ B: I walked. (I walked to school today). 10. A: _____________________________ B: By airmail. (You should send that letter by airmail). 11. A: _____________________________ B: It's not very safe at all. (That neighborhood isn't very safe at night). 12. A: ______________________________ B: Not very. (The test wasn't very difficult).
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Exercise 10:Make questions. 1. A: ______________________________________________ B: 237 miles. (It's 237 miles from New York City to Washington, DC). 2. A: ______________________________________________ B: Six blocks. (It's six blocks to the post office). 3. A: ______________________________________________ B: Two and half blocks. (It's two and half blocks to the bookstore from here). 4. A: ______________________________________________ B: About three miles. (I live about three miles from school). 5. A: ________________________________________________ B: Karen is really in physical fitness these days. She jogs every day. A: Oh? _________________________________________________ B: Five miles. (She jogs five miles every day). A: That's great. I usually don't even walk five miles a day. 6. A: I had a terrible day yesterday. B: What happened? A: I ran out of gas while I was driving to work. B: ________________________ before you ran out of gas?
A: To the junction of I-90 and 480. Luckily, there was a gas station about half a mile down the road.
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__________________________________________________ 5.Ann made a dress. (Length of time: two days) ____________________________________________________ 6. Alan hitchhiked to Alaska. (Length of time: two weeks) _____________________________________________________ 7. Mary puts on her makeup. (Length of time: five minutes) ____________________________________________________ 8. I wash my clothes at the laundromat. (Length of time: two hours) ______________________________________________________
Exercise 11:Make questions using how long. 1. A: How long did it take you to drive to New York? B: Five days. It took me 5 days to drive to New York. 2. A: ___________________________________________ B: Twenty minutes. It takes me twenty minutes to walk to class. 3. A: ___________________________________________ B: Two hours. It took Bob two hours to finish his composition. 4. A: ____________________________________________ B: Thirty minutes. It will take us thirty minutes to drive to the stadium. 5. A: ______________________________________________ B: For a week. Mr. McNally is going to be in hospital for a week. 6. A: _______________________________________________ B: Four years. I'll be at the University of Maryland for four years. 7. A: ________________________________________________ B: About an hour. It takes about an hour to bake a cake. A: How about cookies? _______________________________ B: Oh, it depends. Maybe forty minutes. It takes maybe forty minutes to bake cookies. 8. A: _________________________________________________ B: Five days. I was out of town for five days. A: How about Mary? __________________________________ B: A week. She was out of town for a week. 9. A: _________________________________________________ B: About fifteen minutes. It takes me about fifteen minutes to change a flat tire. A: How about a spark plug? _________________________________ B: Not long at all. Maybe three minutes. 10. A: _____________________________________________________ B: A long time. It takes a long time to learn a second language. A: How about a computer language? __________________________ B: It takes a long time, too.
Exercise 12:Make questions. Use any appropriate question words. 1. A: What are you going to do this weekend? B: I'm going to go to a baseball game. A: There are two games this weekend, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. ________________________________________________________
B: The one on Sunday. 2. A: ________________________________________________________ B: No I didn't. I didn't go to the game yesterday. 3. A: __________________________________________________________ B: Sarah and Jim. Sarah and Jim went to the game yesterday. 4. A: __________________________________________________________ B: About once a month. I go to a baseball game once a month. 5. A: ___________________________________________________________ B: At the corner of Fifth and Grand. The stadium is at the corner of Fifth and Grand. 6. A: _____________________________________________________________ B: Six miles. It's six miles to the stadium from here. 7. A: ______________________________________________________________ B: Twenty minutes. It takes twenty minutes to get there. 8. A: ______________________________________________________________ B: One o'clock. The game starts at one o'clock. 9. A: _______________________________________________________________ B: Because I have fun. I like to go to baseball games because I have fun. 10. A: ______________________________________________________________ B: I yell, enjoy the sunshine, eat peanuts, and drink beer.
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Exercise 13: PREPOSITIONS.Complete the sentences with prepositions. 1. What's the matter ______ you? What's wrong? 2.We can go out for dinner or we can eat at home. It doesn't matter ___ me. 3. To make this recipe you have to separate the egg whites ____ the yolks. 4. I don't know anything ______astrology. 5. I'm looking forward ___ my vacation next month. 6. Dennis dreamed ____ his girlfriend last night. 7. Right now I'm doing an exercise. I'm looking ___ my book. 8. Jim can't find his book. He's looking ____ it. 9. Jim is searching ____ his book. 10. I asked the waitress ____ another cup of coffee. 11. I asked Mary ____ her trip to Japan. 12. Does this pen belong ____ you? 13. We had mice in the house, so we set some traps to get rid ____ them. 14.What happened ____ your finger? Did you cut it?
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