...
exactly alike.
15 Come on, children! time to get up! nearly breakfast time.
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EXERCISES 1
CONTENTS
Articles
PEG chapter I
1 Articles: a/an
2 Articles: the
3 Articles: ... the house?
In other English- speaking countries, however, the do forms are used almost exclusively. It
would therefore be possible to use do/did forms throughout the following exercises
(except ... now.
19 I . . . a very interesting conversation with the milkman when my
neighbour interrupted me.
20 English people always . . . roast beef for lunch on Sundays?
21 It is difficult to learn a foreign...
... novel.
21 His mother's very proud of him.
22 The twins used to play rugby.
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A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR
EXERCISES 1
CONTENTS
Articles
PEG chapter I
1 Articles: a/an
2 Articles: the
3 Articles: ... Would you like to hear . . . story about . . . Englishman, . . . Irishman and . . . Scotsman?
~
No. I've heard . . . stories about . . . Englishmen, . . . Irishmen and . . . Scotsmen before ... the house?
In other English- speaking countries, however, the do forms are used almost exclusively. It
would therefore be possible to use do/did forms throughout the following exercises
(except...
... my best.
10. I did everything I could.
11. I must go now.
12. Diamonds suit me.
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exercises
1
2 Auxiliary verbs: short answers PEG 108
Assume that questions are addressed ... plays Italian music.
5. drinks English beer.
6. dances with a Greek girl.
7. uses an English dictionary.
8. has lunch in a Japanese restaurant.
9. listens to the news in English.
10. writes in Spanish.
11. ... the answer.)
12. talks English.
13. corrects the Spanish essays.
14. explains in English.
15. lectures in Spanish.
16. broadcasts in Spanish.
17. addresses students in English.
18. cooks a Spanish...
... the:
The clock in the hall is slow.
X The clock in the hall is the.
Exercise 2.1
Here are three exercises in one. Following are pairs of noun modifi ers; one member of the pair
is a true adjective, ... is a component of the computer.
In this section, however, we are going to focus solely on how English forms the possessive.
Before Shakespeare’s time the possessive form of nouns was spelled...