... for me to water my tomato plants every day.
4 It will be necessary for them to get up early when they go out to work every day.
5 We had to stop at the frontier but we were not required to open ... far toYork?~
. . . . . . 50 miles.
3 very stormy last night. ~
Yes, storms all over the country.
4 freezing very hard. ice on the lake tomorrow.
5 As sunny she decided to take the children to ... (photocopy)
19 He didn't like the colour of the curtains so he . . . (dye)
20 He went to a garage to . . . the puncture . . . (mend)
21 His arm was broken so he had to go to hospital to ....
... a rising intonation it
can indicate surprise or disbelief.
1. I borrowed your car yesterday.
2. I'd like it tomorrow too.
3. You can walk to work.
4. It's good for you to walk.
5. ... go now.
12. Diamonds suit me.
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200 ENGLISHgrammar
exercises
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2 Auxiliary verbs: short answers PEG 108
Assume that questions are addressed to you and Tom.
(a) Affirmative and Negative (b) ... pedestrians only.)
9. took the Piccadilly Line to High Street Kensington. (The Piccadilly Line doesn't pass through
High Street Kensington.)
10. carried it himself. (It weighs a ton.)
11. dined...
... of English used publicly for some serious
purpose, either in writing or in public speeches.
future the tense of a verb referring to an event yet to happen: simple
future, e.g. I shall go; future ... -er. So
supervisor, compressor, prospector, but adviser, presser, perfecter.
-tor usually follows -c, unstressed i, and u, e.g. actor, compositor,
executor; -ter usually follows f, gh, l, r, ... final consonant" in
topic 1.16).
2. Dropping of silent -e (see "dropping of silent -e" in topic 1.17).
3. Change of y to i (see "y to i" in topic 1.50).
Note laid,...
... for me to water my tomato plants every day.
4 It will be necessary for them to get up early when they go out to work every day.
5 We had to stop at the frontier but we were not required to open ... policeman (try) to stop them. ~
What they (fight) about? ~
Nobody seemed to know.
26 Tom (sit) in a corner with a book. I told him that he (read) in very bad light.
27 I went into the garden to see ... far toYork?~
. . . . . . 50 miles.
3 very stormy last night. ~
Yes, storms all over the country.
4 freezing very hard. ice on the lake tomorrow.
5 As sunny she decided to take the children to...