Different types of interrogative questions

The Possessive Case

I.Replace the of-phrases by the nouns in the possessive case:

1. The wife of your teacher;

2. The order of the commander-in-chief;

3. The novel of Dickens;

4. The ball of the boys;

5. The life of a bachelor;

6. The address of a lady;

7. The theatres of Moscow;

8. A distance of two miles;

9. The rays of the sun;

10. The population of England;

11. The mother of May and Ann;

12. The children of my sister Irene;

13. The sister of my mother;

14. The books of these students;

15. The photo of my grandfather;

16. The hat of my sister-in-law;

17. The faces of these women;

18. The novels of Dickens;

19. The answers of the students;

20. The best suit of my husband.

II. Insert s, ’s or s’ where it is necessary:

1. This is a new addition of Esenin … poem ….

2. We spent a week … holiday at the Norton ….

3. That man was Vera … and Nelly … old teacher of music.

4. Those were Nick … and Kate … parents.

5. Many a time did he rewrite some of his novel … chapter … before submitting it to the reader … judgement ….

6. The book is neither John … nor Mary ….

7. Tchaikovsky … house in Klin is now a museum.

III. Translate into Russian the nouns using them in the Possessive Case:

Квартира моего друга, комната их матери, имя его сестры, машина директора, книги студентов, стол преподавателя, дети этой женщины, кабинет врача, пальто того человека, имя её брата, платья Энн, велосипед того парня, моих детей зовут, ручка двери, крыша дома, группа учащихся, чашка кофе.

IV. Use the words in brackets using -‘s, or preposition of:

1. What is …? (the name/this man)

2. … is near the market. (the house/my parents)

3. When is …? (birthday/Mike)

4. Look at the number at …. (the bottom/the page)

5. What is …? (this man/the profession)

6. Do you like …? (the taste/this ice-cream)

7. For me summer is …. (the best time/the year)

8. … is very good. (the work/Mary)

9. … is yellow. (the colour/wall)

10. I need …. (the help/my friend)

V. Translate the sentences into English using the Possessive Case of the English nouns:

1. Дайте мне работы учеников, пожалуйста.

2. Чьи это письма? – Это письма моих друзей.

3. Мэри взяла книги своего брата.

4. Это офис нашего директора.

5. Чья это книга? – Это книга Петра.

6. Это семья моего друга. Отец моего друга учитель. Мать моего друга врач.

I. Put general questions to the following sentences:

1. There is a picture on the wall.

2. The lecture begins at nine o’clock.

3. They will go to the University on Monday.

4. Our teacher knows several foreign languages.

5. He has already bought a ticket.

6. They visited many countries.

7. They are working in the kitchen.

8. Dinner is the largest meal during the day.

9. He likes milk.

10. I heard about this film from my friend.

II. Give short answers in the affirmative or negative:

1. Are you a university student?

2. Is that young man a first-year student?

3. Are there many students in your group?

4. Is your mother a housewife?

5. Do you have any brothers or sisters?

6. Does your friend work in the field of physics?

7. Were there many students present at the party?

8. Do you have breakfast at 8 o’clock?

9. Are there a lot of animals in the farm?

10. Were they your next-door neighbours?

11. Do these students know the subject well?

12. Have they got many friends in London?

13. Will you make a report about it?

14. Is agriculture the main occupation in this area?

15. Are you doing your homework now?

16. Do you have grandparents?

17. Were there many flowers in your garden in summer?

18. Have you ever been to London?

19. Are you fond of music?

20. Will he be in his final year at school?

21. Do you read English books?

22. Will there be a concert after the meeting?

III. Make up alternative questions to the parts of the sentences in brackets and answer them:

Model: He usually watches TV in the evening (in the morning).

Does he usually watch TV in the evening or in the morning?

1. The film is interesting (dull).

2. We are free tomorrow (the day after tomorrow).

3. Harry lives in London (Liverpool).

4. His father leaves home early (late).

5. You have many friends in Moscow (few).

6. Our students have lunch after classes (before classes).

7. You have many English books at home (a few).

8. There is much ink in your pen (little).

IV. Make up disjunctive questions according to the model and answer them:

Model: His friend lives in Moscow, doesn’t he?

You don’t come home early, do you?

1. They have a new car.

2. Mary is at home now.

3. Sometimes you work at the library after classes.

4. The students usually leave the Institute late.

5. It takes you long to get home.

6. He has a family of his own.

7. Your friend is about twenty years old.

8. Those girls are sisters.

9. Alice is ill today.

10. You are busy now.

11. You don’t have dinner at home on weekdays.

12. It is not cold today.

13. These young men are not clerks.

14. English is not difficult.

15. They have no TV-set.

16. We shall not have any English class tomorrow.

17. You don’t go to bed until midnight.

18. The Browns’ family doesn’t watch TV every evening.

V. Complete the following disjunctive questions and answer them:

1. You are a student of Moscow University, …?

2. She is a first-year student, …?

3. We shall have three exams in winter, …?

4. Our Institute has a good library, …?

5. Moscow University was founded by M.V. Lomonosov, …?

6. Higher education in our country is free, …?

7. Sunday is our day off, …?

8. It will be Saturday tomorrow, …?

9. The entrance exams were difficult, …?

10. We shall be teachers, …?

VI. Make disjunctive questions out of the following statements:

1. There are 3 faculties in our Institute.

2. There will be a seminar in Economy tomorrow.

3. There is a new time-table for this term.

4. There is no time left.

5. Students spend most of the time in the library.

6. There was somebody in the room.

7. There were no unknown words in the article.

8. You finished school last year.

9. Moscow State University was named after its founder.

10. She must work hard to show good results at the exams.

11. She is a hard-working student.

12. He never misses classes.

13. She didn’t enter the Institute last year.

14. There are ample opportunities for our institute graduates to find a job.

15. Everybody attended the lecture.

VII. Make up questions out of the following words:

1. built/was/when/this house?

2. is/cheese/how/made?

3. the computer/invented/when/was?

4. today/working/Susan/why/isn’t?

5. what time/coming/your friends/are?

6. was/why/the concert/cancelled?

7. your mother/was/where/born?

8. to the party/didn’t/you/why/come?

9. did/the accident/happen/how?

10. work/this machine/why/doesn’t?

VIII. Put up questions to the underlined parts of the following sentences:

1. Tom has two children.

2. My brother gets up at 6 o’clock in the morning.

3. They sometimes go to the cinema or to the theatre.

4. Harry gets to London by train because he lives in the suburbs.

5. Her friend is a worker. He is 20 years old.

6. On coming home my father usually has dinner.

7. His office is near the Metro station.

8. These are French newspapers.

9. Professors and lecturers give lectures to students.

10. There is little ink in the pen.

11. Most of the universities provide hostels for their students.

12. It takes her 15 minutes to have breakfast.

13. All our universities admit men and women.

14. They spend three years at a teachers’ training college.

15. There are ten students in that class.

IX. Put up questions to the underlined parts of the following sentences:

1. Helen met her friend on the way to the Institute yesterday.

2. She is looking at the picture.

3. Many students are going to the canteen for lunch.

4. They have just had lunch at home.

5. Lucy is taking her examination now.

6. Soon there will be many young trees in this park.

7. Next Sunday I shall write a letter to my friend.

8. We shall have dinner at home at about 6.

9. They are speaking about their work.

10. You haven’t seen her since you finished school.

11. The students of our group have learned this poem by heart.

12. The lecture had begun by the time I entered the room.

13. He is answering the teacher’s question.

14. Some of them will go to Brighton one of these days.

15. John has gone to the station to see Ann off.

X. Translate into English:

1. Когда начинается ваш рабочий день?

2. Вы живёте далеко от места вашей работы?

3. Вы обычно заняты с 9 утра до 5 вечера, не так ли?

4. Вы обедаете в кафе или дома?

5. Какие книги вы читаете на уроках английского языка?

6. В какое время вы завтракаете?

7. Ваш друг изучает английский или французский язык?

8. У вас есть братья или сёстры?

9. Вы знаете этого человека, не правда ли?

10. Как вам нравится этот фильм?

11. Где вы учитесь?

12. Куда вы обычно ходите вечером?

13. Сколько бумаги вам нужно?

14. Кто живёт недалеко отсюда? – Я.

15. Какие предметы вы изучаете в Институте?

16. У них большая семья, не так ли?

17. Что любит ваша сестра?

18. Анна и Елена сестры, не так ли?

19. Что вам нужно?

20. Ваш брат дома сейчас, не правда ли?

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