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3.5: Review Exercises

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    Review Exercises

    Exercise 1:  Change the following sentences to the negative, please.

    1.  I want to buy some new tires for my car soon.

     

    2.  It is almost time for a break.

     

    3.  He is a very fine young man.

     

    4.  My sister loves to play cards with her friends.

     

    5.  Some people are always in trouble.

     

    6.  I have lots of good vegetables in my garden.

     

    7.  Some students are writing these answers on notebook paper.

     

    8.  Some of you can speak a lot of languages.

     

    9.  We have to learn a lot of English this quarter.

     

    10.  I hope that I stay healthy for a long while.

     

    11.  We will do a lot of reading this quarter.

     

    12.  You should all study hard in school.

     

    13.  My son knows how to play the piano very well.

     

    14.  My mother always made healthy food for her family.

     

    15.  My dog is probably sleeping right now.

     

    16.  My student has to go to work right after class.

     

    17.  Drinking alcohol makes me sleepy.

     

    18.  My sons were doing their homework last week.

     

    19.  I always wanted to be a baseball player.

     

    20.  A car has four tires.

     

    21.  Some people smoke a lot of cigarettes.

     

    22.  Reading books will help you learn a lot of new vocabulary.

     

    23.  My son listened to some music last night.

     

    24.  I am writing this exercise now. 

     

    25.  We fought with the thief who tried to rob the old lady.

     

    26.  This assignment is rather long.

     

    27.  Writing English well takes a lot of time.

     

    28.  My father drove a taxi for many years.

     

    29.  Some boys were playing football in the park.

     

    30.  My brother broke many chairs.

     

    Exercise 2:  Change the following sentences to Yes/No questions, please.

    1.  I eat dinner at 8:00 PM every evening.

     

    2.  Boys are playing football in the park now.

     

    3.  Some of the food on the table is spoiled.

     

    4.  We ate pizza at the party on Saturday.

     

    5.  My dog had some leftovers after dinner.

     

    6.  Young girls like to go shopping with their friends.

     

    7.  Eating dinner alone makes people unhappy.

     

    8.  My son enjoys hanging out with his friends.

     

    9.  My friend worked in Canada last year.

     

    10.  The old man lives in a big house by himself.

     

    11.  Some children were swinging in the park last night.

     

    12.  The radio is on as I write this exercise.

     

    13.  Eating healthy food keeps a person healthy.

     

    14.  My friends drank a lot of wine at the party on Saturday.

     

    15.  The food in the pan smells good.

     

    16.  We saw a baseball game in August with our friends.

     

    17.  The girl wanted to visit her grandmother in China.

     

    18.  Students must learn to read and write in order to be successful in college.

     

    19.  We had to power wash the deck before we sanded it.

     

    20.  Students study in the morning and evening.

     

    21.  The woman lost her purse at the theater last night.

     

    22.  We are making questions right now.

     

    23.  My son felt bad last night because he ate some fast food.

     

    24.  I swept the floor in my house this morning.

     

    25.  My favorite student sent me an email message in August.

     

    26.  My wife washes the dishes after dinner.

     

    27.  My friend fixes cars for a living.

     

    28.  Everyone should be polite.

     

    29.  Some people sometimes make mistakes in life.

     

    30.  I am waiting for a phone call right now.

     

    31.  In a nursery rhyme, a cow jumped over the moon.

     

    Exercise 3:  Change the following sentences to WH Questions with the question words that follow the sentences, please.

    1.  We look at flowers in the garden every day.

    What

    When

    2.  My friend picked some flowers for her mother.

    Who

    What

    3.  You are writing questions right now.

    What

    When

    4. My friend went to his country because he was homesick.

    Where

    Why

    5.  My sister must get a new car soon.

    What

    When

    6.  We will be watching a movie at 8:00 tonight.

    What

    When

    7.  It takes me 25 minutes to drive to college every morning.

    Where

    When

    8.  I bought the red shirt for my friend’s birthday present.

    Which

    Whose

    9.  Learning to write in English takes a lot of time.

    How much

    What

    10.  All students should come to class on time.

    Who

    Where

    11.  I wrote this exercise during my summer vacation.

    What

    When

    12.  My friend speaks to his mother every Sunday morning.

    Who

    Whose

    13.  My sister might come to Seattle next year during the summer.

    Where


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