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3.12: Answer Key

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    Answer Key 

    EX 1, P 58 & 59: 1. Don’t want to buy 2. Isn’t 3. Isn’t 4. Doesn’t love to play 5. Aren’t 6. Don’t have 7. Aren’t writing 8. Can’t speak 9. Don’t have to learn 10. Don’t hope 11. Won’t do 12. Shouldn’t study 13. Doesn’t know how to play 14. Didn’t always make 15. Isn’t probably sleeping 16. Doesn’t have to go 17. Doesn’t make 18. Weren’t doing 19. Didn’t always want to be 20. Doesn’t have 21. Don’t smoke 22. Won’t help 23. Didn’t listen to 24. Am not writing 25. Didn’t fight 26. Isn’t 27. Doesn’t take 28. Didn’t drive 29. Weren’t playing 30. Didn’t break

    EX 2, P 60 & 61: 1. Do I eat 2. Are boys playing 3. Is some of the food spoiled? 4. Did we eat 5. Did my dog have 6. Do young girls like 7. Does eating dinner alone make 8. Does my son enjoy 9. Did my friend work 10. Does the old man live 11. Were some children swinging 12. Is the radio on 13. Does eating healthy food keep 14. Did my friends drink 15. Does the food in the pan smell 16. Did we see 17. Did the girl want to visit 18. Must students learn 19. Did we have to power wash 20. Do student study 21. Did the woman lose 22. Are we making 23. Did my son feel 24. Did I sweep 25. Did my favorite student send 26. Does my wife wash 27. Does my friend fix 28. Should everyone be 29. Do some people sometimes make 30. Am I waiting for 31. Did a cow jump over

    EX 3, P 62 & 63: 1. What do we look at, When do we look at flowers 2. Who picked, What did my friend pick 3. What are you writing, When are you writing 3. Where did my friend go, Why did my friend go to his country 5. What must my sister get soon, When must my sister get 6. What will we be watching, When will we be watching 7. Where does it take me, When does it take me 8. Which shirt did I buy, Whose birthday did I buy 9. How much time does learning to speak English take, What takes 10. Who should come, Where should students come, 11. What did I write, When did I write, 12. Who speaks, Whose mother does my friend speak to 13. Where might my sister come

    EX 4, P 66: 1.  We didn’t plan, 2. He didn’t eat 3. My sister didn’t allow 4. He didn’t remember  5. She didn’t lend 6. The police didn’t arrest 7. I didn’t forget to get 8. Friday morning wasn’t 9. Tom didn’t buy 10.  He didn’t help 12.  I didn’t wish to see 13. He didn’t invent 14. The teacher didn’t correct 15. The soccer star didn’t fly

    EX 5, P 67: 1. Did we intend to buy 2. Did he make 3. Did my friend let 4. Did he forget to take 5. Did she give 6. Did the FBI arrest 7. Did I remember to buy 8. Was last Thursday 9. Did Tom bring 10. Did he tell 11. Did the girls make 12. Did I hope to see 13. Did he invent 14. Did the teacher correct 15. Did the president take

    EX 6, P 69: Various Answers

    EX 7, P 72: 1. Had to buy , could be 2. Had to take 3. Had to do 4. Had to fix, could drive, last week 5. Had to go, could be 6. Had to pull, last spring 7. Had to do, last quarter 8. Had to direct, last month 9. Had to help, last weekend 10. Had to show, last night 11. Had to buy, last week 12. Had to wash 13. Had to cook

    EX 8, P73: Various answers

    EX 9, P 74: Various answers

    EX 10, P 79: 1. Stopped to buy coffee, driving to school 2. Got a phone call, driving to school 3. Talking, told 4. Broke, helping 5. Listening to music, fell 6. Working, opened 7. Shopping, bought 8. Drinking, looked at 9. Had , sleeping 10. Doing, called 11. Mowing, ran 12. Answered, reading 13. Answered, sitting

    EX 11, P 87: 1. We have eaten 2. My mother has always cleaned 4. Students have written 5. My sister has smoked a lot of cigarettes since she was 13 years old 6. Old people have always shrunk when they got old 7. Some people have spoken 8. Writing these sentences has taken 9. We have always swum 10. Doing homework has always helped 11. I have often gotten tired 12. I have listened to music almost every evening all my life.

    EX 12, P 88: 1. I have swum, this year 2. I have worked in my life 3. I have seen, this week 4. My wife has cooked, since we got married 5. My son has swept, this week 6. We have come, this quarter 7. Some boys have caused, this week 8. My mother has washed, since we were babies 9. Driving my car has made, every day this week 10. We have listened, every day this year 11. My neighbor has cleaned, this month 12. I have had, this month

    EX 13, P 89 & 90: (Various answers are possible, but I will give some of them.)  1. I have planted a garden every year since I first came to Seattle. 2. I have taught school for many years. 3. My wife has taught cooking classes for many years since 1981. 4. My son Alex has worked in Japan for many years. 5. We have had Rosie all her life.  She has lived with us ever since she was a puppy. 6. I have visited Italy many times.  7.  My sister has owned her beauty salon since 1989. 8. I have had a beard for very many years. 9. I have had my car for four months so far. 10. I have used my greenhouse for many years, and I have grown peppers in it every year since I first built it. 11. My son has written music since he was a little boy. 12. My wife has spoken Indonesian ever since she was a little girl. 13. I have had a headache all day long today. 14. We have studied English every day this quarter. 15. I have never visited the North Pole.

    EX 14, P 92: Various Answers

    EX 15, P 92: 1. Has been holding 2. Has been living 3. Have been playing 4. Has been looking at 5. Have been driving 6. Has been selling 7. Have been using 8. Have been recording 9. Have been thinking about 10. Have been using

    EX 16, P 93: Various answers

    EX 17, P 94: Have done, was, did, went, played, rode, put, took out, snowed, got, took, were, slid, was, waited, walked, skated, called have taught, started, taught, hadn’t had,  had had, chose, was, worked, made, have taught, is

    EX 18, P 95: 1. The men have been building the fence since early this morning. 2. My wife has been preparing for the party at our house since yesterday. 3. My sons and I have been trying to decide which restaurant to go to for Mother’s Day. 4. I have been writing this exercise for ten minutes. 5. The sun has been shining for three days. 6. The music has been playing for about ten minutes. 7. I have been wearing a short-sleeved shirt since this morning. 8.  My friend and his wife have been arguing about where to go on vacation since last week. 9. The baby has been crying for ten minutes. 10.  I have been teaching at this college since 1981. 11. The boys have been playing a game of baseball for two hours. 12. I have been typing this exercise for 15 minutes. 13. My son has been living in Japan since 2009.

    EX 19, P 96: Various answers

    EX 20, P 97: 1. Came 2. Got, shrank, washed 3. Was 4.  Wanted, forgot 5. Gave, died, have driven 6. Haven’t enjoyed 7. Have burst 8. Bought, cost 9. Have fought 10. Hid 11. Swept 12. Was, sought 13. Needed, withdrew 14. Have written 15. Was, studied, 16. Have worn, 17. Prepared 18. Have finished 19. Finished

    EX 21, P 104: 1. Had played, and he felt 2. Had walked, and we decided 3. Had practiced and won 4. Had worked and took 5. Had waited and finally took 6. Had saved and bought 7. Had slept, and felt 8. Had packed, and we left 9. Had written and mailed 10. Had cooked, and we ate 11. Had studied, and got

    EX 22, P 105: 1. Took care of 2. Had brushed, woke up 3. Was playing, told 4. Needed 5. Had eaten or ate, felt 6. Didn’t smoke 7. Broke down, needed, started 8. Was looking, fell 9. Had finished, got 10. Has made 11. Planted 12. Have never smoked 13. Was lying, jumped 14. Has been writing 15. Ran stopped 16. Had drunk, fell 17. Took out 18. Had, had 19. Has been

    EX 23, P 106 & 107: 1. I will have taught for six hours by the time I eat dinner tonight. 2. My niece will have graduated from high school when she enters college in the fall. 3. We will have enjoyed the warm weather this summer by the time the cold rainy weather arrives in the fall. 4. We will have enjoyed not having classes when Fall Quarter begins in September. 5. My garden will have produced many beautiful flowers and wonderful vegetables by the time the weather gets wet and cold. 6. You will have finished this exercise by the time some of you begin the next lesson. 7. I will have written three more books by September. 8. We will have power washed our patio by the time our friends arrive from Japan this summer. 9. You will have done your homework tonight by the time you came to class tomorrow. 10.   We will have slept tonight when we come to class in the morning.

    EX 24, P 107: Various answers

    EX 25, P 112: Various answers

    EX 26, P 113: Various answers

    EX 27, P 117: Various answers

    EX 28, P 118: Various answers

    EX 29, P 119: Various answers

    EX 30, P 127: Various answers

    EX 31, P 128: Various answers

    EX 32, P 128: Various answers

    EX 33, P 134: 1. I can speak French, but I can’t write it well. 2. No changes 3. I haven’t retired yet. 4. No changes 5. My students do their homework, and I correct it. 6. I will go home after I finish this student handout, for I am getting tired. 7. My brother, my sister, my father, and I all did what my mother said. 8. No changes 9. We didn’t lose our camera, nor did we lose our money. 10. She felt sick, so she went to the hospital.  11. He has a lot of money in his pocket, yet he stole something from the store. 12. His mother sent her son to the store for some bread. 13. No changes 14. They had a party, for today was her birthday. 15. She was very tired, yet she had to go to work.

    EX 34, P 136: 1. My pen is the same as Roger’s pen. 2. My library of English books is different from your library of English books. 3. My book is different from your book. 4. Five times ten is the same as twenty-five times two. 5. I am different from Roger. 6. My son’s address is the same as my address. 8. Ed’s car is the same as Doug’s car. 9. Seattle’s weather is the same as Portland’s weather. 10. My work schedule is different from my friend’s work schedule. 11. My hair is different from my sons’ hair. 12. My sons’ height is different from my height.

    EX 35, P 138: 1. My car is as long as my friend’s car. 2. Most streets are as wide as each other in Seattle. 3. Each book is as thick as the others. 4. The college is as far away from my house as it is from Sara’s house. 5. One orange chair is as heavy as the other orange chairs. 6. My son Alex is as tall as my son André. 7. My office is as big as Roger’s office. 8. My table is as high as your table. 9. One swimming pool is a deep as another swimming pool. 10. Seattle is as big as Portland. 11. Roger’s hair is as long as Doug’s hair. 12. The Space Needle is as high as some office buildings in downtown Seattle. 13. My cat’s fur is as soft as my friend’s cat’s fur. 14. I run as slowly as my friend does. 15. My sister is as tall as my mother was.

    EX 36, P 139: 1. My sister has as many dogs as my friend has. 2. I drank as much water as my friend did. 3. It rains as much is Seattle as it does in Portland. 4. My son Alex bought as many shirts as my son André did. 5. I have as many students as Sara has. 6. I ate as much ice cream as my son did. 7. I read as many pages over the weekend as my friend did. 8. You had as much homework as my other class had. 9. It was as warm today as it was yesterday.

    EX 37, P 140: 1. I don’t walk as slowly as my wife does. 2. Some students don’t work as carefully as other students do. 3. Young people don’t drive as attentively as old people do. 4. My elder son doesn’t eat as slowly as my younger son does. 5. Bad students don’t react to teachers as obediently as good students do. 6. Some students don’t write as legibly as other students. 7. My friend doesn’t speak as sarcastically as my other friend. 8. My son doesn’t read as fast in English as he does in Japanese. 9. I don’t swim as fast as my sons swim. 10. My wife can’t do mathematics as accurately as I can.  11. I can’t move as gracefully as athletes do. 12. My younger son can’t cook as well as my older son does.

    EX 38, P 141: Various answers.

    EX 39, P 143: 1. More books 2. The most time 3. The most money 4. More water 5. The least clothes 6. Alex, André 7. Less hair 8. More noise 9. Less trouble than, the least trouble 10. The most fruit 11. Less advanced than, more difficult than 12. Much more water 13. Many more French books


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