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2.11: Answer Key

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    Answer Key 

    Exercise 1 Page 33: 1. Are coming 2. Can speak 3. Doesn’t like 4. Must learn 5. Have lived 6. Were swimming 7. Will learn 8. Isn’t raining 9. Shouldn’t copy 10. Have been 11. Do you know how 12. Have you ever seen 13. Might not come 14. Doesn’t speak 15. Must not drink 16. Are doing 17. Will do 18. Have had 19. Could lift 20. Would love to cook 21. Aren’t studying 23. Can work 25. May rain 26. Will be

    EX 2, P 34: 1. Mr. Bourret’s brother 2. Mark’s wife 3. Tom’s old car 4. My student’s uncle 5. The dog’s tail 6. My son’s pants 7. Roger’s father 8. The girl’s new car 9. Tom’s children 10. The lion’s roar

    EX 3, P 34: 1. The children’s school 2. The women’s office 3. The babies’ clothes 4. The carpenters’ tools 5. The lazy students’ homework papers 6. The nurses’ uniforms 7. The students’ books 8. His sisters’ new clothes

    EX 4, P 37: Various answers

    EX 5, P 38: 1.-9 Who is, 10-18 Who has, 19. Who is 20. Who has

    EX 6, P 39:  1. Whose 2. Who is 3. Who is 4. Who is … whose, whose 5. Who is 6. Whose 7. Whose 8. Whose 9. Who is 10. Whose … who is 11. Who is … whose 12. Whose 13. Whose 14. Whose 5. Who is 16. Who is … who is … whose 17. Whose …whose 18. Who is … whose

    EX 7, P 40: 1. Whose 2. Who is 3. Whose 4. Whose ,,, who is 5. Who is … whose 6. Whose 7. Who has 8. Whose 9. Who has 10. Whose … who is 11. Who has 12. Whose 13. Whose … who has  14. Whose … whose 15. Who is … whose 16. Who is … whose … who has 17. Whose … whose 18. Who is …whose 19. Who has  … who is 20. Whose 21. Who has … who is

    EX 8, P 43: 1. In/closet 2. To/ movie, with/friends, after/school 3. On/house 4. Across/river, near/house 5. To/children, at/school, about/crossing 6. Next to/garden, in front of/house 7. During/storm, down/hill/ in back of/house 8.behind/Tom, in/classroom, in/school 9. Outside/house, after/dinner 10. In/garden, without shirt 11. Upon/shelves, in/bedroom 12. In/lake, during/day, during/summer, with/sons 13. For/girl, in/office, for hours 14. towards/dog, inside/yard 15. In spite of/danger, on/freeway, on/night 16. In/garage, next to/house 17. Underneath/bed, in/bedroom 18. According to/father, aboard/bus 19. By/man, in/Seattle, in 1922 20. Through/yard, throughout/ night

    EX 9, P 46: 1. Coats 2. Women 3. Babies 4. Days 5. Hours 6. Heroes 7.  Dresses 8. Cities 9. Knives 10. Feet 11. Punches 12. Patios 13. Caresses 14. Sandwiches 15. Ladies 16. Toys 17. Teeth 18. Pennies 19. Rashes 20. Faxes 21. Snakes 22. Patches 23. Wishes 24. Taxes 25. Waltzes 26. Wheezes 27. Buses 28. Shelves 29. Watches 30. Radios 31. Person/people 32. Fish 33. Nannies 34. Nickels 35. Clocks 36. Pianos 37. Windows 38. Boxes 39 Thieves 40. Attorneys

    EX 10, P 48-49: 1 Move, moves, moving 2 Listen, listens, listening 3. Watch, watches, watching 4. Use, uses, using 6. Finish, finishes, finishing 7 put, puts, putting 8. Begin, begins, beginning 9. Waltz, waltzes, waltzing 10, explain, explains, explaining 11. Chop, chops, chopping 12. Argue, argues, arguing 13. Sort, sorts, sorting 14. Mix, mixes, mixing 15. Get, gets, getting 16. Work, works, working 17. Borrow, borrows, borrowing 18. Lengthen, lengthens, lengthening 19. Hurt, hurts, hurting 20. Buy, buys, buying 21. Mend, mends, mending 22. Enjoy, enjoys, enjoying 23. Trip, trips, tripping 24. Play, plays, playing 25 Have, has, having 26. Punch, punches, punching 27. Spy, spies, spying 28. Halt, halts, halting 29. Party, parties, partying 30. Spin, spins, spinning 31. Burst, bursts, bursting 32, employ, employs, employing 33. Estimate, estimates, estimating, 34. Go, goes, going 35. Show, shows, showing, 36. Do, does, doing 37. Plug, plugs, plugging 38. Complete, completes, completing 39. Flex, flexes, flexing 40. Flip, flips, flipping 41. Pass, passes, passing

    EX 11, P 52   : 1. Are coming 2. Am writing 3. Is sitting 4. Are buying 5. Are studying 6. Is doing 7. Are thinking 8. Are wearing 9. Is singing 10. Is playing 11. Is turning around 12. Is giving 13. Are drawing 14. Am carrying 15 is raining 16. Are listening to 17. Are answering 18. Is biting 19. Is feeling 20 are chatting

    EX 12, P 53: 1. Are studying 2. Isn’t driving 3. Is snowing 4. Are walking 5. Am not listening 6. Aren’t attending 7. Am not planting 8. Is shining 9. Are learning 10. Aren’t getting 11. Are driving and looking at 12. Am not working 13. Are making 14. Are taking, drinking 15. Aren’t playing 16. Aren’t helping 17. Are cleaning 18. Are each eating 19. Aren’t looking for 20. Is throwing up

    EX 13, P 54: 1. You aren’t taking 2. The day isn’t getting 3. My wife and sons aren’t arguing 4. The vegetables aren’t growing 5. All of the boys aren’t carrying 6. The dog and the cat aren’t sleeping 7. I am not wearing 8. Some students aren’t studying 9. Most of you aren’t using 10. You aren’t answering 11. We aren’t all watching

    EX 14, P 55: 1. Are we living 2. Are some people wearing 3. Am I using 4. Is my son working 5. Is a dog barking 6. Is something burning 7. Am I wearing 8. Is an old lady talking 9. Are both of my sons working 10. Are some boys playing 11. Is it raining 12. Is a student helping 13. Are some bad boys smoking 14. Is the man’s head bleeding

    EX 15, P 58: 1. Where are the boys taking their books with them? 2. What is my sister smoking now? 3. What are we learning in English now? 4. When are my students coming to school? 5. When are you learning to speak English in class? 6. Who is the dog following to school? 7. What am I writing now? 8. When are you studying English? 9. Where is the teacher sitting now? 10. Where is my sister living now?

    EX 16, P 59 - 60: 1. Where is the boy running now? 2. Whose pots and pans is my son carrying for her? 3. What kind of clothes are some students wearing today? 4. Which lady is my student talking to? 5. What are my wife and her friend watching now? 6. When am I writing my lesson plans in the kitchen? 7. How many pencils is the student carrying in her bag? 8. What is a mechanic fixing for me? 9. Whom is my dog taking a walk with right now? 10. Why are some students studying very hard? 11. Whom are they thinking about now? 12. What is my neighbor’s son playing now? 13. When is the vacation from school beginning? 14. How is the weather getting? 15. Where am I writing this exercise? 16. Where is my son living now? 17. Whom is my wife teaching how to cook in the kitchen now? 18. What is my wife watching on TV now?

    EX 17, P 64: 1. Want 2. Likes 3. Helps 4. Communicates 5. Love 6. Bothers 7. Makes 8. Walk 9. Enjoys 10.  Washes 11. Want 12. Does 13. Repairs 14. Have 15. Sleeps 16. Go 17. Hurts 18. Tastes 19. Writes 20. Enjoy 21. Lives 22. Listen to

    EX 18, P 65: Various answers

    EX 19, P 66: 1. Doesn’t try, 2. Doesn’t eat, 3. Don’t write, 4. Doesn’t fix, 5. Don’t take, 6. Doesn’t rain, 7. Don’t make, 8. Don’t reach, 9. Doesn’t have, 10. Doesn’t carry, 11. Don’t like, 12. Don’t have to learn, 13. Doesn’t like

    EX 20, P 67: Various answers

    EX 21, P 68: 1. Does the woman have 2. Does she speak 3. Do I drink 4.  Do my sons make 5. Do some students always do 6. Do I enjoy 7. Does the sun shine 8. Does a bus driver have 9. Do we use 10. Do good students try 11. Does a postman deliver 12. Do children like 13. Does learning to speak English take 14. Do girls wear 15. Does my sister buy

    EX 22, P 69: 1 Does the woman have … No, she doesn’t have 2. Does she talk … No, she doesn’t talk 3. Does the boy draw … No, he doesn’t draw 4. Do my neighbors make … No, they don’t make 5. Do some students always use pens … No, some students don’t always use 6. Do I enjoy … No, I don’t enjoy 7. Does the moon shine … No, it doesn’t shine 8. Does a cab driver have … No, a cab driver doesn’t have, 9. Do we use … No, we don’t use

    EX 23, P 70: 1. What color hair does the woman have? 2. Whom does she speak to on the bus? 3. How many cups of coffee do I drink in the morning? 4. How much noise are my sons making at my house? 5. Whose car does John always use on Thursdays? 6. What do I enjoy teaching? 7.  When does the sun shine? 8.  How much responsibility does a bus driver have? 9. Which dishes are we using for the party?  10. How do good students try at school and at home?

    EX 24, P 73: 1. Talk 2. Talk 3. Telephones 4. Help  5. Go 6. Doesn’t go 7. Play 8. Like 9. Has 10. Are 11. Keeps 12. Fly 13. Flies 14. Speaks 15. Speak 16. Live 17. Lives 18. Grow 19. Has 20. Make 21. Tastes 22. Works 23. Work 24. Costs 25. Doesn’t copy

    EX 25, P 74: 1. Are 2. Makes 3. Takes 4. Is 5. Are 6. Makes 7. Causes 8. Keep 9. Is 10. Puts 11. Is 12. Makes 13. Make 14. Causes 15. Are 16. Are 17. Fascinates 18. Makes 19. Is 20. Are 21. Is 22. Involve 23. Makes 24. Are 25. Helps

    EX 26, P 75: 1. Is 2. Has 3. Go 4. Has 5. Has 6. Are 7. Help 8. Keeps 9. Has 10. Doesn’t have 11. Shut off 12. Erases 13. Is 14. Works 15. Like 16. Makes 17. Love 18. Is 19. Come 20. Go 21. Are 22. Speaks 23. Loves 24. Helps 25. Watches

    EX 27, P 76: 1. Costs 2. Studies 3. Speak 4. Likes, watches 5. Doesn’t know 6. Park 7. Provides 8. Don’t go 9. Are 10. Enjoys, continues 11. Costs 12.  Make 13. Has 14. Doesn’t need 15. Don’t like 16. Is 17. Are 18. Are 19. Is 20. Aren’t 21. Costs

    EX 28, P 77: 1. Is 2. Isn’t 3. Is 4. Isn’t 5. Are 6. Knows 7. Needs 8. Opens 9. Is 10. Speaks 11. Helps 12. Are 13. Live 14. Is 15. Prepares 16. Isn’t 17. Is 18. Makes, listen to 19. Isn’t 20. Seems 21. Take 22. Requires

    EX 29, P 78-79: 1. Is 2. Wash 3. Like 4. Wants 5. Is 6. Are 7. Makes 8. Speaks 9. Live 10. Is 11. Is 12. Cause 13. Fixes 14. Doesn’t cost 15. Come 16. Looks 17. Talks back 18. Are 19. Takes 20. Makes 21. Don’t like 22. Loves 23. Don’t read 24. Doesn’t cost 25. Is 26. Belong 27. Enjoy 28. Goes 29. Isn’t 30. Makes 31. Get 32. Prepare 33. Is 34. Studies 35. Doesn’t know 36. Makes 37. Requires 38. Plays 39. Prefer 40. Is 41. Isn’t 42. Love 43. Is 44. Sit 45. Play

    EX 30, P 80: 1. Are 2. Are 3. Is 4. Cause 5. Makes 6. Cause 7. Is 8. Cost 9. Costs 10. Directs 11. Do 12. Makes 13. Don’t bother 14. Are 15. Make 16. Cost 17. Weigh 18. Come 19. Causes 20. Is 21. Doesn’t disturb 22. Takes

    EX 31, P 81: 1. Plays 2. Loves 3. Make 4. Has 5. Don’t understand 6. Tries 7. Doesn’t play 8. Speaks 9. Doesn’t solve 10. Is 11. Are 12. Comes 13. Live 14. Is 15. Lives 16. Makes 17. Results 18. Takes 19. Means 20. Need 21. Works

    Ex 32, P 85: 1. Intended 2. Had, played 3. Made 4. Was 5. Worked 6. Liked 7. Built 8. Came 9. Drove 10. Sent 11. Fed, were 12. Crawled, played 13. Helped 14. Planted 15. Froze 16. Mowed 17. Rang 18. Thought about, was 19. Wept, thought about 20. Tore 21. Pulled 22. Wrote, traveled 23. Swam 24. Opened 25. Smoked 26. Had to spend 27. Taught 28. Slept 29. Did 30. Prayed

    EX 33, P 87: 1. Didn’t intend 2. Didn’t have 3. Didn’t let 4. Didn’t remember 5. Didn’t borrow 6. Didn’t arrest 7. Didn’t forget 8. Wasn’t 9. Didn’t bring 10. Didn’t help 11. Didn’t make 12. Didn’t wish 13. Didn’t invent 14. Didn’t correct 15. Didn’t fly

    EX 34, P 88: 1. Didn’t fall 2. Didn’t freeze 3. Didn’t lose 4. Didn’t blow out 5. Didn’t invade 6. Didn’t collect 7. Didn’t see 8. Didn’t fight 9. Didn’t hate 10. Didn’t interview 11. Didn’t wear 12. Didn’t shop 13. Didn’t release 14. Didn’t hear 15. Didn’t reject

    EX 35, P 89: 1. Didn’t prove 2. Didn’t sweep 3. Didn’t shut 4. Didn’t quit 5. Didn’t sit 6. Weren’t sliding 7. Didn’t shrink 8. Didn’t divide 9. Didn’t seek 10. Didn’t run 11. Weren’t picking 12. Didn’t sell 13. Wasn’t riding 14. Didn’t sink 15. Didn’t shake

    EX 36, P 90: 1. Did we intend 2. Did he have 3. Did he let 4. Did he forget to take 5. Did she borrow 6. Did the police arrest 7. Did I forget 8. Was last Thursday 9. Did Tom bring 10. Did he help 11. Did the girls make 12. Did I wish 13. Did he invent 14. Did the teacher correct 15. Did the businessman fly

    EX 37, P 92:1. I stopped to buy coffee while I was driving to school. 2. While I was working in my office, I got a phone call from my wife. 3. While I was speaking to my son, I told him about a party. 4. I broke a glass while I was helping my wife in the kitchen. 5. While I was watching television, I fell asleep. 6. While I was eating breakfast, I opened a window in my kitchen. 7. While I was shopping with my sons, I bought two toys for them. 8. While I was drinking coffee with a friend, I saw a pretty girl walking across the street. 9. I had a nightmare while I was sleeping. 10. While I was doing my homework, I took a break. 11. While I was mowing the lawn, my lawnmower ran out of gas. 12. I answered the phone while I was reading the newspaper. 13. I answered the teacher’s question while I was sitting in class.

    EX 38, P 97: 1. Must go 2. Will go 3. Can’t go 4. Should not play 5. Were able to fix 6. Could eat, was 7. Will watch 8. Might not see 9. Could play 10. May rain 11.  Must go 12. Would work, were 13. Ought to learn 14. Yesterday 15. Would work 16. Are going to work 17. Has to finish, can go 18. Must finish, can go 19. Will study 20. Must always eat 21. Should have finished

    EX 39, P 102-105: Various answers

    EX 40, P 106: Various answers

    EX 41, P 107: 1. When will I buy a new car? Who will buy a new car next year? 2.  When did I have to take some medicine? What did I have to take last year? 3. What should we study before we take the final exam? When should we study irregular verbs? 4. Who had better come to class on time on Friday? When had you better come to class on time? 5. When might it rain? 6.  Where could you have stayed today? When could you have stayed home? 7. Who must have eaten dinner today? What must my friend’s children have eaten this evening? When might my friend’s children have eaten dinner?

    EX 42, P 108-109: 1. Who is fishing in the lake? Where is the boy fishing? 2. Who was playing the piano in the living room? Where was my son playing the piano? 3. Who will be at the market this afternoon? Where will we be this afternoon? When will we be at the market? 4. What was (or were) chasing the cat? How many dogs were chasing the cat?  What were fifteen dogs chasing?  5. Who is knocking on the classroom door? What is someone knocking on? 6. What is beside the lamp OR what is the box of chocolates beside? Where is the box of chocolates? 7. Who might be running in New York today? Where might Bob be running this weekend? When might Bob be running in New York?  8. Who was listening to his son’s music last night? Whose music was the father listening to last night? When was the father listening to his son’s music? 9. Who might be showing the pictures to her friends before dinner tonight? What might my sister be showing to her friends before dinner tonight? To whom might my sister be showing the pictures before dinner tonight? 10.  Where might it be raining now? When might it be raining in the mountains? 11. What should those boys be studying for and not playing video games?  Who should be studying for their test and not playing video games?

    EX 43, P 111: Various Answers

    EX 44, P 113:  Various answers

    EX 45, P116: 1. Had to get, would recover 2. Had to take, yesterday afternoon 3. Had to do, came 4. Had to fix, could ride 5. Had to obey, were 6. Had to remove, last spring 7. Had to do 8. Had to direct, last month 9. Had to help, last weekend 10. Had to help 11. Had to buy, last week 12. Had to have 13. Had to prepare

    EX 46, P 117: Various answers

    EX 47, P 118: Various answer with should have and the past participle of the verb

    EX 48, P 119: Various answers

    EX 49, P 120:  Various answers

    EX 50, P 125:  Various answers

    EX 51, P125-126: 1. More intelligent than 2. More frantically than 3. More important than 4. Heavier than 5. More quickly than 6. More necessary than 7. Better than 8. Curlier than 9. Stronger than 10. More difficult than 11. More famous than 12. Windier … than 13. More comfortable than 14. Farther away than 15. Happier than 16. Worse than 17. Hungrier than 18. More expensive than 19. Cheaper than 20. Higher than 21. Friendlier than 22. Faster than 23. Harder than 24. Warmer than 25. More interesting than

    EX 52, P 127: Various answers

    EX 53, P 128:  Various answers

    EX 54, P 131: 1. Rich, richer than, the richest 2. Simple, simpler than, the simplest 3. Carefully, more carefully than, the most carefully 4. Hard, harder than, the hardest 5. Prompt, prompter than, the promptest 6. Obediently, more obediently than, the most obediently 7. Affectionate, more affectionate than, the most affectionate 8. Attentive, more attentive than, the most attentive 9. Sarcastically, more sarcastically than, the most sarcastically 10. Round, rounder than, the roundest 11. Angrily, more angrily than, the most angrily 12. Small, smaller that, the smallest 13. Frantic, more frantic than, the most frantic 14. Thoughtful, more thoughtful than, the most thoughtful 15. Ambitious, more ambitious than, the most ambitious 16. Ugly, uglier than, the ugliest 17. Legible, more legible than, the most legible 18. Carelessly, more carelessly than, the most carelessly

    EX 55, P 132: 1. The smallest 2. The largest 3. The biggest, 4. The heaviest 5. The longest 6. The most populous 7. The handsomest (the most handsome) 8. The best 9. The most energetic 10. The most ambitious 11. The most patient (the patientest) 12. The most courteous 13. The coldest 14. The most slippery (the slipperiest) 15. The healthiest 16. The largest 17. The most important 18. The most peaceful 19. The most valuable 20. The highest 21. The most interesting 22. The prettiest

    EX 56, P 133: 1. The most quickly 2. The most kindly 3. The fastest 4. The most slowly 5. The most eloquently 6. The most dangerously 7. The most efficiently 8. The most neatly 9. The most rudely 10. The most happily 11. The most quietly 12. The most attentively 13. The most comfortably 14. The most slowly 15. The most carelessly 16. The fastest 17. The most violently 18. The most foolishly 19. The most slowly 20. The hardest


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