Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

ALTERNATIVE QUESTIONS
I
you
Had 
he/she/it arrived before midnight or earlier? — Earlier.
we
you
they
Exercise 7. Ask alternative questions with the following words. Give an-
swers.
Example: Ann/live/in a cottage/for/sixty/fifty years?
Had Ann lived in a cottage for sixty or fifty years? (She’d lived in a cot-
tage) for 60 years.

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1. Bill/plan/to stay in the army/till he was thirty/forty?
2. She/buy/presents/for her family/for her friends/before she bought some-
thing for herself?
3. Liz/do/her housework/some shopping/before she watched television for an 
hour?
4. Evervone/only a few people/have/a chance/to speak up/before we took a 
vote?
5. Diana/go to bed/take a short walk round the park/till she felt a little better?
6. Sam/see/many/only a few/of Rembrandt’s paintings before he visited the art 
museum?
7. Ten years/more/pass/before she could forget it?
8. He/lost/his case/at the airport/somewhere else?
SPECIAL QUESTIONS
When had their marriage broken up? — Before their second child was born. 
Where had the criminal gone when the police arrived? — Nobody could say. 
Where had they left the tickets? — At home.
What had she done before she directed her first film? — She was a movie star. 
Why hadn’t she told me the truth before I found it out myself? — I think she 
was afraid. 
How many times had he been abroad before he emigrated to Canada last year? 
— Never!