Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

Exercise 17. Complete the sentences with was, were, or did.
Example: A: Were you at the meeting the day before yesterday? 
B: What meeting?
 A: 
Did you forget about the meeting? 
В: I guess so.
1. A: _____________ Mr Finley in his office yesterday?
B: Yes.

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A: _____________ you see him about your problem?
B: Yes. He_____________ very helpful.
2. Peggy _____________ not in her office yesterday. She _____________ not
go to work.
3. A: Where _____________ you last Sunday?
В: I _____________ at the zoo with my children.
A: _____________ they enjoy it?
B: Yes, but the weather_____________ very cold. Most of the animals
_____________in their houses. It _____________ too cold for them too.
They _____________ not want to be outside in the cold.
4. I _____________ not go to university yesterday. I _____________ sick, so
I stayed in bed the whole day.
5. A: I had a roommate last year. It _____________ not work out.
B: Why?
A: He _____________ difficult to live with. He never picked up his dirty
clothes. He never washed his dirty dishes. I _____________ glad when he 
moved out. I prefer living alone.
6. A: _____________ you go to the bookshop yesterday?
B: Yes, I wanted to buy a good Russian—English dictionary.
A: _____________ you buy it?
B: No, it _____________ too expensive.
7. He _____________ not have to attend all the lectures. But the attendance of 
the seminars _____________ compulsory.
8. A: _____________ you have to pay a lot for that school?
B: Not a penny. It _____________ a state school.
Exercise 18. Rewrite each sentence as positive, negative, or a general 
question, according to the instructions.
Example: My dad didn’t work late yesterday. (Positive) — My dad 
worked late yesterday.
Greg went to the theatre at the weekend. (Question) — Did Greg go to the 
theatre at the weekend?
I had to visit my parents last week. (Negative) — I didn’t have to visit my 
parents last week.
1. I didn’t have to ask her to do the washing-up. (Positive)
2. Jim had a lot of adventures while hiking. (Question)
3. They had to invite investors to their annual meeting. (Negative)
4. Kate wasn’t happy at school. (Positive)
5. This morning I ate nothing for breakfast. (Question)

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6. We enjoyed yesterday’s evening with them. (Negative)
7. That wasn’t a mistake on my part. (Positive)
8. Jane had to quit her job last month. (Question)
9. Children skated over the frozen lake. (Negative)
10. We didn’t find accommodation in the city centre. (Positive)
11. He took a cold shower and left for work. (Question)
12. He was good at maths. (Negative)
13. The sun didn’t rise at 5 am. (Positive)
14. She had trouble with her back before she went to see a specialist. (Question)
15. We began a new course book in May. (Negative)
16. We didn’t meet by chance at an office party. (Positive)
17. It was difficult to cut through the forest. (Question)
18. She had to work overtime in her new job. (Question)