Change positive sentences into negative and interrogative 1?

1 Example : (See unit 22.

) I can dance.

I can't dance / I cannot dance.

Can I dance?

A She can swim.

B They can help you.

C We can ride a horse.

D He can drive a lorry.

E It can fly.

2 Example : (I am ; he, she, it is ; we, you, they are ; see unit 6, part 1, section 1.

) He's happy / He is happy.

He isn't happy / He is not happy.

Is he happy?

A It's snowing.

B They're working.

C It's spitting with rain.

D She's worried.

E You're watching television.

3 Example : (he, she, it has ; other persons, have ; see unit 6, part 4, section 1.

) It's got five doors / It has got five doors.

It hasn't got five doors / It has not got five doors.

Has it got five doors?

A I've got a farm.

B He's got a lot of friends.

C They've got my help.

D It's got three eyes.

E We've got everything.

4 Example : (all the persons, but he, she, it ; see unit 7, part 1.

) I hate running.

I don't hate running / I do not hate running.

Do I hate running?

A His sisters dust every single day.

B My friends wish to go abroad.

C I live in London.

D They like singing.

E We need more dancers.

5 Example : (third person singular : he, she, it ; see unit 7, part 1.

) He works hard.

He doesn't work (infinitive) hard / He does not work hard.

Does he work (infinitive) hard?

A She pays them a short visit from time to time.

(infinitive : pay)

b He looks like his father.

(infinitive : look)

c It dries soon.

(infinitive : dry)

d It flies.

(infinitive : fly)

e She washes down the kitchen walls once a month.

(infinitive : wash)

6 Revision exercise.

A It takes time.

B He's got three parrots.

C My car is being repaired.

D You can mend my watch.

E She loves talking to friends.

F It worries him.

G There's a man in the street.

H They've got all she wishes.

I They look tired.

J There are two old ladies at the door.

K We need a teacher.

L She can speak five languages.

M I work in Bristol.

N You can play tennis.

O They swim very well.

P She buys everything.

Q He always pays everything for her.

R They want to stay at home.

S Margaret is very fond of classical music.

T There is a lot of bread.

U They keep on talking all the time.

V I can speak and write German.

W They've got a bad reputation.

X She plays chess every week.

Y We hate drinking whisky.

Z She feels very lonely.

7 Example : (irregular verbs ; see the list provided in unit 8, and unit 7, part 3.

) I had to do it.

(infinitive : have ; simple past : had) I didn't have (infinitive) to do it / I did not have to do it.

Did I have (infinitive) to do it?

A Mary went to the ball.

B They made coffee.

C I saw you yesterday.

D My computer broke down.

E They overslept yesterday morning.

8 Example : (regular verbs ; see unit unit 7, part 3.

) It killed (simple past) the fly.

It didn't kill (infinitive) the fly / It did not kill the fly.

Did it kill (infinitive) the fly?

A John and Margaret enjoyed Tom's speeches.

B It rained cats and dogs yesterday.

C They opened the window.

D She passed her examinations.

E He used to knock his children about.

9 Example : (I, he, she, it was ; you, we, they were ; see unit 6, part 1, section 2.

) I was exhausted.

I wasn't exhausted / I was not exhausted.

Was I exhausted?

A There were two rivers.

B There was a cup of tea on the table.

C He was my best friend.

D They were dancing when I saw them.

E You were very cruel to animals.

10 Revision exercise.

A Tim broke the window.

B Jane listens to music every evening.

C It's bucketing down.

D We can park here.

E She's got a black eye.

F He denies it.

G They got married last year.

H They came here yesterday.

I She fried two eggs.

J He helped her with her homework.

K They wanted to beat him up.

L They robbed me yesterday.

M They take care of Jennifer.

N There was an armchair.

O They look down on him.

P I was fast asleep.

Q His grandmother was wide awake when he came home last night.

R I ran into Peter last Monday.

S She always looks ahead.

T They steal cassette - players from cars.

U They are looking into the matter carefully.

V I came across these documents yesterday.

W We ran out of petrol.

X She slept very well.

Y It fell to pieces.

Z There were plenty of mines in the area.

11 Example : (he, she it has ; other persons, have ; see unit 6, part 4, section 9, and unit 7, parts 5 and 6.

) They've been ill / They have been ill since the day before yesterday.

They haven't been ill / They have not been ill since the day before yesterday.

Have they been ill since the day before yesterday?

A She has been living here since she was born.

B You've made a mistake.

C He has arrived.

D It's gone sour.

E We've been longing to get divorced for the last few months.