... have to pay tax. (I)
Agreements and disagreements with remarks, using auxiliary
verbs
PEG 109
Part I Agreements with affirmative remarks.
Agree with the following remarks, using yes/so + pronoun ... novel.
21 His mother's very proud of him.
22 The twins used to play rugby.
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A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR
EXERCISES 1
CONTENTS
Articles
PEG chapter I
1 Articles: a/an
2 Articles: the
3 Articles: ... expensive.
11 They used to have a parrot.
12 The fog is getting thicker.
Part 2 Agreements with negative remarks. Agree with the following remarks,
using no + pronoun + the auxiliary.
Elephants never...
... everything I could.
11. I must go now.
12. Diamonds suit me.
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exercises
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2 Auxiliary verbs: short answers PEG 108
Assume that questions are addressed to you and Tom.
(a) ... plays Italian music.
5. drinks English beer.
6. dances with a Greek girl.
7. uses an English dictionary.
8. has lunch in a Japanese restaurant.
9. listens to the news in English.
10. writes in Spanish.
11. ... only argued with Tom.
9. I only played with Mary.
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B: She works in a laundry and so does he. (Both subjects stressed.)
Alternatively the same second subject could be used in all the answers, ...
...
exactly alike.
15 Come on, children! time to get up! nearly breakfast time.
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A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR
EXERCISES 1
CONTENTS
Articles
PEG chapter I
1 Articles: a/an
2 Articles: the
3 Articles: ... look my age.
24 He mightn't like that colour.
Part 3 Disagreements with affirmative or negative remarks. Disagree with
the following remarks, using oh no/but + pronoun + auxiliary. Use ... expensive.
11 They used to have a parrot.
12 The fog is getting thicker.
Part 2 Agreements with negative remarks. Agree with the following remarks,
using no + pronoun + the auxiliary.
Elephants never...
... Yvonne, who is going to English classes): How long you (learn) English?
Yvonne: I (learn) off and on for about five and a half years. (Use the continuous form.)
20 I (begin) English at secondary ... English, and for the last six months I
(study) in London.
21 At 4 p.m. my neighbour (ring) up and (say), 1s Tom with you?' Tom, her son, (spend)
most of his time in my garden playing with ... begin with A always get taken first . . . is most unfair.
12 He played the violin all night . . . annoyed the neighbours.
13 When the mechanic opened the bonnet he saw at once . . . was wrong with...
... for?
Oxford Practice Grammar is for students of English
at a middle or 'intermediate' level. This means
students who are no longer beginners but who are
not yet expert in English. The book ... units and cover the area of grammar dealt
with in those units.
Each unit consists of an explanation of the
grammar point followed by a number of exercises.
Almost all units cover two pages. ...
are on the left-hand page, and the exercises are on
the right-hand page. There are a few four-page
units, with two pages of explanation and two pages
of exercises.
The examples used to illustrate...