Tag questions( TPQ

TAG QUESTIONS.
I.Complete the sentences, using the correct question tag.
1. It’s lovely day, ………….?
2. Tom drives very fast, ……………….?
3. She wrote the poem hersefl, ………………….?
4. That was exciting, ………………….?
5. You couldn’t lend me $ 5, …………………….?
6. I don’t think he’s ever been there, ……………………?
7. He’d rather go to the theater,…………………….?
8. Get a loaf of bread for me,……………………?
9. They’d better attend the meeting,………………..?
10. I’m right,……………………?
11. Let’s go for a swim,………………?
12. There used to be trees here,………………?
13. You’d rather have a salad,…………….?
14. Let’s play football,…………………?
15. They hadn’t been there before,…………………?
16. She had to complain to the manager,………………..?
17. There was no panic,………………..?
18. Nobody complained,…………………….?
19. He hardly ever leaves the house,……………..?
20. Your central heating doesn’t work very well,…………………..?
II. Complete the sentences
1. Don’t leave anything behind, ……………………….?
2. David is bringing some wine, …………………?
3. You’ll be home before midnight, …………………..?
4. Harry was working in Bristol then, ………………..?
5. Nobody knows who invented the wheel, ………………..?
6. You don’t need me any more, ………………?
7. The ticket to London doesn’t cost a lot, ………………?
8. Let’s invite the Smiths from the next door, ……………….?

9. You are too busy to talk, ……………….?
10. Jean owns a restaurant, ……………….?
11. She never works on Sundays, ………………?
12. His family often have tea or breakfast, ………………?
13. Everyone can learn how to swim, ………………?
14. No one has come here, …………………?
15. Let me have a look, ……………….?
16. You used to throw waste paper away, ……………….?
17. Peter used to visit his grandmother, …………….?
18. Let’s go to the library, …………..?
19. This building used to be a library, …………….?
20. I am to do the duty, …………..?
Exercise 2 – Rewrite the following, beginning with the words given.
1. If he had been honest, he wouldn’t have done it.
- Had he
2. I have never seen such a beautiful picture.
- Never
3. I have never met such a charming girl in my life.
- Never


4. We had hardly finished our work when the night fell.
- Hardly
5. I had no sooner got home than it began to rain.
- No
6. He no longer smokes cigarettes.
- No
7. People didn’t discover AIDS until 1981.
- Not until
8. You can buy this book only in this shop.

- Only
9. Immediately after his arrival, things went wrong.
- No sooner
10. I’ve never heard such nonsense.
- Never
11. The telephone started ringing just after he left the office.
- No sooner
12. As soon as she closed her eyes, she fell asleep.
- Hardly
13. We’d only just started the performance when there was a loud explosion.
- Barely
14. The child was so afraid that he hid behind the sofa.
- So
15. He was so furious that he threw the book across the room.
- So
16. He never suspected that she was a witch.
- Never
17. I didn’t realize who he was until later.
- Not until
18. As soon as they arrived at the beach, it started to rain.
- No sooner
19. I only realized how dangerous the situation had been when I got home.
- Only
20. I won’t agree until Tom has apologized.
- Not until
CLEFT SENTENCES
* REWRITE THESE SENTENCES SO AS TO EMPHASIZE THE WORDS IN ITALICS, USING
THE STRUCTURE “IT IS/WAS…………..”.

1. Tom helped us.

2. I saw Ann.
3. We want to see the manager.
4. It gets really cold only in the winter.
5. I met him on the way to school.
6. I didn’t realize the value of education until after I left school.
7. You learn a foreign language only by constant practice.
8. Two persistent journalists uncovered the scandal.
9. He takes after his mother rather than his father.
10. He doesn’t pass his exams because he doesn’t work hard enough.