Grammar exercises

 

Exercise VI. Define the tense-forms used in the following sentences and translate them:

 

1. We have been observing the reaction for an hour.

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2. It took us two hours to complete the experiment.

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3. The once rich soils had turned into desert before they occupied the land.

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4. They will derive the equation on a statistical basis.

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5. The students have done the work before the professor came.

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6. They were not going to study the physiological or physical factors.

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7. The above assumption holds in every situation.

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8. They are going to answer the question by using the mathematical device.

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Exercise VII. Translate the sentences and define the types of the questions:

 

1. Did she get any letters or newspapers last week?

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2. Don’t you know him?

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3. He wants to be the best student at the University, doesn’t he?

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4. Who has developed the design?

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5. What can you say about the even and odd numbers?

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6. Did they consider in detail this plan?

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Exercise VIII. Put all possible types of questions to the following sentences:

 

1. This formulation involves some abstraction.

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2. Such situation is not impossible.

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3. Their views coincided in many respects.

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