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Asking Questions

Exercise 1: Ask an appropriate question for the response

  • It was really rather wet and windy with temperatures well below normal.
  • Since eight o'clock this morning.
  • I was cleaning up.
  • I'd buy a new house.
  • She can't be at home, I tried to call her a few minutes ago.
  • Why don't you go shopping?
  • For about 2 years.

Exercise 2: Ask questions to fill the gaps with the missing information

Student B

The last few weeks have been very difficult for my friend Jason. He discovered that _______________ after his car was stolen three weeks ago. He immediately went to his ___________, but she told him that he had only bought a policy against accidents, and not ________. He became really angry and threatened to sue the company, but, of course, he didn't do that in the end. So, he hasn't been ___________ for the past two weeks, but has been taking the bus to get to work. He works at a company about __________ from his home in Davonford. It used to take him ____________ to get to work. Now, he has to get up at six o'clock __________________________. If he had more money, he would buy a new car. Unfortunately, he had just __________________ on an exotic vacation to Hawaii before his car was stolen. He had a wonderful time in Hawaii, but he now says that if _______________, he wouldn't be having all these problems now. Poor guy.

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