Short answers / tag questions
Fill in the blanks with so, too, either and neither:
Jim goes to school everyday. ___ Mary
So does Mary / Mary does too.
The company is huge. It (create) ___ a thousand new jobs since the beginning of last year.
The company is huge. It has created a thousand new jobs since the beginning of last year.
Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb in brackets in its usual position:
The children play football. (in the garden)
The children play football in the garden.
John (go) ___ on holiday. I saw him this morning downtown.
John couldn't / can't have gone on holiday. I saw him this morning downtown.
Complete the sentences with the correct question tags:
He won't tell her, ___?
Hugh had a red car, ___?
He won't tell her, will he?
Hugh had a red car, didn't he?
I (have) ___ this car for twenty years and it's as reliable as ever.
When I arrived at the employment agency twenty other people (arrive) ___ before me.
I've had this car for twenty years and it's as reliable as ever.
When I arrived at the employment agency twenty other people had arrived before me.
He drives when he goes back home. (carefully)
He carefully drives / He drives carefully
Nobody answered the phone at the clinic. It (close) ___ early.
Nobody answered the phone at the clinic. It must have closed early.
Fill in the blanks with so, too, either and neither:
Erick hasn't told a funny joke. ___ Sarah / Sarah ___
Complete the sentences with the correct question tags:
I’m using your iPhone, _____?
Neither has Sarah / Sarah hasn't either
I'm using your iPhone, aren't I?
1. Fill in the spaces with the correct tense:
"First, we ate at the cafeteria. Then, we went to class."
After we ___ at the cafeteria, we ___ to class.
2. How many of these questions (you/manage) ___ to get right so far?
After we had eaten at the cafeteria, we went to class.
How many of these questions have you managed to get right so far?
He opened the door. (quietly)
Right or wrong:
The kids don’t come usually home from school before lunch
He quietly opened the door / He opened the door quietly
Wrong
I don't know where they went on holiday but they bought Euros before they left so they (go) ___ to France or Germany.
2. It’s noon. George went to bed at 10:00 last night. He ___!
a. can't be sleeping
b. musn't be sleeping
c. may be sleeping
I don't know where they went on holiday but they bought Euros before they left so they might have gone to France or Germany.
It’s noon. George went to bed at 10:00 last night. He can’t still be sleeping!
Complete the sentences with the correct question tags:
Nothing can make you feel bad, ____?
Everybody has left, ___?
Nobody asked for me, ___?
Nothing can make you feel bad, can it?
Everybody has left, haven’t they?
Nobody asked for me, did they?
1. They (wait) ___ at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.
2. First, Soriah fed the cat. Then, she called her mother.
Soriah (call) ___ her mother after she (feed) ___ the cat.
They had been waiting at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.
Soriah called her mother after she had fed the cat.
My mom is at home. (rarely)
The dog ran to the gate. (quickly)
My mom is rarely at home.
The dog quickly ran to the gate / The dog ran to the gate quickly.
1. His number was busy all night - he (be) ___ on the phone continuously for hours.
2. Too much pressure from the management _____ to her stress level.
a. will be contributing
b. might be contributing
c. should be contributing
His number was busy all night - he must have been on the phone continuously for hours.
2. Too much pressure from the management might be contributing to her stress level.