+ Affirmative (Positive)
Julie (sleep) at three o'clock.
was sleeping
Mr Black (not/work) in his study when the murder happened.
wasn't working
(Alan/dance)?
Was Alan dancing?
Where (you/go)?
were you going
Sam's Mother has four children:
April, May, June, and ...
What is the name of the fourth child?
Sam
You (study) at three o'clock.
were studying
Mrs Brown (not/walk) in the garden when the murder happened.
wasn't walking (was not walking)
(Susie/drink coffee) ?
Was Susie drinking coffee?
What (you/do)?
were you doing?
Six wolves catch six lambs in six minutes.
How many wolves will be needed to catch sixty lambs in sixty minutes?
6
I (work) at three o'clock.
was working
You (not/play) cards when the murder happened.
weren't playing (were not playing)
(John and Ann/sing)?
Were John and Ann singing?
Who (you/meet)?
you were meeting?
What letter of the alphabet is the one which comes eight letters before the letter which comes five letters after the fourth appearance of the first letter to occur four times in this sentence?
"r"
You get this by working backwards through the puzzle: the first letter to occur four times is t: WhaT leTTer of T....
Five letters after the fourth "t" is the letter "p", and eight letters before that is "r".
They (eat) chocolate at three o'clock.
were eating
Dr Ford (not/read) in his room when the murder happened.
wasn't reading
(Luke/talk to the girls)?
Was Luke talking to the girls?
what (Lucy/wear)?
was Lucy wearing?
Hungry Horace was looking through the family photograph album, which has a photo of each of his parent, each of his grandparents, all the way up to each of his great-great-great-grandparents.
How many photos is that?
2 parents
4 grandparents
8 great-grandparents
16 great-great-grandparents
32 great-great-great-grandparents
2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 = 62 photos in all.
We (watch) TV at three o'clock.
were watching
Mr. and Mrs. Green (not/eat) in the dining room when the murder happened.
weren't eating
When you arrived at the party (we/cook)?
were we cooking?
what (you/eat)?
were you eating?
Three days ago, yesterday was the day before Sunday. What day will it be tomorrow?
Three days ago, yesterday was the day before Sunday, so three days ago was itself Sunday.
That means today is Wednesday, so tomorrow is Thursday