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Comparative and Superlative Exercises

The document contains examples of sentences with blanks that need to be filled in with question tags. It provides 3 exercises with different sentences for adding question tags. The exercises are meant to practice adding proper question tags to declarative sentences to change them into yes/no question sentences.

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Comparative and Superlative Exercises

The document contains examples of sentences with blanks that need to be filled in with question tags. It provides 3 exercises with different sentences for adding question tags. The exercises are meant to practice adding proper question tags to declarative sentences to change them into yes/no question sentences.

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Exercise 1.

Add suitable tags:


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Everybody's gone home, _______________ ?


Nobody here speaks French, _______________ ?
Nobody phoned, ______________ ?
We never drink coffee, _______________ ?
That's no excuse, _______________ ?
Let's go for a walk, _______________ ?
Nothing ever changes, _______________ ?
I hardly smoke anymore, _______________ ?

Exercise 2.
Add suitable tags:
1. Nobody saw us, _______________ ?
2. Sean never goes to bed until really late, _______________ ?
3. Let's go to Mexico this summer, ______________ ?
4. The sun hardly shone all summer, _______________ ?
5. Somebody called me , _______________ ?
6. It's never too late , _______________ ?
7. There's no homework, _______________ ?
8. Everybody enjoyed the party, _______________
Exercise 3
You are French, _____ ___?
You work at the university, _____ ___?
Jack isnt buying a new phone, _____ ___?
We can put some things in storage, ____ __?
Pablo is going to help us, _____ ___?
They havent read the novel, _____ ___?
You didnt speak to the manager, ____ __?
Im tired, ____ __?
There are a few documents that you have to sign, ____ ___?
Nobody is here, ____ ___?
It rains in September a lot, _____
Exercise 4.
Complete the spaces using causative
1. I went to the hairdresser's to --------------. (hair/cut)
2. You should take your car to the mechanic to ----------------- (brakes/repair)
3. For their wedding anniversary, Mary------- which they ate at the party. (big cake/make)
4. I have to -------------, otherwise I can't work on my thesis. (computer/repair)
5. "Did John repair your roof?" "No, we ------------that he knows." (it/do/builder)

6. We -----------and he said it was worth over a thousand dollars. (statue/value/art expert)


7. We should ----------before the summer begins. It's looking dirty. (pool/clean)
8. The local council want all dog owners to -------to reduce the problem of strays. (dogs/tag)
9. I broke the heel on my shoe this morning and now I need to--------. (it/repair)
10. After the car accident, Cynthia had to-----------and looked as she did before (nose/reshape)
11. My mother --------- (windows/paint/brother)
Exercise 5
1. We usually

(the bedrooms / redecorate) every two years.

2. Sarah isn't making her own wedding dress, she


3.

(it / make) by a designer .

(you / ever/ anything / steal) from your house?

4. He didn't fix his car himself, he

(it / fix) at the garage.

5. Your hair is too long. You need

(it / cut).

6. I'm going to do my food shopping online and I


(the food / deliver) to my house.
7. If you can't see properly, you should

(your eyes / test).

8. Are they going to paint the kitchen themselves, or


Exercise 6
1. Yesterday, (I / cut / my hair)

(it / paint)

2. Every Friday, (Joe / wash / his car)

3. Tomorrow, (she / repair / her shower)

4. Each Saturday, (we / deliver / a pizza)

to our home.

5. Last year, (Bob / clean / his house)

by a charwoman.

6. As Phil had a broken arm, (he / type / his texts)


7. (I / pick up / the goods)
8. (we / redecorate / our walls)

by his secretary.

tomorrow in the afternoon.


last summer.

9. Whenever Clara is staying at this hotel, (she / carry / her bags)


10. (we / organise / our last party)

into her room.

by professionals.

Let- to allow someone to do something.


Make- to force someone to do something
Have- to give someone the responsibility to do something
Get- to convince to do something or to trick someone into doing something
Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the verbs "let," "make," "have,"
and "get,"

1. Sam really wanted a dog, but his parents wouldn't

him have a pet.

2. I can't believe she


you look at her vacation pictures again last night. We have to
look at those stupid pictures every time we go to her house.
3. I don't know how you convince your children to clean up their rooms. I couldn't
my children to clean up their rooms if my life depended on it.
4. Professor Yu
life.

each of her students write an essay describing their future goals in

5. Professor Yu

her students use a dictionary while they were taking the test.

6. Debbie's husband hates the opera. But after days of nagging, she finally
see the new production of La Boheme.

him go

7. Sally
me take off my shoes before I went into her house. She said she wanted to
keep the carpet clean.
8. Rebecca Smith requested a copy of that expense report, so I
over to her last week.
9. Diane thinks television is a waste of time, so she won't
10. Mr. Levine
Thursday.
11. Marcus
speed.

the courier take one


her children watch TV.

his secretary call Ms. Jackson and reconfirm their meeting on


me drive his new BMW. I couldn't believe how quickly it picked up

12. How did you


the doctor to make a house call? I haven't heard of a doctor actually
going to a patient's house in years.
13. My boss
me get him coffee, pick up his dry cleaning and buy presents for his
wife. He can't do anything by himself!
14. Tommy didn't want to go to his cousin's birthday party, but his mom

him go.

15. I can't believe the zoo keeper


you feed the snake. That was so cool!
16. The contract was very detailed, and it was essential that the working be absolutely correct.
Therefore, I
no misunderstandings.

the translator recheck his work several times to make sure there would be

7. Cheryl didn't want to wash her car, so with a little smooth talk she
wash it for her.
18. If you ask me nicely, I'll

her boyfriend to

you lick the bowl after I make the cookies.

19. Dr. Jackson


the nurse monitor the patient's condition overnight.
20. The news coverage of the recent tornado was incredibly moving. The interview with the little
boy who lost his family in the tragedy

everyone cry.

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