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26 'Does the 2.40 have a restaurant car?' he enquired.
27 'Can you get coffee on the train?' asked my aunt.
28 'Do they bring it round on a trolley?' she said.
29 'Are there smoking compartments?' said the man with the pipe.
30 'Have you reserved a seat?' I asked him.
Extra exercise: read the last twenty questions, using one of the following prefaces:
I wonder/I'd like to know/Do you know?/Have you any idea?/Can you tell me?
11 'Do you know where the ticket office is?'
12 'I wonder what I should do with my heavy luggage.'
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'Is it a mixed school?'
She asked if it was a mixed school.
(b) Alternatively, supply suitable answers to Mary's questions and then imagine that Mary reports
the conversation (her questions and Mrs Smith's answers) to her husband Tom:
36 'Were your boys happy there?' ~
'Yes, they were.'
I asked if her boys had been happy there and she said that they had.
15 'How long has it been a mixed school?'
16 'Do you like the headmaster?'
17 Is he a scientist or an arts graduate?'
18 'How many children are there in the school?'
19 'How big are the classes?'
20 'Are the classes streamed?'
21 'What is the academic standard like?'
22 'Can parents visit the school at any time?'
23 Is there a good art department?'
24 'Do they teach music?'
25 'What instruments can the children learn?'
26 Is there a school orchestra?'
27 'Do they act plays?'
28 'What sort of plays have they done?'
29 'What games do they play?'
30 'Are the playing fields near the school?'
31 'Are they taught to swim?'
32 'Can the children get dinner at school?'
33 Is the food good?'
34 Is there a Parent-Teacher Association?'
35 'How often does it meet?'
36 'Were your own boys happy at the school?'
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2 'Who put salt in my coffee?' he asked.
3 'Which of you knows how to make Irish stew?' said the chief cook.
4 'Why did you travel first class?' I asked him.
5 'How can I run in high-heeled shoes?' she enquired.
6 'What is your new house like?' I asked them.
7 He said, 'Where am I supposed to go now?' (Omit now.)
8 'Whose car did you borrow last night?' I said to him.
9 'What was she wearing when you saw her last?' the policeman asked me.
10 'Who owns this revolver?' said the detective.
11 'Where were you last night, Mr Jones?' he said.
12 'What else did you see?' I asked the boy.
13 'Have you done this sort of work before?' said his new employer.
14 'Can you read the last line on the chart?' the oculist asked her.
15 'Did they understand what you said to them?' he asked me.
16 'Are you being attended to, sir?' said the shop assistant.
17 'Will you go on strike when the others do?' the shop steward asked him.
18 'Do you see what I see, Mary?' said the young man.
19 'Who left the banana skin on the front doorstep?' said my mother.
20 'Have you gone completely mad?' I asked. 'Do you want to blow us all up?'
21 'Why is your house so full of antiques?' she asked. 'Was your father a collector?'
22 'Are you leaving today or tomorrow morning?' said his secretary.
23 'How far is it?' I said, 'and how long will it take me to get there?'
24 'Could I speak to Mrs Pitt?' said the caller.
I'm afraid she's out,' said the au pair girl. 'Could I take a message?'
25 'Are you sorry for what you did?' the mother asked the little boy.
26 'Are you going to see him off at the station?' I asked her.
27 'Would you mind if I looked inside your bag, Madam?' said the policeman.
28 If someone fell at your feet foaming at the mouth would you know what to do?' said the
instructor in First Aid.
29 'Why do you think it may be dangerous?' he asked her.
30 'Do you know that the shoes you are wearing aren't a pair?' I asked him.