Extra practice

Topic 5 deals with three grammar points, which are the final ones in this unit: (1) have / get something done (2) question tags and (3) the vowel sound schwa /ə/. The activities proposed below will help you understand the form and uses of these structures. Pay attention to them and enjoy doing these tasks.

Icono de iDevice Solved exercise 1: have / get something done

1) We use causative have when arranging for someone to do something for us.

2) The causative have structure implies that we do the things  ourselves.

3) The causative have means that we ask somebody else to help us finish a project.

This girl is having her hair done.
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Say which of the statements above about the causative have form is true.

Icono de iDevice Solved exercise 2: have / get something done
1. The mechanic fixed my father's car last week.

2. Somebody paints my house every year.

3. The hairdresser has cut Paco's hair.

4. We redecorate our house once a year.

5. Antonio likes somebody to wash his car every Sunday.

Rewrite these sentences using causative have or get.

Icono de iDevice Solved exercise 3: question tags
1) Questions tags are added at the beginning of the sentence.

2) We use questions tags to check if something is true.

3) We don't use questions tags to ask the listener to agree with what we have said.

4) Question tags are placed at the end of the tag question.

5) When the main sentence contains an auxiliary verb, we repeat the auxiliary verb in the question tag.

6) When the main sentence doesn't contain an auxiliary verb, the question tag uses the verb do/does or did.

7) If the subject of the sentence is nothing, everything, something and anything, we use it as the subject in the tag.

 

Say if the statements above about question tags are true or false.

Icono de iDevice Solved exercise 4: question tags
Madrid is the third-most populous city in the European Union after London and Berlin
By juliuus mad. GNU license.

1) You won't come with us to Madrid, __________?

2) Andrés is from Madrid, __________?

3) He has lived in that house for a  long time, __________?

4) Your children like pizza a lot, __________?

5) Your sister played basketball before, __________?

6) He wasn't working when I phoned him, __________?

7) You wouldn't like to come to the supermarket with me, __________?

8) She doesn't go to the gym on Sundays, __________?

9) They are from Illinois, __________?

10) The students must study harder, __________?

Complete the sentences with the appropriate question tag. Take into account the verb given in the sentence.

Icono de iDevice Solved exercise 5: vowel sound schwa /ə/

1) It is the only phoneme with its own name.

2) It is not a very common vowel sound in English.

3) It is represented by the upside down e letter.

4) It can only be found in dipthongs.

5) It comes from an Hebrew word which means no vowel sound.

6) It is the most common vowel sound in English.

7) It comes from the Latin language.

8) It may be found in any vowel in English.

 

Which of these statements about the vowel sound schwa are true?

Icono de iDevice Solved exercise 6: vowel sound schwa /ə/

 

1) doctor 2) banana 3) protect 4) tomorrow 5) difficult 6) survive

7) summer 8) level 9) theatre 10) pupil 11) measure 12) wizard

The IPA symbol for the Schwa.
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Can you find the vowel sound schwa in these words?

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