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A4: Activity based on Contextual Grammar

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10 questions · self-marked practice — reveal the answer and mark yourself.

Question 12 Marks
He didn't look into the problem until 1963. (Rewrite without 'didn't.)
Answer
He avoided looking into the problem until 1963.
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Question 22 Marks
He would trip and fall or slur his speech. (Rewrite using 'not only... but also...'.)
Answer
He would not only trip and fall but also slur his speech.
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Question 32 Marks
Hawking first began to notice problems with his physical health while he was at Oxford.
(Frame a 'Wh-' question to get the underlined part as answer.)
Answer
When did Hawking first begin to notice problems with his physical health?
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Question 42 Marks
Underline the determiners:
The Grand Design was Hawking's first major publication in almost a decade.
Answer
The Grand Design was Hawking's first major publications in almost a decade.
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Question 52 Marks
Add question tags:
(a) The Big Bang was the inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.
(b) There is something rather than nothing.
Answer
(a) The Big Bang was the inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, wasn't it?
(b) There is something rather than nothing, isn't there?
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Question 62 Marks
State the function of the underlined auxiliaries :
(a) Humans may colonize other planets in the future.
(b) The universe can create itself from nothing.
(c) The universe will create itself from nothing.
Answer
(a) may possibility (b) can - ability (c) will future action/prediction.
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Question 72 Marks
Hawking spoke against the idea. (Rewrite using 'did not.)
Answer
Hawking did not speak in favour of the idea.
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Question 82 Marks
The short informative book became an account of cosmology. (Add a question tag.)
Answer
The short informative book became an account of cosmology, didn't it?
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Question 92 Marks
It has sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into more than 40 languages. (Change into a simple sentence)
Answer
Having sold millions of copies worldwide, it has been translated into more than 40 languages.
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Question 102 Marks
He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (Rewrite using the present perfect tense of the underlined part.)
Answer
He has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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