Exercise 2. ask questions to the sentences beginning with the words in brackets. 1. ann watches tv. (how often? ) 2. fred manages to cope with any problem. (how? ) 3. it is his problem, not mine. (whose? ) 4. steve’s friends come to our place regularly. (how often? who? ) 5. i write to my parents. (how often? whom? ) 6. he has dinner in the evening. (what time/usually? ) 7. tom works (where? who? ) 8. we come to the university at the same time. (why? ) 9. people often do stupid things. (why? what? ) 10. it is often cold in my flat. (why? where? ) 11. the car breaks down. (how often? what? )

1. How often does Ann watch TV? 2. How does Fred manage with any problem? 3. Whose problem is it? 4. How often do Steve’s friends come to our place? Who comes to our place regularly? 5. How often do I write to my parents? Whom do I write to? 6. What time does he usually have dinner? 7. Where does Tom work? Who works? 8. Why do we come to the University at the same time?  9. Why do people often do stupid things? What do people often do? 10. Why is it often cold in my flat? Where is it often cold? 11. How often does the car break down? What breaks down?

1. Not stated

2. False (He heard the riverboat workers call out the words "mark twain!"...Later he used this word combination as a pen-name.)

3. Not stated

4. True (...Mark Twain used the language of a common, uneducated person to tell the story; no writer had ever done that before.)

5. False (He started writing in 1876, but put the story away after about two years of work. He returned to it in 1883...)

6. True (Some critics praised its realism and honesty but the others strongly disliked it. )

7. False (In 1935 Ernest Hemingway wrote: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called 'Huckleberry Finn.')

8. True (...the novel ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ was a great inspiration for film producers – more than 20 screen versions of the book have been shot not only in America but in Europe, Russia and Japan.)

Life on the tiny Carribean island of Antigua has been the same for centuries. The few hundred inhabitants of the island (1) have always lived a quiet life, growing their own vegetables and catching fish. This nearly (2) changed, however, when a group of hotel developers (3) visited the island. They (4) offered to buy the houses and land of the locals so as to build a huge resort. The Antiguans (5) refused to sell. When the hotel developers (6) realised that the islanders wouldn't change their minds, they (7) left and the Antiguans (8) have enjoyed their peaceful lifestyle ever since.