Basic English Institute
Our garden is at the back of the house. (where) At the front we have a green plant in a pot. (what, where) Near to the house are beds of flowers. (where) All gardens in England have flowers. (What have flowers ?) Friends who have gardens give plants to us. (what, what, who to, What friends do it ?) When we take plants out of the beds we give them to our friends. (what, what, who to, When do we do it ?) The bright flowers in our garden are beautiful. (What are beautiful ?) I will take you into our garden. (who, what into) The bit of the garden at the side of the house is where our potato plants are. (What is it ?) The potatoes are not quite ready. (how ready) The fruit-trees are far from the house. (how, what from) If a building has trees about it, the rooms will be dark when the leaves are on the trees. (what, where, how, where, in what condition and when) Our fruit trees are at the end of the garden. (where) Between the flower beds and the trees is a beautiful stretch of green grass. (where ) On bright days we put a table on the grass in a place which is in the shade and have our meals out in the garden. (what, where, what place, what, where, when) The tree by this wall is a great apple-tree. (what apple-tree) Green apples are hanging on the branches. (where) The fruit is acid but the birds will take it if I do not put a net over the tree. (how, What will take it ?, what, what over, in what condition) I have a net for every tree. (what) This net which I am hanging on a branch is not the net which I will put over the apple- tree. (what, where, what, what over ? What net is not the net which I will put over the apple- tree.?) It is a small net and I put it over that small tree by the flower-beds. (what net, what, what over ) The apples on this other tree are almost red. (how red) They are early apples. (what apples) They may be red before they are sweet. (how, how, When may they be red ?) When they seem quite ready, my small son will go up the tree with a basket and take the sweet, red apples hanging on the branches. (how ready, where, how, what, where, What apples will he take ? When will he do it ?.) When his basket is full, he will come down the tree with it and take the apples to the cook. (how, where, how, what, who, When will he do it ?) We will keep some apples and give some to our friends. (what, what, who to) The friends to whom we will give the apples have no apples in their garden. (what, whom to, what, where, What friends have no apples in their garden ?) I will put some apples in your basket before you go. (what, where, When will I do it ?) In the shade of the fruit-trees are plants from which we get berries. (where, what, what from, What plants are in the shade of the fruit-trees ?) Some berries are bitter but our berries are sweet. (What are bitter ? What are sweet ?)
Our garden is at the back of the house.
Where is it ?
It is at the back of the house.
At the front we have a green plant in a pot.
What do we have ?
You have a green plant in a pot.
Where do we have it ?
You have it at the front.
Near to the house are beds of flowers.
Where are they ?
They are near to the house.
All gardens in England have flowers.
What have flowers ?
All gardens in England have flowers.
Friends who have gardens give plants to us.
What do they have ?
They have gardens.
What do they give ?
They give plants.
Who do they give them to ?
They give them to you.
What friends do it ?
Friends who have gardens do it.
When we take plants out of the beds we give them to our friends.
What do we take ?
You take plants.
What do we take them out of ?
You take them out of the beds.
Who do we give them to ?
You give them to your friends.
When do we do it ?
You do it when you take them out of the beds.
The bright flowers in our garden are beautiful.
What are beautiful ?
The bright flowers in your garden are beautiful.
I will take you into our garden.
Who will I take ?
You will take me.
What will I take you into ?
You will take me into your garden.
The bit of the garden at the side of the house is where our potato plants are.
What is it ?
It is where your potato plants are.
The potatoes are not quite ready.
How ready are they not ?
They are not quite ready.
The fruit-trees are far from the house.
How are they ?
They are far.
What are they far from.
They are far from the house.
If a building has trees about it, the rooms will be dark when the leaves are on the trees.
What does it have ?
It has trees.
Where does it have them ?
It has them about it.
How will they be ?
They will be dark.
Where are they ?
They are on the trees.
In what condition and when will they be dark ?
If a building has trees about it, they will be dark when the leaves are on them.
Our fruit trees are at the end of the garden.
Where are they ?
They are at the end of the garden.
Between the flower beds and the trees is a beautiful stretch of green grass.
Where is it ?
It is between the flower beds and the trees.
On bright days we put a table on the grass in a place which is in the shade and have our meals out in the garden.
What do we put ?
You put a table.
Where do we put it ?
You put it on the grass.
What place do we put it on the grass in ?
You put it on the grass in a place which is in the shade.
Where is a place ?
It is in the shade.
What do we have ?
You have your meals.
Where do we have our meals ?
You have your meals out in the garden.
When do we do it ?
You do it on bright days.
The tree by the wall is a great apple-tree.
What is it ?
It is a great apple-tree.
Green apples are hanging on the branches.
Where are they hanging ?
They are hanging on the branches.
The fruit is acid but the birds will take it if I do not put a net over the tree.
How is it ?
It is acid.
What will take it ?
The birds will take it.
What do I not put ?
You do not put a net.
What do I not put it over ?
You do not put it over the tree,
In what condition will they take it ?
They will take it if you do not put a net over the tree.
I have a net for every tree.
What do I have.
You have a net for every tree.
This net which I am hanging on a branch is not the net which I will put over the apple tree.
What am I hanging ?
You are hanging that net.
Where am I hanging it ?
You are hanging it on a branch.
What will I put ?
You will put the net.
What will I put it over ?
You will put it over the apple-tree.
What net is not the net which I will put over the apple-tree ?
That net which you are hanging on a branch is not the net which you will put over the apple-tree.
It is a small net and I put it over that small tree by the flower-beds.
What net is it ?
It is a small net.
What do I put ?
You put it.
What do I put it over ?
You put it over that small tree by the flower-beds.
The apples on this other tree are almost red.
How red are they.
They are almost red.
They are early apples.
What apples are they ?
They are early apples.
They may be red before they are sweet.
How may they be ?
They may be red.
How are they ?
They are sweet.
When may they be red ?
They may be red before they are sweet.
When they seem quite ready, my small son will go up the tree with a basket
and take the sweet, red apples hanging on the branches.
How ready do they seem ?
They seem quite ready.
Where will he go ?
He will go up the tree.
How will he go ?
He will go with a basket.
What will he take ?
He will take the apples.
Where are they hanging ?
They are hanging on the branches.
What apples will he take ?
He will take the sweet, red apples hanging on the branches.
When will he do it ?
He will do it when they seem quite ready.
When his basket is full, he will come down the tree with it and take the apples to the cook.
How is it ?
It is full.
Where will he come ?
He will come down the tree.
How will he come ?
He will come with it.
What will he take ?
He will take the apples.
Who will he take them to ?
He will take them to the cook.
When will he do it ?
He will do it when his basket is full.
We will keep some apples and give some to our friends.
What will we keep ?
You will keep some apples.
What will we give ?
You will give some.
Who will we give them to ?
You will give them to your friends.
The friends to whom we will give the apples have no apples in their garden.
What will we give ?
You will give the apples.
Whom will we give them to ?
You will give them to the friends.
What friends have no apples in their garden ?
The friends to whom you will give the apples have no apples in their garden.
I will put some apples in your basket before you go.
What will I put ?
You will put some apples.
Where will I put them ?
You will put them in my basket.
When will I do it ?
You will do it before I go.
In the shade of the fruit-trees are plants from which we get berries.
What do we get ?
You get berries.
What do we get them from ?
You get them from plants.
What plants are in the shade of the fruit-trees ?
Plants from which you get berries are in the shade of the fruit-trees.
Some berries are bitter but our berries are sweet.
What are bitter ?
Some berries are bitter.
What are sweet ?
Your berries are sweet.
Mr. A . Come into the town with me and see some of our buildings .
(What does he suggest Mr. B to do ?)
Mr. B . I will do that with pleasure.
(what , what with)
My train does not go till the end of the morning.
(till when)
The time will go quickly if I am with you.
(what, who with, in what condition)
A . The station is in the middle of the town.
(where)
We come out of the station into a street of stores and offices.
(what out of, what into)
The walls of those buildings are quite white.
(how white)
Are they new ?
(What does he ask ?)
A . Yes, those high buildings are new.
(What are new ?)
Some are of glass and steel, and almost all have steel frames.
(what of, what)
B . Is that building between the stores an office building ?
(What does he ask ?)
A . No, that building in the middle is a hospital.
(What is a hospital ?)
There are some of the beds.
(what)
I see them by the window.
(where)
Those men are taking a young woman into the hospital.
(who, what into)
She is on her back.
(how)
This wide street is where the great stores are.
(What is it ?)
If we go into it you will see the bright advertisements and all the beautiful things in the
windows.
(what into, what, In what condition will B see them ? - If they go into it B will see them.)
B . If we do that, I will not see the old part of the town.
(what, what, in what condition)
Is it far from here ?
(What does he ask A ? )
A . No, it is quite near.
(How near)
We are high here and you may get a view of the roofs of the old town.
(where, what)
There it is.
(where)
It is by the river.
(where)
This is the road to it.
(what)
I frequently go there.
(where, how)
B . Is it at the other side of the river ?
( What does he say?)
A . No, the buildings across the river are in another town.
(What are in another town ?)
B . Are those boys and girls coming out of a school ?
(What does he ask A ?)
A . Yes, the school is that red building with the garden.
(what)
The low building with trees in front of it is the town library.
(What is the town library ?)
The boys and girls go with their fathers and mothers and get books from the library.
(who with, what, what from)
B . Is that church in the old or the new part of the town ?
(What does he ask A ?)
A . It is in the old part.
(where)
It is a very old church.
(what church)
B . And a very beautiful building.
(what building)
A . We are coming into the old town here.
(what)
Men and women come to the markets from the country with baskets of fruit and other food.
(where, where from, how)
They are there in the early part of the day.
(where, when)
That is the market-place in front of the church.
(what)
In the market they have almost everything for the house.
(what, where)
I frequently get old books there.
(what books, how often, where)
The streets near the market are very narrow and the houses are low.
(how narrow, how)
B . The outside of this old house is beautiful but the inside seems very dark.
(how, how dark)
A . It is dark.
(how)
These narrow streets get almost no light and the windows of the houses are small.
(what light, how)
B . There is a high building with a wide stretch of the wall which has almost no windows.
(what, what wall)
A . That is because it is a prison.
(what, Why is it ?)
It is very near the bridge.
(where)
B . I see the bridge.
(what)
Are the workmen doing something to it ?
(What does he ask A ?)
A . Yes, they are making a new arch.
(what)
Come to this end of the bridge where we may see what they are doing.
(What does he suggest B to do ? what bridge)
We will not go over it.
(what over)
B . I will go with you to the bridge and after that I will go back to the station.
(who with, where, when, where)
If I am late I may not get a seat on the train.
(how, what, in what condition)
I will come on some other day and see the old town.
(on what day, what)
Mr. A . Come into the town with me and see some of our buildings .
What does he suggest Mr. B to do ?
He suggests Mr. B to come into the town and see some of their buildings.
Mr. B . I will do that with pleasure.
What will he do ?
He will do it.
What will he do it with ?
He will do it with pleasure.
My train does not go till the end of the morning.
Till when does it not go ?
It does not go till the end of the morning.
The time will go quickly if I am with you.
What will go quickly ?
The time will go quickly.
Who is he with ?
He is with A.
In what condition the time will go quickly ?
The time will go quickly if he is with A.
A The station is in the middle of the town.
Where is it ?
It is in the middle of the town.
We come out of the station into a street of stores and offices.
What do they come out of ?
They come out of the station.
What do they come into ?
They come into a street of stores and offices.
The walls of those buildings are quite white.
How white are they ?
They are quite white.
Are they new ?
What does he ask ?
He asks if they are new.
A . Yes, those high buildings are new.
What are new ?
Those high buildings are new.
Some are of glass and steel, and almost all have steel frames.
What are they of ?
They are of glass and steel.
What do they have ?
They have steel frames.
B . Is that building between the stores an office building ?
What does he ask ?
He asks if that building between the stores is an office building.
A . No, that building in the middle is a hospital.
What is a hospital ?
That building in the middle is a hospital.
There are some of the beds.
What are there ?
There are some of the beds.
I see them by the window.
Where does he see them ?
He sees them by the window.
Those men are taking a young woman into the hospital.
Who are they taking ?
They are taking a young woman.
What are they taking her into ?
They are taking her into the hospital.
She is on her back.
How is she ?
She is on her back.
This wide street is where the great stores are.
What is it ?
It is where the great stores are.
If we go into it you will see the bright advertisements and all the beautiful things in the windows.
What do they go into ?
They go into it.
What will B see ?
B will see the bright advertisements and all the beautiful things in the windows.
In what condition will B see them ?
If they go into it B will see them.
B . If we do that, I will not see the old part of the town.
What do they do ?
They do it.
What will he not see ?
He will not see the old part of the town.
In what condition will he not see it ?
If they do it, he will not see it.
Is it far from here ?
What does he ask A ?
He asks him if it is far from there.
A . No, it is quite near.
How near is it ?
It is quite near.
We are high here and you may get a view of the roofs of the old town.
Where are they ?
They are high there.
What may they get a view of ?
They may get a view of the roofs of the old town.
There it is.
Where is it ?
There it is.
It is by the river.
Where is it ?
It is by the river.
This is the road to it.
What is it ?
It is the road to it.
I frequently go there.
Where does he go ?
He goes there.
How does he go.
He frequently goes.
B . Is it at the other side of the river ?
What does he say?
He says,"Is it at the other side of the river ?"
A . No, the buildings across the river are in another town.
What are in another town ?
The buildings across the river are in another town.
B . Are those boys and girls coming out of a school ?
What does he ask A ?
He asks him if they are coming out of a school.
A . Yes, the school is that red building with the garden.
What is it ?
It is that red building with the garden.
The low building with trees in front of it is the town library.
What is the town library ?
The low building with trees in front of it is the town library.
The boys and girls go with their fathers and mothers and get books from the library.
Who do they go with ?
They go with their fathers and mothers.
What do they get ?
They get books.
What do they get them from ?
They get them from the library.
B . Is that church in the old or the new part of the town ?
What does he ask A ?
He asks him if the church is in the old or the new part of the town.
A . It is in the old part.
Where is it ?
It is in the old part.
It is a very old church.
What church is it ?
It is a very old church.
B . And a very beautiful building.
What building is it ?
It is a very beautiful building.
A . We are coming into the old town here.
What are they coming into ?
They are coming into the old town there.
Men and women come to the markets from the country with baskets of fruit and other food.
Where do they come ?
They come to the markets.
Where do they come from ?
They come from the country.
How do they come ?
They come with baskets of fruit and other food.
They are there in the early part of the day.
Where are they ?
They are there.
When are they ?
They are in the early part of the day.
That is the market-place in front of the church.
What is it ?
It is the market-place in front of the church.
In the market they have almost everything for the house.
What do they have ?
They have almost everything for the house.
Where do they have them ?
They have them in the market.
I frequently get old books there.
What books does he get ?
He gets old books.
How often does he get them ?
He frequently gets them.
Where does he get them.
He gets them there.
The streets near the market are very narrow and the houses are low.
How narrow are they ?
They are very narrow.
How are they ?
They are low.
B . The outside of this old house is beautiful but the inside seems very dark.
How is it ?
It is beautiful.
How dark does it seem ?
It seems very dark.
A . It is dark.
How is it ?
It is dark.
These narrow streets get almost no light and the windows of the houses are small.
What light do they get ?
They get almost no light.
How are they ?
They are small.
B . There is a high building with a wide stretch of the wall which has almost no windows.
What is there ?
There is a high building with a wide stretch of wall.
What wall is there a high building with a wide stretch of ?
There is a high building with a wide stretch of the wall which has almost no windows.
A . That is because it is a prison.
What is it ?
It is a prison.
Why is it a high building with a wide stretch of wall which has almost no windows ?
Because it is a prison.
It is very near the bridge.
Where is it ?
It is very near the bridge.
B . I see the bridge.
What does he see ?
He sees the bridge.
Are the workmen doing something to it ?
What does he ask A ?
He asks him if the workmen are doing something to it.
A . Yes, they are making a new arch.
What are they making ?
They are making a new arch.
Come to this end of the bridge where we may see what they are doing.
What does he suggest B to do ?
He suggests B to come to that end of the bridge.
What end of the bridge does he suggest B to come to ?
He suggests B to come to the end of the bridge where they may see what they are doing.
We will not go over it.
What will they not go over ?
They will not go over it.
B . I will go with you to the bridge and after that I will go back to the station.
Who will he go with ?
He will go with A.
Where will he go ?
He will go to the bridge.
When will he go back ?
After that he will go back.
Where will he go back
He will go back to the station.
If I am late I may not get a seat on the train.
How is he ?
He is late.
What may he not get ?
He may not get a seat on the train.
In what condition may he not get it ?
If he is late, he may not get it.
I will come on some other day and see the old town.
On what day will he come ?
He will come on some other day.
What will he see ?
He will see the old town,
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Saburo Terada
Saitama Prefecture