《Oral Drills In Sentence Patterns for Foreign Students》

1Short answers (Yes，it is；No，it isn＇t，etc．)1

2ONE and SOME4

3Agreements and disagreements with affirmtive statements6

4Agreements and disagreements with negative statements9

5＇MADE OF＇ construction11

6＇COME FROM＇ construction13

7Simple present third person singular and plural15

8Simple present，continuous present，immediate future，＇going to＇ future20

9Quantities22

10Restrictive adverbial-adjectival phrases25

11Adjectives of appreciation or criticism28

12Pure future statements as answers to ＇Conditional＇ questions31

13Invitations：＇WOULD YOU LIKE TO？＇34

14Commands and requests37

15Asking permission40

16Refusals to comply with commands or requests (because the student does not want to do so)43

17Past tenses45

18Prepositions，etc．denoting time48

19Prepositions of place51

20Direct questions54

21Questions (to which the answers are yes or no)56

22Short answers extended58

23Differentiating betwene ＇WOULD YOU LIKE TO？＇ and ＇DO YOU LIKEING？＇61

24Three ways of expressing preference64

25Re-assuring answers to apologies66

26Question tags68

27Question tags to negative statements72

28Question tags with ＇WILL＇ and ＇WON＇t＇73

29Exclamations76

30Completing sentences of contrast80

31Verbs followed by the infinitive82

32Verbs followed by the gerund84

33Answers that can be made when extraordinary things are pointed out86

34Protesting answers to unjust commands88

35Advice as to obligations92

36Answers to ＇WHY＇ questions － ＇BECAUSE＇95

37Answers with final prepositions96

38Prepositions following verbs and verbal phrases98

39Verbs followed by ＇HOW TO＇102

40Observatioons of probability104

41SHOULDN＇T HAVE and NEEDN＇T HAVE106

42Answers to ＇WHICH＇ questions107

43Slightly doubtful answers110

44Future possibilities113

45Answers about habitual actions in the past118

46Indirect commands119

47THAT＇S WHYand THAT AS WHY122

48Moral obligations which are contrary to the actuality124

49＇I WISH＇ construction126

50＇Reserved＇ intonation，indicating that the speaker is talking of a part，not the whole，of a class of things，or that he wishes to correct exaggeration128

51Echoed questions131

52Repeated and emphatic questions which denote incredulity133

53＇LIKELY＇ construction135

54Verbs denoting sense impressions137

APPENDIX141

ⅠWANT x object x infinitive141

Ⅱ Distinguish between：＇WHO＇s THAT？＇，＇WHOSE IS THAT？＇ and ＇WHOSE (noun) IS THAT？＇141

Ⅲ Adjective － noun rhythm142

Ⅳ Positions of ＇ONLY＇ and varying intonations144

Ⅴ Movable stresses146

Ⅵ ＇ANY＇ with different intonations147

Ⅶ Two kinds of ＇BECAUSE＇ clause148