This text refers to questions from 35 through 37
Letters to the editor
1 Dear Editor:
I’m sick and tired of the traffic in this city! It is so bad
that I can never get anywhere on time. There are too many
4 cars on the road, and most of them have only one person in
them. Another problem is the buses. They are so old and slow
that nobody wants to take them. They are noisy and very dirty.
7 You can’t even see out the windows! Also, the taxi drivers are
rude. They never know where they are going, and they take a
long time to get someplace. Taxis are expensive, too. And the
10 subway is just too crowded and dangerous. What are we going
to do?
Jack C. Richards In: New Interchange 2. Interchange activities 2, Cambridge University Press (adapted).
Consider the clause "they take a long time to get someplace" (l.8-9). Its interrogative form is:
