grammar exercises


1.  At dinner she annoyed me by (smoke) .
2.  Did you advise him (go)  to the police?
3.  Did you remember (book)  seats for the cinema tomorrow?
4.  Don't keep him (stand)  at the door.
5.  He decided (disguise)  himself.
6.  He hates (be)  kept waiting..
7.  He made me (do)  the same things.
8.  He offered (lend)  me money.
9.  I can hear the bell (ring) .
10.  I don't like (get)  bills.
11.  I suggest (leave)  him here.
12.  I wish (be)  a manager.
13.  I'm for (do)  nothing till the evening.
14.  It is nice (sit)  in the garden at night.
15.  She apologized for (be)  late.
16.  The fire seems (be)  out.
17.  This book tells you how (win)  at chess.
18.  We watched them (jump)  from a window.
19.  Would you like (keep)  the tickets?
20. 
 You don't need (ask)  me to go out.






GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE QUESTIONS



1.   you type very fast?
2.   you got a motorbike?
3.   there any money in this purse?
4.   it easy to learn a foreign language?
5.   is more dangerous, motor racing or sky diving?
6.  Which cartoon  you like when you were a child?
7.  Where  Shakespeare born?
8.  What  you doing when I phoned you this morning?
9.  What  the weather like yesterday?
10.  What  of books are you interested in?
11.  What do you like  in your free time?
12.  How  is your home from work?
13.  How  does he earn a month?
14.  How many brothers and sisters does she ?
15.  How long  it take to boil an egg?
16.  How long have you  living in this country?
17.  Have you  seen a ghost?
18.  ' sent you these lovely flowers?' 'Peter.'
19.  ' jeans are these?' 'I don't know. They are not mine.'
20.  'What  your father do?' 'He is a doctor.'





CHOOSE THE BEST TENSE (PRESENTPERFECT, PASTSIMPLE, FUTURESIMPLE, PASTCONTINUOUS)




EXAMPLE: 1 HE USUALLY(PLAY) ____ HOCKEY ON SATURDAYS (KEY= HOCKEY )







1. ........................................... rugby?
Did you ever played  Do you ever played  Has you ever played  Have you ever play  Have you ever played

2. After he .............................painting, he ..........................a shower.
finish have  finished had  had finished had  had finished had had  has finished had

3. Harry ............... and we ............................ him the news.
had woken up told  wakes up told  was waking up told  woke up told  woke up were telling

4. He ......................................... about everything!
is complaining  will always complain  is always complaining  always complains  always complain
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5. He was late. When he ......................... at the airport, the plane ...................
arrived ... had already left  had arrived ... had left  had arrived ... left  has arrived ... left  left ... had arrived

6. He …………………………… mineral water every day.
will drink  is drinking  drinks  drink  are drinking

7. Hi Jane, you _____ sad! What's up?
will look  looks  look  is looking  are looking

8. I ........................................... positive reviews about that film in the papers so I am going to see it.
has read  have read  read  readed  will read

9. I ….……… (finish) doing this exercise.
am finishing  has just finished  have just finished  just finished  just have finished

10. If I ....................... the Superman, I ........................
was fly  would be would fly  were would fly  would be flew  were will fly

11. Leif Ericson..................Vinland while he …………………………towards the west.
discovered ... sailed  discovered ... was sailing  has discovered ... was sailing
has discovered ... were sailing  was discovering ... sailed
12. Look! She ……………………………………….. from a large whisky-bottle.
are drinking  drink  drinks  is drinking  will drink

13. Many things _____ this month.
would change  have changed  has changed  didn't changed  changed

14. She _____ in this house for years.
has been living  has lived  have lived  lived  lives

15. The weather forecast says the sun _____ tomorrow.
will shine  shines  may shine  is shining  is going to shine

16. We ............................... that film.
already did see  already saw  has already seen  have already seen  will already seen

17. We _____ my aunt next week on Friday. It will be her birthday.
have visited  visited  are visiting  is visiting  will visit

18. When _____?
did you arrive  did you arrived  do you arrived  has you arrived  have you arrived

19. Which books .......................................... to school yesterday?
took you  take you  do you take  did you take  have you taken

20. _____ your homework?
Did you do  Has you done  Has you done  Have you do  Have you done  





FILL IN THE PREPOSITION ( AT, IN, ON, AFTER,BEFORE,DURING WITHIN, BY, ON )


EXAMPLE: THE FAMILY ARE GATHERING_________ CHRISTMAS




1.  You must check the petrol  regular intervals.
2.  You can get a person to do it for you.  all, you are a man with many contacts.
3.   this occasion I would like to express my thanks.
4.   the end everything was fine.
5.   Christmas day our family eat carp.
6.  We will know everything  he comes.
7.  We wanted to hide  a big storm. He didn't want to get wet.
8.  This contract will be confirmed  December.
9.  There's an excellent restaurant  the end of the street.
10.  There were two intervals  the performance.
11.  The vocabulary seems to be easy  the beginning.
12.  The President will be in evidence  the Senate Committee.
13.  She promised to call back  an hour.
14.  It didn't happen yesterday but the day  yesterday.
15.  If she doesn't get angry  five minutes everything will be all right.
16.  I would like to know if you could make it  tomorrow.
17.  I am  loss, I don't know what to do.
18.  He wasn't angry  all.
19.  He should come  a few minutes.
20.  Has anybody asked  me while I was away?




Write complete sentences using the correct form of the verb 'To be'




A) - 
1. These bags  heavy.
2. I  an engineer. My wife  a nurse.
3. This house  not very expensive.
4. My books  on the table.
5.  you a good teacher?.

B) -Translate the following sentences into English.
1. ¿Dónde estabas ayer a las 4?

2. Estuve en la escuela hasta las 8

3. ¿Hizo buen tiempo ayer?

4. Tengo hambre. ¿Puedo comer algo?

5. Mis padres no son italianos.