Grammar exercises - Present (Simple, Continuous, Perfect), Past (Simple, Continuous), First Conditional, Will and Going to, Threre was. There were.

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GRAMMAR EXERCISES – FINAL EXAM. YES, YOU CAN!
PRESENT SIMPLE – PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
REMEMBER: We DO NOT use these verbs in the PRESENT CONTINUOUS:
like love want know understand remember
prefer hate need mean believe forget
depend
EXERCISE 1: How do you spell it? Write the continuous form (-ing) of these verbs
in the correct list.
arrive – begin – come – cry – dance – decide – die – dig – forget – have – help – laugh – listen
– lie – live – make – play – put – rob – start – stop – swim – tie – wear – win – work - write
+ ing nà nn, tà tt, etc. eà ing ieà ying
_____________ __________________ _____________ ___________
_____________ __________________ _____________ ___________
_____________ __________________ _____________ ___________
_____________ __________________ _____________
_____________ __________________ _____________
_____________ __________________ _____________
_____________ __________________ _____________
_____________ __________________ _____________
EXERCISE 2: Answer the questions about the pictures.
1. Does he take photographs? _____________ Is he taking photographs? ___________
What is he doing? _________________________________________________

2. Is she driving a bus? ________________ Does she drive a bus? _______________
What is she doing? ________________________________________________
3. Does he clean windows? _______________ Is he cleaning a window? ____________
What is he doing? _________________________________________________
4. Are they teaching? _____________________ Do they teach? ________________
What do they do? _________________________________________________
EXERCISE 3: Put the verb in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
1. Excuse me. _____________________________ (you / speak) English?
2. “Where’s Tom? “ “_______________________ (he / have) a shower”-
3. _______________________ (I / not / watch) television very often.
4. Listen! Somebody _____________________________ (sing).
5. Sandra is tired. ___________________________ (she / want) to go home.
6. How often ____________________________ (you / read) a newspaper?
7. “Excuse me but ______________________ (you / sit) in my place”. “Oh, I’m sorry.”
8. I’m sorry, ___________________________ (I / not / understand). Can you speak more
slowly?
9. It’s late. ___________________ (I / go) home now. __________________ (you /
come) with me?
10. What time _________________________ (your father / finish) work in the evenings?
11. You can turn off the radio. _____________________________ (I / not / listen) to it.
12. “Where’s Paul?” “In the kitchen. ___________________________ (he / cook)
something.”
13. Martin _____________________________ (not / usually / drive) to work. He
________________________ (usually / walk).
14. Sue __________________________ (not / like) coffee. ___________________ (she
/ prefer) tea.

EXERCISE 4: Which is right?

PAST SIMPLE – PAST CONTINUOUS
EXERCISE 5: Here is part of website about the singer Elvis Presley. Complete the
text with the verbs from the box. Use the past simple, positive or negative.
be – be – be – come – die – go – have – have – leave – make – marry – meet – sing – spend –
study – teach – wear – win

EXERCISE 6: Complete the conversations. Use was/were, the past simple or the
past continuous.
1. POLICE OFFICER: What _________________ (you / do) when the accident ___________
(happen)?
COLLIN: I ___________ at the bus stop. I ______________________ (wait) for the bus.
POLICE OFFICER: ____________________________ (you / see) the accident?
COLLIN: No, because I ___________________________ (read) the newspaper.
2. NICOLA: I __________ (telephone) you at 9 o’clock last night, but you ________ at home.
MARTIN: 9 o’clock? I _________________ (sit) in a café, ____________ (drink) hot
chocolate.
NICOLA: ________________ Jane with you?
MARTIN: No, she _________________________ (work) in the library.
NICOLA: Where _________________________ (you / go) after the café?
MARTIN: I ___________________ (go) home.
3. MUM: Oh no! My beautiful cup! What happened?
ANGIE: I’m really sorry, Mum. I _____________ (break) it when I ___________ (wash) it.
MUM: how?
ANGIE: My hands ________ wet and I ______________________ (drop) in on the floor.
4. SOPHIE: ____________________ (you / think) yesterday’s exam ___________ difficult?
EDDIE: No, not really, but I _________________________ (not / write) very much.
SOPHIE: Why not?
EDDIE: Because I _____________________ (study) so much.
5. ANDREW: There ______________ a crash outside my house yesterday.
MAGGIE: What happened?
ANDREW: I don’t know. It __________________ (rain), but the two drivers
_________________ (not / go) too fast.
SOPHIE: ________________ they hurt?
ANDREW: One man ________________ (break) his arm and the other man
______________ (cut) his hand.
6. TRACEY: Pardon? I didn’t hear you. Could you say that again, please?
DAVE: I ___________________ (not / talking) to you.
TRACEY: Who _________________ (you / talk) to?
DAVE: Sarah.
TRACEY: Oh, sorry.

EXERCISE 7: Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets into the correct
tense Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1. It _____________________ (snow) when I __________________________ (leave)
home this morning.
2. It was sunny afternoon and people ___________________ (sit) on the grass in the park.
Then suddenly it ____________________ (start) to rain.
3. My brother _____________________ (talk) on the phone when I ________________
(arrive), but when he _____________________ (see) me, he _________________
(finish) the call.
4. I nearly had an accident today. A car _________________ (come) towards me, but I moved
quickly out of the way and fortunately nothing _____________________ (happen)
5. I _______________ (move) to Hastings in 1999. I __________________ (live) there
when I _______________ (meet) them.
6. ________________________ (how many / people / wait) for the 9:15 bus last night?
7. I ______________________ (dance) with my boyfriend when the disc jockey _________
(play) our favourite song.
8. When I ____________________ (arrive) at the cinema, my friends _______________
(wait) for me.
9. ____________________ (you / listen) to the teacher when she _________________
(explain) this exercise?
10. Susan ______________________ (play) the piano while Mary ________________
(sing)
11. Susan __________________ (fall) asleep while she ____________________ (do) her
homework.
12. I ____________________ (want) to visit you last night, but you __________________
(not / be) at home. What _____________________________ (you / do) at about 8 pm?
13. It _______________________ (start) when we ____________________ (play) in the
garden.
14. When Sara ___________________ (come) home she ___________________ (do) her
homework.
15. While Mr & Ms Brown ________________________ (talk) to Troy’s teacher, their son
_____________________ (wait) outside.

PRESENT SIMPLE – PRESENT CONTINUOUS – PAST SIMPLE – PAST
CONTINUOUS
EXERCISE 8: Complete this conversation with film actor, Nicole Casey. Put the
verbs in the correct past or present form.

PRESENT PERFECT
EXERCISE 9: Read the information about Cheryl Atkins. Ask Cheryl some
questions with How long + the present simple. Then complete Cheryl’s answers
with for or since.
YOU: CHERYL
1. How long have you lived in London? Since 2002.
2. __________________________________? ______ more than five years.
3. __________________________________? ______ last week.
4. __________________________________? ______ I left school.
5. __________________________________? ______ about nine months.
6. __________________________________? ______ a long time.
7. __________________________________? ______ Rita was born.
8. __________________________________? ______ the beginning of this year.
EXERCISE 10: Translate the sentences into English:
1. Yo he vivido en esta ciudad durante diez años.
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2. Él ha vivido en Londres desde 1987.
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3. ¿Has montado alguna vez a caballo?
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4. Ella no ha hecho los deberes.
_________________________________________________________________
5. Yo nunca he copiado en un examen. (CHEAT = COPIAR)
_________________________________________________________________
6. Ella ha acabado de limpiar la cocina.
_________________________________________________________________
7. El niño ya ha desayunado.
_________________________________________________________________

8. ¿Todavía no han llegado? No, aún no han llegado.
_________________________________________________________________
9. ¿Has suspendido alguna vez un examen? No, nunca he suspendido un examen.
_________________________________________________________________
EXERCISE 11: Put the words in the correct order. Translate all of them.
1. studied / Maths / have / I / French / and.
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2. my / done / I / yet / English / haven’t
_________________________________________________________________
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3. been / since / hot / September / has / it
_________________________________________________________________
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4. never / to / have / I / my / lied / parents
_________________________________________________________________
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5. seen / ever / a / you / snake / have / ?
_________________________________________________________________
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6. already / this / seen / have / I / film
_________________________________________________________________
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7. spoken / just / I / Jenny / to / the / have / on / phone
_________________________________________________________________
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8. lunch / have / you / yet / had / ?
_________________________________________________________________
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9. has / She / second / her / just / baby / had
_________________________________________________________________
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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
EXERCISE 12: Fill the gap with one word.
1. Your bike is not as _______________ as mine. Mine is much faster!
2. I’m only 12 but I’m as tall ___________ my mum.
3. Your sister’s very clever. Are you as ____________ as she is?
4. Helen is not as nice as Georgia. I think Georgia is the ____________ person.
5. This car doesn’t work __________ well as the old one!
6. Helga is _________ friendliest person I have ever met!
7. I think this is the ___________ difficult exam I have ever taken.
8. Going on holiday in the mountains is ____________ exciting than going to the beach.
EXERCISE 13: Complete with the comparative or superlative of the words in
brackets.
1. That was __________________________ (tasty) meal I’ve ever had.
2. He has still ill, but he is ______________________ (good) than he was.
3. We are _________________ (late) than we were yesterday.
4. What was ______________________ (exciting) film you saw last year?
5. Wasn’t that _______________________ (bad) meal you’ve ever eaten?
EXERCISE 14: Make comparative sentences.
1. Bernie / sensible / his sister
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2. CDs / good / cassettes
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3. Batman / brave / Spiderman
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4. Your room / large / mine
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5. Boys / noisy / girls
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6. Our new teacher / serious / Mr Carter
_________________________________________________________________
7. A house / comfortable / a flat
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EXERCISE 15: Make your own comparisons using the words provided and the
structures as…as.
1. Lemon / sweet / orange
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2. Bicycle / expensive / motorcycle
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3. My old shoes / comfortable / new shoes
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4. Coke / healthy / fruit juice
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5. Big cities / safe / smalls towns
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6. New York hotels / expensive / Tokyo hotels
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7. House / tall / skyscraper
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EXERCISE 16: Correct the mistakes.
1. Pop music is not as nicer as dance music.
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2. The better student in the class is called Sam.
_________________________________________________________________
3. This is the most quick way to school.
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4. Jack is more intelligent as me.
_________________________________________________________________
5. History is more bad than English.
_________________________________________________________________
6. This is the more boring programme on TV these days.
_________________________________________________________________
7. I’m going to wear my most long dress this evening.
_________________________________________________________________
8. Why is your pasta the saltiest than mine?
_________________________________________________________________

FUTURE FORMS
EXERCISE 17: Write questions with going to.

EXERCISE 18: Circle the correct word.
ALEX: What are you reading?
JAY: It’s a magazine called Music to your Ears. It’s about inventions and what (1) will / won’t
happen in the future.
ALEX: Well, one thing is sure. We (2) will / won’t be listening to CDs. Everyone (3) will / won’t
have an MP3 player.
JAY: I don’t know. I don’t think things (4) will / won’t change that much. What do you think (5) will
/ won’t be replaced.
ALEX: What do you mean? MP3 players (6) will / won’t be replaced.
JAY: That’s what people thought about LPs, and it’s difficult to find those now.
ALEX: Well, they might be replaced, but it (7) will / won’t be for a few more years.
JAY: I’m not so sure. There (8) will / won’t be another new music invention and everyone (9) will /
won’t want one.
ALEX: You could be right, but I (10) will / won’t change mine. It’s got all my favourite music on it.
EXERCISE 19: Complete the following sentences with WILL or BE GOING TO.
1. I can’t lift this box. OK. I __________________ help you.
2. I don’t think that she ____________________ recognize me.
3. Careful! You ______________________ fall.
4. She _____________________ graduate next year.
5. I _______________________ meet your dad tomorrow afternoon.
6. He is very hard - working. I think he ________________ be very successful.
7. ______________ you marry me?
8. Who do you think __________________ win the championship?
9. I ___________________ fly to America next month.

FIRST CONDITIONAL
EXERCISE 20: Match the beginning of each sentence in A with its end in B.
A B
1. I will phone you _____ A. if you make so much noise.
2. If you wash the dishes, _____ B. we won’t be able to play basketball.
3. You will make Grandma very happy _____ C. if I arrive before you.
4. If it doesn’t stop raining, _____ D. if you visit her today.
5. John won’t be tired _____ E. if he goes to bed soon.
6. The baby won’t sleep _____ F. I will dry them.
EXERCISE 21: Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the first
conditional.
1. If we ____________ (go) to London, we _______________ (visit) my friend George.
2. If she ____________ (do) well in her exams, my sister _______________ (go) to
university.
3. Jenny ________________ (not eat) supper if she _____________ (eat) all that ice
cream.
4. My brother _________________ (drive) us to the cinema if we ______________ (ask)
him.
5. Uncle Tim ________________ (phone) us if he _____________________ (want) to
come with us.
6. If my aunt ________________ (come) to visit, she ___________________ (give) us a
present.
7. If it _____________________ (not rain), we ___________________ (go) to the
beach.
8. If it ____________________ (snow) tonight, we ___________________ (make) a
snowman tomorrow.
9. He ___________________ (turn) on the heater If it __________________ (get) too
cold.
10. You ___________________ (not understand) the questions if you ______________
(not read) the book.
11. If he __________________ (talk) too long, his parents __________________ (not let)
him use the phone.

THERE WAS / THERE WERE
EXERCISE 22: Make sentences. Use There was / were / wasn’t / weren’t with
some, any, a or an.
1. milk – in the bottle (NEGATIVE)
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2. hotel – opposite the park (AFFIRMATIVE)
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3. boats – on the lake (NEGATIVE)
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4. old factories – near the river (AFFIRMATIVE)
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5. guards – in the castle (NEGATIVE)
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6. accident – outside the town hall (AFFIRMATIVE)
_________________________________________________________________
EXERCISE 23: Last night someone robbed Mr.Cannon’s house. Look at the picture
before. Complete his report to the police. Use There was / were / wasn’t /
weren’t with some / any / a or an.
1. _______________________________ clothes in the cupboard.
2. _______________________________ TV in the bedroom.
3. _______________________________ telephone in the room.
4. _______________________________ books on the shelf.
5. _______________________________ pictures on the wall.

6. _______________________________ DVD in the room. I took it to repair shop
yesterday.
7. _______________________________ chair next to the desk.
8. _______________________________ stereo in the room-
9. _______________________________ jewellery on the bed.
10. _______________________________ computer in the room.
11. _______________________________ books on the desk.

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