Archive for June, 2010

Exercise on Simple Present or Present Progressive 2

A – Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. 1) I ____________________ thirsty. (to be) 2) John often ____________________ sugar in his coffee. (to take) 3) Listen! They ____________________ home. (to come) 4) I usually ____________________ as a teacher in Germany, but this summer I ____________________ as a language assistant in Rome. (to [...]

Exercise on Simple Present and Present Progressive 1

A – Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. 1) Pat often ____________________ to concerts. (to go) 2) Look! The boys ____________________ to the playground. (to run) 3) Every afternoon Jack ____________________ a cup of tea. (to have) 4) We ____________________ a computer game at the moment. (to play) 5) I ____________________ a [...]

Exercise on Passive Voice 2

A – What tense are the following Passive sentences? 1) The new computer chip will be produced in Dresden. a) Simple Present b) Simple Past c) Present Perfect d) will-future 2) The old vessel was being towed into harbour. a) Simple Past b) Past Progressive c) Present Perfect Progressive d) Past Perfect 3) A song [...]

Exercise on Simple Present 2

A – Put in the correct verb forms. 1) She might __________ at Gatwick airport. a) arrive b) arrives c) arrivs 2) Anne and Peggy __________ too late. a) am b) are c) be d) is 3) What time __________ the film begin? a) do b) dos c) does 4) They __________ wear school uniform. [...]

Exercise on Simple Present 1

A – Put in the correct verb forms. 1) Andy ___________the family car. a) wash b) washes c) washs 2) Every morning my mother ___________at 6 o’clock. a) get up b) get ups c) gets up 3) Mr. Black ___________e-mails in the evenings. a) write b) writes c) writs 4) The girls ___________the shopping. a) [...]

Exercise on Simple Past And Present Perfect

A – Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. 1) We ____________________ in a restaurant in May 2001. (to work) 2) Jack ____________________ the window of the gym this morning. (to break) 3) I’m sorry. I ____________________ my diary. (to forget) 4) Last Monday she ____________________ her computer. (to check) 5) They ____________________ [...]

Exercise on Simple Past

A – Use in the verbs in the Simple Past. 1) they work – ____________________ 2) we arrive – ____________________ 3) she visits – ____________________ 4) you enjoy – ____________________ 5) I carry – ____________________ 6) we cycle – ____________________ 7) they play – ____________________ he tries – ____________________ 9) I listen – ____________________ 10) [...]

Exercise on Passive Voice 1.

A – Are the sentences written in Active or Passive? 1) Steven likes to play baseball. a) Active b) Passive 2) Bingo is played in Britain. a) Active b) Passive 3) He lost his keys yesterday. a) Active b) Passive 4) A letter was written. a) Active b) Passive 5) They are listening to their [...]

Present Perfect Tutorial 2

A. Put the phrases into Present Perfect. 1) they clean – 2) you finish – 3) she plays – 4) she doesn’t know – 5) you bought – 6) I run – 7) he finds – we don’t forget – 9) we sing – 10) it rains – B. Negate the sentences. 1) They have [...]

Tutorial on Present Perfect 1.

A. Put in the correct verb forms. 1) they _____________ listened a) has b) have 2) I _____________ thrown a) has b) have 3) she _____________ drunk a) has b) have 4) it _____________ changed a) has b) have 5) you _____________ sold a) has b) have B. Which answers are correct? Which verb forms [...]