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A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR

EXERCISES
CONTENTS

Articles
PEG chapter I
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1 Articles: a/an
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2 Articles: the
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3 Articles: a/an, the
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4 Articles and possessive adjectives
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5 a/an and one
Auxiliary verbs
PEG chapters 10-16
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6 Auxiliary verbs
7 Auxiliaries conjugated with do/does/did 9
8 Auxiliary verbs 10
9 Auxiliary verbs 11
10 Additions to remarks, using auxiliary verbs 12
11 Agreements and disagreements with remarks, using auxiliary verbs 13
12 Question tags after negative statements 14
13 Question tags after affirmative statements 16
14 Question tags: mixed 17
15 Auxiliaries followed by full or bare infinitive 18
16 Auxiliaries: mixed 19
17 have: possessive 20
18 have: various uses 21
19 The have + object + past participle construction 23
20 be 24
21 it is/there is 25
22 can and be able 27
23 may 28
24 must and have to 29
25 must not and need not 30
26 need not and don't have to etc. 31
27 must, can't and needn't with the perfect infinitive 33
Present and past tenses
PEG chapters 17-18
28 The simple present tense 34
29 The simple present tense 35
30 The present continuous tense 36
31 The simple present and the present continuous 38
32 The simple present and the present continuous 39
33 The simple past tense 41
34 The simple past tense 42
35 The past continuous tense 43
36 The simple past and the past continuous 44
37 The simple past and the past continuous 45
38 The present perfect tense 47
39 The present perfect and the simple past 48
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40 The present perfect and the simple past
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41 The present perfect and the simple past
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42 The present perfect continuous tense
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43 The present perfect and the present perfect continuous
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44 for and since
Future forms
PEG chapter 19
45 The present continuous tense as a future form 57
46 The be going to form 58
47 The present continuous and the be going to form 59
48 The future simple 60
49 The present continuous and the future simple 61
50 will + infinitive and the be going to form 62
51 will + infinitive and the be going to form 64
52 The future continuous tense 65
53 will + infinitive and the future continuous 67
54 won't + infinitive and the future continuous negative 68
55 Second person interrogative: will you and other forms 69
56 shall and will 71
57 Time clauses 72
58 The future perfect tense 73
59 Time clauses 74
60 would and should 75
61 would and should 76

Conditionals
PEG chapter 21
62 Conditional sentences: type 1 78
63 Conditional sentences: type 2 79
64 Conditional sentences: type 3 80
65 Conditional sentences: mixed types 81
66 Conditional sentences: mixed types 82
67 Mixed tenses and verb forms 83
Infinitive
PEG chapter 23
68 Full or bare infinitive 84
69 Full or bare infinitive 84
70 Infinitive represented by to 85
71 too/enough/so . . . as with infinitive 87
72 Various infinitive constructions 88
73 Perfect infinitive used with auxiliary verbs 90
74 Perfect infinitive used with auxiliaries and some other verbs 91

Gerund, infinitive and participles

PEG chapters 23-6
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75 The gerund 93
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76 Gerund and infinitive
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77 Gerund and infinitive
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78 Gerund and infinitive
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79 Infinitive, gerund, present participle
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80 Using participles to join sentences
81 Misrelated participles
Passive
PEG chapter 30 101
82 Active to passive 102
83 Active to passive 103
84 Passive to active
Indirect speech
PEG chapter 31 104
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85 Indirect speech: statements 106
86 Indirect speech: statements 107
87 Indirect speech: questions 109
88 Indirect speech: questions
89 Indirect speech: questions 109
90 Indirect speech: commands, requests, advice expressed by object + 111
infinitive 111
91 Indirect speech: commands, requests, advice 112
92 Indirect speech: commands, requests, advice 113
93 Indirect speech: commands, requests, invitations, offers, advice
94 Indirect speech: questions, requests, invitations, offers, advice 114
95 Indirect speech: commands and questions with if-clauses and time 115
clauses 116
96 Indirect speech: suggestions 117
97 Indirect speech: mixed types
98 Indirect to direct speech
Purpose
PEG chapter 33 118
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99 Infinitive used to express purpose
100 Clauses and phrases of purpose

some, any etc. and relatives

PEG chapters 5 and 8 122
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101 some, any and compounds, e.g. somebody, anything, somehow 125
102 Relatives: defining, non-defining and connective 126
103 Relatives: defining, non-defining and connective 127
104 Relatives: non-defining and connective 129
105 what and which 129
106 whatever, whenever, whoever etc.
107 Relative clauses replaced by infinitives
Prepositions
PEG chapter 9 130
108 Prepositions: at, to; preposition/adverb: in 132
109 Prepositions and prepositions/adverbs: at, by, in, into, of, off, on, out
(of), to, under, with
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110 Prepositions and prepositions/adverbs: at, by, during, for, from, in,
of, on, over, since, till, under, with
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111 Prepositions and prepositions/adverbs: about, at, away (adverb only),
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by, for, from, in, into, on, out, to, under, up, with, over
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112 Use and omission of prepositions
113 till/until, to, for, since, then, after, afterwards
Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives
PEG chapters 11-15 139
114 Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives 141
115 Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives 143
116 Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives

Present, past and perfect tenses

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PEG chapters 17-18 147
117 The simple present and the present continuous 150
118 The simple present and the present continuous 151
119 The simple past and the past continuous 151
120 The simple past and the past continuous 153
121 The simple past and the past continuous 155
122 The present perfect with for and since 157
123 The present perfect and the simple past 160
124 The present perfect and the simple past 162
125 The present perfect simple and continuous 163
126 The simple past and the past perfect, simple and continuous 164
127 Questions 165
128 Questions 167
129 Mixed tenses, letters 168
130 Mixed tenses: letters
131 Mixed tenses: telephone conversations
Future forms
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PEG chapter 19
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132 The present continuous and the future simple 174
133 The present continuous and be going to 176
134 be going to and will + infinitive 178
135 The future continuous and will + infinitive 179
136 The future continuous and will (mostly negative) 180
137 The future perfect
138 The present simple and continuous, the future simple and conditional

Conditionals
PEG chapter 21
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139 Conditional sentences: type 1 182
140 Conditional sentences: type 1 183
141 Conditional sentences: type 2 185
142 Conditional sentences: type 2 186
143 Conditional sentences: type 3 187
144 Conditional sentences: type 3 189
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145 Conditional sentences: mixed types
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146 Conditional sentences: mixed types
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147 will and shall
148 would and should
Gerund, infinitive and present participle
PEG chapters 23-6 194
149 Gerund, infinitive and present participle 196
150 Gerund, infinitive and present participle

Unreal pasts and subjunctives

PEG chapters 28-29 198
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151 Unreal pasts and subjunctives 200
152 would rather + subject + past tense
153 wish + subject + past, past perfect or conditional
The passive
PEG chapter 30 201
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154 Active to passive 203
155 Active to passive 204
156 Active to passive with phrasal verbs
157 Active to passive with changes of construction

Indirect speech
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PEG chapter 31
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158 Indirect speech: statements 209
159 Indirect speech: statements 211
160 Indirect speech: questions 213
161 Indirect speech: questions, advice, requests, invitations, suggestions 214
162 Indirect speech: commands, requests, invitations, advice 215
163 Indirect speech: commands, requests, advice, suggestions 218
164 Indirect speech: mixed types 219
165 Indirect speech: sentences with let 221
166 Indirect speech: sentences with must, needn't and have to
167 Indirect speech to direct speech

Time clauses 222

PEG chapters 32,34 223
168 Time clauses 225
169 Time clauses
170 when, whenever and as (= while, because)
Phrasal verbs 226
PEG chapter 38 227
171 Combinations with get and be 228
172 Combinations with look and keep 229
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173 Combinations with go and come
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174 Combinations with take and run
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175 Combinations with turn, call and break
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176 Combinations with give, put and make
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177 Combinations with clear, cut, fall, hold, let and hand
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178 Mixed combinations
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179 Mixed combinations
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180 Mixed combinations
181 Mixed combinations 238
182 Mixed combinations with compound prepositions/adverbs 239
183 Substituting phrasal verbs for other expressions 240
184 Substituting phrasal verbs for other expressions 241
185 Combinations with off and on 242
186 Combinations with up 243
187 Combinations with out 245
188 Combinations with down, away and over 246
189 Mixed combinations used in a connected passage
190 Mixed combinations used in a connected passage