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Fill in the present perfect simple or the past simple.

1. I _________ a great film yesterday. (see)


2. ___________ a cheap laptop? (you ever buy)
3. Sue __________ the flu last winter. (have)
4. A few days ago, we __________ to his uncle. (drive)
5. They _________ bingo on Wednesday afternoon. (play)
6. He __________ the bus to get there. (already take)
7. Last week my rabbit ___________ away. (run)
8. We __________ a lot last Sunday. (do)
9. __________ to India? (she ever be)
10. I ____________ him last Monday. (meet)
11. She _____________ yet. (not wake up)
12. I ______________ her since last Thursday. (not meet)
13. Bob ___________ well last night. (sleep)
14. I __________ a letter from her two days ago. (get)
15. They ____________ in Germany. (already arrive)

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets,
present simple or present continuous.
1. Andy sometimes ________ comics. ( read)
2. We never ________ TV in the morning. ( watch)
3. Listen! Sandy _________in the bathroom. (sing)
4. My sister usually _________ in the kitchen. ( help)
5. My mother __________ breakfast now. ( make)
6. They often __________ the bathroom. (clean)
7. Look! The boys  _________ home. (come)
8. Every day his grandfather___________  for a walk. (go)
9. I ___________ with my friend at the moment. (chat)
10. Cats  ______________ mice. (eat)
Write the correct answer in the following sentences.
Comparatives and superlatives.
 
1  I think she is still ill. She looks even_______________ than last
week bad.
2  His results are not ______________his colleague's. (good) 
3  Which of the three supermarkets do you think
has____widest_____ range of products? (wide)
4  He has ______bigger________ potential than anyone thought.
(big)
5  It's becoming ________the hardest__________ to attract new
customers. What we need is a new strategy.(hard)
6  In the last few months, competition has become ________the
thoughest__________. (though)
7  Things are better organised now – we have _________________
problems than before.(little)
8  There are more accidents on this road because
it's _______________than the others. (narrow)
9  I chose this car as my favourite because it's _____________ all
the ones I have driven. (fast)
10  She's a lot _____happier________ in the new job than she was
in the previous one. (happy)
write adjectives or adverbs of manner to complete the following sentences.

1Peter is a __careful_____ driver. He drives very ____carfully______ (careful)

2Turtles walk ___slowly_____ because they are ___slow______ animals.


(slow)

3A ____cautions_______ person usually speaks _____cautionsly_____


(cautious)

4They are____quiet______; they are speaking _____quietly____ (quiet)

5Gordon plays very__well______. He is a ____good_____player.(good)

6He did a __brilliant_______ exam. He passed the


exam _____brilliantly_______ (brilliant)

7We had _____heavy_______ snow yesterday. It snowed ____heavily____


(heavy)

8He looked at me_____angrily_____. He has a very _____angry_____look.


(angry)

9We slept __comfortabli________in our____comfortable_______ bed.


(comfortable)

10He plays _____badly__________because he is a_____bad________ player


(bad).

Write the correct preposition to complete the sentences

1. Hamlet was written  ___by_____ Shakespeare.


2. John is a student ____of______ Oslo university.
3. The temperatura was __below____ zero.
4. You have to write the paper ____by____ hand.
5. We live ____at____ the main road, so it is always very loud.
6. The trains are seldom ____at_____ time.
7. There were a lot of people ___in______ our party.
8. Your room is _____in_____ the second floor.
9. Can you translate this from English _____to____ French?
10.  ____on______ August 1st we'll go ___to______Stratford
11. Turn right ___at____ the traffic lights.
12. She is not here, she is _____on ______ holiday.
13. A comes ____before____ B in the alphabet.
14. The cat is sitting _____on_____ the wall.
15. Emily left school ____in______the age of 16.
16. I'll see you ____on____ Monday morning.
17. Do not open the tin ___with______ a knife!
18. This laptop belongs ____to______ our teacher.
19. The film was very funny _______at_______ the end.
20. We've been here ____for_____ four days now.

write the right modal verb


should not

1. There are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge. You    buy any.


mustn't

2. It's a hospital. You    smoke.


must

3. He had been working for more than 11 hours. He   be


must

tired after such hard work. He    prefer to get some rest.
could

4. I     speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in


Morocco. But after we moved back to Canada, I had very little
exposure to the language and forgot almost everything I knew as a
can

child. Now, I     just say a few things in the language.


should

5. The teacher said we    read this book for our own pleasure
needn't

as it is optional. But we     read it if we don't want to.


Can

6.      you stand on your head for more than a minute? No,
can't

I     .
need

7. If you want to learn to speak English fluently, you    to work


hard.
might

8. Take an umbrella. It     rain later.


shouldn't

9. You    leave small objects lying around . Such


may

objects     be swallowed by children.


mustn't

10.People    walk on grass.


must

11.Drivers   stop when the traffic lights are red.


May

12.       I ask a question? Yes, of course.


needn't

13.You     take your umbrella. It is not raining.


Can can't

14.    you speak Italian? No, I     .

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