PERIOD 3 – INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR REVISION MATERIAL

Exercise 1: Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple or present continuous.
TONY: So tell me, Leila, why is it important to save the rainforest?
LEILA: There are a number of reasons. One is that many plants which could be useful in medicine
1_grow_ (grow) in the rainforest. We 2_don’t know_ (not/know) all the plants, but there are thousands
and thousands of them. Researchers 3_try_ARE TRYING___ (try) to discover their secrets before they
are destroyed.
TONY: I see, what other reasons are?
LEILA: Well, have you heard that the world 4_is getting_ (get) warmer? The rainforests have always
had an important influence on our weather but now they 5_are disappearing_ (disappear) at a terrifying
rate and people 6_don’t do_AREN’T DOING__ (not / do) enough to save them.
TONY: But I 7_enjoy_ (enjoy) warm sunshine, is global warming really such a problem?
LEILA: You know that polar regions 8__consist_ (consist) of millions of tons of ice. If they
9___melt_ (melt) the level of the sea will rise and cause terrible floods. Many scientist 10 ___believe_
(believe) that temperatures 11__rise__ARE RISING_ (rise) as we talk. We must do everything we can
to prevent global warming, and that includes preserving the rainforest!
TONY: Thank you Leila, and good luck in your campaign.
LEILA: Thank you.

Exercise 2: Tick the correct sentences. In some pairs, one is correct, in other pairs both can be
correct.
a) What do you think of my hair? b) What are you thinking of my hair.
a) You look great today. b) You're looking great today. ???
a) Do you enjoy your meal? b) Are you enjoying your meal?
a) Where do you live? b) Where are you living?
a) I don't believe his story. b) I'm not believing his story.
a) Students seem tired today. b) Students are seeming tired today.
a) How often do you play tennis? b) How often are you playing tennis?

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Exercise 3: Choose the correct alternative.
Thomas Edison started/was starting work on the railway when he was twelve, selling newspaper and
snacks. There were long periods with nothing for him to do, so he built/was building himself a little
laboratory in the luggage van. He could carry out experiments there when he didn't sell/wasn't selling
things to passengers. He also joined/was joining a library and read/was reading every single books in
it.
One day, when he waited/was waiting at the station, he noticed/was noticing a small boy. The boy
played/was playing??? by the track, unaware that a train approached???/was approaching. Edison
ran/was running out and grabbed/was grabbing the child just in time. The child's father was so grateful
that he offered/was offering to teach Edison to be a telegraph operator. After a year, he was good
enough to get a job in the telegraph office. He continued to read and experiment whenever he had/was
having time. At twenty-one he left/was leaving the telegraph office to devote all his time to being an
inventor. He went on/was going on to invent the electric light bulb, the phonograph and the movie
camera.

Exercise 4: Use the words given to make sentences. Do not change the order of the words. Use
only the past simple and past continuous.
a) when Dan / arrive / we / have / coffee
When Dan arrived, we were having coffee.
b) while he / walk / in the mountains, Henry / see / a bear
While he was walking in the mountains, Henry saw a bear
c) the students / play / a game when the teacher / arrive
The students were playing a game when the teacher arrived.
d) I / walk / home when it / start / to snow
WHEN I was walking when it started to snow.
e) Andy / go / out of the restaurant when he / see / Jenny
Andy was going out of the restaurant when he saw Jenny.

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Exercise 5: Write complete sentences. Use present continuous, will or going to.
JIM: everybody / come / to the meeting on Friday afternoon?
Will everybody come to the meeting on Friday afternoon? ???
Is everbody coming to the meeting on Friday afternoon?
PAM: Most people.
JIM: it / be/ a long meeting?
Will it be a long meeting?
PAM: I'm not sure. It / probably / be / about three hours. Why?
It probably will be about three hours.

JIM: I / go / to the dentist at 5.30. I made an appointment two weeks ago.

I am going to go to the dentist at 5.30.

TOM: Great! That's the end of school for a few weeks!

LUCY: When / the next term / begin?
When is the next term beginning?
TOM: On the 3rd of September.
LUCY: What / you / do / during the holidays?
What are you going to do during the holidays?
TOM: I don't know yet, but I / think / go / to the beach. What about you?
I think, I will go to the beach.
LUCY: I already have a plan. My school / not / finish / until next week, after I / go / to Venice, but I
don't exactly know when.
My school isn’t finishing until next week, after I am going to go to Venice, …
My school will not finish until next week,