EXERCISES ON GRAMMAR:

1) Complete the email. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous form of the
verbs in brackets.

Hi Mel,
What 1……………………. (you / do) at the moment?
I 2……………………. (sit) in Mario’s café.
I 3……………………. (drink) a milkshake. This café 4……………………. (make) the best
milkshakes in town!
I 5……………………. (often / come) here after school with my friend Sally. In
fact, 6……………………. (wait) for her now. She’s always late. I 7……………………. (not
understand) why! Anyway, can I borrow your geography textbook? I 8…………………….
(need) it for that test next week. I can’t find mine. Oh, Sally 9……………………. (come)
into the café now.
Bye, see you later!

2) Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the affirmative or negative
form of the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
have know laugh like prefer sing watch

1 Which …………………… you ……………………, history or geography?

2 ‘Where’s George?’ ‘He …………………… a shower.’
3 I …………………… this pizza. It’s horrible!
4 ‘We …………………… the answer to this question.’ ‘Well, ask the teacher.’
5 ‘What’s that terrible noise?’ ‘Kate ……………………!’
6 ‘Why …………………… Ben ……………………?’ ‘Because he …………………… a
funny film.’

3) Rewrite the sentences in the Past Tense. Add the time expression in brackets.
1 I wear trainers to school. (yesterday)
I wore trainers to school yesterday.
2 Sally and I take the bus to school. (the day before yesterday)
 ……………………………………
3 Susan sleeps until ten o’clock. (yesterday morning)
……………………………………
4 My dad does a lot of housework. (last week)
……………………………………
5 I spend a lot of money on clothes. (last weekend)
……………………………………
6 My mum makes cakes. (yesterday afternoon)
……………………………………
4) Complete the conversations with the Present Perfect verb forms of the words in
brackets.
…Have you ever seen…… (you / ever / see) Star Wars?
A Yes, …………………. ………………… (I / see) it many times. It’s my favorite film.
B Really? ………………… (I / never / see) it.
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A ………………… (you / ever / meet) a famous person?
B Yes, ………………… (I / meet) Bill Gates.
A Wow! ………………… (he / visit) Cambridge?
B Yes, he …………………. ………………… (have/be) here many times.

5) Complete the conversation with the correct Present Perfect or Past Simple form
of the verbs in brackets.
A (1) …………… (you/be) to Australia?
B No, I haven’t, but I (2) …………… (be) to New Zealand.
A Have you? I (3) …………… (never/be) there, but I would love to go.
B We (4) …………… (go) about four years go in the summer.
A How long (5) …………… (you/stay)?
B About three weeks, but it (6) …………… (not be) long enough.
A I (7) …………… (do) a bungee jump when I (8) …………… (be) there. (9) ……………
(you/ever/try) anything like that?
B No. I’m too afraid!
 6) Underline the correct words.
1 Have you been / Did you go out last night?
2 I’ve never seen / I never saw an opera.
3 We went / We’ve been to a rock concert on Saturday.
4 Have you ever danced / Did you ever dance the tango?
5 She’s a fantastic actress but she never won / she’s never won an Oscar.
6 We’ve visited / We visited the theatre when we were in Buenos Aires last year.
7 I didn’t eat/’ve never eaten sheep’s milk cheese in my life.
8 Did he win / Has he won the 100m at the 2012 Olympic Games?

7) Complete the dialogues. Use the correct form of will and the words in brackets.
Barney: Are you going to Sam’s barbecue?
Christina: I’m not sure. When is it?
Barney: On Friday. 1…………………………… (it / be) great!
Christina: 2…………………………… (Tamara / go), do you think?
Barney: Yes, I think she 3……………………………
Christina: Then 4…………………………… (I / go) too. I like Tamara.
Tom: I’m going to watch Chelsea play on Saturday. Do you want to come?
Sarah No, I 5…………………………… (not be) here.
Tom Where 6…………………………… (you / be)?
Sarah In Oxford. 7…………………………… (I / watch) the match on TV.
Maybe 8…………………………… (I / see) you in the crowd!

8) Complete the sentences with do, does, don’t or doesn’t.

1 What …do…… you do in your free time?
2 ………………. Anne study hard for exams?
3 Yes, she ………………. . She studies very hard.
4 ………………. students at your school have a lot of exams?
5 No, they ………………. . They just have one big exam at the end of the year.
6 Where ………………. you study?
7 ………………. Patrick listen to music while he studies?
8 No, he ………………. . He prefers to study quietly.

9) Complete the sentences with the Past Simple forms of the verbs in brackets.
1 We ……didn’t travel…… (not travel) by plane to Denmark – we took trains.
2 I ………………… (not take) an umbrella today, so I got wet.
3 Marion and Neil ………………… (not want) a big wedding.
4 He ………………… (not answer) the telephone, because he was busy.
5 When I was a child, I ………………… (not like) chocolate.
6 We ………………… (not see) any wild animals when we went to Egypt.
7 She ………………… (not get) back home on time, so I was really worried.

10) Match questions 1–7 with short answers a–g.

1 …d… Is she Italian? a No, he isn’t.

2 …… Are you two teachers? b No, they aren’t.
3 …… Are Robert and Helen here today? c No, you aren’t.
4 …… Is it a beautiful city? d Yes, she is.
5 …… Am I late? e No, I’m not.
6 …… Is he on holiday? f Yes, we are.
7 …… Are you from England? g Yes, it is.