GRAMMAR REVIEW
I. TENSES
Exercise 1. Put the verb into the correct form of Present Simple.
1. Ben and Jack ______________ (go) to the same school.
2. Julia _____________________ (not drink) tea very often.
3. What time _____________________ (the banks/ close) here?
4. I have a car, but I _________________ (not use) it much.
5. Where _____________________ (Maria/ come) from? Is she Spanish?
6. I won’t tell anybody what you said. I ________________ (promise).
Exercise 2. Put the verb into the correct form of Present Continuous.
1. She ____________________ (take) a picture with her sisters now.
2. He ____________________ (not cross) the road.
3. ____________________ (they/ build) a new hospital?
4. Sam is looking for Jennie but she ____________________ (not hide) behind a tree.
5. The teacher ____________________ (wave) to her students.
6. What’s the matter? Why ____________________ (you/ cry)?
Exercise 3. Put the verb into the correct form of Past Simple.
1. I and my classmates _________________ (study) the lesson.
2. I ___________________ (not stay) at my mom’s home yesterday.
3. ______________________ (Tyler/ visit) his grandmother last month?
4. I __________________ (not play) football last Sunday.
5. In 1990, we ___________________ (move) to another city.
6. ____________________ (my father/ decorate) the Christmas tree last Christmas?
Exercise 4. Put the verb into the correct form of Past Continuous.
1. The children _____________________ (play) hide and seek in the park.
2. They ____________________ (not go) to the movies.
3. _____________________ ( you/ read) the book I gave you on your birthday?
4. Winnie ___________________ (not stitch) her new dress.
5. The dogs ______________________ (bark) all night.
6. Ron ____________________ (clean) his room when he heard the noise.
Exercise 5. Put the verbs in brackets in Present Perfect.
1. I ____________________ (be) to London three times.
2. They ___________________ (do) their housework for more than 2 hours.
3. He _________________ (not write) his report yet.
4. They _________________ (not eat) the chocolate.
5. ___________________ (Mr. Patrick, come) home?
6. ______________________ (they, win) the prizes?
Exercise 6. Put the verbs in brackets in Future Simple.
1. An ______________________ (meet) her friend at the park tomorrow.
2. Nam ______________________ (call) you later in the evening.
3. They ______________________ (not attend) the party tomorrow.
4. She ________________________ (not go) to the concert next week.
5. ____________________ (you, go) to the park next Tuesday?
6. ____________________ (she, start) a new job next week?
Exercise 7. Put the verbs in the suitable tense (using all the tenses above)
1. They ________________ (not travel) to Europe next month.
2. Sarah _____________ (climb) Mount Everest. She is such an adventurous person.
3. Linda _____________ (not come) to the party tomorrow because she has an appointment.
4. My elder brother _________ (be) very intelligent. He __________ (want) to be a doctor.
5. We need more time because Alen _____________ (just finish) the painting, but he hasn't
done the decorating yet.
6. I am so tired. I ____________ (run) 5 miles today.
7. I'm ready to go now. I ______________ (finish) my homework.
8. Every morning I ________ (get up) at 7 o'clock, I __________(have) my breakfast.
9. Pedro ________________ (attend) English classes for two years.
10. ______________________ this programme. (I/ not understand)
11. You're doing well. How many pages ________________ (you, write) so far?
12. Jim and his father ____________________ (not watch) TV. They're asleep.
13. Eva must be ready for the exam now. She _______________ (revise) for weeks!
14. I _________________ (not buy) a new phone next week.
15. Why ___________________ (you/ run)? Are we late?
16. There are some strange noises in the sitting room. What ____________________ (Tom/do)?
17. What time ____________________ (John / get up) every day?
18. When we _____________ (leave) school yesterday, it __________________ (pour) with
rain.
19. I ___________________ (leave) home at 7:00 o'clock every morning.
20. When ________________ (the lesson/ start)?" "It _______________ (begin) 5 mins ago”
21. Alex didn't go to the cinema because he _______________ (see) the film already.
22. ________________ (she meet) her favorite singer at the concert?
23. _________________ (they, come) to the party tonight?
24. Yesterday my uncle ______________ (repair) the car, while I ________________ (do) my
homework.
25. Today _____________ (be) Monday and we ______________ (have) dinner in the dining-
room now.
26. My sister _____________ (believe) in magic. She always ____________ (try) tricks on me!
27. When my parents __________ (be) young, they __________ (love) Rolling Stones.
28. - Hey! What _______________________ (you/do)?
- I __________________ (do) my homework.
29. Once upon a time, there __________ (be) a horrible witch. She __________ (love) scaring
children and she _________ (live) near a school.
30. ____________________ learning English? (you/like)
II. COMPARISON
Exercise 1. Put the word in brackets in the correct forms of Comparison.
1. Don’t ask him, he is _______________________ (busy) of us all!
2. Today it’s _______________________ (not/windy) yesterday.
3. He is _______________________ (slow) pupil in the class.
4. He should win. He is ________________ (good) than any others in the contest.
5. Silver is _______________________ (not/heavy) gold.
6. Grapefruit juice is _______________________ lemonade. (not/sweet)
7. I have had _______________________ (wonderful) holiday of my life.
8. It has been _______________________ (cold) since the beginning of winter.
9. The tomato soup was _______________________ than the mushroom soup. (delicious)
10. That was _______________________ (interesting) story I have ever heard.
11. John is _______________________ (tall) boy in our class.
12. The blue car is _______________________ as the red car. (fast)
Exercise 2. Rewrite the sentences without changing its meaning.
1. Everest is higher than Mont Blanc.
Mont Blanc is not __________________________________________
2. Miranda and Linda are both polite.
Miranda is ________________________________________________
3. No answer is more accurate his answer.
His answer is _____________________________________________
4. These apples are juicier than those pears.
Those pears ______________________________________________
5. The cake and the pie are both delicious.
The pie is _________________________________________________
6. The Amazon River is not as long as The Nile River.
The Nile River is ___________________________________________
7. Emily is the bravest person at school.
No one ___________________________________________________
8. My teacher is stricter than any teacher at my school.
My teacher is _____________________________________________
9. My hair has the same length as yours. (LONG)
My hair ___________________________________________________
10. Tom can swim much faster than Mary. (FAST)
Mary can’t swim ___________________________________________
III. MODAL VERBS
Exercise 1: Fill in the blank with the correct modal verb must/ have to, mustn’t, don’t/
doesn’t have to, should, can (not).
1. _________ I borrow this pen from you?
2. You __________ follow the traffic rules.
3. I ________ visit the local grocery store soon. If we come late, there’s nothing left.
4. You ________ be on time because your flight is at 7:30 a.m.
5. ________ you show me the road to the market?
6. The child _________ be taken to hospital immediately. He has high fever.
7. My teacher ________ speak four languages.
8. I have Mia help me tonight. You _______________ come to the party.
9. Students ___________ drive to school if they are not over 18 years old.
10. John's a millionaire. He ____________ go to work.
Exercise 2: Fill in the blank with the correct modal verb must, may/might/could, can’t.
1. The teacher _________ ask you to bring the homework.
2. According to the weather forecast, it ________ snow heavily tomorrow.
3. It _________ be difficult to live in 7 days without eating anything.
4. My mother __________ scold me if I don’t go back on time.
5. You _________ speak loudly in the hospital.
6. You __________ be late for school as you still have a lot on your plate.
7. We ___________ get to the meeting on time because the train is delayed by one hour.
8. I looked everywhere for my glasses but I ________ find them anywhere.
9. That woman drives a very expensive car. She __________have a lot of money.
10. You _________ practice a lot before you give your speech. It is really good.
Exercise 3: Underline the mistake and then correct it.
1. I can't going to the cinema with you tonight.
2. You shouldn’t to wear that suit now.
3. I don’t like read the newspaper.
4. My brother must to work in the morning.
5. I think we don’t should go to see that film tonight.
IV. ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
Exercise 1. Put adverbs of frequency in the correct position.
1. We eat fast food. (never)
2. Our teacher is late. (often)
3. We have breakfast at home. (always)
4. Tom listens to the radio. (never)
5. My brother reads comics. (sometimes)
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences using adverbs of frequency.
1. I (often / clean) ____________________ my bedroom at the weekend.
2. My brother (hardly / help) ________________________ me with my homework.
3. We (rarely / watch) ____________________ football on TV.
4. You and Tony (never / play) ____________________ computer games with me.
5. The school bus (always / arrive) _____________________ at half past eight.
V. ADJECTIVE – ADVERB
Exercise 1. Choose the correct answer
1. We ______ won the game. (easy/ easily)
2. The boy ________ ran around the dog. (quick/ quickly)
3. I think you behaved very ___________. (selfish/ selfishly)
4. The weather changed __________. (sudden/ suddenly)
5. There was a __________ change in the weather. (sudden/ suddenly)
6. I could sit in this chair all day. It’s very __________. (comfortable/ comfortably)
7. Have a good trip and I hope you have a _________ journey. (safe/ safely)
8. We had to wait for a long time, but we didn’t complain. We waited _________. (patient/
patiently)
9. Mike keeps fit by playing tennis ________. (regular/ regularly)
10. I don’t speak French very ________. (good/ well)
11. Maria’s English is very _________ although she sometimes makes mistakes. (good/ well)
12. I tried on the shoes and they fitted me ________. (perfect/ perfectly)
13. I wasn’t in a hurry, so I was walking _______. (slow/ slowly)
14. There was a _________ noise last night. Did you hear it? (loud/ loudly)
15. Jason _________ ate his dinner.(quick/ quickly)
Exercise 2. Choose the correct answer.
1. She speaks English ___________.
A. quick B. quickly C. A and B
2. Please check your work __________ before submitting it.
A. careful B. careless C. carefully D. carelessly
3. _________ TV is bad for my eyes. That’s what my mother says.
A. Watch B. Watched C. Watching D. Watch
4. He’s a __________ doctor.
A. terribly B. terrible C. A and B
5. We started ________ dinner without you.
A. eating B. to eat C. eat
6. It was a _________ day.
A. sad B. sadly C. A and B
7. I enjoyed _____________ them again.
A. to see B. see C. seeing
8. My mother worked very _________ last week.
A. hard B. hardly C. A and B
9. ___________ the report is what he needs to do now.
A. Finish B. To finish C. Finishing
10. __________ is not allowed during the exam.
A. Talking B. Talked C. Talk D. Talks
VI. CONDITIONAL
Exercise 1: Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct tense.
1. If it ________________ (not rain), plants cannot grow.
2. If Suzy ________________ (not, start) now, she won’t finish the project on time.
3. Your mother ________________ (smile) happily if you give her some beautiful flowers.
4. If you pour oil into water, it ________________ (float).
5. ______________________ (they, be) happy if Kai does that?
6. Water evaporates if you _______________ (boil) it.
7. _____________________ (Deren, cycle) to work if the weather is good?
8. I feel sick if I _____________ (eat) too much chocolate.
9. You need to take my sister to the hospital if she ________________ (drink) milk as she is
allergic to it.
10. If Andy ______________ (go) to bed late, he cannot wake up early.
Exercise 2: Make conditional sentences using the given information.
1. You don’t water the plants, and they will die.
_______________________________________________________________.
2. Finish your homework, and you can watch TV.
_______________________________________________________________.
3. The weather is bad, so we will cancel the picnic.
_______________________________________________________________.
4. You don’t eat breakfast, and you will be hungry.
_______________________________________________________________.
5. Study hard, and you will pass the test.
_______________________________________________________________.
6. Alice may miss the train. But she can get the next one.
_______________________________________________________________.
7. Is Jack going to enter the race? He'll probably win it.
_______________________________________________________________.
8. Stop talking or you won’t understand the lesson
_______________________________________________________________.
9. Fail to pay and they will cut off the electricity.
_______________________________________________________________.
10. Don’t touch that wire or you may get an electric shock.
_______________________________________________________________.
VII. RELATIVE CLAUSE
Exercise 1. Complete the sentence with who/which.
1. The building ___________ is going up in Sirin Street is a school.
2. What do you call the person _________ looks after sick people?
3. The man ______ is sitting in front of the church is following me.
4. That’s the letter ___________ arrived this morning.
5. My brother is a student, ________ has received a scholarship.
6. Captain Scott was the first Englishman __________ went to the Pole.
7. The dress ________ I bought at this shop is very expensive.
8. This famous musician, ________ gave me this small gift, performed an amazing concert.
9. The artist _____ painted that masterpiece is considered a master of realism.
10. That project, ______ we completed before schedule, impressed our clients.
Exercise 2. Rewrite the sentences using Relative clause.
1. The letters were not delivered to me. Marry sent these letters.
_____________________________________________________________.
2. We have visited Hanoi. Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam.
_____________________________________________________________.
3. Nobody can find the boy. He has been lost since January.
_____________________________________________________________.
4. He looks very angry with his daughter. She is wearing a short and red skirt.
_____________________________________________________________.
5. We don’t know how to solve this problem. It makes us stressed.
_____________________________________________________________.
6. My father has sent some cakes. He made them.
_____________________________________________________________.
7. Why don’t you want to eat this ice-cream? She spent a lot of time doing it for you.
_____________________________________________________________.
8. The watch is on the table. I bought the watch yesterday.
_____________________________________________________________.
9. The movie is playing in the theater. I want to watch the movie.
_____________________________________________________________.
10. Paris is the capital of France. It has many attractions.
_____________________________________________________________.
11. The dog is barking. The dog has a long tail.
_____________________________________________________________.
12. The purse is on sale. I want to buy the purse.
_____________________________________________________________.
13. The car is parked in front of the building. I saw the car this morning.
_____________________________________________________________.
14. The cat is very friendly. It lives next door.
_____________________________________________________________.
15. The job is challenging. They offered it to me last week.
_____________________________________________________________.
