Grammar exercises

Tiempos verbales − rellena los huecos:
• Let's go out. It ..................................(not rain) now.
• Julia is very good at languages. She .................................. (speak) four very well.
• Hurry up! Everybody .................................. (wait) for you.
• .................................. (you watch) the T.V.? No you can turn it off.
• .................................. (you watch) the T.V. every day? No only occasionally.
• The river Nile .................................. (flow) into the Mediterranean Sea.
• Look at the river. It .................................. (flow) very fast today.
• We usually .................................. (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we ..................................
(not grow) any this year.
• How is your English? Not bad. It .................................. (improve) slowly.
• Ron is in London at the moment. He .................................. (stay) at the Park Hotel. He always
.................................. (stay) there when he's in London.
• Can we stop walking soon? I ..................................(start) to feel tired.
• Can you drive? I .................................. (learn) at the moment. My father .................................. (teach) me.
• Normally I .................................. (finish) work at 5.00 but this week I .................................. (work) until
6.00.
• My parents ..................................(live) in Bristol. Where .................................. (your parents live)?
• Sonia .................................. (look) for a place to live. She .................................. (stay) with her sister until
she finds somewhere.
• What .................................. (your father do)? He's an architect but he .................................. (not work) at the
moment.
• The train is never late. It always .................................. (leave) on time.
Past simple y present perfect
• Where's your key? I don't know. I ..................................(lose) it.
• I .................................. (be) very tired so I went to bed.
• Mary .................................. (go) to Australia for a month but she's back now.
• Where's Ken? He .................................. (go) out. He'll be back in an hour.
• I did German at school but I .................................. (forget) most of it.
• I meant to phone Peter last night but I .................................. (forget)
• I .................................. (have) a headache earlier but I feel fine now.
• Look! There's an ambulance over there. There .................................. (be) an accident.
• They're still building the new road. The .................................. (finish) it yet.
• Is Helen still here? No, she .................................. (just go) out.
• The police .................................. (arrest) three people last night.
• Ann .................................. (give) me her address but I'm afraid I .................................. (lose) it.
• Where's my bike? It ..................................(be) outside the house. It .................................. (disappear).
• What do you think of my English? Do you think I .................................. (improve).
Past perfect/past simple
• Was Tom at the party when you arrived? No, he ..........................(go) home.
• I felt very tired when I got home, so I .......................... (go) to bed.
• The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody .......................... (go) to bed.
• Sorry I'm late. The car .......................... (break) down on my way here.
• We were driving along the road when we .......................... (see) a car which .......................... (break) down,
so we .......................... (stop) to see if we could help.
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Will /going to
• A: why are you turning on the T.V.?
B: .......................................... ( I watch) the news.
• A: Oh! I've just realised I haven't got any money.
B: Haven't you? Well, don't worry. .......................................... (I lend) you some.
• A: I've got a headache.
B: Have you? Wait there and .......................................... ( I get) an aspirin for you.
• A: Why are you filling that bucket with water?
B: .......................................... ( I wash) the car.
• A: I've decided to repaint this room.
B: Have you? What colour .......................................... (you paint) it?
• A: Where are you going? Are you going shopping?
B: Yes, .......................................... (I buy) something for dinner.
• A: I don't know how to use this camera.
B: It's quite easy. .......................................... (I show) you.
• A: What would you like to eat?
B: .......................................... (I have) a sandwhich, please.
• A: Did you post that letter for me?
B: Oh I'm sorry! I forgot. .......................................... (I do) it now.
• A: The ceiling in this room doesn't look very safe, does it?
B: No, it looks as if .......................................... (it fall) down.
• A: Has George decided what to do when he leaves school?
B: Oh, yes. Everything is planned. .......................................... (he have) a holiday for a few weeks and then
.......................................... (he do) a computer programming course.
Conditionales tipo 2
• They would be offended if I .............................(not go) to see them.
• If you took more exercise, you ............................. (feel) better.
• If I was offered the job, I think I .............................(take) it.
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• If I sold my car, I ............................. (get) much money for it.
• A lot of people would be out of work if the factory ............................. (close down).
• What would happen if I ............................. (press) that red button.
• If someone ............................. (walk) in here with a gun, I would be very afraid.
Rellena los huecos con un tiempo verbal:
• What would happen if I ............................. (press) that red button.
• A: What would you like to eat? B: .......................................... (I have) a sandwhich, please.
• Was Tom at the party when you arrived? No, he ..........................(go) home.
• I felt very tired when I got home, so I .......................... (go) to bed.
• They're still building the new road. The .................................. (not finish) it yet.
• A: I've decided to repaint this room. B: Have you? What colour ....................................... (you paint) it?
• Is Helen still here? No, she .................................. (just go) out.
• The police .................................. (arrest) three people last night.
• A: Why are you filling that bucket with water? B: .......................................... ( I wash) the car.
• I did German at school but I .................................. (forget) most of it.
• I meant to phone Peter last night but I .................................. (forget)
• I .................................. (have) a headache earlier but I feel fine now.
• If you took more exercise, you ............................. (feel) better.
• If I was offered the job, I think I .............................(take) it.
• Sorry I'm late. The car .......................... (break) down on my way here.
• We were driving along the road when we .......................... (see) a car which .......................... (break) down,
so we .......................... (stop) to see if we could help.
• A: Where are you going? Are you going shopping? B: Yes, .......................................... (I buy) something
for dinner.
• Look! There's an ambulance over there. There .................................. (be) an accident.
• A: I don't know how to use this camera. B: It's quite easy. .......................................... (I show) you.
• A lot of people would be out of work if the factory ............................. (close down).
• They would be offended if I .............................(not go) to see them.
• If someone ............................. (walk) in here with a gun, I would be very afraid.
• .................................. (you watch) the T.V.? No you can turn it off.
• .................................. (you watch) the T.V. every day? No only occasionally.
• Ron is in London at the moment. He .................................. (stay) at the Park Hotel. He always
.................................. (stay) there when he's in London.
• Can we stop walking soon? I ..................................(start) to feel tired.
• The river Nile .................................. (flow) into the Mediterranean Sea.
• Look at the river. It .................................. (flow) very fast today.
• We usually .................................. (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we ..................................
(not grow) any this year.
• How is your English? Not bad. It .................................. (improve) slowly.
• Can you drive? I .................................. (learn) at the moment. My father .................................. (teach) me.
• The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody .......................... (go) to bed.
• If I sold my car, I ............................. (get) much money for it.
Condicionales: Cambiar las frases al tercer tipo.
Forma: if + s + had + part. ....., s + would have + part. ...
Recuerda −
Lo que va en afirmativo se cambia a negativo y vice−versa
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Omite el `so'
You arrived late so your dinner is cold.
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My father needs some money so he is working in the factory.
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The factory was destroyed so the workers lost their jobs.
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Alfred didn't turn off the gas properly so the fire started.
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London wasn't clean so the plague broke out.
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The fire stopped the plague so more people didn't die.
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They didn't check the oil so they broke down.
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I heard the phone ring so I answered it.
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Cathy turned down the volume so the neighbours didn't complain.
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We didn't have enough money so we couldn't get in.
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The water was too cold so she didn't go swimming.
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I didn't have your telephone number so I didn't call you.
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They were driving too fast so they had an accident.
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It started to rain so we didn't go to the cinema.
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There was a lot of traffic so we arrived late.
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The glasses weren't clean so we didn't use them.
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I didn't see Tom so I didn't tell him.
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Peter passed his exam so his parents bought him a bicycle.
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She felt very ill so we took her to the hospital.
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Cambiar las frases al tercer tipo condicional:
I wasn't hungry so I didn't eat anything.
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The accident happened because the driver in front stopped suddenly.
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I didn't know that George had to get up early so I didn't wake him up.
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I was able to buy the car because Jim lent me the money.
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Margaret wasn't injured in the crash because she was wearing a seat belt.
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You didn't have any breakfast, that's why you're hungry now.
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I didn't get a taxi because I didn't have enough money on me.
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• After Michael ......................... (type) the letter, he .................(give) it to Jane to sign.
• After they .............................. (eat) all the food, they .........................(pick) up their bags and left.
• Can we meet at 10 outside the station? Okay. I ..............................(see) you there.
• Do you like my new solar watch? Look. I ........................ (show) you how it works.
• Don't sit on that chair I .................................(just/paint) it.
• Get out of that building! It sounds like the generator ..................................!(explode)
• Helen ........................ (break) her leg while she ......................(ski) in Switzerland.
• I ............................ (carry) this suitcase around with me all day and it's really heavy.
• I ................................... (work) very hard for this exam. I hope I do well.
• I think I ....................... (walk) home across the park.
• I wouldn't walk across that old bridge if I were you. It looks like it ................................. (collapse)
• I'm not feeling well. In fact I think I .............................. (be) sick!
• I'm sure you .........................(have) a good time staying with Richard.
• In 1788 he ...............................(write) his last great work in Vienna.
• Oh no! My car ......................................... (disappear)!
• Research ............................... (show) that cycling can help patients with their health.
• The eclipse ........................ (begin) at 2 minutes past 3.
• The football match ............................. (start) at 6 O'clock tonight.
• The guests were early. They ......................(arrive) as I .........................(get) changed.
• The last train ....................... (leave) at 10 O'clock to Bristol.
• The rabbit just ...............................(appear) one day in my garden last week.
• There isn't much to do, now that we ............................ (solve) the main problem.
• Tim ........................... (retire) early, before he is 65. That's what he said yesterday.
• We ......................... (met) when I ................................(work) in a music shop.
• We ............................... (eat) with Tim tonight. He's asked us to be there by 7.
• When he was 13 his parents ............................ (move) to the United States.
• When Jenny ........................(check) that the children were asleep, she ....................... (go) out to the concert.
• When she .....................(come) into the hall, everybody .....................(start) cheering.
• While I ........................ (get) into the bath the fire alarm ...................... (sound)
Cambiar las frases a la pasiva:
• The Earthquake destroyed a number of priceless paintings.
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