Grammar practice

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Tense review
1 Complete the sentences with the present simple, present
continuous or imperative form of the verbs in brackets.
1 I (see) my grandparents in
Cantabria every year.
2 (close) the window! It’s cold!
3 We (move) house at the
moment.
4 I (try) to get to Manaus. Is
there another flight?
5 (not go) near the water! You
might fall in!
2 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.
1 I ’ve waited / ’ve been waiting here for two hours!
2 They ’ve looked / ’ve been looking at travel books about Brazil
all morning.
3 Carol hasn’t ever lived / hasn’t ever been living on her own.
3 Complete the sentences with the past simple, past
continuous or past perfect forms of the verbs in brackets.
1 I (visit) Australia some years
before I (go) to university.
2 While we (sit) on the beach,
it (start) to rain.
3 Dave (decide) to drive to
Ayer’s Rock because he
(hear) it was beautiful.
4 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.
1 Very few people used to / use to have the internet in those
days.
2 The Brazilian Amazon wouldn’t / didn’t use to be a holiday
destination.
3 Hotels would / wouldn’t to look after their customers.
4 When I was a kid, we would / would to climb trees.
5 You did use to / Did you use to travel by train?
5 Choose the best future tense answers to complete the
sentences.
1 This time next week, we will be living / are living in the new
house!
2 I am meeting / will meet Sam and John at 5 pm for coffee.
3 In 20 years’time, everybody is going to have / will have
electric cars.
4 Look at the sky. It will be raining / is going to rain for sure.
5 That looks heavy. I will help / am helping you.
6 I will take / will be taking my books back to the library
tomorrow.
7 By the end of this year, she’s going to travel / will have
travelled by plane 24 times.
6 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets using
the most appropriate tense.
1 I (work) hard all morning.
2 It (rain) when we started the
journey.
3 Sally (work) as a flight
attendant.
4 He (never, go) to New York.
5 There (not be) any road travel
in the next century.
6 (answer) the phone! My
hands are wet!
7 (you, see) today’s newspaper?
7 Put the words in the correct order to make yes/no questions.
1 many / you / books / read / Do / ?
2 this / at / you / moment / watching / Are / programme /
the / ?
3 to / weekend / travelling / you / Dublin / be / Will / next / ?
8 Complete the questions using the question words from the
box.
How long How much Which
1 museum would you prefer to visit?
2 does the sightseeing tour last?
3 will the tickets cost?
9 Rewrite the sentences with used to or didn’t use to.
1 Children were happy with simple toys.
2 Fewer people went to university in those days.
3 Most people worked on Saturdays.
4 Everybody used pens to write documents when in the
office.
5 There weren’t so many unemployed people.
6 Travelling abroad wasn’t so easy in the past.
10 Rewrite these sentences from Exercise 9 using would.
1 Fewer people went to university in those days.
2 Most people worked on Saturdays.
3 Everybody used pens to write documents when in the
office.
Unit 1Grammar practice – reinforcement