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Unit 1 Exercises: 1 Is The Verb in Bold An Auxiliary Verb (A) or A Full Verb (F) ?

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UNIT 1 EXERCISES

1 Is the verb in bold an auxiliary verb (A) or a full verb (F)?


1 A We’ve seen this film before.
2 F We had a lovely meal at Angie’s.
3 _A_ Did anyone phone last night?
4 _F_ We did the washing-up before we went to bed.
5 _A_ We weren’t using your CD player, honestly!
6 _F_ Where were Andy and Lou at lunchtime?
7 _F_ Philippa never does her homework.
8 _F_ What have you done with my pen?
9 _A_ Why are you looking so sad?
10 _F_ We’ve got a new computer at home.

2 Match the sentences 1–8 with tenses a–h


1 d My children always do their homework.
2 _h_ I’ve had this book for a week.
3 _c_ Portuguese is spoken in Brazil.
4 _a_ The Egyptians built the Pyramids.
5 _e_ What were you doing an hour ago?
6 _b_ If you are looking at the Vatican, which city are you standing in?
7 _g_ When was the film Titanic made?
8 _f_ We had left the lights on all night.
a Past Simple
b Present Continuous
c Present Simple passive
d Present Simple
e Past Continuous
f Past Perfect Simple
g Past Simple passive
h Present Perfect Simple

3 Make these sentences negative.


1 Simon has lived here for a long time.
Simon hasn’t lived here for a long time
2 I went to America last year.
I didn’t go to America last year.
3 I’m working very hard.
I’m not working very hard.
4 She’s arriving this afternoon.
She isn’t arriving this afternoon.
5 They were laughing at you.
They weren’t laughing at you.
4 Write questions for these answers.
1 No, the parcel hasn’t arrived.
Has the parcel arrived?
2 Champagne is made in France.
Where is champagne made ?
3 Yes, I enjoyed the film very much.
Did you enjoy the film ?
4 At 8.00 last night I was washing my hair.
What were you doing at 8.00 last night ?
5 Football was invented in England.
Where was football invented ?

5 Match the questions with the short answers.


1 _c_ Is the world getting hotter?
2 _b_Were you listening carefully?
3 _d_Are the pyramids of Egypt still standing?
4 _a_ Do you think it’s going to rain?
5 _e_ Have we got time to play another game of tennis?
a Yes, I do.
b No, we weren’t.
c Yes, it is.
d Yes, they are.
e Yes, you have.

UNIT 2 EXERCISES

1 Are the adverbs of frequency in the correct position? Correct the wrong sentences.
1 X Do usually you sit here?
Do you usually sit here?
2 √ I have always liked Peter.

3 _X_ Hardly ever I have anything to eat in the morning.


I hardly ever have anything to eat in the morning.
4 _√_ I usually take my daughter to school.
_________________________________________________
5 _X_ I go abroad on business sometimes.
I sometimes go abroad on business
6 _X_ I have never enough money.
I never have enough money
7 _√_ We often have tests in class.
_________________________________________________
8 _X_ Our teacher gives us always too much homework.
Our teacher always gives us too much homework.
9 _X_ Sonia rarely is late for class.
Sonia is rarely late for class

2 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form, Present Simple or Present Continuous.
1 She plays(play) golf with her husband every Tuesday.
2 I ‘m not studying(not study) French, I already speak (speak) French fluently!
3 Some birds fly (fly) to warm countries in the winter.
4 We never go (go) on holiday at Christmas.
5 Why is she wearing (wear) that funny hat?
6 Our cousins don’t visit (not visit) us very often.
7 Do you fix (fix) computers?
8 Are (be) they always late for meetings?
9 Wear your boots. It ‘s snowing (snow).
10 We’re having (have) dinner together next Monday.
11 No, I don’t live (not live) in Rome, I live (live) in Milan.
12 He works (work) for an international company so he travels (travel) a lot in his job.
13 We’re studying (study) very hard at the moment.
14 Next week she’s going (go) to Madrid on business.

3 Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Present Continuous form of the verb
in brackets.
1 She has (have) dinner with her boss on Fridays.
2 I’m thinking (think) about moving to a bigger flat.
3 We’re interviewing (interview) for the post of Store Manager.
4 Many people don’t like (not like) wearing a uniform.
5 The company makes (make) £1m profit a year.
6 Sorry, I don’t have (not have) any change.
7 You’re so thin. How much do you weigh (weigh)?
8 I’m not doing (not do) anything right now – come and have a coffee.

4 Complete the sentences with the Present Simple passive or Present Continuous passive.
1 English is spoken (speak) here.
2 Service isn’t included (not include) in the bill.
3 The staff room is being redecorated (redecorate) at the moment.
4 On average, calls are answered (answer) within 5 rings.
5 About 1,000 people are employed (employ) at this company.
6 Several new office blocks are being built (build) at the moment.
7 I am paid (paid) on the first day of the month.
8 At this very moment. the injured are being taken (take) to hospital.
UNIT 3 EXERCISES

1 Match the sentence with the tense.


1 _b_ I did the week’s grocery shopping on my home computer.
2 _a_ I hadn’t been to that part of town before.
3 _c_ Why were you running down the street?
a Past Perfect Simple
b Past Simple
c Past Continuous

2 Choose the correct form of the verb, Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1 They fell / were falling in love when they worked / were working in Rome.
2 She read / was reading quietly in her room when suddenly the lights went / were going out and she
heard / was hearing a scream.
3 Didn’t you meet / Weren’t you meeting your wife while you lived / were living in Italy?
4 I saw / was seeing you in the park yesterday. You sat / were sitting with your arm round Tom.
5 Why didn’t they visit / weren’t they visiting me when they stayed / were staying in London?
6 What did you write / were you writing when your computer crashed / was crashing?

3 Which happened first? Write True or False.


1 I drove to the house but Cathy had left.
First Cathy left, then I arrived. True
2 The class had started when I arrived.
First I arrived, then the class started. False
3 We had just finished painting the fence when it started to rain.
First we finished painting, then it rained. ___True__
4 She’d been walking home when the storm began.
First she started walking, then the storm began. __True___

4 Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or the Past Perfect forms of the verbs in
brackets.
1 I didn’t ring (not ring) him because I ’d forgotten(forgot) his number.
2 He hadn’t pass (not pass) his driving test when he drove (drive) from San Francisco to LA!
3 He didn’t know (not know) how the cat had walked (walk) 100 kilometres to its old home.
4 She only heard (hear) about the interview three months after she applied (apply) for the job.
5 When he first went (go) to Moscow he ’d never travelled (never travel) abroad before.
6 They didn’t know (not watch) the film because they’d seen (see) it before.
7 That’s a surprise! I didn’t know (not know) you two had met (meet) already.
8 They’d been (be) married for five years when they had (have) their first child.

5 Rewrite the sentences using the passive.


1 Somebody broke my glasses.
My glasses were broken.
2 He didn’t come because nobody had invited him.
He didn’t come because he hadn’t been invited.
3 Somebody had left the lights on.
The lights had been left on .
4 Somebody told me about it yesterday.
I was told yesterday.
5 Did the ambulance take you to hospital?
Were you taken by ambulance?
6 Nobody gave them any information.
They weren’t given

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