Grammar Practice

Grammar Practice:

       I.            Choose the correct answer

1)      I need ………………….. soon.

a.       going      b.  to go

2)      I promise………………you tomorrow.

a.       helping    b. to help

3)      My father made me ……….. early on Saturday.

a.       getting up   b. to get up  c. get up

4)      I hope ……………. this report soon.

a.       will finish   b. finishing  c. to finish

5)      I'm afraid I'm not hungry. I ………………….

a.       don't eat   b. have already eaten   c. didn't eat

6)      Just a moment. I ………….. of a good idea yet.

a.       don't think   b. didn't think   c. haven't thought

7)      If she misses the bus, I …………………. her to school by car.

a.       am going to take   b. will take   c. would take

8)      If I had known you were in town, I …………… you some flowers.

a.       would have bought    b. will buy   c. bought

9)      I would get a new job if, ………………….

a.       I was you   b. I am    c. I were you

10)  I like ……………… to music.

a.       to listening to   b. listen    c. listening

    II.            Language Use:

      Match the question with its response.      

1)      What would you like, sir?

2)      What time does the café close?

3)      What time do you want to eat?

4)      What can I do to help?

5)      What does she look like?

6)      How long will you be there?

7)      What's she like?

8)      When did you move here?

a)      When it's ready.

b)      She's fairly tall.

c)      She's friendly and quiet.

d)     I'd like a steak, please.

e)      Just stay out of the kitchen.

f)       A bout six months.

g)      I'm learning in June.

h)      It's open until at leas 1:00.

i)        When I was fourteen.

j)        She's cooking in the kitchen.

k)      I won't be late.

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 III.            Match the sentence halves

1)      You don't like meat, ……………………….?

2)      They've been travelling for hours, …………………………?

3)      Ben can play the piano,  …………………………?

4)      We have a free period before lunch today, ………………………….?

5)      She doesn't work at the leisure center any more, ………………………………?

6)      You aren't upset about what Timothy said, ………………………….?

 IV.            Complete the sentence

1)      I like ……………out

a.       go  b. going   c. to go

2)      I ……………..to introduce you to my friends

a.       like  b. love   c. I'd like

3)      Where ………….come from?

a.       are you   b. do you

4)      I'm ……………Italy.

a.       from   b. come from.

5)      A: Did you see Jame?

B: Oh! He's just …………………….

a)      go out   b. went out   c. gone out

6)      If you ……………this book, you would have known it a lot.

a.       you have read   b. read   c. had read

7)      I ………………take my shoes off  if, I were you.

a.       will   b. would   c. 'm going to

    V.            Vocabulary

1.      My wife has just been ………….Spain.

a.       in   b.to    c.at

2.      That's really typical …………Jonh. He says he'll come but he never turns up.

a.       of    b. to    c. at

3.      I'm afraid I'm not good ……….English.

a.       at     b. in     c. of

4.      I haven't seen John ………..he got married.

a.       while    b. when    c. since

5.      My son's really afraid ………….dogs.

a.       to   b. at    c. of

 VI.            Grammar

1.      Do you ………….here?

a.       work    b. working    c. worked

2.      We've ……………here for six months.

a.       lived     b. live   c. living

3.      How long have you …………………here?

a.       live    b. been live   c. been living

4.      Will you ……….working here?

a.       be    b. was   c. were

5.      You will ………….soon.

a.       go    b. gone   c. went

6.      This book …………………written in 1969.

a.       is    b. were    c. was

7.      Coffee is …………….in Columbia.

a.       grow     b. grown   c. grew

8.      The meeting won't ……

a.       cancelled   b. cancel   c. be cancelled