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GRAMMAR CHECK 2

1st T ER M

Name:
Long date:

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE and PRESENT PERFECT C O N TIN U O U S


1. Complete the sentence.
a. I ____________________ (watch) this TV show for two months and I’ve really enjoyed it.
b. I think this denim skirt still looks nice, and it ____________________ (not go) out of fashion.
c. I ____________________ (finish) folding all these shirts up, so now I can put them away.
d. Hannah’s room is a mess because she ____________________ (not hang up) any of her clothes yet.
e. Harry ____________________ (play) that video game all day and I’ve no idea when he’s going to stop.

VERB TENSES
2. Tenses review. Complete with the suitable form of the verbs in brackets.
a. Be quiet! Can’t you see that I ......................................... (speak) on the phone?
b. Mr Clark .................................... (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then he gave it up.
c. I don’t know Carol’s husband. …………………… you ............... (ever meet ) him?
d. Peter .......................... (drink) wine with his meals.
e. My parents ……………………………(drive) home when they ............... (see) the accident.
f. I forgot to phone my parents! I ............................... (phone) them now!
g. Carol ................................... (not leave) school yet.
h. Everyone ………………………..(sleep) when the earthquake hit the small town last night.
i. He ___________________ (live) in Alcoy since November.
j. While I (walk) to school yesterday, I found a small cat.
k. You cannot see Tom. He (have) a bath.
l. We (buy) the tickets yesterday before we came to the station.
m. I (run) all day long. I’m super tired now.

USED TO – WOULD
3. Complete the sentences with USED TO in the correct form. Circle the sentences in which you can
use WOULD too.
a. When I was young, we live in the countryside. Now, we live in the city.
b. On summer morning, we ____________ get up early while everyone else was asleep.
c. I _________ make breakfast for myself and creep out of the house to go fishing.
d. There be a shopping centre in the town five years ago. It was built last year.
e. you spend hours fishing in a small river near our house?

4. Answer the questions below about you using USED TO or WOULD:


a. What game did you use to play when you were a kid?
b. Where did you use to go when you met your friends?
c. What time did you use to get up to go to primary school?
d. What food did you use to like?
FUTURE
5. Complete the sentences with WILL-BE GOING TO-FUTURE CONTINUOUS.
a. I feel under the weather. I think I (stay) at home tomorrow.
b. In 10 years’ time, the president of Spain (be) a woman!
c. Maybe I (not watch) the match tonight. It depends on my parents.
d. Where is the journalist going? He ___________________ (interview) some witnesses.
e. What are your sister’s plans for next week? She (fly) to NY on business.
f. This time tomorrow, we (do) nothing at home.
g. Don’t sit on your iPad. You _______ break it.
h. Would you prefer tea or coffee? I (have) some coffee, please.
i. Next Saturday I _______________________ have a party because it’s my birthday.
j. - Where are you going? – To the cinema
-Are you coming? – OK. I _______ go.

6. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the FUTURE
CONTINUOUS or FUTURE PERFECT.
a. By this time next year, I (go) to college.
b. By 2220 scientists will (invent) fridges which read the use-by date on milk.
c. In 2220 we ___________________ (drive) electric cars.
d. By 2220 doctors (find) cures to most diseases.
e. Within the next twenty years, we (work) from home.

MODIFIERS

7. Choose the correct options.

The way we buy things has changed 1a lot / absolutely / far recently. In the past, my grandmother used to
make her own clothes. She wasn’t a professional designer, but she was 2pretty / quite / far more talented
than I am! She even made my mother’s wedding dress. My mother has been keeping it in her wardrobe for
20 years, although she 3only wears / has only worn / has only been wearing it only once! Now, of course, it’s
easy to buy cheap clothes online, and it’s sad that 4far / quite / pretty a few people have no idea how to
repair their own clothes. That’s why I’ve been learning how to make my own clothes. 5I’ve only just started /
I’ve only just been starting / I only started, so I’m not very good yet, unfortunately!

8. Write a sentence with the following words:


a. Extremely à
b. A bit à
c. Will à
d. Now à
e. Yesterday à
f. By 2025 à
g. Since I was a kid à

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