- •Grammar book 1
- •Present simple / present continuous
- •The Present Simple Tense is also used in:
- •The past simple tense
- •Exercise 4. Tick the correct sentences.
- •Past simple / past continuous
- •The present perfect tense
- •1. The Brown Family goes to Switzerland every winter. They started to do this 4 years ago.
- •Test on present perfect and past simple
- •The present perfect continuous tense
- •Exercises on the present tenses
- •Test on present tenses
- •The past perfect tense
- •Exercises on the past perfect / past simple
- •Exercise 4. Change the verb into the correct form: Past Simple, Past Perfect
- •The past perfect continuous
- •I had been dating Angelina for 3 years before we got married.
- •I had to go on a diet because I had been eating too much sugar.
- •If it hadn't been raining, we would have gone to the park.
- •Exercises on past perfect and past perfect continuous
- •1. First: It snowed all morning. Second: The kids went outside to make a snowman.
- •List of Irregular Verbs
Exercises on past perfect and past perfect continuous
Exercise 1. Choose the past perfect, or the past perfect continuous.
1. When we arrived the film ________________________________ (start).
2. She ________________________________ (work) in that company for
twenty years when she was made redundant.
3. I felt ill because I ________________________________ (drink) six cups of
coffee.
4. I ________________________________ (study) all day, so I was tired.
5. How long ________________________________ (you / live) in London
when your daughter was born?
6. When I arrived at the airport I realised I
________________________________ (forget) my passport.
7. I ________________________________ (break) my ankle, so I couldn’t go
skiing last year.
8. She ________________________________ (study) English for three years
when she took the exam.
9. I ________________________________ (run), so I was hot and tired.
10. I didn’t go to the class because I ________________________________ (not /
do) my homework.
Exercise 2. Connect two sentences into one making some changes as it is shown in the example.
1. First: It snowed all morning. Second: The kids went outside to make a snowman.
Answer: Before the kids went outside, it had been snowing all morning.
2. First: She loved him for a year. Second: They had their first date.
3. First: I studied French for 2 years. Second: I visited France.
4. First: Trudy drove for 12 straight hours. Second: She had an accident.
5. First: The doctor was trained for 4 years. Second: He opened his own office.
6. First: I believed you. Second: Sam told me the truth.
7. First: Diane watched TV all afternoon. Second: Her eyes were itchy.
8. First: Columbus sailed for more than 2 months. Second: He and his 90 sailors saw North America.
9. First: It rained a long time. Second: Robin's clothes were wet.
10. First: Raw meat was on the table for a week. Second: The house stunk.
List of Irregular Verbs
Infinitive |
Simple Past |
Past Participle |
arise |
arose |
arisen |
awake |
awoke |
awoken |
be |
was, were |
been |
beat |
beat |
beaten |
become |
became |
become |
begin |
began |
begun |
bend |
bent |
bent |
bet |
bet |
bet |
bind |
bound |
bound |
bite |
bit |
bitten |
bleed |
bled |
bled |
blow |
blew |
blown |
break |
broke |
broken |
breed |
bred |
bred |
bring |
brought |
brought |
broadcast |
broadcast |
broadcast |
build |
built |
built |
burn |
burnt/burned |
burnt/burned |
burst |
burst |
burst |
buy |
bought |
bought |
catch |
caught |
caught |
choose |
chose |
chosen |
cling |
clung |
clung |
come |
came |
come |
cost |
cost |
cost |
creep |
crept |
crept |
cut |
cut |
cut |
deal |
dealt |
dealt |
dig |
dug |
dug |
do |
did |
done |
draw |
drew |
drawn |
dream |
dreamt/dreamt |
dreamed/dreamed |
drink |
drank |
drunk |
drive |
drove |
driven |
eat |
ate |
eaten |
fall |
fell |
fallen |
feed |
fed |
fed |
feel |
felt |
felt |
fight |
fought |
fought |
find |
found |
found |
flee |
fled |
fled |
fly |
flew |
flown |
forbid |
forbade |
forbidden |
forget |
forgot |
forgotten |
forgive |
forgave |
forgiven |
freeze |
froze |
frozen |
get |
got |
gotten |
give |
gave |
given |
go |
went |
gone |
grow |
grew |
grown |
hang |
hung |
hung |
have |
had |
had |
hear |
heard |
heard |
hide |
hid |
hidden |
hit |
hit |
hit |
hold |
held |
held |
hurt |
hurt |
hurt |
keep |
kept |
kept |
know |
knew |
known |
lay |
laid |
laid |
lead |
led |
led |
learn |
learnt/learned |
learnt/learned |
leave |
left |
left |
lend |
lent |
lent |
let |
let |
let |
lie |
lay |
lain |
light |
lit/lighted |
lit/lighted |
lose |
lost |
lost |
make |
made |
made |
mean |
meant |
meant |
meet |
met |
met |
pay |
paid |
paid |
put |
put |
put |
quit |
quit |
quit |
read |
read |
read |
ride |
rode |
ridden |
ring |
rang |
rung |
rise |
rose |
risen |
run |
ran |
run |
say |
said |
said |
see |
saw |
seen |
seek |
sought |
sought |
sell |
sold |
sold |
send |
sent |
sent |
set |
set |
set |
shake |
shook |
shaken |
shine |
shone |
shone |
shoot |
shot |
shot |
show |
showed |
shown |
shrink |
shrank |
shrunk |
shut |
shut |
shut |
sing |
sang |
sung |
sit |
sat |
sat |
sleep |
slept |
slept |
slide |
slid |
slid(en) |
sling |
slung |
slung |
smell |
smelt/smelled |
smelt/smelled |
speak |
spoke |
spoken |
speed |
sped |
sped |
spell |
spelt/spelled |
spelt/spelled |
spend |
spent |
spent |
spill |
spilt/spilled |
spilt/spilled |
spit |
spat |
spat |
split |
split |
split |
spread |
spread |
spread |
stand |
stood |
stood |
steal |
stole |
stolen |
stick |
stuck |
stuck |
sting |
stung |
stung |
stink |
stank |
stunk |
spring |
sprang |
sprung |
strike |
struck |
struck |
swear |
swore |
sworn |
sweep |
swept |
swept |
swim |
swam |
swum |
swing |
swung |
swung |
take |
took |
taken |
teach |
taught |
taught |
tear |
tore |
torn |
tell |
told |
told |
think |
thought |
thought |
throw |
threw |
thrown |
understand |
understood |
understood |
upset |
upset |
upset |
wake |
woke (waked) |
woken (waked) |
wear |
wore |
worn |
win |
won |
won |
wind |
wound |
wound |
withdraw |
withdrew |
withdrawn |
write |
wrote |
written |