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Grammar quiz: Simple and Continuous

What do you know about verbs?

1.

How do we form the past tense of these verbs:

help, want, enjoy, finish, love

Which of the above verbs is the odd one out? Can you give examples of any other verbs like this?

2.

What is the past tense of these verbs?

feel, teach, win, go, have, take, meet

3.

What is the difference between the verbs in questions 1 and 2 above?

4.

Some verbs are not normally used in the continuous tenses. Can you give examples?

5.

How do we spell the following verbs in the past simple form?

travel, stop, marry, study

6.

How do we spell the following verbs in the continuous form?

win, travel, stop, run

7.

How do we write these words in the third person singular (he / she / it) form of the present simple?

finish, wash, watch, do

8.

How do you make the following sentences negative?

I play in the football team.

She won the school cup.

He was watching the game of tennis.

My friend is a lawyer.

What is the difference between the first two sentences and the last two?

9.

How do you make the sentences above into questions?

What do you know about frequency adverbs and time expressions?

10.

Put the adverb “currently” into this sentence:

I am studying for a Master’s.

11.

Complete the rule:

Adverbs are usually placed _________ the verb.

12.

Look at the following expressions. Do they describe present time, a point in the past time, a specific year, a sequence of actions?

Last year was my first year as a notary.

In 2000 I wanted to spend time with my children. They were 2 and 3 years’ old at that time. But after a year I was ready to go back to work.

After I finished university in 2009, I travelled round Europe.

Nowadays I work as a manager.

Common mistakes

13.

Below are examples of typical learner mistakes. Find and underline them:

I’m playing computer games in my free time.

She like music.

Last night I study English for three hours.

At the moment I do my homework.

Everybody love holidays.

Now correct the mistakes.

12. Past Perfect

Use

  1. past action which occurred before another action or before a stated past time

He had left by the time I got there. (or by 8.15)

  1. complete past action which had visible results in the past

She was sad because she had failed the test

  1. the Past Perfect is the past equivalent of the Present Perfect

(He can't find his watch He has lost it) He couldn't find his watch. He had lost it

Time expressions: for, since, already, after, just, never, yet, before, by, by the time etc.

12.1* Complete the sentence with the past simple or past perfect simple form of the verb in brackets:

1. When I (try) tried to use my laptop, I realized the battery (run) _______ down.

2. I (turn) _______ the computer off, but forgot that I (not save) _______ my work.

3. I only remembered I (not pay) _______ the bill when my Internet connection (stop) _______ working.

4. When I (receive) _______ the e-mail, I couldn't understand who (send) _______ it.

5. When I (check) _______ the instructions, I understood what I (do) _______.

6. I knew I (receive) _______ a virus when I (run) _______ the anti-virus program.

7. As soon as I (download) _______ the document, I knew I (make) _______ a mistake.

8. I could see what (go) _______ wrong as soon as I (look) _______ inside the printer.

9. I knew I (press) _______ the wrong key when nothing (happen) _______.

10. When the screen (go) _______ blank, I couldn't understand how it (happen) _______.

12.2* Choose the correct form. A, B or C, to complete the sentences:

On 26 December 2004, Tilly Smith, a 10-year-old British schoolgirl, 1) was walking on the beach with her family. They 2) ___ Christmas in Thailand. Suddenly Tilly 3) ___ that something was wrong. She could see that the water 4) ___ and waves 5) ___ up the beach. The beach 6) ___ smaller and smaller. She 7) ___ that there had been an earthquake in Sumatra that morning, but she 8) ___ a geography lesson she 9) ___ at school just two weeks before. So she 10) ___ her mother what she 11) ___ about earthquakes and giant waves. Luckily for the Smith family, Tilly's teacher Andrew Kearney 12) ___ the class about earthquakes and 13) ___ them a video of a tsunami in Hawaii. Tilly 14) ___ screaming at her parents to get off the beach. They 15) ___ Tilly back to their hotel, which was not too close to the shore, and 16) ___ the alarm. One of the staff, who was Japanese, 17) ___ the word tsunami, and 18) ___ everyone to leave the beach. From their room on the third floor, the Smiths 19) ___ the terrible effects of the tsunami on the area. Thanks to Tilly, everybody from that beach 20) ___ that terrible day.

1. walked

had walked

was walking

2. spent

had spent

were spending

3. felt

had felt

was feeling

4. rose

had risen

was rising

5. came

had come

were coming

6. got

had got

was getting

7. did not know

had not known

was not knowing

8. suddenly remembered

had remembered

suddenly

was suddenly

remembering

9. had

had had

was having

10. told

had told

was telling

11. learnt

had learnt

was learning

12. taught

had taught

was teaching

13. showed

hadshown

was showing

14. started

had started

was starting

15. took

had taken

were taking

16. raised

had raised

were raising

17. understood

had understood

was understanding

18. ordered

had ordered

was ordering

19. watched

had watched

were watching

20. survived

had survived

was surviving