Grammar Exercises

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I. Choose the best ending for sentence 1-8.

1. Fiona is watching television

a. because her favorite film star is on.

b. when she has time.

2. I’m having my lunch

a. at one o’clock every day.

b. early today as I have an appointment.

3. I bởi the shopping

a. at the same time every week.

b. today for a friend who’s ill.

4. What are you doing

a. your sister when she behaves badly?

b. đồ sộ your sister? Leave her alone!

5. I wear casual clothes

a. at the weekend.

b. because we’re having a các buổi party at lunchtime.

6. Teachers work hard

a. đồ sộ get the concert ready for next week.

b. but they get long holidays.

7. The company financial situation is improving

a. now that it has a new Chief Executive.

b. when there is greater demand for its products.

8. Serge is thinking of retiring early

a. every time something bad happens at work.

b. because he isn’t happy at work any more.

II. Fill the gaps with the correct size of the verbs in brackets

1. I’m busy right now. I _______ (fill in) an application size for a new job.

2. My tutor _______ (see) mạ for a tutorial every Monday at two o’clock.

3. John _______ (not/ study) very hard at the moment. I _______ (not/ think) he’ll pass the exams.

4. What _______ (he/ do). He _______ (try) đồ sộ fix the television aerial’.

5. Animals _______ (breathe in) oxygen and _______ (give out) carbon dioxide.

6. Be quiet! I _______ (want) đồ sộ hear the news.

7. In my country we _______ (drive) on the right- hand side of the road.

8. My friend Joe’s parents _______ (travel) round the world this summer, and probably wont be back for a couple of months.

9. The college _______ (run) the same course every year.

10. Numbers of wild butterflies _______ (fall) as a result of changes in farming methods.

III. Fill the gaps with the verbs in the box in the correct present tense.

agree, catch up, cause, have, go up, know, think, use.

We _____ the energy for three main things: electricity production, heating and transport. For the first two, we _______ options such as solar and wind power, or natural gas. But oil is still the world’s number one source of energy, and for transport at least, there is currently no alternative. In Trung Quốc, domestic energy consumption _______ year by year and demand in similar regions _______ fast. We _______ how đồ sộ use energy more efficiently now kêu ca in the past but the worldwide rise in demand _______ concern amongst experts. Some experts _______ that oil supplies will start đồ sộ fall within the next twenty years. Most experts _______ that we need đồ sộ find a new source of energy soon.

IV. There are six incorrect verbs. Find and correct them

From the graphs. We are seeing that the number of employees employed by this firm increases each year and the number of employees leaving after less kêu ca five years decreases.

The sun heats the ground. This is warning the air nearby and the warm air rises into the sky. As the air is rising, it becomes cooler and the water vapour inside it change into droplets of water. There join together đồ sộ size a cloud.