Grammar Exercises

NEW! Verb Training (8) – Advanced Irregular Verbs

The following exercise is very helpful in pinpointing gaps in knowledge, especially before an exam.


Change the following sentences to the present perfect (use the short form where possible)

1. We deal with a similar situation.
2. The tennis player undergoes knee surgery.
3. The hotel lies empty for twenty years.
4. We never beat this team.
5. They let us down again.
6. We draw up a list.
7. A new study shows that ….
8. The investigation leads to several arrests.
9. The footballer tears her Achilles tendon.
10. They dig up the road to lay the new cables.
11. The suspects flee.
12. He sticks with his exercise routine for six months.
13. She spills some coffee on her new notebook.
14. The director casts Karl in the lead role.
15. Your phone rings several times.
16. They tread on her plants.
17. They set a date for their wedding.
18. She strives to make a positive impactThe firefighters fight bravely.
19. They seek advice from several experts.
20. He swears under oath.
21. The firefighters fight bravely.
22. The river bursts its banks.
23. I sweep the floor.
24. We feed the dogs.
25. Her parents forbid her to go to the concert.

1. We’ve dealt with a similar situation.
2. The tennis player’s undergone knee surgery.
3. The hotel’s lain empty for twenty years.
4. We’ve never beaten this team.
5. They’ve let us down again.
6. We’ve drawn up a list.
7. A new study’s shown that ….
8. The investigation’s led to several arrests.
9. The footballer’s torn her Achilles tendon.
10. They’ve dug up the road to lay the new cables.
11. The suspects have fled.
12. He’s stuck with his exercise routine for six months.
13. She’s spilled/spilt some coffee on her new notebook.
14. The director’s cast Karl in the lead role.
15. Your phone’s rung several times.
16. They’ve trodden on her plants.
17. They’ve set a date for their wedding.
18. She’s strived/striven to make a positive impact
19. They’ve sought advice from several experts.
20. He’s sworn under oath.
21. The firefighters have fought bravely.
22. The river’s burst its banks.
23. I’ve swept the floor.
24. We’ve fed the dogs.
25. Her parents have forbidden her to go to the concert.

More Verb Drills

Verb Training 1: Present Perfect Simple (Positive) B1 / B2
Verb Training 2: Different Tenses (Elementary/Pre-Intermediate)
Verb Training 3: Past Simple (Elementary/Pre-Intermediate)
Verb Training 4: Present Continuous
Verb Training 5: Past Simple Questions
Verb Training 6: Mixed Tenses
Verb Training 7: Advanced Irregular Verbs


Other Grammar Exercises

Prepositions of Place Exercise 1 Exercise 2

Prepositions of time  Exercise 1  Exercise 2

Present simple or present continuous? Exercise 1

Present perfect continuous Exercise 1

Present perfect simple vs present perfect continuous Exercise 1

Question Tags, Basic  Exercise 1

Question Tags, Advanced  Exercise 1 Exercise 2

Reflexive pronouns – On my/your own vs. by myself / yourself, etc  Exercise 1

Full List of Exercises


Grammar Exercises

Grammar Exercise: Future Perfect (1)

Put these sentences into the future perfect using the verb in brackets. Scroll down for the answers.

eg. In two month’s time Cynthia and Karl will have been married for fifty years. (be married)

  
1.  The builders say they ________  the leaking roof by the weekend. (repair)

  2.  Hopefully the boss ________  interviewing all the candidates by 6.30. (finish)

  3.  The company ________  200,000 bottles of cava before the end of the year. (export)

  4.  Judy has promised her agent that by September she ________ the first three chapters of her new novel. (write)

  
5.  Poor Luca!  If he doesn’t get any sleep tonight, he ________ for almost forty-eight hours!   (not / sleep)

  6.  I ________ to bed by the time you get home from work. (go)

  
7.  By the end of the tour the band ________  in over 30 countries. (play)

  8.  We hope that by 4 o’clock this afternoon we ________  the contract on our new house. (sign)

  9.  There’s no point going to the cinema now.  The film ________ . (already / begin)

10. I hope that by this time next year I ________ lots of progress with my Italian. (make)

11. We don’t need to hurry to the arrivals gate. Their plane ________ yet. (not / land)


More grammar exercises

Future Continuous

Linking words (despite, however, etc) Exercise 1  Exercise 2

Full List of Grammar Exercises

VERB DRILLS

Do you know your basic verb structures well and your irregular verb conjugations? If not, here are some drills to help you.

Verb Training 1: Present Perfect Simple (Positive) B1 / B2

Verb Training 2: Different Tenses (Elementary/Pre-Intermediate)

Verb Training 3: Past Simple (Elementary/Pre-Intermediate)

Verb Training 4: Present Continuous

Verb Training 5: Past Simple Questions

Verb Training 6: Mixed Tenses

Verb Training 7: Advanced Irregular Verbs



Answers

1. will have repaired
2. will have finished
3. will have exported
4. will have written
5. won’t have slept
6. will have gone
7. will have played
8. will have signed
9. will have already begun
10. will have made
11. won’t have landed

Vocabulary Quiz

Vocabulary Quiz: Happy Endings (5)

Words starting with CH-

Can you complete all these words which start with the letters CH-? Each line represents a letter.

1. Halloumi, cheddar and manchego are all kinds of ch_ _ _ _.

2. Even though the spring afternoons are warm it can get quite ch_ _ _ _ once the sun goes down.

3. Children under five can visit the museum free of ch_ _ _ _. They don’t have to pay.

4. To get in shape for the summer Stella set herself the ch_ _ _ _ _g_ of walking 3km a day for a month.

5. The sound of birds singing at dawn is called the dawn ch_r_ _.

6. Ch_ _ _m_ _ _ tea is one of the world’s favourite herbal teas. It is said to help with digestion and sleep.

7. I cut the pineapple into ch_ _ks and put some on the top of my pizza.

8. Ch_ _ _ l _ _n_ are lizards. They are well-known for their rotating eyes, their very long and lightning-fast tongues and their ability to change colour.

9. There are lots of lovely cafés and restaurants in the town. You are really spoilt for ch_ _c_.

10. Karl is trying to learn five languages all at the same time but he is really struggling. I think he has bitten off more than he can ch_ _.


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1. cheese
2. chilly
3. charge
4. challenge
5. chorus
6. chamomile
7. chunks
8. chameleons
9. choice
10. chew