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Grammar Exercises

Adjective or Adverb? (1)

Suzanne

Complete the sentences using the adjective or adverb in brackets.

  1. “Shall we meet outside the cinema at seven?” – “Yes, ____!”    (perfect/perfectly)
  2. Why don’t you have a break? You’ve been working very ____.    (hard/hardly)
  3. It’s ____ cold today so make sure you wear your winter coat.  (terrible/terribly)
  4. The milk smells really ____. Don’t drink it!  (bad/badly)
  5. Ewan is very tired as he ____ slept last night.  (hard/hardly)
  6. He asked ____ for another glass of water.  (polite/politely)
  7. You’re very ____ today. Is something wrong?   (quiet/quietly)
  8. You look ____. Why don’t you sit down?   (tired/tiredly)
  9. The weather can change very ____ here.   (sudden/suddenly)
  10. Please close the door ____.   (quiet/quietly)
  11. I couldn’t finish the stew. It tasted ____ . (awful/awfully)
  12. Jack seems very ____ . (nice/nicely)





    Answers

    1. perfect
    2. hard
    3. terribly
    4. bad
    5. hardly
    6. politely
    7. quiet
    8. tired
    9. suddenly
    10. quietly
    11. awful
    12. nice

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50+ Grammar Exercises for English learners

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Verb Training (8): Advanced Irregular Verbs + Present Perfect

KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION EXERCISES

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3


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 + Past Simple

Verb Training 8: Advanced Irregular Verbs + Present Perfect



GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Can you find the common grammar mistakes students make and correct them?: Spot the Mistakes exercises 🔎


Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing  Exercise 1 Exercise 2

Adjective or Adverb?  Exercise 1

Adjectives + Prepositions  Exercise 1, Exercise 2

Adjectives + Prepositions – Exercise 3: In and Out of Love

Articles, Definite and Indefinite Exercise 1

Conditionals, First and Second Exercise 1

Conditionals, Third  Exercise 1 Exercise 2

Few, a few, little, a little  Exercise 1

For, since, ago  Exercise 1

Future Continuous Exercise 1

Future Perfect Exercise 1

Had better Exercise 1

Have something done  Exercise 1

Indirect Questions  Exercise 1

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

Modal verbs

Modals of Deduction: Must or Can’t? Exercise 1

Mustn’t vs. Don’t Have to  Exercise 1

No, none, any, anything, nothing Exercise 1

Passive Exercise 1  Exercise 2

Past simple  Exercise 1 Exercise 2

Past perfect simple or continuous Exercise 1

Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns Exercise 1

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 Exercise 2

Question Tags, Advanced  Exercise 1 Exercise 2

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

Reflexive vs Reciprocal pronouns  (myself, yourself, etc / each other) Exercise 1

Relative Pronouns: Who, Which, Where or Whose? Exercise 1

There is, there are, there was, there will be etc  Exercise 1

Verb forms Exercise 1

Verb Patterns (1): Gerund or Infinitive? 

Verb Patterns (2): Gerund or Infinitive? (Special cases: Forget / Remember / Stop / Need)

Verb Patterns (3): Gerund or Infinitive?

Verb Patterns (4): Gerund or Infinitive?

Verb Patterns (5): Verb + Object + Infinitive

Verbs + Prepositions Exercise 1 Exercise 2

What or That? Exercise 1

FLASHCARDS

Prepositions of Time

Grammar Exercises

Past Simple (2): Regular and Irregular Verbs

Suzanne

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple. 

1. “Where _____ (Nicole Kidman /be born)?”
– “In Hawaii, apparently. However, she _____ (grow up) in Australia.”

2. Last night I _____ (watch) a whole film in English and I’m really pleased because I _____ (understand) most of the story! And there _____ (be) no subtitles, honest!

3. Andy _____ (spend) the entire afternoon playing computer games.

4. “_____ (who / win) the match yesterday?” – “Nobody! They _____ (draw) two-all.”

5. We were in the middle of watching a scary film when suddenly a picture _____ (fall off) the wall. It _____ (give) us such a fright!

6. I _____ (hear) you’re getting married. Congratulations!

7. The dog _____ (be) so frightened of the thunder that he _____ (hide) behind the sofa.

8. Have you finished with that book I _____ (lend) you? I need it back.

9. We _______ (be) so exhausted that we _____ (sleep) for almost twelve hours.

10. Sofia _______ (feel) unwell so she ______ (decide) to go to bed early.

11. It _____ (take) over an hour to get to work because of the heavy traffic.

12. I _____ (enjoy) this book so much. You should read it.

13. She _____ (stand) on the chair to change the light bulb.

14. The sky______ (turn) a pale grey and it suddenly ______(become) very cold. Before long it _____ (begin) to snow.


Answers

1. was Nicole Kidman born; grew up
2. watched; understood; were
3. spent
4. Who won; drew
5. fell off; gave
6. heard
7. was; hid
8. lent
9. were; slept
10. felt; decided
11. took
12. enjoyed
13. stood
14. turned / became / began

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