- •Foreword
- •Grammar Check-in
- •Verb tenses
- •1.2.Present Progressive Tense
- •1.3. Present Perfect Tense.
- •1.4.Present Perfect Progressive Tense.
- •1.5. Past Simple Tense
- •Ved or irregular verbs.
- •1.6. Past Progressive Tense
- •1.7. Past Perfect Tense
- •1.8. Past Perfect Progressive Tense
- •2. Passive voice
- •3. Modal verbs
- •3.1. Can and be able to
- •3.2. Must, have to, should, ought to, need to, be to.
- •I have to do it. Does he have to do it? We do not have to do it.
- •I need to do it. Do we need to do it? They don't need to do it (needn't do it).
- •3.3. May, might, will, would, shall
- •3.5. Contrastive use of modal verbs.
- •4. Conditionals
- •5. Gerund and infinitive
- •6.1. Singular and Plural with Quantifiers:
- •7. Prepositions
- •8. Phrasal verbs
- •8.1. Phrasal verbs with idiomatic meaning.
- •9. Adjectives and adverbs
- •10. The sentence (reported speech, questions, sentence links, conjunctions, relative clauses).
- •11. Grammar Check-out
- •11.1. Verb Tenses
- •11.2. Passive Voice
- •11.3. Modal Verbs
- •11.4. Conditionals
- •11.5. Gerund and Infinitive
- •11.6. Noun
- •11.7. Prepositions
- •11.8. Phrasal Verbs
- •11.9. Adjectives and Adverbs
- •The Sentence
- •Answer Key
11. Grammar Check-out
11.1. Verb Tenses
11.1.1. Choose the correct form by underlining out the right element
I refuse/am refusing to accept this offer.
They live/are living in a makeshift cottage.
The boy has left his home and sleeps/is sleeping rough.
The professor comes/is coming in the afternoon today.
You are/are being very impolite, sorry.
Perhaps I smoked/have smoked too much this morning and feel dizzy.
David worked/has worked for the company all his life.
Mark, you have been playing truant/have played truant again!
You took/have taken my glass.
Paul used/got used to sitting up late.
When did/has the parachute land/ed? I can't see it.
Everybody was watching when he scored/was scoring the goal.
Liz trained/had trained a lot and gave a brilliant performance.
We all meant/had meant to see the show but alas.
From his smiles I see that Bill is about/ going to agree.
If the client likes/would like it his way, do as you are asked.
By the time you come to the bank, the money will arrive/have arrived.
11.1.2. Re-write the sentences by using the given words and leaving the meaning intact. E.g. A man was sitting next to me. He was a complete stranger. (never) - I had never seen this man before.
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11.1.3. Read the text and tick off correct lines with . Write down unnecessary elements and/or corrections made in each line in the space provided. The beginning has been done for you.
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At the end of February Tibetans around the world celebrate the first day of the lunar New Year. New Year starting at sun rise heralding a week of rituals to drive out the sins to the past year. During the last two days of the old year the families purge their houses from top to bottom. For centuries the Tibetans were making butter sculptures which is an ancient Tibetan art symbolising long human lives. Before the New Year the monks had carried butter sculptures in processions through towns and villages. At the end of celebrations the butter sculptures melt in the sun symbolising transience of life. People will be making pyramids with a human effigy that embodies the evils of the past year. The crowd was burning the effigies thus getting rid of the past sins and cleaning themselves of good deeds. Traditional food had been a dumpling soup with round dumplings symbolising the sun and good future. On New Year's day many Tibetans will be visiting their local monasteries and will have prayed for fortune. Over the next week, friends and relatives visit each other holding parties, made resolutions and drinking wine. The Tibetan New Year is having a lunar cycle of 60 years consisting of 12 animals. |
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11.1.4. Fill in the gaps in the text by making correct choices
New security regulations in the USA mean that all foreign visitors will (…1…) their photographs taken and fingerprints checked. These measures (…2…) replace the old registration procedures at the USA international airports. Information about visitors collected from the checks will go into electronic database and the authorities (…3…) confirm the identities. For the moment the regulation only (…4…) to those travelling to the USA with visas. Those who are now eligible to enter the country without a visa can (…5…) without fingerprints check so far. There are fears that immigration officials already overstretched (…6…) and this will produce long delays in the arrivals halls. Another concern is that this new regulation will constitute a breach of civil rights. This (…7…) cause problems with some governments in the world that America seeks a better relationship with.
1. A/ make B/ get C/ have D/ do
2. A/ will B/ must C/ have D/ did
3. A/ will be able to B/ can C/ must D/ should
4. A/ applied B/ applies C/ will apply D/ is applying
5. A/ have done B/ have been doing C/do D/ be able to
6. A/ will cope B/ will be coping C/ will have coped D/ will not cope
7. A/ can B/ could C/ might D/ should
11.1.5. Complete the text by closing gaps with only one word or word form (e.g. "went", "has come" or "has been doing" is one word form) in each case.
There was once a young man who (…1…) a long way from home in search of adventure and one day he came to a strange village (…2…) the border of a great wood. He saw a maiden sitting (…3…) her needlework. The youth walked (…4…) a little way, then turned again. He (…5…) this several times, and each time the girl was the prettiest that he (…6…). Finally he asked her to be his wife. She said to him: "You (…7…) be very careful, for my grandmother does not wish me to marry. She is a very wicked old woman, and (…8…) in killing every one who wanted to marry me" "In that case, we must run away," the young man replied. The girl (…9…) as he had said, and that same night they fled together and (…10…) morning were far from the village. It was not long till they (…11…) the old woman in the distance, coming on with great strides and shaking her cane (…12…) the runaways. In the meantime, they (…13…) to the bank of a river both wide and deep, and here they (…14…) for a while. There were two Cranes near by, and to these the young man addressed himself. "My friends," said he, "I beg of you to stand (…15…) the opposite banks of this river and stretch your necks (…16…), so that we may cross in safety! The Cranes were willing to oblige, and they stood thus with their beaks touching (…17…) the stream, so that the lovers (…18…) on their long necks in safety. In a little while the old woman came down to the river, quite out of breath, and more angry than before. She began (…19…) them, "Come here, you long-necks and help me over this river!" she cried. The two Cranes again stood beak to beak, but when the wicked grandmother (…20…) half way they pulled in their necks and into the water she went. The current swept her quickly away and she was (…21…). There is no magic so strong that it (…22…) against true love. |