- •Wear come sleep write break dig teach bring freeze think buy ring wake catch rise
- •Present tenses
- •Past indefinite vs present perfect
- •Tense revision
- •Prepositons and idioms
- •Modal verbs
- •Passive voice
- •2. Insert the appropriate form of the infinitive.
- •3. Translate into English using the passive infinitive.
- •4. Put to where necessary before the infinitives:
- •Infinitive
- •1. Use the appropriate form of the infinitives in brackets:
- •5. Insert the particle to where necessary:
- •Complete the sentences with too or enough and the adjective in brackets.
- •Fill in too or enough and one of the adjectives from the list to write sentences as in the example. Add an object where necessary.
- •8. Rewrite the sentences using for as in the example.
- •9. Paraphrase using "for-phrases" with Infinitives:
- •10. Paraphrase the following sentences using the Complex Object:
- •11. Translate into English using the Complex Object with the Infinitive.
- •12. Complete the following using the Infinitive.
- •13. Replace the group of words in bold type by an Infinitive:
- •14. Translate into English using Infinitives.
- •The participle
- •Join each of the following pairs of sentences, using either a non-perfect Participle I (e.G. Knowing), a perfect Participle I (e.G. Having known), or Participle II (e.G. Known).
- •2. I had seen photographs of the place. I had no desire to go there. Having seen photographs of the place, I had no desire to go there.
- •3. The speaker refused to continue. He was infuriated by the interruptions. Infuriated by the interruptions, the speaker refused to continue.
- •2. Point out the First Participle and state its functions in the sentence:
- •3. Use the appropriate form of the First Participle of the verbs in brackets:
- •3. Translate into English using the First Participle:
- •4. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the appropriate Participles:
- •5.Underline the correct word.
- •6. Translate into English using the Second Participle:
- •7. Rewrite the sentences using participles.
- •9. Point out the "Nominative Absolute" construction and translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •10. Replace the attributive and adverbial clauses in the following sentences by participle phrases:
- •The gerund
- •1. Complete the following using the Gerund:
- •2. Use the appropriate form of the Gerund of the verbs in brackets:
- •3. Open the brackets using the correct form of the Gerund:
- •4. Use the appropriate form of the Gerund and insert prepositions where necessary:
- •5. Use the appropriate form of the Gerund. Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •6. Put the verbs in brackets into the Gerund:
- •7. Open the brackets using the Gerund:
- •8. Translate into English using the correct form of the gerund:
- •Revision exercises on the verbals
- •1. Complete the following using either the Infinitive or the Gerund:
- •2. Use the Gerund or the Infinitive of the verbs in brackets. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:
- •3. Use Gerunds or Infinitives in place of the verbs in brackets:
- •4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct infinitive form or the -ing form.
- •5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct infinitive form or the -ing form.
- •6. Choose the correct variant.
- •7. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct infinitive form or the -ing form.
- •8. Choose the correct answer.
- •9. Supply any suitable verb in a suitable form.
- •10. Translate into English using verbals:
- •Conditionals
- •1. Complete the sentences with the verbs in parentheses.
- •2. Supply the appropriate auxiliary verb.
- •3. Begin your response with "But if I had known . . . ."
- •4. Change the following statements into conditional sentences.
- •5. Give sentences with the same meaning by omitting if from the conditional sentences.
- •6. Give sentences with the same meaning by using "if clauses."
- •7. Complete the sentences with the verbs in parentheses. Some of the verbs are passive.
- •8. Complete the sentences with the verbs in parentheses.
- •9. Complete the following. Add commas where necessary.
- •11. Supply an appropriate form.
- •12. Answer the questions. Use wish.
- •13. Complete the sentences with as if/as though
- •15. Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate form.
- •17. Fill in: unless or if.
- •18. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. Add a comma where necessary.
- •19. Put the words in brackets into the appropriate form.
- •Adjectives
- •Nouns and articles
Tense revision
Exercise 1. Use any appropriate tense for the verbs in parentheses.
John is in my class. He (study) English this semester. He (take, also) some other classes. His classes (begin) at 9:00 every day.
Yesterday John ate breakfast at 8:00. He (eat, already) breakfast when he (leave) for class at 8:45. He (eat, always) breakfast before he (go)) to class. I (eat, not, usually ) breakfast before I (go) to class. But I (get, usually) hungry about midmorning. Tomorrow before I (go) to class, I (eat) breakfast.
John is in the class every morning from 9:00 to 12:00. Two days ago, I (call) him at 11:30, but I could not reach him because he (attend) at that time.
Don’t try to call John at 11:30 tomorrow morning because he (attend) class hat that time.
Yesterday John took a nap from 1:00 to 2:00. I came at 1:45. When I (get) there, John (sleep). He (sleep) for 45 minutes by the time I came.
Right now John (take) a nap. He (fall) asleep an hour ago. He (sleep) for an hour.
Three days ago, John (start) to read A Farewell to Arms, a novel by Ernest Hemingway. It is along novel. He (finish, not) reading it yet. He (read) it because his English teacher assigned it.
Since the beginning of the semester, John (read) three novels. Right now he (read) A Farewell to Arms. He (read) that novel for the past three days. He (intend) to finish it next week. In his lifetime, he (read) many novels, but this is the first Hemingway novel he (read., ever).
Tomorrow, after he (eat) dinner, John (go) to a movie. In other words, he (eat) dinner by the time he (go) to the movie.
My grandfather (fly, never) in an airplane, and he has no intention of ever doing so.
Jane isn’t here yet. I (wait) for her since noon, but she still (arrive, not).
In all the world, there (be) only 14 mountains that (reach) above 8,000 meters.
I have a long trip ahead of me tomorrow, so I think I’d better go to bed. But let me say good-bye now because I won’t see you in the morning. I (leave, already) by the time you (get) up.
Right now we (have) a heat wave. The temperature (be) in the upper 90s for the last six days.
Last night I (go) to a party. When I (get) there, the room was full of people. Some of them (dance) and others (talk). One young woman (stand) by herself. I (meet, never) her, so I (introduce) myself to her.
About three yesterday afternoon, Jessica (lie) in bed reading a book. Suddenly she (hear) loud noise and (get) up to see what it was. She (look) out of the window. A truck (back, just) into her new car.
Next month I have a week’s vacation. I (plan) to take a trip. First, I (go) to Madison, Wisconsin, to visit my brother. After I (leave) Madison, I (go) to Chicago to see a friend who (study) at a university there. She (live) in Chicago for three years, so she (know) her way around the city. She (promise) to take me to many interesting places. I (be, never) in Chicago, so I (look) forward to going there.
Yesterday while I (sit) in class, I (get) the hiccups. The person who (sit) next to me told me to hold my breath. I (try) that but it didn’t work. The instructor (lecture), and I didn’t want to interrupt him, so I just sat there trying to hiccup quietly. Finally, after I hiccup for almost five minutes, I (raise) my hand and (excuse) myself from the class to go get a drink of water.
The weather has been terrible lately. It (rain) off and on for two days, and the temperature (drop) at least twenty degrees. It (be) in the low 40s right now. Just three days ago the sun (shine) and the weather was pleasant. The weather certainly (change) quickly here. I never know what to expect. Who knows? When I (wake) up tomorrow morning, maybe it (snow).
Exercise 2. All of the sentences below contain a mistake. Find and correct them.
I am living at 3371 Grand Avenue since last September.
I have been in New York city two weeks ago.
My country have change its capital city five time.
Dormitory life is not quiet. Everyone shouted and make a lot of noise in the halls.
My friends will meet when I will arrive at the airport.
Hasn’t anyone ever tell you to knock on the door before you enter someone else’s room? Didn’t your parents taught you to do that?
When I was a child, I viewed thing from a much lower height. Many physical objects around me appear very large. When I want to move something such as a chair, I need help.
I will intend to go back home when I will finish my education.
The phone rung while I doing the dishes. I dry my hands and answer it. When I am hear my husband voice, I very happy.
I am in the United States for the last four months. During that time I have done many thing and saw many place.
When the old man started to walk back to his cave, the sun has already hided itself behind the mountain.
While I am writing composition last night, someone knocks on the door.
Exercise 3. Use any appropriate tense.
Jose: (you, study) at this university?
Ali: Yes, I …and you?
Jose: Yes, I (be)… here since last September. Before that I (study)… English at another school.
Ali: What (you, take)…?
Jose: I (take)…chemistry, math, psychology and American history. What (take, you)…?
Ali: I (study)…English. I (need)… to improve my English before I (take)…regular academic courses next semester.
Jose: How long (you, be) . . . here?
Ali: I (be) . . . here since the beginning of this semester. Actually, I (arrive) . . . in the United States six month ago but I (study) . . . English at this university only since January. Before that I (live) . . . with my brother in Washington, D.C.
Jose: You (speak) . . . English very well. (You, study) . . . a lot of English before you (come) . . . to the United States?
Ali: Yes. I (study) … English for ten years in my own country. And also, I (spend) …some time in Canada a couple of years ago. I (pick) … up a lot of English while I (live) … there.
Jose: You (be) … lucky. When I (come) … to the United States, I (study, never) any English at all. So I had to spend a whole year studying nothing, but English before I (start) … school.
Ali: How long (you plan) … to be in the US?
Jose: I (be not) … sure. Probably by the time I (return) … home, I (be) … here for at least five years. How about you?
Ali: I (hope) … to be finished with all my work in two and a half years.