Grammar workbook

Name___________________________________________ Date_____________________ Verb Tense Review In the blanks supply appropriate forms of the verbs given in the parentheses. EXAMPLES: a. (be) They have been in Chicago for twenty years. b. (see) I saw a wonderful movie last night. b. (go) We didn’t go anywhere special on our last vacation. 1.- (take) Fortunately, that problem ___________________ care of yesterday. 2.- (listen) Sh! Someone ________________ to our conversation. 3.- (fix) I’m not wearing my watch because it __________________________. 4.- (happen) Nothing much _________________ when I got to the meeting. 5.- (be) My parents ________________ in Los Angeles two weeks from today. 6.- (make) I _________________ two mistakes in the last quiz. 7.- (sleep) I was tired yesterday because I _______________ well the night before. 8.- (do) Nothing _________________ about the problem until tomorrow. 9.- (be) This ______________ an easy quiz so far. 10.- (take) Unfortunately, just as we got to the airport, their plane ____________ off. 11.- (go) They _________________ to the movies only once in a while. 12.- (send) They ________________ any Christmas cards last year. 13.- (get) I ________________ up at 7:30 every morning. 14.- (fix) When I got to the garage, my car ____________ yet. 15.- (give) When I got to class late yesterday morning, a quiz _______________. 16.- (reveal) I promise that I ________________ this secret to anyone. 17.- (make) I was angry that I ____________ such a foolish mistake. Verb Tense Review Continued Page 2 1 18.- (leave) I think Bob _________________ for Paris at this very moment. 19.- (graduate) Our daughter _______________ from the university yet. 20.- (live) Mary _________________ with her family, is she? 21.- (win) Unfortunately, our team _____________ any games last year. 22.- (quit) He ________________ his job a couple of weeks ago. 23.- (live) He ________________ by himself since his recent divorce. 24.- (do) We _________________ twenty-four sentences so far. 25.- (baptize) He ___________________ when he was three days old. 26.- (go) She _________________ to the doctor once a year for a physical examination. 27.- (land) I predict that by the year 2000, man _____________ on Mars. 28.- (eat) Please don’t call around 6:00 tomorrow evening because we _____________. 29.- (come) This quiz _____________________ to an end. GRAMMAR/STRUCTURE PROGRAM 2 I.- PRESENT PERFECT TENSE 1. - Verb Tense Review 2. - Duration of an Event 3. - Duration with Present Perfect Tense 4. - Contractions, Neg. Form, and Always/Never 5. - Negative Verb Phrases 6. - Time Clauses with Since/Interrogative Sentences 7. - Length of an Event 8. - Events at an Indefinite Time in the Past 9. - Yes-No Questions with Ever and Always 10. - Just in Verb Phrases 11. - Finally in Verb Phrases 12. - Recently in Verb Phrases 13. - Clause of Reason with Because 14. - Already/Yet 15. - Already in Verb Phrases 16. - Neg. Verb Phrases and Yet 17. - Still/Yet 18. - Yes-No Questions with Yet and Already 19. - Repeated Events in the Past 20. - Irregular Past Participles 21. - Present Perfect Continuous Tense 22. - Yes-No & Information Questions 23. - Situation and Reason 24. - Simple Past vs. Present Perfect Tense 25. - Review - Simple Present - Simple Past - Tag Questions - Too, Either, And & But - So and Neither 26. - Contrasting Present, Past, Future, and Present Perfect Tenses 27. - Preposition Review 28. - Have and Got 29. - Using Have Got to show Possession 30. - Reviewing Information Words as Subjects 31. - How Come 32. - Be Going to + Base Form in Past Tense II.- PAST PERFECT TENSE 1.- Events preceding Events in Past Time 2.- Contrasting the Past Continuous Tense with Past Perfect Tense 3.- Verb Phrases with Just 3 4.- Verb Phrases with Already 5.- Negative Verb Phrases and Yet 6.- Verb Phrases with Never 7.- Clauses of Reason with Because 8.- Yes-No Information Questions 9.- Past Perfect Tense in Main Clauses 10.- Past Perfect Continuous Tense 11.- Simple Past Tense vs. Past Perfect Tense 12.- Reviewing Too, Either, And, & But 13.- Reviewing So and Neither 14.- Reviewing Prepositions III.- MODAL AUXILIARES 1.- Modal Auxiliaries Review 2.- Modal Auxiliaries & Related Idioms 3.- Present Continuous Forms with Modals 4.- Should and Ought to 5.- Past Forms of Should and Ought to 6.- Should in Neg. Verb Phrases 7.- Questions with Should 8.- Past Forms of May and Might 9.- Slight Probability and Conjecture with May/Might 10.- Past Forms with Could 11.- Slight Probability and Conjecture with Could 12.- Impossibility with Could Not 13.- Asking Questions with Could 14.- Past Forms with Must 15.- Strong Possibility with Must 16.- Past Continuous Forms with Modals a.- Should/Ought to b.- May/Might c.- Must d.- Could 17.- Reviewing Past Forms of Modals 18.- Used to + Base Form 19.- Past Custom with Used to + Base Form 20.- Used to + Base Form in Main Clauses 21.- Would Like 22.- Would Like + Infinitive 23.- Would Rather + Base Form 24.- Had Better + Base Form 25.- Have Got to + Base Form IV.- ADVERBIAL CLAUSES 1.-Subordinate Clauses 2.- Reviewing Time Clauses 3.- Reviewing Clauses of Reason with Because 4.- Clauses of Reason with Since 4 5.- Result Clauses 6.- So + Adjective (+ Prepositional Phrase) + That 7.- So + Adverb (+ Prepositional Phrase) + That 8.- Purpose Clauses with So That 9.- So (That) Introducing Purpose Clauses 10.- Expressing Purpose with In Order + Infinitive 11.- In Order + Infinitive Phrase 12.- For Phrases vs. Infinitive Phrases 13.- Result Clauses with Such That 14.- Such + A (An) + Adjective + Singular Countable Noun + That 15.- Such + Adjective + Plural Countable Noun (+ Prep. Phrase) + That 16.- Such + Adjective + Uncountable Noun (+ Prepositional Phrase) + That 17.- Such That in Clauses of Reason Introduced by Because 18.- But Clauses of Unexpected Result 19.- Still in But Clauses of Unexpected Result 20.- Still or Anyway/Anyhow in But Clauses of Unexpected Result 21.- Clauses of Concession 22.- Main Clauses of Unexpected Result 23.- Clauses of Concession with Even Though 24.- Clauses of Concession with Even Though/Though/Although 25.- Despite and Despite the Fact (That) 26.- Adverbial That Clauses after Adjectives of Feeling and Emotion 27.- Adverbial That Clauses 28.- Future-Possible Real Conditions 29.- Other Forms in Future-Possible Real Conditions 30.- Present Continuous Tense in If and Result Clauses 31.- Imperative Mood in Result Changes 32.- Reviewing If and Result Clauses 33.- Modals and Idioms in Conditional and Result Clauses 34.- Modals, Idioms, and Questions in future-Possible Real Conditions 35.- Present-Unreal Conditions 36.- Other Forms in Present-Unreal Conditions 37.- Mixed Forms in Present-Unreal Conditions 38.- Past-Unreal Conditions 39.- Present-Unreal Conditions 40.- Other Forms in Past-Unreal Conditions 41.- Could and Might 42.- Could Have in If Clauses 43.- Questions with Past-Unreal Conditions 44.- Past-Unreal Conditions 45.- Reviewing Future-Possible and Unreal Conditions 46.- Present Result Clauses Following Past-Unreal If Clauses 47.- Present Result Following Past-Unreal Conditions in If Clauses 48.- Unless 49.- Unless Clauses in Future-Possible Real Conditions 50.- Present-Unreal and Past-Unreal Conditions in Unless Clauses 51.- Generalizations with Real Conditions 52.- Past Custom with Would + Base Form 5 V.- NOUN CLAUSES 1.- Direct and Indirect Objects 2.- Indirect Objects with To 3.- Indirect Objects without To 4.- No Indirect Objects 5.- Verbs of Mental Activity 6.- Noun Clauses Following Verbs of Mental Activity 7.- Verb Agreement/The Rule of Sequence of Tenses 8.- Direct and Indirect Speech 9.- Following the Rule of Sequence of Times 10.- Near Past vs. Distant Past in Indirect Speech 11.- Indirect Statements about Events in the Distant Past 12.- Noun Clauses Derived from Yes-No Questions 13.- Whether or Not in Indirect Statements 14.- Noun Clauses Derived from Information Questions 15.- Yes-No Questions Containing Noun Clauses 16.- Infinitive Phrases in Indirect Speech 17.- Present Time 18.- Noun Clauses Following Wish for Present Time 19.- Wish in Past Time 20.- Noun Clauses Following Wish for Past Time 21.- Responding to a Situation with Wish 22.- Abridgment of Noun Clauses Following Wish and Hope 23.- Abridgment of Noun Clauses Following Wish 24.- Hope 25.- Wishes with Would 26.- Might Have + Past Participle in That Clauses 27.- Noun Clauses Derived from Requests 28.- That Clauses after Verbs of Urgency 29.- That Clauses after Adjectives of Urgency VI.- -ING FORMS AND INFINITIVES 1.- Gerunds 2.- Gerunds and Gerund Phrases as Subjects 3.- Gerunds as Objects of Certain Verbs 4.- Gerund Phrases as Objects of Verbs 5.- Gerund or Infinitive 6.- Gerunds as Objects of Prepositions and in Time Phrases 7.- Gerund Phrases as Objects of Prepositions 8.- Be Used to and Get Used to 9.- Gerunds and Gerund Phrases Following the Preposition For 10.- Gerunds in Time Phrases 11.- -Ing Forms or Bases Forms Following Certain Verbs 12.- -Ing Forms as Objects of Sense Perception Verbs 13.- Make, Let, and Help 6 14.- Infinitives Following Information Words 15.- -Ing Participles as Modifiers 16.- Reviewing Prepositions with Gerunds VII.- ADJECTIVE CLAUSES 1. - Essential and Nonessential Adjective Clauses 2. - Who and That as Subjects of Essential Adjective Clauses 3. - Who or That 4. - Whose Introducing Essential Adjective Clauses 5. - Essential Adjective Clauses Used in Definitions 6. - Relative Pronouns as Objects of Verbs and Prepositions 7. - Unmarked Essential Adjective Clauses 8. - Relative Adverb Introducing Adjective Clauses 9. - Where Introducing Essential Adjective Clauses 10. - Present Perfect Tense in Essential Adjective Clauses 11. - Nonessential Adjective Clauses 12. - Commas with Nonessential Clauses 13. - Expressing Contrast with Nonessential Clauses VIII.- PASSIVE VOICE 1. Voice 2. Past Participle in Passive Verb Phrases 3. Affirmative Verb Phrases in the Passive Voice 4. Negative Verb Phrases in the Passive Voice 5. Adverbs in Passive Verb Phrases 6. Present and Past Continuous Tenses 7. Passive Verb Phrases Containing Modal Auxiliaries 8. Present Continuous Tense 9. Past Continuous Tense 10. Modal Auxiliaries and Related Idioms 11. Transforming Active Verb Phrases into Passive Verb Phrases 12. Yes-No and Information Questions 13. Questions 14. Causative Forms and Giving Instructions 15. Causatives with Have + Doer + Base Form 16. Instructions with Get + Past Participle 17. Persuasion with Get + Infinitive 18. Be Supposed to IX.- FUTURE PERFECT TENSE AND REVIEW 1.- Events Preceding Events in the Future 2.- Future Perfect Tense 7 A REVIEW OF VERB TENSES 1.- The SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE is used for (a) a generally known fact or condition: There are 360 degrees in a circle; Water contains no nitrogen; (b) a state of being: They are in love; The giraffe is the tallest of existing animals; and ( c) a habitual activity or occurrence: Many animals hibernate every winter; The sun always rises in the east; Leap year comes every four years. 2.- Though not discussed as such, the simple present tense is sometimes used for future time: The ship sails at dawn; The sun rises at 6:18 tomorrow morning; The bank opens at nine o’clock tomorrow morning. 3.- The PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE is used for (a) an event that is occurring at this moment (now): We are beginning this book; You are looking at this page now; (b) an event that is taking place temporarily: The patient is taking penicillin; She is living in a hotel for the time being (temporarily); and ( c) an event in future time: The astronauts are leaving for the moon tomorrow; The curtain at the theater is rising at 8:30 tomorrow night. 8 4.- Be going to + a base form is also used for a coming event: We’re going to learn a lot of new things in this course; He’s going to take another course after this one. 5.- Be going to + be + a present participle is used to emphasize the duration of a future event: We are going to be studying together for several months; The earth is going to be revolving around the sun for millions of more years. 6.- The SIMPLE PAST TENSE is used for an event at a definite point of time in the past: Jesus died on the Cross almost two thousand years ago; Buddha lived from c. 563 to 483 B.C.; Columbus discovered America in 1492. 7.- The PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE is used (a) to emphasize an event at one point in past time; Everyone was sleeping at the time of the earthquake; Everyone in the theater was crying at the end of the movie; and (b) to emphasize the duration of an event in past time: His grandfather was working hard from the beginning to the end of the day; They were celebrating their victory at the Olympics all night long. 8.- The past continuous tense is most frequently used in complex sentences where the past continuous time (in a main clause) is interrupted by a definite past action (in a subordinate clause): They were talking about me when I interrupted their conversation; The sun was shining when the climbers reached the top of Mt. Everest. PAGE 2 9.- Besides simple futurity, the FUTURE TENSE is used to express (a) promise: I will always love you; I will never break this promise; (b) determination: We will never give up our freedom; We will die for our religion; ( c) inevitability: The twentieth century will come to an end; Spring will bring new life; and (d) prediction: It will rain tomorrow; Everyone in the class will speak English well. 10.- The FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE is used (a) to emphasize an event at one point in future time: I’ll be seeing you at the beginning of the game; Our plane will be taking off in a few minutes; and (b) to emphasize the duration of an event in future time: He will be thinking about only his girlfriend until she returns; I will be working all day long. 11.- Like the past continuous tense, the future continuous tense is used in complex sentences where the future continuous time (in a main clause) is interrupted by a definite future action (in a subordinate clause): It will probably be raining when we get to the beach; I will be waiting for you at the airport when your plane comes in. 9 GRAMMAR EXERCISE I Focus: Present (Continuous) Tense, Past (Continuous) Tense, Future (Continuous) Tense, Be going to + a base form, Be going to + be + a Present Participle. Reminder: Be going to and the future tense are essentially interchangeable. 1.- (rain) When I left the house this morning, it ___________________________________. 2.- (have) I didn’t take a vacation because I ____________________________ any money. 3.- (win) Who _____________________________________________ in the next election? 4.- (rise) The sun _____________________________________ at 6:38 yesterday morning. 5.- (live) They ___________________________ in an apartment temporarily because they can’t find an inexpensive house. 6.- (eat) I _______________________________________Italian food only once in a while. 7.- (ring) The bell __________________________________________ and the class began. 8.- (blow) A hard wind _______________________ while we were climbing the mountain. 10 [...]... right now 16.- (begin) The movie _ soon 17.- (take) When he goes on a business trip, he usually his wife 18.- (set) The sun never in the east GRAMMAR EXERCISE I PAGE 2 19.- (set) The sun at 5:48 tomorrow afternoon 20.- (enter) The patient operating room at this very moment 21.- (fall) Our little girl ... 28.- (live) Few people in the Sahara Desert 29.- (fall) Listen! Some rain on the roof 30.- (fall) The leaves usually _ from the trees in October 11 GRAMMAR EXERCISE II Focus: Present (Continuous) Tense, Past (Continuous) Tense, Future (Continuous) Tense, Be going to + a base form, Be going to + be + a Present Participle Reminder: Be going to and the... any good at dinner last night 16.- (arrive) When the telegram , please let me know immediately 17.- (make) During the examination, he was angry at himself because he _ a lot of mistakes GRAMMAR EXERCISE II PAGE 2 18.- (take) Everyone in my office usually _ a coffee break in the middle of the afternoon 19.- (be) When I got to work, nobody there 20.- (fly) We... for the duration of an event from past to present time Compare: Wrong Correct I am married for five years She lives here since 1973 I have been married for five years She has lived here since 1973 15 GRAMMAR EXERCISE III Focus: The Duration of an Event Supply have or has in the first blank and since or for in the second 1.- The earth _ been in existence _ millions of years 2.- Cuba ... East _ more than two thousand years 13.- The sun been in the center of our solar system millions and millions of years 14.- My parents _ had their house _ quite a few years GRAMMAR EXERCISE III PAGE 2 15.- Washington D.C., _ been the capital of the United States _ 1800 16.- I known my best friend I was six 17.- The Eiffel Tower _ been a famous... important religion _ almost two thousand years 20.- The Red Cross been an important international organization 1864 21.- The Soviet Union _ been a socialist state _ 1917 17 GRAMMAR EXERCISE IV Focus: Duration with the Present Perfect Tense Fill in the first blank with an appropriate verb phrase in the present perfect tense and supply since or for in the second Use past participles... ear _ he went swimming in the lake a couple of weeks ago 12.- I _ English only a couple of years 13.- My next-door neighbor _ very inactive _ she became ill 18 GRAMMAR EXERCISE IV PAGE 2 14.- He _ a great deal of trouble with his boss he started working for the company 15.- Betty Smith, a good friend of mine, a very unhappy woman... played football for years 5.- The adverbs always and never are also inserted between the auxiliary and the main verb: My mother has always driven a Ford car; I have never known a person as nice as you GRAMMAR EXERCISE V 20 Focus: Contractions and Always/Never Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb phrases in the present perfect tense containing the adverbs always or never Practice using contractions... yourself 12.- She an excellent student 13.- Ann _ a poor student 14.- He English well 15.- We English during the classes 16.- They _ each other very much GRAMMAR EXERCISE V 17.- Fortunately, she _ good health 18.- I _ wine with my meals 21 PAGE 2 19.- We _ Japanese food 20.- They _ about their son 21.- I _ hard... such as heroin, morphine, or opium.) 22.- I a woman as beautiful as her 23.- Jim for General Motors 24.- We _ in Los Angeles 25.- I _ to go to the dentist a lot GRAMMAR EXERCISE VI Focus: Negative Verb Phrases Fill in the blanks with appropriate negative verb phrases in the present perfect tense Use past participles made out of the base forms in the following . because we _____________. 29.- (come) This quiz _____________________ to an end. GRAMMAR/ STRUCTURE PROGRAM 2 I.- PRESENT PERFECT TENSE 1. - Verb Tense Review. beach; I will be waiting for you at the airport when your plane comes in. 9 GRAMMAR EXERCISE I Focus: Present (Continuous) Tense, Past (Continuous) Tense,