... before.
29 The children weren't surprised.
19
Fill the following spaces, using can for present, could for past and shall/will be able for
future. There is no need to use other able form ... continuous
44 for and since
Future forms
PEG chapter 19
45 The present continuous tense as a future form
46 The be going to form
47 The present continuous and the be going to form
48 The ... keep going up.
19 I've seen you before.
20 Bill's written a novel.
21 His mother's very proud of him.
22 The twins used to play rugby.
20
A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR
EXERCISES 1
CONTENTS
...
... I'd like a diamond ring for my birthday.
18. You could easily afford to buy me one.
19. You are always buying things for yourself.
20. And diamonds are quite cheap.
9
29 Auxiliary verbs: should/shouldn't ... talks English.
13. corrects the Spanish essays.
14. explains in English.
15. lectures in Spanish.
16. broadcasts in Spanish.
17. addresses students in English.
18. cooks a Spanish meal for us.
19. ... plays Italian music.
5. drinks English beer.
6. dances with a Greek girl.
7. uses an English dictionary.
8. has lunch in a Japanese restaurant.
9. listens to the news in English.
10. writes in Spanish.
11....
... continuous
44 for and since
Future forms
PEG chapter 19
45 The present continuous tense as a future form
46 The be going to form
47 The present continuous and the be going to form
48 The ... 17-18
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7 What time you . . . breakfast? ~
We usually . . . it at 8.00.
8 What you . . . for breakfast? ~
We . . . toast and coffee.
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35 He forgave her.
36 They broadcast an appeal for money.
The past continuous...
... Yvonne, who is going to English classes): How long you (learn) English?
Yvonne: I (learn) off and on for about five and a half years. (Use the continuous form.)
20 I (begin) English at secondary ... school and (do) it for three years.
Then I (drop) it for a year and (forget) most of it. Then I (spend) two years at a
secretarial college, where I (study) commercial English, and for the last six ... that I (need) Englishfor my work and this (seem) the quickest way of
learning it.
18 Peter: You (know) any English when you first (arrive) here?
Paul: No, I (not know) a word.
19 Ann (to Yvonne,...
... cm.
1.
English language
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Textbooks for fore~gnspeakers
2. Engl~shlanguage
-
Grammar
-
195 0
-
Problems,
exercises,
etc
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T~tle
PEll28.A4573 199 0
428.2'4
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CIP
Set ... 199 0
Eleventh impression 199 8
Cartoons by Larry, Ed Mclaughlin and David Simonds
Br it is h Library Cataloguing i n Pu blica tion Data
Alexander, L. G. (Louis George) 193 2-
Longman Englishgrammar ...
6
7
To
the
student
Why do we learn grammar?
There
is
no
point
in
learning
grammar
for
the
sake
of
learning
grammar.
Grammar
is
the
support
system
of
...
... people looking for work.
I
need a
myself.
5
I'm looking for accommodation. I'd like a
for the night.
2.48 Nouns not normally countable in English: 'information' ... subject after
for. For
is more usual in the written language and we
cannot use it to begin a sentence [compare
>
1.9AI:
We rarely stay at hotels,
for we
can't afford it.
Write ... especially for you.
6
I've got some change. Let me pay the bill for you.
7
As you're busy, let me book a room for you.
8
I've saved some of this pudding for you.
9
1
can't...
...
1.
English language
-
Textbooks for fore~gn speakers
2.
Engl~sh language
-
Grammar
-
195 0
-
Problems,
exercises,
etc
i
T~tle
PEll28.A4573 199 0
428.2'4
-
&20 89- 13851 ... 199 0
Eleventh impression 199 8
Cartoons by Larry, Ed Mclaughlin and David Simonds
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Alexander, L. G. (Louis George)
193 2-
Longman Englishgrammar ...
9
Why is a car so expensive?
10
There isn't a car in the street.
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