Grammar tasks. Revision. Check your grammar

Task A.

I. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. Usually I have/am having breakfast at 8.

2. Look! What are the children doing/do the children do?

3. Hello! I haven’t seen/didn’t see you for ages.

4. Tom has met/met his friends yesterday.

5. When I last have seen /saw her, she went/ was going to Moscow.

6. Have you read/did you read all these books? – I have read/read them last month.

7. I have lost /lost my notebook. Have you seen/Did you see it anywhere?

8. If we go/will go shopping, we buy/will buy something tasty.

9. He is so annoyed. If he leave/left earlier, he will catch /would catch the train.

10. I have redecorated/have been redecorating my sitting-room.

It’ll be ready next week.

11. When I went/came home, my mother already cooked/had already cooked dinner.

II. Choose the correct modal verb.

1. I can/have to start my work early in the morning.

You must /should get up early, I think.

2. He can/may swim and play tennis.

3. You can/may come in and sit down.

4. The train has to be/might be late. It depends on the weather.

5. You can/must come and see us! We’ll be happy to see you.

6. I should/have to learn English for my university exam.

7. I might not/can’t talk to my friends’ parents. I don’t speak French.

III. Choose the correct form.

1. I like to watch/watching football very much.

2. We’d like to buy/buying a tour to New Zealand.

3. I hope to pass/pass my driving test.

4. Old comedies always make me to laugh/laugh.

5. My sister hates read/reading detective stories.

6. We went to the hospital to visit/visit our aunt. She was glad to see/seeing us.

7. We couldn’t stop to talk/talking to her.

IV. Choose the correct form of the verb in Active or Passive Voice.

1. The roof of the house broke/was broken by the storm.

2. Have you booked/have you been booked the tickets?

3. Rubens painted/was painted his “perfect” ladies in the seventeenth century.

4. Thieves stole/were stolen a world-famous painting last night.

5. German and English speak/are spoken here.

6. This book will publish/will be published next month.

7. He hasn’t seen/hasn’t been seen anywhere.

8. The student is listening/is being listened now.

V. Choose the correct preposition.

1. She has always been interested at/on/in Maths.

2. He is good at/on/in English.

3. Have you ever been at/on/to London?

4. The conference starts at/on/in Monday.

5. They will come at/on/in the evening.

6. Usually they come at/on/in 7.

7. The laboratory is situated at/in/of the center at/in/of the town.

VI. Put an article or an expression of quantity where necessary.

1. A/the/– longest mountain range in a/the/– world is a/thе/ – Andes in a/the/–

South America.

2. Would you like a/the/some coffee? – I’d prefer a/the/some glass of a/the/– juice.

3. There is a lot of/many/much pollution in this region.

4. Nick lives far from a/the/– city center. There isn’t a lot of/many/much noise.

5. She’s made a lot of/a few/a little mistakes. Just one or two.

6. How many/much/a lot of work have you written? – Just a lot of/a few/a little.

7. He lives in a/the/ – Cowan street. He goes to a/the/ – work by a/the/– bus.

VII. Choose the correct form of an adjective or an adverb.

1. He is old/older/ the oldest than he looks.

2. She is as bright/brighter/the brightest as her sister.

3. It’s the high/the most high/the highest mountain.

4. You live far/farer/farther than me.

5. It’s crowdeder/more crowded/the most crowded street than that one.

6. It’s the comfortablest/the more comfortable/ the most comfortable hotel

in the town.

7. You’ve made the bad/the baddest/the worst report I’ve ever heard.

8. Beautiful/more beautiful/the most beautiful pictures make you feel fine.

Task B.

I. Put the verbs in the correct form. Present Simple, Present Continuous,

Present Perfect.

1. All people in Australia (share) its national passion – surfing.

2. We (go) to my sister’s wedding next month.

3. What you (be) busy with? – I just (write) the report and now I (read) my e-mail.

4. What she (do)? – She (be) an artist. She just (finish) the college and (think) of changing the place of work now.

5. You still (cook)? – No, I already (cook) dinner.

6. I (envy) you. You (cook) so quickly.

7. Where you (go)? – We (go) for a run.

8. When I (go) home, I (take) you.

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