Контрольная работа № 6 grammar

Exercise 1 Irregular past tenses

Here are twenty verbs. Ten are regular and ten are irregular. Write in the Past Simple and Past Participle for the irregular verbs only.

	Past Simple	Past Participle
appear
bring
climb
fall
feel
forget
improve
invent
know
let
lose
manage
pass
pick
speak
start
tell
understand
use
want

Exercise 2 Active or passive?

Underline the correct form in the following sentences.

Example Portuguese speaks / is spoken in Brazil.

1. That’s the third time he has failed / has been failed the exam.

2. ‘Hot Lips’ wrote / was written by Celia Young.

3. A lot of trees cut down / were cut down to build that house.

4. They don’t grow / aren’t grown bananas in Scotland.

5. Some pictures have taken / have been taken from the museum.

Exercise 3 Passives

Put the words in the right order to make sentences.

	world is English the all spoken over
	since has nylon 1932 made been
	Mary’s invited I to wasn’t party why?
	will when be new the bridge built?
	asked car design were they to new a

Exercise 4 Second Conditional

Use each verb in B once only and make five sentences from the chart.

A	B	C	D	E
If I	lived	a dictionary	I’d I wouldn’t	go to see her.
	earned	you		look up the word.
	knew	in Brazil		marry George.
	had	more money		learn Portuguese.
	were	Maria’s address		save it.

Write the complete sentences here.

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5.

Exercise 5 Second Conditional and might

Read the text about Jane. Then complete the sentences below.

Jane’s unhappy at home and unhappy at work. She has a boring job and she doesn’t earn much money. Her boss says that he will perhaps give her a pay rise next month, but he isn’t sure yet. She doesn’t have a car and she goes to work on crowded buses every day. She doesn’t have a flat, she lives in a small room above a noisy restaurant in the centre of town. She finds it difficult to sleep because the restaurant doesn’t close until after midnight. She thinks that she will perhaps go and live with her friend Wendy but she isn’t sure yet because she likes living on her own.

Example Jane wouldn’t be unhappy if she lived in a quiet flat.

1. Jane ____________________ happier if she _______________ a more interesting job.

2. Her boss might _________________________.

3. If she ___________________ a car, she ___________________ to work by bus.

4. If she ___________________ live above a restaurant, she ____________________ it easier to sleep.

5. She might ________________ her friend Wendy.

Exercise 6 Present Perfect Simple and Continuous

In the following pairs of sentences only one is correct.

Put a plus (+) next to the correct one.

1. I saw her five minutes ago.

I’ve seen her five minutes ago.

2. We are here since last Saturday.

We’ve been here since last Saturday.

3. How long have you known Wendy?

How long have you been knowing Wendy?

4. We haven’t made coffee yet.

We didn’t make coffee yet.

5. He is waiting to see the doctor since nine o’clock.

He has been waiting to see the doctor since nine o’clock.

6. When did you buy your new car?

When have you bought your new car?

7. Mary isn’t home. She’s been to work.

Mary isn’t home. She’s gone to work.

8. I’ve run in the park, so I’m tired.

I’ve been running in the park, so I’m tired.

9. I’ve run round the park three times.

I’ve been running round the park three times.

10. They already had their dinner.

They’ve already had their dinner.

Exercise 7 Present Perfect Continuous

Ask questions to find out How long…?

Example - I’m learning English.

- How long have you been learning English?

	- I’m waiting for a bus. - …
	- Tom’s saving up to buy a boat. - …
	- I’m having driving lessons. - …
	- Alice is working in the library. - …
	- The Greens are trying to sell their house. - …

Exercise 8 Reported statements and questions

Put the following sentences into reported speech.

Examples ‘They live in Oxford,’ she said. → She said (that) they lived in Oxford.

‘Do you live in Oxford?’ she asked them. → She asked them if they lived in Ox­ford.

	‘Do you often visit your aunt?’ she asked him. She asked him ________________________________
	‘I visit her every Sunday,’ he said. He said that __________________________________
	‘I took her some flowers for her birthday,’ he said. He said that __________________________________
	‘What did you do at the weekend?’ he asked her. He asked her _________________________________
	‘I’ve forgotten,’ she said. She said that _________________________________

Exercise 9 Had or would?

All the following sentences have ‘d in them. Write it out in full to show if it is had or would.

Example He’d left before I arrived. = had

1. I told him that I’d like to come.

2. When we’d had tea, we went for a walk.

3. Why did you tell her that I’d broken the vase?

4. If I had a car, I’d drive you there with pleasure.

5. She said that he’d just given it to her.

Exercise 10 Tenses and verb forms

In the following newspaper article put the verb in brackets in the correct tense or verb form. Sometimes you will also have to decide whether the verb is active or passive.

Example I asked John to do (do) the shopping but he hasn’t done (not do) it yet.