Grammar exercises

Ex. 1. Complete the sentences using much, many or a lot of. Use a lot of in the positive sentences only:

1. Have you got ………. work to do?

2. We buy………. fruit but no vegetables.

3. There isn’t ………. information in this book.

4. How ………. children have they got?

5. He’s got ………. problems at the moment.

6. We see ………. beautiful birds on the walk.

7. I don’t know ………. people here. Do you?

8. We can’t go out because I don’t have ………. money with me.

9. There aren’t ………. tourists here this year.

10. I don’t have breakfast before work but I drink ………. tea.

11. Do you smoke ………. cigarettes?

12. How ………. money do you spend?

13. Are there going to be ………. people at the party?

14. She’s ill and she’s not eating ………. food.

Ex. 2. Add do or does to make questions and do, don’t, does or doesn’t to make short answers:

1. Does she live with her parents? Yes, she does.

2. ….. you like your job? No, I ….. .

3. ….. I speak Italian well? Yes, you ….. .

4. ….. you drive to work? No, I ….. .

5. ….. they work hard at university? Yes, they ….. .

6. ….. Alan smoke? No, he ….. .

7. ….. your sister visit you very often? Yes, she ….. .

8. ….. we usually give her a birthday present? No, we ….. .

9. ….. you write to your parents very often? No, I ….. .

10. ….. he help you very much? Yes, he ….. .

Ex. 3. A and B meet on the street. Write the conversation, putting the verbs into the correct form and adding all the other words you need:

• Hello! / What / you / do / here in Bristol?

• I / stay / my parents.

• Oh, that’s nice! And how / be / Cardiff? You / like / it there?

• Oh, yes, I. It / be / very nice town / but / I / sometimes miss / see / my friends in Bristol.

• And what about the job?

• Oh, that / be / very good. It be / a lot / more / interesting / my last job.

• Good.

• Yes. So I definitely / want / stay / Cardiff. / Oh, and I / learn / drive / now too. But there / be / one problem. / I not got / car.

• You / buy / one?

• Well, I can’t. / I not got / money / because I / spend / it all on driving lessons at the moment.

• Oh, well. Never mind.

Ex. 4. Answer the questions using last or ago and the words in bracket:

1. When did you speak to Peter? (week)

2. When did they buy that car? (two years)

3. When did we clean the windows? (six months)

4. When did the film start? (five minutes)

5. When did you see your cousin? (three years)

6. When did she stop smoking? (month)

7. When did it stop raining? (two hours)

8. When did they go to Africa? (year)

9. When did Max phone? (night)

10. When did you find your dictionary? (half an hour)

Ex. 5. Complete the sentences using did, was or were:

1. ………. you working when I rang? No, I ………. not.

2. ………. you see me on television? Yes, I ………. .

3. What ………. you doing when they arrived? I ………. reading the paper.

4. ………. they working hard? No, they ………. not.

5. ………. she crying when you saw her? Yes, she ………. .

6. ………. They speak to you when you met? No, they ………. not.

7. Peter ………. still lying in bed so he ………. hear the doorbell.

8. ………. the police find the man? No, they ………. not. He ………. hiding in an empty building.

9. We ………. shouting to you. ………. not you hear us?

10. I ………. looking for some photos when you rang but I ………. not find them.

Ex. 6. Mach the sentences together and write ten sentences in the first conditional:

She won’t get a place at university	you cook the dinner
I’ll do the washing up	I write it in my diary
I’m sure he’ll understand	you go to bed early
I won’t have any money	it rains
I won’t forget the date	I see Sylvia
We’ll eat in the garden	you tell him the problem
You’ll feel better in the morning	the weather’s nice
We’ll stay at home	she fails her exam
I’ll give her your message	you come by train
I’ll meet you at the station	I lose my job