1) Place the words in the appropriate order to make sentences.
1. climbed, of, the ship, hole, in, the side, I, through, one.
2. New Zealand, were, from, the eight men, divers.
3. these, tourists, a lot, of, ships, had boarded.
4. were, pale, they, men, faces, big, with.
2) Arrange the words to make negative sentences. Place time expressions at the end of the sentences.
1. not / now / she / in England / is
2. did / I / him / see / not / last night / at the disco
3. play / in the bar / did / he / last week / not / the piano
4. right now / have / not / we / time / do
5. not / the truth / did / he / tell / you
6. to the cinema / we / want / not / do / tonight / to go
7. to a party / not / we / tonight / going / are
8. our holiday / will / at home / we / not / spend / next year
9. eat / in winter / ice-cream / do / not / I
10. will / a letter / not / next week / send / you / she
3) Arrange the words to make questions.
1. go / last night / out / you / did
2. you / coffee / do / like
3. speak/ she / English / does
4. the train / when / leave / does
5. play / at / you / the weekends / do / tennis
6. do / a dog / you / have
7. he / can / dance
8. him / she / did / the truth / tell / why
9. on / they / holiday / are
10. she / Australia / from / is
4) Put in "to be" in the correct form.
1. We must go now. It … very late.
2. Today the weather … nice, but yesterday it … cold.
3. I … cold. Can I have something hot to drink?
4. We …glad to meet them that day.
5. This time last year I … in England.
6. Don’t buy those shoes gloves. They … too expensive.
7. Why … you so tired yesterday?
8. Last year their son … 26, so he … 27 now.
9. Where … you at 10 o’clock last Sunday morning?
10. I … hungry last night, but I …so tired that I went to bed without supper.
5) Put in “was”, “wasn’t”, “were”, “weren’t”.
1. The shops … open yesterday because it … a public holiday.
2. “… you at home at 9.30?” “No, I … . I … at work.”
3. I called you yesterday evening but you … at home. Where … you?
4. My son … at work last week because he … ill. He’s better now.
5. We didn’t like that house. It… very old and it … large enough.
6. Helen got married when she … 21 years old.
6) Fill the spaces with the correct forms of the verb “to have”, adding“got” where possible.
1. Babies ... teeth when they're born?
2. You ... any objection to sitting with your back to the engine?
3. Why don’t you say something? You ... an excuse? (negative)
4. You . . . this toothache yesterday?
5. How many letters .. the alphabet?
6. He is standing there in the rain and ... even the sense to put up his umbrella.
(negative).
7. Air passengers usually ... much luggage. (negative)
8. It is no good arguing with someone who ... a bee in his bonnet.
9. Oysters ... always pearls in them. (negative)
10. Why do you suddenly want to back out? You ... cold feet?
7) Use “there is (are)” construction in the necessary tense form.
1. … 24 hours in a day.
2. Look … an accident. Call the ambulance!
3. Excuse me, … a restaurant near here?
4. … a lot of English books on the shelves of his fl at. But the book about
Tom Soyer was his favourite.
5. I was hungry but … anything to eat.
6. When we arrived at the cinema … a long queue outside.
7. … many people at the meeting?
8. It is a very old town. … a lot of old buildings there.
9. Look! … their telephone number in the letter.
10. This box is empty …nothing in it.