FIRST TERM

ENGLISH EXERCISES
2nd BACH.

1) Make a question for the underlined words:

1. 15 million people have seen UFO`s.

2. Obesity affects millions of people.

3. Some paper companies are now cutting trees in Russia.

4. I was only 12 when Neil Amstrong walked on the moon.

5. He wants to go to Harvard next year.

6. I grew up in Tennessee.

7. Three quarters of the world’s mail is written in English.

8. Most Ecstasy is manufactured in Eastern Europe.

9. A Tamagotchi goes to sleep at night.

10. He drew a picture on the floor.

11. There have been millions of studies on smoking.

12. The demons returned to the Freelings’ new home.

13. Margaret Thatcher slept three hours a day.

14. Genetics changes how we see our children.

15. It took six months to find her disease.

16. Susan used to do her shopping in New York.

17. Reaction times were 30% slower.

18. I’m visiting my friend tomorrow.

19. She’ll arrive by train tonight.

20. He has taken David’s car to his house.

21. I was sleeping when the alarm went off.

22. It is approximately 19 kilometres from my house to school.

23. We are going to the theatre at 7.30 tonight.

24. She hasn’t phoned because the telephone is out of order.

25. A hot, milky drink may help you relax.

26. He is a specialist in language teaching theory.

27. The law did all the forbidding.

28. Western countries see 14,000 attempted suicides every year.

29. There are eight denominations of euro coins.

30. Forests provide shelter and food for many different types of plants and animals.

31. This dictionary cost fifty dollars ten years ago.

32. The TV series about The Beatles begins in a few days.

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33. She hurries to the office every morning.

34. The Thompsons travel to Nice every spring.

35. Dan seldom listens to the radio.

36. At 10.00 a.m. we always take a break.

37. The train to Lyons leaves in five minutes.

38. Jane and Claire write to each other regularly.

39. I often do my homework in my room.

40. The new neighbours are going to move in next week.

41. I spent the money I got for my birthday on new clothes.

42. I borrowed Peter his coat.

43. Colin is leaving his job because he doesn’t like it.

44. I offered Peter a job but he didn’t accept it.

45. She emigrated to Australia last year.

46. John has been my friend since we were in the school together.

47. I last spent a day in the beach in August.

48. He borrowed it to repair his car after the accident.

49. Our English teacher treats us very well.

50. The pupils are taking the English test right now.

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 51. The baby cried all night.

52. 99% of Spanish youngsters have got a mobile.

53. That building over there is 253 metres high.

54. John is coming to the party tonight.

55. Peter is going to give Rose a diamond ring.

56. Princess Diana spoke on TV last night.

57. The workers went on strike for more money.

58. Marie used to live in Paris.

59. A very old book was stolen from the National Library.

60. She drinks milk everyday.

61. She listened to the radio every evening.

62. Joe is tall, good-looking and a bit shy.

2) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense, Present Simple or Continuous:

1. I ____________ (think) you’re wrong.

2. Just a moment! ____________ (have) the last beer.
3. I ____________ (usually/go) to work by bus.
4. Mary ____________ (hope) Peter can go with her tonight.
5. I ____________ (think) about your suggestion. I’ll tell you later.
6. You can turn off the radio. I ____________ (not listen) to it.
7. Goodbye, I ____________ (go) home now.
8. ____________ (you/believe) in God?.
9. The dentist ____________ (see) a lot of patients everyday.

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 10. The dentist ____________ (see) a patient at this moment.

3) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

A) They ______________ (make) films in Hollywood since 1912. The first films
______________ (have) no sound. The “Silent Era” ______________ (last) for 15
years until 1927, when the firstfilm with sound-track ______________ (appear).

Film-makers ______________ (introduce) many revolutionary changes since that time.

In 1932, Technicolor ______________ (change) the art of film making forever. Today,
directors ______________ (use) animation, make-up and special effects. During the
early 1950s, television ______________ (begin) to threaten Hollywood as fewer people
______________ (go) to cinemas. Yet cinemas ______________ (survive). Today a
film first ______________ (appear) at the cinema. After people ______________ (see)
it, they ______________ (produce) a video and later we ______________ (watch) it on
TV.

B) I ______________ (just/hear) that my mother isn’t very well, and I

______________ (like) to go to see her. The trouble is that I can’t take my dog Tim
with me. ______________ (you/think) you ______________ (be able) to look after
him for a week? You ______________ (have) him for a week last year and you
______________ (say) he ______________ (be) no trouble, and _____________ (get)
on well with your dog. If you can have him, I ______________ (bring) him any time
that ______________ (suit) you. He ______________ (have) his bed and bowl, and I
______________ (bring) enough food for him. But if it ______________ (not be)
convenient, ______________ (not hesitate) to say so. There ______________ (be) quite
good kennels near here, and they ______________ (take) him if I ______________
(ask). He ______________ (be) there once before and ______________ (seem) to get
on all right.

C) ______________ (you/be) free to come to dinner here on Saturday at 8.00? My

brother Paul _______________ (come) and ______________ (bring) a friend of his
called Tom Edwards. You _______________ (not meet) him but I ______________
(think) you ______________ (like) him. He is an assistant stage manager at the Gate
Theatre and ______________ (be able) to tell you about the actors. Paul
______________ (say) Tom ______________ (receive) hardly any salary and
______________ (often/not get) enough to eat, so he _______________ (ask) me to
have roast beef and Yorkshire pudding for dinner, with apple dumpling to follow. He
_______________ (probably/ring) up between now and Saturday to say it
______________ (be) a good idea to start with a soap. I ______________ (know) you
______________ (not usually/eat) heavy three-courses meals of this type, but I
______________ (hope) the conversation ______________ (not be) so heavy. Anyway,
come if you ______________ (be able).

D) I ______________ (be) interested in the cottage near Derham which you

______________ (advertise) in yesterday “Telegraph”, for my husband and I
______________ (come) to England in June and ______________ (require)
accommodation for three months. Could you please send me the details of some

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facilities in that area? My husband ______________ (hope) to hire a car, but I
______________ (not drive) and he ______________ (not be) free to take me
shopping, so I need a cottage near the bus route. ______________ (local shops/deliver)?
I ______________ (know) they ______________ (do) ten years ago.
I think I ______________ (rent) the house. I ______________ (be) grateful if you
______________ (tell) whether you supply sheets, towels, ... and whether a laundry
______________ (call) at the house. The rent you ______________ (ask)
______________ (sound) reasonable. How ______________ (you/like) it paid?.
My husband and I ______________ (be) abroad for ten years, but before that we
______________ (live) there, that’s why we ______________ (want) to spend our
holidays there. My husband ______________ (also/write) a book about Constable and
______________ (like) to finish it in the area where he, Constable, ______________
(paint) most of his pictures.
Mr Jones, the bank manager, ______________ (know) us since we
______________ (live) there and I ______________ (be) sure he ______________
(recommend) us. I, of course, ______________ (be willing) to send a deposit.
______________ (look forward) to an early reply. I ______________ (hope) we
______________ (see) soon.

4) Rewrite these sentences using For/Since/Ago:

1. I know Tom. I first met him six months ago.

2. Peter has been ill for three days.

3. We have been married for five years.

4. It started raining at two o’clock.

5. He has been in France for three weeks.

6. It’s six months since I have this old car.

7. Jim grew his beard ten years ago.

8. Mary started studying French last year.

9. John hasn’t lived with Rose since 1996.

10. I’m thirty six years old.

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11. They went to England two years ago.

12. I last spoke German two months ago.

13. I haven’t spoken to her for five years.

14. We met when we were in the Army together.

15. It’s a long time since he wrote to me.

16. He started running a small business five years ago.

17. Peter lives in England. He went there in 2002.

18. Rose became a lawyer two years ago.

19. I last went to your house when I was seventeen.

20. It’s a long time since he wrote to me.