Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.

12. He (smoke) …………………………………… thirty cigarettes a day. But all the moment he (try) …………………………………… very hard (give) ………………………………………… it up.

13. She (learn) ………………………………… English very fast but she (have) ……………………………… problems with Chinese.

14. My father (not smoke) …………………………………… but sometimes he (have) ………………………… a cigar after dinner.

15. What (you think) ………………………………………… of my new dress?  - Oh, it (fit) ……………………………… you quite well.

16. He often (borrow) ……………………… money and things from me but rarely (return) …………………… them to me.

17. Let’s go (fish) …………………………………………. – No, I prefer (swim) ………………………………………….

18. If we (not start) ………………………………………… right now, we (be) ………………………………………… late.

19. My Mother promises she (buy) ……………………………..……… me an electric bike if I (pass) ……………………………………… the final exam.

20. (Not get) ………………………………………… up until you (get) …………………………………………  well again.

21. if he (come) …………………………………………, please (tell) …………………………………… him (wait) ………………………………………… .

22. He often (take) ……………………….…………… the school bus to school but today he (ride) ………………………………………… his bike because he (get) ………………………………………… up late and (miss) 

B - Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in the brackets to complete each of the following sentences.

a.       At the moment, they (1. stand) _______ in front of the timetable. Their train (2. depart) _______ at 15:12.

b.      At 6 pm, the Smiths are meeting Ben’s aunt in Brighton. She (3. study) _______ law in a London university, but she (4. work) as a waitress in Brighton during the summer holiday.

c.       He (5. often/ wear) _______ a hat but he (6. not wear) _______ a hat today.

d.      We (7. have) _______ breakfast now although we (8.normally/ not have) ______ breakfast at this time.

e.       I must hurry to the bus stop because I (9. meet) _______ Ian in an hour and the bus (10. leave) _______ in ten minutes.

f.        Journalist: “What is your activity now?”

Jack: “Well, right now I (11. write) _______ a book on how (12. cook) _______ fried rice better.

g.      Right now Martha (13. be) ______ in the science building at our school. The chemistry experiment that she (14. do) _______ is extremely dangerous so she is very careful.

h.      I (15. work) _______ for a cosmetic company. This month I (16. work) _______ on our new line of nail polish.

i.        We (17. consider) _______ buying a motorcycle … you (18. think) _______ we should?

j.        He (19. have) _______ such a negative attitude. He (20. continually/ complain) _______ about his job, his wife, his kids, his car … everything.

C – Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete each of the following sentences.

1.       Microbes ________ organic waste into a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide.                                 (COMPOSE)

2.       He thanked them for the extraordinary _______ they had shown.                                                              (GENEROUS)

3.       Having no children of their own they decided to adopt an _______.                                                          (ORPHANAGE)

4.       I have twenty novels and _______ magazine stories to my credit.                                                             (COUNT)

5.       Classes are based on discussion rather than on the one-way _______ of knowledge.                          (TRANSMIT)

D – Identify one of the underlined parts that is not correct in each of the following sentences and get it right

1.       I have been in the United States since a year.

         A              B                               C        D

2.       I am knowing all the grammar, but it's difficult to remember.

           A                        B           C                         D

3.       The beach was too crowded that we decided to go somewhere else.

                     A     B                                                C           D

4.       Our friends suggested to spend the summer holiday on an island in the Pacific Ocean.

          A                                        B                                 C                            D

5.       For my mind, the whole affair is something of a mystery, isn’t it?

A                             B                                    C                      D

IV. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in the brackets to complete each of the following sentences.

a.     These two man (1. argue) _______ about the plan when I (2. come) _______ into the office

b.    The moment I (3. notice) _______ the man’s injury, I (4. call)  _______ an ambulance.

c.     The director didn’t allow the actors (5.  travel) _______ by air while they (6. work) _______ on the film last year.

d.    While her husband (7. be) _______   in the army, she (8. write)  _______ to her husband once a week.

e.     Yesterday we (9. listen) _______   to an interesting play on radio while our mother (10. prepare) _______   dinner

f.      Leonard (11. not have) _______ money for the bus because he (12. forget) _______ to ask his mother.

g.    By the time Sonia got to the party, everyone already (13. begin) _______ (14. dance) _______.

h.         Last Monday while we (15. watch) _______ an exciting game on T.V in our living room, the electricity (16. go) _______ out

i.      My cousin (17. never/visit) _______ a mine until his father (18. take) _______ him one day.

j.      It’s no use (19. advise) _______ him. He never allows anyone (20. give) _______ advice.

IV. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences.

(1 pt)

Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.

      Write your answers in the spaces given. (10 pts)

1.       If you (be) in my position now, what (you do)?

2.       John (do) the test again at the moment because he (not pass) it the first time.

3.       She was sitting on the grass, out of breath. She (run). She shouldn’t (run) so long.

4.       He (return) home after the party only (find) his house burgled.

5.       Last time his doctor (suggest) that he (not smoke).

6.       If he (see) the doctor last week, he (not suffer) now.

7.       When I (pass) her house the other day, she (water) the trees in the garden.

8.       Tom (finish) this course when his father (return) next month.

9.       The author (write) three novels when he (be) only 35 years old.

10.    John (wish) he (know) Chinese well.

II . Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets. Write your answers in the spaces given.

1.    (Lose) ………….my keys, I didn’t know how (get) ………in the house.

2.    Last year I (make)……….. (clean) ………..the classroom for two weeks.

3.    He (not have)……….. the accident if he (not drive) ………so fast.

4.    John (water) ……….the flowers when it (start) ………….to rain.

5.    When we (get) ……….to her house last week, she (just leave)………….

6.    She (come)…………….. at 9 am. So, she (be) ……………here for more than 4 hours.

7.    My parents would rather I (find)… a job, but I’d rather (go) ..to university for higher education.

8.    Jane (do) the test again at the moment because she (not pass) ……………it the first time.

9.    The man (sit)…………. next to me was nervous because he (not fly) …………before.

10. I (never forget)……….. what you (just tell) ……..me, I promise.