Exercises for practice Intermediate English

Name: Vctor Mario Noble Ramos RA: 18410790

Topic A. Simple Present, Simple Past, Present Perfect, Present Continuous
s: B. Passive
C. Future and Imperative
D. Reported speech
E. Adjectives, Adverbs and Pronouns
F. Phrasal verbs
A) Simple Present, Simple Past, Present Perfect and Present Continuous
Simple Present (Units 5, 6 and 7)
1) Complete the sentences. Use:
Boil Close cost cost like like meet open speak teach wash

a) Maria speaks four languages.

b) The shops in the city usually open at 9 oclock in the morning.
c) The City Museum closes at 5 oclock in the morning.
d) Tina is a teacher. She teachs mathematics to young children.
e) My job is very interesting. I meet a lot of people.
f) Peters car is always dirty. He never washses it.
g) Food is expensive. It costs a lot of money.
h) Shoes are expensive, They cost a lot of money.
i) Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
j) Julia and I are good friends. I like her and she likes me.
2) Write sentences from these words. Use the right form of the verb (arrive or arrives
etc).
a) (always / early / Sue / arrive) Sue always arrives early.
b) (to the cinema / never / I / go) I never go to the cinema.
c) (work / Martina / hard / always) Martina always works hard.
d) (like / chocolate / children / usually) Children usually like chocolate.
e) (Julia / parties / enjoy / always) Julia always enjoys parties.
3) Write the negative.
a) I play the piano very well. I dont play the piano very well.
b) Jane plays the piano very well. Jane doesnt play piano.
c) They know my phone number. They dont know my phone number.
4) Make questions from these word + do/does. Put the words in the right order.
a) (where / live / your parents) Where do your parents live?
b) (you / early / always / get up) Do you always get up early?
c) (how often / TV / you / watch) How often do you watch TV?
d) (you / want / what / for dinner) What do you want for dinner?
Simple Past (Units 10, 11 and 12)
5) Write questions from these words + was/were. Put the words in the right order.
a) (late / you / this morning / why?) Why were you late this morning?
b) (difficult / your exam?) Was your exam difficult?
c) (last week / where / Sue and Chris) Where were Sue and Chris last week?
6) Write the past simple of these verbs.
a) Get got g) Go went
b) See saw h) Think thought
c) Play played i) Copy copied
d) Pay paid j) Know knew
e) Visit visited k) Put put
f) Buy bought l) Speak spoke
7) Complete these sentences with the verb in the negative.
1) I saw Barbara, but I didnt see Jane.
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2) They worked on Monday, but they didnt work on Tuesday.
3) We went to the post office, but we didnt go to the bank.
Present Perfect (Units 16, 18 and 20)
8) Complete the sentences. Use already + present perfect.
a) What time is Paul arriving? He has already arrived.
b) Do your friends want to see the film? No, they have seen it.
c) Dont forget to phone Tom. I havent done it.
9) Make questions with How long ... ?
a) (Jane is on holiday) How long has she been on holiday?
b) (Scott and Judy are in Brazil) How long have been Scott and Judy in Brazil?
c) (I know Amy) How long have you known Amy?
10) Are these sentences OK? Correct the verbs that are wrong. (The verbs are
underlined).
a) Ive lost my key. I cant find it. OK.
b) Have you seen Kate yesterday? Did you see.
c) Ive finished my work at 2 oclock. I finished.
d) Im ready now. Ive finished my work. OK.
Present Continuous (Units 3 and 4)
11) Complete the sentences. Use the verbs:
Build cook go have stand stay swim work
a) Please be quiet. I am working.
b) Wheres John? He is in the kitchen. He is cooking
c) You are standing on my foot. Oh, Im sorry.
d) Look Somebody is swimming in the river.
e) Were here on holiday. We are staying at the Central Hotel.
f) Wheres Sue She is having a shower.
g) They are building a new hotel in the city centre at the moment.
h) I am going now. Goodbye.
12) Make questions from these words. Put the words in the right order.
a) (is / working / Paul / today) Is Paul working today?
b) (what / the children / are / doing) What are the children doing?
c) (you / are / listening / to me) Are you listening to me?
d) (where / your friends / are / going) Where your friends are going?
B) Passive
Passive (Units 21 and 22)
13) These sentences are not correct. Correct them.
a) This house built 100 years ago. This house was built.
b) Football plays in the most countries of the world. Football is played in the most
countries of the world.
c) Why did the letter send to the wrong address? Why was the letter sent to the
wrong address?
14) Complete the sentences.
a) I cant use my office at the moment. It is being painted (paint)
b) We didnt go to the party. We werent invited (not/invite)
c) The washing machine was broken, but its OK now. It was repaired. (repair)
d) The washing machine was repaired (repair) yesterday afternoon.
C) Future and Imperative (Units 26, 29, 30)
15) Complete the sentences. Use going to + these verbs:
Do eat give lie down stay walk wash watch wear

a) My hands are dirty. Im going to wash them.

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b) What are you going to wear to the party tonight?
c) Its a nice day. I dont want to take the bus. I am going to walk.
d) Steve is going to London next week. He is going to stay with some friends.
e) Im hungry. I am going to eat this sandwich.
f) Its Sharons birthday next week. We are going to give her a present.
g) Sue says shes feeling very tired. She is lying down for an hour.
h) There-s a good film on Channel 6 tonight. Are you going to watch it?
i) What is Rachel going to do when she leaves school?
16) Write sentences with might.
a) (its possible that Ill go to the cinema) I might go to the cinema.
b) (its possible that Ill see you tomorrow) I might see you tomorrow.
c) (its possible that Sarah will forget to phone) Sarah might forget to phone.
17) Complete these sentences. Use cant or couldnt + one of these verbs:
Decide eat find go go
a) I was tired, but I couldnt sleep.
b) I wasnt hungry yesterday. I couldnt eat my dinner.
c) Kate doesnt know what to do. She cant decide.
d) I wanted to speak to Martin yesterday, but I couldnt find him.
e) James cant go to the concert next Saturday. He has to work.
f) Paula couldnt go to the meeting last week. She was ill.
D) Reported Speech (Unit 50)
Reported Speech
18) Read what these people say and write sentences with He / She / They said (that)
a) Ive lost my watch. He said he had lost his watch.
b) Im very busy. He said hes very busy.
c) I cant go to the party. She said she cant go to the party.
E) Adjectives and adverbs (Unit 86 and 88)
Adjectives and adverbs
19) Complete the sentences with with these adverbs:
Angrily badly dangerously fast heavily
a) Its raining heavily. d) She shouted at me
b) He sings very quietly. dangerously.
c) They came in angrily. e) She can run very fast.
f) He was driving badly.
20) Complete the sentences. Use than.
a) He isnt very tall. Youre taller than him (or taller than he is)
b) She isnt very old. Youre older than her.
c) I dont work very hard. You work harder than me.
F) Phrasal verbs (Unit 114)
EXTRA EXERCISE: Complete the sentences. Choose a verb from the box + on/off/up etc. If
necessary, put the verb intro the correct form. (You wont need to use all the verbs)

Break fall give hold speak wake carry + on/off/up/down/over

get go slow take
a) I went to sleep at 10 oclock and wake up at 8 oclock the next morning.
b) Its time to go. hold on a minute. Im not ready yet.
c) The train slew down and finally stopped.
d) I like flying, but Im always nervous when the plane take of.