Formative Grammar Exercise
A. Complete the following irregular verb table.
Infinitive Past Past Participle
1. grow
2. wear
3. drive
4. catch
5. wake
6. ring
7. fly
8. draw
9. tell
10. feed
11. stand
12. speak
13. get
14. hurt
15. take
16. fall
17. be
18. send
19. win
20. write
20. think
21. have
22. sit
23. lend
24. spend
25. find
26. buy
27. feel
28. build
29. steal
30. eat
31. go
B. Fill in the spaces below with the correct verb tense: Simple Present; Simple Past; Present
Continuous; Past Continuous; Present Perfect; Past perfect; Future – will.
1. Yesterday we ________________ (speak) about Andy and his new car.
2. I ________________ (usually wake) up at 7:45 and ________________ (have) breakfast half
an hour later.
3. She ________________ (do) her homework, when the television ________________ (come) on.
4. While they ________________ (have) a bath, the dog ________________ (drink) their coke.
5. Look! Jane ________________ (dive) into the swimming pool.
6. The twins ________________ (play) the piano at the moment.
7. One day, we ________________ (live) on the Moon.
8. They ________________ (just arrive) from Paris.
9. When we arrived at the doctor’s, he ________________ (leave).
10. I ________________ (eat) at the school canteen, everyday.
C. Transform the statements into the Reported Speech.
1. “Ann is working at the moment, but she will be here in half an hour.”
Mrs. Baker said___________________________________________________
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2. “I won´t go with you now because I´m waiting for my father.”
Tom told Peter ___________________________________________________
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3. “We don´t want to go to the cinema today because we want to go tomorrow.”
They said _______________________________________________________
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4. “My father gave me this present yesterday.”
Anna said ________________________________________________________
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