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It’s not polite. I’ve been invited to a wedding; but I can’t go. Will it be necessary for me to send a present? Shall I have to send a present? He has already reached retiring age. He took us in his car. Then it won’t be necessary to live at home if I don’t want to. It wasn’t necessary to say anything.

I bought my ticket at a machine. We were able to wade across. I can get a taxi. But it wasn’t necessary to pay for the lunch. The airline gave it to us.

The teachers aren’t very strict. It wasn’t necessary for them to hurry. Will it be necessary for me to take the whole exam again?

It wasn’t necessary for me to do anything. You helped him but he didn ‘t need help. There aren’t any rattlesnakes in this country. We’ve only just started this one. It isn’t possible. Look, it’s raining now! I had locked it myself and the key was in my pocket. If he had they wouldn’t have died. I am perfectly well. One would have been enough. He has one of his own. He speaks English very fluently. Present and past tenses The simple present tense PEG Read the following in the third person singular.

Do not change the object if it is plural. Note that after certain consonants a final es is pronounced as a separate syllable. He 2 Buses pass my house every hour. He 4 We change planes at Heathrow. He 6 They worry too much. He 7 I cash a cheque every month. He 8 I always carry an umbrella.

She 9 They wash the floor every week. She 10 His sons go to the local school. He 17 Elephants never forget. They lie in bed all day. In Nos. The present continuous tense PEG Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous tense. In No. He clean his shoes. Somebody bring more coal?

You can’t go out yet. He paint the front bedroom. I read Crime and Punishment. The sun shine and the birds sing. Shall I answer it? I just wash my hands. Someone come to tea? Would you like to come with me? You make a lot of mistakes. She always rests after lunch.

Perhaps they look for oil. They repair the road. Go and see what they do. Something happen in the street? The house opposite is on fire! Come and look. Mother: I can’t. I bath the babies. Is the Fire Brigade here? Fire engines rush up and the firemen jump out and unroll their hoses. People stop to watch. A policeman try to move them on. A fireman help him! Two boys slide down a rope! He carry a baby! The crowd cheer!

The simple present and the present continuous PEG Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present continuous tense. They use the nests of other birds. She make all her own clothes. I not like that set anyway. I redecorate the sitting room. Shall I make the tea? I want to stay to the end.

You come with me? You mind if I bring my dog? I give it to my daughter for her birthday tomorrow. You keep milk a long time? You want to send any message? I wonder what they talk about. You think it is all right? It always make a noise like that. I can’t see across the room. The simple present and the present continuous PEG Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or present continuous tense.

It blow very strongly tonight. He always think about something else. They picket factory gate. You usually walk quite slowly. He keep jumping up on my lap. I wonder what they wait for. You not see the notice? What it say? You get fat. You want to see it? He seem to like the life. We leave home on the 8th, arrive in Paris on the 9th, spend the day in Paris, and set out that night for Venice.

You must tell me all about it when you get back. Then he go away but he not forget the snake and some years later he return and look for it. But, unfortunately, the snake is by now a full-grown boa-constrictor and its embrace kill the poor boy. The story end there. You not smoke cigars as a rule. This book say that cigar ash mixed with oil remove heat stains from wood.

Everybody use it but nobody know who own it. The simple past tense PEG Put the verbs in the following sentences into the simple past tense. The simple past tense PEG Put the verbs in the following sentences into a the negative b the interrogative.

The past continuous tense PEG Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous tense. Mr X: I play chess with my wife. Mr Y: I listen to a play on the radio. I thought that you go to Milan. Obviously Mrs Jones cook fish. He said that he try to lose 10 kilos. I talk to Mr Pitt. Some of them bathe in the sea, others look for shells, others play in the sand.

I asked her what bus she wait for. I told him that he read in very bad light. James weed and Alexander cut the grass. I asked when it would be ready. He always try to prove that the earth was flat. The simple past and the past continuous PEG Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous tense. I had to finish it in the dark. Very unwillingly he turn down the sound and go to answer it.

Whenever his wife entered the room he stand up. He insist on finishing the game. She apologized for starting without me but said that she always lunch at He always complain about my untidiness. He immediately put out his torch and crawl under the bed.

What you do? They immediately hide the cards and take out their lesson books. Mr Pitt do a crossword puzzle, Mrs Pitt knit , the others read. Mrs Pitt smile at me and say , ‘Come and sit down. She always buy herself new clothes. The simple past and the past continuous PEG Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or past continuous tense.

Unfortunately, as Mr Smith cross the field, his alarm clock go off. He throw the umbrella to the ground and run away as fast as he could. While he do this Mr Smith escaped.

She look at something in the street, but when he call her she turn and smile at him. I have a very interesting conversation with Mr Pitt. Tom turn round and hold up his hand.

The car stop. She wear a blue dress and look very pretty. As soon as she see me she wave and shout something, but I couldn’t hear what she say because everybody make such a noise.

He wear blue overalls and black shoes. But someone bring him a glass of water and after a few minutes he be able to continue. They still listen to the evidence when we leave. He say that he look for some stolen property and ask if he could search the car. Why you use a stick? Obviously Mrs Pitt knit something. I say that I hope that she enjoy herself. He put up his umbrella and go on watering. It looks very old. I wonder who it belong to? I ask her where she go and she say , ‘London’, but I don’t think she speak the truth because there not be any train for London at that time.

So he throw it into the desk and hope for the best. Mrs Pitt wake her husband and say that she think that someone try to get into the house. I still read it. I not know that you still read it. This wake my mother who come to the top of the stairs and say , ‘Who is there? It is me,’ but she not hear me because the dog bark so loudly, so she go back to her room and telephone the police.

The present perfect tense PEG Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect tense, and fill the spaces by repeating the auxiliary.

You wash the plates? Have you washed the plates? You see him lately? Have you seen him lately? I just make some. Come and look at it. He have plenty of time. The present perfect and the simple past PEG , a Fill the spaces by repeating the auxiliary used in the question, putting it into the negative where necessary. Have you seen that play? Yes, I have. Yes, I was there last night. It go five minutes ago. The present perfect and the simple past PEG , Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the simple past tense.

In some sentences the present perfect continuous PEG is also possible. He just finish his second tragedy. I wonder where he is. He is trying to give it up. I enjoy them very much. Everyone enjoy it very much. You are a little late.

I wonder when it is going to get warmer. Now we’ll have to walk. He be here for five years. Then he retire and go to live in the country. The present perfect and the simple past PEG , Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or simple past tense. Fill the spaces by repeating the auxiliary used in the preceding verb. You see Mary on Monday? Did you see Mary on Monday? You see them anywhere? When you last wear them? Is she a customer of yours? She be in here several times but she never buy anything.

How long you know her? I only be in his class for a week. You be here long? Yes, two convicted murderers escape from the prison down the road. She not be out of her house since she buy her colour TV. I be out in a yacht. We take part in a race. Lots of people write to the Town Council asking them to take it away but so far nothing be done. You see it? Is it like the book?

I not give you the money for that last week? I just start a new job. I do about half so far. Have you a bandage? How it happen? We have coffee together afterwards. But they just take down the ‘For Sale’ sign, so I suppose someone buy it. The present perfect continuous tense PEG Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect continuous tense 1 I make cakes. That is why my hands are all covered with flour.

I wonder why she doesn’t answer it. That is why he looks so tired. I cut down a tree. I look for it for ages. There’11 be a flood soon. Perhaps we should stop 11 I bathe. That’s why my hair is all wet. Let me drive now. Don’t think we should get some petrol? I try to make a telephone call Rome.

That’s why you feel irritable, 17 He speak for an hour now. I expect he’ll soon be finished. I wish someone would turn it off. I eat nothing but bananas for the last month. We must get it mended. When are you going to do it?

The chain’s fallen off. I wonder what the verdict will be. The roads will be blocked if it doesn’t stop soon. You smoke too much. In some cases either could be used. That’s why you are tired. I think someone else ought to drive. It’s time he woke up.

She is a very good correspondent. That’s why my hands are so dirty. Would you like to do the fourth? He ought to give up smoking. Tom and Ann are engaged! I wish you’d go away or stop talking. You help him with his exam paper or he help you? You live next door. I was a girl. I left school. I was at school. Future forms The present continuous tense as a future form PEG Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous tense.

They start on Monday. Then we’ll be able to see out. You go? I meet him outside the prison. Miss Pitt take my class. The be going to form PEG , Put the verbs in brackets into the be going to form. Look at those clouds. He make a speech. I not do it again. Now I read the book.

It is haunted. Apples be scarce. I not finish it. The present continuous and the be going to form PEG Planned future actions can be expressed by the present continuous tense with a time expression or by the be going to form with or without a time expression.

The present continuous is mainly used for very definite arrangements in the near future. The be going to form can be used more widely. Use the present continuous where possible in the following sentences and put the remaining verbs into the be going to form.

I light a fire. He go to Spain for his holidays. They invite sixty guests. You come to see it? He call for me at eight. The future simple PEG Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple. The present continuous and the future simple PEG , Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous or the future simple using the present continuous where possible.

The be going to form could be used here instead of the present continuous, but for the sake of simplicity students are advised to use only the two tenses first mentioned.

I 3 He play in a tennis match on Friday. I’ve broken the teapot. What Mrs Pitt say? It matter? He soon forget all about it. Put the verbs in brackets into one of these two forms. In some of the examples the present continuous could be used instead of the be going to form. I go and get some sticks. I telephone for them now. I send him some grapes. You do some weaving? He translate it for you. I eat vegetables. You redecorate your kitchen?

Where you put it? It is against the law. I attend pottery classes next winter. I’ve got a lot to do. I develop my own films.

Sit down by the fire and I make you a cup of tea. How much do you want? They raffle it for charity. They clear away this rubble.

Mother: I mend it for you. I give you a lift to the station. What you do when you leave the university? But will you very often introduces a request or invitation. For this reason are you going to is more usual than will you in questions about intentions, are you going to must of course be used when the intention is obviously premeditated. See also Exercise Where both are possible it will be noted in the key. In some examples the present continuous tense could be used instead of the be going to form.

The exercise contains requests, invitations, and questions about intentions. You not climb the mountain with the others? You make an enormous omelette? Take no notice. I want to discuss your work with you. You really read it? Where you fish? You make a telephone call? Someone will fall over it if you do. I don’t like driving at night. He looks very bad-tempered to me. You will be ill if you do. I made it myself. I don’t think it is at all necessary. It will take you ages.

You work this weekend? I have to catch an early train. You’ll get awfully wet. You give a lecture? You explore the caves? The future continuous tense PEG This tense can be used 1 with a point in time to indicate that the action will begin before this time and continue after it.

In this way it is very like the present continuous, but it is not, like the present continuous, restricted in time and is a more detached and casual way of expressing the future. It often implies that the action will occur in the ordinary course of events or as a matter of routine.

Except when used as in I, above, this tense can usually be replaced by one of the other future forms, though the exact shade of meaning may then be lost. Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous tense. I can do it easily because I see him tomorrow.

We go to work on the same train. They pickel a factory gate 10 Why you walk 30 fas today? You usually walk quite slowly huis because meet my mother at 4 o’clock an she not ike to be kept waiting 1 Tish that dog Would le down. He keep jumping up oa my lap 1 think he want to go fora walk 12 You recognize that man?

You not see the notie? Wht sa? You ge ft. You want 1 see 25 How Petr get on at choot? Then he go away but he not forget the snake and some yeas ater he return and lok for it. But, unfortunately, the snake is by now full-grown boa-constrictor and its embrace kill the poor boy 30 The snake lee sorry about this?

The story end there. You aot smoke cigars as a rule 1 moke it because 1 vant the ash. Cigar ash mixed with oil remove heat stains from Wood, 35 Who own this umbrella?

Everybody us it but nobody know who ow it 36 You mind if1 ask you a question? I thought that you go to Mila, 13 My wife and I alk about you the other day 14 When I fist met him he std painting, 15 There was a strong smell and the sound of frying.

Obviously Mrs Jones Cook fish 16 Tom ate nothing for lnch because he dist. Hes hat he ry 10 lose 10 kilos, 17 Who you alk to on the telephone as I came in? I old him that he ead in very bad tight. He always tr to prove that the earth was at While we sh someone came tothe house and lef his note. He immedi ately put out his torch and crawl under the bed. What you a? They immediately hide the cards and tke out theit lesson books.

She aways bus herself now clothes ’35 Her mother often tell her that she pend oo much money bu she never listen.

The cat stop. I stil ead it Ym sorry. I aot know that you stl ead i [36 T come in very lt las ight and unfortunately the dog wake up and start to bark. The present perfect tense c PEG ut the verbs in brackets into the present perfect tense, and All the spaces by repeating the auxiliary. You se him ately? No, 1 Have you seen him lately? No, I haves”. No, ‘m afraid 1 5 Someone wind the clock? No, 1 11 just wash that foo. Yes, 1 14 There arent any buses because the drivers go on strike. Yes, be 17 Hlow many bottles the milkman live?

He leave sx live here for ten year. I just make some. No, Pm sureT 23 Why you aot mend the fuse? I not have time. No, 26 1 ask him to dinner several times. Come and look ati 30 He post the leter? Hw long you lve here? L wonder whore he is 9 He not smoke fr two weeks, He i trying to give up. He arrive at 2. I enjoy them very much, 14 T eat go out because I aot nish my work, 15 Tnever drink whisky.

Well, ave some now. Yes, 1 have i at 8. Je The concert begin at 2. You ae a litle late. Yes, Ann is reading it 3B the uctors amie yesterday and Start rehearsals early this mornin. I wonder when it is gong t get warmer. Now well have to wall 33 He break his leg in asking accident last year 3 Mr Pound i the bank manager. He be here for five years.

SE MMe Count work a cashier or twenty-five years. Them he ei fand go tive inthe eountry. No, it never stop raining The present perfect and the simple past A. Yes, Idi 1 Whereis Tom? A Practical English Grammar Exercises 2 is a book that explains grammatical forms and structure. It is considered amongst the classical grammar reference books. The book contains a lot of useful information and can be used as a reference book by both teachers and students with an intermediary English level up to the advanced skills.

A Practical English Grammar PDF also contains multiple examples of grammatical structures and forms with crystal clear explanations making it extremely practical to use. The exercises that figure in this book get increasingly difficult going from easy to moderately difficult and finally going up to difficult tasks that require being familiar with English grammar.