Learning English

Past Or Present Perfect Tense Exercise Fill in the blanks with a suitable tense form. 1. He .................. all his childhood in a quaint village in China. spent has spent was spending 2. I ...................... all day yesterday. have read was reading have been reading 3. Mozart died while he ..................... the Requiem. composed was composing has composed 4. I ..................... the cleaning. What shall I do now? did have done ...

Sequence of Tenses Exercise Complete the following sentences using an appropriate tense form. 1. Suddenly we noticed that the clock ……………… stopped has stopped had stopped 2. I never thought that I ………………… see him again. will would Either could be used here 3. The woman led me to her hut and …………….. me to remain there for the night. tells had told told 4. We …………….. higher that we might get a better view of the procession. have climbed climbed ...

Phrasal Verbs With Stand, Turn, And Set There are several phrasal verbs with the words stand, turn and set. This grammar exercise tests your understanding of those phrasal verbs. 1. The factory turns …………………. hundreds of bicycles every day. off on out 2. I did go to their place but they turned me ……………… out in away up 3. They turned …………………. our offer. off down up 4. Her arrogance turned me ……………….. out in away ...

Phrasal Verbs Exercise Phrasal verbs are two or three word verbs whose meanings are very different from the meanings of the individual words in the expression. There are several phrasal verbs in English. While a student is not required to learn all of them, they must at least be familiar with the most common phrasal verbs. This grammar exercise tests your ability to use phrasal verbs correctly. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate phrasal verb. 1. The teacher ………………… an explanation of his conduct. called off called out called in called for 2. ………………… the doctor immediately. Call on Call in Call at 3. Julie ……………………. us ye...

Simple Present or Present Continuous Tense Exercise We use the simple present tense to talk about general truths, facts, likes, dislikes and preferences. The present continuous tense is used to talk about actions and situations that are going on at the moment of speaking. 1. Rani .......................... with her parents at the moment. stays is staying Either could be used here 2. My brother ......................... at a bank. work works is working 3. I never .......................... up before 9 on Sunday mornings. get am getting gets ...

Phrasal Verbs Exercise Phrasal verbs are two or three word verbs whose meanings are quite different from the meanings of the individual words in them. Examples are: put off, get along, come up, bring down and put out. Test your understanding of phrasal verbs with this grammar exercise. Fill in the blanks with a suitable phrasal verbs. 1. You are quite good at …………………….. excuses. coming up making up making off bringing up 2. The thieves …………………… with the jewels in the middle of the night. made up made out made off 3. Things have finally started ……………………….. bringing up ...

Would and Should Exercise The modals  ‘would’ and ‘should’ can both be used with first person pronouns I and we  as the less definite form of will and shall. Note that should is not normally used with this meaning in American English. In both British and American English, we use ‘should’ to talk about obligations. ‘Would’ is mainly used to talk about past habits. Can you use would and should correctly? Test your understanding with this grammar exercise. 1. Everybody ............................. wear seat belts. would should Either could be used here 2. When we were kids, we ................................ spend hours playing football. would should Either could be used here ...