Name ______
Class ______
Mixed Grammar: Units 1–3
(Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, have got, Time expressions)
Complete the conversation, using the verb in brackets, or a preposition.
A = Anna (on her mobile phone, in the centre of town) J = Jane (at home)
AHi Jane, it’s Anna!
JHi Anna! Where are you? I (1) ______(think) you were at work.
AI (2) ______(finish) at 4.00 on Thursdays. I (3) ______(walk) along the High Street right now. It’s my mum’s birthday (4) ______Saturday and she’s coming over (5) ______the evening, so I (6) ______(look) for a present for her.
JYou (7) ______(not have got) much time then. (8) ______(have got) any ideas?
ANot really. That’s why I rang. It’s difficult because she (9) ______(not have got) any hobbies. She (10) ______(swim) a lot, but there’s not much you can buy for that.
JHow about jewellery? Does she like that kind of thing?
AYes, she (11) ______(love) silver jewellery. I (12) ______(go) to a couple of jeweller’s first, but I (13) ______(not find) anything I liked. I (14) ______(see) Tim in one of them, you know, Sally’s brother.
JOh, yes. What (15) ______(do) there?
AHe (16) ______(look) at engagement rings!
JAh, so he (17) ______(obviously plan) something at the moment!
(18) ______(know ) his girlfriend?
AYes, she (19) ______(go) to the same gym as me, so I
(20) ______(see) her quite often. Anyway, come on, I
(21) ______(need) some ideas.
JHow about a DVD? I (22) ______(watch) Pretty Woman when you
(23) ______(ring). People always (24) ______(enjoy) classics like that.
AYes, that’s a good idea. I think HMV and borders both (25) ______(close) late on Thursdays, so I can go there later.
Mixed Grammar: Units 1–6
(Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Time expressions, Quantity, Articles, Verb patterns, Futures, What … like?, Comparative and superlative adjectives)
Complete the conversation, using the verb in brackets or other words.
A = Alan B = Bob (Alan’s friend)
AHi Bob! How are things? You (1) ______(go) on holiday soon, aren’t you?
BHi Alan! Yes, I (2) ______(fly) to New Zealand (3) ______Saturday morning.
AWhat’s the weather (4) ______there at the moment?
BOh, it (5) ______(be) quite hot, and I (6) ______(stay) there for 6 weeks, so it (7) ______(be) even (8) ______by the time I leave.
AMmm, I think I (9) ______(come) with you. I’d like (10) ______(take) a (11) ______weeks off work at the moment.
BI need to take (12) ______time off myself actually. I’ve got so
(13) ______things to organize that my free time is busier (14) ______work time.
AWell, I’m afraid I haven’t got (15) ______sympathy. What (16) ______(do) while you’re there?
BWell, my cousin (17) ______(emigrate) there (18) ______1995, so I (19) ______(visit) him and his family, obviously. And I’m looking forward to (20) ______(see) all that fabulous countryside that everybody (21) ______(talk) about – those films of (22) ‘______Lord of the Rings’ really put New Zealand on the tourist map.
AYes, it does look like some of the (23) ______beautiful countryside in the world. I’m sure you’ll spend a (24) ______time on the beach as well.
BOf course! I (25) ______(do) a scuba diving course at the moment, so I’m hoping (26) ______(get) (27) ______of practice while I’m there.
AWell, it sounds like it’ll be (28) ______fantastic holiday – (29) ______holiday of a lifetime, I’m sure.
BIt’ll have to be – I don’t think I’ll be able to afford another holiday (30) ______expensive ______this one!
Mixed Grammar: Units 1–9
(Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, have got, Time expressions, Quantity, Articles, Verb patterns, Futures, What … like?, Comparative and superlative adjectives, Present Perfect / Past Simple, for / since, have to, should, must, Time clauses, First conditional)
Carol has written a letter to a magazine. Complete the letter, using the verb in brackets or other suitable words.
Dear Editor,
You (1) ______(ask) for letters from people who (2) ______(recently learn) something new. I (3) ______(just finish) (4) ______online interactive Spanish course for beginners. It (5) ______(be) really great! I (6) ______(start) it a month (7) ______and I (8) ______(like) it so much, I
(9) ______(do a lesson nearly every evening!
I (10) ______(love) languages generally, and Spain (11) ______(be) one of my favourite countries. My family(12) ______(go) there when I (13) ______(be) a child but we (14) ______(not go) back there (15) ______years. I
(16) ______(go) there again in (17) ______autumn so I thought I
(18) ______learn a bit of the language before I (19) ______(go). Of course, I (20) ______(not have to) speak it well because I (21) ______(stay) with English friends there but if I (22) ______(not know) a word, I (23) ______(feel) really stupid!
There are (24) ______lot of fascinating old towns and buildings in different parts of Spain, so I (25) ______read a bit more about Spanish history and culture. As soon as college (26) ______(finish) in two weeks’ time, I (27) ______(go) to the library and get (28) ______books out on Spain. I (29) ______(not have got) (30) ______at home.
The Spanish language isn’t (31) ______difficult as German, for example, but
(32) ______Spanish (33) ______(speak) very fast! Anyway, I’m looking forward (34) ______my visit there and I hope that I (35) ______(remember) a (36) ______words from my online course. Anything will be (37) ______than (38) ______!
I enjoy (39) ______(read) your magazine very much every month. Keep up (40) ______good work!
Best wishes,
Paulina
Mixed Grammar: Units 1–12
(Past Simple, Quantity, Articles, Comparative and superlative adjectives, Present Perfect / Past Simple, for / since, have to, should, must, First conditional, Passives, Second conditional, might)
Complete the web page information, using the verb in brackets or other suitable words.
Claude Monet, (1) ______Impressionist painter, first (2) ______(move) to Giverny in 1883. He (3) ______(work) on the garden there (4) ______ten years and then he (5) ______(buy) a second piece of land across the road. He (6) ______(turn) this land into (7) ______water garden – (8) ______now famous water garden that you see in (9) ______of his paintings. Monet was fascinated by different types of flowers and plants. If he (10) ______(want) to find a rare plant, he (11) ______(exchange) plants with friends of his, or he would spend (12) ______money to buy one!
The Japanese bridge in the garden (13) ______(build) by a local craftsman. However, during the Second World War, the bridge and the house (14) ______(damage) and they (15) ______(have to) build a new bridge in the 1970s. Now the house and gardens (16) ______(visit) by over 500,000 people every year and they look (17) ______lovely as they did when Monet was alive. The same flowers (18) ______(plant) and a new pond (19) ______(dig). Giverny (20) ______(become) one of (21) ______popular tourist destinations outside Paris, but visitors (22) ______remember that they (23) ______bring their dogs or other pets with them into the house and gardens.
If you (24) ______(visit) Giverny one day, you (25) ______impressed by the way the garden looks just like it did in Monet’s paintings. You (26) ______even think that you are standing inside one of his paintings!