2) Elementary English Grammar Exercises

A. Exercise instructions: Use the words in brackets to complete the following: 1. Tom (speak) _______________ six languages. 2. They all (speak) _______________ three languages. 3. I (not/like) _______________ travelling. 4. She (live) _______________ in Birmingham. 5. Where (she/live) _______________ ? 6. Where (they/live) _______________ ? 7. How often (you/travel) _______________ abroad? 8. Michael (have) _______________ two dogs and a cat.

B. Exercise instructions: Use the words in brackets to complete the following: 1. Michael (have) _________________ four brothers. 2. We (live) _________________ in London. 3. She (live) _________________ in Manchester. 4. My cat (love) _________________ fish. 5. Where (you/work) _________________ ? 6. Where (he/work) _________________? 7. What time (you/start) _________________ school? 8. What kind of music (you/like) _________________ ? 9. What kind of music (your brother/like) _________________ ? 10. (you/like) _________________ football? 11. (you/know) _________________ this man? 12. Why (you/want) _________________ to live in Italy?

C. Exercise instructions: Complete the following questions using the words in brackets. All questions are in the present simple: 1. Where (your parents/live) _______________ ? 2. Which restaurant (you/prefer) _______________? 3. How much (a room/cost) _______________ in your hotel? 4. Where (he/go/usually) _______________ for his holidays? 5. How often (you/play) _______________ the guitar? 6. What time (the train/leave) _______________ ? 7. How much (this book/cost) _______________ ? 8. Why (you/not/like) _______________ Paris? I think it's a wonderful city. 9. What kind of music (you/like) _______________ ? 10. What kind of music (he/like) _______________ ?

D. Instructions: Change the tense in each of the following sentences. Use the tense given in brackets. 1. Do you like the film? (change to past simple) __________________ the film? 2. My father loves seafood. (change to past simple) My father __________________ seafood. 3. He speaks four languages. (change to past simple) He __________________ four languages. 4. My sister doesn't have a job. (change to past simple) My sister __________________ a job. 5. He reads a lot of books in his spare time. (change to past simple) He __________________ a lot of books in his spare time. 6. I saw a great film. (change to present perfect simple) I __________________ a great film. 7. Elizabeth isn't at home. (change to past simple) Elizabeth __________________ at home. 8. He liked his job. (change to present simple) He __________________ his job. 9. He liked the job. (change to future simple) He __________________ the job. 10. Are they here? (change to future simple) __________________ here?

E. Instructions: Write the past simple form of each verb: 1. I (see) ____________ George last week – he looked very well. 2. Seven people (ring) ____________ while you were out. 3. I (leave) ____________ my mobile phone at home this morning. I had to go back. 4. Dinner was great. We (have) ____________ pasta. 5. I (tear) ____________ my shirt when I fell off my bike. 6. I think you misunderstood me. I (mean) ____________ 'bed' not 'bird'! 7. I (hurt) ____________ my leg playing football yesterday. I can't walk very well today. 8. Pedro (teach) ____________ me to speak Spanish in a year. He was a great teacher. 9. I'm sorry that I (forget) ____________ to call you yesterday. 10. He (drink) ____________ all the wine last night

F. Exercise instructions: Fill each gap with the comparative form of the adjective in brackets: 1. Our house is (big) _______________ than theirs. 2. I'm (tall) _______________ than my brother. 3. Tortoises live (long) _______________ than cats. 4. Electrical goods are usually (cheap) _______________ in America than in Britain. 5. Electrical goods are usually (expensive) _______________ in Britain than in America. 6. Adele is a (good) _______________ singer than Madonna. 7. I think studying mathematics is (difficult) ___________________ than learning English. 8. Switzerland is much (small) ___________________ than Germany. 9. My brother is thirty and I am twenty-five – I am (young) ___________________ than him. 10. Oxford is quite near to London, but Liverpool is (far) ___________________ .