Ex. 16. Supply suitable tenses

1. I’m sorry you (to get lost) coming here. I (to go) to meet you at the station if I (to know) you want me to.
2. I (to work) very hard lately.
3. What you (to do) just now while I (to wash) the dishes?
4. I never (to read) a story that (to interest) me so much as the one I (to read) last night.
5. When we (to go) to see them last night, they (to play) chess; they (to say) they (to play) since 6 o’clock.

Ex.17. Complete the sentences with used to

1. The baby doesn’t cry so much now but she… every night.

2. She… my best friend but we are not friends any longer.

3. We live in Nottingham now but we … in Leeds.

4. Now there is only one shop in the village, but there… three.

5. When I was a child I…ice-cream, but I don’t like it now.

6. Now Tom has got a car. He… a motor-cycle.

Ex.18. Choose a suitable tense for the verbs in brackets

1. It is easy to paint pictures if one (to know) how to do it.
2. If she (not to answer) the telephone, she would never have heard the good news.
3. Tell him he must visit the Tower if he ever (go) to London.
4. My friend would be able to help us if he (to be) here.
5. If it (to rain), you will get wet.
6. If you (to want) me to help you, why didn’t you say so?
7. I always, to have) trouble with my engine these days.
8. I wonder why I always (to have) trouble with the engine whenever I decide to go home by car.
9. In a few minutes’ time, when the clock (to strike) six, I (to wait) here three quarters of an hour.
10. He (to know) her a long time before he finally (to get) married to her.
11. I hope it (not to rain) when I (to leave) home tomorrow.

Ex. 19. Use the superlative and comparative degrees of comparison for the adjectives in brackets

1. Leo Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Chekov are (popular) Russian writers in England.

2. That game was (exciting) that I’ve ever seen.

3. James Baldwin’s last novel is (interesting) than his first one.

4. Ice hockey is (popular) than field hockey in the USA.

5. Baseball, football and basketball are (popular) sports in the USA.

6. Ice hockey is (dangerous) than field hockey.

7. Today’s football game was (exciting) than yesterday’s.

Ex.20. Complete the sentences using how and what

1. Have you decided…for dinner this evening?

2. Can you show me…the washing machine?

3. Do you know… if there is a fire in the building?

4. You’ll never forget…a bicycle once you have learned.

5. I was really astonished. I didn’t know…

Ex.21. Do you know how to use the words some, any and a in English?

1. I’ve got… new shirts.

2. The shop didn’t have…coffee, so I bought…tea instead.

3. I’m busy now, but I might have…time tomorrow morning.

4. I saw…books on the table.

5. Excuse me, I’d like…of those apples please.

6. I’m sorry, but I haven’t got…information about my brother.

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