Revision exercises Present Progressive used to explain actions in progress at the moment, or temporary actions or situations.

. I / You / He / She / It / We / They + VERB TO BE + VERB + ING Examples: I am studying to become a doctor The woman (she) is making dinner.

Exercise n 1 Make sentences in the present progressive I / to read a book I am reading a book it / to rain - _____________________________________ he / to repair his bike - _____________________________________ they / to watch a film -_____________________________________ the cat /to sleep on the chair - _____________________________________ Jane and Emily / _____________________________________ to do their homework -

Bill / to wait at the bus stop - _____________________________________ we / to listen to the radio - _____________________________________ the children / to play a game - _____________________________________ Laura / to walk the dog - _____________________________________

Object pronouns Used as the object of a sentence. IMPORTANT: Object pronouns go after verbs or after prepositions. Examples: John plays soccer. I have seen him play. Mary is my friend. John really likes her.

Exercise n 2 - Fill in the correct object pronoun (me, you, him, her, it, us, them) 1) I went to the cinema with Joe and Tom. I went with _______. 2) Mary and I are going shopping. Want to go with ________. 3) The chair is very comfortable. Please sit in _______.

4) The cat is sleeping. Do not disturb _______. 5) Tom gave the book to Mary. He gave _______ the book. 6) If you are lonely, I will come and visit _______. 7) I applied for a position at the company, but they didn't select _______. 8) It was Kathy's birthday. My mother baked ______ a beautiful cake. 9) If you clean your bedrooms, I will buy _______ some ice cream. 10) I can't lift this box alone. Can you help _______ ?

Past simple tense Regular verbs: lived, moved failed, permitted Verb + ied -> studied, married, tried, cried Verb + d -> loved, graduated, hated, liked, Verb + ed -> wanted, acted, showed, played,

Exercise n 3 Complete with the regular verb 1) When I was a child, I __________ (live) in this street. 2) I ____________ (study) in a public school in my childhood. 3) John ______________ (work) at Microsoft.

4) Mary _______________ (bake) a cake for her daughters birthday. 5) Carla and Jack just got _________ (marry). They _________ (move) to a new house. 6) We _________ (play) soccer on the beach. Irregular verbs Most common ones To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To awake be become begin bite break bring build buy choose do eat fall feel feed find forget get grow hang have hit hold hurt know leave let make meet pay see sell send sing teach throw tell think win Awoke Was, were Became Began Bit Broke Brought Built Bought Chose Did Ate Fell Felt Fed Found Forgot Got Grew Hung Had Hit Held Hurt Knew Left Let Made Met Paid Saw Sold Sent Sang Taught Threw Told Thought Won

Exercise n 4 complete with the correct irregular verb in the simple past 1) I ________ (have) a great night yesterday.

2) John and Mary __________ (see) the new Alien movie. 3) Will _______________ (hang) out with his childhood friends. 4) She ___________ (do not) have a burger for dinner. She ________ (have) a hot dog. 5) The insurance company hasnt _________ (pay) for the accident. Exercise n 5 Complete the dialogue with the correct past simple questions. David: Charles: David: Charles: David: Hello, Charles, where (1) ________ you born? (to be) Right here, in Rio de Janeiro. But (2) ________ you (3) _________ here? (do, grow up) No. I (4) ___________ up in So Paulo. (grow) And why (5) _________ you (6) _________ in SP? (do, stay)

Charles: My father (7) ________ me to (8) _________ in a good school. (want, study) David: And how old (9) _________ you when you came to RJ? And why (10)_____ you (11) _______ back? (to be, do, come) Charles: I (12) ___________ from the Journalism university and (13) __________ a new job at Jornal Extra. Besides, I got married and me and my wife (14) __________ tired of the city. We (15) ________ to see a new place. We (16) _________ great new people here. (graduate, get, grow, want, meet)

Past Progressive Used to describe an action happening at a time in the past, or two actions that were happening at the same time (one action interrupted the other). I / You / He / She / It / We / They + VERB TO BE IN THE PAST + VERB + ING Examples: I was brushing my teeth when the telephone rang. The subway was travelling very fast. Exercise n6 Complete the blanks with the past progressive. 1) When I phoned my friends, they __________________ (play) monopoly. 2) Yesterday at six I __________________ (prepare) dinner. 3) The kids __________________ (play) in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.

4) I __________________ (practice) the guitar when he came home. 5) We __________________ (not / study) yesterday. 6) While Aaron __________________ (work) in his room, his friends __________________ (swim) in the pool. 7) I tried to tell them the truth but they __________________ (listen / not). 8) What __________________ (you / do) yesterday? 9) Most of the time we __________________ (sit) in the park.

Present Progressive as future using the present progressive form to express a plan in the near future / making an invitation for a future plan Example: What are you doing tomorrow night? I am having dinner with my mother tonight.

Exercise n 7 Compose the e-mail below: Dear Ryan, What (1) _______________ (do) tomorrow night? Are you free? (2)_______________ (go) on a date with that blonde friend of yours, Matt. I

First, we (3) _________________ (meet) John and Leo for dinner, then we (4) ______________ (go, dance) at the new disco downtown. Do you want to come too? If not, want to go out on Sunday? I hope (5) ________________ (not stay) home! That is depressing. Are you interested in (6) ________________ (play) soccer? Call me! -Elisa

Gerunds and Infinitives Gerunds -> Verb + ING -> Gerunds are used for general likes, and general actions. When using like, love, enjoy, prefer, hate, etc use the gerund. Examples: I love eating out.

I really enjoy watching movies. Infinitive -> to + verb -> Infinitives are used for specific wishes, suggestions. When using WOULD like, WOULD love, WOULD prefer or WANT, use the Infinitive. Examples: I want to go to the shopping mall. I would love to have dinner with you. Exercise n 8 Complete the blanks. 1- I really like ____________ (dance). If I could, I would __________ (become) a professional dancer. 2- Hey, Mercedes, would you like ___________ (watch) the soccer game with me? 3- No, I _____________ (want) to stay at home. 4- I am ______________ (go) to the beach. Would you ________ (like) to come? MIXED EXERCISES (Okay, guys, now it isnt going to be so easy, Im not going to separate the subjects. ) Exercise n 9 - Use the words below to complete the dialogue. nice parks boring looking for did a lot of pollution walking hurt smart walks stepped

Jane: So, Jim, what are you ________ in a woman? Jim: I would like her to be sensible, _________ and pretty. I dont want her to be _______. She must enjoy ________ on the beach as well. I love long __________. Jane: Yeah. Rio de Janeiro has great beaches. Also, it has really ________. Jim: Unfortunately, it also has _________. Yesterday, I was running in Copacabana, when I _________ on a broken glass! Jane: That is horrible. ______ you _______ your foot? I hope not.

Exercise n 10 Use the correct past verb tense. Amy: Tell me. What ______________ (happen) yesterday?

Kate: We ___________ (go) to a party and ________ (have) a great time. Well, me and Carter only, because Jane had too much to drink and ___________ (sleep) in the middle of it! It was a shame, because a guy that _________________ (wear) a cowboy hat really wanted to kiss her.

Answer Sheet

Exercise 1:

1- It is raining 2- he is repairing his bike 3- they are watching a filme 4- the cat is sleeping... 5- jane and emily are doing... 6- bis is waiting... 7- we are listening... 8- the children are playing... 9- laura is walking...

Exercise 2:

1- them 2- us 3- it 4- him/her/it 5- her 6- you 7- me 8- her 9- you 10me

Exercise 3:

1- lived 2- studied 3- worked 4- baked 5- married / moved 6- played

Exercise 4:

1- had 2- saw 3- hung 4- did not / had 5- paid

Exercise 5:

1- were 2- did 3- grow 4- grew 5- did 6- stay 7- wanted 8- study 9- were 10111213141516did come graduated got grew wanted met

Exercise 6:

were playing was preparing were playing was practing weren't studying was working / were swimming were you doing are sitting

Exercise 7:

are you doing? am going are meeting are going dancing you are not staying playing

Exercise 8:

dancing / become to watch want going / like

Exercise 9:

looking for smart boring walking walks nice parks a lot of pollution stepped did hurt

Exercise 10: happened went

had slept was wearing