... don't,
they
he
she doesn't,
it
Verbs
36 Past Simple: positive - irregular verbs
FORM
• Irregular verbs have the same form for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc)
Subject
I
He
She
It
We
You
They
Past ... action:
She telephoned me.
I hit him.
We saw her.
Practice
Write the correct pronouns for these sentences.
1 She telephoned yesterday, (she)
2 We watched .him for hours, (he)
3 Hasn't arrived yet? ... not Negative with n't
USE
• For an action in progress now:
I'm reading a grammar book now.
What are you looking at?
She isn't eating at the moment.
Practice
Rewrite each sentence...
... football
43
To the student
Grammar Practicefor Pre-Intermediate Students gives short, clear explanations
of all the main areas of English grammar, and provides practice exercises for
you to do.
There ... your answers, you will need to use the edition of
Grammar Practicefor Pre-Intermediate Students with Answer key.
We hope that GrammarPracticefor Pre-Intermediate Students helps you to
improve ... > most dangerous;
comfortable —> most comfortable
24
Nouns, adjectives and adverbs
10 No article or the before names of places
• a or the is not usually used before names of villages, towns,...
... understood.
Teaching grammar therefore doesn’t mean we do grammar drills. Grammar teaching can
have fun through communicative activities.
2.5. The role of oral grammarpractice in grammar teaching
2.5.1. ... activities in grammar lessons helps them acquire grammar more efficiently.
This way of teaching grammar may be a good solution for the 10
th
grade students in
particular and other graders in ... practice in the coming time.
Graph 19: Reasons for continuing oral grammarpractice in the coming time.
Graph 20: Reasons for not continuing oral grammarpractice in the coming time.
2.5.2.2. Personalized...
... Bread, cheese, butter, information, news, food, and money are all uncountable nouns.
>• Exercise 14 for some and any.
Practice
Write 'C for countable, 'U' for uncountable.
apple
water
boy
milk
table
pen
bread
cup
computer
money
C
U
cheese
tooth
car
grass
person
road
chair
bicycle
hand
flour
I
information
butter
sugar
tree
garden
book
news
bus
wine
house
FORM
Positive ... (stupid)
28
well
badly
little
better
worse
less
best
worst
least
far
farther/
further
farthest/
furthest
Practice
Write the correct form of adverbs for these sentences.
1 She works harder than all the others, (hard)
Verbs
32 Present Simple: short answers
FORM
Positive Negative
Notes
• ... the before names of places
• a or the is not usually used before names of villages, towns, streets, cities,
countries or continents.
She lives in Paris.
We went to India.
• the is used before...
... dangerous > most dangerous;
comfortable —> most comfortable
24
Nouns, adjectives and adverbs
20 Comparatives
Check
Complete these sentences, using the comparative form of the adjectives given.
1 ... likely one.
1 We talked to the boys parents for some time.
We talked to the boys' parents for some time.
We talked to the boy's parents for some time.
Nouns, adjectives and adverbs
5 ... dinner.
The time order for (a) is arriving then having dinner.
The time order for (b) is having dinner, during which she arrived.
When she arrived, we were having dinner.
Practice
38a Look at these...
... standing D. who he is standing
17. The boys slept comfortably. Their sleeping-bags were …….
A. a comfort B. in comfort C. comfortable D. comfortably
18. Why ……?
A. you didn’t stay B. didn’t you ... events supposedly forgotten for many
years suddenly emerged in detail.
Although the physical basis for memory is not yet understood, one theory is that the fantastic capacity for storage in the ... incorrect.
31. Nobody had known before the presentation that Sue and her sister will receive the awards for outstanding scholarship.
A B C D
32. He has been hope for a raise for the last four months,...
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... talked to the boys parents for some time.
We talked to the boys' parents for some time.
We talked to the boy's parents for some time.
Nouns, adjectives and adverbs
Practice
Complete these ... [frightening/frightened) by the animals.
26
Verbs
36 Past Simple: positive - irregular verbs
FORM
• Irregular verbs have the same form for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc)
Subject
I
He
She
It
We
You
They
Past ... him some money.
41
USE
Exercise 35.
Look at these irregular forms ( Exercise 54 for a longer list):
Nouns, adjectives and adverbs
Practice
Write a few, a little, much or many to complete these...
...
6
7
To
the
student
Why do we learn grammar?
There
is
no
point
in
learning
grammar
for
the
sake
of
learning
grammar.
Grammar
is
the
support
system
of
...
'-ing'
form
Verb
+
the
'-ing'
form
Adjectives,
nouns
and
prepositions
+
'
-
ing'
The
toinfinitive
or
the
'-ing'
form?
Index
Key
For more ... English grammarpractice (Intermediate level)
1.
English language. Grammar
I. Title
428.2
Library of Congress Cata lo ging
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in
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Pu bl ica tion Data
Alexander, L. G.
Longman English gmmmar practice...