Irregular Plural - Exercise 2

Complete the sentences with the nouns in brackets. Use the plural.

1. How many does your cat catch? (mouse)

2. They usually keep their winter clothes in . (box)

3. We saw some on our way to the beach. (deer)

4. She bought two in our online shop. (scarf)

5. Our uncle often tells us funny . (story)

6. We often have for dinner on Fridays. (fish)

7. My sister likes ice cream with . (blueberry)

8. Our dog has never had any . (louse)

9. The girls bought three in the mall. (dress)

10. How many work in your office? (person)

11. The farmer has a lot of and . (sheep / ox)

12. You should always keep your warm in winter. (foot)

13. Does a cat really have seven ? (life)

14. At how many have you been this year? (party)

15. broke into their house and stole some paintings. (thief)

16. You should clean your twice a day. (tooth)

17. How many work in the restaurant? (woman)

18. My brother always has two for lunch. (sandwich)

19. He was unlucky because he missed the hole by . (inch)

20. They have five , three girl and two boys. (child)

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Some or Any - Exercise 3

Complete the sentences. Use some or any.

 1. I'm going to buy posters for my room.

2. They didn't have hair clasps.

3. There isn't juice in the fridge. Could you buy ?

4. Please give me more ice cream. - I don't have .

5. I was at the butcher's to buy ham for you.

6. We have plenty of fruit. Don't buy .

7. Her teacher was angry because she didn't do homework.

8. I saw Alex minutes ago, but I don't know where she is now.

9. We saw deer on our way to our uncle's cottage.

10. I have very interesting news for you.

11. She didn't leave me note what to buy for dinner.

12. He is very glad to have really good friends.

13. When we were in Madrid, we visited sights.

14. We need more time to finish the report.

15. If I had sweets, I would give you .

16. Didn't of your friends pass this test?

17. He repaired his bike without help.

18. We found old photos of them in the attic.

19. She hardly ever buys me new clothes.

20. She will be very angry if you don't bring flowers.

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Exercise : Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise

Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.
2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.
3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.
6. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
7. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to
watch.
10. The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win.
11. Either answer (is, are) acceptable.
12. Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.
13. Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.
14. (Is, Are) the news on at five or six?
15. Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are)
Andrea's favorite subject.
16. Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.
17. (Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer?
18. Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's.
19. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only
one left!
20. The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.
21. The committee members (leads, lead) very different lives in private.
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press
cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.

Answer : Subject and Verb Agreement

Exercise
1. Annie and her brothers are at school.
2. Either my mother or my father is coming to the meeting.
3. The dog or the cats are outside.
4. Either my shoes or your coat is always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara don't want to see that movie.
6. Benito doesn't know the answer.
7. One of my sisters is going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds lives on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, takes about two hours to watch.
10. The players, as well as the captain, want to win.
11. Either answer is acceptable.
12. Every one of those books is fiction.
13. Nobody knows the trouble I've seen.
14. Is the news on at five or six?
15. Mathematics is John's favorite subject, while Civics is Andrea's favorite subject.
16. Eight dollars is the price of a movie these days.
17. Are the tweezers in this drawer?
18. Your pants are at the cleaner's.
19. There were fifteen candies in that bag. Now there is only one left!
20. The committee debates these questions carefully.
21. The committee members lead very different lives in private.
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, greets the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, are in this case.

Homophones
Homophones are words that have the same sound but different meaning and
spelling. For more information on homophones click here.

1. Which is short for 'it is'?

 it's
 its
2. Which can you eat?

 meat
 meet
3. Which is a greeting?

 high
 hi
4. Which is part of a shoe?

 heel
 heal
5. Which is fruit?

 pair
  pear
6. Which is short for 'they are'?

 they're
 there
7. Which is to do with making clothes?

 so
 sew
8. Which is metal?

 steel
 steal
9. Which is another word for expensive?

 dear
 deer
10. Which is used to make bread and cakes'?

 flower
 flour
11. Which is on your head?

 hair
 hare
12. Which is half of four?

 too
 two

Common Spelling Mistakes

Choose the correct spelling and check your answers carefully at the end.

1. Which one is correct?

 writting
 writeing
 writing
2. Which one is correct?
 because
 becuase
 becuse
3. Which one is correct?
 haveing
 having
 havving
4. Which is right?
 tomorrow
 tommorow
 tommorrow
5. Which is correct?
 studing
 studieing
 studying
6. Which is correct for a place of study?
 college
 collage
 colege

Complete the sentences using MUCH or MANY in each gap !

1. No, there isn't milk in the bottle.

2. Are there eggs in the kitchen ?
3. Mary hasn't got pencils in her pencil box.
4. There isn't butter on my bread.
 5. Are there books in the library ?
6. Jimmy hasn't got money in his wallet.
7. Is there rice in the jar ?
8. There aren't women in parliament.
9. There isn't cheese on the plate.
10. There isn't sugar in my tea.
11. Are there children in the garden ?
12. There isn't salt in the soup.

Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

1. My parents got married the 12th of August.

2. Mike usually plays tennis weekends.
3. I'll see you lunch time.
4. I was born 1972.
5. Pisa is famous its Leaning Tower.
6. We' not keen visiting all the churches in the city.
7. I'm sorry being so late
8. He stayed there three weeks.
9. Brighton is on the south coast England.
10. Harvard is not very far Boston.
11. We are going to Spain March.
12. She was surprised how cheap the clothes are.
13. Is he aware how long we will have to stay here ?
14. We were really impressed the guided tour.
15. This carnival is similar the one in Rio every year.
16. If you want a good grade, never shout your
professor.
Present Tense Simple - Exercise 4

1. Sarah and Pam often to parties. (go)

2. Jenny sometimes Monica. (meet)

3. In summer he children usually in the garden. (play)

4. Sally often the board. (clean)

5. My sister blue eyes. (have)

6. Bill the window. (open)

7. Barbara school uniforms look great. (think)

8. They all dark blue pullovers. (wear)

9. He often the housework. (do)

10. My mum shopping every Friday. (go)

11. I never TV in the morning. (watch)

12. She her new notebook. (like)

13. Fred football every Saturday. (play)

14. Hannah and Betty often pizza. (eat)

15. Frank sometimes a headache. (have)

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Tenses - Exercise

Simple present – present progressive – simple past ? Fill in the correct tense.

Every summer our class (go) on a short trip. Last year we (go) to a zoo. Our

teacher (be) very nervous. Teachers (be) often nervous on a school trip. But

why? We (not understand) that. I (take) lots of photos of a baby elephant

with my cell phone. "Why you (not take) photos of other animals, too?" my

friend (ask) me. But I (not want) to take photos of other animals.

I (want) to take photos of all my friends. They (have) some bananas

and (show) them to the gorillas. "What you (do) there? Come

to me!" our teacher (shout). We (find) a nice place for a picnic. But

nobody (eat) a banana, but the gorillas (have) a nice lunch that day.

It (be) a great day at the zoo, and we (have) a lot of fun.

Tenses - Exercise

Simple present – present progressive – simple past ? Fill in the correct tense.

Every summer our class (go) on a short trip. Last year we (go) to a zoo. Our

teacher (be) very nervous. Teachers (be) often nervous on a school trip. But

why? We (not understand) that. I (take) lots of photos of a baby elephant

with my cell phone. "Why you (not take) photos of other animals, too?" my

friend (ask) me. But I (not want) to take photos of other animals.

I (want) to take photos of all my friends. They (have) some bananas

and (show) them to the gorillas. "What you (do) there? Come

to me!" our teacher (shout). We (find) a nice place for a picnic. But

nobody (eat) a banana, but the gorillas (have) a nice lunch that day.

It (be) a great day at the zoo, and we (have) a lot of fun.