Complex Subject Exercises

Before doing grammar exercises it’s useful to repeat the basics. 

Short Review of the Complex Subject

Complex Subject is a combination of a noun/pronoun and an infinitive. The predicate is placed between the noun and the infinitive.

Noun /Pronoun + Predicate + Infinitive

Reported Speech: Grammar Exercises

This page contains exercises about reported speech with answer keys.

Present Simple – Texts and Dialogues

This page contains 4 easy texts for reading and 11 dialogues. I hope this worksheet will help students to see how to use Present Simple (Present Indefinite) Tense in the right ways and put grammar learning into context.

Present Indefinite Exercises

These drills are designed to practise the Present Simple (also known as 'the Present Indefinite'): 3rd person, positive and negative sentences, general and special questions.

Exercise I
Fill in the blanks. Pay attention to the third person singular.

Past Simple (or Past Indefinite) in Proverbs Examples and Worksheet

Three exercises on Past Simple (past indefinite) based on proverbs, common sayings and quotations.

Present Simple (Indefinite) in Proverbs and Sayings worksheet

Seven exercises on Present Simple (Present Indefinite) based on proverbs and sayings. Key included if necessary.

Exercise 1
Read these proverbs and sayings. Memorize them.  Pay attention to the forms of the third person singular of the verbs in the Present Simple Tense. Think of equivalents in your language.

Gerund - Grammar Exercises

Grammar exercises and activities for teaching the Gerund to English language learners. Some exercises include answer keys.

I. Define the forms of the gerund .

1. Skiing is my favourite sport. 
2. I remember his telling me about his coat. 
3. I remember having seen this match. 
4. Before taking up swimming she had been very fond of playing basketball. 
5. The football player was punished for having pushed the centre forward. 
6. The young high jumper was very proud of being praised. 
7. I did not know you had stopped rooting for our team. 
8. I remember having been told about this match.

Complex Object Exercises

English grammar exercises and activities for teaching Complex object to English language learners. Some exercises include answer keys.

Exercise 1 

Make up as many sentences as you can using the words and word-groups from each column of the substitution table. Pay attention that after verbs 'to see, to hear, to feel, to let, to make, etc...' the infinitive has no particle 'to' .

1) with the verb 'to see'

We He Everybody

see(s) saw

them a bricklayer my friend a boy the landlady

move to a summer cottage. lay a brick house. enter a two-storey house. draw a skyscraper. speak to her lodger. pull down a house.

Infinitive Worksheet

The forms and functions of the Infinitive: free exercises and answers to check your result.

Exercise  1
Define the forms of the Infinitive (Passive or Active; Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect or Perfect Continuous) in the following sentences.

1. I want to see your design.
2. It can be done.
3. The mistake must be found.
4. We knew him to be working in the room.
5. They are likely to be being served now.
6. I remember to have seen her somewhere.
7. We thought the mistake to have been found.
8. He must have been working all night.
9. She appeared to have been leading a very busy life before.
10. It’s nice to be sitting here with you.
11. It’s good to have finished work for the day.
12. I’m sorry not to have come on Friday.
13. I appear to have made a small mistake.
14. I didn’t expect to be invited.
15. There is a lot of work to do.
16. There is a lot of work to be done.

There is - There are Exercises

• Contents → Worksheets → There is -There are Exercises

This page contains free 'there is/are' grammar exercises with answer keys when necessary.

Exercise I
Write the interrogative and negative form of the following sentences according to the models:

Model 1:

There is a pen on the desk.
Is there a pen on the desk?
There is no pen on the desk.

1. There is a magazine on the desk.
2. There is a garden near the house.
3. There is a hole in my trousers.

Model 2:

There is some tea in the glass.
Is there any tea in the glass?
There is no tea in the glass.

1. There is some butter on the plate.
2. There is some milk in the jug.
3. There is some bread on the table.

Model 3:

There are some dogs in the park.
Are there any dogs in the park?
There are no dogs in the park.

1. There are some pictures in the room.
2. There are some chairs in the kitchen.
3. There are some people outside.

Passive Voice: Texts, Proverbs and Quotations.

Passive Voice Examples in Texts, Proverbs and Quotations

Texts

Concentrate on the use of the verbs in the Passive Voice.

Text 1. 

How Towns Have Arisen

Most villages and towns on the British Isles came into being because of their favourable situation for trade.
Rather more than a hundred years ago, a great change came over the land. Many machines were invented about that time. Spinning and weaving, for example, which had previously been done by hand, were done by machinery that were driven by water or steam-power.
The work which usually was done in the houses of the people began to be carried on in large mills or factories, and workers found it convenient to live near them.
More and more factories were built and men and women left the country districts in great numbers and crowded into towns.
Since then the movement of people into towns has been going on until now. England is dotted with great cities.
All over Britain, and especially in those parts were the coal needed for power is to be found, there are mining and manufacturing areas, such as the Lancashire cotton district, the Black county of Midland, and others. A great many towns are found close together in those districts, and a great many people live within a small area, so that the population is very dense.

(After “The British Isles, Their Life and Work” by S. Bryson and Maxton)

Future Perfect Worksheets

Free worksheets for practising Future Perfect Tense.

Exercise 1.
Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in parentheses in future perfect tense. Exercise includes both regular and irregular verbs.

1. I ---- ---- ---- (to finish)  my work by the 1st of May.
2. He ---- ---- ---- (to translate) this article by tomorrow.
3. My daughter and I  ---- ---- ---- (to come) to New York by the 1st of August.
4. We ---- ---- ---- (to be) there for a week when my husband joins us.
5. They ---- ---- ---- (to arrive) to the stadium half an hour before the game begins.
6. I hope you ---- ---- ---- (to recover)  before I return from my leave.

Present Perfect Worksheets

These free worksheets show how the Present Perfect Tense should be used in the English Grammar.

Exercise I.
Answer the following questions.

1. Have you been to London?
2. Have you stayed in London long?
3. Have you read the book "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
4. Have you read "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw?
5. Has the book made an impression on you?
6. Have you seen "My Fair Lady"?
7. Have you seen a map of the British Isles?
8. Have you noticed that there are no long rivers in England?
9. Have you heard that people standing on the cliffs near Dover can see the cliffs of France?

Exercise II.
Complete the following sentences paying attention to the tense forms.

Model:
I have read two books since... → I have read two books since my vacation began.
I … since he left for London. → I haven’t seen my friend since he left for London.

1. I have written two letters since…
2. I haven’t seen my friend since…
3. I haven’t been to the theatre since…
4. He hasn’t taken his medicine since…
5. He hasn’t slept since…
6. He … since he fell ill.
7. We … since we moved to New York.