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Food is served until 12. The concert is not cancelled. The report is not finished yet. Two chairs are broken.

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The Verb - Exercises

Food is served until 12. The concert is not cancelled. The report is not finished yet. Two chairs are broken.

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THE VERB

-exercises-
TASK 1 2
Choose the correct word or phrase out of the two in Italics:
1. Kramer, you’re not a woman! Only women are looking/look in the mirror ten times a
day.
2. Elaine usually wears/is usually wearing very classy outfits, but today she wear/is
wearing a loose dress.
3. I’ll let you know about his intentions as soon as I will talk/talk to him.
4. I can’t stand this any more! You always eat/are always eating my food.
5. I’m afraid I won’t be able to come. I’m visiting/I visit my parents tomorrow.
6. Oh Jerry, look outside, it’s unbelievable: it’s snowing/it snows in Florida!
7. What do you know about Ben? What does he do/is he doing for a living?
8. Do you come/Are you coming or not?
9. I’m hardly ever going/ I hardly ever go shopping alone.
TASK 2 3
Choose the correct word or phrase out of the two in Italics:
1. Elaine forgot to tell me that Ben has already bought/had already bought the ice cream.
2. Why aren’t you interested in Spain? Were you/Have you been there before?
3. I was admiring/admired some blouses in a boutique when I suddenly have realized/realized that
somebody tried/was trying to steal my wallet.
4. I have spent/spent my entire holiday at the seaside last summer.
5. By the time I arrived/had arrived at the café, Tim had waited/had been waiting for me for almost
an hour.
6. As soon as I told/had told him what was going on, George had decided/decided that he wanted to
be a part of it, too.
7. I don’t understand why you’re so jealous because I was/had been in love with Ally before I had
met/met you.
8. The teacher didn’t start/hadn’t started the lesson until the students hadn’t stopped/had stopped
talking.
9. I didn’t use/didn’t used to play tennis when I was a kid, but I do now.
TASK 3 4
Choose the correct word or phrase out of the two in Italics:
1. I wonder what my mother will say/is going to say about what you’ve done.
2. Oh, hurry up, will you, or we’ll have been/we’ll be late for work!
3. By the time she comes with the money, it will be/will have been too late anyway.
4. Wait here until I will come back/come back.
5. Please show me the sleeveless dress in the back. Wow! It’s absolutely terrific! I’m
taking it/I’ll take it.
6. Don’t worry! She’s living close nearby. I’m going to be/I’ll be back in less than an hour.
7. Where will you go/are you going this Saturday evening?
8. In twenty-four hours’ time I’ll relax/I’ll be relaxing at my country house.
9. Stop talking! I think that the play is about to/is going to start now.
10. Look at that child! He’s going to fall/will fall if he isn’t careful.
TASK 4 5
Some of the following sentences contain an error. Tick the correct sentence and rewrite the ones
that contain errors. will have
1. By this time tomorrow, Mary will had finished her work, so I guess she could be at home. finished
2. Oh, this dress look just perfect on me, I’m going to buy it right now. I’ll buy it
3. I will buy this car when I will have the money, I swear! when I have
4. You will never believe what has just happened to me!
5. The MP’s aren’t due to arrive until 6 o’clock, so we have plenty of time for the last arrangements.
6. He will have been basking in the Jamaican sun at this time tomorrow. will be basking
7. Adriana was leaving to Vienna tomorrow, or at least this is what she told me yesterday.
8. Tim, I know now, I’m going to become an ecologist and save the whales.
9. If Mr. Smith keeps doing this at this rate, by this time tomorrow he will answer the phone for two
hundred times at least. will have answered
10. Look at the heels on that woman’s shoes! She’s going to break her neck for sure!
TASK 5: MORE THAN WORDS (“WILL”) 6

» predict a future event:


It will snow in January.

» express a spontaneous decision:


I’ll do it. I’ll ask him out right now.

» show a willingness to do something:


We’ll decorate for the dance.

» make a promise:
I will call at seven.
TASK 6: Complete the conversation. Use the present simple, future simple, future
continuous, future perfect simple or future perfect continuous of the webs in brackets. 7

» 1. A: I’d love to read that book.


B: I think (1)……(finish) it by the weekend and then you can borrow it.
» 2. A: I (2)……(take) the car to work tomorrow. Would you like a lift?
B: Thanks, that would be great.
A: I (3)…… (leave) the house at seven thirty so I can collect you shortly afterwards.
B: That’s fine. The bus I usually catch (4)……(leave) at seven.
» 3. A: Why don’t you come to our place this evening at nine? The children (5)……(go) to bed by then.
B: Thanks, I will. (6)……(I/bring) a DVD?
A: Good idea. (7)……(you/eat) or should I prepare some food?
B: Oh, please don’t bother. I (8)…… (have) dinner with my parents tonight.
A: Fine. I (9)……(work) all day and I probably (10)……(not feel) like cooking.
TASK 7: LISTENING (PASSIVE VOICE) 8

Answer the questions about the interview:


1. Until what time is food served?
a. 11 b. 12

2. What is not cancelled?


a. the game b. the concert

3. Is the report done?


a. Yes, it is done. b. No, it is not finished.

4. What is broken?
a. one chair b. two chairs

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