Grammar Drills and Exercises

Give the correct forms of the present continuous and simple present in the following sentences:

1. What time you (want) breakfast in the morning?

2. I (eat) normally at seven, but when I (take) an early flight I (grab) a cup of coffee at six.

3. (take) you an early flight tomorrow?

4. No. I (visit) our local office in the morning and then (catch) a lunchtime plane to Paris.

5. Who (see) you in Paris?

6. I (meet) Gustav Leroux, our French agent. He (live) in Paris and (run) our French subsidiary.

7. (keep) you him up to the mark?

8. That (be) not necessary. He (set) a high standard.

9. What (mean) you?

10. Our French operation (make) a higher return per dollar invested than we (do) in Detroit.

11. Why (go) you over there then?

12. We (think) of expanding into Spain. Personally, I (not think) it (be) a good idea. What (think) you?

13. I (suppose) if you (have) an office in Paris, you (want) to make the best use of it.

14. It (appear) that Leroux (speak) Spanish fluently. His family (belong) to the Pyrenees, and his mother (be) Spanish.

15. What (believe) you (be) the problem then?

16. I (worry) about next year. If Leroux (succeed) in Spain, we (give) him control of the whole European operation.

17. (matter) that?

18. You (bet) it (do). Leroux (speak) not just French, Spanish and English. He (understand) German as well.

19. You (mean)...

20. Yes. If Leroux (run) everything, what (do) I?

VERB FORM AND USE

01 simple present
02 simple present have-be
03 drill: third person
04 elementary present
05 intermediate present

07 elementary past
08 continuous and simple
09 irregular past
10 irregular past
11 irregular past

14 past tense review
15 past tense review

19 present perfect
20 present/past perfect

23 conditional review
24 conditional
25 conditional

28 use of gerund
29 gerund
30 gerund and infinitive
31 gerund and infinitive
32 gerund and infinitive
33 gerund and infinitive