Grammar Drills and Exercises

Give the correct forms of the verbs:

01. I (fall) when I (cross) the road.

02. I (drop) my bag when I (board) the plane.

03. I (get) wet while (walk) in the rain.

04. Whenever the politician (open) his mouth to speak the crowd (shout) insults.

05. While the maid (clean) the room a skeleton (fall) out of the cupboard.

06. As soon as he (get) under the shower, the doorbell (ring).

07. They (slip) and (fall) while they (climb) the mountain.

08. While I (sightsee) in London I (hide) my money in my socks.

09. As they (fly) from Stockholm to Moscow, the starboard engine (burst) into flames.

10. When she (have) lunch a waiter (drop) a plate of soup in her lap.

11. As it (rain) their mother (cancel) the picnic.

12. When he (cycle) downhill, the brakes (fail) and he only (avoid) a serious accident by steering into a friendly rhododendron bush.

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