Grammar Drills and Exercises with Answers

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

01. They were thinking of spending some time on the North African coast.

02. The factory owner was accused of endangering the health of his workers.

03. He was planning to take (on taking) a holiday in the USA.

04. The burglar broke a window to get into (getting) the house.

05. The removal men were asked to load the furniture into the van.

06. He hurt his back trying to lift the sofa on his own.

07. The danger of skating on thin ice must be obvious.

08. Shopaholics just cannot stop themselves buying things.

09. He bought the books to impress his friends, not to read.

10. The newspaper printed a story about a man biting a dog.