Build-Built, built
Break-broke, broken
Wear-wore, worn
Cut-cut, cut
Speak-spoke, spoken
Understand-understood, understand
Write-wrote, written
Do-did, done
Practice-practiced, practiced
Become-became, become
Fill the gaps with the correct tenses
- Bewley’s (be) is an old Irish tea house chain.
- The history of the famous Bewley’s Oriental Cafés (begin) began in 1835 when Charles Bewley (import) imported over 2000 chests of tea directly from the Chinese province of Canton to Dublin.
- It (not / look) does not look like a great deal today, but back then it (be) was a coup: no man before (dare) had dared to import tea directly into Ireland.
- Bewley’s initiative (put) put an end to the East India Trading Company’s tea monopoly which before 1835 (force) forced the Irish to import their tea from London.
- Samuel Bewley’s son Joshua also (become) became a tea merchant.
- Like his father, he (import) imported tea into Ireland.
- The Irish (like) liked the idea of not having to import old tea from London.
- A tea expert (notice) noticed that even the poorest Irish people (buy) bought only the finest tea.
- By the end of the 19th century a tea culture (develop) had developed in Ireland.
- In 1894, Joshua’s son Ernest Bewley (want) wanted to stimulate the market for a product that (be) had been rather unknown that far: coffee.
- In the back of his shop in Dublin’s George’s Street, he (begin) began to run coffee making demonstrations.
- His wife (bake) baked scones to go with the coffee, and the couple soon (find out) found out that their idea (be) was extremely popular among customers.
- That (mark) marked the beginning of the first Bewley’s Oriental Café.
- In Dublin’s Grafton Street, Ernest Bewley (open) opened another Bewley’s Oriental Café in 1927, on which he (spend) had spent nearly 60,000 Pound.
- Still now the interior furnishings and wonderful stain glass (provide) provide a very special oriental flair.
- During World War II, Bewley’s (must restrict) had to restrict the supply of tea to an ounce per head, and many customers (switch) switched to coffee.
- Today, Bewley’s (be) is Ireland’s leading supplier of quality coffees and teas.
- It (create) has created a catering service for larger customers such as Trinity College and it (open) has opened cafés in book stores and Dublin Airport.
- Bewley’s Clipper Gold Tea and Espresso Prima (win) have won Gold Awards in the London Great Taste Awards.
Choose from the following prepositions at, by, for, from, in, on, with and complete the sentences.
- Where do you come from ?
- My cousin lives in Norway.
- They are walking on the bridge.
- I don’t like flying, so I went to Paris by bus.
- You can stay with me tonight.
- My birthday is on 29th February.
- I’ll see you at Christmas.
- Put the books on the table, please.
- I haven’t seen you for ages.
- I like this house by the river.
Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. Use the correct tense.
1. When I (look) looked or was looking out of the window, I (see) saw John.
2. Have you ever (play) played the piano since you left school?
3. I (not see) didn’t seen him for two days.
4. When he (try) was trying to open the door, he (drop) dropped his key.
5. They (live) lived in this house since 1987.
6. My father (wash) washed his car while my mother and I (prepare) were preparing dinner.
7. Did you (meet) met her yesterday?
8. Mary (be) has been in London for three days.
9. The headmaster (enter) entered the classroom when they (write) were writing their exams.
10. He (buy) bought a new car last week.
11. I think that they (arrive) will arrive tomorrow morning.
12. Last Wednesday they (play) played chess after they (do) had done their homework.
Choose the correct pronouns to complete the sentences.
1. The old woman lived alone, with —- to look after —-.
A) someone / her
B) anyone / herself
C) everyone / she
D) no one / her
E) anyone / she’s
2. —- two rings here on my little finger belonged to —- grandmother.
A) These / my
B) That / mine
C) Those / me
D) The / myself
E) This / my
3. When the little boy grabbed the lizard, —- tail broke off in —- hand.
A) it’s / his
B) it / him
C) its / his
D) it / one’s
E) its / he’s
4. A baby learns the meaning of words as —- are spoken by others and later uses —- in sentences.
A) their / they
B) they / them
C) they / themselves
D) it / them
E) they / it
5. Some of these clothes are —-, and the rest of —- belong to Zack.
A) yours / it
B) my / them
C) hers / their
D) me / they
E) mine / them
6. As for —-, I prefer to let people make up —- minds.
A) myself / each other’s
B) I / his own
C) mine / one another’s
D) me / their own
E) my / theirs
7. The solicitor wrote a letter to Ann and —- in which he asked us if we could settle the matter between —-.
A) I / us
B) me / us
C) myself / ours
D) mine / our
E) me / we
8. As —- cuts it as well as he does, I always have my hair cut at Johnson’s.
A) anyone
B) someone else’s
C) no one else
D) everyone
E) nobody’s
9. They decided to buy the house because —- location would allow —- to get to work very easily.
A) theirs / them
B) it / themselves
C) its / them
D) they / us
E) its / their
10. Our dog is of a very good breed as —- is the offspring of two very champion dogs and inherited —- features.
A) this / its
B) he / them
C) she / theirs
D) that / his
E) it / their
Complete the following exercise with adjective or adverb form of the words.
1. That pitbull looks angry. (angry)
2. She spoke quietly. (quiet)
3. Erica listened to her mother carefully. (careful)
4. Mary makes careless mistakes. (careless)
5. Children grow quickly. (quick)
6. He is very happy today. (happy)
7. It’s raining heavily. (heavy)
8. Morgan was seriously hurt in a car accident. (serious)
9. His situation was very serious. (serious)
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