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INTERMEDIATE II ENGLISH (PART 2) – REVIEW EXERCISES (1)

(A) Grammar: The Simple Past of Irregular Verbs

Complete the sentences by using the simple past form of the irregular verbs in parentheses.

(a) He ___________________ (become) angry when I ____________________ (tell) him that he ___________________ (be) wrong.

(b) She ________________ (fall) down in the snow and _________________ (break) her arm.

(c) Yesterday Frank ________________________ (withdraw) more than one thousand dollars from his bank account.

(d) In April 1912, the Titanic _____________________ (strike) an iceberg in the North Atlantic and _________________________ (sink).

(e) I _____________________ (hurt) my hand when I bumped it against the table.

(f) David _____________________ (bring) his new girlfriend to the party.

(g) My dog ___________________ (bite) the neighbour’s cat again yesterday. My neighbour ______________________ (take) the cat to the hospital.

(h) The two brothers from Alberta ________________________ (fight) each other in the street in front of the tavern. The biggest one ________________________ (win).

(i) Last night my wife and I _______________________ (set) the table just before our guests arrived.

(j) He _______________________ (swear) that he would never do that again.

(k) Frank ______________________ (drink) a lot of beer at the tavern, and when he __________________ (wake) up the next morning, he ________________ (feel) awful.

(l) Yesterday he __________________ (buy) his wife a beautiful necklace.

(B) Pronunciation: -ED Endings

On the line beside each of the regular verbs in the list below, write T SOUND, D SOUND, or EXTRA SYLLABLE to indicate how its –ED ending is pronounced.

(a) decided _____________________

(b) listened _____________________

(c) killed _____________________

(d) finished _____________________

(e) fired _____________________

(f) removed _____________________

(g) shipped _____________________

(h) confused _____________________

(i) waited _____________________

(j) jumped _____________________

(k) talked _____________________

(l) slapped _____________________

(m) filled _____________________

(n) smoked _____________________

(o) ruled _____________________

(p) needed _____________________

(q) paraded _____________________

(r) loved _____________________

INTERMEDIATE II ENGLISH (PART 2) – REVIEW EXERCISES (2)

(C) Grammar: The Simple Past and the Past Progressive

Use either the simple past or the past progressive form of the verbs in parentheses.

(a) While Susan __________________________ (watch) television last night, her boyfriend ______________________ (call) and _____________________ (ask) if she _________________________ (want) to go to a movie.

(b) When I _________________________ (arrive) at the office yesterday morning, I _______________________ (see) Peter Smith and Elizabeth Davidson standing beside the photocopy machine. They ____________________ (be) both very angry. They __________________________ (argue) about the number of photocopies Peter had made the day before.

(c) Joseph Taylor __________________________ (read) the last chapter of his book when his girlfriend Susan _________________________ (telephone). He ________________________ (say) that he ______________________ (be) busy and that she should call back later.

(d) While I ___________________________ (walk) down the street yesterday afternoon, I __________________________ (meet) Harry Haller.

(e) Catherine Stevens ________________________ (prepare) breakfast in her kitchen when the fire ________________________ (start).

(f) The high school students ____________________________ (write) their English test when suddenly the fire alarm ________________________ (go) off. They ____________________ (stand) up and _______________________ (leave) the classroom immediately.

(g) Paul Winters ___________________________ (walk) into the room while Steven and his new girlfriend Debra __________________________ (kiss) each other. He quickly _____________________ (turn) around and ____________________ (walk) out again.

(h) While Tom and Margaret Hawkins ___________________________ (drive) to Florida last winter, their car ______________________________ (stall) and they ___________________________ (have) to call a tow truck.

(i) Joan ____________________________ (find) a job at a department store downtown right after she __________________________ (get) married to George.

(j) Napoleon ________________________ (lose) the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

(k) While David _________________________ (wait) for the bus yesterday morning during the snowstorm, he ___________________________ (use) his cellular phone to call his boss and tell him that he would be late for work.

(l) While he and his girlfriend _______________________ (drive) down Park Avenue, they _______________________ (see) an accident.

(m) This morning I _______________________________ (have) a shower when the phone ____________________________ (ring). I ________________ (run) out of the shower to the kitchen, but while I __________________________ (reach) for the phone, I _____________________ (slip) and _____________________ (fall).

INTERMEDIATE II ENGLISH (PART 2) – REVIEW EXERCISES (3)

(D) Grammar: The Simple Past and the Past Progressive

Using the time conjunction WHEN, write five sentences that each have one clause in the simple past and one clause in the past progressive.

(1) ___________________________________________________________________

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(2) ___________________________________________________________________

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(3) ___________________________________________________________________

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(4) ___________________________________________________________________

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(5) ___________________________________________________________________

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