Answers Grammar Worksheets Secondary School

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. To be is being Is are you being Is she

2. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 3. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 4. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

To have has a swim had a party have a look is having a rest / s having a rest had a chat Did you have a nice time had a baby had a cigarette was having as shower Did you have a good flight Simple present tense Does your sister play tennis? Which newspaper do you read? What does your brother do? Or What is your brothers job? How often do you go to the cinema? Where does your mother live? Simple past tense didnt disturb went didnt sleep didnt eat wasnt 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. laughed flew didnt cost didnt have were

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Simple future tense will will will will will will will will will will ... be not ask buy rain not eat not sell visit have park get

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Will / Be going to Ill lend Ill get Im going to wash are you going to paint? Im going to buy Ill show Ill have Ill do it is going to fall Hes going to have hes going to do

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Present progressive / continuous tense m not enjoying / am not enjoying s having / is having m not eating / am not eating s learning / is learning arent speaking / re not speaking / are not speaking

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Past progressive / continuous tense were you doing Did you go was wearing (wore is also possible) were you driving happened took wasnt looking

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didnt know saw was trying was waling heard was following started wanted

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Future progressive / continuous tense will will will will will will will will will will be coming be meeting be flying be singing probably be raining be writing be watching be eating be sleeping be arriving

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Present Perfect tense Have you played tennis before? No this is the first time Ive played tennis. Have you ridden a horse before? / Have you been on a horse before? No this is the first time Ive ridden a horse. / Ive been on a horse. Have you been to London before? No, this is the first time Ive been to London. Past Perfect tense It had changed a lot She had arranged to do something else. / Shed arranged The film had already begun. I hadnt seen him for five years. She had just had breakfast. / Shed just had .

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Future perfect tense will will will will will will will will will will have repaired have done have visited have finished have left have discussed have arrested haven written have managed have fulfilled

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Present perfect progressive / continuous tense Have you been waiting long? What have you been doing? How long have you been living in Baker Street? How long have you been selling computers?

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Past perfect progressive / continuous tense They had been playing football. / Theyd been playing Somebody had been smoking in the room. She had been dreaming. / Shed been dreaming. He had been watching TV. / Hed been watching Future perfect progressive continuous will will will will will will will will will will have have have have have have have have have have been been been been been been been been been been acting writing raining working entertaining mailing eating acting exercising thinking

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Imperative come get clean study walk give run play wait go

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Modals (auxiliary verbs) can been able to be able to can be able to The Passive voice covers is covered are locked was posted arrived sank was rescued died were brought grew

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Question words How is cheese made? When was the computer invented? Why isnt Sue working today? What time are your friends coming? Why was the concert cancelled? Where was your mother born? Why didnt you come to the party? How did the accident happen? Why doesnt this machine work?

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Asking / answering questions A B B B C A C A C A

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Possessive ending Paters Smiths childrens Johns Mens Susans Steves Parents Charles Plural form (nouns) thieves fish cats carpets turkeys computers farmers halves watermelons flowers scarves boxes mountains kisses smiles

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Adjectives and adverbs selfishly terribly sudden colourfully colourful badly badly safe angrily Possessive adjective my her Her His Their my her our their

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There is there are There is .... Were there ... Is there ... There was ... There is ...

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Personal pronouns He It They It We They He

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They she you

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Reflexive pronouns each other himself myself each other herself each other each other

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Demonstrative pronouns Those Those These this or that Those that These or Those this or that

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Relative pronouns whose whose which that who who that

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Much many few little

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Few some few a little little Some many Some few little some some a few little

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Prepositions: in / at, since / for for for at since in since on for in in

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Comparisons / superlative older than the highest larger than less expensive than worse than easier than better more friendly most important more difficult

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Capitalisation

Story of the sun Wrtitten by Ned Jensen Book taken from www.readingA-Z.com Long ago, a curious young boy lived in a far-off land. To the east there were mountains. To the west there was a large sea. As each day began, the curious young boy sat and looked to the east. He watched the sun rise over the mountains. As each day ended, he looked west. He watched the sun sink into the sea. The curious boys name was Ichiro. Ichiro wondered where the sun came from. And he wondered where it went each night. The harder Ichiro thought, the more confused he became. He wondered how many suns there really are. Would there ever be a time when a new sun would not rise from the east? Ichiro was smart. He knew that the sun brought light. He knew that without the sun, everything would be dark. He also knew that the sun brought warmth. He loved to feel the warm sun on his brown skin. Ichiro worried about a day when a new sun might not rise. He worried about living in a land of darkness. He worried about being cold. Ichiro learned about a wise old woman. He was told she knew the answers to everything. So he decided to visit her. The wise woman lived in a village. The village was near the mountains. It was near where the sun rose each morning. One morning Ichiro awoke early. He climbed on his giant pet emu and rode swiftly to the east. In a few hours, he entered the village. The wise woman greeted Ichiro warmly. She took him into her hut. And she began to answer his questions about the sun. First she explained where the sun came from. Do you see that large mountain? The one that is towering above all other mountains? she asked, pointing east. Ichiro replied, Yes, I do. In fact I see the sun rise over the mountain each morning. Well, said the wise woman, that is where new suns come from. Each night after the sun sinks into the sea, people from the village go to the

mountaintop. They carry large pieces of wood and coal with them. They drop the wood and coal into a large opening at the top of the mountain, she said. The mountain begins to rumble. It roars and smokes. The wise old woman kept telling her story. By morning, the rumbling is very loud. The suddenly the mountain spits out a giant ball of fire. The ball is spit out with great force. It shoots up high into the sky. The fireball lights the land below as its travels across the sky. It also heats the land. When the ball of fire reaches its highest point, it begins to drop, she continued. In a few hours it crashes into the sea. The cool waters of the sea put out the ball of fire. It is very important that the villagers go to the mountain each night. They must feed it wood and coal, she said. As long as we feed the mountain, it will make a new sun each morning. But if ever we fail to do so, there will be no new sun. Then the land will become dark and cold. From that day on, Ichiro worried no more. He played happily in the trees. He knew there would always be light and heat as long as the villagers took coal and wood to the mountain.

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Gerunds / infinitives having playing answer smoking going watching do, playing visit complain buy

35. Direct / Indirect Speech Example answers: 2. 3. I thought you said she wasnt coming. / she was going somewhere else. I thought you said she didnt like him.

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I thought you didnt know many people. I thought you said you wouldnt be here next week. / you would be away I thought you said you were staying at home. / you werent going out. I thought you said you couldnt speak (any) French. I thought you said you went to the cinema last week. / you had been to the cinema last week.

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Connecting words although despite whereas despite Yet although Although However

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Phrasal verbs (Idioms) b. call somebody on the phone g. try to find a. connect somebody f. wait h. stop somebodys conversation e. replace the receiver d. finish the conversation by replacing the receiver c. return a telephone call

1. Phone somebody up 2. Look something up 3. Put somebody through 4. Hold on 5. Cut somebody off 6. Put the phone down 7. Hang up

8. Ring somebody back