Positive Sentences :

A positive sentence (PS) tells you that something is so. A sentence that tells you something
is not so is called a negative sentence (NS). It contains a negative word like not, never, no,
no one, nobody, none, or a negative verb like isn’t or can’t or won’t.

Peter is running. (PS)

He is not walking. (NS)

We should tell the truth. (PS)

We should never tell lies. (NS)

Everyone is in the garden. (PS)

There is no one in the house. (NS)

Change the following statements to questions using any of the methods

explained in Lesson 4.

1. John was president of his class. 1. Was John president of his class?
2. The brown pony trotted along the path. 2. Did the brown pony trot along the path?
3. All the books are on the top shelf. 3. Are all the books on the top shelf?
4. Michael can climb the wobbly ladder. 4. Can Michael climb the wobbly ladder?
5. The clerk tried to reach the books. 5. Did the clerk try to reach the books?
6. Ruth decided she wanted those red 6. Did Ruth decide she wanted those red
flowers. flowers?
The simple present tense is used to talk about general truths. It is also used to talk
about time-tabled future events. Unlike other tense forms, the simple present tense has
a special –s marking when the subject is a singular noun or a third person pronoun.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate simple present tense form of the verb given in the
brackets.

1. The plane ………………….. at 6.30. (arrive)

2. I will phone you when he …………………… . back. (come)

3. Unless we ………………………. now we can’t be there on time. (start)

4. The sun ……………………… in the east. (rise)

5. The next term …………………… on Monday. (begin)

Simple past tense exercise

MAY 19, 2011 -

Make sentences in the simple past tense.

1. She ............................... a book.

buyed

bought

boughts

2. The teacher .................................... the boy.

punishes

punished

punish

3. The little girl ................................ at the boy.

laughed

laugh

laughing

4. They ................................... it.

known

knew

knows
5. He ....................................... lies.
did not tell

did not told

does not tell

Future tense worksheet

JUNE 10, 2016 -

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate future tense form.

1. I …………………. you if you say that word

again.
will hit

would hit

2. I ..................... you tonight.

will phone

would phone

3. I promise I …………………. you tomorrow.

will visit

would visit

4. ‘I’m starved.’ ‘I ……………… you something to

eat.’
will get

would get

am getting
 5. By next Christmas, we ..................... here for
twenty years.
will be

would be

will have been

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Definite And Indefinite Articles Exercise

JANUARY 15, 2018 -

This grammar exercise tests your understanding of the rules regarding the use of the definite and
indefinite articles.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate article.

1. Twelve inches make ………………. foot.

the

No article is required

2. One evening ……………………. beggar came

to my door.
a

the

3. …………………….. student should obey her

teacher.
A

The

No article is required

4. At last ……………………….. warrior in him was

thoroughly aroused.
Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to. .
DETERMINERS IN ENGLISH

 Definite article : the

 Indefinite articles : a, an
 Demonstratives: this, that, these, those
 Pronouns and possessive determiners : my, your, his, her, its, our, their
 Quantifiers : a few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough
 Numbers : one, ten, thirty
 Distributives : all, both, half, either, neither, each, every
 Difference words : other, another
 Pre-determiners : such, what, rather, quite

DEMONSTRATIVES EXERCISES
 Check the answers to this exercise »
Complete the sentences with proper demonstrative pronoun. Example:
This book is yours and _____ is mine.
This book is yours and that is mine.
These books are mine and ______ are yours.
These books are mine and those are yours.
1. This seat is yours and seat is mine.

2. These are Bob's glasses, not mine. glasses are mine.

3 This is a cupboard and is a sideboard.

4. These cigarettes are shorter than .

5. Which road shall we take: this one or one?