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A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR

EXERCISES
CONTENTS

Articles
PEG chapter I
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1 Articles: a/an
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2 Articles: the
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3 Articles: a/an, the
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4 Articles and possessive adjectives
7
5 a/an and one
Auxiliary verbs
PEG chapters 10-16
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6 Auxiliary verbs
7 Auxiliaries conjugated with do/does/did 9
8 Auxiliary verbs 10
9 Auxiliary verbs 11
10 Additions to remarks, using auxiliary verbs 12
11 Agreements and disagreements with remarks, using auxiliary verbs 13
12 Question tags after negative statements 14
13 Question tags after affirmative statements 16
14 Question tags: mixed 17
15 Auxiliaries followed by full or bare infinitive 18
16 Auxiliaries: mixed 19
17 have: possessive 20
18 have: various uses 21
19 The have + object + past participle construction 23
20 be 24
21 it is/there is 25
22 can and be able 27
23 may 28
24 must and have to 29
25 must not and need not 30
26 need not and don't have to etc. 31
27 must, can't and needn't with the perfect infinitive 33
Present and past tenses
PEG chapters 17-18
28 The simple present tense 34
29 The simple present tense 35
30 The present continuous tense 36
31 The simple present and the present continuous 38
32 The simple present and the present continuous 39
33 The simple past tense 41
34 The simple past tense 42
35 The past continuous tense 43
36 The simple past and the past continuous 44
37 The simple past and the past continuous 45
38 The present perfect tense 47
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39 The present perfect and the simple past 48
40 The present perfect and the simple past 50
41 The present perfect and the simple past 51
42 The present perfect continuous tense 54
43 The present perfect and the present perfect continuous 55
44 for and since 56
Future forms
PEG chapter 19
45 The present continuous tense as a future form 57
46 The be going to form 58
47 The present continuous and the be going to form 59
48 The future simple 60
49 The present continuous and the future simple 61
50 will + infinitive and the be going to form 62
51 will + infinitive and the be going to form 64
52 The future continuous tense 65
53 will + infinitive and the future continuous 67
54 won't + infinitive and the future continuous negative 68
55 Second person interrogative: will you and other forms 69
56 shall and will 71
57 Time clauses 72
58 The future perfect tense 73
59 Time clauses 74
60 would and should 75
61 would and should 76
Conditionals
PEG chapter 21
62 Conditional sentences: type 1 78
63 Conditional sentences: type 2 79
64 Conditional sentences: type 3 80
65 Conditional sentences: mixed types 81
66 Conditional sentences: mixed types 82
67 Mixed tenses and verb forms 83
Infinitive
PEG chapter 23
68 Full or bare infinitive 84
69 Full or bare infinitive 84
70 Infinitive represented by to 85
71 too/enough/so . . . as with infinitive 87
72 Various infinitive constructions 88
73 Perfect infinitive used with auxiliary verbs 90
74 Perfect infinitive used with auxiliaries and some other verbs 91

Gerund, infinitive and participles

PEG chapters 23-6
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75 The gerund 92
76 Gerund and infinitive 93
77 Gerund and infinitive 94
78 Gerund and infinitive 95
79 Infinitive, gerund, present participle 97
80 Using participles to join sentences 98
81 Misrelated participles 100
Passive
PEG chapter 30
82 Active to passive
101
83 Active to passive
102
84 Passive to active
103
Indirect speech
PEG chapter 31
85 Indirect speech: statements 104
86 Indirect speech: statements 105
87 Indirect speech: questions 106
88 Indirect speech: questions 107
89 Indirect speech: questions 109
90 Indirect speech: commands, requests, advice expressed by object +
infinitive 109
91 Indirect speech: commands, requests, advice 111
92 Indirect speech: commands, requests, advice 111
93 Indirect speech: commands, requests, invitations, offers, advice 112
94 Indirect speech: questions, requests, invitations, offers, advice 113
95 Indirect speech: commands and questions with if-clauses and time
clauses 114
96 Indirect speech: suggestions 115
97 Indirect speech: mixed types 116
98 Indirect to direct speech 117
Purpose
PEG chapter 33
99 Infinitive used to express purpose 118
100 Clauses and phrases of purpose 120
some, any etc. and relatives
PEG chapters 5 and 8
101 some, any and compounds, e.g. somebody, anything, somehow
122
102 Relatives: defining, non-defining and connective
123
103 Relatives: defining, non-defining and connective
125
104 Relatives: non-defining and connective
126
105 what and which
127
106 whatever, whenever, whoever etc.
129
107 Relative clauses replaced by infinitives
129
Prepositions
PEG chapter 9
108 Prepositions: at, to; preposition/adverb: in
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109 Prepositions and prepositions/adverbs: at, by, in, into, of, off, on, out 130
(of), to, under, with
110 Prepositions and prepositions/adverbs: at, by, during, for, from, in, 132
of, on, over, since, till, under, with
111 Prepositions and prepositions/adverbs: about, at, away (adverb 133
only), by, for, from, in, into, on, out, to, under, up, with, over
112 Use and omission of prepositions 135
113 till/until, to, for, since, then, after, afterwards 136
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Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives
PEG chapters 11-15
114 Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives
115 Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives 139
116 Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives 141
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Present, past and perfect tenses
PEG chapters 17-18
117 The simple present and the present continuous
118 The simple present and the present continuous 145
119 The simple past and the past continuous 147
120 The simple past and the past continuous 150
121 The simple past and the past continuous 151
122 The present perfect with for and since 151
123 The present perfect and the simple past 153
124 The present perfect and the simple past 155
125 The present perfect simple and continuous 157
126 The simple past and the past perfect, simple and continuous 160
127 Questions 162
128 Questions 163
129 Mixed tenses, letters 164
130 Mixed tenses: letters 165
131 Mixed tenses: telephone conversations 167
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Future forms
PEG chapter 19
132 The present continuous and the future simple
133 The present continuous and be going to 169
134 be going to and will + infinitive 172
135 The future continuous and will + infinitive 174
136 The future continuous and will (mostly negative) 176
137 The future perfect 178
138 The present simple and continuous, the future simple and conditional 179
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Conditionals
PEG chapter 21
139 Conditional sentences: type 1
140 Conditional sentences: type 1
141 Conditional sentences: type 2 181
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142 Conditional sentences: type 2 182
143 Conditional sentences: type 3 183
144 Conditional sentences: type 3 185
145 Conditional sentences: mixed types 186
146 Conditional sentences: mixed types 187
147 will and shall 189
148 would and should 191
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Gerund, infinitive and present participle
193
PEG chapters 23-6
149 Gerund, infinitive and present participle
150 Gerund, infinitive and present participle
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Unreal pasts and subjunctives
PEG chapters 28-29
151 Unreal pasts and subjunctives
152 would rather + subject + past tense
153 wish + subject + past, past perfect or conditional 198
The passive 199
PEG chapter 30 200

154 Active to passive

155 Active to passive
156 Active to passive with phrasal verbs 201
157 Active to passive with changes of construction 202
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Indirect speech
PEG chapter 31
158 Indirect speech: statements
159 Indirect speech: statements
160 Indirect speech: questions 205
161 Indirect speech: questions, advice, requests, invitations, suggestions 207
162 Indirect speech: commands, requests, invitations, advice 209
163 Indirect speech: commands, requests, advice, suggestions 211
164 Indirect speech: mixed types 213
165 Indirect speech: sentences with let 214
166 Indirect speech: sentences with must, needn't and have to 215
167 Indirect speech to direct speech 218
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Time clauses
PEG chapters 32,34
168 Time clauses
169 Time clauses
170 when, whenever and as (= while, because) 222
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Phrasal verbs
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PEG chapter 38
171 Combinations with get and be
172 Combinations with look and keep 226
173 Combinations with go and come 227
174 Combinations with take and run 228
175 Combinations with turn, call and break 229
176 Combinations with give, put and make 230
177 Combinations with clear, cut, fall, hold, let and hand 231
178 Mixed combinations 232
179 Mixed combinations 233
180 Mixed combinations 234
181 Mixed combinations 235
182 Mixed combinations with compound prepositions/adverbs 236
183 Substituting phrasal verbs for other expressions 237
184 Substituting phrasal verbs for other expressions 238
185 Combinations with off and on 239
186 Combinations with up 240
187 Combinations with out 241
188 Combinations with down, away and over
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189 Mixed combinations used in a connected passage 243
190 Mixed combinations used in a connected passage 245
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