Grammar Exercises

Present and future time:

a. Mary_thinks__she is ugly. (think)

b. Juana _is expectig__a child. (expect)
c. My Friends__________to have better luck this time. (expect)
d. Manolito __smells___very good right now. (smell)
e. They _are smelling__the delicious chaufa. (smell)
f. Adrian Helguera _has been working___as a teacher for 10 years. (work)
g. I_have been_____in Los Olivos for 3 months. (be)

h. Wait for me please, I_will answer__ the phone. ( answer)

i. Call me next week, maybe I __________free (be)
j. I think Johnny _won’t_go back___to the united states next year. (not go back)
k. Carol is reharsing for the show. She____________on stage next month. (dance)

Past time:

Johnny used to have a summer house in Florida. He_____ soccer with his Friends there. (play)

Manolito used to swim more before that’s why he ______ in the beach more often. (be)

Some gringos have opened__ their hotels in Cuzco. (open)

My mom said she studied________english before 2015. (study)

I didn’t know my father in-law _____ (come) to Peru months later.

MODALS: (SHOULD, WOULD, COULD, MUST, CAN, OUGHT TO, HAD BETTER, HAVE TO, WILL,
don’t have, MIGHT, MAY, NEED TO, HAVE GOT TO)

Johnny _had better_renew his Passport if he wants to go back to the States.

Students _shouldn’t __smoke, it’s not good for their health.

Beto Ortiz_ought_to improve his programs. They really suck.

I _________ to study more often, but I sometimes don’t have time.

You_______get divorced now if you don’t want to create a bad environment for your children.

I think you _____buy new pictures for your room.

Well, you____do it again. I guess.

You_______(not cut) your hair, you look great with long hair.