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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Two grammar exercises

Hello everyone. Please help me with grammar... Did I open the brackets right?


When Mr Smith (1 - get up) in the morning the weather was very bad. It (2 - be) cold outside and it (3 - rain) heavily. He was about to leave for his office when he (4 - find) that all his umbrellas (5 - be) out of order. So he (6 - take) his umbrellas to the umbrella-maker and (7 - say) that he (8 - come) back and take them in the evening. In the afternoon Mr Smith (9 - go) to have lunch at a restaurant. A lady (10 - come) in, (11 - sit) down at his table and they (12 - have) lunch for about 15 minutes. Mr Smith (13 - leave) earlier. By mistake Mr Smith (14 - take) her umbrella and (15 - go) to the door. However, the lady (16 - ask) him to give her umbrella back. "Oh, I (17 - be) sorry," (18 - say) Mr Smith. In the evening Mr Smith (19 - take) his umbrellas from the umbrella-maker and (20 - get) on the train. The young lady (21 - be) on the same train too. Suddenly Mr Smith heard a voice, "Oh, you have had a very successful day, haven’t you?"? She (22 - look) at his umbrellas and (23 - smile).
My choise:


1 - gets up

2 - was cold

3 - rained

4 - finds

5 - are

6 - took

7 - said

8 - comes

9 - went

10 - came

11 - set down

12 - have had

13 - left

14 - took

15 - went

16 - asked

17 - i'm

18 - said

19 - takes

20 - get

21 - was

22 - looked

23 - smiled
And another one...


1) At this time yesterday I (sit) at the lecture. 2) He (come) back to St. Petersburg on the 15th of January. 3) He (to surf) a net when I (to come) in. 4) When I (look) at them, they Emotion: smile at me. 5) What you (do) at six o'clock yesterday? 6) I (go) to bed at half past eleven. 7) Yesterday the classes (finish) at 5 o'clock. 8) The cat (take) a piece of fish and (run) away. 9) Yesterday I (get) up at seven o'clock. 10) The train (start) at fifteen minutes to ten. 11) He (put) on his coat and cap, (open) the door and (go) out. 1 (feed) my cat with fish yesterday. 12) What you (do) at four o'clock yesterday? — I (feed) my cat. 13) What your brother (do) yesterday? - He (play) computer games. 14) I (begin) re­pairing my camera at six o'clock yesterday. 15) Nobody (listen) while the teacher (explain) the theme. 16) While Tom (read), Amely (watch) a film on TV. 17) Kate (not go) out yesterday. She (write) a term-paper the whole day yesterday. 18) When your brother (come) home yesterday? He (come) home at seven o'clock. 19)The boys (swim) while the girls (sunbathe). 20) As long as one group (prepare) dinner, the others (collect) wood for their campfire. 21) When Mike and Jane (paint) the walls, their dog (knock) over the paint pot.
My choise:

1 - was siting

2 - came back

3 - was surfing, came

4 - was looking, smiled

5 - were you doing

6 - gone

7 - were finishing

8 - took, ran

9 - was getting

10 - was starting

11 - puted on, opened, went out, feeded

12 - were you doing, fed

13 - was your brother doing, played

14 - was begining

15 - was listening, was explaining

16 - was reading, was watching

17 - didn't go out, wrote

18 - did your brother come, came

19 - were swimming, were sunbathing

20 - were preparing, were collecting

21 - were painting, knocked
Thanks in advance! Emotion: smile
  

Top answer

When Mr Smith (1 - get up) in the morning the weather was very bad. It (2 - be) cold outside and it (3 - rain) heavily. He was about to leave for his office when he (4 - find) that all his umbrellas (5 - be) out of order.

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  • When Mr Smith (1 - get up) in the morning the weather was very bad.
  • It (2 - be) cold outside and it (3 - rain) heavily.
  • He was about to leave for his office when he (4 - find) that all his umbrellas (5 - be) out of order.
  • So he (6 - take) his umbrellas to the umbrella-maker and (7 - say) that he (8 - come) back and take them in the evening.
  • In the afternoon Mr Smith (9 - go) to have lunch at a restaurant.
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When Mr Smith (1 - get up) in the morning the weather was very bad. It (2 - be) cold outside and it (3 - rain) heavily. He was about to leave for his office when he (4 - find) that all his umbrellas (5 - be) out of order. So he (6 - take) his umbrellas to the umbrella-maker and (7 - say) that he (8 - come) back and take them in the evening. In the afternoon Mr Smith (9 - go) to have lunch at a re
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When Mr Smith (1 - get up / GOT UP) in the morning the weather was very bad. It (2 – be / WAS) cold outside and it (3 – rain / WAS RAINING) heavily. He was about to leave for his office when he (4 – find / FOUND) that all his umbrellas (5 – be / WERE) out of order. So he (6 – take / TOOK) his umbrellas to the umbrella-maker and (7 – say / SAID) that he (8 – come / WOULD COME) back and take them in
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Thanks!!! Emotion: smile

1 - got up

3 - rains

4 - found

5 - were

8 - came

11 - sat down
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When Mr Smith (1 - get up / GOT UP) in the morning the weather was very bad. It (2 – be / WAS) cold outside and it (3 – rain / WAS RAINING) heavily. He was about to leave for his office when he (4 – find / FOUND) that all his umbrellas (5 – be / WERE) out of order. So he (6 – take / TOOK) his umbrellas to the umbrella-maker and (7 – say / SAID) that he (8 – come / WOULD COME) back and take them in
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I think you have the first exercise all right....
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Thanks a lot for all help!

But in 10 ex. I must use Past Simple or Past Continuous... Like it said in my grammar exercise book. Please check my answers, consider that fact.
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Do not worry. I corrected your wrong choices. The other ones are OK.

What school do you go to? Where?

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#10 - came is the simple past (irregular) of come.
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