GIU Essential (Verb forms 023-024)

Unit 023. be/have/do in present and past tenses

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A

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• Please be quiet. I’m working.
• It isn’t raining at the moment.

• What are you doing this evening?

• I was working when she arrived.
• It wasn’t raining, so we didn’t need an umbrella.
• What were you doing at 3 o’clock?

B

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• I’m never invited to parties.
• Butter is made from milk.

• These offices aren’t cleaned every day.

• The office was cleaned yesterday.
• These houses were built 100 years ago.
• How was the window broken?
• Where were you born?

C

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• I’ve cleaned my room.
• Tom has lost his passport.
• Kate hasn’t been to Canada.
• Where have Paul and Nicole gone?

D

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• I like coffee, but I don’t like tea.
• Chris doesn’t go out very often.
• What do you usually do at weekends?

• Does Silvia live alone?

• I didn’t watch TV yesterday.
• It didn’t rain last week.
• What time did Paul and Nicole go out?

Exercise

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• Do you work in the evenings?
• Where are they going?
• Why are you looking at me?
• Does Bill live near you?
• Do you like cooking?
• Is the sun shining?
• What time do the shops close?
• Is Maria working today?
• What does this word mean?

• Are you feeling all right?

• Tom doesn’t work at weekends.
• I’m very tired. I don’t want to go out this evening.
• I’m very tired. I am not going out this evening.
• Gary isn’t working this week. He’s on holiday.
• My parents are usually at home. They don’t go out very often.
• Nicole has travelled a lot, but she doesn’t speak any foreign languages.
• You can turn off the television. I am not watching it.

• Liz has invited us to her party next week, but we aren’t going.

• Where were your shoes made?
• Did you go out last night?
• What were you doing at 10.30?
• Where was your mother born?
• Has Barbara gone home?
• What time did she go?
• When were these houses built?
• Has Steve arrived yet?
• Why did you go home early?

• How long have they been married?

• Joe has lost his passport.
• This bridge was built 10 years ago.
• Have you finished your work yet?
• This town is always clean. The streets are cleaned every day.
• Where were you born?
• I’ve just made some coffee. Would you like some?
• Glass is made from sand.
• This is a very old photograph. It was taken a long time ago.

• David has bought a new car.

• I’m going to take an umbrella with me. It’s raining.
• Why are you so tired? Did you go to bed late last night?
• Where are the chocolates? Have you eaten them all?
• How is your new job? Are you enjoying it?
• My car was badly damaged in the accident, but I was OK.
• Chris has got a car, but she doesn’t use it very often.
• Mary isn’t at home. She has gone away for a few days.
• I don’t understand the problem. Can you explain it again?
• Martin is in his room. He’s listening to music.
• I don’t know how to say this word. How is it pronounced?
• How do you open this window? Can you show me?

Unit 024. Regular and irregular verbs

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A. Regular verbs

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• I cleanded my room yesterday.
• Charlie studied engineering at university.
• I have cleaned my room.
• Tina has lived in London for ten years.
• These rooms are cleaned everyday.
• My car has been repaired.

B. Irregular verbs

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• I made a cake yesterday.
• I have made some coffee.
• Butter is made from milk.
• Somebody broke this window last night.
• Somebody has broken this window.
• This window was broken last night.

Exercise

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• make made
• cut cut
• get got
• bring brought
• pay paid
• enjoy enjoyed
• buy bought
• sit sat
• leave left
• happen happened
• hear heard
• put put
• catch caught
• watch watched

• understand understood

• break broke broken
• begin began begun
• eat ate eaten
• drink drank drunk
• drive drove driven
• speak spoke spoken
• write wrote written
• come came come
• know knew known
• take took taken
• go went gone
• give gave given
• throw threw thrown

• forget forgot forgotten

• I washed my hands because they were dirty.
• Somebody has broken this window.
• I feel good. I slept very well last night.
• We saw a really good film yesterday.
• It rained a lot while we were on holiday.
• I’ve lost my bag. Have you seen it?
• Rosa’s bicycle was stolen last week.
• I went to bed early because I was tired.
• Have you finished your work yet?
• The shopping centre was built about 20 years ago.
• Anna learned to drive when she was 18.
• I’ve never ridden a horse.
• Julia is a good friend of mine. I’ve known her for a long time.
• Yesterday I fell and hurt my leg.

• My brother ran in the London Marathon last year. Have you ever run in a marathon?

• I have made some coffee. Would you like some?
• Have you told John about your new job?
• We played basketball on Sunday. We didn’t play very well, but we won the game.
• I know Gary, but I’ve never met his wife.
• We were woken up by loud music in the middle of the night.
• Stephanie jumped into the river and swam to the other side.
• ‘Did you like the film?’ ‘Yes, I thought it was very good.’
• Many different languages are spoken in the Philippines.
• Our holiday cost a lot of money because we stayed in an expensive hotel.
• Have you ever driven a very fast car?
• All the tickets for the concert were sold very quickly.
• A bird flew in through the open window while we were having our dinner.