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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
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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 13
auxiliary verbs 14
12 Question tags after negative statements 16
13 Question tags after affirmative statements 17
14 Question tags: mixed 18
15 Auxiliaries followed by full or bare infinitive 19
16 Auxiliaries: mixed 20
17 have: possessive 21
18 have: various uses 23
19 The have + object + past participle construction 24
20 be 25
21 it is/there is 27
22 can and be able 28
23 may 29
24 must and have to 30
25 must not and need not 31
26 need not and don't have to etc. 33
27 must, can't and needn't with the perfect infinitive
Present and past tenses
PEG chapters 17-18
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28 The simple present tense 35
29 The simple present tense 36
30 The present continuous tense 38
31 The simple present and the present continuous 39
32 The simple present and the present continuous 41
33 The simple past tense 42
34 The simple past tense 43
35 The past continuous tense 44
36 The simple past and the past continuous 45
37 The simple past and the past continuous 47
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38 The present perfect tense 48
39 The present perfect and the simple past 50
40 The present perfect and the simple past 51
41 The present perfect and the simple past 54
42 The present perfect continuous tense 55
43 The present perfect and the present perfect 56
continuous
44 for and since
Future forms
PEG chapter 19 57
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45 The present continuous tense as a future form 59
46 The be going to form 60
47 The present continuous and the be going to form 61
48 The future simple 62
49 The present continuous and the future simple 64
50 will + infinitive and the be going to form 65
51 will + infinitive and the be going to form 67
52 The future continuous tense 68
53 will + infinitive and the future continuous 69
54 won't + infinitive and the future continuous negative 71
55 Second person interrogative: will you and other forms 72
56 shall and will 73
57 Time clauses 74
58 The future perfect tense 75
59 Time clauses 76
60 would and should
61 would and should
Conditionals
PEG chapter 21 78
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62 Conditional sentences: type 1 80
63 Conditional sentences: type 2 81
64 Conditional sentences: type 3 82
65 Conditional sentences: mixed types 83
66 Conditional sentences: mixed types
67 Mixed tenses and verb forms
Infinitive
PEG chapter 23 84
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68 Full or bare infinitive 85
69 Full or bare infinitive 87
70 Infinitive represented by to 88
71 too/enough/so . . . as with infinitive 90
72 Various infinitive constructions 91
73 Perfect infinitive used with auxiliary verbs
74 Perfect infinitive used with auxiliaries and some other
verbs
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Gerund, infinitive and participles 93
PEG chapters 23-6 94
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75 The gerund
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76 Gerund and infinitive
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77 Gerund and infinitive
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78 Gerund and infinitive
79 Infinitive, gerund, present participle
80 Using participles to join sentences
81 Misrelated participles
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Passive 102
PEG chapter 30 103
82 Active to passive
83 Active to passive
84 Passive to active 104
Indirect speech 105
PEG chapter 31 106
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85 Indirect speech: statements 109
86 Indirect speech: statements
87 Indirect speech: questions 109
88 Indirect speech: questions
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89 Indirect speech: questions
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90 Indirect speech: commands, requests, advice
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expressed by object + infinitive
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91 Indirect speech: commands, requests, advice
92 Indirect speech: commands, requests, advice
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93 Indirect speech: commands, requests, invitations,
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offers, advice
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94 Indirect speech: questions, requests, invitations, offers,
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advice
95 Indirect speech: commands and questions with if-
clauses and time clauses
96 Indirect speech: suggestions
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97 Indirect speech: mixed types
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98 Indirect to direct speech
Purpose
PEG chapter 33
99 Infinitive used to express purpose 122
100 Clauses and phrases of purpose 123
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some, any etc. and relatives 126
PEG chapters 5 and 8 127
101 some, any and compounds, e.g. somebody, anything, 129
somehow 129
102 Relatives: defining, non-defining and connective
103 Relatives: defining, non-defining and connective
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104 Relatives: non-defining and connective 130
105 what and which
106 whatever, whenever, whoever etc. 132
107 Relative clauses replaced by infinitives
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Prepositions
PEG chapter 9
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108 Prepositions: at, to; preposition/adverb: in 136
109 Prepositions and prepositions/adverbs: at, by, in, into, 137
of, off, on, out (of), to, under, with
110 Prepositions and prepositions/adverbs: at, by,
during, for, from, in, of, on, over, since, till,
under, with 139
111 Prepositions and prepositions/adverbs: about, at, 141
away (adverb only), by, for, from, in, into, on, out, 143
to, under, up, with, over
112 Use and omission of prepositions
113 till/until, to, for, since, then, after, afterwards
Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives 145
PEG chapters 11-15 147
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114 Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives 151
115 Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives 151
116 Auxiliaries + perfect infinitives 153
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Present, past and perfect tenses 157
PEG chapters 17-18 160
117 The simple present and the present continuous 162
118 The simple present and the present continuous 163
119 The simple past and the past continuous 164
120 The simple past and the past continuous 165
121 The simple past and the past continuous 167
122 The present perfect with for and since 168
123 The present perfect and the simple past
124 The present perfect and the simple past
125 The present perfect simple and continuous
126 The simple past and the past perfect, simple and 169
continuous 172
127 Questions 174
128 Questions 176
129 Mixed tenses, letters 178
130 Mixed tenses: letters 179
131 Mixed tenses: telephone conversations 180
Future forms
PEG chapter 19
132 The present continuous and the future simple
133 The present continuous and be going to
134 be going to and will + infinitive
135 The future continuous and will + infinitive
136 The future continuous and will (mostly negative) 181
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137 The future perfect 182
138 The present simple and continuous, the future simple 183
and conditional 185
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Conditionals 191
PEG chapter 21 192
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139 Conditional sentences: type 1
140 Conditional sentences: type 1
141 Conditional sentences: type 2
142 Conditional sentences: type 2 194
143 Conditional sentences: type 3 196
144 Conditional sentences: type 3
145 Conditional sentences: mixed types
146 Conditional sentences: mixed types
147 will and shall
148 would and should 198
Gerund, infinitive and present participle 199
PEG chapters 23-6 200
149 Gerund, infinitive and present participle
150 Gerund, infinitive and present participle
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Unreal pasts and subjunctives 202
PEG chapters 28-29 203
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151 Unreal pasts and subjunctives
152 would rather + subject + past tense
153 wish + subject + past, past perfect or conditional
The passive
PEG chapter 30 205
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154 Active to passive 209
155 Active to passive 211
156 Active to passive with phrasal verbs 213
157 Active to passive with changes of construction 214
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Indirect speech 218
PEG chapter 31 219
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158 Indirect speech: statements
159 Indirect speech: statements
160 Indirect speech: questions
161 Indirect speech: questions, advice, requests,
invitations, suggestions
162 Indirect speech: commands, requests, invitations,
advice 222
163 Indirect speech: commands, requests, advice, 223
suggestions
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164 Indirect speech: mixed types 225
165 Indirect speech: sentences with let
166 Indirect speech: sentences with must, needn't and
have to
167 Indirect speech to direct speech 226
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Time clauses 231
PEG chapters 32,34 232
168 Time clauses 233
169 Time clauses 234
170 when, whenever and as (= while, because) 235
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Phrasal verbs 237
PEG chapter 38
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171 Combinations with get and be 239
172 Combinations with look and keep 240
173 Combinations with go and come 241
174 Combinations with take and run 242
175 Combinations with turn, call and break 243
176 Combinations with give, put and make 245
177 Combinations with clear, cut, fall, hold, let and 246
hand
178 Mixed combinations
179 Mixed combinations
180 Mixed combinations
181 Mixed combinations
182 Mixed combinations with compound
prepositions/adverbs
183 Substituting phrasal verbs for other expressions
184 Substituting phrasal verbs for other expressions
185 Combinations with off and on
186 Combinations with up
187 Combinations with out
188 Combinations with down, away and over
189 Mixed combinations used in a connected passage
190 Mixed combinations used in a connected passage