English in Mind
Level 4
Unit 1
Grammar Practice
PHOTOCOPIABLE
LEVEL 4
UNIT 1
GRAMMAR PRA
CTICE
1
Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in
the box in the present simple or present
continuous.
close get up learn play speak
come do stay
1
I ‘m learning
three languages at the moment.
2
She always
at 7.30 am on
school days.
3
Where’s your dad now? He
the shopping.
4
He
with his grandparents for a
month while his parents are on holiday.
5
My grandparents
from Cornwall.
6
The shops
at six o’clock in
my town.
7
He
fi ve languages fl uently.
8
Her favourite football team
really
well this season.
2
Complete the sentences. Put the verbs
in brackets in the past simple or past
continuous form.
1
They were playing (play) football when
suddenly it
started
(start) to snow.
2
He
(break) his leg while he
(skateboard).
3
Stephen
(wait) for a bus when
his friend
(drive) past on his
new motorbike.
4
Clare
(tidy) her bedroom
when she
(fi nd) a photo of her
grandfather.
5
The computer
(stop) working
when he
(write) an e-mail.
6
He
(read) a book when the light
(go out).
7
Her mobile phone
(drop) out of
her bag while she
(run) to catch
the bus.
8
David
(eat) a pizza when he
(swallow) an olive stone.
3
Match the two parts of the sentence.
1
When she arrived
a
before he had
home
fi nished reading it.
2
The fi lm had already
b
so he couldn’t read
started
the exam paper.
3
She told him the
c
so they failed the
ending of the book
exam.
4
He didn’t know how
d
her brother had
to tell his mum
broken her
computer.
5
He had broken
e
the plane had
his glasses
already left.
6
They hadn’t studied
f
as I’d had a big
enough
breakfast.
7
When he got to
g
when they got to
the airport
the cinema.
8
I wasn’t hungry
h
that he had broken
her favourite vase.
4
Now use the sentences in Exercise 3 and
decide which action happened fi rst and
which one happened second.
First action
Second action
1
Her brother broke
her computer.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
She got home.
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Cambridge University Press 2008
Level 4 Unit 1