2. Complete the sentences with these verbs in the correct form. brighten clean do dress give hold make pick set take
1. He got out of doing the exam by...up an excuse about feeling ill.
2. My grandad has got a new hobby. He ...up pottery and he loves it.
3. Last year the council...up some of the older houses and they look great now.
4. We waited for them for an hour. Then we ...up and went home.
5. The youngest pupils were ...up as animals in the school play.
6. The government is going to ...up a committee to consider the situation.
7. If you put up some colourful posters, it...up your room.
8. We were ..up in the town centre because there had been an accident.
9. Our train arrived at 6 p.m. and my dadus up at the station.
10. They need volunteers to help ...up the canal.
1. You should try to forget about it. (better) You
2. They’d prefer to go by car.(rather) They
3. I think you should get a job. (time) It’s
4. The police made the driver stop. (demand) The police
5. The doctor advised her to make more exercise. (suggest) The doctor...
6. I think it’s a good idea for them to travel abroad for a year, (were) If
7. She made him show the letter. (insist) She
8. It’s not a good idea for you to buy that expensive coat. (better) You
9. The best thing for Maria to do is to start again. (were) If
10. I wish you wouldn’t use my computer. (rather) I
2) We rarely send them letters. pres simple
3) When she was a student, she got to school by bus. past simp
4) We could hardly recognise him. past simp
5) My mother has bought me a beautiful dress. (pres perf )
6) Do you speak English? - No, I don't. pres simple
7) Were you at school yesterday? - Yes I was. past simp
8) We will be taking (future cont) English lessons two times a week.
9) I will do (future simp) it tomorrow if I have (pres simp) time.
10) My sister is listening (pres cont) to the latest news on the radio.
11) While my mother was cooking (past cont) dinner, I played (past simp) the piano.
12) What will they be doing (future cont) tomorrow at three o'clock?
13) I've never been to Paris. (pres perf )
14) They had already translated (past perf) that article by 10 o'clock.
15) Mr. Brown had been painting (past perf cont) the picture for a few days, when they came. (past simp)
16) Sam had been writing (past perf cont) a letter for an hour, when Flora came (past simp) yesterday.
17) When you come (pres simp) back home at 4 o'clock, my mother will have been cooking (fut perf cont) dinner for an hour.