Fundamentals Of English Grammar

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

EXERCISE 17. Practlclng irregular verbs. (Charts 2-5 and 4-2 - 4-4)
Directions: Ask questions beginning with "Have you ever... ?" and give answers.



  1. teach a child to count to ten

  2. hold a newborn baby

  3. find any money on the sidewalk

  4. cut your own hair

  5. think about the meaning of life

  6. hear strange noises at night

  7. read Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

  8. feed pigeons in the park


(Switch roles if working in pairs.)


  1. tell a little white lie

  2. quit smoking
    1 1. buy a refrigerator

  3. sell a car

  4. hit another person with your fist

  5. put off doing your homework

  6. catch a fish


EXERCISE 18. Preview: SINCE vs. FOR. (Chart 4-5)
Directions: Complete the sentence "I have been here... ." Use since.. orfor with the given
expressions.
I have been here...


  1. ov two months.

  2. stwe September.







  3. last year.

  4. two years.

  5. last Friday.

  6. 9:30.

  7. three days.

  8. the fist of January.

  9. almost four months.

  10. the beginning of the term.

  11. the semester started.

  12. a couple of hours.

  13. fifteen minutes.

  14. yesterday.

  15. about five weeks.
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