Grammar practice. Ex. 1 Replace the subject of the sentence by the pronoun in the third person singular or by the noun in the singular and make the necessary changes

Ex. 1 Replace the subject of the sentence by the pronoun in the third person singular or by the noun in the singular and make the necessary changes.

1. They wish to speak to you. 2. Buses pass my house every hour. 3. They help their father. 4. We change planes at Heathrow. 5. You watch too much TV. 6. They worry too much. 7. I cash a cheque every month. 8. I always carry an umbrella. 9. They wash the floor every week. 10. His sons go to the local school. 11. These hens lay brown eggs. 12. Rubber balls bounce. 13. These figures astonish me. 14. Do you like boiled eggs? 15. These seats cost $10. 16. They fish in the lake. 17. Elephants never forget. 18. They usually catch the 8.10 bus. 19. They sometimes miss the bus. 20. I mix the ingredients together. 21. The rivers freeze in winter. 22. They realize the danger. 23. I use a computer. 24. What do they do on their days off? - They do nothing. They lie in bed all day. 25. The boys hurry home after school. 26. They push the door open. 27. They kiss their mother. 28. They do sports in the gymnasium. 29. They dress well. 30. Your children rely on you.

Ex. 2 Read the following in the negative and in the interrogative.

1. Their neighbours often complain. 2. Tom enjoys driving at night. 3. He engages new staff every Spring. 4. Tom looks very well. 5. He has breakfast at 8 o’clock. 6. They sell fresh grape juice here. 7. He charges more than other photographers. 8. She looks like her father. 9. They pick the apples in October. 10. She has a cooked breakfast. 11. The last train leaves at midnight. 12. He relaxes at weekends.

Ex. 3 Find and correct fifteen mistakes in the spelling of the following present participles.

copiing, putting, translateing, telling, closing, sitting, seing, giving, meetting, being, forgeting, lieing, getting, filing, swimming, betting, quiting, spreadding, eatting, begining, paing, openning, cutting, forbiding, laying, splitting, winning, dying, stoping