Ar­beits­blatt Ad­di­tio­nal ex­er­ci­ses

If you have any pro­blems with these tasks con­sult a gram­mar book, the gram­mar sec­tion in your Eng­lish book or ask your teacher.

Part A: Test your know­ledge about the fu­ture:

1. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect?

a) The train to Brus­sels lea­ves at 8 am.
b) The train to Brus­sels will leave at 8 am.
c) The train to Brus­sels is going to leave at 8 am.

Ex­perts: Ex­plain your choice.

2. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect?

a) I’m sure Emma is going to like Paris.
b) I’m sure Emma will be li­king Paris.
c) I’m sure Emma will like Paris.

Ex­perts: Which of these sen­ten­ces is wrong in more than one way?

3. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect?

a) I’m going to be a sci­en­tist when I grow up.
b) I am a sci­en­tist when I grow up.
c) I will be a sci­en­tist when I grow up.

Ex­perts: Ex­plain your choice.

 

Part B: Test your know­ledge about the past:

4. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect?

a) It has been rai­ning a lot here in Lon­don. Look at all those pudd­les.
b) It rai­ned a lot here in Lon­don. Look at all those pudd­les.
c) It has rai­ned a lot here in Lon­don. Look at all those pudd­les.

Ex­perts: Name all three ten­ses.

5. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect?

a) They were in Ams­ter­dam last year.
b) They was in Ams­ter­dam last year.
c) They had been in Ams­ter­dam last year.

Ex­perts: One sen­tence is com­ple­te­ly wrong. The other one could be okay, if you added a few de­tails: make it a cor­rect sen­tence!

6. Which of these sen­ten­ces is wrong?

a) I lost my purse yes­ter­day.
b) I have lost my purse yes­ter­day.
c) I had lost my purse, be­fo­re I en­t­e­red the mu­se­um.

Ex­perts: Chan­ge a few de­tails the wrong sen­tence to make it cor­rect.

 

Part C: Test your know­ledge about the pre­sent:

7. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect?

a) The web­site con­ta­ins in­for­ma­ti­on about the EU.
b) The web­site is con­tai­ning in­for­ma­ti­on about the EU.
c) The web­site con­tain in­for­ma­ti­on about the EU.

Ex­perts: What is the rule(s) be­hind the cor­rect sen­tence?

8. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect?

a) Sorry, you can’t talk to Mr Schulz right now, he is at­ten­ding an im­portant mee­ting.
b) Sorry, you couldn’t talk to Mr Schulz right now, he is at­ten­ding an im­portant mee­ting.
c) Sorry, you can’t talk to Mr Schulz right now, he at­tends an im­portant mee­ting.

Ex­perts: Name the two ten­ses and ex­plain their usage.

9. Which of these ten­ses is wrong?

a) She is working in a sci­ence lab in Bar­ce­lo­na.
b) She works in a sci­ence lab in Bar­ce­lo­na.
c) She is in a sci­ence lab in Bar­ce­lo­na.

Ex­perts: What are the dif­fe­ren­ces in mea­ning here?

 

Lö­sung

Part A: Test your know­ledge about the fu­ture:

1. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect? a)

Ex­perts: Ex­plain your choice: ti­me­ta­ble fu­ture.

2. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect? c)

Ex­perts: Which of these sen­ten­ces is wrong in more than one way? b)

3. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect? d)

Ex­perts: Ex­plain your choice. It is a plan/in­ten­ti­on.

 

Part B: Test your know­ledge about the past:

1. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect? f)

2. It has been rai­ning a lot here in Lon­don. Look at all those pudd­les. Pre­sent per­fect pro­gres­si­ve

3. It rai­ned a lot here in Lon­don. Look at all those pudd­les. Sim­ple past

4. It has rai­ned a lot here in Lon­don. Look at all those pudd­les. Pre­sent per­fect

Ex­perts: Name all three ten­ses.

5. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect? a)

Ex­perts: One sen­tence is com­ple­te­ly wrong. The other one could be okay, if you added a few de­tails: make it a cor­rect sen­tence! c) could be okay: They had been in Ams­ter­dam last year, after that they went to Po­land.

6. Which of these sen­ten­ces is wrong? b)

Ex­perts: Chan­ge a few de­tails the wrong sen­tence to make it cor­rect. I have lost my purse, now I don’t have my passport on me.

 

Part C: Test your know­ledge about the pre­sent:

7. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect? a)

Ex­perts: What is the rule(s) be­hind the cor­rect sen­tence? Ge­ne­ral state­ment, he/she/it + -s

8. Which of these sen­ten­ces is cor­rect? a)

Ex­perts: Name the two ten­ses and ex­plain their usage. Sim­ple pre­sent for things that hap­pen re­gu­lar­ly, pre­sent pro­gres­si­ve for so­me­thing that hap­pens at the mo­ment.

9. Which of these ten­ses is wrong? none

Ex­perts: What are the dif­fe­ren­ces in mea­ning here?
a) She is working there at that very mo­ment.
b) She usual­ly works in a sci­ence lab.
c) We don’t know whe­ther she works there – we just know that she is in this lab at the mo­ment.

 

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