Intermediate English Grammar Step by Step

Please notice that there may be other options to the ones provided in this key. Furthermore, a slash (/) has been used to include different alternatives.

1 a begins b teach c teaches d relies e work

2 a do not like b does not water c do not write d do not study e do not watch

3 a Do you want b Does he need c Does it rain d Do they sing e Does she go

4 a is drinking b are listening c Are you coming d are watching e am not studying

5 a finishes b boils c am writing, finish d am taking e are you getting

6 a is b need c do not believe d wish e Do you love

7 a are you thinking b do you think, think c am expecting d expect e tastes

8 a love, are b go c are you smelling, Does it smell, am, does, has d am, is having e am taking f smells g go h do you do, read, connect i does not like j I still do not understand k is raining l is, makes, is it, think, is, makes m does this pen belong, belongs, think n are you doing, am just waiting o revolves p are repairing q is your mother, is picking r is meeting, loves s Do you mind, enjoy t am tasting, has u don't you taste, is v are you, I do not feel/I am not feeling w detest, make x are you looking y do you feed z permit

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    Contents

1.  The verb "to be" (the key)

2.  The modal verbs "can" and "may" (the key)

3.  The verb "have" (the key)

4.  Have to, must, need not, cannot and should (the key)

5.  The simple present and the present continuous or progressive (the key)

6.  The simple past and the past continuous or progressive (the key)

7.  The present perfect simple, the simple past, the present perfect continuous (or progressive), the past perfect simple and the past perfect continuous (or progressive) (the key)

8.  The "be going to" form, the present continuous and the future simple (the key)

9.  Irregular verbs

10.  Conditional sentences (the key)