Boost Your English Skills: Grammar Exercises Collection

Mastering Object Pronouns in English

Fill in the gaps with the correct object pronouns:

Available pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them

1. I forgot the schedule for the next meeting. Can you send _it_ to me, please?
2. The woman fell from the bike. The policeman helped _her_ to get up.
3. My partners and I were supposed to be at the party, but they forgot to send _us_ the invitation.
4. The attachments were saved, but I couldn’t open _them_.
5. Mike is asking if you are here. Can you tell _him_ you have just arrived?
6. My secretary told _me_ you phoned. I phoned _you_ back, but nobody answered.

Replacing Nouns with Object Pronouns: Examples

Follow the example:

1. He loves his mother. — She loves her.
2. Look at my father. — Look at him.
3. I can’t talk to my aunt. — I can't talk to her.
4. Listen to my brothers. — Listen to them.
5. I’m sending my house. — I'm sending it.
6. You can see my sister and me. — You can see us.
7. He’s missing my family and I. — He's missing us.

Practice: Replace Underlined Words with Object Pronouns

Replace the underlined words with object pronouns:

1. John bought a pen at the stationer’s. — John bought it at the stationer’s.
2. Peter invited my friends and I to the party. — Peter invited us to the party.
3. I don’t like Susan’s new friends. — I don't like them.
4. Bill bought Janet some flowers. — Bill bought her some flowers.
5. My parents gave my brother a guitar. — My parents gave him a guitar.
6. My partner is reading a book about Oracle. — My partner is reading it.

Conjugating Verbs in the Past Tense

Fill in the gaps with the past tense of the verbs below:

Available verbs: give, have, read, say, see, send, speak, tell, think, write

1. Mark _gave_ his wife a very nice ring.
2. She _had_ dinner at the best restaurant in town.
3. They _read_ all the articles about that company.
4. Sheila _said_ she was going to arrive late.
5. I _saw_ Mary at the bus stop.
6. Susan _spoke_ English during the meeting.
7. My boss _told_ all the employees the raise is coming next month.
8. They _thought_ that they were on the wrong floor, but they weren’t.
9. Michael _wrote_ the email and _sent_ it to everybody.

Forming Offers and Decisions with 'Will'

Make offers and decisions using 'will':

1. send / Bill / charts — I’ll send Bill the charts.
2. give / Mary / minutes — I will give Mary the minutes.
3. ask / boss / about / salary — I'll ask the boss about the salary.
4. call / Susan / before / 10 o’clock. — I'll call Susan before 10 o'clock.
5. phone / back / Michael / later — I'll phone Michael back later.
6. email / client / tomorrow / morning — I will email the client tomorrow morning.

Choosing the Correct Verb Tense for Weather

Mark the correct alternative:

1. Yesterday, it _rained_ for two hours.
   • ( ) rains
   • ( ) is raining
   • (X) rained
2. It _is foggy_. I can’t see anything.
   • ( ) was foggy
   • ( ) will be foggy
   • (X) is foggy
3. We always _have_ thunderstorms in Ourinhos in January.
   • ( ) had
   • ( ) are having
   • (X) have
4. It _is cloudy_ at the moment.
   • ( ) was cloudy
   • ( ) will be cloudy
   • (X) is cloudy
5. I can’t go to the office because it _is raining_ a lot.
   • ( ) was raining
   • ( ) rains
   • (X) is raining

Common Irregular Verbs: Present to Past

• give — gave
• have — had
• read — read
• say — said
• see — saw
• send — sent
• speak — spoke
• tell — told
• think — thought
• write — wrote
• live — lived
• need — needed
• play — played
• study — studied