Practice 2 SVIP

Put the verbs into the correct column.

Deciding the underline verb in each sentence is State verb (S) or Action verb (A).

Deciding the underline verb in each sentence is State verb (S) or Action verb (A).

Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence.

1. He often helps other people. I he is a good man.

2. I about this project since last spring.

3. Can you help me, please? I for Ann's office.

4. Is that Alan over there? He old and tired. Is he sick?

Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence.

5. Give me a moment, please; I about what to do.

6. I anyone who smokes cigarettes is crazy.

7. She a new house and a new job.

8. She lunch with her mother.

Put the verbs into the correct column.

Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence.

1. I agree / am agreeing with you that people shouldn't drive while intoxicated.

2. I didn't recognize / wasn't recognizing him until he took off his glasses.

3. My mother thinks / is thinking of inviting Nam to the party, but she is not sure whether he will be able to come or not.

4. He pretended / was pretending to be a cop in front of my friends when they were playing in the park.

5. They measure / are measuring the length of the house at the moment.

Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence.

6. - 'Do you think / Are you thinking Ann will win?'

- ‘I have no idea.'

7. I doubt / am doubting that these two students will ever pass the exam. They haven't studied at all these days.

8. I always wish / am always wishing every woman in this world a happy life after marriage.

9. Your parcel has arrived. The postman brought / was bringing it two hours ago.

10. My husband always tastes / is always tasting the food while I'm cooking! It's very annoying.

Fill in the blank using the words given in the box.

1. You need to get permission from the farmer who the land.

2. She never her ambition of winning an Olympic gold medal.

3. It really me that he doesn't eat properly.

4. He didn't work so he thoroughly his poor marks.

5. Relevant experience is over formal education.

Fill in the blank using the words given in the box.

6. The final exam is coming. I you pass it with flying colours.

7. He that he had felt just the same way when he first started working.

8. The owners said they the decision to close the store, but felt unable to do otherwise.

9. The earthquake was as far south as San Diego.

10. He didn't to me to be a violent man.

Find the mistake and correct it.

1. This ancient clock has been belonging to that museum since 2000, and now it's still on display there.

2. We intend to have a picnic this weekend, but it is depending on what the weather's like at the weekend.

3. I don't want to have a fight about that matter. Just forget it! It isn't mattering.

4. Although he is ill, he is knows that what's happening around him.

Find the mistake and correct it.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

1. The chef ___________ the food before he serves it.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

3. He _________ his classmates in an hour to discuss their brochure about ASEAN member states at the moment.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

4. The region's principal aims ________ the acceleration of economic growth, social progress, and cultural development among its members, as well as the promotion of regional peace.