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Question: Did you walk to school today?
Negative: No, I didn’t walk.
Positive: I came by bus.

1-Megan (go) to the party? ___________________________________________?
No, she (not go)______________________, she (stay) _______________ at home.
2-Ralph (pass) the History test? _______________________________________?
No, he (not pass) _______________________it, he (fail) _______________it.
3-Mavericks (win) the game? _________________________________________?
No, they (not win) __________________ it, they (lose) ___________ it in overtime.
4-You (make) that cake? ____________________________________________?
No, I (not make) __________________ it, my mother (make) ___________ it.
5-Christie (do) her homework? _______________________________________?
No, she (not do) _______________ it, she (forget) _______________ it again.
6-You (talk) with your boss? __________________________________________?
No, I (not talk) ________________ with him, but I (send) ___________him an email.
7-Charlton (get) that job? _____________________________________________?
No, he (not get) ________________that one, he (get) ____________ a better one.
8-Steve (take) you to the movie? ________________________________________?
No, he (not take) _________________me to the movie, he (take) ____________ me
to a discotheque.
9-Sean (ask) you to meet him today? ____________________________________?
No, he (not ask) _______________ me, he (tell) ______________ me!
10-You (visit) Tina when she was ill? _____________________________________?
No, I (not visit) __________________ her, I (send) ______________ her a card.
11-You (see) what happened in the gym? _________________________________?
No, I (not see) _________________ it, I (hear) __________________ about it.
12-Zoe (answer) your question? ____________________________________?
No, she (not answer) ___________________ it, she (walk) __________ away!

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Kyle and Tim are playing ‘detective’. Kyle is the detective,Tim is the ‘suspect’.
Example
Where – (you) go after you left your house?
Kyle: Where did you go after you left your house?
Tim: I went to Larry’s, the bar on 38th Street.

1-Who – (you) meet in the bar?
Kyle:
Tim:
2-How long – (you) talk with her?
Kyle:
Tim:
3-What – (she) tell you about Franky Cribbs?
Kyle:
Tim:
4-Why – (you) leave the bar so suddenly?
Kyle:
Tim:
5-Where – (you) go after that?
Kyle:
Tim:
6-When – (you) enter Mr. Cribb’s apartment?
Kyle:
Tim:
7-How – (you) get in?
Kyle:
Tim:
8-What – (he) do when you entered his bedroom?
Kyle:
Tim:
9-Where – (you) hide the gun?
Kyle:
Tim:
10-Why – (you) kill him?
Kyle:
Tim:

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TELLING THE TIME: A GAME AND A RAP

The commonest way to tell someone the time is to give the minutes first, followed by the preposition to (vor) and past (nach), and then the hour. O’ clock is only used at the hour.
Examples: It’s ten to three. It’s quarter past three. It’s seven o’clock.

GAME

Begin with the teacher and go around the room. The teacher says to the first pupil: ‘Hello __________! Have you got the time?’ The first pupil answers: ‘It’s nine o’clock.’ Then the same pupil turns to the second pupil and says: Hello __________! Have you got the time?’ The second pupil answers by adding five minutes to the first answer. ‘It’s five past nine.’ Continue, going around the room. OPTIONAL: Go around the room again, this time adding only one minute at a time. Remember to use the word ‘minutes’ except with round numbers. Example: It’s six minutes past one.

RAP

‘Hey, Tim! Have you got the time?’
‘It’s quarter past nine.’
‘What’s the time, Sven?’
‘It’s ten past ten.’
‘What time is it, Kevin?’
‘Five past eleven.’
‘See you at seven.’
‘What time is it, Sue?’
‘It’s eight minutes to two.’
‘Have you got the time for me, Lee?’
‘It’s half past three.’
‘Hey, Kate!
It’s getting late.
Have you got the time?’
‘Twenty to eight.’
(Repeat several times!)
‘One, two, three o’clock,
four o’clock – STOP!
Five, six, seven o’clock,
eight o’clock – STOP!
Nine, ten, eleven o’clock,
twelve o’clock – STOP!
Let’s stop the clock tonight!

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PAST PERFECT OR SIMPLE PAST?

N.B.: Past simple for forward-moving action, past perfect when looking back!

The day (start off) _started off_well for young Steve Sherwood, a successful lawyer with his own practice. He (sleep)___________ well. First of all, he (jog) _________ __________ a mile, then he (eat)____________________ a good breakfast. He (work) ____________hard all morning. At noon, he (meet)_______________ an old friend for lunch. They (go)_______________to college together. During lunch they (talk)_________________ about old times. When lunch (to be) _________ over, they (exchanged) _______________ addresses and (say)______________goodbye. After that, Sherwood (go)_______________ shopping. He (promise)____________ _______his girlfriend a present for her birthday. He (go)________________ through several stores until he (find) _______________ the perfect present: a new tennis racket. She (break) ______________ hers the last time they (play)_____________. When he (return)__________________ to his place of work at 1 o’clock, the door to his practice (to be)_____________ slightly open. He (ask)________________ his secretary if she (see) ________________ anyone come in, but she (say)__________ ______ no. He (open)_________________ the door to his office carefully and (go) ____________ in. When he (touch) __________________ his chair, he (know) _______________ that someone (sit)___________________ in it. Shocked, he (ask)_______________ himself if the person (look)___________________ in his desk drawers. He (search)____________________ through them, but soon (realize) ___________ _____ that nothing was missing. Suddenly, he (remember)______________________ his safe. Quickly, he (go)_______________ to the wall and (remove)__________________the picture in front of it. With trembling hands he (dial)_________________ the number. A moment later he (open)_______________ the safe door. It (to be) _____________empty! The thief (steal) _______________ all of his money. He (grab)________________ a phone and (call)_______________ the police. They (come)___________________ within a few minutes. When he (answer) ____________________ all their questions, he (return)__________________ home. They (tell)____________________him to stay there until they (finish)_______ _______________ their investigation.

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PUNKED! WORKING WITH THE PASSIVE

Underline sentences or parts of sentences which are suitable for the passive form and make the necessary changes.
Example: The next thing I knew, I was…

What a horrible experience! I was walking down the street, looking for a good sports store when suddenly, a car stopped just beside me. The next thing I knew, someone pulled me inside. Whoever it was put a blindfold over my eyes. The car speeded away. After what seemed like an hour, the car stopped and someone opened the door and pulled me out. They grabbed my arm and dragged me up a hill. When we reached the top, they led me up some stairs. Someone opened a creaky door and pulled me inside. They led me to a chair and pushed me down. Then rough hands removed my blindfold. A bright light was shining straight into my eyes. I couldn’t see anything but I heard men laughing. Someone gave me a cup of coffee and told me to drink it. After that, someone tied my hands behind my back. All of a sudden, everyone left the room and it became very quiet.
I must have sat there for several hours before they returned. They put the blindfold over my eyes again. Then they took me back down the hill to a car. Someone warned me not to tell anyone about what had happened. There were three or four men in the car. For the next hour or so, they drove through busy streets. When they stopped, they pushed me out of the car and left me alone. I felt very frightened. Suddenly, someone untied my hands and removed the blindfold from my eyes. Confused, I looked around. There, standing right behind me was no other than Ashton Kutcher! Before he said anything, I knew what he’d say: Punked!

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In der Fundgrube Grammatik werden Übungen zu vielen Themen wie Zeiten, Partizipien, Adverbien, Gerund, if-Sätzen, Passiv, indirekte Rede und vieles mehr angeboten. Zum Üben einfach das jeweilige Arbeitsblatt ausdrucken und los geht’s!

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Zeitformen

• Arbeitsblatt: Past Simple or Past Perfect?
• Arbeitsblatt: Telling the Time: A Game and a Rap (5./6. Klasse)
• Arbeitsblatt: Present Perfect or Simple Past?
• Arbeitsblatt: Past Perfect or Simple Past (2)
• Arbeitsblatt: Past Perfect or Simple Past (3)
• Arbeitsblatt: Simple Past (1)
• Arbeitsblatt: Simple Past (2)

Passiv

• Arbeitsblatt Passiv: Punked! Working with the Passive

If-Sätze

• Arbeitsblatt: If Sentences: Types 2 and 3

Adverbien

• Test

Partizipien

• Arbeitsblatt: Working with Participles
• Arbeitsblatt: Worksheet Participles

Verben

• Arbeitsblatt: He She It Verbs

Gemischtes

• Arbeitsblatt: Verb + Object + Infintive
• Arbeitsblatt: Potpourri
• Arbeitsblatt: ‘Lassen’: Let or Make?

PRESENT PERFECT or SIMPLE PAST?

1-Black Bears can be up to two meters tall and weigh up to one thousand pounds. And a few even larger specimens (to be seen) ______________________ recently.
2-The Black Bear is, as the name says, black, but there (to be) _________________ exceptions.
3-In 1931, a cowboy named Southerly (to report) _______________ seeing a Black Bear with white stripes!
4-Friends (to say) ______________ that Southerly (to have) ___________________ an alcohol problem.
5-But since that time, there (to be) ______________________ several similar reports.
6-In 1946 Carl Stover, a truck driver, (to say) ________________ that a white-striped
Black Bear (to cross) ____________________ the highway in front of his truck between Dawson and Yukaton.
7-Since then, almost a dozen people (to see) __________________ Black Bears that weren’t 100% black.
8-In the 1940s when paper companies (to start) ___________________ building roads through the Maine woods a large number of bears (to be seen)_____________ __________________.
9-Truckers (to have to) ___________________ stop to let them go by sometimes.
10-In the past few years, Black Bears (to become) ____________________ a problem in some of Maine’s towns.
11-Sometimes they (to be seen) ______________________ in the vicinity of fast food restaurants.
12-According to one eye-witness report , a large bear actually (to enter) __________________ a McDonald’s restaurant a month or two ago.
13-Fortunately, it (to leave) ___________________ soon after because the line (to be) _____________ so long.

Answers: 1-have been seen 2-have been 3-reported 4-said had 5-have been 6-said crossed 7-have seen 8-started were seen 9-have had to 10-have become 11-have been seen 12-entered 13-left was

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VERB + OBJECT + INFINITIVE

The following verbs are normally used with an object and an infinitve: advise allow ask (=invite) order permit teach tell (=order) want warn

A) Correct the following sentences, using the object + infinitive construction:

1-My doctor advised that I stay indoors for a week. My doctor advised me to stay indoors…
2-They allowed that we stay out until ten.
3-Troy asked that she come with him.
4-The general ordered that the soldiers attack the enemy.
5-Mrs. Hawkins permitted that her daughter see the movie.
6-The old man taught that he study harder.
7-He tells that we should always keep calm.
8-Candy wanted that her mother come with her.
9-The professor warned the prime minister that she shouldn’t attend the conference.

B) One of the most frequent grammar mistakes made by German students is with the verb ‘want’. Here’s an extra exercise on ‘want’. Correct the following sentences:

I want that they learn to relax. __________________________________________
The teacher wants that I work harder. _____________________________________
Mr. Hooper wanted that Bill lose weight. ___________________________________
The guide wants that we follow him. ______________________________________
Jill wanted that her dad buy a new car. ____________________________________
The candidate wants that they vote for him. _______________________________
She wanted that they tell her the secret. ___________________________________
He wanted that we come back soon. ______________________________________
They wanted that she do an encore. ______________________________________
The teacher wanted that they keep quiet. __________________________________
She wants that they come to see her. _____________________________________

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HE, SHE, IT- DAS “S“ MUSS MIT!

Change the ‘he-she-it- verbs’ in the text from the past to the present tense. Don’t forget the ‘s’!

Simon wrote a story for his teacher. It was about a girl named Shannon. She was twelve years old. Her father bought her a dog. He built a large dog house. Shannon named her dog Buster. He ate very little so Shannon took him to the vet. The vet told her to feed Buster only the best food and to take him for long walks every day. Shannon did what the doctor said. She chose the best dog food she could find. She kept a logbook and wrote down how much Buster ate every day. And she took Buster for long walks every day, too. She went to the city park with him every day. There were lots of people with dogs in the park. She met a nice boy out with his dog there. They talked about their dogs and other things. He told her that he had two cats and a budgie. They sat down on a park bench and watched their dogs play. After a while, Buster got tired. Shannon got up quickly and said goodbye to the boy. Then she went home.

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GUIDELINES FOR USING PARTICIPLES

Participles are elegant, participles are ‘very English’. The hearts of English teachers jump for joy when their students use participles correctly. The bad news is, using participles correctly is difficult for EFL learners. The good news is, you can learn how to by following the following guidelines:

1) When do you use a participle? When you want to connect up two or more actions. Example: Meg hurried to meet her father. She ran all the way.
2) Where do you use a participle? You must decide which of the two actions is less important. The verb describing the less important action is turned into a participle. Example: Meg hurried to meet her father. She hurried all the way.
3) Which participle (present, past, perfect) do you use? Take a close look at the main action and the subordinate action. There are four possible constellations. For each constellation there is the appropriate participle.
1-The two actions take place at the same time. The subordinate action (verb) is active. Example: Meg hurried to meet her father. She ran all the way. = present participle: Running all the way, Meg hurried to meet her father.
2-The two actions take place at the same time. The subordinate action (verb) is passive. Example: Meg was shocked at the news, so she started crying. = past participle: Shocked at the news, Meg started crying.
3-The subordinate action takes place before the main action, the subordinate verb is active Example: After Meg had taken a shower, she changed into some fresh clothes. = perfect (active) participle: Having taken a shower, Meg changed into some fresh clothes.
4-The subordinate action takes place before the main action, the subordinate verb is passive Example: Our mailman asked for a change of route after he had been bitten by our dog. = perfect passive: Having been bitten by our dog, our mailman asked for a change of route
NOW IT’S YOUR TURN! Use appropriate participles.
1- When Sam heard the bell, he went to the classroom at once. ________________________________________________________________________
2- Sally was hurt by the mean remark, so she called her mother. ________________________________________________________________________
3-After Mr. White had parked his car, he hurried up the stairs to his office. ________________________________________________________________________
4- Lee almost started crying when he was selected to play on the all-star team. ________________________________________________________________________

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WORKSHEET WORKING WITH PARTICIPLES

Rewrite the sentences, replacing the underlined verbs with a participle. Use the twoquestion method to determine whether to use the present, past or perfect participle. Tess, a 15-year-old vagrant, is caught shoplifting and is arrested. This is what she tells the judge:

1) My father left my mother and moved to another state when I was still a child.
2) At the age of thirteen I ran away from home and became a vagrant.
3) I was searched for by the police, so I moved from place to place.
4) I did odd jobs and was able to earn enough to stay alive.
5) I was taken to the hospital when I fell and broke both legs.
6) The nurses feared that I would try to run away, so they kept an eye on me.
7) I had good food and a place to sleep, so I didn’t want to run away at first.
I stayed in the hospital for two months and was finally released a year ago.
9) I looked for work for several weeks and finally got a job washing cars.
10) I had begun to like my new job and was sad when they fired me.
11) I wandered from town to town and tried to find another job.
12) I didn’t find a job and started begging to get enough money to eat.
13) I sat in front of churches and held out my hand when people came out.
14) A man watched me a while, then asked me if I would ‘work’ for him.
15) He explained what I had to do, took me to a large store and waited outside.
16) I filled my pockets with expensive perfumes and headed for the street.
17) When my ‘boss’ had seen what I had stolen, he said he was a policeman.
18) I was shocked. I told him I would never steal anything again.
19) I was taken to the police station and had to wait two hours in a cell.
20) I was questioned about what I did, then brought to you.

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