Unit 23: be / have / do in present and past tenses

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GRAMMAR
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EXERCISES

A. be (= am/is/are/was/were) + -ing

am / is / are + -ing
→ Units 3–4 and 26
Please be quiet. I’m working.
It isn’t raining at the moment.
What are you doing this evening?
was / were + -ing
→ Unit 13
I was working when she arrived.
It wasn’t raining, so we went out.
What were you doing at three o’clock?

B. be + past participle (passive)

am / is / are + past participle
→ Unit 21
The room is cleaned every day.
I’m never invited to parties.
Oranges are imported into Britain.
was / were + past participle
→ Unit 21
The room was cleaned yesterday.
These houses were built 100 years ago.
How was the window broken?
Where were you born?

C. have/has + past participle (present perfect)

have / has + past participle
→ Units 15–18
I’ve cleaned my room.
Tom has lost his passport.
Barbara hasn’t been to Canada.
Where have Paul and Linda gone?

D. do/does/did + infinitive

do / does + infinitive
(present simple negative and questions)
→ Units 6–7
I like coffee but I don’t like tea.
Chris doesn’t go out very often.
What do you usually do at weekends?
Does Barbara live alone?
did + infinitive
(past simple negative and questions)
→ Unit 12
I didn’t watch TV yesterday.
It didn’t rain last week.
What time did Paul and Linda go out?

Examples

Please be quiet. I’m working.
It wasn’t raining, so we went out.
The room is cleaned every day.
These houses were built 100 years ago.
I’ve cleaned my room.
Tom has lost his passport.
I don’t like tea.
What did you do last night?

Exercises 23.1 – 23.5

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23.1 Put in is/are/do/does.

  1. ____ you work in the evenings?
  2. Where ____ they going?
  3. Why ____ you looking at me?
  4. ____ Bill like cooking?
  5. ____ you like cooking?
  6. ____ the sun shining?
  7. What time ____ the shops close?
  8. ____ Ann working today?
  9. What ____ this word mean?
  10. ____ you feeling all right?

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23.2 Put in am not/isn’t/aren’t/don’t/doesn’t. All these sentences are negative.

  1. Tom doesn’t work in the evenings.
  2. I’m very tired. I ________ want to go out this evening.
  3. I’m very tired. I ________ going out this evening.
  4. George ________ working this week. He’s on holiday.
  5. My parents are usually at home. They ________ go out very often.
  6. Barbara has travelled a lot but she ________ speak any foreign languages.
  7. You can turn off the television. I ________ watching it.
  8. There’s a party next week but we ________ going.

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23.3 Put in was/were/did/have/has.

  1. Where were your shoes made?
  2. ________ you go out last night?
  3. What ________ you doing at 10.30?
  4. Where ________ your mother born?
  5. ________ Barbara gone home?
  6. What time ________ these houses built?
  7. ________ Jim arrived yet?
  8. Why ________ you go home early?
  9. How long ________ they been married?

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23.4 Put in is/are/was/were/have/has.

  1. Joe has lost his passport.
  2. This bridge ________ built ten years ago.
  3. ________ you finished your work yet?
  4. This town is always clean. The streets ________ cleaned every day.
  5. Where ________ you born?
  6. I ________ just made some coffee. Would you like some?
  7. Glass ________ made from sand.
  8. This is a very old photograph. It ________ taken a long time ago.
  9. Joe ________ bought a new car.

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23.5 Complete the sentences. Choose from the list and put the verb into the correct form.

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  1. I’m going to take an umbrella with me. It’s raining.
  2. Why are you so tired? Did you late last night?
  3. Where are the chocolates? them all?
  4. How is your new job? it?
  5. My car was badly in the accident but I was OK.
  6. Chris has got a car but she it very often.
  7. Mary isn’t at home. She has for a few days.
  8. I don’t this sentence. Can you explain it again?
  9. Martin is in his room. He’s to music.
  10. How do you this word? Can you show me?

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