Gerunds
Present Tense "To Be"
Past Tense
Articles a, an, the
Fragment/Run-on
100

___________ is not allowed inside the building.

Smoking

To smoke

Smoking


100

You and I _______________ hungry.

are

100

While I .......... watching the football match, I ........ a headache.

were,have

are,had

was,had

am,having

was, had

100

We like to travel to _____ Moscow every summer. 

X

a

an

the

x

100

His professors had low opinions of him, but he graduated anyway in 1900.

sentence

200

I stopped ................................ call of duty because it is boring.

playing

play

plays

to play

 

playing

200

We _____ students.

are

200

The bus ....... at the hotel for 5 minutes ago.

arrives

arrived

arriving

arriveded

arrived

200

She has _______ orange cat. ____ cat is friendly.

an, the

200

Might have one sleeve that is red and one that is green.

fragment
300

___________ one or two cups of coffee every morning is bad for your health. 

Drinking

To drink

I drank

Drinking

300

The bird ____ yellow and gray.

is

300

John ........ happy on last holiday. It ........ awful.

were,was

wasn't, were

were,was

wasn't, was

wasn't, was

300

There's an important meeting taking place on _____ last day of the month: don't miss it.

the

300

School in Munich was too rigid and boring for young Einstein, he did not do well.

run- on

400

When I saw my teacher, I stopped ........................ him. 

to greet

greeting

grated

to greet

400

Negative: I ________ a dentist

am not

400

My father ...... me a T-shirt for my gift. 

bought

buy

buys

buying

bought

400

__________ Mississippi River is in __________ United States.

the, the

400

Einstein achieved international recognition, in 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in physics.

run-on

500

Haya stopped .................. her cell phone at night.

to use

using

used

using

500

Negative: They_______ humans.

are not

aren't

500

Structure of past simple 

S + Verb (ed)

S + Verb (s,es)

S + was/were + Verb +.ing

S + will + Verb

S + Verb (ed)

500

____ Canary Islands are beautiful.

The

500

Physicists resisted his ideas at first, but eventually his theory of relativity was confirmed.

sentence