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Written practice Side by Side 3                               3                                              Units  5-6-7   

 

I-   CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD:

                                              

1-    Mary  ( have – has )  ___________ been in the space for a long time.

2-    How long  ( have – has )  ____________ you been here?

3-    My neck has been  ( stiff – dizzy )  _____________ since yesterday.

4-    They have  ( owned – bought )  _____________ this house since 1987.

5-    Look.  I have  ( measles – spots )  _____________ all over my body.

6-    He  ( has – had )  ____________ had that pain since yesterday and it hurts a lot.

7-    So,  how are you  ( feel – feeling )  ______________ today?

8-    I´ve taught English  ( for – since )  ______________ a long time. Before that,  I  ( taught – teached )  ______________ Math.

9-    Besides  ( going – to go )   ______________ there,  we´re also flying to Mexico.

10-   I haven´t  ( being – been )  ______________ a painter for years.

11-   How long has the phone been  ( rang – ringing )  ______________?

12-   The water heater is  ( peeling – leaking )  _____________.

13-   I enjoy  ( reading – read )  ____________ magazines.

14-   She even  ( like – likes )  ____________ soap operas.

15-   My professor avoids  ( to smoke – smoking )  ______________ in the break.

16-   My kids like  ( to swim – swum )  ____________ in this pool.

17-   We´re thinking about  ( travel – traveling )  _______________ out of the country.

18-   My Dad stopped  ( to eat – eating )  _______________ and now he´s thinner than before.

19-   She was so hungry that she stopped  ( to eat – eating )  _______________ in the first                fast-food restaurant she found.

20-   Why don´t  you quit  ( to smoke – smoking )  _______________?

21-   I´ve considered  ( to buy – buying )  ________________ an umbrella this winter.

22-   ( to watch – watching )  ________________ TV is my favorite way to relax.

23-   He began  ( work – working )  ________________ in a shoe factory.

24-   Guess what  I´ve decided  ( to do – doing )  ________________ !

25-   That´s very kind  ( of – from )  _________________ you.

26-   I  ( envy – envying )  __________________ you a lot.

27-   I´ve never  ( swam – swum )  ___________________ before.

28-   Those kids  ( look – looks )  ___________________ exhausted.

29-   Mom has been  ( picking – mending )  ____________________ our socks

       ( since – for )  ________________ we were little kids.

30-   A salesperson  ( have – has )  _________________ to be active all day long.

31-   Termites  ( was – were )  __________________ eating the wood.

32-   I´ve  had a computer  ( for – since )  __________________ I started college.

33-   He´s a very  ( dedicate – dedicated )  ___________________ doctor.

34-   She´s been married for two  ( years – years ago )  __________________.

35-   They´ve been in jail  ( for – since)  __________________ last week. 

 

II-    “ IS “   or   “ HAS “ :         

 

1-    She´s got to call me later.                  _________________

2-    There´s been an accident nearby.     _________________

3-    He´s exhausted.                                 _________________

4-    The boy´s played on other teams.      _________________

 

III-      WRITE  THE  MEANING

 

1-    FEVER               __________________          11-  PAIN                   __________________

2-    BEARD               __________________         12-  HABIT                 __________________

3-    RAISE                __________________         13-  KNEE                 __________________

4-    TEASE               __________________         14-  RUDE                 __________________

5-    HALLWAY          __________________         15-  PATIENT            __________________

6-    TO BOX             __________________         16-  LYING                 __________________

7-    COUNT              __________________         17-  AUDIENCE         __________________

8-    JUNK                 __________________         18-  KEEP ON            __________________

9-    MEETING          __________________         19-  BOTTOM             __________________     

   10- MANAGER      __________________             20-  GOSSIP                __________________