-I ( rent )........ DVD three days ago , and I ( have )......... to give it back to the shop today.

-I ( go out )......... to buy some books when the telephone ( ring ).........

-Now I ( knit )......... a hat for my cat and mu brother (read)........ his favorite fairy tale.

-At this time yesterday , my mother (cook).......... in the kitchen , and my father (water).......... some plants in the garden.

-The fox (swallow)............ her grandma , then he (lie down)............ on the bed and (cover)........... himself with a blanket to disguise as her grandma.

There are five grammar mistakes in this paragraph. Can you find and correct them ?

Like most people, I turn on my laptop play as well as to study. At weekends, I go to my favourite chat rooms and I chat.

Sometimes I spend hours online and I often make new friends. My mum doesn't go shop anymore. She likes buy everything online. My sister likes music and she has join a rock group which she found on a webpage at her university.

When I want to improving my English, there area lot of great websites with vocabulary games and practice exercises. I usually score more points than my sister.

Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple of Past Progressive tense.

1. When my uncle (come) _____, we (water) _____ the plants and flowers in the garden.

2. Thu (talk) _____ to her friend, Hoa, on the phone at 8 o'clock last night.

3. Lan (practise) _____ the piano while her sister (read) _____ comics at 7 o'clock last night.

4. The monkeys (climb) _____ up the trees when we (visit) _____ to zoo yesterday morning.

5. Ba (talk) _____ with his classmate when the principal (enter) _____ their classroom.

6. Last night I (make) _____ a cake when the lights (go) _____out.

7. While I (cross) _____ the street, I (step) _____ on a banana skin and (fall) _____ heavily.

8. It (begin) _____ to rain when I (plant) _____ some flowers in the garden.

9. When I (arrive) _____, the teacher (write) _____ on the blackboard.

10. When they (walk) _____ down the stairs, they (hear) _____ a strange noise.

Sentence Transformation : Comparatives:

1.Grapes are more expensive than apples.-> Apples are not ..........................................................................

2.I speak English more fluently than my brother.

My brother doesn't..........................................................................

3.Ha can cook better than her sisters.

Ha's sisters can't..........................................................................

4.China is pooer than Japan.

China isn't..........................................................................

5.Steve can run faster than anyone inj our class.

No one else in our class..........................................................................

6.That tower isn't as high as this one

This..........................................................................

7.My flat isn't as large as his.

My flat is..........................................................................

8.Helan plays the piano worse than Liz.

Helan doesn't ..........................................................................

9.That book isn't as useful as mine.

My books are..........................................................................

10.Kathy writes more carefully than Kelly.

Kelly doesn't..........................................................................

11.Jimmy drives more dangerously than he did last year.

Jimmy doesn't..........................................................................

12.Richard is younger than he looks.-> Richard isn't..........................................................................

13.Lan didn't spend as much money as Hoa.-> Hoa spent..........................................................................

14.The station was nearer than I thought.-> The station wasn't..........................................................................

15.The meal didn't cost as much as I expected.-> The meal cost..........................................................................

16.I go out less than I used to.-> I don't..........................................................................

17.I know them better than you do.-> You don't..........................................................................

18.There are fewer people at this meeting than at the last one.

There aren't..........................................................................