Category : Grammar

Look at tenses

Look at tenses

The story below comes from my local community newspaper and was written just after the 2011 Australian Open tennis final. In this task, we focus on verbs and tenses. Fill the gaps below with the correct form of the verbs ‘to be’, ‘to have’ and ‘to win’. Mothers can do anything Kim Clijsters put motherhood [...]

Photo of a duck

When to use ‘a’ and when to use ‘the’?

Articles: Decide whether to fill the gaps in the story below with either ‘a’ or ‘the’. Then read on and check your answers. Accident brings ducks luck Four ducklings orphaned after their mother caused a three-car accident on a Wellington motorway recently have been taken in by a local duck sanctuary. The four youngsters and [...]