English Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises
1. And for dessert, there are delicious, crunchy apples
2. Some people are not emotionally mature at the age of 18, while others are ready to make important decisions even then are 16
3. A catchy slogan is a phrase that’s easy to remember after you’ve heard it just once.
4. No convincing evidence was presented against the man and the judge found him not guilty
5. We have regular monthly family get-
Togethers
We usually meet at my grandma’s house and have lunch in the garden
6. This painting has been donated to the museum by an art collector from the USA
7. The young man was sentenced to 1000 hours of community service at the local hospital
8. If you are able to make people like you, you have a lot of charm
9. The driver swerved suddenly to avoid a fox crossing the road.
10. Young people start smoking because of peer pressure.
They think they have to do what their friends are doing.
11. The city Museum offers special tours for the visually-
Impaired
They are able to touch some of the exhibits!
12. I’m not feeling well. Maybe it’s food poisoning.
Have you got a stomach ache?
13. Have you seasoned the stew yet? It’s still a bit bland. I’ll add some salt and pepper.
14. Ben thought other students were gossiping about him because when he entered everyone stopped talking suddenly
15. The most valuable painting in the collection is a 17th-century Iandscape.
It shows mountains and waterfalls in Switzerland.
16. The candidate has promised a harsh punishment for people who break the law again. They will spend more time in prison.
17. Will we be able to see The King’s Speech this year? Which TV channel will broadcast it?
18. You can become part of our shopping club and save every time you do the shopping. To apply for membership, simply fill out this form.
19. Two thieves broke into the house and stole some jewelry.
20. My dad keeps saying there weren’t so many TV channels twenty years ago, but I’m not sure if it is true.
21. Last night we watched a thought-
provoking documentary about food
22. Her resilience makes her very good in a crisis.
23. For this recipe, you can use tinned tuna.
24. Diego, specialized in painting portrait the Spanish royal
25. You showed real bravery when you confronted that thief.
26. Some of our players have lost faith in themselves. They don’t believe they can win the game
27. You…To show a lot of tact so…Nobody’s feelings are hurt.
28. Katie is very sensible.
She always thinks carefully before doing anything.
29. You will find more exercises in the grammar reference at the back of the book.
30. I won’t play apply.. Job..Don’t have the basic requirement
31. The government must take action
To help everyone in the region affected by the tsunami
32. The referee showed two red cards… The football match
33. My mum works under a lot of pressure.
She’s stres
34. Schools should teach critical thinking and problem solving.
35. What’s the dead-line to upload the Ted Talk on Laia’s drive?
36. We expect all employees to show commitment to our company values.
37. Some people love binge-watching
TV series.
1. Frank is almost two meters tall – he easily stands out in a crowd. (stand)
2. I pick out a few words of French when we were in Paris. (pick)
3. The bottle roll off the desk and broke into many pieces
4. We’re carring out a short survey. Can I ask you a few questions about your eating habits? (carry)
5. Why didn’t you come to Alba’s party? You miss out on a great time! (miss)
6. This book contains a lot of surprising facts. I don’t think they’re all true. The author has probably made some of then up.
(make).
7. It turns up that you were right about that film. It was directed by Guillermo del Toro. (turn)
8. My little brother says he wants to be a chef. My parents hope he will grow up of that idea (grow)
9. The restaurant looked old and dirty. The décor put me out eating there (put)
10. A stranger approached me and said, Hi, Tom. He must have mixed me up with my brother, Thomas. (Mix)
11. The driver didn’t stop at a red traffic light and almost ran away our neighbour, Mrs Evans. Luckily, she wasn’t hurt.(run)
12. You’re driving too fast!
Slow down
(slow)
13. My parents need a good internet connection that they can rely on.
They can’t work if they are not online. (rely)
14. Clint decided to leave the basketball team when he fell out with the coach. (fall)
15. Don’t give me any spoilers, ok? I really want to find out who killed Mr and Mrs Gold myself. (find)
16. I need help with this question. I can’t figure out the answer (figure)
17. Even though I was tired, I carry on running until I finished the race. (carry)
18. Unless we take care of the environment, more and more animals will die out.
(die)
19. She’s going out with an American guy (go)
20. Studying hard will pay off in the end (pay)
21. When you make up with someone, you become friends again (make)
22. My parents tell me of for failing my last math exam. (tell)
23. The printer has run out of ink again! I can’t print my essay! (run)
If you can’t afford (1 pay)
paying for a holiday, and you’re dreaming about (2 get)
getting-away from normal life, then (3 apply)
applying for this unique job may be the answer! A website is offering (4 send)
to send a traveller around the world for a year. What’s more, they’ve agreed (5 pay)
paying this lucky person to go! In order (6 find)
to find the right traveller, the company is asking applicants (7 send)
to send a video explaining why they are the best person for the job. In addition to (8 see)
seeing the world, the winner will be able (9 contribute)
to contribute to charity programmes around the world.
John (1 always travel)
has always traveled a lot. In fact, when he (2 be) was only two years old, he first (3. Fly)
flew to the US. His mother (4 be)
is Italian and his father (5 be) is American. John (6 born)
was born in France, but his parents (7 meet)
met in Colagne, Germany after they (8 live)
had lived there for five years. They (9 meet)
met one day while John’s father (10. Read)
was reading a book in the library and his mother sat down beside him. John (11 travel)
travels a lot because his parents also travel a lot. As a matter of fact, John (12 visit)
is visiting hi parents in France at the moment. He lives in New York now, but he has been visiting his parents for the past few weeks. He really (13 enjoy)
enjoys living in New York, but he also loves coming to visit hi parents at least once a year. This year he (14 fly)
flew over 50,000 miles for his job. He (15 work)
worked for Jackson Co. For almost two years now. He’s pretty sure that he (16 work)
will work for them next year as well. His job requires a lot of travel. In fact, by the end of this year, he (17 travel)
will have traveled over 120,000miles! His next journey (18 be)
will be to Australia. He really (19 not like)
doesn’t like going to Australia because
it is so far. This time he is going to fly from Paris after a meeting with the company’s French partner. He (20 sit)
will be sitting for over 18 hours by the time arrives! John (21 talk)
was talking with his parents earlier this evening when his girlfriend from New York (22 phone)phoned to let him know that Jackson Co. (23 decide)had decided to merge with a company in Australia. The two companies has been negotiating for the past month, so it really wasn’t to much of a surprise. Of course, this means that John will have to catch the next plane to back to New York. He (24 meet) will be meeting with his boss at this time tomorrow.
1. I regret hurting your feelings yesterday (modal verbs)
I shouldn’t hurt your feelings yesterday
2. I suppose he wrote to her old address because she hasn’t received the e-mails.(modal)
He might have written to her old address because she hasn’t received the e-mails
3. The journey to Cordoba took 16 hours (question)
How many hours took your journey to Cordoba?
4. Mary and Janice built this house (question)
Who has built this house?
5. This is my friend’s brother. I danced with my friend’s brother at the party. (relative)
This is my friend’s bother, who danced with me at the party
6. Peter is my best friend. His sister is a famous actress. (relative)
Peter, whose sister is a famous actress, is my best friend
7. He will always remember the day. That day his team won the championship.(relative)
He will always remember the day when this team won the championship
8. I went to France. I want to learn French (in order to)
I went to France in order to learn French
9. Although he passed the exama, he wasn’t very happy
in spite of, passing the exam, he wasn’t very happy.
10. How often do you visit your friends?, Tom asked.
Tom wanted to know how often I visited my friends.
12. “come back home as soon as the party is over” she said. (reported speech)
She order he to come back as soon as the party is over
13. You didn’t give me your address, so I couldn’t send you an e-mail. (conditional).
If you had given me your address, I would have sent you an e-mail
14. You should talk to your parents about this (conditional)
If I were you, I would talk to your parents about this
15. We won’t go to the beach if the weather isn’t nice.
Unless the weather is nice, we won’t go to the beach
16. I can’t go skiing because i’ve broken my leg (conditional)
If I hadn’t broken my leg I could have gone skiing
17. The college is giving students a map of the campus. (passive)
A map of the campus is being given to students
18. Did somebody steal you umbrella yesterday? (passive)
Was your umbrella stolen yesterday?
19. The exam I have to study is very difficult (if only)
If only the exam wasn’t so difficult
20. I didn’t pass my exam. (wish)
I wish I had passed my exam
21. Someone cleans the windows for us. (causative)
I had my windows cleaned
22. Perhaps we will not see them at the weekend (modal)
We might not see them at the weekend
23. They believe that the thief got away (impersonal form)
It’s believed that the thief got away
24. People say that surnames make bad passwords. (impersonal forms)
Surnames are said to be bad passwords
25. I spoke to a rider. She had just won a trophy (formal relative clause)
I spoke to a rider who has just won a trophy
1. Peter passed his driving test. However, he doesn’t like to drive.
2. Max has been studying hard. Furthermore, he was doing sport.
3. She’ll pay me provided that she has money.
4. I’ll do my homework as soon as I arrive at home.
5. They couldn’t get tickets for the concert. Therefore, they were very sad.
6. The planes have been delayed due to the storm
7. Because of my marks, I was able to go on the trip.
7. Because of my shy, I don’t have many friends
8. He took a medicine so that I can go to school
9. It was raining. Nevertheless, we went outside
10. He went skiing in spite of it was snowing.
11. Mary was nervous during the exam. Consequently, he doesn’t pass the exam.
12. I remember that last year we went on a trip.
13. I’ve told my parents that they needn’t to make my bed. .
14. I can’t go to the cinema tonight since I have to go to the doctor