English Grammar and Vocabulary Practice: A Comprehensive Guide
1. Vocabulary
Crunchy to Binge-Watching
Are delicious, crunchy apples / not emotionally mature at the age of 18 / A catchy slogan is a phrase / found him not guilty / monthly family get-togethers. We usually / museum by an art collector from the USA / 1000 hours of community service at the / you have a lot of charm / the driver swerved suddenly / smoking because of peer pressure. They think they / special tours for the visually-impaired. They are / Maybe it’s food poisoning. Have you / Have you seasoned the stew yet? / other students were gossiping about him / collection is a 17th-century landscape. It shows / promised a harsh punishment for people who / Which TV channel will broadcast it? / To apply for membership, simply fill / Two thieves broke into the house / weren’t so many TV channels twenty years ago / watched a thought-provoking documentary / her resilience makes her very good / you can use tinned tuna / specialized in painting portraits of the Spanish / you showed real bravery when you confronted / players have lost faith in themselves / to show a lot of tact so that nobody’s feelings / Katy is very sensible. She always / exercises in the grammar reference at the / I don’t have the basic requirement for the position / the government must take action. To help everyone / the referee showed two red cards / works under a lot of pressure. She’s always / thinking and problem-solving / What’s the deadline to upload the Ted Talk / employees to show commitment to our company / some people love binge-watching TV series.
2. Phrasal Verbs
Stand Out to Run Out
Tall – he easily stands out in a crowd / I pick out a few words of French / The bottle rolled off the desk and broke / We’re carrying out a short survey. Can I ask / Alba’s party? You missed out on a great time! / The author has probably made some of them up / It turns out that you were right about / My parents hope he will grow out of that idea / The décor put me off eating there / He must have mixed me up with my brother, Thomas / traffic light and almost ran over our neighbor, Mrs Evans. / You’re driving too fast! Slow down! / connection that they can rely on. They can’t / basketball team when he fell out with the coach / I really want to find out who killed Mr and Mrs Gold myself / I can’t figure out the answer / I was tired, I carried on running until I /
More and more animals will die out / She’s going out with an American guy / Studying hard will pay off in the end / When you make up with someone / My parents told me off for failing my last / The printer has run out of ink again!
3. Infinitives and Gerunds
To Pay to Contribute
If you can’t afford to pay … dreaming about getting away from … then applying for this … website is offering to send … agreed to pay … in order to find … asking applicants to send … In addition to seeing … will be able to contribute to charity…
4. Verb Tenses
Past to Future
John has always traveled a lot. In fact, when he was only … he first flew to the USA … is Italian … is American … John was born … his parents met in … they had lived … They met … John’s father was reading …
John travels a lot … John is visiting his parents in France at the moment … He really enjoys living in New York…
This year he has flown … he has worked … sure that he will work … by the end of this year he will have traveled over … journey will be … he really doesn’t like going to … he will be sitting for over 18 hours by the time he arrives!
John was talking with … from New York phoned … Jackson Co. had decided … has been negotiating … will be meeting with his boss …
5. Sentence Transformations
Regret to Windows Cleaned
I regret hurting … I shouldn’t have hurt your feelings yesterday
I suppose he wrote to her … he might have written to her…
The journey to Córdoba took 16 hours … How long did your journey take?
Mary and Janice built this house … Who built this house?
This is my friend’s brother. I danced with my friend’s brother at the party … This is my friend’s brother who I danced with at the party.
Peter is my best friend. His sister is a famous actress … Peter, whose sister is a famous actress, is my best friend.
He will always remember the day. That day his team won the championship … He will always remember the day when his team won the championship.
I went to France. I want to learn French … I went to France in order to learn French.
Although he passed the exam, he wasn’t very happy … In spite of passing the exam, he wasn’t very happy.
How often do you visit your friends? … Tom asked how often I visited my friends.
“You should tidy your room tomorrow” … He told me to tidy my room the following day.
“Come back home as soon as the party is over” … She said to come back home as soon as the party was over.
You didn’t give me your address, so I couldn’t send you an e-mail … If you had given me your address, I would have sent you an e-mail.
You should talk to your parents about this … If I were you, I would talk to your parents about this.
I can’t go skiing because I’ve broken my leg … If I hadn’t broken my leg, I could have gone skiing.
The college is giving students a map of the campus … A map of the campus is being given to students.
Did somebody steal your umbrella yesterday? … Was your umbrella stolen yesterday?
The exam I have to study is very difficult … If only the exam wasn’t so difficult!
I didn’t pass my exam … I wish I had passed my exam.
Someone cleans the windows for us … I have my windows cleaned.
Perhaps we will not see them at the weekend … We might not see them at the weekend.
I spoke to a rider who has just won a trophy.
6. Linking Words
However to Since
Peter passed his driving test. However, he doesn’t have a car.
Max has been studying hard. Furthermore, he has a job.
She’ll pay me provided that I work hard.
I’ll do my homework as soon as I finish eating.
They couldn’t get tickets for the concert. Therefore, they cried all night.
The planes have been delayed due to bad weather.
Because of my height, I play basketball.
He took medicine so that he could go to school.
It was raining. Nevertheless, we went on an excursion.
He went skiing in spite of not having money.
Mary was nervous during the exam. Consequently, she had a headache.
I remember eating strawberries in summer…
I’ve told my parents that they needn’t pick me up.
I can’t go to the cinema tonight since I have to study.