English Language Exercises and Grammar Review
Section 1
1.c) stuff
- a) get rid of c) learned
- b) accurate
- b) cousin
- c) fleet
2. Set up, renewable energy, environmentally friendly, turning out, crews, willing, pastime, start out, get to, amount
3. Preferable, marriage, promotion, sensitive, management
4. Interfere, low prices, they think alike, another option.
1. Aren’t, will walk – wouldn’t have forgotten, had written down – has been cooking, am not waiting, to taste – must have left, hadn’t left
2. Hadn’t experimented – wouldn’t have been invented – who – was working – when – had discovered – which- wouldn’t be affected – selling – is known
3. Go our class photos taken yesterday – someone had used her laptop without asking her – a large sea monster lives in Loch Ness, which is a lake in Scotland – Whom does that fancy sports car belong to – is being edited now – If you enter your password correctly, you can access the web side.
Section 2
1.b) firm d) grateful c) bodyguards b) tasted b) settle for b) overhear d) emit b) keep in touch
2. Frustrated, performers, outrageous, politician, lost
3. b) we’ll get b) we need to discuss a) stay out a) she follows.
4. Deny, paying, device, ban, turns out, make, tip of the iceberg, do.
1. Couldn’t have afforded, hadn’t helped – takes, will pass – Had been standing, arrived – has been working, can’t wait, to hear.
2. Which is on 31st October, many children wear costumes – will be given to all runners – his DVD player hadn’t been working properly since the previous day – was told to get out of the water when the storm began – don’t change my phone tonight, the battery will run out during the weekend.
3. Has been declaring, to focus, have been, which, have been devoted, have made, leads.
4. I would buy an iPod if I could afford one – people were being told that the car park was full – Computer World, where I bought my laptop, went out of business – I wish I hadn’t got into debt.
Section 3
1. Overpriced, all the others are connected to low prices – marvellous, all the others are negative adjectives – store, all the others connected to destruction – mood, all the others have to do with senses.
2. Halfway, made their way, setting up, keep in touch, see eye to eye, take advantage of, lavish, willing, the effort, mouth-watering, bright
3. Get along with, grew apart from, grew up, raised, settle for, broke down.
4. (F, T, F, F) F we usually bury something in the ground. T. F we get rid of things we don’t want. F When we have an urge to do something, we want to do it.
1. Could have predicted, have grown, are added, developing, will use, talking, are being developed, to freeze, is thought, will possess
2. If I were him, I’d start working out – we had better not drive in this weather – no, I had it painted – she was telling me that she had broken up with her boyfriend – you should have called and told us about the delay.
3. Had a book been written about the region? – If I can’t leave school early, I won’t meet you at the train station – his films, which aren’t suitable for young children, are quite violent. – Regent’s Park, where London Zoo is, is within walking distance from here – My brother denied deleting any songs from his MP3 player – Helen is a good friend on whom I can rely for anything – I wish we could have stayed there longer – By the time we took a tour of the wind farm, we had studied various forms of renewable energy – If I were you, I wouldn’t arrive late. – I regret not visiting him in the hospital.
Section 4
1. Cut down – picked up – set back – grow up – tidy up – bought up
2. (T, F, F, F, F) T. (F) rhythm is something we can hear – (F) Liars never tell the truth – (F) When we ingest something, we take it into our body – (F) your fiancée is someone you are engaged to
3. Went in one ear and out the other – vanished into thin air – making a mountain out of a molehill – made waves.
4. Belongings – make their way – scent – odors – overhear – accurate – take back – took pride in – whispered – looked after.
1. My friend Rose, whose father is a film director, wants to be an actor – if only you had been able to go with us last weekend – I wouldn’t confide in Amanda because she gossiped – There’s a bicycle shop near the beach where we can rent bikes – My mum suggested asking for a refund – the manager with whom I had the first interview is no longer at the company – It might rain this weekend – we’re having the lock on our front door changed tomorrow – he had directed 16 films before he was nominated for his first Academy Award.
2. Are talking, who, have… studied, to have, which, where, were questioned, had been walking, means, ignore, talk.
3. She should get her eyes checked – we had better get to the concert – he was still doing his homework – someone must have stolen my bag – John might have overslept