Comprehensive English Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises

Moke Exam

Grammar

  1. We need to have the wiring put up in bedroom 4.
  2. I always enjoy getting into bed after a long flight.
  3. The inspector noted the speed of service in the restaurant.
  4. We’ll have the hotel redecorated in the winter when there are not many guests staying.
  5. Don’t worry – all the tickets have been booked.
  6. You should check the room is completely ready.
  7. If you’re looking to hire a car while you are here, you should speak to Jeremy.
  8. When you said you were going to drop by, I didn’t expect you to
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Business Dialogues and a Honeymoon in Mexico

Business Dialogues

CiclosCiclone: A Customer Service Call

A: CiclosCiclone, can I help you?

B: Yes, I’m phoning from Ballyclare, in Northern Ireland. Could I speak to Diego Martin, please?

A: I’m afraid he’s out of the office right now. Can I help you?

B: Well, I sent him a text message and he hasn’t replied. It’s really quite urgent.

A: Can you tell me what it’s about?

B: It’s a bit complicated to explain. I need a copy of a certificate for customs. Maybe he didn’t get my message. Can

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Past Simple, Present Simple, Present Continuous, and More

Past Simple

The past simple is formed by adding -ed to regular verbs or using the irregular verb form. Here are some examples of irregular verbs:

  • be/was, were
  • beat/beat
  • become/became
  • begin/began
  • bend/bent
  • bite/bit
  • blow/blew
  • break/broke
  • bring/brought
  • broadcast/broadcast
  • build/built
  • burn/burnt
  • burst/burst
  • buy/bought
  • can/could
  • catch/caught
  • choose/chose
  • come/came
  • cost/cost
  • creep/crept
  • cut/cut
  • dig/dug
  • do/did
  • draw/drew
  • dream/dreamt
  • drink/drank
  • drive/drove
  • eat/ate
  • fall/fell
  • feed/fed
  • feel/felt
  • fight/fought
  • find/found
  • fly/flew
  • forbid/forbade
  • forget/
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Basic English Vocabulary and Phrases

Basic English Vocabulary

Pronouns and Verb “To Be”

  • I (yo) – am (soy/estoy)
  • You (tú) – are (eres/estás)
  • He (él) – is (es/está)
  • She (ella) – is (es/está)
  • It (eso) – is (es/está)
  • We (nosotros) – are (somos/estamos)
  • You (ustedes) – are (son/están)
  • They (ellos) – are (son/están)

Question Words

  • What’s – ¿Cuál?, ¿Qué?
  • How – ¿Cuántos?, ¿Cómo? — age
  • Where – ¿Dónde?, ¿A dónde? — place

Possessive Adjectives

  • His (su) – masculine
  • Her (su) – feminine

Numbers

  • 0 zero
  • 1 one
  • 2 two
  • 20 twenty
  • 3 three
  • 30 thirty
  • 4
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Essential English Verb Forms and Grammar Rules

English Verb Forms: Base, Past Simple, Past Participle

  • Be: Was/Were – Been
  • Become: Became – Become
  • Begin: Began – Begun
  • Break: Broke – Broken
  • Bring: Brought – Brought
  • Build: Built – Built
  • Buy: Bought – Bought
  • Can: Could – Been Able
  • Catch: Caught – Caught
  • Choose: Chose – Chosen
  • Come: Came – Come
  • Cost: Cost – Cost
  • Cut: Cut – Cut
  • Do: Did – Done
  • Drink: Drank – Drunk
  • Drive: Drove – Driven
  • Eat: Ate – Eaten
  • Fall: Fell – Fallen
  • Feel: Felt – Felt
  • Fight: Fought – Fought
  • Find: Found – Found
  • Fly: Flew – Flown
  • Forget: Forgot – Forgotten
  • Get:
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Understanding Wikis: Definition, Usage, and Key Terms

What is a Wiki?

Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wikis support hyperlinks and have a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.

A wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself.

Like many simple concepts, “open editing” has some profound and subtle effects on wiki

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