Prepositions, Exercise 2

  

PREPOSITION QUIZ

The winner of the competition was ___ the drawing-room.

a. on
b. in
c. at

Everybody sat ___ the floor, but Mr. Spencer sat ___ a chair ___ the corner.

a. over - in - on
b. about - on - at
c. on - on – in

The judge poured champagne ___ the glass.

a. into
b. on
c. inside

The elderly lady was always ___ home ___ night.

a. at - at
b. in - at
c. into-inside

Adriana used to swim ___ the sea and sunbathe ___ the sand.

a. on -at
b. on - in
c. in – on

During the week I get up early ___ the morning and go to bed late ___ night. But normally ___ weekends I sleep until midday.

a. on - at - at
b. in - at - on
c. in - in – at

Peter lives ___ Sunset Avenue, now, but he lived ___ 109, Pasadena Street ___ 1980.

a. on - at - in
b. in - at - on
c. on - at – on

He was born ___ 8:15 ___ the morning ___ June, 18th, 1928

a. in - on - at
b. at - in - on
c. on - on – in

The hanging light is ___ the table.

a. in
b. over
c. at

"I'm staying ___ the Metropolitan Hotel. It's ___ Sunset Blvd.. ___ Hollywood ".

a. at - in - on
b. in - on - at
c. at - on – in

Thomas was born ___ January 9th ___ Buenos Aires.

a. in - on
b. on - in
c. at – on

He's arriving from Europe ___ Wednesday.

a. at
b. on
c. of

She doesn't work ___ night.

a. in
b. on
c. at

Verb Tenses, Test 9

 

Choose the correct answer.

1. After Jessica __ her degree, she intends to work in her father's company.

A. will finish 

B. will have finished 

C. finishes 

D. is finishing

2. By the time I go to bed tonight, I __ my work for the day.

A. will finish 

B. have finished 

C. will have finished 

D. finish

3. When my parents __ for a visit tomorrow, they will see our new baby for the first time. 

A. will arrive 

B. arrived 

C. will have arrived 

D. arrive

4. Mary looked down to discover a snake at her feet. When she saw it, she__.

A. was screaming 

B. had screamed 

C. screamed 

D. screams 

5. By the time Alfonso finally graduated from high school, he __ seven different schools because his parents moved frequently.

A. attended 

B. was attending 

C. had attended 

D. had been attending

6. Until you learn to relax more, you __ your ability to speak English.

A. haven't improved 

B. aren't improving 

C. don't improve 

D. won't improve

7. I borrowed four books on gardening the last time I __ to the library.

A. go 

B. went 

C. had gone 

D. have gone

8. Before I started the car, all of the passengers __ their seat belts. 

A. will buckle 

B. had buckled 

C. buckle 

D. have buckled

9. It seems that whenever I travel abroad, I ___ to take something I need.

A. forgot 

B. am forgetting 

C. forget 

D. had forgotten

10. When I see the doctor this afternoon, I ___ him to look at my throat.

A. will ask 

B. asked 

C. will have asked 

D. ask

11. After ancient Greek athletes won a race in the Olympics, they __ a simple crown of olive leaves.

A. received 

B. had received 

C. were receiving 

D. have received

12. After the race ___, the celebration began.

A. had been won 

B. is won 

C. will be won 

D. has been won 

Adjectives & Adverbs, Exercise 1

 

Underline the correct answer

1. I often get nervous / shyly in new social situations.

2. I am confident / easily around new people.

3. I often feel excited / nervously before a party.

4. I feel uncomfortable / uncomfortably when I’m nervous.

5. I hope other people think I look attractive / confidently.

6. I try to be a nicely / friendly person.

7. I like to tell jokes and make people laugh. I tell jokes bad / well.

8. I get excited / well when I listen to music and sing along to the songs.

9. It’s never a problem for me to remember people’s names. I do that easily / automatic. 

10. I give my opinion when I feel strong / strongly about something.

11/ She is a very slow / slowly worker.

12. My mother speaks perfect / perfectly German.

13. It was raining very heavy / heavily.

14. He passed his test easy / easily.

15. We`ll have an accident if you don`t drive more careful / carefully.

16. I`ve never seene her dance so good / well.

17. I am real / really sure that I am right.

18. That was a stupid / stupidly thing to say.

19. She was smiling happy / happily.

20. You were very unlucky / unluckily to lose the game.

21. This soup tastes good / well.

22. She looked calm / calmly but I`m sure she was very nervous.

23. They always work very hard / hardly.

24. She often comes late / lately to class.

25.  She is a very good - looking / well - looking girl.

26. You are absolute / absolutely right.

27. Please be quiet / quietly. I`m trying to read.

28. I did really bad / badly in the Maths test.

29. I am extreme / extremely sorry I am late.

30. She can run quicker / more quickly than me.

Verb Tenses, Test 12

 

Choose the correct verb tense:

They finished the house after they had been building / were building it for a year.

She didn't eat anything because she had / had had lunch.

He told her that he saw / had seen her before.

He was so exhausted because he cut / had been cutting the grass all day.

They landed when the storm ended / had ended.

He was so dirty because he had digged / had been digging the hole in the rain.

They accepted my offer after they refused / had been refusing it for a month.

I forgot that I want / wanted to buy some bread.

She knew that because someone told / had told her before.

It was so hot in the kitchen because Sue baked / had been baking cakes.

I had to have a break. I had been driving / have been driving so long.

Before we parked our car we collected / had collected the ticket.

I arrived on Sunday. I was not / had not been at home for two days.

The roads were blocked in the morning. It was snowing / had been snowing all night.

They got to the beach after they had walked / had been walking for hours.

She called the police when she saw / had seen the light in the hall.

His English was perfect. He studied / had been studying it since he started school.

I was really hungry. I did not eat / had not eaten anything since the morning.

She didn't go to work because she broke / had broken her leg.

As soon as Betty had opened the door, the burglar had rushed out / rushed out.

After he has finished / had finished his drink he got up.

He had an accident as he drove / had been driving too fast.

The show started when everyone sat down / had sat down.

The snow disappeared because it was / had been 5°C.

After she had switched on the radio she had heard / heard the news.

The ship landed in Nice after it sailed / had been sailing for two days.

At 3 o'clock he had moved / had been moving furniture for 6 hours.

Ben apologized that he made / had made a mistake.

I didn't want to read the book again because I read / had read it.

They were hungry because they had swum / had been swimming all day.

We sold our new house after we bought / had bought a new one.

The road was blocked because a tree had been falling / had fallen on it.

The street was icy in the morning as it had frozen / had been freezing all night.

I was full of energy because I had been having / had had big lunch.

Had you ever slept / Did you ever sleep in a tent before your holiday in Italy?

There was no egg left. How many eggs had you been cooking / had you cooked?

I'd been calling /I`d called Jane five times before she picked up the phone.

We had repaired / had been repairing the car for an hour when John appeared.

She had done / had been doing yoga for 40 years by the time she retired.

In 2016 I had gone / had been going to France for five years.

I didn't give up even if I had been failing / had failed so many times.

The teacher was angry with us because we didn`t do / hadn`t done our homework.

She had been lying so much in the sun that her skin had turned / turned red.

Do vs. Make Rules

   

Do and Make are two verbs which frequently confuse students. 

Here we will learn about the difference between Do and Make and when to use each one.

DO is used as follows:

1. DO is used when talking about work, jobs or tasks. 

Note, they do not produce any physical object.

Have you done your homework?

I have guests visiting tonight so I should start doing the housework now.

I wouldn't like to do that job.

2. DO is used when we refer to activities in general without being specific. In these cases, we normally use words like thing, something, nothing, anything, everything etc.

Hurry up! I've got things to do!

Don't just stand there – do something!

Is there anything I can do to help you?

3. We sometimes use DO to replace a verb when the meaning is clear or obvious. This is more common in informal spoken English:

Do I need to do my hair? (do = brush or comb)

Have you done the dishes yet? (done = washed)

I'll do the kitchen if you do the lawns (do = clean, do = mow)

When do you use MAKE?

Make is for producing, constructing, creating or building something new.

It is also used to indicate the origin of a product or the materials that are used to make something.

His wedding ring is made of gold.

The house was made of adobe.

Wine is made from grapes.

The watches were made in Switzerland

We also use Make for producing an action or reaction:

Onions make your eyes water.

You make me happy.

It’s not my fault. My brother made me do it!

Use make after certain nouns about plans and decisions:

make the arrangements              make a choice

We use Make with nouns about speaking and certain sounds:

make a comment 
make a noise                  
make a speech

We use Make with Food, Drink and Meals:

make a cake             
make a cup of tea              
make dinner

Compare Do and Make

A: You have to make a cake for Simon.

B: I’ll do it later.

Notice how in the response the verb DO is used. This is because the meaning is clear and to avoid saying “I’ll make it later.” which could sound repetitive.

Common Expressions with Do and Make

The following expressions are set collocations (combinations of words that frequently appear together) that you need to learn:

Expressions with DO

The following words are normally used with Do:

• a course
• a crossword
• a dance
• a drawing
• a favor / favour
• a job
• a painting
• a project
• a service
• an assignment
• anything
• badly
• business
• chores
• damage
• everything
• exercises
• good
• harm
• laundry
• nothing
• research
• right (the right thing)
• something
• the gardening
• the housework
• the ironing
• the dishes
• the rest
• the shopping
• the washing
• well
• work
• wrong (the wrong thing)
• your best
• your hair
• your homework
• your job
• your nails
• your work

Expressions with MAKE

The following words are normally used with MAKE:

• a bet
• a cake
• a call
• a change
• a choice
• a comment
• a complaint
• a confession
• a connection
• a cup of coffee / tea
• a date
• a decision
• a demand
• a difference
• a discovery
• a face
• a fool of yourself
• a fortune
• a friend
• a fuss
• a joke
• a line
• a list
• a living
• a loss
• a mess
• a mistake
• a noise
• a pass at someone
• a plan
• a point
• a prediction
• a profit
• a promise
• a reservation
• a sandwich
• a scene
• a sound
• a speech
• a statement
• a suggestion
• advances
• alterations
• an appointment
• an announcement
• an attempt
• an effort
• an error
• an escape
• an exception
• an excuse
• an impression
• an observation
• an offer
• amends
• arrangements
• breakfast
• certain
• clear
• dinner
• faces
• famous
• fun of someone
• love
• lunch
• inquiries
• peace
• possible
• progress
• money
• room
• sales
• sense
• someone rich
• someone smile
• sure
• trouble
• war
• your bed
• your mind up
• your way

 Exercise: choose do or make; pay attention to the verb tense forms !

1. I ----------------the shopping every Friday afternoon.
2. Please, can you -------------------------a reservation for me?
3. She doesn't ---------------------much money.
4. Nobody helps my mother to --------------------- the housework.
5. Will you -------------------------- me a favor? Help me carry this table.
6. Let's ------------------------------the appointment for 10:00 in the morning.
7. Try not to -------------------- any grammar mistakes in your writing.
8. Oh, dear! There is so much laundry to ----------------------------- !
9. She always ------------------- the dishes late at night.
10. I'll ----------------------- spaghetti for dinner. Do you like it?
11. Shescrambled eggs for breakfast.
12. Pleasethe dishes after dinner.
13. He is a carpenter. Hefurniture.
14. Two plus three ..........five
15. ----------- something!
16.  .........up your mind.
17. When I went back to the kitchen I saw the children had __________ a mess on the floor ...
18. When I got outside the door I had to __________ my way through crowds of demonstrators to get to my car.
19. The first thing he wanted me to __________ was to make up a good slogan for a publicity campaign.
20. I went to my desk but as soon as I began to work I realized someone had __________ something childish and stuck my mouse to the table with chewing gum.
21. I didn't want to __________ a mountain out of a molehill so I said nothing..
22. I took the research to my boss but he __________ an excuse and didn't look at it. 

Error Correction, Exercise 2

   

Identify the error(s) (if any) in the sentences below. Some sentences may contain more than one error. Correct them all.

A dog bitted the postman as he was passing by a fence.

On the chair was a white beautiful cat.

Everybody believed they are still in love and one journalist even asked whether would they give him an interview.

The news were being widespread about the miners’ having stroked gold.

Somebody must have remembered him to pay the bill.

This cupboard is containing the new equipment.

The students have never been explained the problem properly.

I never watched TV in the evening.

There was the most beautiful girl in that room.

Everybody thought she has been dying her hair for years.

Could you please remember me to ring him up at 5.00?

Why didn’t you lie the table? You know we’ve got guests tonight.

No, don’t buy tea.  She uses to drink coffee in the morning.

The analyses which they came up with was incredible.

They have never met anyone nice somewhere.

They insist that he left at once.

It surprised me them finding him there.

Testing English Grammar

                                               

TESTING ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Change to the appropriate Indirect Speech Questions
I don't know what (is his name, his name is)
A.I don't know what his is name.
B.I don't know what his name is.
C.I don't know what is his name.

Select the best for Indirect to Direct Speech
Mr. Smith asked me, "Where are you going?"
A.Mr. Smith asked me where you was going.
B.Mr. Smith asked me where I was going.
C.Mr. Smith asked me where he was going.

Choose the best Infintive form
He went there in order ____________(help) his mother.
A.He went to there in order to helping his mother.
B.He went there in order to help his mother.
C.He went there in order help his mother.

Choose the best form of MAY
It is possible Juan will be at the meeting tonight.
A.Juan mayn't be at the meeting tonight.
B.Juan maybe at the meeting tonight.
C.Juan may be at the meeting tonight.

Choose the best form of MAY HAVE
He ______________(call) while you were out.
A. He maybe have called while you were out.
B. He may have called while you were out.
C. He may has called while you were out.

Choose the best form May Have with I'm not sure
Did professor Stevens learn Spanish in Cuba?
A.Professor Stevens may learned Spanish in Cuba, I’m not sure.
B.Professor Stevens have may learned Spanish in Cuba, I’m not sure.
C.Professor Stevens may have learned Spanish in Cuba, I’m not sure.

Choose the best form of May with Not Sure
Will Ian pass all his examinations?
A.He maybe pass his examinations, I’m not sure.
B.He mays pass his examinations, I’m sure not.
C.He may pass his examinations, I’m not sure.

Choose the best form for the Negative Modal
You may sit here.
A.You not may sit here.
B.You may not sit here.
C.You mayn't sit here.

Use the correct form for Must Have
She__________(take) the magazine with her. It's not here.
A.She must taken the magazine with her. It's not here.
B.She must have taken the magazine with her. It's not here.
C.She must having taken the magazine with her. It's not here.

Use the correct form of Neither.
Grecia didn't like the movie and I didn't like the movie.
A.Grecia didn't like the movie and did neither I.
B.Grecia didn't like the movie and neither I.
C.Grecia didn't like the movie and neither did I.

Write down the correct plural form of the following nouns:

salesman, photo, potato, phenomenon, aircraft, criterion, datum, vita, gymnasium, clerk, leaf, loaf, cliff, roof, proof, hound, basis, thesis, series, goose, ox, tooth, colony, ant, sheep

Make the Active sentence Passive
Roberto took that book from the desk.
A.The book was took from the desk by Roberto
B.The book was taken from the desk by Roberto.
C.The book were taken from the desk by Roberto.

Convert to a Passive Question.
This must be finished today.
A.Must be this finished today?
B.Must this be finished today?
C.Must this be finish today?

Change from Passive to Active
The town was captured by the enemy.
A.The enemy is capturing the town.
B.The enemy captured the town.
C.The enemy is being capturing the town.

Make a Passive Question with the key word provided
The building was destroyed by fire. (How).
A.Was the building destroyed?
B.How is the building destroyed?
C.How was the building destroyed?

Select the correct Prepositions
_____first, we sat ______the shade_______a large tree, but later we went ____a swim _____the river.
A.At first, we sat over the shade of a large tree, but later we went for a swim by the river.
B.At first, we sat under the shade for a large tree, but later we went for a swim by the river.
C.At first, we sat in the shade of a large tree, but later we went for a swim in the river.

Select the correctly transformed sentence
The man to whom you were speaking is Dr. Smith.
A.The man were speaking is Dr. Smith.
B.The man whom you were speaking is Dr. Smith.
C.The man for who you were speaking is Dr. Smith.

Select the best sentence
There is someone at the door.
A.There isn’t one at the door.
B.There isn’t anyone at the door.
C.There isn’t any at the door.

75. Select the best sentence
Learning new words every day is important.
A.It important to learn new words everyday.
B.It important to learning new words everyday.
C.It is important to learn new words everyday.

Select the best transformed sentence
I finished my work in an hour.
A.It took me an hour finishing my work.
B.It took me an hour to finish my work.
C.It took me an hour to finishing my work.

Select the best transformed sentence
_________________ plenty of time to do that later.
A.There's is plenty of time to do that later.
B.There is plenty of time to do that later.
C.It is plenty of time to do that later.

Select the best transformed sentence
These seats are (our seats).
A.These seats are our's.
B.These seats are ours'.
C.These seats are ours.

Select the best transformed sentence
They have ________methods, and they naturally prefer________.
A.They have there methods, and they naturally prefer ours.
B.They have their's methods, and they naturally prefer our's.
C.They have their methods, and they naturally prefer ours.

Select the best transformed sentence
That black sports car belongs to our landlord.
A.That black sport's car is our landlord’s.
B.That black sports car is our landlords.
C.That black sports car is our landlord’s.

Select the best transformed sentence
The boy taught_________ to sew.
A.The boy taught hisself to sew.
B.The boy taught myself to sew.
C.The boy taught himself to sew.

Select the best transformed sentence
__________________someone at the door.
A.There are someone at the door.
B.Their is someone at the door.
C.There is someone at the door.

Select the best transformed sentence
A lot of trees are in the park.
A.There's are a lot of trees in the park.
B.There is a lot of trees in the park.
C.There are a lot of trees in the park.

Select the best transformed sentence
To__________ did you sell your car?
A.To who did you sell your car?
B.To whose did you sell your car?
C.To whom did you sell your car?

Select the best Negative Question sentence.
It isn't raining.
A.Is it raining?
B.Aren't it raining?
C.Isn’t it raining?

Select the best transformed sentence
They made the long trip through the woods alone.
A.They made the long trip through the woods by theirselves.
B.They made the long trip through the woods by themselvess.
C.They made the long trip through the woods by themselves.