Use of English: Grammar

1 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs given.

A: Hi, Carrie. I haven’t seen you since your party. (1) __________ (you work) hard or maybe playing all those computer games you got as presents?!

B: Neither! I wish I’d had time to chat to you before, but everything happened really quickly. After we (2) __________ (clear) up after the party (thanks a lot for the books by the way, I’ve nearly read them all!) we went on a surprise holiday. We (3) __________ (spend) two weeks in New York!

A: Wow! What a great place to go!

B: Yeah. Apparently Dad had been trying to find somewhere to take us for ages. It was my birthday present. He (4) __________ (browse) through some last minute holiday deals when he found one for New York. So we went!

A: Some birthday present! I expect I’ll go for a meal in town for my birthday! (5) __________ (you be) back long?

B: No, just two hours! I’m hoping to see Mr Browne to give him my project, which I finished in New York. Is he around?

A: Well, his timetable (6) __________ (change) a bit. At two o’clock he’ll be teaching Year 10, so I suggest (7) __________ (go) to Room 11 just before. He’ll be pleased you’ve done it.

B: I hope he’s still pleased when he (8) __________ (read) it!

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2 Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences. There are two mistakes in each sentence.

1 If had I seen Marco, I would told to him you wanted to speak to him.

2 I enjoy to study subjects where I mustn’t do homework every night.

3 The teacher asked to us who had finished the exercise the more quickly.

4 No sooner he came home that he made a sandwich and switched on the TV.

5 The celebrity was been filmed for an advertisement when it started to raining.

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3 Complete the sentence so it means the same as the first, using the word given. Do not change the word given. Use between two and five words.

1 Sally said that she had painted the words on the wall outside school.

ADMITTED

Sally _________________________ on the wall outside school.

2 I haven’t spoken to Maria for three days.

LAST

I ________________________________ three days ago.

3 I’m sure the teacher has marked all the essays because I saw the pile of books on her desk.

HAVE

The teacher _________________________ all the essays because I saw the pile of books on her desk.

4 People say that learning Japanese is difficult, but I’ll try.

TO

_________________________ to be difficult, but I’ll try.

5 I didn’t watch the news, so I don’t know the result of the football matches.

WATCHED

If _________________________ I would know the result of the football matches.

6 Some shops employ extra staff during the Christmas period.

TAKE

_________________________ extra staff during the Christmas period.

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4 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

James Martin has been involved in film-making (1) __________ his early teens. He was initially interested in photography and he was encouraged (2) __________ his father, who gave him an expensive camera for his eleventh birthday. James mastered (3) __________ skill of taking both artistically and technically pleasing photographs and went on to win several local competitions. (4) __________ he had never shown any interest in film-making, he was asked to help out a friend (5) __________ was making a short film as part of a media studies course he was taking (6) __________ college. He knew about James’ expertise with a camera. James showed real talent and discovered that he loved taking moving pictures. He later decided to follow the (7) __________ course as his friend. Now, ten years and five Oscar® nominations later, James has proved to be one of the (8) __________ talented film-makers of his generation.

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