ANSWER KEYS

CHAPTER 1 6. T 7. I 8. L/I 9. L/T 10. Non-finite(T)

Exercise 1: State what parts of speech the
EXERCISES ON VERB FORMATION
words in italics are.
Exercise 2: Use suffixes to form verbs. The
1. The/pictures/on/wall.
spelling of the base form may change when
Adj./ N/ Prep./ N
you add the suffix.
2. Are/you/a/doctor?
Example: hospital => hospitalize (cho
V/ Pronoun/ Adj./ N
nhập viện, đưa vào viện)
3. my/favorite/season.
deep => deepen
Adj./ Adj./ N
regular => regulate (điều chỉnh,
4. Betty/ plays/ very/ well.
quy định)
N/ Adj./ Adv./ Adv.
5. My/ brother/ bought/ new 1. immunize (chủng ngừa, làm mất tác hại)
Adj./ N/ V/ Adj 2. broaden (mở rộng)
6. pour/ coffee/ for/ me. 3. falsify (làm giả, làm sai lệch, xuyên tạc)
V/ N/ Prep/ Pronoun
7. health/ today. 4. captivate (làm say đắm, quyến rũ)
N/ Adv 5. solidify (làm đông đặc, củng cố; trở nên
8. and/ good cứng)
Conj./ Adj 6. frighten
9. like/ hamburgers/ but
V/ N/ Conj
7. liberate
10. Goodness/ How/ it 8. sympathize
Interjection/ Adv/ Adj 9. flatten
10. beautify
Exercise 2: Say what part of speech each
underlined word is. 11. generalize
1. fast: Adj 12. originate
2. fast: Adv 13. simplify
3. fast: Adv
4. fast: V 14. darken
5. fast: N (việc ăn chay)
6. hard: Adj EXERCISES ON TENSES
7. hard: Adv PRESENT SIMPLE
8. hard: N (đường dốc xuống bến tàu) Exercise 3: Complete the conversation. Put
9. watch: N in the present simple forms.
10. watch: V (1) I go
11. watch: Adj (2) comes
12. Smoke: N (3) we travel
13. smokes: V (4) don’t you come
14. high: Adj (5) doesn’t make
15. high: Adv (6) do you take
(7) I love
(8) does it cost
PART 1: VERBS
(9) I don’t know
GRAMMAR EXERCISES
(10) that doesn’t matter
EXERCISES ON CLASSIFICATION OF
(11) I don’t want
VERBS
(12) Does that annoy
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
(13) it doesn’t annoy
Exercise 1: Decide whether the following
(14) find
verbs are transitive, intransitive or VL.
PRESENT SIMPLE
1. I 2. I/I 3. T/Non-finite(VL) 4. L 5. T
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Exercise 4: Complete the sentences by I’m writing
putting in the verbs. Use the present (1) are trying
simple. You have to decide if the verb is (2) are you finding
positive or negative. (3) is helping
knows (4) We are getting
don’t want (5) We aren’t spending
1. doesn’t speak (6) It isn’t taking
(7) Are you waiting
2. walk (8) I’m correcting
3. needs
4. love PRESENT CONTINUOUS or SIMPLE
Exercise 8: At work Mark is talking to Alan
5. doesn’t eat
in the corridor. Complete their
6. don’t look conversation. Put in the Present
7. doesn’t work Continuous or Simple of the verbs.
8. don’t like Are you looking
I need
9. wins (1) He is talking
10. don’t own (2) I think
(3) they are discussing
PAST SIMPLE (4) Are you looking
Exercise 5: Complete the newspaper story (5) Do you know
about a fire. Put in the past simple forms of (6) works
the verbs. (7) She doesn’t work
died (8) You know
(1) were (9) I give
(2) started (10) she gives
(3) saw (11) She lives
(4) called (12) It saves
(5) tried (13) I agree
(6) was (14) I’m wasting
(7) arrived
(8) fought ALWAYS with PRESENT CONTINUOUS or
(9) brought SIMPLE
(10) entered Exercise 9: Complete the sentences. Use
(11) found ALWAYS and the Present Continuous or
Simple.
PAST SIMPLE he’s always talking
Exercise 6: Complete the conversation. Put I always forget.
in the past simple negatives and questions. 1. she always takes
Did you have 2. She is always missing
(1) We didn’t try
3. do you always go
(2) did you see
(3) I didn’t know 4. They are always arguing
(4) did you go
(5) I didn’t like PRESENT CONTINUOUS or SIMPLE
(6) did Sarah enjoy Exercise 10: Complete the conversation.
(7) I didn’t want Choose the correct form of the verb.
are you looking
PRESENT CONTINUOUS (1) I think
Exercise 7: Rachel is in the computer room (2) I have
at college. Complete her conversation with (3) it didn’t fit
Andrew. (4) I see
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(6) you’re thinking 2. As he was running for a bus, he collided
(7) I come with a lamppost.
(8) It weighed
3. His hair caught fire when he was
cooking chips.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS or SIMPLE
Exercise 11: Put in the correct form of BE. 4. When he was holding a beautiful vase,
’s being/’m he suddenly dropped it.
1. are being 5. He was sitting in the garden when a
wasp stung him on the nose.
2. is
3. are being PRESENT PERFECT
4. are Exercise 15: Trevor and Laura are
decorating their house. Put in the verbs.
5. is being
Use the Present Perfect.
Have you finished?
PAST CONTINUOUS
(1) I haven’t done
Exercise 12: Complete the conversation.
(2) hasn’t made
Put in the past continuous forms.
(3) You haven’t put
I was looking
(4) I have hurt
(1) were you doing
(5) you have had
(2) I was taking
(6) have you put
(3) she was coming
(7) It has disappeared
(4) I was going
(8) I have looked
(5) you weren’t looking
(9) have you done
(6) you were going
(10) I have painted
(11) I have cleaned
PAST CONTINOUS or SIMPLE
(12) we have made
Exercise 13: Put in the correct form of the
(13) has that brush gone
verb.
(14) you have left
went
I was watching
PRESENT PERFECT – JUST, ALREADY,
(1) we lost
YET
(2) it came
Exercise 16: Complete the dialogue. Use
(3) was coming
the Present Perfect with JUST, ALREADY,
(4) went
and YET.
(5) fell
You haven’t done your project yet
(6) were playing
(1) I haven’t started it yet
(7) I was working
(2) I have just seen Andrew
(8) I lost
(3) he has already done
(9) I got
(4) I haven’t finished my plan yet
(10) did
(5) You have already begun
(6) We have already spent
PAST CONTINOUS or SIMPLE
(7) I haven’t done any real work yet
Exercise 14: David is always having
(8) I have just realized
accidents. His girlfriend Melanie is talking
(9) I have just decided
about some of the accident. Write her
sentences from these notes. Each
PRESENT PERFECT – FOR, SINCE
sentence has one verb in the Past
Exercise 17: Complete the sentences.
Continuous and one in the Past Simple.
washed it for
 When he was carrying a suitcase, he
had one since.
dropped it on his foot.
 He broke his leg when he was skiing. 1. rung her since
1. He sat down on a chair while I was 2. seen them for
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4. had one since PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS or
SIMPLE
5. played (it) since
Exercise 21: Put in the correct form of the
verb. Use the Present Perfect Continuous
PRESENT PERFECT – FIRST TIME,
or Simple.
SECOND TIME
you’ve been doing
Exercise 18: What would you say in these
I’ve finished
situations? Use Time and the Present
Perfect.
1. has left
 This is the first time I’ve seen a cricket He has cleaned
match. he has finished
1. This is the second time I’ve lost my bank 2. I have been working
card. You have
2. This is the third time the washing machine 3. I have heard
has broken down. have you been doing
3. This is the first time I’ve been in/to we have done
England.
PRESENT PERFECT or PAST PERFECT
4. This is the second time I’ve stayed in this
Exercise 22: Put the verbs in the Present
hotel.
Perfect or Past Perfect.
5. This is (about) the fifth time I’ve missed has stopped
the bus. had sold

PRESENT PERFECT or PAST SIMPLE

1. had left
(OPG, Ex.1/33) 2. have finished
Exercise 19: Put in the correct verb form. 3. have eaten
I’ve done
4. had ordered
bought
1. have arrived 5. have made
2. repaired 6. had told
3. I have lost 7. had had
4. has started 8. has started
5. ran 9. have turned
6. earned 10. had made
7. We planted
8. have gone Exercise 23: Complete the conversation
9. has turned with WILL or BE GOING TO
(1) am going to see
10. I phoned
(2) will have
11. I have made (3) will video
12. broke (4) are you going to buy

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS PRESENT CONTINUOUS & BE GOING TO

Exercise 20: Put in the verbs. Use the Exercise 24: Complete the sentences using
Present Perfect Continuous. the Present continuous or Be Going to.
I haven’t been waiting 1. am seeing/am going to see
(1) have you been doing 2. are going to miss
(2) She has been helping 3. is going to snow
(3) you have been studying 4. is meeting/is going to meet
(4) I have been trying 5. are you doing/are you going to do
(5) it has been getting 6. are going to break
7. is not coming/is not going to come
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 Exercise 30: Complete the information
Exercise 25: Circle the letter of the correct about Barfold Hall. Put in the correct form
form of the verb. of these verbs.
1. A 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. D was built
6. A 7. D 8. A 9. B 10.C (1) is owned
11. D 12. C 13. B 14. C 15.C (2) was being used
16. D 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. A (3) was bought
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. C 25. B (4) hadn’t been looked
(5) has been done
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD (6) is used
Exercise 26: Circle the letter of the correct
answer. Exercise 31: A press conference is being
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. B held. Put in the correct form of the verbs.
6. C 7. D 8. A 9. D 10. B can be prolonged
11. A 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. D 1. will be done/are going to be done
16. B 17. D 18. D 19. C 20. A
2. will/ be called?
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES 3. can’t be bought
Exercise 27: Circle the correct answer. 4. should be sold
1. A 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. B
Exercise 28: Complete the following Exercise 32: Choose the correct verb forms
sentences with the correct forms of the in this news report about a storm.
words in parentheses. has been caused
1. would wear (1) swept
2. would not have had (2) burst
3. had (3) was rescued
4. wait (4) received
5. had known . (5) reached
6. would like (6) were blocked
7. will speak (7) were brought
8. makes (8) is being done
9. were not (9) said
10. would not have left
11. gets Exercise 33: In each sentence underline
12. will catch who or what is doing the action (the agent).
13. had asked The traffic
14. would you do
1. my brother.
15. am not
2. The water
3. terrorists.
Exercise 29: Circle the best choice. 4. the alarm.
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D
6. A 7. B 8. A 9. B 10.A 5. The guide
11. A 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. C 6. The dog
16. C 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. B
21. B 22. D 23. B 24. A 25. D Exercise 34: You are telling a friend some
26. D 27. B 28. D 29. A 30. C news. Use the notes and complete the
second sentence. Sometimes you need to
WISH use the active and sometimes the passive.
1. A 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. A  You remember Claire? She went to
6. C 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. A Florida last month.
 Bad news about our luggage. It’s been
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1. Did you hear about the quiz competition? 2. Commercial production was started by a
It was won by Claude Jennings German called Karl Benz.
2. You know Mrs Miles? She did a parachute 3. Benz is now seen as the father of the
jump last week. motor car.
3. Have you heard about David? He’s been
HAVE SOMETHING DONE
attacked by a bull.
Exercise 37: Look at the picture and say
4. Trevor and Laura have bought a house. what people are doing or what they did.
It’s still being built. Use these phrases: her photo, his
5. Did I tell you about Andrew? He likes windows, his car, her eyes, his hair. Use
Jessica. these verbs: clean, cut, repair, take, test
6. Bad news about your stamp collection. It’s At the moment Trevor is having his hair cut.
been thrown away. 1. Last week Mike had his car repaired.
7. Did I mention my neighbours? They’ve 2. At the moment Melisa is having her photo
been kidnapped by Martians. taken.
8. Did you hear about the ghost? It was seen 3. Yesterday David had his windows
by five people. cleaned.
4. At the moment Rachel is having her eyes
Exercise 35: Laura is writing to a friend. tested.
This is part of her letter.
Someone broke into our house at the Exercise 38: Read about each situation and
weekend. The burglar took some jewelry. But write sentences with have something done.
luckily he didn’t do any damage. A very nice => Melanie has had her bicycle repaired.
young police officer interviewed me. 1. David (has) had his arm bandaged.
Detectives found some fingerprints, and the
2. Daniel is going to have his tooth filled.
police computer identified the burglar. Police
have arrested a man and are questioning him. 3. Laura is having her photos developed.
But they haven’t found the jewelry.
Now complete the passive sentences in this GET SOMETHING DONE
conversation. Use a phrase with by only if it Exercise 39: Look at the above exercise.
adds information. The jobs are all done now. Complete the
was broken into at the weekend. questions using get.
(1) was taken Where did you get your bicycle repaired,
(2) was done. Melanie?
(3) was interviewed by a very nice young 1. Harriet: Why did you get your arm
police officer. bandaged, David?
(4) fingerprints were found (by detectives), 2. Emma: Where did you get your tooth
(5) burglar was identified (by the police filled, Daniel?
computer). 3. Sarah: Where did you get your photos
(6) has been arrested
developed, Laura?
(7) (he) is being questioned..
(8) jewelry hasn’t been found.
HAVE MEANING ‘EXPERIENCE’
Exercise 40: Say what happened to these
Exercise 36: Write a paragraph from the
people.
notes about the first motor car. Some
=> Claire had her luggage searched in
sentences are active and some are passive.
customs.
Use a phrase with by only if it adds
information.
1. Tom had his car stolen from outside his
=> The first motor car was made by a Belgium house.
called Etienne Lenoir. 2. Rita had her rent increased by ten per
1. But Lenoir didn’t produce many cars for cent.
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NON-FINITE VERB EXERCISES (6) coming
Exercise 41: Look at the bold word in each (7) showing
sentence and write F (finite verb) or N (non- (8) looking after
finite verb) on the line. (9) cooking
1. F 2. N 3. F 4. F 5. F (10) doing
6. N 7. F 8. N 9. N 10. N (11) Studying
(12) taking
Exercise 42: Are the underlined words
Gerund or Present Participle? Write G and Infinitives with TO or Present Participles
P on the lines. Exercise 47: Choose the correct verb form
G P and write its letter in the blanks.
1. G 2. P 3. P C
4. G 5. P 6. G 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. C
INFINITIVES 6. B 7. A 8. B 9. A 10.C
Exercise 43: Choose the correct verb form 11. D 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. A
and write its letter in the blank. 16. D
A
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. D V-ing, or (TO) V
6. A 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. B Exercise 48: Choose the correct form of the
11. B 12. D verb and write its letter in the blank.
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. D
Exercise 44: Fill in the gaps with the 6. B 8. A 9. C 10. C 11. A
correct form of the verbs from the box. 12. D 13. A 14. D 15. C 16. A
Some verbs may be used more than once. 17. B
Ruth Rockets into Space
(1) to hear Exercise 49: Fill in the gaps with the
(2) to fly correct form of the verbs in the box. Some
(3) to help verbs may be used more than once. There
(4) to stay may be more than one correct answer
(5) to observe (where you see two boxes at the same
(6) to orbit position).
(7) to help Old Faithful
(8) to be (1) to eat
(9) to fly (2) catch
(10) to change (3) to see
(11) to help (4) to kill
(12) to answer (5) do
(6) to listen
GERUNDS (7) living
Exercise 45: Choose the correct form of the (8) to see
verb and write its number in the brackets. (9) eating
C (10) to do
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B (11) save/to save
6. A 7. A 8. A 9. C 10. D (12) kill
11. C 12. B
GERUNDS AS OBJECTS OF
Exercise 46: Fill in the gaps with the PREPOSITIONS
correct form of the verb in brackets. Exercise 50: Complete the sentences with
A Thank-you Letter Prepositions followed by Gerunds. Use the
(1) having verb given in the box.
(2) staying 1. {of asking}
(3) seeing
(4) Traveling
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4. for breaking 15. taking
16. peeling
5. from opening 17. nagging
6. of talking 18. raising
7. like having 19. to bring
20. to accept
8. to killing
9. about finishing PHRASAL VERBS EXERCISES
10. for locking/ for making Exercise 53: Work out the meaning of these
11. of practicing phrasal verbs and put them in the right
sentences.
Come in
PRESENT VS. PAST PARTICIPLES
let me in.
Exercise 51: Complete the sentences with
the correct form of the verbs from the box. 1. stay in
Include a preposition if necessary. Use 2. pay/ back
each verb only once. 3. fall over
1. concerned about 4. lie down
2. explaining 5. cut out
3. known for 6. come back
4. provided with 7. get on
5. laughing 8. take/back
6. satisfied with 9. go away
7. connected to/with 10. give away
8. crossing
9. involved in Exercise 2
10. composed of Exercise 54: Put in the phrasal verb that
means the same as the verb in brackets.
11. accompanying Use the correct form of the phrasal verb.
12. blessed with ’ve found out
13. limited to (1) left out
(2) sent out
14. annoyed at/about (3) throw away
15. blowing (4) put off
(5) made up
GERUND VS. INFINITIVE (6) go on/carry on
Exercise 52: Write the correct form of the
verbs in parentheses. Exercise 55: Complete the sentences by
1. looking putting in the phrasal verb and its object in
2. traveling the correct order in the blank. Change the
3. to find verb form if necessary.
4. to watch threw it away
5. changing ’ve put up that picture
6. hitting 1. pick it up
7. to write
8. inviting
2. put on my coat/put my coat on
9. paying 3. ring her up
10. to say 4. hand in his project/hand his project in
11. doing
5. written it down
12. to arrive
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7. wash up these dishes/wash these dishes Exercise 59: Fill in the gaps with the
up correct form of the phrasal verbs from the
box. Some verbs may have an object given
8. look it up
in the brackets.
9. held up all the traffic coming into town A Busy Saturday
10. mixing them up (1) coming around
(2) get up
Exercise 56: Rewrite the sentences (3) pick up
replacing each italic underlined verb with a (4) call round
phrasal verb. (5) finish off
1. stopped/ ‘s given up (6) sort out
(7) put them out
2. happen/ come about
(8) Hurry up
3. quarreled/ fall out. (9) put on
4. disappear/ go away (10) switch the TV on/switch on the TV
5. introducing/ bringing in (11) turned up
6. establish/ set up (12) got on

Exercise 57: Fill in the gaps with the Exercise 60: Following are some dialogues
correct form of the phrasal verbs from the between speak A and speaker B. Work in
box. Some verbs may be used more than
once. Some verbs may have an object pairs. Complete the dialogues by using the
given in the brackets. correct form of the words in parentheses.
Morning Routine
(1) wake up 1. do you do
(2) goes off
(3) get up 2. did you do/ ate/ visited/ wrote
(4) put on
(5) turn on/put on 3. are you doing/ am talking/ am answering
(6) turn on/put on
4. was looking
(7) turn it off
(8) sit down 5. have I asked/ have asked
(9) get on
(10) go off 6. have you been doing/ have been talking

Exercise 58: Complete the sentences with a 7. will you be/ will be
phrasal verb from the box.
8. will you be/ will be sitting
1. call off
2. take down 9. had you done/ had eaten
3. bring about 10. will you have done/ will have eaten
4. put off
5. let out Exercise 61: Correct mistakes in the
6. carry out following sentences.
7. think over 1. > I am thinking of writing my
autobiography.
8. shut away
9. knock down 2. > The clever girl was confident of
winning the gold medal.
10. cut off
11. Hand over 3. > I am hopeful of securing a loan to build
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4. > To die with honor is better than to 27. > There I met a man who had been my
live with dishonor. classmate ten years ago.

5. > To attack is better than to 28. > I will call you when dinner is ready.
wait indefinitely.
29. > I will write after I return.
6. > He is having his food.
30. > When I go to New York, I will meet him.
7. > He knows how to swim.
31. > If I had done this I would have been
8. > Do you know how to cook? wrong.

9. > He sharpened his pencil. 32. > She knows how to knit.

10. > Should I erase this word? 33. > He told me to go.
OR Should I scratch out this word?
34. > She told me that she would be late.
11. > The prisoner’s head was cut off.
35. > I told my maid to bring water.
12. > I have a pain in my back.
OR: My back is hurting. 36. > I asked the master to excuse me.

13. > My tooth is aching. 37. > My foot is hurting.

14. > He asked if I had finished my work. 38. > My tooth is aching.
OR He asked whether I had finished my
work. 39. > She made a speech.

15. > He asked what I was doing. 40. > She gave a speech.

16. > He asked John why his father was 41. > She sat for her examination.
angry. OR She did her examination.
OR She took her examination.
17. > He said that his father had died last
year. 42. > He keeps his money in a silver box.

18. > I did not see him because he had gone 43. > He told her that he would come.
before I arrived.
44. > He told me that honesty is the best
19. > He got angry before I had said a word. policy.

20. > There I met a man who had been my 45. > Teacher said that the earth revolves
classmate 20 years ago. around the sun.

21. > I will call you when dinner is ready. 46. > The cashier-cum-accountant has come.

22. > He asked if we had taken our food. 47. > The manager and the accountant have
OR He asked whether we had taken our come.
food.
48. > I am so weak that I cannot walk.
23. > I am not sure if I will have time.
49. > Tell me why you are abusing him.
24. > I asked whether she had any letters for
me. 50. > I wonder why you don’t listen to me.

25. > He said that he had seen her last year. 51. > Alice as well as her sisters is beautiful.

26. > I could not meet him because he had 52. > I have been ill for two weeks.
gone out before I arrived.
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54. > The ship sank. 8. Monday-P
55. > The passengers aboard the ship were
9. Beltane-P/ May-P
drowned. 10. gardens-C/ neighborhood-C/ beetles-C/
summer-C
56. > He has stolen my pen. 11. people-C/ kinds-C/ mustard-C/
cupboards-C
57. > John has often beaten me at tennis.
Writing C (countable) or U (uncountable)
58. > They didn’t invite us. under each bold noun.
12. table-C/ chairs-U
59. > He did come. 13. Oxygen-U
60. > Neither did he come nor did he write. 14. furniture-U
aunt’s library-C/ weekend-C/ books-C
61. > Seldom do I go to the hills. Writing C (collective) or M (material)
under each bold noun.
62. > Never have I seen such a mess. 15. flock-C/
63. > He said that he had seen him last year. 16. jury-C
17. committee-C
64. > If I do this, I shall be wrong.
18. cloth-M
65. > If I do this, I shall be wrong. 19. gold-M
20. tea-M
66. > He had to abandon (or relinquish) his
rights.
21. mud-M

67. > I have my food. PLURAL OF NOUNS

Exercise 2: Changes these nouns into
68. > I must leave now. OR I must say plural forms.
goodbye. 1. Table → -s
2. Cup → -s
69. > They cut off Charles I’s head.
3. Car → -s
70. > Please show me the way. 4. Hat → -s
5. Chair → -s
6. Glass → -es
GRAMMAR IN USE
7. Box → boxes
8. Watch → -es
9. Wish → -es
PART 2: NOUNS 10. Buzz → -es
11. Leaf → leaves
GRAMMAR EXERCISES 12. Knife → knives
CLASSIFICATION 13. Roof → roofs
Exercise 1: Define the kind of each bold 14. Chief → chiefs
noun by: Writing C (concrete), or A 15. Cliff → cliffs
(abstract) under each bold noun. 16. City → cities
1. judge-C/ files-C/ clerk-C 17. Country → countries
2. dog-C/ beach-C/ hours-A/ waves-C 18. Boy → boys
19. Key → keys
3. afterthought-A
20. Play → plays
4. childhood-A 21. Day → days
5. Justice-A 22. Echo → echoes
Writing C (common) or P (proper) 23. Hero → heroes
under each bold noun. 24. Potato → potatoes
6. sign-C/ town-C/ miles-C 25. Tomato → tomatoes
7. The Marrons-P/ Jamaica-P/ Halifax-P 26. Kangaroo → kangaroos

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27. Tattoo → tattoos 16. B 17. C 18. D 19. D 20. C
28. Zoo → zoos
29. Kilo → kilos Exercise 5: Define the function of each
30. Photo → photos bold noun.
31. Piano → pianos 1. friend- O of V/ Jane- Appositive/
32. Radio → radios bandstand-O of Prep
33. Zero → zeros/zeroes 2. sleep-cognate O
34. Volcano → volcanoes/-s 3. miles- Adv equivalent/ accident-O of V
35. Mosquito → mosquitoes/-s 4. manager-O complement
36. Tornado → tornadoes/tornados 5. bread-D.O/ coffee-D.O
37. Man → men 6. teacher-S of V
38. Woman → women 7. engineer-S complement
39. Child → children 8. Mr. Brown-O of Prep
40. Ox → oxen 9. inventor- appositive/ mass production-
41. Foot → feet O of V
42. Goose → geese 10. fish-O of prep
43. Tooth → teeth 11. secretary-O complement
44. Mouse → lice 12. chickens-I.O
45. Louse → lice 13. hours-Adv equivalent
46. Person → people 14. student-O.C
47. Deer → deer 15. brother’s-Adj. equivalent
48. Fish* → fish # fishes
49. Salmon → salmon ['sæmən] NOUN EQUIVALENTS
50. Sheep → sheep Exercise 6: What is the name of the bold
51. Means → means word(s) in each sentence?
52. Offspring con → offspring (0 đổi) 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A
53. Series → series (same form) 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. A
54. Species → species ['spi:∫i:z] (same)
55. Criterion → criteria Exercise 7: Underline words or groups of
56. Phenomenon → phenomena words that are noun equivalents.
57. Cactus → cacti [-ai] 1. Jimmy’s having eaten jam was obvious to
58. Nucleus → nuclei ['nju:kliai] other children.
59. Crisis → crises 2. That Tom is the nicest boy we’ve ever met
60. Hypothesis → hypotheses is absolutely true.
61. Bacterium → bacteria 3. I don’t know when her wedding will be.
62. Datum → data 4. Someone has taken the dictionary from
63. Medium → media my desk.
64. Binoculars (plu) → binoculars 5. Did they leave me anything to eat?
* 48. fishes: can be used to refer to different 6. The problem is how they found out the
kinds of fish stolen money.
7. He wants to accomplish his job before
Exercise 3: Circle the correct pronunciation the end of the month.
of the ending ‘s’ in each word below. 8. “How can I tell you?” is his answer.
1. A 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. B 9. I must have your terms down in black and
6. B 7. B 8. B 9. B 10. C white. Rõ ràng, trên giấy trắng mực đen
11. C 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. C 10. We met some Italians in a restaurant
yesterday.
FUNCTIONS OF NOUNS 11. He is a lover of the beautiful.
Exercise 4: What is the function of the bold 12. You should give your seat to the elders
noun in each sentence? Circle the letter of whenever you ride on a bus.
the correct answer. 13. That the boy was innocent was obvious to
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. B everybody.
6. A 7. D 8. C 9. C 10. D 14. We enjoy swimming in hot weather.
11. A 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D 15. Everybody wants to succeed.

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 7. is 8. have 9. is
10. both (is/are) 11. both (is/are)
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENTS 12. has 13. have 14. have 15. is
Exercise 8: Write the correct form of the
simple present tense of the verbs in POSSESSIVE CASES
parentheses. Exercise 13: Circle the best answer.
1. go 2. goes 3. know 1. A 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. D
4. knows 5. has 6. have 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. A
7. is 8. are 9. roars
10. lay 11. likes 12. washes Exercise 14: Use of or possessive form (‘s)
13. knows 14. are 15. fight for the following phrases.
the policeman’s mistake
Exercise 9: Underline the correct answer in 1. the bottom of the bottle
each sentence below.
1. is 2. is 3. seem
2. Mr Hillman’s gun
4. are 5. has 6. presents 3. the smell of blood
7. are 8. appears 9. are 4. The terrorist’s car
10. is 11. is 12. were
5. the middle of the night
13. are 14. is 15. dreams
16. is 17. is 18. is 6. the death of someone important
19. plays 7. the gangster’s money
20. both answers: have-informal, has-formal 8. the house of one of our teacher at college
21. have 22. has 23. has
24. is 25. is 9. last week’s concert
10. the day of the meeting
Exercise 10: Underline the correct answer
in each sentence below.
1. is 2. score/is 3. are/is Exercise 15: Circle the letter of the correct
4. has 5. is 6. are answer.
7. is 8. sits 9. is 1. B 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. B
10. is 11. are 12. are 6. B 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. B
13. is 14. hope 15. come 11. D 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. B
16. is 17. want 18. are 16. B 17. D 18. C 19. C 20.D
19. needs 20. looks 21. hopes
22. need 23. are 24. think GENDERS
25. are Exercise 16: Fill in each blank with a
suitable masculine or feminine noun.
Exercise 11: Circle the correct answer. 1. hostess
1. is 2. are 3. is 2. stewardess
4. were 5. were 6. are 3. aunt
7. is 8. are 9. is 4. queen/ girl/ princess
10. are 11. were 12. raise 5. gentlemen
13. is 14. have increased
15. is 16. is 17. has Exercise 17: Fill in the blanks with the
18. are 19. separates correct masculine or feminine nouns.
20. was 21. makes 22. is Girl
23. need 24. admit 25. has woman
Brother
Exercise 12: Complete the sentences with mister
either is/are or has/have. If both singular emperess
and plural forms are possible, write them nun
both. Father
1. have 2. is 3. is nephew
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policewoman 15. > Neither you nor Tom seems to be
grandfather capable of doing this.
madam
granddaughter
son
PART 3: PRONOUNS
headmistress GRAMMAR EXERCISES
tutor PERSONAL PRONOUNS
Husband Exercise 1: Use the correct personal
aunt pronouns to fill in the blanks. Watch the
King words in the brackets.
witch She
landlady 1. He 2. It 3. She 4. he
waiter 5. We 6. They 7. he 8. It
manservant 9. they 10. We

FORMATION Exercise 2: Use the correct personal

Exercise 18: Circle the letter of the correct pronouns to fill in the blanks.
answer. 1. I 2. She 3. it 4. they
1. A 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. D 5. it 6.he 7. It 8. you
6. D 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D 9. They 10. We
11. C 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. D
16. B 17. B 18. A 19. D 20. B Exercise 3: Fill in each blank with an
21. A 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. D appropriate object pronoun.
26. A 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. C 1. him 2. them 3. her 4. them
MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISE 5. them 6. us 7. them 8. him
9. it 10. her
Exercise 19: Correct mistakes in the
following sentences. Exercise 4: Underline the
correct pronoun in each brackets.
1. > She likes to feed the poor.
Them/ they
1. her/ them/ him
2. > He is working for the blind.
2. they/ them
3. > I told this news to my father. 3. us/ us
4. she/ they/ her
4. > The teacher gave us some advice. 5. he/ us/ them
6. I/ her/ her
5. > I have a five dollar note. 7. me/ he
8. He/ they
6. > She has bought two dozen apples.
9. I/ them/ they
7. > I saw many deer in the jungle. 10. her

8. > The boy is in the boarding house. Exercise 5: Rewrite the following
sentences by using the correct personal
9. > Please put your signature here. pronouns in places of the bold words.
She asked him to write it down.
10. > She is my cousin. 1. He found it while he was digging in the
garden yesterday. He sold it to him for fifty
11. > The news is too good to be true.
dollars.
12. > Politics is a dirty game. 2. He is going to drive us to the airport
tomorrow. We need not depend on Mr Smith
13. > A thousand dollars is not a small sum. for transport.
3. They did not prevent him from exploring
14. > Neither the officer nor his assistants farther up the river as he had a very
were present at the meeting. competent guide with him.
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4. They have told her the truth, 17. themselves
but she does not believe them at all. 18. ourselves
5. She came over to our table as soon 19. themselves/ himself
as we had sat down. She handed a menu 20. himself/ ourselves
to us and waited to take down our order.
Exercise 9: Circle the letter of the correct
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS answer.
Exercise 6: Replace the bold words with 1. B 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. B
the correct possessive pronouns. 6. A 7. A 8. A 9. A 10.A
1. yours
2. theirs Exercise 10: Fill in the blank with an
3. hers appropriate pronoun if necessary.
4. his 1. yourself
5. mine 2. X
6. mine 3. himself
7. hers 4. myself
8. yours 5. themselves
9. mine 6. X
10. yours/hers 7. yourself
8. itself
Exercise 7: Circle the correct word to fill in 9. myself
each sentence. 10. X
1. mine 11. herself
2. hers 12. myself
3. her
4. my Exercise 11: Correct these sentences if
5. mine necessary. Put a  if the sentence is
6. your already correct.
7. them 1. I had a swim, quickly dried me, and put on
8. their my clothes. => myself
9. my 2. Now that he was famous, he heard a lot
10. yours about himself on TV and radio. 
3. Why don't you bring the children with you?
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS 
Exercise 8: Fill in each blank with a 4. You ought to be ashamed of you. =>
suitable reflexive pronoun: yourself/yourselves
myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - 5. They pulled the sledge behind themselves
ourselves - yourselves – themselves. through the snow. => them
1. herself
6. She put out her hand and introduced
2. myself
herself as Antonia Darwin. 
3. yourself
7. 'Have you ever been to California?'
4. ourselves
'No...oh, yes, once,' he corrected him. =>
5. themselves
himself
6. yourselves
7. himself
8. I could feel the ground start to move under
8. yourself me. 
9. myself 9. They applied them to the task with
10. themselves tremendous enthusiasm. => themselves
11. herself 10. It was another rainy Sunday afternoon
12. yourselves/yourself and we didn't know what to do with us. =>
13. himself ourselves
14. itself
15. myself Exercise 12: Fill in each blank with a
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Write R for reflexive pronoun and E for 11. A 12. A 13. A 14. A
emphasizing pronoun at the end of each
sentence. Exercise 17: Fill in the blanks with either
reciprocal or reflexive pronoun.
Example: Katherine is making ___________ a 1. herself
new dress. 2. ourselves
Katherine is making herself a new dress. R 3. themselves
1. yourself E 4. themselves
2. myself R 5. himself
3. himself R 6. myself
4. myself E 7. each other
5. yourself E 8. one another
6. himself E 9. herself
7. itself E 10. ourselves/each other/ one another
8. themselves E 11. itself
9. ourselves E 12. ourselves
10. himself E 13. yourself/yourselves
14. myself
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS 15. each other
Indefinite Pronouns
Exercise 13: Circle the letter of the best DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
answer. Exercise 18: Circle the best choice.
B 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. D
1. D 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. A
6. B 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. B
11. C 12. A Exercise 19: Choose either ‘one’ or ‘ones’
to fill in the blanks.
Exercise 14: Put in ‘of’ where necessary. 1. one
Put an X if the sentence is already OK. 2. ones
1. All cars have wheels. X 3. one
2. None of this money is mine. 4. one
3. Some people get angry very easily. X 5. one
4. I have lived in London most of my life. 6. ones
5. Some of the people I met at the party 7. one
were very interesting. 8. ones
6. Many people watch too much TV. X 9. one
7. Are any of those letters for me? 10. one
8. Most days I get up before 7 o'clock. X
9. Jim thinks that all museums are boring. X INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
10. Do you have any English books? X Exercise 20: Circle the best Interrogative
Pronoun to fill in the blank.
Exercise 15: Circle the letter of the correct A
answer. 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. D
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. B
6. D 7. B 8. B 9. C 10. D 11. B 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. C
11. D 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. A 16. A 17. A 18. A 19. C 20. A
16. B 17. B 18. D 19. C 20. B 21. C 22. B 23. A 24. B 25. D

RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS RELATIVE PRONOUNS

Exercise 21: Circle the letter of the best
Exercise 16: Circle the letter of the correct answer.
answer. 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D
1. A 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. B
6. A 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. B 11. A 12. D 13. D 14. D 15. C

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16. D 17. A 18. A 19. C 20. C 18. which
19. which
Exercise 22: Fill in the blanks with who, 20. whom
whom, what, which, or whose to complete
the following sentences. Exercise 24: Fill in the gaps with the
1. who correct Reflexive, Reciprocal or Indefinite
2. what Pronoun from the box. Some pronouns
3. what may be used more than once.
4. who The Big Day
5. which (1) herself
6. what (2) herself
7. what (3) themselves
8. who (4) each other
9. which (5) each
10. whose (6) each other
11. whom (7) everyone
12. whom (8) someone
13. whose (9) anything
14. what (10) Nothing
15. who (11) Everything
16. which (12) each other
17. whom
18. whose
19. whom
MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISE
20. which
Exercise 25: Correct mistakes in the
21. who
22. which following sentences.
23. who
24. who 1. > This pen is mine.
25. What/ Whom
26. which 2. > This bike of yours is nice
27. whose
28. which 3. > This is her pendrive.

Exercise 23: Complete each following 4. > Each of these girls sings well.
sentence with a suitable relative pronoun.
5. > None of my students attended the
class today.
1. who
2. who 6. > Neither came.
3. whom
4. which 7. > One should respect one’s parents.
5. whose
6. whose 8. > Here is the bottle: please fill it.
7. who
9. > Have you a pen? I have not got one.
8. whose
9. which 10. > He enjoyed himself at the party.
10. who
11. who 11. > I asked for his bicycle but he didn’t lend
12. which it to me.
13. who
14. whom 12. > Please give me/him/her/them your
15. whose book.
16. which
13. > The boy who works hard will win.
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14. > Whoever does best will get a prize. 2. tired- Descriptive
hungry- Descriptive
15. > Who painted this picture? I (myself) 3. first- Numeral
this- demonstrative
16. > He and I are brothers.
short-descriptive
17. > I watched the show with my friends. 4. Which-Interrogative
5. My- Possessive
18. > He hurt himself due to his carelessness. three- numeral
different- descriptive
19. > He is taller than I (am). 6. sorry- Descriptive
some- indefinite
20. > People starve when they have no your-possessive
money.
7. Many- Indefinite
21. > My car is better than that of my friend. ripe- descriptive
green- descriptive
22. > The size of the shoe should be the 8. These- Demonstrative
same as that of this shoe. low- descriptive
that- demonstrative
23. > His teaching was like that of Buddha. 9. old- Descriptive
sad- descriptive
24. > None but me turned up.
weary- descriptive
25. > They are all wrong but me. 10. what-Relative

Interrogative Adjectives
GRAMMAR IN USE Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with suitable
Exercise 1: Complete these sentences interrogative adjectives.
describing the three brothers, Pete, John 1. What
and Rob. Use the words in the box. 2. Which
1. Both John and Rob have fair hair. 3. Whose
2. Both John and Rob have an earring 4. What
3. Neither Pete nor John has a 5. Whose
moustache 6. Which
4. All of them have short hair/wear 7. Whose
glasses 8. Which
5. They all have short hair/wear glasses 9. Whose
6. None of them has/have a beard/is bald 10. Which

Exercise 1b: Write sentences about your Possessive Adjectives

own family or three of your friends. Exercise 3: Circling the letter of the correct
Sample answers answer.
7. Both my mother and my sister have 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. D
dark hair 6. A 7. B
8. Neither my father nor my
grandfather is bald Exercise 4: Fill in the blanks with the
9. All of my family/friends live quite nearby correct Possessive Pronoun or Possessive
10. None of my family wears/wear earrings Adjective in brackets.
Our World
PART 4: ADJECTIVES (1) Our (2) yours
GRAMMAR EXERCISES (3) mine (4) ours
CLASSIFICATION (5) mine (6) yours
Exercise 1: Name the bold adjectives in the (7) our (8) our
following sentences. (9) hers (10) ours
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Demonstrative Adjectives 14. She is a girl both beautiful and grateful.
Exercise 5: Circling the letter of the correct 15. I find the book interesting.
answer. 16. We should keep our room clean.
1. D 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. A 17. Try to make your father happy.
6. D 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. B 18. The police set the prisoner free.
19. I would like to talk with all people present
Descriptive Adjectives here.
Exercise 6: Fill in the gaps with the correct 20. The man with grey hair is a history
Adjective from the box. Use every professor.
Adjective only once.
My Brother ADJECTIVE ORDERS
(1) big Exercise 9: Write a list of things to be sold
(2) tall at an auction.
(3) brown an antique silver sugar basin
(4) curly 1. a lovely old glass vase
(5) broad 2. an attractive wall mirror
(6) strong
3. a modern office desk
(7) shy
(8) friendly 4. a red metal kitchen chair
(9) kind 5. a splendid old model boat
(10) perfect 6. valuable Australian postage stamps
7. a small wooden coffee table
Exercise 7: Fill in the gaps with the correct
Adjective from the box. Use every
Exercise 10: Write the letter of the correct
Adjective only once.
order of Adjectives in the box.
Going to the Dentist
1. D 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. C
(1) little
6. B 7. A 8. A
(2) frightened
(3) painful
ADJECTIVE EQUIVALENTS
(4) strange
Exercise 11: Circle the correct adjective in
(5) serious
each sentence.
(6) happy
1. drowning
(7) funny
2. torn
(8) kind
3. annoying
(9) gentle
4. annoyed/annoying
(10) beautiful
5. increasing
6. excited
POSITIONS OF ADJECTIVES
7. escaping
Exercise 8: Put the adjectives in their right
8. escaped
positions.
9. closing
1. These are intelligent students.
10. absorbed
2. Mary looked pale this morning.
11. amusing/haunted
3. Vicky looked ill.
12. frightened/ frightening
4. Vicky is a sick girl.
13. frightening
5. I want a glass full of water.
14. insulting
6. He is a boy worthy of praise.
15. confusing
7. I have something special to tell you.
8. There is nothing new under the sun.
FORMATION OF ADJECTIVES
9. The lake is over five meters deep.
Exercise 12: Convert the
10. He is 2 meters tall.
bold nouns and verbs in the following
11. We saw a picture of a lion asleep.
sentences into adjectives.
12. I have never seen a deer alive.
1. She is a gentle lady.
13. He is a boy neither intelligent nor hard-
2. The soldiers were courageous.
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3. Many people thought that Princess Diana (15) a (16) the
was a beautiful woman. (17) the (18) X
4. The bomb disposal squad was very (19) the (20) the
careful and cautious when it disposed of the (21) the (22) the
explosives. (23) a (24) X
5. A speeding car is dangerous to other (25) the
road-users.
6. My mother used the boiling/boiled water Story 2 KEY
to make drinks for us. (1) A (2) a
7. The attractive prizes drew many people (3) the (4) a
to enter the contest. (5) the (6) The
8. His excuse for not attending the meeting (7) the (8) the
was reasonable and therefore, accepted by (9) a (10) The
the committee. (11) the (12) the
9. That glass is breakable.. (13) the (14) the
10. It was a terrifying experience for the (15) a (16) the
guard. (17) the (18) an
(19) the (20) the
COMPOUND ADJECTIVES (21) the
Exercise 13: Circle the letter of the correct
answer. Exercise 18: Complete the conversations.
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. D Put in ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the.’
6. B 7. C 8. D 9. C 10. A The
11. B 12. B 13. A 14. A 15. B (1) a (2) the (3) the
(4) a (5) the (6) a
COMPARISONS OF ADJECTIVES (7) the (8) the (9) a
Exercise 14: Circle the letter of the correct (10) the (11) the (12) a
answer. (13) the (14) a (15) the
1. C 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. A (16) a (17) the
6. B 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. D
11. A 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. D Exercise 19: Add the where necessary.
16. B 17. A 18. D 19. C 20. D X
1. X/ X/ the
Exercise 15: Circle the letter of the correct 2. X/ the/ X/ X
answer. 3. X/ X/ the/ the
1. A 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. B
6. A 7. A 8. D 9. D 10. C Exercise 20: Add A, An, The where
necessary.
Exercise 16: Circle the letter of the correct an/ the
answer. X
1. B 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 1. The/ the/ the
6. A 7. A 8. A 9. A 10. A 2. X/ X
3. The/ the/ a
ARTICLES 4. a/ X/ a
Exercise 17: Complete the stories using A, 5. the
AN, THE or X. 6. the
Story 1 KEY 7. X
(1) A (2) a 8. X/ X
(3) X (4) a 9. the/ X
(5) X (6) a 10. X
(7) the (8) X 11. the
(9) the (10) the 12. the
(11) the (12) a 13. X
(13) The (14) the 14. X/ X/ X

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15. The 1. a few
16. a/ a/ the/ a/ the/ a 2. a little
17. X/ the/ X 3. a lot of
18. X 4. a lot of
19. The/ the 5. a little
20. X/ X 6. many/ or a lot of/ or a few
21. X 7. much
22. the/ the 8. much/ many/ much/a lot of

QUANTITY EXPRESSIONS Exercise 24: Choose the correct answer.

Quantity: General a little
Exercise 21: Choose the correct answer. 1. little
most of 2. few
1. all 3. a few
2. each 4. few/ little
3. some of/ all the 5. a little/ a little
4. any/ any 6. little
5. Most 7. a few
6. Neither of 8. little
7. Neither of
8. much/ Not a lot No and None
9. A few of/ many Exercise 25: Complete the sentences using
10. many no or none.
11. every one of no
12. most of 1. None
13. every 2. no
14. each 3. no
15. either of 4. no
16. half of 5. None
17. each one 6. none
7. none
Some and Any
Exercise 22: Complete the sentences using All, Every, Everybody, Everything, Whole
some or any. Sometimes either word is Exercise 26: Complete the sentences using
possible. all, every, everybody or everything.
any Sometimes two answers are possible.
1. some all
2. some 1. every
3. some/ any 2. Everybody
4. some 3. All
5. any/ some 4. everything
6. both (some & any) 5. all/everything
7. any 6. everybody
8. some 7. all
9. some 8. every
10. both (some & any) 9. everything
10. all/everything
Much, Many, A Lot of, (A) Little, (A) Few
Exercise 23: Complete the sentences using Exercise 27: Complete the sentences using
much, many, a lot (of), a little or a few. all (the) or the whole. Sometimes more than
Sometimes more than one answer is one answer is possible.
possible. all
Many/ much the whole
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2. all the 10. The iron is a useful metal.
3. all the/the whole > Iron is a useful metal.
4. all the
11. The gold is yellow.
> Gold is yellow.
Exercise 28: Choose the correct answer.
every 12. We should not make noise.
1. every > We should not make a noise.
2. all
3. every 13. I have an urgent business.
4. all > I have urgent business. OR I
have some urgent business.
Both, Neither, Either
14. Do you sell eggs by kilo or by dozen?
Exercise 29: Complete the sentences using > Do you sell eggs by the kilo or by the
both, both of, either, either of, neither, dozen?
neither of. In one sentence two answers are
possible. 15. Every one knows this.
Both > Everyone knows this.
1. neither of
2. both 16. He held the bag in the both hands.
> He held the bag in both hands.
3. either
> He held the bag in both his hands.
4. either of
5. Neither 17. Everybody should do some or other work.
6. both (of) > Everybody should do some work or
other.
MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISE
18. Iron is more useful than any other metals.
Exercise 30: Correct mistakes in the > Iron is more useful than any other
following sentences. metal.
1. They insisted on me resigning the post.
19. Winston Churchill is greater than any
> They insisted on my resigning the post.
other British politicians.
> Winston Churchill is greater than any
2. They objected to John playing for the
other British politician.
team.
> They objected to John’s playing for the
20. He came a 3rd time.
team.
> He came a third time.
3. There is no danger of the roof’s crashing.
21. He is in class eighth.
> There is no danger of the roof crashing.
> He is in class eight.
> He is in the eighth class.
4. We live in village.
> We live in a village. OR We live in the
22. He opened the book at six page.
village.
> He opened the book at page six.
5. She works in pub.
23. This is a portrait of King George the sixth.
> She works in a pub. OR She works
> This is a portrait of King George VI.
in the pub.
24. He is worst than you.
6. He is best player in the team.
> He is worse than you.
> He is the best player in the team.
25. Mumbai is hot than Delhi.
7. She is fastest runner.
> Mumbai is hotter than Delhi.
> She is the fastest runner.
26. A horse is usefuller than a car.
8. The Paris is big city.
> A horse is more useful than a car.
> Paris is a big city.
27. From the two she is pretty.
9. I live in the Mumbai.
> She is the prettier of the two.
> I live in Mumbai.
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28. Of the two routes this is the short. 46. She had a much shocked expression on
> Of the two routes this is the shorter. her face.
> She had a very shocked expression on
29. From the three he is the smarter. her face.
> He is the smartest of the three.
47. She looked much frightened.
30. There is a best student in that class. > She looked very frightened.
> There is a very good student in that
class. 48. That is James, unless I am very mistaken.
> That is James, unless I am much
31. I have never seen a so good boy. mistaken.
> I have never seen such a good boy. OR That is James, unless I am very
> I have never seen so good a boy. much mistaken.

32. He was a so big man that he could not sit 49. She is a very known writer.
in that chair. > She is a well-known writer.
> He was so big a man that he could not
sit in that chair. 50. He is very admired by his followers.
> He is much admired by his followers.
33. Yours affectionate brother OR He is very much admired by his
> Your affectionate brother followers.
> Yours affectionately

34. Your lovely friend PART 5: ADVERBS

> Your loving friend GRAMMAR EXERCISES
CLASSIFICATION
35. He is best player. Exercise 1: Name the adverbs in the
> He is the best player. following sentences.
1. Place
36. She is a most intelligent girl in the class.
2. Time
> She is the most intelligent girl in the
class. 3. Relative
4. Manner
37. The London is big city. 5. Manner
> London is a big city. 6. Frequency
7. Degree
38. I live in the Mumbai. 8. Degree
> I live in Mumbai.
9. Interrogative
39. The gold is yellow. 10. Manner
> Gold is yellow. 11. Time
12. Frequency
40. Himalayas are mountains. 13. Relative
> The Himalayas are mountains. 14. Place
15. Relative
41. We should love the God. 16. Affirmation
> We should love God.
17. Frequency
42. The man is a member of society. 18. Possibility
> Man is a member of society. 19. Place
20. Manner
43. We had a picnics nearly everyday. 21. Frequency
> We had picnics nearly everyday. 22. Time
23. Manner
44. Each of us loves our country.
24. Degree
> Each of us loves his/her country.
25. Degree
45. None of the boys had brought their books. 26. Affirmation
> None of the boys had brought his 27. Frequency
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31. Time Exercise 3: Put the Adverb in brackets into
32. Time the correct place (with the verb).
33. Time Example: He’ll probably be in Paris until
34. Interrogative the next Friday.
35. Interrogative 1. They’ve probably been trying to contact
36. Interrogative us.
37. Interrogative 2. She probably went to the meeting last
38. Place-Degree-manner-time week.
39. degree-manner-place-time 3. They normally take their summer
40. place-manner-frequency-time holidays in May.
4. Have you ever lived in a foreign country?
FUNCTIONS 5. I’ve never eaten Indian food.
Exercise 2: Write the function of each 6. Do you still live in the same flat?
Adverb in the sentences. 7. He only wants to borrow the money.
1. Modifier of the verb ‘dance’ 8. I probably won’t see Martin again until
2. Modifier of the adj. ‘complex’ next weekend.
3. Modifier of the adverb ‘quickly’ 9. We’ve almost finished painting the
4. Modifier of the phrase ‘through my work’ outside of the house.
5. Modifier of the phrase ‘to…’ 10. I always try to go jogging at least three
6. Modifier of adverbial clause ‘because …’ times a week.
7. Modifier of the Phrase ‘over the house’ 11. We certainly haven’t got any time to lose.
8. Modifier of the Whole sentence 12. I can certainly lend you some money until
9. Modifier of the adjective ‘busy’ next week.
10. Modifier of the Prepositional phrase ‘in 13. He’s always complaining about
debt’ something.
11. Modifier of the Verb phrase 14. I don’t usually watch this TV programme.
12. Modifier of the verb
13. Modifier of the adjective ‘pleasant’ Still, Yet & Already
14. Modifier of the adverb ‘badly’ Exercise 4: Complete the sentences using
15. Modifier of the Adverbial clause ‘before…’ still, yet or already.
16. Modifier of the Whole sentence still
17. Modifier of the Whole sentence 1. already
18. Modifier of the Adverbial clause ‘because 2. still/ yet
it’s too small’ 3. still
19. Modifier of the whole sentence 4. still
20. Modifier of the verb phrase 5. already
21. Why: Modifier of the verb phrase 6. yet/ yet
so: Modifier of the adverb ‘ indistinctively’
indistinctively: Modifier of the verb ‘speak’ Any more, Any longer & No longer
22. Modifier of the adjective ‘lazy’ Exercise 5: Put the correct word in
23. There: Modifier of the verb ‘came’ brackets in the correct place in the
from the backyard: Modifier of the verb sentence.
‘came’ I don’t want to stay here any more.
24. Modifier of the verb ‘fell’ 1. Sue no longer works for the same
25. Modifier of the verb ‘do’ company in London.
26. Maybe: Modifier of the whole sentence 2. My brother isn’t a young child any more.
again: Modifier of the adjective ‘late’ 3. Her father is no longer unemployed.
27. Modifier of the verb phrase ‘like him’ 4. There is no longer a large ship-building
28. there: Modifier of the verb industry in Britain.
now: Modifier of the verb
29. Modifier of the verb phrase Positions of Adverbs of Frequency
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Exercise 6: Put the adverbs in the correct
place in the sentences. Sometimes more Too & Enough
than one answer is possible. Exercise 9: Complete each sentence using
She always tries to visit her parents at the too or enough and an adjective or adverb
weekends. (always) in the box.
1. I’ve never seen that programme on TV. well enough
2. He’s hardly ever late for appointments. 1. too dark
3. They rarely go to the cinema nowadays. 2. too quietly
4. Is he often bad-tempered? 3. early enough
5. They listen to the radio every morning; or 4. too loud
Every morning they listen to the radio. 5. warm enough
6. I’m seldom at home before 8 o’clock.
7. Have you ever had a really serious Exercise 10: Complete the sentences using
illness? too much, too many or enough.
8. I’ll never forget our holiday together. 1. enough
9. She’s always been interested in music. 2. too much
10. I always brush my teeth three times a day. 3. too much
4. too many
Adverbs of Probability 5. enough
Exercise 7: Put the adverbs in the correct
place in the sentence. So & Such
In the future, machines will probably do many Exercise 11: Complete the sentences using
of the jobs that people do today. so or such.
1. Simon is probably at Sarah’s house at the such
moment. 1. so
2. There will probably be an election early 2. so
next year. 3. such/ so
3. Perhaps we’ll play tennis later this 4. so
afternoon. 5. so
4. They obviously enjoyed the film very 6. such
much. 7. so
5. You should definitely go and see the 8. such
doctor.
6. I definitely don’t want to be home late ORDERS OF ADVERBS
tonight. Exercise 12: Put the parts in brackets in the
7. Computers are certainly becoming more correct order.
and more important in Annie did her homework very quickly last
8. The bridge has probably been repaired by night .
now. 1. Sue can play the piano very well now.
Fairly, quite, rather, pretty 2. I posed your letters in the town centre
Exercise 8: Complete each sentence using early this morning.
the correct word in brackets. Sometimes 3. The children have been playing football in
either word is possible. the park this afternoon.
Example: She’s quite a generous woman. 4. It snowed heavily in the north of Scotland
(quite/fairly) yesterday evening.
It’s rather/fairly cold in this room. (rather/fairly) 5. They studied the map carefully later on in
1. rather the day.
2. quite 6. He walked angrily out of the room at the
3. pretty/rather end of the meeting.
4. quite 7. She played the guitar beautifully at the
5. rather concert last night.
6. quite
7. quite/pretty COMPARISONS OF ADVERBS
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Exercise 13: Complete the sentences using 9. > She came to my house last.
the correct form of the words in brackets.
Add than, the or as where necessary. 10. > This was the latest model.
the fastest
11. > He did it more wisely than her
hard as
more quickly than 12. > She spoke aloud.
1. earlier than
2. worse than 13. > I was a little tired.
3. the longest
4. more efficiently than 14. > She stays with me for sometimes.
5. fluently than
6. faster/ faster 15. > He was sitting almost outside the door.
7. better than
8. harder than PART 6: PREPOSITIONS
GRAMMAR EXERCISES
Exercise 14: Write the letter of the correct PREPOSITIONS OF PLACES
answer in the blank. Exercise 1: Put in the prepositions.
1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. A Sometimes more than one answer is
6. B 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. A correct.
11. B 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. D => Sarah is getting out of the taxi.
16. A 17. C 18. B 19. C 20. A 1. up
2. in/inside
Exercise 15: Write the letter of the correct 3. above/over
answer in the blank. 4. along/(down)
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. C 5. by/ beside/ next to
6. C 7. B 8. D 9. D 10. A 6. (a)round
11. A 12. B 13. B 14. D 15. D 7. n front of
16. D 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. D 8. away from/ out of

Exercise 16: Write the letter of the correct Exercise 2: Complete the conversations.
answer in the blank. Choose the correct preposition.
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. D 1. from/ behind/ through/ below
6. B 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. C 2. past/ down/ opposite
11. C 12. B 13. D 14. A 15. B
16. A 17. C 18. A 19. A 20. D Exercise 3: Look at the plan and explain
where things are. Use Between, Next to or
Exercise 17: Correct mistakes in the Opposite.
following sentences.
=> next to
1. > I came across a friend. 1. opposite
2. between
2. > The deer is alive. 3. opposite
4. between
3. > They shut the door shortly before the
thieves came. 5. next to

4. > The cellphone was found long after it Exercise 4: Where did the fly go? Put in
was lost. these prepositions: around, into, on, out of,
through, under, up.
5. > They arrived a few hours after  through
midnight.
1. under
2. up
6. > I am sincerely yours.
3. on
7. > She lives in a far off country. 4. around
5. into
8. > The sooner you go, the better. 6. out of
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Exercise 5: Put in the correct preposition. 10. opposite/in front of/behind/next to
 on 11. through/in
1. to 12. along
2. outside 13. across/over
3. in/into 14. over
4. past/by 15. past
5. off 16. towards
6. on
7. through Exercise 9: Look at the pictures and write
8. near the sentences. Use in, on, or at and these
9. among words: the bath, the disco, the lights, the
roof, the table.
Exercise 6: Complete each sentence using  He’s on the table.
the most suitable preposition in the box. 1. He’s/is on the roof.
Sometimes more than one answer is 2. They’re/are at the disco.
possible. 3. He’s/is in the bath.
 on 4. She’s/is at the lights.
1. off
2. on Exercise 10: Complete the sentences. Use
3. in/inside in or at and these words: the petrol station,
out of the restaurant, the stadium, the station, the
4. outside theatre, the zoo.
5. out of  in the station
on/onto 1. at the petrol station
6. in 2. at the zoo
7. onto/on 3. in the theatre
8. off 4. in the restaurant
into 5. at the station
9. out of
into/in Exercise 11: Put in the preposition in, on,
Exercise 7: Choose the correct preposition. or at.
 under  on
1. above 1. in
2. under 2. on
3. over 3. in
4. on top of 4. at
5. under 5. at
6. underneath 6. at
7. on
Exercise 8: Complete the sentences using 8. on
the most suitable prepositions in the box. 9. in
Sometimes more than one answer is 10. at
possible.
 What’s that you’ve tied round your PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
waist? Exercise 12: Read the information about
1. behind John F. Kennedy and then answer the
2. In front of questions. Begin each answer with in, on
3. between or at.
4. up, down  On 29 May 1917
5. at 1. in 1961
6. across 2. on 22 November 1963
7. next to, in 3. at 12.30
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Exercise 13: Mark is arranging a business (1) since
meeting. Decide if you need in, on or at. If (2) for
you do not need a preposition, put a cross (3) since
(X). (4) for
(1) X (2) on
(3) X (4) in Exercise 19: Put in a phrase with for, since
(5) at (6) on or ago.
(7) in (8) in  for an hour
(9) on (10) at 1. since four o’clock
2. ten years ago
Exercise 14: Add at, on or in where 3. since Monday/since then
necessary. 4. for six weeks
 X 5. for three years
1. at/X 6. eight months ago
2. X/in 7. for three weeks
3. on
4. X/on Exercise 20: Put in ago or before.
5. in/on  ago
6. at/in 1. before
7. in 2. ago .
8. at 3. before
9. at/on
10. in/in Exercise 21: Complete the sentences using
11. in for, since, ago or before.
 Ago/ since
Exercise 15: Put in the right phrase: in time 1. for/ before
or on time. 2. for/ ago
 in time 3. for/ before
1. in time 4. ago/ since
2. on time
3. in time Exercise 22: Put in during or while.
4. on time  during
1. while
Exercise 16: Complete the sentences using 2. while
in time or on time. 3. during
 in time 4. while
1. on time
2. in time Exercise 23: Rachel is talking to her
3. on time teacher. Put in by or until.
4. in time by
5. in time (1) by
(2) until
Exercise 17: Complete the sentences using (3) until
at the end or in the end. (4) by
 in the end (5) by
1. in the end
2. at the end Exercise 24: Put in as or like.
3. in the end  as
4. in the end 1. as
5. at the end 2. like
6. at the end 3. as
4. like
Exercise 18: Put in for or since.
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 as if Exercise 30: Complete the sentences. Use
1. as a preposition after these nouns: answer,
2. as if cause, damage, difficulty, invitation,
3. as matter, tax, way.
4. as if 1. damage to
2. way of
POSITIONS OF PREPOSITIONS 3. answer to
Preposition + Noun 4. cause of
Exercise 26: Put in by, from, in or on. 5. tax on
 on 6. difficulty with
1. in 7. matter with
2. from
3. in Exercise 31: Complete the advertisement
4. by for a supermarket. Put in between, for, in,
5. in of or with.
6. on of
7. on (1) with (2) of
8. in (3) of (4) for
9. by (5) with (6) for
10. on (7) of (8) between
11. In
12. on/ on Exercise 32: What are they saying? Read
about each situation and complete the
Exercise 27: What would you ask? Use the sentence.
word in brackets with the correct  Mechanic: I’ve just had a request for
preposition. You may also need to use the a breakdown truck.
or your. 1. Claude: I can tell you the answers to all
 Can I book a cabin in advance? the (quiz) questions.
1. Can I pay in cash? 2. Mathew: Unfortunately I have no
2. Is the information up to date? knowledge of French.
3. Did you drop the ball on purpose? 3. Prime Minister: I have a great desire for
4. Is there anything (to watch) on television progress.
tonight? 4. Vicky: I can’t see any difference between
5. Will you be here at the end of July? the (two) colours.
6. Is nuclear power a good idea in your 5. Zedco: Most people express a preference
opinion? for our/Zedco products.
7. Is your car for sale?
8. Do you approve of the plan on the Adjective + Preposition
whole? Exercise 33: Say what these people’s
feelings are. Use the adjectives in brackets
Exercise 28: Complete the conversation. and a preposition.
Put in by, in or on.  They’re excited about the trip to the
on zoo.
(1) by (2) on 1. She is afraid of the dark.
(3) in (4) by 2. He’s bored with the video.
(5) by 3. She’s interested in computers.
4. He’s surprised at/by the news.
Noun + Preposition 5. They’re proud of the/their victory.
Exercise 29: Complete the conversation. 6. She’s annoyed with her/the children.
Put in at, in or of. 7. They’re not/ They aren’t satisfied with their
of pay increase.
(1) of (2) in
(3) in (4) at Exercise 34: Complete the conversation.
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to  about
(1) for (2) at 1. about
(3) at it (4) for 2. of
(5) at (6) to 3. to
4. to
Exercise 35: Complete these paragraphs 5. about/of
from a letter Emma has received from her 6. about
brother. Use these adjectives and put a 7. about/of
preposition after each one: aware,
different, famous, full, interested, late, MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISE
ready, responsible, similar, used.
Exercise 40: Correct mistakes in the
different from/ used to following sentences.
(1) responsible for
(2) ready for 1. > He asked for a holiday.
(3) aware of
2. > He was prevented from coming.
(4) similar to
(5) full of 3. > I met your friend. (Meet means ‘come face to
(6) interested in face with somebody or something’. With this meaning it is
used without with. Meet with means ‘experience’.)
(7) late for
(8) famous for 4. > She insisted on paying.

Verb + Preposition 5. > Let’s go riding.

Exercise 36: Complete the conversation
between Laura and her friend Olivia. Put in 6. > We went for a walk.
after, at, for and into.
7. > He has been ill since last week.
for
(1) at 8. > He has been working for two hours.
(2) after
(3) into 9. > I have not played cricket for a long
time.
Exercise 37: Put in verbs and add a
preposition if necessary. 10. > This paper is inferior to that.
see to
11. > He is junior to me.
(1) relies on
(2) deals with 12. > He is superior to you in strength.
(3) feel like
(4) reached 13. > He rides on a cycle.
(5) listening to
(6) apologized for 14. > He rides in a car.
(7) believed in
(8) laughing at 15. > He sat on a table.
(9) discuss
16. > The cat is on the roof.
(10) left
17. > There was a match between team
Exercise 38: Complete the conversation. A and team B.
Put in about, of or to.
of 18. > The meeting will be held between 4
(1) to pm and 6 pm.
(2) to
19. > The First World War was
(3) to
fought between 1914 and 1918.
(4) about
(5) of 20. > There was a fight between John and
Peter.
Exercise 39: Put in about, of or to.

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28. C
GRAMMAR EXERCISES
29. D

COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS 30. A

Exercise 1: Circle the best answer.
31. D
1. D
32. B
2. B
33. A
3. A
34. C
4. C
35. C
5. D
36. B
6. A
37. C
7. C
38. B
8. A
39. C
9. C
40. A
10. B

11. A

12. B SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

13. D Exercise 2: Circle the best answer.

14. A 1. A

15. D 2. B

16. C 3. B

17. A 4. B

18. D 5. A

19. B

20. A Exercise 3: Complete each sentence using

the subordinating conjunction from the
21. B
parenthesis.
22. D
1. whenever
23. A 2. that
3. if
24. C
4. unless
25. A 5. though
26. D 6. whether
7. so that
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8. as
Exercise 6: Circle the best answer.
9. so
1. B
10. lest
2. B

3. C
CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS
4. B
Exercise 4: Complete each sentence using
the correct correlative conjunction pair 5. A
from the parenthesis.
6. C
1. either/or
7. B
2. whether/or
8. D
3. no sooner/than
9. D
4. not/but
10. A
5. if/then
11. B
6. both/and
12. A
7. not only/but also
13. D
8. not/but
14. A
9. either/or
15. C
10. neither/nor
16. C

CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS 17. A

Exercise 5: Complete each sentence using 18. C

the correct coordinating
conjunctive adverb from the 19. D
parenthesis.
20. C
1. therefore

2. nonetheless
PART 8: PREPOSITIONS
3. otherwise GRAMMAR EXERCISES
Exercise 1: Complete these sentences with
4. in contrast
suitable interjections.
1. Hurrah!
5. instead
2. Hallo!
6. meanwhile 3. Oh!
4. Hush!
7. nevertheless 5. Oh!

8. undoubtedly Exercise 2: Complete these sentences with

suitable interjections.
9. therefore 1. attention
2. Joy
10. instead 3. Approval

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4. contempt 5. (1) B (2) D (3) B
5. sorrow
6. surprise 6. (1) D (2) A

Exercise 3: Choose the correct word in 7. (1) D (2) C (3) A (4) A

brackets to write on the line.
1. Hark 8. (1) B (2) C (3) D (4) D
2. Alas
9. (1) A (2) B
3. Hurrah
4. Hallo 10. (1) D (2) C
5. Bravo
11. D
Exercise 4: Match the sentence that
contains the interjection on the left with the 12. (1) D (2) B
one with the corresponding meaning on
the right. 13. A
1. Excellent! Thank you!
= f. He was pleased and thanked me. 14. C

2. Hey! What do you have there? 15. B

= d. He caught my attention and asked
me what I had. 16. D

3. Ooh! May I have that apple? 17. C

= e. He really wanted to have the apple.
18. (1) B (2) A (3) D
4. Oops. I dropped it.
= c. He embarrassedly admitted to 19. (1) A (2) A
dropping it.
20. (1) D (2) B
5. Psst. Pass this note to that guy.
= g. He got my attention and asked me to 21. (1) A (2) B
pass a note.
22. (1) D (2) C
6. Ug! I won't eat this.
= h. He adamantly refused to eat the 23. B
food.
24. (1) A (2) B
7. Uh. Which one should I eat?.
= a. He paused and asked which one he 25. B
should eat.
26. B
8. Whew! My boss nearly got me napping.
= i. He was relieved that his boss hadn't 27. (1) B (2) C
caught him.
28. C
9. Wow! This tastes good.
= b. He was surprised that it tasted good. 29. A

REVIEW EXERCISES OF CHAPTER 1 30. A

Exercise 1: Circle the best choice.
31. C
1. (1) B (2) A
32. C
2. (1) C (2) D (3) C (4) D
33. (1) D (2) C
3. (1) A (2) C
34. (1) D (2) C
4. (1) C (2) B
35. (1) C (2) D
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37. A 68. C

38. B 69. D

39. B 70. B

40. C 71. A

41. D 72. B

42. D 73. B

43. A 74. C

44. (1) C (2) C 75. D

45. D Exercise 2: Underline the best answer.

46. B 1. (1) some (2) any

47. (1) A (2) C 2. any

48. B 3. (1) his (2)himself (3) it

49. D 4. yourself

50. C 5. myself

51. A 6. (1) lighter (2) more

52. B 7. more beautiful

53. D 8. as high

54. D 9. the best

55. C 10. as strong as

56. D 11. slowly

57. A 12. fluently

58. A 13. instantly

59. B 14. fast

60. C 15. (1) accurately (2) dirty

61. D

62. D Exercise 3: Correct the following

sentences.
63. B
1. One should not waste his time.
64. A > One should not waste one’s time.
> A man / boy / girl / woman should not
65. C waste his / her time.

66. A
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2. ‘Have you got a pen?’ ‘I haven’t got.’ 18. I need to concentrate myself on my
> ‘Have you got a pen?’ ‘I haven’t got homework.
one.’ > I need to concentrate on my
homework.
3. He enjoyed during the holidays.
> He enjoyed himself during the 19. Did you ever read the book "Moby Dick?"
holidays. > Have you ever read the book “Moby
Dick?”
4. I asked for his book, but he did not lend
me. 20. Brian is so stupid man.
> I asked for his book, but he did not lend > Brian is such a stupid man.
it to me.
21. In Spain are many nice beaches.
5. Every people know this. > There are many nice beaches in Spain.
> Every man knows this. OR Spain has many nice beaches.
> Everybody / everyone knows this.
22. I told that I will come back later.
6. These all mangoes are ripe. > I said that I would come back later.
> All these mangoes are ripe.
OR These mangoes are all ripe. 23. In my city, bars are closing at 10 p.m. on
OR All of these mangoes are ripe. weeknights.
> In my city, bars close at 10 p.m. on
7. He held the bag in the both hands. weeknights.
> He held the bag in both his hands.
OR He held the bag in both hands. 24. Let's have a dinner together sometime.
> Let’s have dinner together sometime.
8. I have no any friends.
> I have no friends. 25. Do you know where is the nearest police
OR I haven’t got any friends. station?
OR I don’t have any friends. > Do you know where the nearest police
station is?
9. Both men have not come.
> Neither man has come. 26. I often do mistakes when I speak English.
> I often make mistakes when I speak
10. Both answers are not correct. English.
> Neither answer is correct.
27. I can't find nothing in my neighborhood.
11. There is very cold in the summer. > I can’t find anything in my
> It‘s very cold there in the summer. neighborhood.

12. According to me, that's not true. 28. I've seen the movie last Thursday.
> [In my opinion, / I think] that’s true. > I saw that movie last Thursday.

13. If I will be late, I’ll call you. 29. How does your new painting look like?
> If I am late, I’ll call you. > What does your new painting look like?
OR How does your new paintinglook?
14. I am used to wake up early on weekdays.
> I am used to waking up early on 30. I look forward to see you next month.
weekdays. > I look forward to seeing you next
month.
15. She sat in the end of the table.
> She sat at the end of the table. 31. Can I have a question?
> Can I ask a question?
16. I stopped to smoke cigarettes because it’s
unhealthy. 32. The news on TV are always sad.
> I stopped smoking cigarettes because > The news on TV is always sad.
it was unhealthy.
33. What means this word?
17. It is very good weather. > What does this word mean?
> The weather is very good.
34. The capital of the United Kingdom is the
London.
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 > The capital of the United Kingdom is 52. The last year I didn’t know much English.
London. > Last year I didn’t know much English.

35. Doctor is a hard job. 53. Are you agree with me?
> Being a doctor is hard. / Being a doctor > Do you agree with me?
is a hard job.
54. I´m afraid to the dark.
36. Surprising is that no one was hurt. > I´m afraid of the dark.
> It’s surprising that no one was hurt. /
The surprising thing is that no one was 55. Always, I study before I go to bed.
hurt. > I always study before I go to bed.

37. I suggested to buy a new car. 56. I can´t eating when it´s late at night
> I suggested buying a new car. because I get sick.
> I can´t eat when it´s late at night
38. My teacher is a 34-years old woman. because I get sick.
> My teacher is a 34-year old woman.
57. I´m not very good for cooking.
39. If I would be taller, I'd play basketball. > I´m not very good at cooking.
> If I were taller, I’d play basketball.
58. After class, I always go to home.
40. That's not that bad idea. > After class, I always go home.
> That’s not that bad of an idea.
59. My uncle John is funner than my uncle
41. One of my roommate plays video games Mike.
every night. > My uncle John is more fun than my
> One of my roommates is from Brazil. uncle Mike.

42. It depends on countries. 60. These pants are more cheaper than the
> It depends on the country. other ones.
> These pants are cheaper than the other
43. Even I was tired, I still went to the party. ones.
> Even though I was tired, I went to the
party. 61. Probably he likes soccer.
> He probably likes soccer.
44. I explained her the problem twice.
> I explained the problem twice to her. 62. I love that movie because is funny.
> I love that movie because it is funny.
45. I will see you the next Friday.
> I will see you next Friday. 63. I’m thinking of to go home because I’m
tired.
46. Do you like it? No, I don´t like. > I’m thinking of going home because I’m
> Do you like it? No, I don´t like it. tired.

47. On Sunday, I always go to the church. 64. I´m a doctor. So do I.

> On Sunday, I always go to church. > I’m a doctor. So am I.

48. On Saturdays, I always go to movies. 65. I go every day to school.

> On Saturdays, I always go > I go to school every day.
to the movies.
66. Do you have a dog? Yes, I have.
49. I love listening music. > Do you have a dog? Yes, I do.
> I love listening to music.
67. Do you like to go to the movies tomorrow
50. I born in 1962. night?
> I was born in 1962. > Would you like to go to the movies
tomorrow night?
51. I could to go to the store tomorrow.
> I could go to the store tomorrow. 68. What are you doing? Right now I cook
dinner.
> What are you doing? Right now I am
cooking dinner.
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> I don’t dance well.

70. Where did you went yesterday? CHAPTER 2

> Where did you go yesterday? GRAMMAR EXERCISES
Exercise 1: Underline the subjects and
71. When did you born? circle the verbs in each of the following
> When were you born? sentences. Then indicate if the sentences
are correct (C) or incorrect (I).
72. What did you do yesterday? I did go to the
mall. 1. Last week went fishing for trout at the nearby
> What did you do yesterday? I went to mountain lake. I
the mall. missing Subject, could be he went …
2. A schedule of the day's events can be
73. There is much noise here.
> There is a lot of noise here. obtained at the front desk. C
3. A job on the day shift or the night shift at the
74. How much restaurants are in your plant available. I
neighborhood? - missing verb, could be be available
> How many restaurants are in your
neighborhood?
4. The new computer program has provides a
variety of helpful applications. I
75. Is very windy today. - double verbs has & provides
> It is very windy today. 5. The box can be opened only with a special
screwdriver. C
76. I love Brazil because it’s too beautiful.
> I love Brazil because
6. The assigned text for history class it contains
it’s really (or “very”) beautiful. more than twenty chapters. I
- double subject: text & it
77. What you can do in New York City? 7. The papers in the wastebasket should be
> What can you do in New York City? emptied into the trash can outside. C
78. I have a daughter. I am too. 8. Departure before dawn on a boat in the
> I have a daughter. I do too. middle of the harbor. I
- missing verb, could be departure is
79. I´m glad we´re practicing grammar scheduled
because I do a lot of mistakes. 9. Yesterday found an interesting article on
> I´m glad we´re practicing grammar
pollution. I
because I make a lot of mistakes.
- missing subject, could be I found
80. Before make a presentation, you should 10.The new machine is processes 50 percent
practice a lot. more than the previous machine. I
> Before making a presentation, you - double verb: is and processes
should practice a lot.
Exercise 2: Write the number of the
81. Things went really good today at work.
> Things went really well today at work. sentence pattern in front of each following
sentence.
82. My mother always told me a bedtime 1. 3 2. 4 3. 3 4. 5 5. 4
history when I was a kid. 6. 5 7. 4 8. 3 9. 2 10. 3
> My mother always told me a 11. 5 12. 4 13. 3 14. 2 15. 2
bedtime story when I was a kid. 16. 5 17. 2 18. 3 19. 5 20. 3
21. 5 22. 3 23. 5 24. 4 25. 5
83. There isn’t a lot of cars on the road today.
> There aren’t a lot of cars on the road 26. 5 27. 2 28. 2 29. 4 30. 5
today. 31. 4 32. 2 33.1 34. 2 35. 2
36. 2 37. 1 38. 1 39. 4 40. 2
84. Class today was really bored.
> Class today was really boring.

85. I don’t have no money. CHAPTER 3

> I don’t have any money. GRAMMAR EXERCISES
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Exercise 1: What type is each following question.
sentence according to its function? Write it Example: How much money do you
on the line. need?
1. Interrogative 1. Where was Roberto born?
2. declarative 2. How often do you do out to eat?
3. Imperative 3. Whom are you waiting for?
4. Exclamatory 4. Who answered the phone?
5. declarative
5. Whom do you call?
6. Interrogative
6. Who called?
7. declarative
7. What does the boy have in his pocket?
8. declarative
9. Exclamatory 8. What does ‘deceitful’ mean?
10. Imperative 9. What is an abyss?
11. Exclamatory 10. Which way did he go?
12. Imperative 11. Whose books and papers are these?
13. declarative 12. How many children do they have?
14. declarative 13. How long has he been here?
15. Interrogative 14. How far is it to New Orleans?
16. Imperative
17. declarative Exercise 4: Choose the correct letter and
18. exclamatory write it in the box.
1. C 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. C
19. Interrogative
6. B 7. D 8. D 9. A 10. C
20. exclamatory 11. B 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. D
16. C 17. A 18. B
Exercise 2: Fill in each blank with a
suitable Question word.
1. Who
2. Where
3. When
4. What
5. What
6. What
7. How
8. How much
9. How many
10. How often
11. How old
12. How long
13. How far
14. Where
15. How tall
16. Whose
17. Which
18. Why
19. Whose
20. Who

Exercise 3: Make questions from the

following sentences. The words in

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