Grammar Review (Key)
Grammar Review (Key)
E1. Look at Joe and Lina 's plans for their holiday. Complete the sentences with
the Present Continuous.
1. On Thursday evening, they're arriving in Canada.
2. On Friday, they are Visiting Niagara Falls.
3. On Friday evening, they are going on a boat tour of Lake Ontario
4. On Saturday, they are attending Jamie's wedding.
5. On Sunday evening, they are driving to Toronto - dinner with
Jamie 's parents.
6. On Monday morning, Joe is having a sailing lesson at Lake Erie.
7. On Monday morning, Lina is attending the beginner's class at Lake Erie.
8. On Tuesday morning, Joe is going sailing to the islands.
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Tues 3 July Morning: Joe - go sailing to the islands Lina - go to the beginner's class
Afternoon : go sailing
E4. Fill in the gaps with the Present Perfect and for or since.
1 Olive and Glen have been(be) married for 30 years.
2 They have had (have) their second motorhome for three years.
3 Glen has had (have) a website since January 2011.
4 They have known (know) Faith for two weeks.
5 Faith has been(be) in Texas for eight months.
E5. Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect or Past
Simple.
E6. Fill in the gaps with should and shouldn’t and the verbs in brackets.
1. At dinner parties in England, you should take a bottle of something, or perhaps some flowers.
You shouldn’t arrive without anything. (take, not arrive)
2. In many cultures, when you meet someone for the first time, you should shake
hands. You shouldn’t kiss (shake, not kiss)
3. In Hong Kong, you shouldn’t point with your finger. You should use your hand. (not point,
use)
4. In Thailand, you should take off your hat in Buddhist temples. Also you should leave shoes.
Leave them outside the temples. (take off, not wear)
5. You shouldn’t take photos of people you don't know. You should always ask them
first. (not take, ask)
E7. Fill in the gaps with should, must or mustn't. Sometimes more than one answer is
possible.
1 Harvey must/should work harder this year or he will fail his exams.
2 Should I bring anything to the party?
3 You mustn’t fight with your brother! You're bigger than him.
4 Look at your hair! You should get a haircut before your interview!
5 You must get a new passport before next summer or you can't come.
6 You mustn’t use your mobile phone on planes.
7 I think you should take your umbrella. It might rain.
8 We really shouldn’t forget to buy grandma a birthday card. She'll get very upset.
E8. Make sentences a and b the same. Use the infinitive of purpose in b.
1 A. I wanted to get a good view of London, so I went to the London Eye.
B I went to London Eve to get a good view of London.
2 a Jorge and I went to the language school because we wanted to learn a foreign
language.
b . Jorge and I went to the language school to learn a foreign language.
3 Clara needed to buy some new clothes, so she went shopping .
b.Clara went shopping to buy some new clothes.
4 a I got satellite TV because I wanted to watch the football.
b I got satellite TV to watch the football
5 a He wanted to do some cooking, so he stayed at home.
b _He stayed at home to do some cooking.
6 Silvia and Antonio needed to practice their English so they got jobs in England .
b Silvia and Antonio got jobs in England to practice their English._
E9. Choose the correct words.
1 If he forgets/will forget my birthday, I am/'ll be very angry.
2 If he doesn't/won't drive more slowly, he'll have/has an accident.
3 What will/does we do if we run/will run out of money?
4 If I phone/will phone her now, she won't/doesn't worry.
5 You'll lose/lose your keys if you won't/don't put them away.
6 If Bill will be/'s out, I leave/'ll leave a message.
E12. Fill in the gaps with too, too much or too many.
1. When I met him I was too nervous to talk.
2 I've drunk too much coffee today.
3 I've had too many sleepless nights recently.
4 I've heard that excuse too many times before.
5 Conrad was too tired to come.
6 A What's London like?
B There's too much traffic in the city and it's touristy in the summer.
7 There were too many people in the queue.
8 You've always got too much work!
E15. Fill in the gaps with these verbs. Use the Present Perfect and just, yet or
already.
JOEL Are you OK, Tia? You don't look very happy.
TIA 1 I am (be) a bit fed up. Ellie got promoted last week.
2 I'm never going to get (get) promoted now!
JOEL Ellie got promoted? I don't believe it!
TIA Neither do I. 3 I'm working(work) really hard at the moment. JOEL
Yes, me too. It's not fair, is it?
TIA 4 Every month I spend (spend) all my money on rent and food.
5 And I can't save (save) anything.
JOEL Yes, it's really expensive here.
TIA 6 We're going to move(move) offices next month.
7 My journey to work will be (be) a lot longer. Why are you so happy?
E20. Stan is speaking about the people in his office. Look at the picture and write
sentences with these words.
1 If / work more quickly, she / not have / to stay so late.
If Alicia worked more quickly, she wouldn't have to stay so late.
2 If / wear / a suit, I / promote / him to manager.
If he wore a suit, I would promote him to manager
3 If / not talk / so much, they / do / a lot more work.
If they didn’t talk so much, they could do a lot more work.
_ 4 If / be / more organised, she / not lose / everything.