Practice exercises

6  Aunt Jemma passed away after a long illness on

UNIT 1 EXERCISES 29 November.
Aunt Jemma was passing away after a long
illness on 29 November.
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verb in brackets. 7  Thanks for explaining the situation. I’m
understanding it better now.
1 How long _______ (you / work)? You’re
 Thanks for explaining the situation. I understand
exhausted, and I _______ (think) you should stop.
it better now.
2 If only politicians _______ (understand) the
8  What do your parents do for a living?
lessons of history.
 What are your parents doing for a living?
3 In Star Wars, a boy _______ (grow up) to become
the most evil Jedi in history. 3 Complete the sentences with the correct perfect
4 Yesterday, Mike _______ (tell) me he _______ form of the verbs in the box. In some cases, there
(complete) the project ages ago. may be more than one correct answer.
5 If I _______ (not choose) to learn Mandarin when I
_______ (be) 12, I _______ (not work) for the open build see capture speak sell study depart
biggest corporation in China now.
6 When she was younger, she _______ (drink) six 1 The company _______ the new stadium before the
cups of coffee every day. World Cup begins next summer.
7 The conference _______ (finish) at 17.15, if all By the time the delayed bus service reached the
_______ (go) well. airport, the plane _______ .
8 How many exercises _______ (you / complete)? 2 A new department store _______ recently in our
I _______ (still / have) four more left. neighbourhood.
3 When I took the exam, I _______ English for more
2 Tick (✓) the correct sentence in each pair. In some than 12 years.
cases, both may be correct. 4 By this time next year, they _______ over a million
1  My neighbour’s always playing the same song units on the Internet.
really loud. 5 I’m not sure I _______ to your manager in person
 My neighbour always plays the same song really before last week’s conference.
loud.
6 The ruins _______ people’s imagination for
2  Macao used to belong to Portugal. Now it centuries.
belongs to China.
7 It was probably the best performance I _______
 Macao used to belong to Portugal. Now it is
belonging to China. until now.

3  Will you be discussing pay rises in tomorrow’s

meeting?
 Will you discuss pay rises in tomorrow’s
meeting?
4  You can stop telling your story. I’m not
believing you.
 You can stop telling your story. I don’t believe
you.
5  Where did you go on holiday this summer?
 Where were you going on holiday this summer?

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4 Choose the correct answer.

1 Goods ordered through the Internet deliver/are
delivered weekly from our warehouse.
2 After being dormant for centuries, the volcano
erupted/was erupted with unexpected force.
3 Caution! The door may only open/be opened in an
emergency!
4 The new terminal is building/is being built on the
outskirts of the city at the moment.
5 Applications have to submit/be submitted in writing
by the end of the month.
6 Constance and Frederic were marrying/married at
2.30 on 1 June 2002.
7 All the Mission Impossible films so far have
starred/have been starred by Tom Cruise.
8 We expected them at four, but their train
arrived/was arrived at half past six.
9 Both The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit
trilogies were directed by/directed Peter Jackson.
10 I’ve never elected/been elected for any important
positions in my life.

5 Find and correct five sentences that are wrong.

1 The story itself was interesting, but I wasn’t sure
about the direction.
2 How did you feel yourself after winning the race?
3 I was so clumsy that I ended up cutting myself.
4 Is your father still living on that farm all by him?
5 The President himself opened the 4 July
celebrations.
6 I hate watching me in childhood videos.
7 When we were younger, we used to get ourselves
up at five every morning.
8 Have you brought umbrellas with yourselves?
9 My three children always argue with one another.
10 She has achieved everything all by herself.

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7 Not everyone is into science fiction as much as I

UNIT 2 EXERCISES am. (obviously)
_________________________________________
1 Find and correct five sentences that are wrong. 8 The concert was too dull, he left in the break. (so)
1 People seldom get a chance to celebrate platinum _________________________________________
anniversaries. 9 She phoned me to say she had not arrived at the
2 The poem was skilfully but uninterestingly written. airport. (yet)
3 Our meetings finish hardly ever on time. _________________________________________
4 The passwords are usually changed weekly. 10 The match between Real Madrid and Liverpool
5 I just wanted to tell you that I loved really your was exciting last night. (really)
latest novel. _________________________________________
6 Basque is completely to any other languages
4 Match adverbs 1–6 with collocations a–f.
unrelated.
1 highly a___
confused
7 We are sorry sincerely about any inconvenience
caused. 2 severely b___
feel
8 The story began quite predictably, but continued 3 easily c___
admit
more unconventionally. 4 deeply d___
recommended
9 I normally enjoy horror films very much, but not 5 freely e___
upsetting
always. 6 strongly f___
injured
10 The second act starts with a choreographed badly
dance performance.
5 Choose the correct answer.
2 Rewrite the sentences with the adverb in brackets 1 Derek visits his ailing parents fair/fairly regularly.
in the correct place. There may be more than one 2 Warren deserves a lot of praise for studying so
correct answer. Write all possible answers. hard/hardly this year.
1 Are you using the computer I lent you? (still) 3 At last, I’ve been getting to work on time
_________________________________________ late/lately.
2 We had expected an easy task, but we realized it 4 Mix the meat with some fine/finely chopped herbs.
was much more challenging. (quickly)
5 Keep your torch close/closely. We may need it
_________________________________________
again later when it’s dark.
3 Most people know the Harry Potter books. My
6 The quality of his writing varies quite wide/widely.
great-grandmother has heard of them. (never)
7 We were flying so high/highly that we could see
_________________________________________
the entire city from there.
4 I work in Argentina. The school year starts in
8 The conclusion of the drama was pretty/prettily
March. (over there)
unexpected.
_________________________________________
9 She still needed our help, so we decided to stay
5 Jordan was adept at learning languages, he found
near/nearly.
Hungarian too difficult. (although)
10 Norman right/rightly pointed out that our
_________________________________________
suggestion was wrong.
6 Do you want to go shopping or some time next
week? (tomorrow)
_________________________________________

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