Grammar
Choose the correct option in italics:
1. Unless you sincerely apologise to her, she won’t talk to you again
2. I’ll lend you money only if you sign an IOU
3. If you heat ice, it melts
4. Please call me when you have finished
5. I’m not going to be able to hand in my essay on time if I don’t start right now
6. He isn’t a great comedian. Whenever he delivers the punchline, nobody laughs
Choose the correct option in italics:
1). I'd like to sneak a glance/peek at their new flat
2). Please, don't peer/stare at me like that. You make uncomfortable
3). I caught a fleeting glance/glimpse of a monkey jumping in the trees
4). He was absolutely livid. He was glaring/gazing around trying to find the responsible for this horrible mess
5). She decided to peer/peek through the foggy window to get a better view of the mysterious figure outside.
6). I'd rather be in the countryside right now, lie in the dewy grass and peer/gaze at the stars
1). I'd like to sneak a peek at their new flat
2). Please, don't stare at me like that. You make uncomfortable
3). I caught a fleeting glimpse of a monkey jumping in the trees
4). He was absolutely livid. He was glaring around trying to find the responsible for this horrible mess
5). She decided to peer through the foggy window to get a better view of the mysterious figure outside.
6). I'd rather be in the countryside right now, lie in the dewy grass and gaze at the stars
Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:
Put the adjectives in the correct order:
1). I bought a/an (silver/old/rare) teapot
2). He was wearing a (white/red/and/woollen) scarf
3). In the window was a (red/green/large/and) flag
4). He looked like a (film/handsome/young) star
5). She was (tall/and/young/ beautiful)
6). A/An (Indian/large/grey) elephant trod on his toe
1). I bought a rare old silver teapot.
2). He was wearing a red and white woollen scarf.
3). In the window was a large red and green flag.
4). He looked like a handsome young film star.
5). She was tall, young and beautiful.
6). A large grey Indian elephant trod on his toe.
Correct the mistakes in the following sentences if any:
1). There's no a room for both of us on this bed
2). You can't use such rude languages at this house
3). Let's take two coffees just in case
4). That's a wonderful news! I'm so happy for you
5). There's no stroke of dust in our apartment
6). Oh, did you hear this rumble of thunder? A thunderstorm is coming
7). I need iron, the shirt is too wrinkled
8). There's a pane of glass in my heel!
1). There's no room for both of us on this bed (room =space, it is uncountable here)
2). You can't use such rude language at this house (language is uncountable here, means of communication)
3). Let's take two coffees just in case - correct
4). That's wonderful news! I'm so happy for you (without the indefinite article "a", because the noun "news' is uncountable)
5). There's no speck of dust in our apartment
6). Oh, did you hear this rumble of thunder? A thunderstorm is coming - correct
7). I need an iron, the shirt is too wrinkled (an iron is a countable noun here, a device for flattening clothes)
8). There's a splinter of glass in my heel!