Fashion Matters
Choose the correct comparative form: "This jacket is (warmer / more warm) than my old one."
Warmer.
Choose the correct form: "My brother usually (checks / is checking) his messages before school."
Checks.
Choose the correct modal: "Students (mustn't / don't have to) take photos in the protected gallery. Photography is prohibited."
Mustn't.
Choose the correct word: "The rescued wolf looks (as / like) a large dog."
Like.
Choose the correct irregular past form: "Last night, I (felt / feeled) nervous before the performance."
Felt.
Complete the sentence: "Of all the outfits at the fashion show, Mia's was ______ (elegant)."
The most elegant.
Complete the sentence using the present perfect: "I ______ (not / upload) the photos yet."
Haven't uploaded.
Complete with the correct preposition: "The information desk is ______ the bookstore and the café."
Between.
Complete using a compound adjective: "The wildlife park has a ______ (two / metre / high) fence."
Two-metre-high.
Complete using the past perfect: "By the time the principal arrived, the students ______ (finish) preparing the hall."
Had finished.
Correct the grammatical mistake: "These shoes are more cheaper than the ones online."
These shoes are cheaper than the ones online."
Correct the adverb error: "She completed the online registration careful."
"She completed the online registration carefully."
Correct the mistake: "You must to show your ID before entering the research laboratory."
"You must show your ID before entering the research laboratory."
Rina is officially employed as a park guide. Correct the sentence to describe her job: "She works like a guide at the sanctuary."
"She works as a guide at the sanctuary."
Correct the tenses to describe a longer background action interrupted by a single event: "While I waited for the bus, I was dropping my phone."
"While I was waiting for the bus, I dropped my phone."
Rewrite using the superlative form of "confidently": "No other contestant at the fashion show walked as confidently as Leah."
"Leah walked the most confidently of all the contestants at the fashion show."
Rewrite using the present perfect simple and "for": "I started following this science channel three years ago, and I still follow it."
"I have followed this science channel for three years."
Rewrite using "don't have to": "It isn't necessary for visitors to bring printed tickets because their QR codes are accepted."
"Visitors don't have to bring printed tickets because their QR codes are accepted."
Rewrite using a compound adjective: "The sanctuary built a fence that is three metres high to protect the tortoises."
"The sanctuary built a three-metre-high fence to protect the tortoises."
Rewrite using "by the time" and the past perfect: "The audience took their seats before the play began."
"By the time the play began, the audience had taken their seats."
A designer says, "These boots are much more expensive than last year's." Explain why "much" is correct before "more expensive" but "very" is not.
"Much" can intensify a comparative adjective and emphasize the size of the difference. "Very" normally modifies adjectives in their basic form, such as "very expensive," not comparatives.
A frustrated student says, "My phone is always sending me notifications!" Why does the student use the present continuous instead of "My phone always sends me notifications"?
The present continuous with "always" can express irritation about repeated behaviour. The present simple describes the repeated habit more neutrally.
Explain the difference between "You mustn't park next to the entrance" and "You don't have to park next to the entrance."
"Mustn't" expresses prohibition: parking there is not allowed. "Don't have to" expresses a lack of obligation: parking there is optional, not necessarily forbidden.
Explain the difference between "He works as a conservationist" and "He works like a conservationist."
"As" identifies his actual role or profession. "Like" compares his behaviour to that of a conservationist without necessarily saying it is his profession.
Explain the difference between "I have lost my locker key" and "I lost my locker key yesterday." Why is the present perfect not normally used with "yesterday"?
The present perfect connects a past event with the present, often emphasising its current result. The past simple refers to a completed event at a specific past time. "Yesterday" is a finished time expression, so the past simple is normally used.