Grammar Revision

Prepositions

100

1. Most people agree that kindergarten contributes ______ the child's mental development.
2. Your voice is similar _____ hers and I sometimes can't recognise who I am talking to.

1. to
2. to

200

1. Although she has no experience _____ writing, she decided to be a writer when she learned that writers earn a lot of money.
2. A successful government should do its best to maintain the welfare ____ its citizens.

1. in
2. of

300

1. She's capable _____ any crime, so the police are always after her.
2. I have complete faith ____ him; he'll never let us down.
3. I went _______ the edge of the lake to find a fishing spot.

1. of
2. in
3. around

400

1. I am not surprised that he has joined the Parliament, as he has always been keen ______ politics.
2. My son is mad _____ science and technology. I guess he'll become an engineer.
3. Someone tapped my shoulder, so I looked _______ me.
4. John looked _______ the lake at the houses on the other side.

1. on
2. about
3. behind
4. across

500

1. In the competitive business world, one has to be perfect ____ communicating with customers.
2. Everyone hopes to get a job with prospects ____ promotion, but not many people manage to do so.
3. I walked ______ the creepy house on the street.
4. I had to walk out ________ the most exciting part of the movie.
5. Since I am tall, I can see _______ many people in the audience.

1. at
2. of
3. past
4. during
5. over

Tenses

100

Erin and Brooke are planning to set off in the afternoon. I hope the weather conditions ______ (improve) by then.

improve / have improved

200

1. I noticed that those two men _______ (stare) at us ever since we came here.
2. Don't worry. We _______ (cover) most of the distance by noon.

1. have been staring
2. will have covered

300

1. Sarah ______ (climb) Mount Everest, ______ (sail) around the world, and _____ (go) on safari in Kenya. She is such an adventurous person.
2. Ben _______ (try) to open his own restaurant for the last few years. He _______ (just finish) the painting, but he _____ (not do) the decorating yet.

1. has climbed, sailed, gone
2. has been trying, has just finished, has not done

400

Correct the paragraph below:

Recently in Oklahoma City, Pat Rowley, a security guard, deposit 50 cents in a City Hall vending machine and reach in to get a candy bar. When the machine catch his hand, he pull out his pistol and shoot the machine twice. The second shot sever some wires, and he got his hand out.

Recently in Oklahoma City, Pat Rowley, a security guard, deposited 50 cents in a City Hall vending machine and reached in to get a candy bar. When the machine caught his hand, he pulled out his pistol and shot the machine twice. The second shot severed some wires, and he got his hand out.

500

Correct the paragraph below:

A bank teller in Italy was jilted by his girlfriend and decide the only thing left to do was kill himself. He stolen a car with the idea of crashing it, but the car broken down. He steal another one, but it was too slow, and he barely dent a fender when he crashed the car into a tree. The police arrive and charge the man with auto theft. While being questioned, he stab himself in the chest with a dagger. Quick action by the police officers saved the man's life. On the way to his cell, he jumped out through a third-story window. A snowdrift broken his fall. A judge suspends the man's sentence, saying, "I'm sure fate still has something in store for you."

A bank teller in Italy was jilted by his girlfriend and decided the only thing left to do was kill himself. He stole a car with the idea of crashing it, but the car broke down. He stole another one, but it was too slow, and he barely dented a fender when he crashed the car into a tree. The police arrived and charged the man with auto theft. While being questioned, he stabbed himself in the chest with a dagger. Quick action by the police officers saved the man's life. On the way to his cell, he jumped out through a third-story window. A snowdrift broke his fall. A judge suspended the man's sentence, saying, "I'm sure fate still has something in store for you."

Joining of Sentences

100

The dog ran to the fence. It began to bark.

Running to the fence, the dog began to bark.

200

1. Joshua biked to school. Elizabeth went in a car.
2. The circus clown juggled china plates. He also rode a blue bicycle.

1. Joshua biked to school while Elizabeth went in a car.
2. Besides juggling china plates, the circus clown rode a blue bicycle.

300

1. Monday is a school holiday. The class will take the test on Tuesday.
2. The blue chair is too big. The brown chair is too small.
3. Washington, D.C. is popular with tourists. I haven’t been there.

1. Since Monday is a school holiday, the class will take the test on Tuesday.
2. The blue chair is too big while the brown chair is too small.
3. I haven't been to Washington, D.C., which is popular with tourists. / Although Washington, D.C. is popular with tourists, I haven't been there.