Mistake correction
Open the brackets
Choose the correct option
Complete
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1) Jake has done his apprenticeship for three months now, and with every day he gets more and more discouraged.
2) Rita`s son has been recently diagnosing with autism.
3) Daniel is Amish. He has never been seeing a parking meter before.
1) has been doing
2) has been diagnosed
3) has never seen
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Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuos?
1) It reeks (=smells strongly) of pot. you (smoke) pot in the house?
2) She (work) on her essay for two hours and she (manage) to write only 100 words.
3) They (see) each other for over a year. And recently Sam (acquire) a lovely ring. He is going to propose to Skylar.
1) Have you been smoking?
2) has been working, has managed
3) have been seeing, has acquired
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1) I don`t have MANY / MUCH furniture in my new apartment.
2) I don`t need ANY / AN advice from you. You don`t understand the problem.
3) MOST / MOST OF THE people think he is stupid, but he's actually quite intelligent.
1) much
2) any
3) most
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1) The President of the company, ____ I really admire, is visiting us next. (RELATIVE PRONOUN)
2) I offered ____ of creative ideas, but they liked ____ of them! Well, I`m not going to make any more suggestions! (QUANTIFIERS)
3) When you make pancakes, add ____ bit of sugar, it`ll make them taste so much better.
1) who
2) plenty, a lot, lots of ideas; none
3) a little
200
1) It`s hard for me to socialize with people I barely know. I just not able to reel off a story or tell a funny joke.
2) He didn`t manage pass his exam and get his driving licence.
3) We were able to hide the truth for a while, but it is going to come out soon.
1) I AM just not able to reel off a story
2) He didn`t manage TO pass his exam
3) We HAVE BEEN ABLE TO hide the truth...
200
Put the words in brackets into the correct tense form:
1) I don`t think I (be able) to attend your wedding. I`ll be away on a business trip.
2) I`ve been saving money for a trip to the Maldives. I (manage) to save $1,000 up to now.
3) Jim sprained his ankle during his morning run and (not / be able) to walk so he had to call his wife and ask her to come pick him up.
1) will be able
2) have managed
3) wasn`t able
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- I have two brothers. One, Greg, is still in A/ THE /-- college, and AN / --/ THE other, Mike, has already graduated. Mike is A/ THE /-- serious guy. I don’t remember A/ THE/ -- last time I saw him. It may have been in AN/ THE/ -- August. He was wearing THE/ A red sweater. It matched his red hair.
- After A/THE/ -- dinner, I usually wash A/ THE/ -- dishes. My wife hates doing it. I waste a lot of --/ THE water when I do it. That’s bad for AN/ --/ THE environment, I think.
- We live near --/ THE/ A sea. MOST THE/ MOST OF THE houses in this area are expensive.
- I have two brothers. One, Greg, is still in -- college, and THE other, Mike, has already graduated. Mike is A serious guy. I don’t remember THE last time I saw him. It may have been in -- August. He was wearing A red sweater. It matched his red hair.
- After -- dinner, I usually wash THE dishes. My wife hates doing it. I waste a lot of -- water when I do it. That’s bad for THE environment, I think.
- We live near THE sea. MOST OF THE houses in this area are expensive.
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ARTICLES
1. Do you want ......sandwich? I've got..... cheese and..... bread in the shopping bag.
2. She wants to be .....ambulance driver when she finishes school.
3. Did you see .....moon last night?
4. I really hate .....mosquitos. They always bite me.
5. If you need to contact me over .....weekend, please send me ..... email.
6. I'm a fun-loving person. I love ....parties and dancing!
7. I'll be there in ....hour.
8. ..... houses in this neighbourhood are all run-down.
ARTICLES
1. Do you want A sandwich? I've got --- cheese and --- bread in the shopping bag.
2. She wants to be AN ambulance driver when she finishes school.
3. Did you see THE moon last night?
4. I really hate --- mosquitos. They always bite me.
5. If you need to contact me over THE weekend, please send me AN email.
6. I'm a fun-loving person. I love --- parties and dancing!
7. I'll be there in AN hour.
8. THE houses in this neighbourhood are all run-down.
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1) Samuel Brannan, that became the first millionaire of the Gold Rush, didn`t get rich by mining the gold, but by selling shovels, picks and pans to those who did.
2) Will Smith, which reputation was ruined after he slapped Chris Rock, has been banned from Oscars for 10 years.
3) Those couple of minutes which I ran out of oxygen while I was diving changed my attitude to life.
1) who became the first millionaire
2) whose reputation
3) when I ran out of...
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1) I (like) football ever since I first (watch) Liverpool play when I was eight years old. 
2) Our neighbours (make) a noise all day.
3) The price of petrol (go down) by about 1%.
4) The price of petrol (go down) since last April.
1) have liked, watched
2) have been making
3) has gone down
4) has been going down
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1) Sorry I'm late, Peter. HAVE YOU WAITED / HAVE YOU BEEN WAITING long?
2) How long HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING / HAVE YOU PLAYED the guitar? – Five years.
3) She's in the kitchen preparing the food for the party. So far she HAS BEEN MAKING / HAS MADE about 20 sandwiches.
1) HAVE YOU BEEN WAITING
2) HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING
3) HAS MADE
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RELATIVE PRONOUNS
1) He is the consultant ____ advice I rely on.
2) This CANON photocopier,___ cost $2,000, has a two-year guarantee.
3) Britney Spears, ____ finally won her freedom several months ago, has recently got married.
1) whose
2) which
3) who
400
Moving to United States was a most exciting thing I have ever done. I moved last year to New York. New York is the exciting city, full of an adventure. In fact, I saw the famous actor on the street yesterday!
(5 mistakes)
Moving to THE United States was THE most exciting thing I have ever done. I moved last year to New York. New York is AN exciting city, full of --- adventure. In fact, I saw A famous actor on the street yesterday!
400
1) Have you heard? Ella went out on a date with a guy (RELATIVE PRONOUN) turned out to be a swindler! But apparently, he chose the wrong victim - she would never give him any money.
2) I couldn`t stop hiccupping at the meeting, (RELATIVE PRONOUN) was so embarrassing!
3) He agreed to show the police the place (RELATIVE PRONOUN) he had hidden the body.
1) who /that
2) which
3) where
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1) He is a famous architect WHO/ WHICH/ WHOSE designs won an international award last year.
2) It's the invoice WHO/ WHICH/ THAT you sent us last week.
3) The people THAT/ WHICH/ WHO were stopped at the border were all from Eastern Europe.
4) They expect his decision soon, THAT/ WHICH/ WHEN should help us solve the problem.
1) whose
2) which / that
3) that / who
4) which
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Quantifiers:
1) - How many nightclubs have you got here? - Are you kidding?! It`s a small community on a remote island, we have ......
2) I don`t think I have ..... knowledge to write code.
3) - How ..... ink do we have in our printer? - Very ..., we need to order some urgently.
4) - Which of these dresses should I wear tonight - the red one or the blue one? - ...., they both are ugly.
1) none
2) enough
3) much, little
4) neither
500
1) I don't have some patience and I find jigsaw puzzles boring.
2) We only have a little carrots. We should go and buy some more.
3) "Do we need any mushrooms?" "No, we have none. Look, three bags!"
4) There was an explosion at the factory and some people were injured. Luckily, no of them got seriously hurt.
1) ANY patience
2) A FEW carrots
3) we have PLENTY/ A LOT
4) NONE of them...
500
1) I (can) never achieve that fleuncy in Chinese even if I practised for hours every day.
2) Last week Allan had a conversation with his parents, but he (be able) to convince them to lend him the money for his start-up. His girlfriend thinks he (manage) to do it on his own, because he`s very resourceful.
3) We (try) to reach Paul all morning, but so far we (not, able) to do it. Well, his summer house is in some remote area. Perhaps there`s no reception.
1) could
2) was not able to, will manage
3) have been trying, haven`t been able to
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ARTICLES
1. I like listening to A/ THE/ --- music. It helps me relax.
2. THE/ --money he gave me wasn't enough.
3. He doesn't like -- / THE dogs. One bit him when he was THE /A child.
4. Could you please pass me -- / THE salt?
5. I can take A/ --/ THE children to school today.
1. -- music
2. the money
3. -- dogs, a child
4. the salt
5. the children
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Articles and quantifieers:
1) Very ____students actually enjoy doing homework. (quantifier)
2) Death Valley is one of the hottest places in____whole world. (article)
3) Did they both go to the party? No,____of them could make it. (quantifier)
4) Articles: I have ___ uncle who lives in ___ home for the elderly. He is ___ honest man. He used to be ___ FBI agent. He once saved ___ one-year-old boy from ___ fire. He has many interesting stories.
He told me that he once met ___ alien from ___ space. This alien didn’t need ___ oxygen to live; it didn’t have ___ nose. That’s ___ hard story to believe. I’m not sure he was telling me ___ truth. Maybe he isn’t so honest, after all.
1) few
2) the
3) neither
4) I have AN uncle who lives in A home for the elderly. He is AN honest man. He used to be AN FBI agent. He once saved A one-year-old boy from A fire. He has many interesting stories.
He told me that he once met AN alien from -- space. This alien didn’t need -- oxygen to live; it didn’t have A nose. That’s A hard story to believe. I’m not sure he was telling me THE truth. Maybe he isn’t so honest, after all.