Vocabulary
Grammar
Linking Words
100

Correct the sentence.

They missed their flight because Rob’s car break down on the way to the airport.

They missed their flight because Rob’s car broke down on the way to the airport.

100

It _____ (snow) hard when we got to our hotel.

It was snowing hard when we got to our hotel.

100

Correct the sentence:

We didn’t visit the Tower of London so the tickets were very expensive.

We didn’t visit the Tower of London because the tickets were very expensive.

200

Correct the sentence:

By the time they check out of the hotel, it was 2 pm.

By the time they checked out of the hotel, it was 2 pm.

200

How fast ____ (you, drive) when the accident happened?

How fast were you driving when the accident happened?

200

The hotel looked really nice, because / and / but they didn’t have any free rooms that night.

The hotel looked really nice, but they didn’t have any free rooms that night.

300

Use the phrasal verb that is needed:

A kind woman ___ us ___ to the city center.

A kind woman gave us a lift to the city center.

or gave us a ride

300

Correct the sentence:

Last year, we were going on holiday to Greece for two weeks.

Last year, we went on holiday to Greece for two weeks

300

_____ I got off the plane, I felt a little dizzy.

When I got off the plane, I felt a little dizzy.

400

Use the word that is needed in the sentence:

We didn't want to travel by plane, train or bus so we decided to ____ across Europe. 

We didn't want to travel by plane, train or bus so we decided to hitchhike across Europe. 

400

Correct the sentence:

A man was taking my wallet while I was waiting in the line for my ticket.

A man took my wallet while I was waiting in the line for my ticket.

400

We didn’t visit the Tower of London ____  the tickets were very expensive.

We didn’t visit the Tower of London because the tickets were very expensive.

500

I missed my bus today in the morning, but it was okay because I saw in the news that this bus ____ into a car on its way. And that created a huge _____ in the city center so everybody was late to their work.

crashed ... traffic jam

500

On Sunday morning we _____ (wait) for our flight when it _____ (start) snowing heavily, and they ____ (decide) to close the airport.

On Sunday morning we were waiting for our flight when it started snowing heavily, and they decided to close the airport.

500

We wanted to go to the concert, but / so / because we couldn’t get any tickets. So / but / because we decided to go to the museum.

We wanted to go to the concert, but we couldn’t get any tickets. So we decided to go to the museum.