Grammar 1
Choose the correct sentence:
A Your computer is very slow. I think you should upgrade your system.
B Your computer is very slow. I think you must upgrade your system.
A Your computer is very slow. I think you should upgrade your system.
Choose the correct sentence:
A Sally wouldn't have emigrated if she hadn't been unhappy here.
B Sally shouldn't have emigrated if she hadn't been unhappy here.
A Sally wouldn't have emigrated if she hadn't been unhappy here.
Choose the correct sentence:
A Our teachers should motivate us to study more so we do better in exams.
B Our teachers would motivate us to study more so we do better in exams.
A Our teachers should motivate us to study more so we do better in exams.
Choose the correct sentence:
A We've no option: we should launch the product before Christmas or we won't hit the sales figures.
B We've no option: we must launch the product before Christmas or we won't hit the sales figures.
B We've no option: we must launch the product before Christmas or we won't hit the sales figures.
Complete the sentences with the correct comparative form of the adjective provided:
Are people who live in cities ___________ than people who live in the country? (happy)
happier
Complete the sentences with the correct comparative form of the adjective provided:
The streets are _____ than before because of the increased pollution levels. (dirty)
dirtier
Complete the sentences with the correct comparative form of the adjective provided:
These new computer games are _______ than the ones in the library. (interesting)
more interesting
Complete the sentences with the correct comparative form of the adjective provided:
Going to school by bike is ________than taking the bus. (healthy)
healthier
Complete the sentences with the correct comparative form of the adjective provided:
Is your new teacher __________ than the teacher you had last year? (strict)
stricter
Complete the sentences with the correct comparative form of the adjective provided:
The exam I took yesterday was ________ than any others I have taken. (difficult)
more difficult
Complete the sentences with the correct comparative form of the adjective provided:
I think that most vampire films are ___________ than zombie films. (exciting)
more exciting
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She confessed to the crime. The police didn't arrest her.
Despite confessing to the crime, the police didn't arrest her. / Even though she confessed to the crime, the police didn't arrest her.
We made an enquiry about the delivery. No one got back to us.
We made an enquiry about the delivery. However / Nevertheless, no one got back to us. / Despite this, no one got back to us.
The chef didn't apologise to them. They complained about the food.
In spite of / Despite the fact that they made a complaint about the food, the chef didn't apologise.
The children took the move to the countryside in their stride. They had been happy living in the town.
The children took the move to the countryside in their stride, despite the fact / in spite of the fact they had been happy living in the city.