Future
The match __________ (to start) at 9pm.
a. start
b. starts
c. will start
d. is going to start
b. starts
(Present Simple: timetabled event; 3rd person singular)
What?! You think Adam Sandler is a decent actor? You _____ be serious!
a. mustn't
b. shouldn't
c. can't
d. couldn't
c. can't
(speaker's certainy about the impossibility of the statement)
- Teacher, I need to go to the bathroom.
- Wait a minute. The bell is _____ to ring.
a. likely
b. about
c. due
d. probably
b. about
(about + infinitive: something expected to happen in a short period)
Brrrrrr... This week has been _____ cold!
a. such
b. many
c. so
d. enough
c. so
(so + adjective: common intensifier)
How many classrooms are there at Discovery?
7
I __________ (to eat) sushi with my friends at the mall tomorrow after class.
a. am eating
b. will eat
c. will be eating
d. will eating
a. am eating
(Present Continuous: arrengements)
If you've worked hard this semester, you _____ worry about the test.
a. can't
b. mustn't
c. don't have to
d. won't
c. don't have to
(lack of obligation)
*mustn't = prohibition (that's why it's wrong)
I'm gonna be late for the film. It's 7:40 now and the bus was _____ to arrive at this stop at 7:15.
a. due
b. likely
c. about
d. just
a. due
(planned for/expected at a certain time)
Sorry I didn't meet you there. I was _____ tired to go out yesterday. Hope you had fun without me though.
a. so
b. very
c. such
d. too
d. too
(too + adjective + infinitive: excessively; used to explain why something isn't possible)
What happened to the groom at the end of the Get Together (June Edition)?
He was CPRd by the Priest.
I can't go out with you next weekend because I __________ (to help) my parents clean the house.
a. help
b. will help
c. am helping
d. will be helping
d. will be helping
(Future Continuous: focus on the duration of the action over a given period of time)
Chill, mate! You _____ apologize if you've done nothing wrong.
a. can't
b. needn't
c. should
d. must
b. needn't
(no necessity)
You __________ (stop) speaking Portuguese in class and saying inapproriate things in the classroom.
a. are better
b. are best
c. had better
d. had best
c. had better
(had better + base form: advice)
It took me so long to start writing my text that there wasn't _____ time for me to finish it!
a. a lot of
b. many
c. enough
d. much
c. enough
(The same as sufficient)
*a lot of/much: there was plenty of time, but you didn't use it wisely – that's why these options are wrong.
How many times a student from a different group attended our classes?
Twice.
We're so hungry! By the time my brother __________ (to arrive), there __________ (to be) no pizza left for him.
arrives; will be
(Present Simple: time clause, 3rd person singular; Future Simple: prediction)
If you're feeling sick, you _____ take it easy and rest a bit.
a. have to
b. could
c. may
d. ought to
d. ought to
(advice/recommendation)
*have to = obligation (that's why it's wrong)
My best friend _____ be really stupid when he was a kid, but now I think you two _____ get along just fine.
could; should
(generalization about the past; expectation)
This is _____ easy topic!
a. very
b. such an
c. so
d. many
b. such an
(such + adjective + noun)
*a/an: used before singular nouns
Who knows more about prices?
a. Paulo
b. Teacher Gian
a. Paulo
When the winter vacations __________ (to start), I think I _____ just _____ (to stay) home and watch series. But tomorrow I __________ (to study) for the test.
will just stay; am going to study
(Present Simple: time clause, 3rd person plural; Future Simple: predictions; Be going + infinitive: plans)
I __________ (to said) that. Now everyone is gonna make fun of me!
shouldn't have said
(regret about the past)
I'm so happy! My dad told me that when he __________ (to get) home, he __________ (to make) lasagna!
gets; is going to make
(Present Simple: time clause, 3rd person singular; Be going + infinitive: plans/intentions)
My teacher isn't fair! I've got into __________ trouble just for saying a bad word while my classmate, who hardly ever does homework, wasn't told off!
a. so many
b. such a lot of
c. such many
d. very
b. such a lot of
(Same as "so much/many"; trouble is an uncountable noun, that's why the first option is wrong)
Who is the video games master in class?
Fabiana.