Fashion Matters
Choose the correct sentence.
A. This jacket is more cheaper than that one.
B. This jacket is cheaper than that one.
C. This jacket is the cheaper than that one.
B. This jacket is cheaper than that one.
Choose the correct sentence.
A. I use to cycle to school.
B. I used to cycle to school.
C. I was use to cycle to school.
B. I used to cycle to school.
Choose the correct modal: "The shop is closed and all the lights are off. It ______ be open."
A. can't
B. must
C. might
A. Can't.
Choose the correct option: "The phone is ringing. I ______ answer it."
A. am going to
B. will
C. answer
B. Will.
Choose the correct participle: "The students were ______ by the documentary."
A. fascinating
B. fascinated
C. fascinate
B. Fascinated.
The red trainers are ______ (comfortable) than the black ones."
More comfortable.
Complete the sentence: "Every summer, my cousins and I ______ (spend) a week at our grandparents' house.
Would spend / used to spend
Complete the sentence: "Her coat is still here, so she ______ have left the building."
Can't / cannot.
Complete using the present continuous: "We ______ (meet) the science team at 10 a.m. tomorrow. It's already arranged."
Are meeting.
Complete the sentence: "The woman ______ (stand) near the entrance is our new teacher."
Standing.
Correct the mistake: "She suggested to meet outside the library.
She suggested meeting outside the library
Correct the mistake: "Did you used to play chess when you were younger?
Did you use to play chess when you were younger
Correct the adjective order: "They bought a leather beautiful Italian bag."
"They bought a beautiful Italian leather bag."
Correct the mistake: "By this time next week, I will finish the project." The intended meaning is that the project will be completed before that future time.
"By this time next week, I will have finished the project."
Correct the mistake: "The film was so bored that we left early."
"The film was so boring that we left early."
Rewrite using "remember + gerund": "I didn't forget that I had locked the door
I remembered locking the door
Rewrite using "used to": "When she was a child, Lena had long hair, but she doesn't have long hair now.
Lena used to have long hair
Rewrite using "must have": "I'm sure someone forgot to lock the back door."
"Someone must have forgotten to lock the back door."
Rewrite using "be going to": "They have decided that they intend to launch a new satellite next year."
"They are going to launch a new satellite next year."
Rewrite using a participle clause: "The girl who is wearing a blue jacket is my cousin."
"The girl wearing a blue jacket is my cousin."
Explain the difference between "I stopped to answer the phone" and "I stopped answering the phone
"Stopped to answer" means the person paused another activity in order to answer the phone. "Stopped answering" means the person ceased answering the phone
Explain why "When we were children, we would visit our aunt every Sunday" is correct, but "We would have a large garden" is not normally used to describe a past state
"Would" describes repeated past actions and habits. It is not normally used for past states. The correct alternative is "We used to have a large garden
Explain the difference between "He must be the new manager" and "He had to be the new manager."
"Must be" expresses a strong deduction about the present. "Had to be" normally expresses past necessity or obligation, although it can also express a past logical conclusion depending on context. "Must have been" is the usual form for a past deduction.
Explain the difference between "I'll see the scientist tomorrow" and "I'm seeing the scientist tomorrow."
"I'll see" can express a spontaneous decision, prediction or promise. "I'm seeing" describes a definite future arrangement that has already been organised.
Explain the difference between "What is your father like?" and "What does your father look like?"
"What is your father like?" asks about personality and character. "What does your father look like?" asks about physical appearance.