Quantifiers & intensifiers
Complete the sentence. Use an intensifier.
I can't drink this coffee. It is __ hot.
I can't drink this coffee. It is too hot.
Complete the sentence.
Don't worry if you've got a cold. If you __ (to take) an aspirin, you __ (to feel) better soon.
Don't worry if you've got a cold. If you take an aspirin, you will feel better soon.
Put the word in the correct form to complete the sentence.
I felt very __ (frustrate) because I just couldn't understand the exercise.
I felt very frustrated because I just couldn't understand the exercise.
Find and correct the mistake.
Please borrow me your badge so I can get in the building.
Please lend me your badge so I can get in the building.
Find and correct the mistake.
I am in charge for the Sales Department.
I am in charge of the Sales Department.
Complete the sentence. Use a quantifier.
He must be very happy, because he has __ money.
He must be very happy, because he has a lot of money.
Complete the sentence.
If you ___ (to leave) your books on the desk, I __ (to give) them back to you at the end of class.
If you leave your books on the desk, I will give them back to you at the end of class.
Complete the sentence.
It was a very terrified / terrifying experience. Afterwards everybody was shocked/ shocking.
It was a very terrifying experience. Afterwards everybody was shocked.
Find and correct the mistake.
Probably I’ll go to the beach on Saturday.
I'll probably go to the beach on Saturday.
Complete the sentence by putting the verb in the correct form.
I hope __ (start) driving as soon as I can.
I hope to start driving as soon as I can.
Correct the mistake.
We have many stuffs to do today.
We have a lot of stuff to do today.
We have many things to do today.
Complete the sentence.
If people __ (to use) their bikes more often, there __ (not be) so much pollution.
If people used their bikes more often, there wouldn't be so much pollution.
Complete the sentence by adding the correct prepositions.
Do you keep __ touch __ your friends from school?
Do you keep in touch with your friends from school?
Find and correct the mistake.
Unless it rains, we will stay at home.
If it rains, we will stay at home.
Complete the question. Use the passive voice.
___ (you allow) to come to the party next Saturday?
Will you be allowed to come to the party next Saturday?
Finish both sentences with a different word, so that they have the same meaning.
The car didn't work because there's ___ petrol in the tank.
The car didn't work because there isn't __ petrol in the tank.
The car didn't work because there's no petrol in the tank.
The car didn't work because there isn't any petrol in the tank.
Complete the sentence.
Vegetarians believe that everybody __ (to live) longer if nobody ___ (to eat) meat.
Vegetarians believe that everybody would live longer if nobody ate meat.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use between 2 and 5 words.
I'm sure she's not American because she hasn't got an American accent.
She __ American, because she hasn't got an American accent.
She can't be American, because she hasn't got an American accent.
Find and correct the mistake.
Living in this village is boring because we have a few friends.
Living in this village is boring because we have few friends.
Living in this village is boring but we have a few friends.
Complete the sentence. Use one word.
Have you recovered ___ your illness yet?
Have you recovered from your illness yet?
Key word transformation: Rewrite the sentence so that the meaning remains the same. Use between 2 and 5 words INCLUDING the word given.
The food was so spicy that I couldn't eat it.
SUCH
We had ___ that I couldn't eat it.
We had such spicy food that I couldn't eat it.
We had such a spicy meal that I couldn't eat it.
Complete the sentence.
If you __ (to phone) me yesterday, I __ (to tell) you the news.
If you had phoned me yesterday, I would have told you the news.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use between 2 and 5 words.
Women drive more carefully than men.
Men don't ___ women.
Men don't drive as carefully as women.
Find and correct the mistake.
Despite I was tired, I came to work today.
Despite being tired, I came to work today.
Even though I was tired, I came to work today.
Although I was tired, I came to work today.
Key word transformation: Rewrite the sentence so that the meaning remains the same. Use between 2 and 5 words INCLUDING the word given.
Can't you swim faster than that?
FASTEST
Is that ___ swim?
Is that the fastest you can swim?