Grammar
Fix the mistake in this sentence.
"I usually drink coffee in the morning, but today I drink tea."
"but today I am drinking tea"
Choose the correct option to complete the sentences below.
We went to bed right after dinner because we had to / should / must get up early the following day.
We went to bed right after dinner because we had to up early the following day.
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
I love playing board games with my family, but yesterday's game of chess was so long that I felt completely __________.
A) boring / B) bored / C) boringly
B) bored / I love playing board games with my family, but yesterday's game of chess was so long that I felt completely bored.
Choose the correct word combination to complete the sentence.
Surviving alone at sea for 76 days was a ______________ experience for Steven.
A) very terrifying / B) completely frightening / C) terrifyingly / D) absolutely terrifying
absolutely terrifying / Surviving alone at sea for 76 days was an absolutely terrifying experience for Steven.
Fill in the blanks with the correct past tenses.
"While Sarah ________ (paint) the living room, she ________ (drop) the brush."
"While Sarah was painting the living room, she dropped the brush."
Choose the forms that mean the same as the word in cursive.
You must come and see this.
a) ´ve got to
b) can
c) have to
´ve got to / have to
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Change the word in cursive.
Learning all the rules of chess is really confusing for me.
I am ___________________________ .
"I am confused by all the rules of chess."
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.
The weather during our camping trip was very bad. (AWFUL)
The weather during our camping trip was awful.
Find and correct the grammatical error in this reaction.
"Listen to him! I am not understanding what he is talking about."
Stative verbs (e.g., want, know, believe, like) which are generally not used in the continuous form, even if happening right now.
"Listen to him! I don´t understand what he is talking about."
Complete the sentence with the correct modal verb from the list:
could - must - mustn´t - should - have to- shouldn´t - don´t have to
This is a non-smoking area, you ________ smoke here.
When she was 4 years old, she _________read perfectly well.
This is a non-smoking area, you mustn´t smoke here.
When she was 4 years old, she could read perfectly well.
1. Sarah thought the long walk in the mountains was exhausting.
Sarah ______________________________ .
2. Doing ice skating for the first time gave the children great excitement.
The children ___________________________.
1. Sarah was exhausted by the long walk in the mountains. (Also acceptable: Sarah felt exhausted by the long walk in the mountains.)
2. The children were excited about doing ice skating for the first time. (Also acceptable: The children felt excited about doing ice skating for the first time.)
Complete the sentences choosing the correct word in brackets, using a negative prefix.
I can´t believe Sarah was so ___ about her plans. I had no idea that she wanted to do that. (believe / honest)
I can´t believe Sara was so dishonest about her plans.
Choose the correct sentence and explain why:
A) When the toast burned, we were making breakfast.
B) When the toast burned, we made breakfast.
Sentence A
This means you were already in the middle of preparing breakfast (a long, ongoing background action) when the sudden accident happened—the toast caught fire or burned. The Past Continuous (were making) is the background activity, and the Past Simple (burned) interrupts it.
Complete the sentences with correct modal verbs.
1. You _____ eat so many sweets. They are bad for you.
2. We_____ wear a tie at work. I hate it!
1. You should not eat so many sweets. They are bad for you.
2. We have to wear a tie at work. I hate it!
There is one incorrect word in these sentences. Find it and rewrite the sentence correctly.
1.I was very frightening when I fell over during ice skating and hurt my arm.
2.It was very disappointed that I couldn't go bowling with my friends because of my knee injury.
1. I was very frightened when I fell over during ice skating and hurt my arm.
2. It was very disappointing that I couldn't go bowling with my friends because of my knee injury.
Name at least 3 words with the negative prefix DIS and 3 words with the negative prefix IL.
Disappointed / Disagree / Dishonest
Illegal / Illegible / Illogical
Combine these three facts into one correct English sentence:
Skate on the lake
Break my arm
Cry loudly
While I was skating on the lake, I suddenly fell, broke my arm, and cried loudly.
Rewrite the sentences using a modal verb so that they mean the same as the original sentences.
1.You can choose to bring your own lunch, but it isn't required because the school provides food. / Drivers...
2. It is permitted for visitors to take photos in this museum, but only without a flash./ Visitors...
You don't have to bring your own lunch because the school provides food.
Visitors can take photos in this museum, but only without a flash. / Visitors are allowed to take photos...
Fill in both gaps using the correct -ed or -ing forms of the words from the word bank. One word is extra.
exhaust - annoy - confuse - bore - delight
The teacher was 1. _________ because the textbook presentation was so 2._________ that nobody understood it. / I was completely 3.________after the long afternoon walk. / We were 4.______ to find out we had no homework
The teacher was annoyed because the textbook presentation was so confusing that nobody understood it. / I was completely exhausted after the long afternoon walk. / We were delighted to find out we had no homework
Use the prompt to write one complete, grammatically correct sentence using at least two extreme adjectives from the list.
awful - tiny- disgusting - surprising - bad - enormous- starving - bad - tragic
Write a sentence about a storm hitting a small boat at sea and the consequences it had for the sailors.
An awful storm hit the tiny yacht and left the sailors feeling exhausted.