2012-05-11,10:52

Grammar 2

To test your progress at this level answer all questions, then click 'Test Results' for on-line corrections 


Rewrite these sentences so they mean the same as the first. DO NOT CHANGE THE FORM OF THE GIVEN WORD.
Example:  There is no point in seeing that film

                   
 WORTH 
                    That
 film isn't worth seeing 

1. He doesn't like cricket 

   
 APPEAL 
    Cricket  
   him 

2. The last time she went to the cinema was ages ago 

   
 BEEN 
    She  
   ages 

3. It's good thing you brought your cheque book or we 
    wouldn't have been able to buy the car
 

   
 YOU 
    We wouldn't have been able to buy the car
    
   your cheque book 

4. The president should lower taxes 

   
 I 
    If  
   lower taxes 

5. My parents didn't allow me to stay up late when I 
    was young
 

   
 LET 
    My parents  
   stay up late when 
    I was young
 

6. A motor bike is cheaper than a car 

   
 AS 
    A motor bike doesn't cost  
   a car 

7. First we had dinner at home and then we went to the
    theatre
 

   
 HAD 
    We went to the theatre, but before that we
    
   dinner 

8. It was a bad idea to buy that second hand car, it has
    given me nothing but trouble

   
 WISH 
    I  
   that second hand
    car, it has given me nothing but trouble
 

9 - 15. Put the verb (in brackets) in the correct tense in
            this postcard:
Example:   John
 visited (visit) his friends last weekend 

This is the most beautiful country I've ever     (be)

to, however our accommodation could     (be)

better. Yesterday a strange thing happened. While we

    (walking) along the main high street a

man came out of his restaurant and asked us if we

   (want) to eat there. We  

(receive) a similar offer from 2 other restaurateurs

before this, but we     (not accept)

their offers. On this occasion we did, but once inside in the

establishment we wished we    (not go) in.

It was a snake restaurant, the only thing on the menu

was every kind of snake you can imagine.

Choose the correct option: A, B, C or D: 

16.

A.
 What's like the weather?
B.
 How's the weather?
C.
 What's the weather like?
D.
 How the weather is?

17.
A.
 She especially likes her garden very much in the
         summer
B.
 She especially likes very much her garden in the
         summer
C.
 She likes her garden very much especially in the
         summer
D.
 In the summer she especially likes her garden very
         much

18. He's looking forward   ..........   that film

A.
 to see
B.
 seeing
C.
 see
D.
 to seeing

19.   ..........   is it from London to Manchester?

A.
 How far
B.
 How long
C.
 How much
D.
 How many

20. I   ..........   it doesn't rain tomorrow, I'm going for a 
       picnic


A.
 expect
B.
 hope
C.
 wait
D.
 await

21. I   ..........   getting up at 08.00. It's not as difficult as I 
       thought


A.
 used to
B.
 used
C.
 am used to
D.
 would

22. I wouldn't mind   ..........   tonight

A.
 to go out
B.
 go out
C.
 going out
D.
 to going out

23. Don't forget   ..........   those letters

A.
 to post
B.
 posting
C.
 to posting
D.
 post

24. They   ..........   last night, but I'm not sure

A.
 may arrive
B.
 might arrive
C.
 should arrive
D.
 may have arrived

25. I couldn't mend the TV myself, so I   ..........   at a shop

A.
 had it mended
B.
 had it mend
C.
 did it mend
D.
 had mended

 

 


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