MISCELLANEOUS GRAMMAR REVIEW Complete the sentences below suitably. Use all your English.
MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. I hate ... in the mud. (walk / to walk / walking) 2. It was six o’clock when we ... home. (got / got at / got to)
3. He said that he ... two days before. (had arrived / was arriving / arrived) 4. If you knew your lesson, you... get a good mark. (will / would)
5. He went out angrily without ... at me. (look / looking / to look) 6. Daddy wants to know what ... happened. (has / is / had / was)
7. This boy plays very... . (right / good / well) 8. What he ... you was true. (told / said / told to)
9. Where’s your sister? She ... gone to the market. (have / has / is) 10 How old...? (is it / it is)
11. Sally is absent. Do you know where ...? (she is / is she)
12. She suddenly saw... which looked like a snake. (something / nothing / anything) 13. This pig is the... of all animals in the farm. (fat, fatter, fattest)
14. Their country is... than ours. (broad, broader, broadest) 15. Silver isn’t.... expensive as gold. (so, also, that)
16. You can have a drink; there’s ... water in the bottle. (some, any, no) 17. It was dark and we couldn’t see... (something / nothing / anything) 18. You can come and see me ... time you are free. (some, any, no)
19. The books are ... sold. (whole / all / no)
20. The police arrested the man ... pull-over was red. (which, whose, what) 21. Look at these two horses! ... one do you prefer? (which, whose, what)
22. We all wonder ………. caused the students’ massive failure. (which, whose, what) 23. ... book is this? It’s mine. (who’s, which, whose)
24. He’ll buy a car. ... will I. (so, too, also)
PREPOSITIONS 1. This is the tree he took the fruit... (of / at / from / off) 2. When I arrived he was already ... bed. (in / out / at) 3. When I heard the news I went... his room. (into / in / at) 4. What happened ... the boy yesterday?
5. Did the workers agree ... you?
6. What was the matter ... the child yesterday?
7. The nasty kids went ... of the classroom without permission. 8. Will they give us a room to sleep....?
9. Yes, I’ve come back darling! I’ve got a letter ….. you …. your cousin Alpha. 10. I’m looking ………….. … our next seminar.
11. His disease caused him ……… suffer much last summer.
12. These are the records he has been listening … for the … few days. 13. They worked without a break … five hours.
14. Have the players been training …... eight o’clock today as usual? 15. It was indispensable ……. the immigrants ….… produce identification. MISCELLANEOUS COMPLETION
1. Why didn’t you ... your hair cut?
2. Fatima ……. like the food and neither did the boys. 3. She’d told you the same story,...?
4. He wasn’t the best player in the team, … was he the worst.
5. Is Fatu crazy or lazy? She won’t study and she won’t do any housework ………… 6. That’s a nice car, ……….... ?
7. They …….... on playing their awful music all night long; I’ve got to call the police now. 8. I find ..… difficult to tell them the whole truth right now.
9. Sally was so angry that there was …… explaining anything to her. 10. ….. happy Sheikh would be if he knew you had passed your exam! 11. ... story he is!
12. …. blind need help not pity.
13. The children have washed …………. clean; nobody has helped them.
14. Luckily, the woodcutter was ………. alive when the rescuers found him in the forest. 15. A new bridge ……… to be built here next month. (planned action)
16. They’d better … …... that house; indeed, it’s been a bad investment. (reproach, negative) 17. Ramlah likes swimming but her friend ……..
18. Helen is ……….. her room repainted.
19. Why …… you read more books? You would learn lots of things. 20. We couldn’t understand him because he …. speak clearly.
21. David doesn’t like sports competitions; he plays …… cricket …… tennis. CONTRAST & CONCESSION
EXAMPLES
Peter is ill but he goes to school However ill he is, he goes to school Peter is ill (and) yet he goes to school ill though (= as) he is, he goes to school (Al)though Peter is ill, he goes to school Despite his being ill, he goes to school Even if Peter is ill, he goes to school In spite of his illness, he goes to school RECAST the following sentences using the prompts you are given
1. Bob looks stronger than me and (yet) I don’t fear him
Even if ………..………… 2. My cousin earns much money but he is not happy.
Although ……….…….. 3. Whoever is knocking at the door now will have to wait.
No matter ……….…….……… 4. Barbara lives in a pretty cosy house though she is still single.
Despite ……….……… 5. In spite of her wealth, she seeks more money
However ………..…………. 6. Wherever they may hide, I will have them arrested.
7. The team play well and are still unsuccessful
In spite of………..… 8. However slowly we may go, it will be too far and uneasy for the children
Though………...….. 9. He speaks too much; still, he is not obeyed.
Despite………. VERB TENSES AND FORMS
1. I was going to call you when the telephone... (to ring) 2. He will write when he... your letter. (to receive)
3. They told me they would phone when they ... the money. (to send) 4. Does your brother like...? (to read)
5. They’ll tell us when they………... ready. (to be) 6. If Eva goes out now, she ... a cold. (to catch)
7. You wouldn’t believe them if they ... you their story. (to tell) 8. The soldier ... and dies at once. (to fall)
9. The teacher ... and neither do the students. (to smoke) 10. What did he do? He ... the candle. (to blow)
11. He swore that he had seen the man …………... the case. (to open) 12. Is the wall already...? (to paint)
13. Does your teacher make you ... sometimes? (to sing)
14. We ………..…... going to reach the shore when the boat sank. (be)
15. The house is on the point of ……… (fall); it really needs ……….. (repair) 16. We used to ……….. to the movies once a week in Dakar. (go)
17. Timothy decided to stop ………. cigarettes after his last medical report. (smoke) 18. When I phoned the chairperson his servant told me he ……..……. an hour before. (leave) 19. I still remember ……….… the money in my hand as I entered the lorry-park. (hold) 20. The blind man ……… the street when a careless driver ran him down. (cross) 21. The rude girl kept on ….….with her father, which made the situation much worse. (argue) 22. The poacher had been dead long before the Forest wardens ………..… his corpse. (find)
23. Actually, the baby ……….. since its mother went to the market. (cry) 24. Although she ………. her bus, she managed to arrive at home in time. (miss) 25. The victims of the floods ………. in campuses for four months now. (dwell) 26. Peter seems ………. from his tropical disease quickly. (recover)
27. If I were you, I ……….. him what to do. (tell) COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES 1. There aren’t so many attendants …… we’ve expected.
2. The … I know him … less I like him.
3. He never was a good competitor, so he swam across the river …..… easily than the others. 4. Though it was the ………… expensive car they were selling, I couldn’t afford it.
5. The sooner the guests come, the …….. (good)
6. Have you ever seen such beauty? Surely, she’s the …….. beautiful woman in the country! 7. The rich become ………. and ……….. while the poor are getting ……….. and ……….. 8. France is far from Senegal, but the United States of America is even ………….
9. Johnny and Bob are brothers. The ……….. is a scientist and ……. latter is a novelist. 10. She was all the ……….disappointed as Freddy was going to marry a friend of hers. 11. My English may be bad, it’s alright; but I’m afraid yours is the …………. I know! 12. «Are you ready to give ……. much ……. you take?», the old man asked him. 13. Mummy is all the ………. because Sally has also passed her finals. (glad)
WISHES – PREFERNCES - REGRETS 1. The radio doesn’t work; I …… better have it mended by the repairman.
2. I’m not fond of sightseeing; I’d ……. watch a good film than be shown round the town. 3. I …. I were in England.
4. I’d ……….. …… thank you all for attendance. See you next time. 5. The kids ………….. going to the beach to studying all day at home. 6. Samba wishes Kumba ………… marry him.
7. Wouldn’t the children …………. play than work?
9. I’m …………. I’ve missed your latest call. I was taking a shower. 10. Wouldn’t you …………. they hadn’t bothered you?
MODALS
1. ….. Amy go to Ramah’s party tonight, darling? I’m sure she’d love to. (permission) 2. You’d ... wait for him; it’s safer.
3. You make a lot of mistakes; you …………... (advice/suggestion) be a bit more careful. 4. I …… … play hide-and-seek for hours when I was a little boy. (past habit)
5. She ……. be in Thiès yet! It’s only a quarter of an hour since she has left. (impossibility) 6. Demba says he ….. pay us a visit as soon as he recovers thoroughly from his illness. 7. The car is very dirty; it really …….. washing. (necessity)
8. I’d love to buy a new moped but Father ... give me the money. (refusal) 9. Your father ……. be furious if you were to damage the car.
10. The kids … … go out today; it …. be risky for them. (interdiction / probability) 11. Tomorrow is school day; the children … …… stay up late. (absence of permission) 12. You … … come with us if you don’t feel like it. (absence of necessity)
13. Nobody wants to lend you that money but I ……… (willingness) 14. Wendy is ………… …… come back from Lagos today. (probability) 15. Look at these dark clouds! It is ……… …… rain. (imminence) RELATIVES
1. We don’t know …. this computer works. Could you help us, please? 2. That is the woman ………. house has burnt down.
3. Several times, she smiled at the young man to ……... she was talking. 4. David says he’s a doctor, ……….. many people doubt.
5. She was so surprised by the question that she didn’t know ….… to answer.
6. Nobody really knows the reason ……… Malay has decided to resign from the bank. 7. ……….. matters is the achievement of our goals.
8. A time will come ……….. we will live in peace again in Casamance. 9. That’s the house in ……. we used to live.
10. I love Jurbell, the place of my birth, ……… all my forebears rest in peace.
LINKERS
1. The subjects were ……….. easy ………... everybody passed their exams. (consequence) 2. Dame earns a living now in Senegal……. his wife still lives and works in Spain. (contrast) 3. ….. we couldn’t harvest the crops alone, we asked neighbours and relatives to give a hand. 4. Sally could be successful this year ………. that she works better.
5. Her father speaks to her … ... he were angry.
6. The students ran along the road … … … … miss the bus. (negative purpose) 7. … you don’t understand, I’ll explain again.
8. I’m sad … … …… got a letter from her yet. (negative purpose) 9. You can’t see the boss …..… you have an appointment.
10. This novel reads quite well ………… it is a little bit long. (contrast)
11. Nobody woke me up this morning …… ……. I was late at work. (result; consequence) 12. Thomas flogged his daughter …… …… she should obey. ()
13. I would help you … I could.
14. It’s very important … him … find a new job. (purpose)
15. ………. her sister who is slothful, Nancy has majored in physics and chemistry. (contrast) 16. This radio won’t work ……… my determination to repair it.
17. I think that …… ………….. of complaining about it you ought to do something about it. 18. When Mother died Nelly would do all the work ………….. half-sisters would oversleep. 19. The populations stayed indoors …. …… …… the junta could retaliate. (cause)
