Grammar communication B2+ Unit

Spot the mistakes

Student A

Some of the sentences contain one or more mistake(s). Find the mistakes and correct them.

1 My mums a teacher and my dad works for the BBC as an accountant.

2 The unemployment is increasing in many countries, especially among the young people.

3 Internet is greatest invention of last 50 years, along with mobile phone.

4 My brothers a police officer. Joining the police is the only thing hes ever wanted to do.

5 The cost of living is getting higher and higher. Everything is so expensive these days.

6 I usually listen to the music while Im working. Ive got the all my music on computer in my room.

7 After the school, I went to a university. I studied the politics and the economics.

8 I was late for work today. First, the bus was late and then we were stuck in traffic for ages.

9 Im just going out for lunch. Has anyone got an umbrella? Its raining.

10 Im sure shell be millionaire one day. Shes certainly got necessary drive and ambition.

11 What did the people do before mobile phone? I guess they had to arrange everything in the advance.

12 The office where I work is opposite the university. Its on the third floor of the big grey building.

Now compare your answers with Student B.

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Student B

Some of the sentences contain one or more mistake(s). Find the mistakes and correct them.

1 My mums teacher and my dad works for BBC as accountant.

2 Unemployment is increasing in many countries, especially among young people.

3 The Internet is the greatest invention of the last 50 years, along with the mobile phone.

4 My brothers police officer. Joining police is only thing hes ever wanted to do.

5 Cost of living is getting higher and higher. The everything is so expensive these days.

6 I usually listen to music while Im working. Ive got all my music on the computer in my room.

7 After school, I went to university. I studied politics and economics.

8 I was late for the work today. First, a bus was late and then we were stuck in the traffic for ages.

9 Im just going out for the lunch. Has anyone got umbrella? Its raining.

10 Im sure shell be a millionaire one day. Shes certainly got the necessary drive and ambition.

11 What did people do before the mobile phone? I guess they had to arrange everything in advance.

12 Office where I work is opposite university. Its on third floor of big grey building.

Now compare your answers with Student A.

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