ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 1

Find and correct the mistakes below (use: a, an, the – or delete a word).
Put a check  next to which have no mistake.

1. Did she order coffee at the restaurant?

2. They have new car.

3. I bought milk at the supermarket.

4. Do you still use phone that you bought?

5. I will meet him in hour!

6. That was easy question.

7. Is there a sugar in my tea?.

8. I was born on the first day of June.

9. They gave us an information about the college.

10. Did you have good time on your holiday?

Replace the underlined words with the appropriate pronouns in the box.Use
capital letters when necessary.

1. I saw Mr. Brown this morning and gave Mr. Brown my homework.

2. John likes computer games but he doesn’t play computer games very often.

3. Where was Sarah? I didn’t see Sarah at the party last week.

4. Penguins don’t live near the North Pole. Penguins live near the South Pole.

5. My aunt lives in Toronto but my aunt often comes to visit my family and me.

6. If you have your ticket, you can give your ticket to that man over there.

7. First, my friend and I went shopping. Later, my friend and I went home.
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 2

Write the subject/ noun, verband adjectivein the correct box

Subject/ Verbs Adjective

Sentences Noun
dogs barked angry
1.Two angry dogs barked
viciously.
2.The loose stone rolled down the
hill.
3.A dry leaf floated in the breeze.

4.Slowly, the shy man walked to

the door.
5.The skilled axeman chopped a
cord.
6.Emperor penguins regurgitate
food.
7.The solemn moon hid behind
clouds.
8.Her quick wit saved the day.

9.A fluffy cat chased the postman.

10. One lone balloon floated in the

wind.
11. Delicately, the down feather
landed.
12. Cold L&P is still great to
drink.
13. Mince & Cheese are delicious
to eat.
14. Huge taniwha blocked out the
sun.
15. The gentle breeze whispered.

16. Angry waves attacked the

shoreline.
17. The small television screamed
at me.
18. The last biscuit cowered in
the packet.
 ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 3
Answer these sixteen questions to score your knowledge of PAST SIMPLE grammar.

1. My family and I … in London when 9. Did you … lots of interesting photos

I was young. on your holiday?
a) lived a) took
b) live b) take
c) was live c) takes
2. We … some sandwiches and fresh 10. We had a great time and we … lots
fruit to eat for lunch yesterday. of fun and exciting things.
a) buy a) did
b) buys b) do
c) bought c) was did
3. They wanted to … a movie but there 11. Why … you finish your math
were no more tickets. homework last week?
a) see a) didn’t
b) saw b) wasn’t
c) seeing c) weren’t
4. (A) Did you have a good time? 12. He … see a dentist yesterday
(B) Yes, I …. because he had a toothache.
a) had a) has to
b) did b) have to
c) have c) had to
5. He didn’t … me because I was behind 13. I wanted to …, but I couldn’t. I had to
the tree. stay and help my friend.
a) saw a) went
b) see b) go
c) sees c) going
6. (A) … you a good student in school? 14. … they late or on time yesterday
(B) Yes, I was. afternoon?
a) Did a) Were
b) Were b) Did
c) Was c) Was
7. When did they … back to their 15. She didn’t answer the phone
country? because she … at home.
a) flew a) didn’t
b) flies b) weren’t
c) fly c) wasn’t
8. They … back to their country last 16. (A) … they tired after the long trip?
month. (B) Yes, they ….
a) fly a) Were / were
b) flies b) Was / were
c) flew c) Were / was
 ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 4

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

Complete these sixteen sentences to score your knowledge of WILL grammar.

1. Let’s go to the beach tomorrow! 9. My friend … on time because the

I think it … sunny. bus was late.
a) will be a) will be
b) won’t be b) won’t
c) won’t c) won’t be
2. Thomas is sick, so he … in class 10. I will clean the living room but I …
today. clean the kitchen.
a) won’t be a) will
b) will b) won’t
c) will be c) won’t be
3. (A) … your brother be here soon? 11. Jennifer doesn’t think she … ready
(B) Yes, he …. to leave in half an hour.
a) Won’t be / will be a) will be
b) Will be / will b) won’t be
c) Will / will c) will
4. My family and I … fly to Spain on 12. There … any food left if we arrive at
our holiday. the party late.
a) will a) won’t be
b) won’t be b) won’t
c) will be c) will
5. My sister … busy at three o’clock, 13. You … so tired tomorrow if you go to
so you can call back at that time. bed earlier.
a) will a) will be
b) won’t be b) won’t be
c) will be c) will
6. (A) … you talk to Mr. Wilson? 14. We don’t have any milk, so I … go
(B) No, I …. to the store to buy some.
a) Won’t / will a) won’t be
b) Will / won’t b) won’t
c) Will be / won’t be c) will
7. Our son … three years old next 15. … they finish their homework before
January. six o’clock?
a) won’t a) Will
b) will b) Will be
c) will be c) Won’t be
8. (A) … you see the movie tonight? 16. Sarah didn’t eat lunch today, so I
(B) Yes, I …. think she … hungry soon.
a) Won’t / won’t be a) will be
b) Won’t / won’t b) won’t
c) Will / will c) won’t be
 REVIEW EXERCISE I

Part 1

1. The North Plate River _______ from a) Scarcely I had walked in the door
Wyoming into Nebraska b) Scarcely had I walked in the door
(A) it flowed c) I had walked scarcely in the door
(B) flows d) I had walked in the door scarcely
(C) flowing
(D) with flowing water 8. The major cause __________ the pull
of the Moon on the Earth.
2. ________ Biloxi received its name (A) the ocean tides are
from a Sioux word meaning "first (B) of ocean tides is
people". (C) of the tides in the ocean
(A) The city of (D) the oceans' tides
(B) located in
(C) It is in 9. Still a novelty in the late nineteenth
(D) The tour included century, _________ limited to the rich
(A) was
3. When the phone rang (B) was photography
a) Scarcely I had walked in the door (C) it was photography
b) Scarcely had I walked in the door (D) photography was
c) I had walked scarcely in the door
d) I had walked in the door scarcely 10. A computerized map of the freeways
using information gathered by sensors
4. __________ tea plant are small and embedded in the pavement ______ on a
white. local cable channel during rush hours.
(A) The (A) airs
(B) On the (B) airing
(C) Having flowers the (C) air
(D) The flowers of (D) to air

5. The tetracylines, __________ 11. When she was an adolescent, Kate

antibiotics, are used to treat infections. in a small state in the northern Midwest.
a) used to live
(A) are a family of b) would live
(B) being a family of c) has lived
(C) a family of d) living
(D) their family is
12. I still my job, but I wouldn’t
6. Any possible academic assistance mind an extended vacation in a tropical
from taking stimulants _______ paradise.
marginal at best. a) am loving
(A) it is b) love
(B) they is c) have been loving
(C) is d) have loved
(D) as

7. When the phone rang

13. Anyone who has a library card
take materials out of the library for two
weeks.
a) should
b) must
c) may
d) had better

14. Has she in London?

a) ever live
b) been live
c) lived ever
d) ever lived

15. While Emily on her master’s

degree, her husband took care of their
two daughters.
a) was working
b) is working
c) has worked
d) has been working
Part 2
Each sentence has an error. Circle the letter bellow the word containing the error.

Example : Joe goes to Paris next week, but when I saw him, he hasn’t bought his
A B C D
ticket yet.

1. I am sure that she is having a rewarding experience, but I am wanting her to return
A B C D
home by tomorrow noon.

2. Academic studies, social life, part-time or full-time jobs, and relationships is often
A B C
more important than sleep.
D

3. Most importantly for students, sleep deprivation make studying and learning more
A B C D
difficult.

4. Some students works a part-time job to help pay for college expenses.
A B C D

5. There is major universities - a key factor in the spread of new ideas and in training
A B C D
workers.
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 5

Find and correct the mistakes below (one mistake per sentence).
Somesentences use the PRESENT tense, others use the PAST tense.

1. They live in San Franciso, aren’t they?

2. He didn’t buy the chairs, did they?

3. We are late, do we?

4. He can’t swim, does he?

5. She was a student, isn’t she?

6. Thomas saw a movie, wasn’t he?

7. He couldn’t answer the question, did he?

8. Mr. Smith were late, wasn’t he?

9. They had dinner, were they?

10. Your sister bought a new house, didn’t it?

11. You don’t exercise, don’t you?

12. It’s three o’clock, aren’t it?

13. She is your friend, don’t she?

14. He is from Canada, isn’t it?

15. Your father doesn’t drink tea, is he?

16. They already started their class, don’t they?

ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 6
A. Combine these sentences by using ‘too’ or ‘either’!

1.Bakabon is always happy. I am always happy.

2.The old man hardly walks on the street. The old women hardly walk on the street.

3.The tiger will run after you. The lion will run after you.

4.I don’t like him. The monkey doesn’t like him.

5.He often says that he hates me. They often say that he hates me.

6.Bon Jovi won’t sing in my birthday party. Ariel won’t sing in my birthday

party.

B. Fill in the blanks by using so, too, either and neither.

1.The cat likes staying in my house and ……….. the mice.

2.We aren’t listening to the music. The children …………

3.My brother should study hard. I ……………

4.Swimming needs a good stamina. ………… running.

5.The man who always comes to my house gives me money. The fishermen …..…
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 7
Underlined the verb twice in the following sentences. Then indicate if the
sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I).

REVIEW EXERCISE 2

Part 1

1. ________ discussed by the board of 5. Aspirin ________ the bark of the

directors when it was proposed again by willow tree.
the supervisors. A. is derived to
A. The problem had already B. are derived from
B. The problem is already C. is derived from
C. The problem had already been D. are deriving from
D. The problem has already
6. You ________ follow the law or you
2. Much of the carnage of elephants, will go to the jail.
giraffes, and big cats________ uncaring A. could have
hunters. B. need
A. must commit by C. must
B. must be committed D. have
C. must have committed
D. must have been committed by 7. I ..... go to the wedding. I have to
work on the same day.
3. The x-rays treatments ________ up to A. could have
the time that he was dismissed from the B.need
hospital. C.can
A. gave daily D. can’t
B. were given daily
C. basically have given 8. Do you ..... to work on Sundays?
D. daily had been given A. must
B.could
4. Robot-like machines ________ to do C.should
a variety of household tasks. D. have
A. can now be used
B. can now use 9. I ..... to pay for this traffic ticket on
C. can be now used time.
D. can now be using A. must
B.have
C.might
D. should

10. It …… rain tomorrow. The

weather forecast doesn’t look good
right now.
A. have
B.need
C.might
D. could have
Part 2

Identify which sentence is not correct.

1. The amazon valley is extremely important to the ecology of the earth because forty
A B C
percent of the world’s oxygen is producing there.
D

2. The proposal was being discussing when I called the office this morning.
A B C D

3. It is a rule that only students bringing their identity card are admit to enter the
A B C
examination room.
D

4. The thief were arrested by the police at his victim’s house last night.
A B C D

5. Referring to your application, we would like to invite you for an English Language
A B C
Test that will held on 13 August.
D

6. Their guide suggested that the hikers must to start walking back to camp before it
A B C
became too dark and windy.
D

7. Dr. Gutierrez has already finished writing his report when professor Oswaid
A B C
contacted him about errors in the lab results.
D
 REVIEW EXERCISE 3
(comparison & subject-verb agreement)

Part 1

1. The speed of light is ________ the 7. Among bees ________ a highly

speed of sound. elaborate form of communication.
A. faster A. occur
B. much faster than B. occurs
C. the fastest C. it occurs
D. as fast D. they occur

2. The use of detail is________ method 8. ________ heated by solar energy have
of developing a controlling idea, and special collectors on the roofs to trap
almost all students employ this method. sunlight.
A. more common A. A home is
B. common B. Homes are
C. most common C. A home
D. the most common D. homes

3. Mount Everest is ………. Mount in 9. Neither Bill nor Mary ________

the world. going to play tonight.
A. Most highest A. are
B. The highest B. be
C. Highest C. Is
D. Most high D. am

4. Aluminum is ………. than steel, and 10. Anything _________ better than
is widely used in car manufacturing. going to another movie tonight.
A. Very pliable A. is
B. The most pliable B. be
C. As pliable C. Are
D. More pliable D. has

5. Quitting a bad habit is not as ………. 11. A number of reporters ________ at

A. Easy as it seems the conference yesterday.
B. Easy of what it seems A. was
C. Easy than it seems B. are
D. Easy like it seems C. Were
D. is
6. ________ in Stevenson’s landscapes,
the more vitality and character the 12. Everybody who _________ a fever
paintings seem to possess. must go home immediately.
A. The brushwork is loose A. having
B. The looser brushwork B. has
C. The loose brushwork is C. Have
D. The looser the brushwork is D. had
13. There _________ some people at the A. has
meeting last night. B. have
C. Were
A. were D. was
B. was
C. Are 15. Either John or his wife ________
D. Is breakfast each morning.

14. Each student ________ answered the A. make

first three questions. B. makes
C. is making
D. Made

Part 2

Identify the error in each sentence.

1. Certain types of snakes have been known to survive fasts more as a year long.
A B C D

2. The grizzly bear, which can grow up to eight feet tall, has been called a more
A B C D
dangerous animal in North America.

3. Climate, soil type, and availability of water are the most critical factors than
A B C
selecting the best type of grass for a lawn.
D

4. Peter Abelard, a logician and theologian, was the controversialest teacher of his
A B C D
age.

5. Protein molecules are the most complex than the molecules of carbohydrates.
A B C D

6. Each number in a binary system are formed from only two symbols.
A B C D

7. Scientists at the medical center is trying to determine if there is a relationship

A B C
between saccharine and cancer .
D

8. On the rim of the Kilauea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands are a hotel called the
A B C D
Volcano Hotel.
9. The great digital advances of the electronic age, such as integrated circuitry
A B
and a microcomputer, has been planted in tiny chips.
C D

10. There are many frequently mentioned reasons why one out of four arrests involve
A B C D

a juvenile
 REVIEW EXERCISE 3
(comparison & subject-verb agreement)

Part 1

16. The speed of light is ________ the 22. Among bees ________ a highly
speed of sound. elaborate form of communication.
A. faster A. occur
B. much faster than B. occurs
C. the fastest C. it occurs
D. as fast D. they occur

17. The use of detail is________ method 23. ________ heated by solar energy
of developing a controlling idea, and have special collectors on the roofs to
almost all students employ this method. trap sunlight.
A. more common A. A home is
B. common B. Homes are
C. most common C. A home
D. the most common D. homes

18. Mount Everest is ………. Mount in 24. Neither Bill nor Mary ________
the world. going to play tonight.
E. Most highest E. are
F. The highest F. be
G. Highest G. Is
H. Most high H. am

19. Aluminum is ………. than steel, and 25. Anything _________ better than
is widely used in car manufacturing. going to another movie tonight.
E. Very pliable E. is
F. The most pliable F. be
G. As pliable G. Are
H. More pliable H. has

20. Quitting a bad habit is not as ………. 26. A number of reporters ________ at
E. Easy as it seems the conference yesterday.
F. Easy of what it seems E. was
G. Easy than it seems F. are
H. Easy like it seems G. Were
H. is
21. ________ in Stevenson’s landscapes,
the more vitality and character the 27. Everybody who _________ a fever
paintings seem to possess. must go home immediately.
A. The brushwork is loose E. having
B. The looser brushwork F. has
C. The loose brushwork is G. Have
D. The looser the brushwork is H. had
28. There _________ some people at the E. has
meeting last night. F. have
G. Were
E. were H. was
F. was
G. Are 30. Either John or his wife ________
H. Is breakfast each morning.

29. Each student ________ answered the E. make

first three questions. F. makes
G. is making
H. Made

Part 2

Identify the error in each sentence.

11. Certain types of snakes have been known to survive fasts more as a year long.
A B C D

12. The grizzly bear, which can grow up to eight feet tall, has been called a more
A B C D
dangerous animal in North America.

13. Climate, soil type, and availability of water are the most critical factors than
A B C
selecting the best type of grass for a lawn.
D

14. Peter Abelard, a logician and theologian, was the controversialest teacher of his
A B C D
age.

15. Protein molecules are the most complex than the molecules of carbohydrates.
A B C D

16. Each number in a binary system are formed from only two symbols.
A B C D

17. Scientists at the medical center is trying to determine if there is a relationship

A B C
between saccharine and cancer .
D

18. On the rim of the Kilauea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands are a hotel called the
A B C D
Volcano Hotel.
19. The great digital advances of the electronic age, such as integrated circuitry
A B
and a microcomputer, has been planted in tiny chips.
C D

20. There are many frequently mentioned reasons why one out of four arrests involve
A B C D

a juvenile
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 8

PARALLEL STRUCTURE

Part 1

1. Truman Capotes’s In Cold Blood is neither journalistically accurate ________.

A. a piece of fiction
B. nor a fictitious work
C. or written in a fictitious way
D. nor completely fictitious

2. Vitamin C is necessary for the prevention and ________ of scurvy.

A. it cures
B. cures
C. cure
D. for curing

3. A baby’s development is influenced by both heredity and ________.

A. by environmental factors
B. environmentally
C. the influence of the environment
D. environment

4. Because bone loss occurs earlier in women than ________ the effects of osteoporosis
are more apparent in women.
A. men do
B. in men
C. as men
D. similar to men

Part 2

Identify the error in each sentence.

5. Fire extinguishers can contain liquefied gas, dry chemicals, or watery.

A B C D

6. The U.S. Congress consist of both the Senate as well as the House of
A B C D
Representatives

7. The prison population in this state, now at all time high is higher than any state.
A B C D

8. A well-composed baroque opera achieves a delicate balance by focusing alternately

A B C
on the aural, visual, emotional, and philosophy elements.
D
9. Manufacturers may use food additives for preserving, to color, to flavour, or to
A B
fortify foods.
C D

10. A bankruptcy may be either voluntary nor involuntary.

ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 9

ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

1. Most folk songs are ballads have simple words and tell simple stories.
A. when
B. that
C. although
D. what

2. After its introduction in 1969, the float process the world's principal
method of manufacturing flat sheets of glass.
A. which became
B. it became
C. by which it became
D. became

3. In 1850, Yale University established Sheffield Scientific School, .

A. in which were engineers educated
B. where were engineers educated
C. where engineers were educated
D. engineers were educated there

4. Many of Louise Nevelson's sculptures consisted of a number of large wooden

structures in complex patterns.
A. arranged them
B. she arranged them
C. which arranged
D. which she arranged

5. In addition to being a naturalist, Stewart E. White was a writer the

struggle for survival on the American frontier.
A. he describes in his novels
B. his novels describe
C. whose novels describe
D. who, describing in his novels

6. Diamonds are often found in rock formations called pipes, the throats
of extinct volcanoes.
A. in which they resemble
B. they resemble
C. which resemble
D. there is a resemblance to

7. Seals appear clumsy on the land, are able to move short distances
faster than most people can run.
A. but they
B. they
C. which
D. which they
8. The instrument panel of a light airplane has at least a dozen
instruments
.
A. which the pilot must watch them
B. such that the pilot must watch them
C. the pilot must watch
D. what the pilot must watch

9. A keystone species is a species of plants or animals absence

has amajor effect on an ecological system.
A. whose
B. with its
C. its
D. that its

10. The size and shape of a nail depend primarily on the function
intended.
A. for which is
B. which it is
C. which it is for
D. for which it is

11. In geometry, a tangent is a straight line a curve at only one point.

A. it touches
B. that touches
C. its touching
D. whose touching

12. There are over 2,000 varieties of snakes, are harmless to humans.
A. mostly they
B. which most
C. most of which
D. most of them

13. Charlotte Gilman's best known book she urges women to

becomefinancially independent.
A. is Women and Economics, which
B. Women and Economics, in which
C. is Women and Economics, in which
D. Women and Economics, which

14. Smokejumpers are descend into remote areas by parachute to

fightforest fires.
A. firefighters who
B. when firefighters
C. firefighters
D. who, as firefighters
 15. William Samuel Johnson, who helped write the Constitution, become the first
A B C D
president of Columbia College in 1787.

16. The ringing brothers were five brothers which built a small group of performers
A B
into the world’s largest circus.
C D

17. Active stocks are stocks they are frequently bought and sold.
A B C D

18. Pipettes are glass tubes, open at both ends, which chemist use them to transfer
A B C
small volumes of liquid.
D

19. There are many species of plants and animals that they are peculiar to Hawaii.
A B C D

20. There are thousands of kinds of bacteria. Many of whom are beneficial.
A B C D