ENGLISH TUTORIAL

Section 2 : Grammar and Structure

Part A : Complete (b) of each of the following pairs of sentences in such a way
that it means exactly the same as sentenc (b)
Example : a) Ben is 25years old. John is 20years old
b) Ben i solder than John.
1a) I couldn’t solve the problem for him. She couldn’t solve it for him either.
b) None of ……………………..
2a) I was waiting for a man. He didn’t come.
b) The man ………………………
3a) He is a teacher, he is also a good dancer.
b) In addition to ………………………
4a) He told the barber to cut his son’s hair
b) He had ………………………….
5a) What was the height of this packet ?
b) How …………………………..
6a) He spends two hours a day doing his work.
b) It …………………………..
7a) Althought his father was ill, he went to the party.
b) In spite of ……………………….
8a) At the age of sisty, I will go to the moon.
b) When …………………….

Part B :
1a) We will call on you when we rich home.
b) As soon as …………………………
2a) They didn’t hurry up so they missed the bus.
b) Had ……………………..
3a) The hairdresser will dye Adjo’s hair.
b) Adjo will have ………………..
4a) As soon as he got a little money, he spent it.
b) No sooner ……………………………
5a) It is their habit to take drugs.
b) They are used to ………………………..
6a) It is a pity he didn’t work harder during the term.
b) If only ………………………….
7a) The shoesmaker will make koffi’s shoes.
b) Koffi will make …………………………
8a) The storm made the roof fall down.
b) the roof ………………….

Part C : Put the verb in brackets into their correct tenses or forms.
1) We are used to (to sleep) late.
2) I saw the boys (to enter) the room.
3) John had better (to consult) a doctor.
4) If he had passed, Daddy (to send) him abroad.

Refrasing
5a) We haven’t grown millet for two seasons.
b) It is ……………….
6a) You didn’t do the work, so your father beat you.
b) if ……………………………….
7a) If he had eaten, he would have slept.
8a) Desmond’s age is 20 years
b) Desmond is
Put either into Active or Passive voice

9) Was the letter mailed by Sam ?

10) People say he was a thief.
11) The schoes were being sold by Mum.
12) The boys have been shouting on the drunkard.
Correct the mistakes contained in thre sentence below.

13) She is the best student we have ever seen.

14) I didn’t meet nobody in the company.
15) If she comes, we would go to the beach.
16) He let them to go out.

WRITING
Topic : Formal letter
You took permission from your principal to be away for one or two days. But owing
to circunstances beyondyour control, you were away for two whole weeks. Write a
letter to your principal explaining these circunstances and apologizing for your long
absence.
You are BADIE Fred. Your address is BP : 2845, Lome, Togo. The address of your
School is LYCEE LES LEADERS, PO Box : 5576, Lome, Togo.

Grammar :
A) Put the bracketed verbs into their correct form or tense.
1) Listen ! The Director (rebuke) Mr Salim
2) After they (pay) for the car, they received an assurance paper.
3) If they’d paid them well, they (work) better.
4) Three weeks ago, i got lost, while i (visit) London.

B) Rephrasing.
5a) When we sat down the phone rang immediately
b) Hardly ……………………..
6a) I will not be able to write to you if you don’t give me your address.
b) Unless ………………………
7a) Tom would have cried if Maria had refused to help him.
b) Had …………………
8a) My trap caught mice.
b) Mice ………………

C) Ask a question based on the underlined word(s) in the sentences below.

9) There are 40 Candidates in the examination halls.
10) We went to village yesterday to greet grandfather.
11) I met him during Easter holidays.
12) This iron box is 100kg.

D) Complete with « Since-For-Ago »

13) My parents went to Accra then months ……………….
14) He’s worked for the same firme …………………….. Twenty five years.

E) Use « Whatever- Whoever- Whenever- However- or Wherever. » to

complete these sentences.
15) …………………………… you do, people will talk of you.
16) …………………………… you go, you will find a white man.

Translations :
Translaye into English.
1) Les réunions peuvent occuper jusqu’à 60% du temps des cadres supérieurs.
2) La motion a été emportée avec une marge confortable.
3) La grossesse des adolescents est fréquente dans nos établissements de nos
jours.
4) Le virus du Covid 19 est principalement propagé entre les gens de contacts
approchés, souvent à travers des gouttelettes de salive produites en toussant,
en éternuant ou en parlant. Les gens peuvent également être infectés en
touchant le visage.
Translate into French.
1) Printed forms shall be made available to applicant free of charge.
2) The riquest must contain the title of the invention.
3) Ladies and gentlemen, I am so glad to be with you this morning.

Vocabulary :
a) Noun formation.
-To exceed
- Efficient
- To receive
b) The opposit
- Adequate
- Efficient
- Encourage
- Important
c) The synonym
- Fast
 - Complex
- Centre
d) The Antonym
- Cheap
- Large
- Different

Linguistic competence
A) Choose the correct word to complete these sentences.
1) A student noise made the student …………………… out of the classroom
(Rushed, Rush, To rush).
2) If i ……………… you, i would go away (was, has been, were).
3) The teacher allows him …………. Any question (asked, ask, to ask).
4) We saw him …………….. (climbed, climb, to climb) the three.
5) Did you know him before, yes i …………………….. (knew, will, did).
6) You had better ………………… him anything (not ask, to ask, asking,not to
ask).
B) Put the verbs into their correct forms.

7) They aren’t used to (eat) rice.

8) He (work) in the office for twenty years.
9) I am looking forward to (hear) from you soon.
10)It is high time they (start) coming to the meeting.
C) Use the correct question tag.

11)We will do our best to help you, ………………. ?

12)Don’t have confidence on any of them, ………………….. ?
13)Everybody will make the same mistake, ………………………….. ?
D) Put in Reported speech.

14)¨Don’t listen him¨ Mother told Melissa.

15)¨What is your name ?¨Ba Moussa asked the stranger.
16)¨Do you know his house ?¨Teacher asked John.
E) Asking question
17)John always goes to church on Sunday.
18)The hotel is a few yards.
19)It takes two hours to do it.
F) Rephrasing

20a) Can I borrow your car for the weekend ?

b) Would you mind ……………………..
21a) If i get money, i will resign.
c) Unless ………………….
22a) As soon as we reached the lorry park, the lorry took off.
b) No sooner ……………………..
23a) It is a pity she wasn’t there.
b) If only ………………………

G) Turn into Passive ou Active Voice.

24) Did the students buy the new English book ?

25) Mother doesn’t hide the food.
26) Fred was thought to be a wise man.

H) Direct or Indirect Speech.

27) ¨It may rain today.¨declared Mr Kodo.

28) My father asked me if i had stayed there 4years before.
29) ¨I have not bought tomatoes in the market¨ He says.
30) ¨Don’t look at me¨ She said.