There are some mistakes in the following passage.
See if you can correct them.
1041)On
Saturday the weather was wonderful so I did go for a walk with two friend of
me. We went to the park and feed the ducks at the duck pond.
On Saturday the weather was wonderful so I went for a walk with two
friends of mine. We went to the park and fed the ducks at/on the duck pond.
1042)After that we went too a café and drinked a coffee.I also eated a
slice of cake.
After that we went to a café and drank a coffee.I also ate a slice of
cake.
1043)I leaved the café earlier than the others because I have arranged to go on
the cinema with my cousin.
I left the café earlier than the others because I had arranged to go to the cinema with my cousin.
1044)We watch Spiderman and we enjoy it very many.
We watched Spiderman and we enjoyed it very much.
1045)As the film ended we both went home.
After/When the film (had) ended we both went home.
1046)
We ..... a vacuum cleaner last year. bought have bought
had bought
1047) Since June we ..... five new shops. did open have opened opened
1048) It ..... since early this morning.
has rained has been
raining rained
1049)We ..... a new project in May. started have been starting have started
1050) To date we ..... a lot of money on research. spent have spent had spent
Select
the sentence from each choice of three which you think is correct.
1051)a
I live at London. b I live by
London. c I live in London.
1052)a
They have been to Italy last year.
b They went to Italy last
year.
c They had been to Italy last year.
1053)a
The class starts on 10.30am. b
The class starts in 10.30am.
c The class starts at 10.30am.
1054)a
How many times did you go to France?
b How many times have
you been to France? c How many times go you to France?
1055)a
My birthday is at March 21st. b
My birthday is March 21st.
c My birthday is on March
21st.
1056)a
I got married last week. b
I did get married last week.
c I married last week.
1057)a
She goes to the cinema on Wednesday.
b She is going to the
cinema on Wednesday. c She will go to the cinema on
Wednesday.
1058)a
I live in Vienna since 1998. b
I am living in Vienna since 1998.
c I have lived in Vienna
for 5 years.
1059)a
Her office is at the first floor.
b Her office is in the first floor.
c Her office is on the
first floor.
1060)a
We went to the theatre on New Year's Day. b We went to the
theatre at New Year's Day. c We went to the theatre in New Year's
Day
1061)a
Peter has worked here since 4 years.
b Peter has worked here
for 4 years.
c Peter had worked here 4 years.
1062)a
Her flat is at the first floor.
b Her flat is in the first floor.
c Her flat is on the first
floor.
1063)a
I was swimming on Saturday. b
I went swimming on Saturday.
c I did swim on Saturday.
1064)a
Yesterday evening I watched television. b Yesterday evening I
looked at television. c Yesterday evening I saw
television.
1065)a
We went on holiday to Greece for ten years.
b We went on holiday to
Greece since ten years. c We went
on holiday to Greece ten years ago.
There
is one mistake in each of the five sentences below.
1066)
I have eaten too much chocolate last weekend.
I ate too much chocolate last weekend.(Yesterday is finished
time, so we must use a past tense in the sentence.)
1067)Julia, Ben and I are going to England on October.
Julia, Ben and I are going to England in October.
('in'
a period of time: in October, in spring, in 1998)
1068) Chris did see the film yesterday.
Chris saw the film yesterday.(For a finished action in the past
we use the
past simple) Note - it is possible to use 'did see' in this example but this is
only used for stress, normally after someone has said the opposite, for
example:
Bob: "You didn't watch the film yesterday, Mary." Mary: "I did
watch the film!")
1069) Had you a nice holiday?
Did you have a nice holiday?
(Past
simple questions use the structure:did + subject + infinitive)
1070) On Saturday I washed my car.
On Saturday I didn't wash my car.(This is a trick question - I
never wash my car so I can't write 'On Saturday I washed my car'!)
But 'On Saturday I washed my car' is
grammatically correct. Sorry, I just felt like having a bit of fun ;-)
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