This document provides grammar and vocabulary practice exercises for students. It includes multiple choice questions to complete sentences using correct verb tenses and forms. There are also exercises on rewriting sentences in reported speech, joining sentences with relative pronouns, translating sentences into another language, and completing sentences with appropriate adjectives, prepositions, compound nouns, and single words. The exercises cover a range of grammar and vocabulary topics to help students practice and improve their skills.

1. Units 1–6
Grammar Practice (Plus)
1 Choose the best option to complete the sentences.
1 They have _________________ each other since 2001.
a known
b been knowing
2 The employees _________________ since last month.
a haven ’t paid
b haven ’t been paid
3 You _________________ walk home alone. It ’s dangerous.
a needn ’t
b mustn ’t
4 I wish I _________________ the test yesterday.
a didn ’t fail
b hadn ’t failed
5 Joe suggested _________________ out.
a go
b going
6 Alan asked _________________ done.
a what we had
b what had we
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2. 2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Jill _________________ (lay) the table for lunch. Doesn ’t it look fantastic?
2 Paul cried because he _________________ (lose) his mum.
3 You shouldn ’t _________________ (buy) us tickets but I ’m glad you did.
4 When we got there, Matt _________________ (give) first aid. We could only
watch the paramedics.
5 The child must _________________ (tell) to be quiet by his parents because
he was silent during the play.
6 If you come round now, you _________________ (be) able to see Tom before
he goes.
7 If Graham didn ’t eat so much chocolate, he _________________ (not put) on
weight.
8 If you _________________ (read) the book, you ’ll find out what happens in
the end.
9 What _________________ he _________________ (find) if he had looked a
bit more carefully?
10 If the swimming pool _________________ (not be) closed, I ’d go for a swim.
3 Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets.
1 Pay the fee. Then you can start on Friday. (Provided that)
___________________________________________________________
2 We didn ’t bring a towel. (If only)
___________________________________________________________
3 Adam may apologize but I refuse to speak to him again! (Even if)
___________________________________________________________
4 Susie won ’t shut up. (I wish)
___________________________________________________________
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3. 4 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech. Use the prompts in brackets.
1 ‘ I ’ m sorry I missed the meeting. ’ (apologize)
Susanna ___________________________________________________.
2 ‘ Don ’ t wait outside in the rain, Karen. ’ (tell)
Andy ______________________________________________________.
3 ‘ I didn ’t come here by train. ’ (say)
Tom _______________________________________________________.
4 ‘ Where are you going this evening? ’ (ask)
Maria ______________________________________________________.
5 ‘ Please help me, Jo. ’ (ask)
Jack _______________________________________________________.
6 ‘ Why don ’t we leave? ’ (suggest)
Jennifer _____________________________________________________.
7 ‘ Do you want to come round tomorrow? ’ (ask)
Georgia _____________________________________________________.
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4. 5 Join the sentences with relative pronouns. Add commas where necessary.
1 Kelly is a friendly girl. She lives in our village.
___________________________________________________________
2 Our house is large and comfortable. It is built on a hill.
___________________________________________________________
3 Susanna has just got a place at Harvard University. She is one of my best
friends.
___________________________________________________________
4 I remember a time. A lot of women used to wear headscarves.
___________________________________________________________
5 We walked all the way to the north coast. There is a lighthouse there.
___________________________________________________________
6 Translate the sentences into your own language.
1 Jake hadn ’t been there before.
___________________________________________________________
2 The TV is being repaired.
___________________________________________________________
3 What would you have thought if Tim had refused to come to the party?
___________________________________________________________
4 Patrick asked if we knew where the post office was.
___________________________________________________________
5 The people I met were really nice.
___________________________________________________________
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5. Vocabulary Practice (Plus)
1 Write an adjective for each description.
1 Alan is hopeless at making his mind up about things. _________________
2 Sheila is good at looking at data and statistics in careful detail.
_________________
3 Donna gets upset easily. _________________
4 Fiona is calm under pressure. _________________
5 David is friendly and sociable. _________________
6 Sarah is flexible and happy to accept change or do things differently.
_________________
7 Simon is reliable, punctual, works hard and does everything well and carefully
at work. _________________
8 Tom tends to do things suddenly and without thinking. _________________
9 Henry is always telling lies. _________________
10 Patrick is ambitious and knows exactly what he wants. _________________
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6. 2 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 What _________________ Julia tick? What is she like?
2 Could you _________________ me to write to Vera? I don ’t want to forget.
3 Jenny has _________________ her bag. She can ’t find it.
4 Rachel arrived at the station late and _________________ the train to
Edinburgh. She had to wait an hour.
5 How much did they _________________ you to buy a ticket?
6 Stephanie _________________ a bad cold.
7 The expedition _________________ off on a journey.
8 Ian always _________________ the newspaper headlines before he chooses
which articles to read.
9 After the flight, Sue _________________ nauseous.
10 Sally has just got a pay rise and now _________________ 50,000 euros a
year in her job.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.
1 I ‘m saving _________________ to buy a bike.
2 Louise is worrying _________________ waking up in time.
3 Claire is always complaining _________________ me.
4 I ’ll pay _________________ breakfast. What do you want?
5 We ended _________________ at the seaside after driving for hours.
6 William put me _________________ going to London when he told me how
expensive it was.
7 Jack came _________________ after being unconscious for 20 minutes.
8 Sally is jealous _________________ her older sister.
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7. 4 Write a compound noun for each definition.
1 travellers fill this with clothes and other things and carry it on their journeys
_________________
2 this person helps you book your holiday _________________
3 people on a two-week package tour, staying in a hotel and going to the beach
_________________
4 people who watch live music in the countryside on a long summer weekend
_________________
5 a historical period when a country is successful and rich _________________
6 a TV programme on which someone interviews celebrities _________________
7 when two people from different countries take it in turns to stay with each other ’s
families _________________
8 this controls the way we breathe – it includes your lungs and trachea
_________________
9 products such as irons, microwaves and toasters _________________
5 Complete the sentences with suitable words.
1 The operation was very _________________. It hurt a lot.
2 The accident was _________________. If the two cyclists had been careful, it
wouldn ’t have happened.
3 Jo is _________________. She speaks four languages.
4 It is an _________________ company with offices in 20 countries.
5 Jill ’s _________________ is remarkable. She gives thousands of euros to
charity every year.
6 I ’d like to _________________ Monaco. It ’s a lovely place and worth going
again.
7 I _________________ this morning and missed the bus.
8 My favourite _________________ is an ornament from South Africa that my
uncle gave me.
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8. 6 Write a word for each definition.
1 a satirical, mocking piece of writing _________________
2 bored and disinterested _________________
3 from a different planet (compound adjective) _________________
4 a part of the body that joins the leg to the body _________________
5 spend too much _________________
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