• Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST • be and have Answer Key 1 ✗ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ See pages and marks There appears likely won’t There’s nothing there to be no point sure There were some birds See page marks There’s; It’s It’s; it There’s; It’s There; there’s There’s; It there; It’s See page marks A, D A, B, D B, C, D A, C, D B, C marks TOTAL: 40 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct A–✗; B–N; C–F A–F; B–N; C–✗ A–N; B–✗; C–F A–N; B–✗; C–✗ See page marks Correct I’ve got ➔ I have He’s often got ➔ He often has Correct She’s got ➔ She has See page marks Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST • be and have © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST • present tenses Answer Key agrees, agreeing; begins, beginning; does, doing; enjoys, enjoying; forgets, forgetting; goes, going; helps, helping; hopes, hoping; listens, listening; ofers, ofering; pushes, pushing; replies, replying; sends, sending; stops, stopping See page 16 14 marks play eats ’s living boils ’m standing drink ’m having See pages 14–15 marks A Both B A B A B B See page 20 marks are … looking don’t have OR haven’t got ’s thinking doesn’t feel Are; having looks think see See page 21 marks It depends I don’t remember It doesn’t matter I hope not I don’t agree I think so I hope so I see See pages 20–21 marks happenning ➔ happening Correct gets ➔ ’s getting Correct you’re wanting ➔ you want We have ➔ We’re having it doesn’t mind ➔ it doesn’t matter trys ➔ tries Correct 10 Correct 11 Correct 12 We think about ➔ We’re thinking about 13 Correct 14 Correct 15 stoping ➔ stopping 16 Correct 17 is standing ➔ stands 18 Correct 19 Correct 20 shoping ➔ shopping 20 marks TOTAL: 65 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST • present tenses © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST • talking about the future Answer Key you’re going to like I’ll tell You’ll hurt I’m having he’ll lose you’ll listen See page 30 marks ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ See page 31 marks ’ll have heard ’ll have grown ’ll have been playing ’ll have read ’ll have been painting won’t have been able See page 35 marks Polite: and marks Both B Both Both A Both A A marks ’ll have been lying are to show ’m going to use ’ll have inished ’ll use were going to inish are not to lie were going to show are to inish 10 ’ll be lying 10 marks TOTAL: 40 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST • talking about the future © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST • past tenses Answer Key admitted; annoyed; applied; boiled; clapped; delayed; dipped; dropped; escaped; happened; repaired; stopped; sufered; tried; unplugged See page 40 15 marks began; bought; came; felt; fed; lew; gave; grew; lost; put; ran; spent; stood; took; threw; won See page 40 16 marks waited ➔ was waiting was starting ➔ started Correct worked ➔ were working Correct Correct were falling ➔ fell was starting ➔ started See page 41 marks Both A A B Both Both A A A 10 Both See page 42 10 marks ate was running OR ran didn’t recognise wasn’t looking walked led was getting didn’t give replied 10 sent See page 42 10 marks Were Could thought OR was thinking; would be OR might be OR could be Would OR Could thought OR was thinking; would OR might Did you OR Were you needing See page 43 marks Both A A Both B See page 43 marks TOTAL: 70 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST • past tenses © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST • perfect tenses Answer Key We have been waiting I have read she has learnt I have … wanted You have been complaining have you been working I have had He has not been See pages 55–58 marks I learnt to swim before the age of six How long have you been learning Chinese? I have always made friends very easily since I was a child I had guitar lessons until I was sixteen The children have been working on their science project all this month I have been waiting for her all morning but she still hasn’t arrived When I spoke OR was speaking to her, I realised that I had seen her on a TV programme the week before marks had been playing had told had spent had been running had been telling had worked See pages 61–63 marks A B A A B B A A marks 1 learnt gave never visited Have you ever ridden haven’t arrived played ’ve never seen Did you see See page 49 marks A, E and F See page 51 marks Correct you asked ➔ you have asked Correct She is playing ➔ She has been playing OR has played Correct Correct have you been having ➔ have you had has not spoken ➔ did not speak OR had not spoken looked at ➔ had looked at 10 Correct 10 marks TOTAL: 50 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST • perfect tenses © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST • modal verbs Answer Key must to help ➔ must help No, I don’t ➔ No, I can’t ought wear ➔ ought to wear don’t should ➔ shouldn’t must change ➔ had to change to can play ➔ to be able to play to must tell you ➔ to have to tell you Do I must ➔ Must I I’ve never could ➔ I’ve never been able to 10 I’ve always can use ➔ I’ve always been able to use OR I’ve always been allowed to use See pages 72–73 10 marks managed to will be able to could won’t be able to succeeded in didn’t manage See page 83 marks Both Both B A A B Both See pages 86–88 marks ’ve better ➔ ’d better haven’t to ➔ don’t have to OR don’t need to OR needn’t Correct You’ve better ➔ You’d better Correct had better ➔ should It mustn’t be ➔ It can’t be Correct Correct 10 Correct 11 used to ➔ use to 12 use to go ➔ go 13 Correct 14 shall … give ➔ ’ll (will) … give 15 ‘Yes, we shall’ ➔ ‘Yes, good idea’ (OR ‘Yes, let’s.’) 15 marks don’t have to ’re not to had to might You’d better would marks may is supposed to can’t will must could marks TOTAL: 50 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST • modal verbs © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST • passives Answer Key was discovered is served is being looked after has been asked had been eaten was not cleaned See page 94 marks B B C C A C B See page 94 marks A B B See page 99 marks had will; be is; played Have; been was; about be understood was; by was not Who; by 10 paid 10 marks TOTAL: 40 marks to be be being being to be be to be be See page 96 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ See page 97 marks Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST • passives © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST • questions and negatives Answer Key 1 did they went ➔ did they go Why were all the people in the class were laughing Correct Where are you and your friends going Correct colour of hair ➔ colour hair Correct type books ➔ type of books Correct See pages 104–105 marks How’s your headache? What’s Tokyo like? How are your parents? What’s your brother like? See pages 104–105 marks no not no NO not any See page 110 marks Who did Dad speak to? / Who spoke to the nurse? Whose husband loves chocolate cake? / What sort/kind of cake does Ann’s husband love? Which class has 32 students? / How many students does Class have? Who is using Amy’s computer? / Whose computer is Jim using? Who earns a lot of money? / How much money does Paul earn? See page 106 marks What are you talking about? What are you looking for? What are you looking at? Who are you waiting for? What are you worried about? What are you interested in? See page 107 marks Who to? Who for? Where to? Who from? Who to? What about? See page 107 marks Isn’t ➔ Doesn’t Correct Are those children not ➔ Aren’t those children noisy! Correct No, I can ➔ Yes, I can Correct Correct Do not you ➔ Don’t you OR Do you not Correct See pages 110–111 marks A B Both B A B Both Both B 10 B 10 marks TOTAL: 55 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST • questions and negatives © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST • in nitives and -ing forms Answer Key [Correctons given below but not required as part of the test answers.] ✗ (like to speak) ✓ ✗ (You’d better to speak) ✗ (Why not to come) ✓ ✗ (for changing ➔ to change) ✓ ✗ (in order to learn) ✓ 10 ✓ 11 ✓ 12 ✗ (would like watching ➔ would like to watch) 13 ✓ 14 ✗ (tired of listening) 15 ✓ See pages 116–119 15 marks to be asked not to wear not forget have been hurt be talking to be sitting OR to sit will be cooked to have met to be making OR to make to have made 10 to pay See page 121 10 marks seeing; being to help; to be meeting; to be leaving; feeling eating; to lose to argue; talking to go; to drive to come; to stay smoking; to smoke 10 played; in beating See pages 124 and 126 10 marks OR Correct to understand ➔ in understanding the idea to have ➔ the idea of having Correct the thought to lose ➔ the thought of losing Correct somebody for talking to ➔ somebody to talk to It’s important for everybody to stay It’s impossible for Pam to be at the meeting 10 Correct See pages 130–134 10 marks B C A C B A B A B 10 C 11 B 12 A 13 A 14 C 15 C 15 marks TOTAL: 60 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST • in nitives and -ing forms © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 10 • special structures with verbs Answer Key Don’t be silly! We can walk there, so let’s not wait for the bus What would I like? Let me see – I’ll have a pizza I gave to my boyfriend an expensive present Explain your plan to me I have my hair cut every month at that place in Station Road We had our car repaired last week or We got … He hasn’t had his jacket cleaned yet; it’s still dirty See pages 142–144 marks C D C B See pages 148–149 marks down back over on out up away up turn 10 take 11 pick 12 break 13 go 14 give 15 write; look See page 150 15 marks an did It not what OR all Let How on OR up not 10 Aren’t 10 marks C B C B B A B C marks TOTAL: 45 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 10 • special structures with verbs © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 11 • articles: an/an and the Answer Key 1 a one a; – a –; an One; – One one a 10 a; a; a See pages 156–158 10 marks the nature Teenagers the sort of the detective stories music the theatre the country classical music Books 10 the mountains See pages 160–161 10 marks a a a / the The the a – the – 10 the 11 the 12 the 13 – 14 a 15 – 16 – 17 the 18 the 19 a 20 the 21 the 22 the 23 the 24 the 25 the 26 – 27 the See pages 159–160 27 marks – – The – The – – The The 10 – 11 The 12 – 13 – 14 The 15 The See page 162 15 marks – – a a – – – – the 10 a 11 one 12 – 13 a 14 a 15 – 16 the 17 – 18 an 19 a 20 – 21 – 22 an 23 the 24 a 25 – 26 – 27 a 28 one 28 marks TOTAL: 100 marks – the the; the; the the an; a –; the –; –; – the; – a; – 10 a; – 10 marks Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 11 • articles: a/an and the © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 12 • determiners Answer Key (Correct answers given here but not needed for the test.) ✗ (that way ➔ this way) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ (There’s anybody ➔ There’s somebody) ✗ (wears some smart clothes) See pages 168–169 marks 2 has got some fair hair Correct OR any chicken Not any students ➔ No students nothing to say ➔ anything to say or I haven’t got ➔ I’ve got Correct Correct Correct not money ➔ no money Correct 10 anybody could ➔ nobody could See pages 170–171 10 marks C C B B C B B A B See pages 179–181 marks little a little much a few the least less fewer less See pages 176–177 marks some more enough of most enough more of two of most of See page 164 marks A, C, D A, B, D, E A, B, C A, B, C, D A, B, D, E A, B, C B, C, E A, C A, C marks TOTAL: 50 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 12 • determiners © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 13 • personal pronouns and possessives Answer Key I you he she it we you they me you him her it us you them my your his her its our your their mine yours his hers – ours yours theirs myself yourself himself herself itself ourselves yourselves themselves See pages 190 and 194 27 marks A, B B, C A B, C, D A, B A, C B A, C A, B 10 C, D 11 C 12 A, C 13 A, C See pages 190–192 13 marks ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ 10 ✓ See page 194 10 marks mine; her him; me myself; them yourself; me each other; our our; us OR her; her us; yourselves OR you; yourselves their OR his; yours me; them 10 his; they 10 marks Correct as I left them ➔ as I left it of your ➔ of yours Correct he’s lovely ➔ it’s lovely Correct as it irst seems (OR as it seems at irst) Correct feel myself hungry 10 Correct 11 Correct 12 he burnt the mouth ➔ he burnt his mouth 13 dress myself in old clothes ➔ dress in old clothes 14 Correct 15 Correct 16 One does not accept ➔ We not accept OR Cheques are not accepted 17 One says that ➔ People say that OR People are saying that OR They say / are saying 18 Correct 19 left me their ➔ left me theirs 20 their ➔ his 20 marks TOTAL: 80 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 13 • personal pronouns and possessives © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 14 • nouns Answer Key photos tomato pianos ladies wishes skis mice thousand (NOT thousands) pence 10 teeth 11 – 12 ingredient 13 – 14 crises 15 series 16 means See pages 204–205 16 marks a love cofee publicity an experience some See pages 202–203 marks is want were is is disagree See page 206 marks (Correct answers given, but not needed for the answer.) ✗ (people’s) ✓ ✓ ✗ (of John’s) ✓ ✗ (friends’) ✓ ✓ ✗ (the importance of the economic recovery) 10 ✗ (The cat’s leg) See pages 207–208 10 marks C C B A C B See page 211 marks a lunchbox a cheese sandwich the bedroom window – a war ilm – – an oice chair a policeman 10 a soup bowl 11 – 12 dog biscuits See pages 209–210 12 marks my congratulations Correct the rest eats ➔ the rest eat Correct aren’t a long time ➔ isn’t a long time vegetables soup ➔ vegetable soup a chocolate box ➔ a box of chocolates Correct a one with olives 10 Corrrect 10 marks TOTAL: 65 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 14 • nouns © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 15 • adjectives and adverbs Answer Key 1 wonderful sad terribly interesting confusing See pages 216–217 marks … to an unemployed person … for foreigners OR … for foreign people … A rich person OR … A rich man … OR The rich … He is a Frenchman OR He is French The Italians … OR Italian people … OR Italians The Spanish OR Spanish people The disabled often have … OR Disabled people often have … … the young OR … young people See page 218 marks ✗ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ See page 219 marks ✗ ✓ ✗ ✓ See pages 220–221 marks A B A A C C B A See page 222 marks hard good monthy angrily in a silly way See page 223 marks Correct was an Irish ➔ was an Irishman OR was Irish old silk blue ➔ old blue silk Correct Correct Correct I’m not certainly going to ➔ I’m certainly not going to to go soon to bed ➔ to go to bed soon Correct 10 he speaks lovely ➔ he speaks in a lovely way OR he has a lovely voice 10 marks TOTAL: 45 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 15 • adjectives and adverbs © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 16 • comparison Answer Key 1 worse, worst; cleverer, cleverest; fatter, fattest; better; best; happier, happiest; harder, hardest; hotter, hottest; more important, most important; politer, politest; ruder, rudest; sadder, saddest; slimmer, slimmest; stupider, stupidest OR more stupid, most stupid See page 228 13 marks ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ See page 229 marks A, B C A, C A, B C B A, B B, C See pages 231–233 marks As such a like as so so as like as 10 such a 11 such 12 Like See page 235 12 marks The more I read this book, the less I understand The faster you drive, the more dangerous it is I want a smaller mobile phone – the smaller one the better one He’s very much taller than me, but he’s not a lot stronger OR He’s much taller The traic is moving even more slowly than usual See page 233 marks the eldest person ➔ the oldest in OR the oldest person in Correct is easier as ➔ is easier than OR is as easy as a bit more faster quietlier ➔ more quietly Correct the clearest ➔ the most clearly the bigger ➔ the biggest Correct 10 more and more tireder ➔ more and more tired 11 Correct 12 You’re very far bigger ➔ You’re far bigger OR You’re much/a lot bigger OR You’re very much bigger 13 the more famous ➔ the most famous 14 Correct 15 of the street ➔ in the street 16 Correct 17 Like you see ➔ As you see 18 Correct 19 a such big problem ➔ such a big problem 20 a so nice house ➔ such a nice house 20 marks TOTAL: 70 marks the; in the; of the; in – the; of – the; of See page 234 marks Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 16 • comparison © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 17 • conjunctions Answer Key (Correct answers given, but not needed for the answer.) ✗ (I’m quite sure that …) ✓ ✓ ✗ (… so (that) you can catch the train) ✗ (Although I’m busy, but I’ll … OR Although I’m busy, but I’ll …) ✗ (no comma) ✓ ✓ ✗ (As You know that I’ll be … OR As you know, that I’ll be) 10 ✓ See pages 240–241 10 marks as if as long as so that while until provided that Because of although as though 10 so that See pages 242–243 10 marks Patrick drinks neither tea nor cofee Either she is angry or she doesn’t want to talk My teacher both encouraged me and made me want to work harder Neither Sue nor Rashid is coming to my party We can either go to a restaurant or eat at home OR Either we can go to a restaurant or we can eat at home Neither Mary nor Bruce knew where the party was See page 245 marks ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ See page 248 marks A, B, C A, B, D A A, C, D B A, C A, C, D A, B, D marks Correct in spite my bad ➔ in spite of my bad cold Correct Correct (‘that’ can be left out here) The cat both is annoying me and … ➔ The cat is both annoying me and … Correct When I speak ➔ When I have spoken since I have left ➔ since I left Correct 10 before she’ll read ➔ before she reads 11 as soon as I check ➔ as soon as I’ve checked 12 Correct 13 Correct 14 we have had ➔ we had 15 until asking ➔ until asked 16 look as you want ➔ look as if you want OR as though 16 marks TOTAL: 55 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 17 • conjunctions © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 18 • if Answer Key 1 want ’ll feel ’ll manage ’ll ind make get See page 254 marks (Correct answers given, but not needed for the answer.) ✗ (I would write) ✓ ✓ ✗ (If we had) ✓ ✗ (I’d buy) ✓ ✗ (everybody would drive) See pages 255–256 marks became were go don’t stopped See page 256 marks But you were, so I didn’t But you did, so I wasn’t But I’m not sure you can, so I’m not sure whether I’ll be able to But you can, so I could But you didn’t, so I did See pages 257–258 marks lived had met would come didn’t have to hadn’t told See page 261 marks B and D A and D See page 263 marks If they wouldn’t argue ➔ If they didn’t argue Correct we go ➔ we’ll go unless you aren’t ➔ if you aren’t OR unless you are Correct if it rains ➔ in case it rains Correct Correct I’d rather to go to ➔ I’d rather go to (OR I’d rather we went to) 10 Correct 11 wouldn’t happen ➔ wouldn’t have happened 12 Correct 13 would what I say ➔ what I say OR did what I said 14 If only you came ➔ if only you had come 15 Correct 16 In case you don’t want ➔ If you don’t want 16 marks TOTAL: 55 marks unless in case unless if in case if unless in case See pages 260 and 262 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 18 • if © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 19 • relatives Answer Key what that What that that See page 271 marks who that which that which that that What that 10 who 11 whose 12 whose See pages 271, 272 and 275 12 marks can’t be changed can’t be changed that who can’t be changed which See page 270 marks [In English,] what you call something that you put lowers in? [What’s] the name of the singer who we were listening to earlier? [How much] were those shoes which you were looking at in the shop window? See page 273 marks A, C B, D A B, C, D C B A, B, C, E B, C, D D 10 A 11 A, B 12 B 13 D 14 C See pages 268 and 275 14 marks Correct Correct anyone can ➔ anyone who can (OR anyone that can) Correct what surprised us ➔ which surprised us from who ➔ from whom Correct whose the phone ➔ whose phone Correct 10 Jared, that is helping ➔ Jared, who is helping 11 Correct 12 what I like ➔ which I like OR that I like OR I like 13 Correct 14 People which like ➔ People that like OR People who like 15 that I hadn’t heard it before ➔ heard before 16 The man who he robbed ➔ who robbed 17 the books which I asked for them ➔ I asked for 18 Correct 19 Correct 20 what surprised ➔ which surprised 20 marks Total: 60 marks Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 19 • relatives © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 20 • indirect speech Answer Key 1 were could take had had had not changed would stay would not tell had remembered could not talk; was having See page 284 marks the day after OR the following day OR the next day that day there right away OR then the OR that the day before OR the previous day the week before OR the previous week the same OR that See page 283 marks to repair to meet going to get not to be that I mustn’t tell whether See page 288 marks B A B A B See page 286 marks A B B A B See page 287 marks I thought I’d met them on holiday two years before/earlier Our history teacher told us (that) Christopher Columbus never visited / had never visited North America It said on this radio programme (that) Beethoven was deaf when he wrote his greatest music I told my parents (that) I’d spoken to my brother in Canada the week before I told the sales assistant (that) I couldn’t understand the instructions I thought (that) we’d better leave right away because it was getting dark I told my boss (that) I thought (that) I ought to get a pay rise See page 289 marks She said (that) she wasn’t enjoying the/that sandwich He says (that) he doesn’t like cheese sandwiches He asked us if/whether we preferred a bath or a shower She suggested having/that we have some lunch We’ll tell them (that) their new house is lovely They ofered to make the beds They advised us to be more careful He called to say (that) he might be late She thought (that) her boss didn’t like her 10 I asked her when she was going to start her new job 10 marks TOTAL: 50 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 20 • indirect speech © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 21 • prepositions Answer Key on in – in at – at at in 10 at 11 on 12 in 13 in See pages 294–295 13 marks into OR to up of round along OR down OR up out of OR through through over OR across See page 295 marks by opposite among for See pages 296–297 marks 6 entered into the room sufering of ➔ sufering from Correct in eight slices ➔ into eight slices Correct discuss about this problem Correct applying in the university ➔ applying to the university Correct 10 He got of his car ➔ He got out of his car 11 to wait them ➔ to wait for them 12 Correct 13 to be lazy ➔ of being lazy 14 Correct See pages 298–299 14 marks of on with in between for to on See page 300 marks (Correct answers given, but not needed for the answer.) ✓ ✗ (about) ✓ ✗ (with) ✓ ✗ (at) ✗ (about) ✓ ✓ 10 ✗ (about) See page 301 10 marks Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 21 • prepositions © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE g – at e – by a – on OR in h – in i – up b – in f – in c – on See page 302 marks at on about with of for for on on 10 about 11 of 12 of 13 at 14 of 15 on 15 marks TOTAL: 80 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct • Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 22 • spoken grammar Answer Key 1 Have you spoken to Valerie? Are you feeling tired? I’ve forgotten my keys The bus is coming There’s no reason to get angry Want a lift to work? Be diicult Careful with those suitcases! Must say goodbye now See page 307 marks was he have they didn’t it hasn’t it aren’t I can you haven’t you is it See pages 309–310 marks won’t you shall we will you will you can’t you See page 310 marks I won’t Have you it doesn’t I will Did you isn’t she wasn’t it it hasn’t Has she 10 Does she See page 311 10 marks Neither/Nor so does don’t don’t either did so were did too doesn’t either can’t 10 didn’t See pages 312–313 10 marks Correct I hope not Correct I’m afraid not OR I suppose not I’m afraid so I don’t think so OR I suppose not See page 314 marks they? ➔ would they? Correct Correct Correct and so I ➔ and so I Correct Correct I neither ➔ Me neither OR Neither/Nor I but my friend Tony has read 10 Do have ➔ You have OR You have 11 Correct 12 Correct 12 marks TOTAL: 60 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example I am, not) Normally both are correct Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 22 • spoken grammar © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE ... standing ➔ stands 18 Correct 19 Correct 20 shoping ➔ shopping 20 marks TOTAL: 65 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example... are not to lie were going to show are to inish 10 ’ll be lying 10 marks TOTAL: 40 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example... OR Were you needing See page 43 marks Both A A Both B See page 43 marks TOTAL: 70 marks In these answers, we usually give either contracted forms (for example I’m, don’t) or full forms (for example