... novel.
21 His mother's very proud of him.
22 The twins used to play rugby.
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A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR
EXERCISES 1
CONTENTS
Articles
PEG chapter I
1 Articles: a/an
2 Articles: the
3 Articles: ... Would you like to hear . . . story about . . . Englishman, . . . Irishman and . . . Scotsman?
~
No. I've heard . . . stories about . . . Englishmen, . . . Irishmen and . . . Scotsmen before ... the house?
In other English- speaking countries, however, the do forms are used almost exclusively. It
would therefore be possible to use do/did forms throughout the following exercises
(except...
... my best.
10. I did everything I could.
11. I must go now.
12. Diamonds suit me.
7
200 ENGLISHgrammar
exercises
1
2 Auxiliary verbs: short answers PEG 108
Assume that questions are addressed ... plays Italian music.
5. drinks English beer.
6. dances with a Greek girl.
7. uses an English dictionary.
8. has lunch in a Japanese restaurant.
9. listens to the news in English.
10. writes in Spanish.
11. ... the answer.)
12. talks English.
13. corrects the Spanish essays.
14. explains in English.
15. lectures in Spanish.
16. broadcasts in Spanish.
17. addresses students in English.
18. cooks a Spanish...
... in brackets as a relative clause (defining or non-defining) in an
appropriate place in the sentence. Give alternative relative pronouns if possible. (Use - to
indicate ‘no relative pronoun’.)
1. ... Exercises of relative clause
I. Write all the pronouns possible to complete each sentence. Write Ø if ... Master's course is no longer taught. (I took this course in 1990.)
III. Replace the relativeclauses by an infinitive or infinitive phrase.
1. He was the first man who left the burning...
...
exactly alike.
15 Come on, children! time to get up! nearly breakfast time.
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A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR
EXERCISES 1
CONTENTS
Articles
PEG chapter I
1 Articles: a/an
2 Articles: the
3 Articles: ... person interrogative: will you and other forms
56 shall and will
57 Time clauses
58 The future perfect tense
59 Time clauses
60 would and should
61 would and should
Conditionals
PEG chapter ... the house?
In other English- speaking countries, however, the do forms are used almost exclusively. It
would therefore be possible to use do/did forms throughout the following exercises
(except...
... Yvonne, who is going to English classes): How long you (learn) English?
Yvonne: I (learn) off and on for about five and a half years. (Use the continuous form.)
20 I (begin) English at secondary ... you change your mind?
Paul: I (find) that I (need) English for my work and this (seem) the quickest way of
learning it.
18 Peter: You (know) any English when you first (arrive) here?
Paul: No, ... American party
(come).
26 Englishmen very seldom (talk) on the Underground. They (prefer) to read their
newspapers. ~
Those two men in the corner (talk). ~
But they (not talk) English.
27 Jones and...
... people who are
learning English have deep understanding of relativeclauses in English as well
as in Vietnamese, I decide to choose the subject “ Relativeclauses in English
and Vietnamese, ... the second clause. These
appositive clauses are related to similar noun clauses: I believe that English
grammar is fascinating = my belief that Englishgrammar is fascinating The
process of ... Graver, Advanced English Practice, p. 133)
1.1.4: Relative pronouns and relativeclauses in English and in Vietnamese
1.1 4.1: Definition
In Vietnamese we don’t have the concept of relative pronouns”....
...
Name: ……………………………………………… Class: 11………
UNIT 9 – RELATIVECLAUSES 3
I. Combine each pair of sentences, using Relative Clauses:
1. The man was a botanist. His son was intelligent.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2....
... IV. Rewrite the following sentences, using Relative Clauses:
1. This is the first thing. I want to tell you about it.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. ... matches. This doesn’t surprised me.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
16. John has a few exercises. He has to do them.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
17. The people had to wait...
... ”
“Do you go fishing very often?”
“No, I don’t ”
“Do you travel much?”
“No, ”
“Do you use your English much?”
“No, ”
“Do you go to the theatre very often?”
“No, ”
68.3 Use your own ideas to complete ... you want to know. They’ll give plenty of
You’ll easily recognise Alan. He’s got green
Carla’s English has improved. She has made
I want to write down your address. Have you got ?
If you want ... tennis on Monday afternoon.
He
3 Sue wanted him to translate a Spanish newspaper article into English.
because
4 Jack wanted Ken to lend him ₤20.
5 Ken’s mother wanted him to repair her...