Test Your Knowledge

Complete the following sentences by adding some or any.
1) Bob and Mary don't have ..... children(any)
2) Do you know ..... good restaurants near here?(any)
3) Kurt has ..... tools.(some)
4) Can I have ..... coffee, please?(some)
5) Do you have ..... better ideas?(any)
6) Could I have .....coffee, please?(some)
7) Trude took ..... super photos.(some)
8) I haven't eaten ..... chocolate today. Sadly!(any)
9) Would you like ..... milk in your coffee?(some)
10) Does your company have ..... job vacancies?(any)

Complete the following sentences by adding for or since.
11) I've lived in Vienna ..... almost 8 years.(for)
12) Mary has been waiting for a reply ..... weeks.(for)
13) I've been waiting ..... 6.30pm!(since)
14) Peter has been working on this project ..... 2 days.(for)
15) It has been raining ..... this morning.(since)
16) I've been waiting for the train ..... 25 minutes.(for)
17) I've been working on the project ..... January.(since)
18) She has been on holiday ..... last Monday.(since)
19) Mr Smith has been in that meeting ..... hours!(for)
20) She's worked there ..... 1999.(since)
Each sentence below contains one mistake. Try to find the mistake and then correct the sentence.

21)We went to the cinema yesterday and did see a film.

We went to the cinema yesterday and saw a film.(Yesterday is finished time, so we must use the past tense of the verb: we 'went' to the cinema and 'saw' a film.)

22)I'm very interested with politics.
I'm very interested in politics.(to be interested 'in' something)

23)I'm not very good in English.

I'm not very good at English.(to be good 'at' something)

24)Had you a nice evening yesterday?
Did you have a nice evening yesterday?

(Past simple questions use the structure: did + subject + infinitive)
25)On Saturday I was shopping.

On Saturday I went shopping
(For one finished action in the past we use thepast simple.)

26) If I buy you a drink would you wash my car?.
If I buy you a drink will you wash my car?.(if + present simple, + will)
27) I'm going to holiday on Saturday.
I'm going on holiday on Saturday.(to go on holiday)

28) I hope England don't loose their next match.
I hope England don't lose their next match.

(the opposite of win is lose, the opposite of tight is loose)
29) Mary has rode a camel twice.
Mary has ridden a camel twice.(ride - rode - ridden)
30) Do you have seen the news today?
Have you seen the news today?(no 'do' in the present perfect)

31) Last Friday I flyed to England.
Last Friday I flew to England.(fly - flew - flown)
32) England loosed the match against Brazil.
England lost the match against Brazil.(lose - lost - lost)
33) Yesterday I must see the doctor.
Yesterday I had to see the doctor.

(past tense: 'had to'present/future tense: 'have to' or 'must'

34) I've lived in Vienna since 4 years.

I've lived in Vienna for 4 years.('for' a period of time 'since' a timepoint)

35) I did have a good time at the party

I had a good time at the party(have - had - had)

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Buxone Out Of The Box February 19, 2018