Practice 1

Decide whether the underlined parts in the following sentences are Correct or Incorrect in terms of grammar.

Decide whether the underlined parts in the following sentences are Correct or Incorrect in terms of grammar.

Choose the correct answer.

1. I saw some cookies in the cookie jar and I atehave eaten them all.

2. A: So, Tom is your best friend. Have you metDid you meetTom when you were in school?

    B: Yes, we were friendshave been friends for over 30 years.

3. A: What have you donedid you do last weekend?

   B: I have stayedstayed at home all weekend.

Choose the correct answer.

4. Since records beganhave began in 1880, the global temperature has risenrose 0.85 degrees Celsius.

5. So far we collectedhave collected more than 150 gifts of all kinds.

6. I have stoppedstopped smoking two years ago. I have smokedsmoked for 22 years.

7. This customer has beenwas here many times, but he never boughthas never bought anything.

Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box.

1. He  Harry Poter 4 times. He was 15 the first time he  it.

2. A: I  a new car.

   B: Nice! When  it?

3. He  so active and sporty at university. But after the accident he  the same.

Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box.

4. We  together since we  teenagers.

5. A:  this film before?

    B: Yes, actually I  it last night.

6. A:  a marathon?

    B: Yes, last year I  the Boston marathon.

Choose the correct answer.

1. Last year I volunteered / have volunteered to teach at a school for people impairments and launched / have launched a campaign to help them.

2. It has been ages since I last gathered / have gathered with my friends from high school. 

3. Bill Gates donated / has donated $4.6 billion to charity since 2000. In 2010, he promised / has promised to give at least half of his wealth to charity.

4. At the last meeting, the Student Union decided / has decided to hold a craft and art exhibition to raise money for the kids who suffer from cancer.

Choose the correct answer.

5. They knew / have known each other since they were children.

6. They are the most kind-hearted people he ever met / has ever met.

7. He was late yesterday because he was / has been stuck in the traffic jam. 

9. Since our last meeting, students' attitudes towards people with disabilities completely changed / have completely changed.

Choose the correct  answer.

1. This restaurant ________my favourite place to eat in the city for many years, but then they changed owners and the quality of the food _________ so I don't like it anymore.

Choose the correct  answer.

Choose the correct  answer.

Choose the correct  answer.

4. A:  _____________ SOS village in Vietnam?

    B: I ________ you must be very moved to know about some cases.

Write meaningful sentences using the words given.

1. up /now/ we / raise / over $1,000 / for / Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Write meaningful sentences using the words given.

2.  about / 200 orphans / bring up / Be Orphanage  / found / 1986.

Rewrite the sentence and keep its same meaning.

1. My grandmother suffered from hearing impairment when she turned 85 years old.

Rewrite the sentence and keep its same meaning.

2. Sara last visited her grandmother, who has been living in the nursing home, in June.