Advanced English Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises

Exercici 1: Vocabulary

• Explanation, definition, assumption, logically, reasonable, thought, confusion, concept, undoubtedly, sensible.

Exercici 2: Expressions and Beliefs

• Forget to take Darren’s views into account
• Does she come up with
• Is still under the impression
• Have you made up your mind
• In the mistaken belief (creença equivocada)
• Is out of the question (impossible/ni parlar-ne)
• You’ve now come to your senses (has entrat en raó)
• You are under the misapprehension (tens una idea equivocada)

Exercici 3: Idioms

• Wits (estar atent)
• Wood (no veure el conjunt pels detalls)
• Bell (sonar familiar)
• Head (tornar-se arrogant per l’èxit)
• Dark (sense informació)
• Bend (tornar-se boig)
• Leg (no tenir arguments)
• Uptake (rapidesa per entendre coses)

Exercici 4: Phrasal Verbs

• Piece together (entendre què va passar)
• Take in (assimilar informació)
• Think up
• Mull over (pensar profundament)
• Come around to (acabar acceptant una idea)
• Face up to
• Figure out
• Swot up on (estudiar intensament)

Exercici 5: Grammar Context

• Dilemma, being, you’ve ever flown, Is Claire really thinking of, I’ve been calling, gather (deduir), reckon (crec o penso).

Inversion and Conditionals

1. Should + subject + infinitive

Should you need any help, contact me immediately.

2. Were + subject + to + infinitive

Were he to resign, the company would collapse.

3. Had + subject + past participle

Had we studied harder, we would have passed.

Negative forms: Should he not… Were she not…

4. Inversion with Negative Adverbs

Never, rarely, seldom, little, scarcely, barely, not only, nowhere, in no way, on no account, not until, no sooner.

Structure: Never + auxiliary + subject + rest.

Only after + clause + auxiliary + subject + verb (Only after the exam did I relax.)

So + adjective + be + subject + that... (So difficult was the exam that nobody finished early.)

Such + be + noun + that...

Participle Clauses

• Present participle: Verb + ing, main clause.
• Perfect participle: Having + past participle, main clause.

Relative Clauses

Defining:

• "The girl who lives next door is my cousin."
• "The phone that I bought yesterday is already broken."

Non-defining:

• "My cousin, who lives next door, is a doctor."
• "Barcelona, which is one of the most visited cities in Europe, attracts millions of tourists."

Formal relative clauses:

• "The man with whom I work is very intelligent."
• "The girl to whom I was talking is my cousin."