Comprehensive English Grammar and Vocabulary Review

Marathon Challenges and Vocabulary

1. It is difficult to run a marathon in the hot desert, and you have to carry all the equipment.

2. You can get lost and you can die.

• 2.1. This sentence is true, because according to the text, "the sun was blinding... in front of her."
• 2.2. True: "It was the toughest thing I have ever done."

3. Vocabulary Matching:

• 1. Collect: Raise money
• 2. Most difficult: Toughest
• 3. Abandon: Give up
• 4. Continued: Carried on

4. Vocabulary Context:

• 1. When it rains: Treacherous
• 2. Older brothers: Tease
• 3. There are many: Round
• 5. Sometimes you start: Giggle
• 6. I get very nervous: Crowded
• 7. Some programmes: Disturbing

5. Phrasal Verbs:

• 1. Has reduced: Has cut down on
• 2. Manage: Deal with
• 5. Throw some away: Get rid of
• 6. Recover from: Get over

Suffixes and Word Formation

• 1. Drugs are harmful
• 2. Raising public awareness
• 3. Laziness is a characteristic
• 4. What is the height?
• 5. Everybody can be unnecessary
• 6. In the Middle Ages: Belief
• 7. Strength

Grammar Exercises

Verb Tenses and Usage:

1. Has
2. Bought
3. Has been sending
4. Has just received
5. Hasn't answered
6. Was driving
7. Had been travelling
8. Had never had
9. Decided
10. Have changed
11. Didn't have
12. Do
13. Want
14. Buying
15. Has asked
16. Has already had
17. Has been boring
18. Wants her to buy
19. Needs
20. Had lost
21. Will give
22. Haven't decided
23. Opens
24. Will start
25. Having

Corrections and Sentence Completion

Corrections:

• 1. I have this pencil: I have had
• 3. I am understanding: I understand
• 5. Because I hadn't enough: I didn't have
• 1. I had a discussion: Argument
• 3. If you want to succeed: At/In
• 4. Nice customs: Customs
• 5. Arrives at: On

Completion:

• 1. Watching TV: Waste
• 3. Some smartphones are user-friendly
• 4. The traffic accident from...

Advanced Grammar and Conditionals

Grammar:

• 1. I like chocolate: I have liked
• 2. I am good at drawing
• 3. I wish I saw: I had seen
• 4. Thrilled because I hadn't: I didn't have to
• 5. He would have taken
• 6. I am cooking

Conditionals:

• 1. He didn't pass the exam: If he hadn't been nervous, he would have passed the exam.
• 2. Mary didn't take the job: If Mary had taken the job 6 months ago, now she wouldn't be unemployed.
• 3. You don't know what: If you had listened to the teacher's instructions yesterday, now you would know what to do.
• 4. I don't call her: Unless I call her, she will be worried.
• 5. Pigs don't: If pigs had wings, they would fly.
• 6. You can't borrow my car: As long as you bring it back at 4, you can borrow my car.
• 7. The teacher punished: If I hadn't broken the window, the teacher wouldn't have punished me.

Wishes and Common Mistakes

Wishes:

• 1. My little sister: I wish my little sister wouldn't ask me a lot of questions.
• 2. I missed the plane: I wish I hadn't missed the plane.
• 10. I would like: I wish I were older.

Mistakes:

• 1. The students' stories of their...
• 3. I agree with the TV...
• 4. Daughter: She is studying...