Comprehensive English Language Review Exercises

Relative Clauses

1. The stadium where I played my first tournament is near my house.
2. The ski lodge, which is in the Pyrenees, opens in two weeks.
3. Tina, whose mum is a famous tennis player, sits next to me in class.

Prepositions and Relative Pronouns

1. Monica is in the class for which I signed up.
2. I am not keen on the team against which we are competing.
3. The travel time depends on the place from which you start.
4. My friend, on whom I rely for support, is Tony.

Verb Patterns and Reporting Verbs

1. Pat denied breaking the windows yesterday.
2. The teacher warned Sara not to use that website.
3. Mum reminded Helen to give those apples to her grandmother.
4. David offered to give Kim a lift the day after.
5. Julia admitted to having lost the money the week before.
6. Simon advised Ian that taking the train was a bad idea.

Passive Voice

1. The shop was closed for two hours yesterday.
2. Over £100,000 has been donated to charity this month.
3. Gold is being bought instead of property.
4. 100 free tickets will be given away by Blue Sky Airlines.
5. The new hospital is going to be opened by the prime minister tomorrow.
6. Many items had been bought before today.

Passive Voice Transformations

1. The map was shown to the woman / The woman was shown the map.
2. Simone has already been offered some cake / Some cake has already been offered to Simone.
3. A coat will be given to James / James will be given a coat.

Impersonal Passive Structures

1. The store is rumoured to be closing down.
2. It is believed that people are spending more than last year.

Causative Structures

1. They are having their house decorated tomorrow.
2. She had her bag stolen at the concert last night.
3. I have all my grocery shopping delivered by the supermarket.
4. I am having my computer fixed tonight.

Reported Questions

1. Jon asked Paco which website he looked at regularly.
2. Miriam asked her brother where he had bought his phone.
3. The doctor asked me how often I ate meat.
4. Silvia asked Esther why she had been crying the day before.
5. Sonia asked her sister when she would be ready.

Vocabulary and Phrasal Verbs

Movement Verbs

1. Chase, 2. Dive, 3. Jog, 4. Jump

Health and Lifestyle

1. Join a gym, 2. Be in shape, 3. Stop smoking, 4. Get out

Phrases and Expressions

1. Take part in this year’s tournament, 2. Because I’m feeling unwell, 3. Make an appointment with the club owner

Future Forms

1. Will call you, 2. Is living, 3. Am having, 4. Will spend, 5. Will win, 6. It will rain

Word Usage

1. Refund, 2. On, 3. Order, 4. Charity

Adjectives

Wasteful

Money and Feelings

1. Save up money, 2. I am giving back the stereo, 3. Retail therapy, 4. Feeling down

Social Interaction

1. Gossip, 2. Touch, 3. Chat, 4. Public

Technology

1. Zoom in, 2. Wireless connection, 3. Status update, 4. Log off