English Grammar and Listening Practice Exercises

Listening Section

Answers: c, b, d, a, c, b, b, a

Grammar Practice

Exercise 1: Verb Forms

• 1. Don't have, will... do
• 2. Will be, ends
• 3. Hadn't dyed, had listened
• 4. Knew, would tell

Exercise 2: Conditional Sentences

• 1. If their report had included more examples, it would have been better.
• 2. She will feel calmer when she finishes her exams.
• 3. If you don't trust her, don't tell her anything.
• 4. If he tried to make friends, he wouldn't be lonely.

Exercise 3: Wishes and Regrets

• 1. If only I had scored a goal.
• 2. If I hadn't woken up late, I would have got to school on time.
• 3. I wish they had offered us a lift home.
• 4. Unless you go to the first day of the big sale, you won't get the best selection.
• 5. If I hadn't been so nervous, I would have passed.

Exercise 4: Mixed Tenses and Word Choice

• 1. Visit
• 2. Will notice
• 3. Are being made
• 4. Can... guess
• 5. To think
• 6. Costs
• 7. Has revealed
• 8. Will tempt
• 9. Is... written
• 10. Wonder
• 11. Have participated

Exercise 5: Sentence Completion

• 1. Have a temperature, I will be back at school.
• 2. My shoes repaired.
• 3. That I started last year.
• 4. Seeing a film that weekend.
• 5. She had been worrying about me.
• 6. Being asked to leave.

Exercise 6: Modals and Relative Clauses

• 1. That must be Ellen.
• 2. I wish I had seen you last night.
• 3. He has been sleeping for an hour.
• 4. This chair, which you are sitting on, is broken.

Final Test: Part 1

Section 1: Tense Review

• 1. Don't be, will walk
• 2. Wouldn't have forgotten, had written down
• 3. Has been cooking, am not waiting
• 4. Must have left, hadn't left

Section 2: Gap Fill

• 1. Hadn't experimented
• 2. Wouldn't have been invented
• 3. Who
• 4. Was working
• 5. When
• 6. Had discovered
• 7. Which
• 8. Wouldn't be affected
• 9. To sell
• 10. Is known

Section 3: Sentence Transformation

• 1. Had our class photos taken yesterday.
• 2. Someone had used her laptop without asking her.
• 3. [No answer provided]
• 4. To whom does that fancy sports car belong?
• 5. Is being edited now.
• 6. Unless you enter your password, you can't access the website.

Final Test: Part 2

Section 1: Advanced Structures

• 1. Rose, whose father is a film director, wants to be an actor.
• 2. If only you had been able to go with us last weekend.
• 3. I wouldn't confide in Amanda if she gossips.
• 4. ...beach where... bikes.
• 5. My mum suggested asking for a refund.
• 6. The manager with whom I had the first interview is no longer at the company.
• 7. It might rain this weekend.
• 8. We're having the lock on our front door changed tomorrow.
• 9. He had directed 16 films before he was nominated for his first Academy Award.

Section 2: Contextual Grammar

• 1. Are talking
• 2. Who
• 3. Have studied
• 4. To have
• 5. Which
• 6. Where
• 7. Were questioned
• 8. Had been walking
• 9. Means
• 10. Ignore
• 11. Talk