English Language Practice: Advanced Grammar & Vocabulary

Listening Comprehension Questions and Answers

• Q: What did the boy do on Saturday? A: He went for a walk by the river.
• Q: What sort of film is the review about? A: A sci-fi film.
• Q: Why are some passengers being offered a free meal? A: Because they’ve been waiting a long time.
• Q: What is Jenny studying at university? A: Chemistry.
• Q: What happened in Grantford last night? A: Things fell from space.

Listening Gap Fill Answers

1. The first speaker is planning a visit to the museum on Monday afternoon.
2. The star of Journey to Jupiter is expected to win best Actor at the awards.
3. Passengers who are entitled to a free meal have to claim their Voucher from the information desk.
4. Jenny keeps up her music by playing in the university Orchestra.
5. The objects that fell on the houses probably came from a small Meteorite.

Reading Comprehension: Doctor Who Analysis

True, False, or Not Mentioned (T/F/NM)

F, F, NM, T, T, NM

Gap Fill Exercise Solutions

Doctor Who is a successful long-running science-fiction TV series concerned with travel through (1) Time.

Its longevity can, in part, be attributed to the central character's capacity to (2) Regenerate himself, which allows new actors to play the role.

The latest is Peter Capaldi, who was first introduced during a 50th (3) Anniversary episode.

Although known for being frightening, Doctor Who is intended for a (4) Family audience.

The programme's role in national (5) Culture is demonstrated by the fact that most British people are able to name the Doctor's time machine (the Tardis), describe and imitate a Dalek, say which actor played the Doctor during their childhood and reproduce the show's (6) Theme music. Although absent for a few years, the Doctor now has a whole new following and looks set to continue for years to come.

Vocabulary and Word Transformation Exercises

Word Opposites and Forms

• Possible → Impossible
• Advantage → Disadvantage
• Fly (Past Participle) → Flown
• Look (Continuous) → Looking
• Environment → Environmental
• Stay (Continuous) → Staying
• Will (Negative Contraction) → Won't
• Zero (Contextual) → Sub-zero

Contextual Travel Vocabulary

Hi Natalie, Journey / My host mother, Traffic Jam // By the time I [reached the] Gate ... because [I had to] Board.

And then, Take Off / I decided High Speed / I left London, Unbelievable!

Gap Fill: Travel Incident

The next morning I was at the station very early, but an Unexpected last-minute change of Platform meant that I had to run with all my luggage and I only just got On the train before the doors closed.

Prefixes and Negative Forms

• Usual → Unusual
• Calculated → Miscalculated
• Possible → Impossible
• Responsible → Irresponsible
• Estimate → Underestimate

Key Word Sentence Transformations

• DOES: What time does Gemma's train arrive?
• MEETING: I am meeting Pedro outside the café at 4.30.
• WORKING: Next March, Paul will be working in New York. (Future Continuous)
• GONE: I will have gone to university by the end of the year. (Future Perfect)
• MISS: The traffic's terrible and I think we are going to miss the train. (Future Simple / Going To)

Future Tense Verb Conjugation Practice

• Start → Starts (Present Simple for timetable)
• Finish → Will have finished (Future Perfect)
• Live → Will have been living (Future Perfect Continuous)
• Play → Will be playing (Future Continuous)
• Win → Will win (Future Simple)

Auxiliary and Modal Verbs List

Will, Going, Have, Not, Been