English Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises

Vocabulary

1

1. 1 sensationalist 2 current 3 deny
2. 4 paparazzi 5 photographers
3. 6 celebrity 7 journalist 8 interest
4. 9 accuse 10 press

2

1. 1 takes 2 pays 3 takes 4 sets
2. 5 has 6 set 7 take 8 taking
3. 9 gives 10 have

3

1. I don’t want to go back to that hotel ever again. It was awful.
2. Yesterday’s interview turned out well, considering.
3. I’m sure all your hard work will pay off.
4. Hurry up! Our plane takes off in 20 minutes.
5. Ian held down the burglar while I called the police.
6. 6 hang out 7 fit in with 8 take up
7. 9 Move along 10 is, into

4

1. 1 audience 2 headphones
2. 3 microphone 4 concert hall
3. 5 musical score

5

1. Is there a chemist in the city centre?
2. I bought some delicious chocolate cookies yesterday.
3. I got a flat tyre while I was driving on the motorway.
4. Please don’t leave any garbage outside the drugstore.
5. Can I please pay the bill?
6. Here’s my cell phone number so you can text me.
7. I lost my sense of humour when he dropped my chips on me.
8. Where will you be spending your next vacation?
9. There are so many brightly coloured snacks in the sweet shop.
10. The elevator is out of order so you’ll have to take the stairs.

Grammar

6

1. 1 she didn’t believe
2. 2 (me) if / whether I wanted to
3. 3 Chris would be arriving
4. 4 (me) why I hadn’t told her
5. 5 they had already seen
6. 6 (me) what I was going
7. 7 I was looking
8. 8 (me) if / whether I could take
9. 9 he hadn’t heard of
10. 10 (me) if / whether Emily had really written

1. suggested going / that we go out for a meal.
2. told David not to touch his things.
3. advised Laura to take a gap year.
4. offered to help Adam with his homework.
5. told everyone to be quiet and listen to her / him.
6. advised me to swim more.
7. told me not to forget to invite Irene to the party.
8. suggested going / that we went to the cinema that evening.
9. offered to post the letter for me.
10. suggested getting / that we got a T-Shirt for Hugh’s birthday.

7

1. ‘Why do you care what other people think?’
2. ‘We won’t be attending the conference.’
3. ‘Why did you tell Josh my secret?’
4. ‘I’ll come if I have time.’
5. ‘Why didn’t you answer / haven’t you answered my emails?

8

1. I enjoyed the CD you lent me.
2. Tom plays the organ, which is very difficult.
3. My sister’s an opera singer whose favourite role is Carmen.
4. We live in the city centre where there are lots of music venues.
5. Can I watch the DVD you bought yesterday?
6. It’s hard to reason with people who are opinionated.
7. David, who’s studying at the conservatoire, is very musical. / David, who is very musical, is studying at the conservatoire.
8. Why don’t you play the guitar I bought you last year?
9. What’s the name of that song which has been a hit for weeks?
10. That is our old house where I lived last year.