English Vocabulary & Grammar Practice Solutions

Vocabulary Practice: Section One

Exercise 1: Phrasal Verbs & Expressions

1. Take off
2. Disturbing / To make a comeback
3. Was called off
4. Appeal to
5. Overnight
6. Are making / Are going
7. In the spotlight
8. Book a ticket

Exercise 2: Matching Terms

1. b
2. d
3. f
4. e
5. a
6. h
7. c
8. g

Exercise 3: Sentence Completion

1. never seen
2. Everyone
3. Don’t give up.
4. spacious
5. next week
6. stole

Exercise 4: Entertainment Vocabulary

1. awards
2. prestigious
3. performances
4. show off
5. publicity
6. on stage
7. unknown
8. lucky break

Exercise 5: Show Business Terms

1. autograph
2. made it
3. interval
4. outrageous
5. trendsetters

Exercise 6: Event & Performance Vocabulary

1. Enthusiastic
2. front-row seats
3. atmosphere
4. encourage
5. cheer
6. being around
7. rehearse
8. lighting
9. costumes
10. packed

Grammar Practice: Section One

Exercise 1: Passive Voice Transformations

1. The room was being used until four o’clock.
2. The pieces can be joined when they are pressed together.
3. No, it was / has been drunk by the children.
4. It was broken when the house was being cleaned.

Exercise 2: Passive Voice with Two Objects

1. A bonus has been offered to the salespeople by the manager.
   The salespeople have been offered a bonus by the manager.
2. The new computer game is being shown to Greg’s friends.
   Greg’s friends are being shown the new computer game.
3. The plants must be given some water.
   Some water must be given to the plants.

Exercise 3: Verb Tenses & Forms

1. was established
2. visit
3. are displayed
4. have included
5. is considered
6. create
7. change
8. happens
9. lose
10. have been shown
11. will … go away

Exercise 4: Causative Verbs

1. will have / get … put
2. have just had / got … cleaned
3. had … bake
4. had / got … replaced

Exercise 5: Mixed Tenses & Structures

1. knows
2. was elected
3. had / got … arranged
4. had managed
5. convinced
6. is going to call / is calling
7. is going to do / is doing
8. refuses
9. has collected / has been collecting
10. heard
11. are found / can be found
12. has asked
13. don’t mind
14. are paid
15. had often complained
16. moved
17. had … built
18. is kept

Vocabulary Practice: Section Two

Exercise 1: Word Choice

1. chairs
2. choose
3. many countries
4. tent
5. broke down
6. safe
7. fined

Exercise 2: Environmental & Legal Terms

1. court, activists, dumps, convicted, illegal
2. solar power, global warming, fuel, source, pollute

Exercise 3: Compound Nouns & Phrasal Verbs

1. intercity, overcrowded
2. cut down, destroyed
3. approached, greenhouse effect
4. charged with, trial
5. inactive, avoids
6. ban, wildlife
7. misbehaved, unexpected

Exercise 4: Open-Ended Answers

Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.

Grammar Practice: Section Two

Exercise 1: Multiple Choice

1. b
2. a
3. a
4. a
5. b

Exercise 2: Conditional Sentences

1. will be, leave
2. would have chosen, hadn’t met
3. will start, finishes / has finished
4. don’t have, can’t / won’t concentrate
5. want, should meet
6. did, would … like

Exercise 3: Conditional & Wish Clauses

1. If I had the money, I would upgrade my laptop.
2. If she hadn’t rushed, she wouldn’t have broken her leg.
3. I wish I could join you tonight.

Exercise 4: Sentence Rewriting

1. I had apologised to Sally
2. I get the results, I’ll call you
3. we save enough money, we won’t travel abroad
4. I had had your number, I could / would have called you
5. you could join us

Exercise 5: Mixed Grammar Review

1. had chosen
2. will feel
3. makes
4. were
5. would participate
6. had bought
7. would / could have baked
8. will pick up
9. finishes / has finished
10. would buy