Urban Development and English Grammar Practice

Part 1: Vocabulary and Grammar Practice

Exercise 1

• 1. People / Shoppers
• 2. Floors
• 3. Poorer
• 4. Bank
• 5. Traffic jam
• 6. Window
• 7. Street

Exercise 2

• 1. d
• 2. c
• 3. e
• 4. b
• 5. a

• 1. Access to
• 2. Reason for
• 3. Lack of
• 4. Along with
• 5. Break from

Exercise 3

• 1. Housing
• 2. Lack of
• 3. Abandoned
• 4. Suburbs
• 5. Neighbourhoods
• 6. Built-up
• 7. Room for
• 8. Solution to

Exercise 4

• 1. Will hold
• 2. Have increased
• 3. Will have brought
• 4. Should be emptied
• 5. Was believed
• 6. Will be demolished
• 7. Have been banned
• 8. Haven't been found
• 9. Has turned down

Exercise 5

• 1. Free parking spaces in town should be given to locals.
• 2. Have the city's historic landmarks been shown to the tourists?
• 3. City life is thought to be too stressful by many.

Exercise 6

• 1. Had / got its logo designed by a local artist
• 2. Is believed that this used to be a Roman city
• 3. Of the city are displayed in the library
• 4. Bigger car park should be built outside the city centre
• 5. Was delivered to the homeless

Part 2: Advanced Language Applications

Exercise 1

• 1. On
• 2. Of
• 3. Space
• 4. Break
• 5. Down
• 6. Out
• 7. Put
• 8. With

Exercise 2

• 1. Housing
• 2. Put in charge
• 3. Put emphasis on
• 4. High-rise
• 5. Put pressure on
• 6. Solution to
• 7. Congestion
• 8. Along with
• 9. Run smoothly
• 10. Tempted

Exercise 3

• 1. It is quieter
• 2. There was a sale
• 3. Rich and poor people
• 4. I worked all the time
• 5. Mall
• 6. Houses and apartments
• 7. Are empty and unsafe

Exercise 4

• 1. That firm shouldn't have been given the award. / The award shouldn't have been given to that firm.
• 2. It's believed that nobody will buy this property. / People believe that this property won't be bought.
• 3. Has the new suburb been shown to the group? / Has the group been shown the new suburb?
• 4. When are the residents going to be given better conditions? / When are better conditions going to be given to the residents?

Exercise 5

• 1. They had got the house painted before they moved in.
• 2. A pool has been installed in our neighbour's garden.
• 3. A neighbourhood of luxury homes is being planned here.
• 4. They didn't build a car park next to the school.
• 5. It is said that the city has plenty of affordable housing.

Exercise 6

• 1. Have built
• 2. Will be held
• 3. Had been signed
• 4. Protested
• 5. Were turned
• 6. Had been won
• 7. Should be preserved