grammar exercises

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate unit noun： 1. a ____fit___ of coughing 2. a ____flash __ of lightning 3. a ___swarm____ of bees 4. a ___piece____ of advice

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb or verb phrase given： 5. Jane appears as though she _had known__（know） the secret.

6. Two players _were send___（send） off the field during last Saturday?s match.

7. I?ve forgotten to return the key of the safe. People _must have been looking__（must look） everywhere for it.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate coordinator or subordinator： 8. It was an island _whose___ name I have forgotten.

9. He carried his luggage all the way home， which was actually unnecessary. 10. He soon made it clear _why__ he had asked for a meeting.

11. The police arrived， after ___which__ the situation became calmer. Fill in the blank with an appropriate conjunct：

12. We visited Nimes ad Arles， ___that is ___ ， two ancient cities.

13. He has not paid his debts and， __worse still___ ， he has no intention of paying. 14. They?ll be back in an hour. __Meanwhile____ ， we could play chess. Fill in the blank with an appropriate pronoun：

15. The only thing _that_________ impresses me is her directness.

16. He is a top student at school， __which________ his brother never was. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition： 17. I hid my gun __under________ the pillow. 18. I don?t go __for________ men of his type.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate form of the word given： 19. Jane is hardly _smarter_________（smart） than Mrs. White. 20. She is the _taller_________（tall） of the two. H. Using whatever cohesive device is appropriate:

21. Keep the big apples in the basket and eat the small apples first. (ones) 22 Although I do not have the guts to swim in the ocean this time. I promise I will swim in the ocean next time. (do it)

23. A: Tiss went to India this winter.

B: Yes, I know that he went to India this winter. (Yes, I know it)

I. Combining sentences:

24. On his way home Jack came across a boy. The boy was very bright and honest.

(On his way home Jack came across a very bright and honest boy)

25. Mr. Bush had an immense fortune. In spite of that he was a most unhappy man.

(Though Mr. Bush had an immense fortune, he was a most unhappy man)

26. You sent me a Christmas card. Thank you so much.

(Thank you for sending me a Christmas card)

Rewrite the following sentences as required：

27.Turning the following imperatives into the tag question form：

Don?t let the children stay up too late on weekends. ………………, will you?

28. Turning the following imperatives into the tag question form：

Let?s do it together. ………., shall we?

29. Turning the following statement into a YES-NO question： I have already finished the assignment the teacher gave us last week. Have you finished the assignment the teacher gave us last week yet?

Fill in the blank with an assertive, non-assertive or negative word:

29. If you?re _still_______ in Shanghai, do give me a ring. 30. Surely __nobody______ knows where the documents are.

B. Fill in the blank with a proper form of the word or phrase in the bracket:

31. Since I broke my leg, I _have been depending_______ (depend) on my niece to see to the daily housework.

32. She was entitled to_ (entitle to)a compensation for her damaged car. 33. I guarantee _to offer _______ (offer)free repair service within the first three years of your purchase.

34. I suppose there?s not much point _arguing_______(argue)any further. 35. The more you eat chocolate, the fatter ________ (fat)you become. 36. How long have you been working in your present position?

I __will have been working ______ (work) there for two years by the coming March. 37. Our only request is that this should be settled________ (settle)as soon as possible.

38. I?d rather you __did not poke______ (not poke) your nose into her affair. Leave her alone. C. Fill in the blank with a determiner: 39. John and I have the same hobby.

40. Lying by the side of the road we saw __all______ wheels of a car. D. Fill in the blank with the given adjectives in correct order:

41. Copenhagen has a _bustling international_______ restaurant life with more than 2000 restaurants.(international, bustling)

E. Fill in the blank with a proper preposition:

42. The duke gave the teapot __to______ my aunt. 43. His sister has a good ear __for______ music. F. Fill in the blank with a proper link verb:

44. What I think, say and do __are______ none of your business. G. Fill in the blank with a helping verb:

45. All _are_______ satisfied with the hotel accommodations. H. Fill in the blank with a relative pronoun:

46. They talked a long time about their university days, after which________ they had a good meal.

I. Fill in the blank with a pronoun:

47. _someone_______tries to steal our company cars all the time.

48. Please bring as much food as you can. The more, the better.

Fill in the blank with a helping verb:

45. All _are_______ satisfied with the hotel accommodations. H. Fill in the blank with a relative pronoun:

46. They talked a long time about their university days, after _which_______ they had a good meal.

I. Fill in the blank with a pronoun:

47. _someone__tries to steal our company cars all the time.

48. Please bring as __much______ food as you can. The more, the better.

Rewrite the following sentences as required.

A．Turning the following imperative into the tag question form: 57.Put down all your things on the table.(………,will you?) B. Using passive voice:

58.The sad story needn?t have caused him so much distress. ( not so much distress has been caused by……) C. Using modal auxiliary:

59.I was sure that nobody had noticed his absence. (There must be nobody who……) D. Using nonfinite verb form:

60. I can?t imagine that he would ever agree to such a proposition.

(…imagine him to agree…)

E. Writing a counter-factual conditional based on the given fact:

61.He is rather fat. He doesn?t take any exercise. (If he took some exercise, he wouldn?t

be rather fat)

F. Using inversion:

62.The plane roared over and the bombs came down, which killed almost all the people in the village. ( Down came the bombs as the plane roared over……..)

G. Using a cleft sentence to highlight the place adjunct:

63. Jack hit Tom at the party. (It was at the party that Jack hit Tom)

57. Turning the singular nouns or noun phrases into plural forms wherever possible with other necessary changes：

A traffic accident often occurs at a crossroads.(Traffic accidents often occur at crossroads) 58. Using subjunctive mood：

A neighbour acted quickly and thus stopped the fire from spreading to the other floors.

(if it had not been for the quick action of a neighbor , the fire would have spread to the other floors)

59. Using a non-finite verb：

I don?t think she would admit that she had sold the house . (I don?t think she would admit selling the house)

60. Combining sentences using comparative degree （more……than……）：

Susan is intelligent. Mary is not that intelligent. (Susan is more intelligent than Mary)

61. Combining the sentences into one that contains a relative clause：

You sent my son an English-Chinese dictionary. Thank you very much. (Thank you very much for the English-Chinese dictionary you sent my son) 62. Combining the sentences into one that contains a relative clause：

Twenty horses were put into the corral. They were to be trained for riding. (Twenty horses that were to be trained for riding were put into the corral) 63. Rewrite the following sentence using a disjunct：

It is natural that as a beginner he isn?t a good driver yet. (Naturally, as a beginner, he isn?t a good driver yet)

64. Rewrite the following sentence as required： （Using “either you or I ” as the subject） We were responsible for the mistake.(Either you or I was responsible for the mistake) 65. Rewrite the following sentence using whatever cohesive device is appropriate：

If you travel often， keep a collection of necessities pre-packed. Keeping a collection of necessities pre-packed will give you time to pare the nonessentials.

(………………, That will give you time to pare the nonessentials)

66. Rewrite the following sentence using whatever cohesive device is appropriate：

My wife and I are going to dine out this evening. In fact， we dine out every weekend. (………..In fact, we do it/so every weekend)

67. Rewrite the following sentences beginning each with anticipatory “it”：

a. This question is very easy to answer. （It is very easy to answer this question）

b. You seem to have taken a dislike to him (It seems that you have taken a dislike to him)

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