Test It Fix It - English Grammar - Pre-Intermediate
Test It Fix It - English Grammar - Pre-Intermediate
Test It Fix It - English Grammar - Pre-Intermediate
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Contents
How touse Test it, Fix it 4
Articles (1) 6
Art icles (2) 10
Articles (3) 14
Adjectives and adverbs 18
Word orderwith adjectives 22
Word orderwith adverbs 26
Comparative and su perlativeadjectives 30
Comparat i ve and superlativeadverbs 34
- i ng or-ed? 38
Count able nouns 42
Uncountable nouns 46
Quant ifiers: some, y ~ muchand many 50
Something, anybody, nowhere, everything,etc. 54
Both, all; each, every;either, neither 58
Possessives 62
Preposit ions of time: at, on, in 66
Preposit i ons ofpl ace : in, on, at 70
Quest ions 74
Question tags 78
Shortanswers 82
Useful grammarter ms 86
Test it, Fix it is a seri es of bo oks desi gn ed to help you i dentifyany probl em s
you may have in Engli sh,and to fi x t he probl ems.Each Test it, Fix it book
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t ime.Itgivesyou extended Fix it
notesand examplesentences.It's
designedtogiveyou a summary
of t he grammaryou needforthe
wholetest.
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Test it ~
oFind and correctthemistakei n each sentence.
Mike'swearing ared socks. f Some childr en wear an
( uni for mat school .
b
\ \' c sa wa film vc -xtc-rrlav-
a fi lm was about a sp:'.
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I'm sure your books
h
ar ein akitchen.
d \\'ould YO\l likea banana
or a orange?
e Ilov ewatching asun
Hey, look! I' ve
gotan fetterl
rise in the morni ng.
f)Write a, an or the wherenecessary.
a Homo sapiens i s mostintell igent species on the pl anet .
b I met very interesting womantoday.
c Di d vou f ill the car up with .... ..petrolyesterday?
d The dog's barking at .... __ . moon again.
e Havea looki n fridge.Ithink there's some milkl eft.
That's an interest ing bir d - bird with t he bluetailfeat hers.
9 Wow! You'vegot l ot sof DVDs.
h Isthat reall y camel Ican see overthere?
Jeff's opt ician.
Haveyou got garageat your house?
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Test it again
oMatch t he t w o halves of each sent ence.Add a, an orthe where necessary.
a Get i nto bed.I'vegot
b The st orms last nightwere
c It hi nk they' re
d Oh, no! I'vegot
e How much i s
f Apparent ly,from space
9 Pet e,there's
h Which i sit? A squi d or
Nick'sj ust bought
Look! Can you see it? Ther e's
f)Find and correctf ive mistakes.
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2
3
4
5
6
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oct opus?
oi l on myfavouriteshirt.
email fo r you.
motorbike.
fox in t hegarden.
bees but t hey may be w asps.
eart h l ooks blue.
bl ack jacket in t he wi ndow?
newst oryt o read t o you.
worst we've had foryear s.
a I In Bads ey town centreyesterday, <l mall II-. l ' anexud1'0 1' l l l l ~ g i l l g a \ l l l l ~
womun. :\ wo mau lI'a, att acked ;\sshe left the posl " ni ce in Redford Road .
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then ewj ob?
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Fix it notes
A
Don'tuse aor an wit h uncountable
nouns.
B
Don't use a or an w it h pl ur al noun s.
C
Use a (not an)beforeaconsonant
sound.Use an (not a)before avowel
sound.
o
Use aor an when you ment ion
someth ing fort he fi rst time.
E
Use thewhen you ment ion something
fort he second ti me.
F
Use thewhen it 's obviouswhi ch person
or t hi ng yo u' re talki ng about.
G
Use thewh en the t hi ng you' re t alki ng
aboutis unique: th ere's onl y one of
them.
H
Use the wit hsuperlative adj ect ives.
For mor e informa ti on ,see the
Review page opposite.
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Art icles (1)
oReview
Articles (1)
Inthis bookt hereare three unitsonarticles.Articles (1) helpsyouto choose
between a,an or the.Articles (2) dea ls mostly w ith the definite article, the, and
tells you when you shouldn'tuse an article at all. Art i cles (3) showsyou when to
use articleswith common expressions.
A and an
You usethe indefiniteart icle a (notan) before aconsonantsound. You usethe
i ndef i nit earticle an (not a) before avowel sound.
15 thatacamel? He wearsa uniform. Ilivein a house.
Ilivein an oldhouse. Wouldyou like an orange? I'lltake an umbrella.
Youdon't use a or an with uncount able nounsor plural nouns.
Can yousmellgas? I'm wearingredgloves.
You use a or an whenyou mentionsomethi ng forthe first time.
A boywas walkingdown the streetwhen suddenlyhe sawan elephant.
Would you like to goandsee a film tonight? (Anyfilm, nota particularf ilm.)
The
You use the when you menti on something for a second t ime.
A boywas walkingdownthe street. Suddenlythe boysawan elephant. The
elephantwas enormous.
You use the when the person you're talkingtoknowswhich person orthi ng
you'retalking about.
Can Ispeakto the manager?(The manager ofthisshop.)
Your booksare in thekitchen. (You knowwhich kitchen.)
You use the whenthe person orthing you'ret al ki ng about is unique.(There's
onlyone.)
WhenI was little, Igavesomeflowers to the Queen.
The moonlooksbeautifultonight. Ilove watchingth esun godown.
You use the with superlati ve adj ect ives.
Thechoo tst: is tho tnst ost nnimnl on enrth, You'm the nicest person Iknow.
Test it
o Choose t he best option, A or B.
a I' m .
A ateacher B t eacher
b Could youopen ?I'm hot.
A thewi ndow B window
c Jeffwant sto climb .
A t he MountEverest B Mount Ever est
d Do you enjoy listening to ........?
A music B the music
e I spent my chi ldhoodi n .......
A the Belgium B Belgium
We'r egoing ski ing in ..
A Alps B the Alps
9 Jack'sgot ..
A the loud voice B a l oud voice
h Mydoctorsays is bad foryou.
A sal t B t he sal t
Can you pass me ,please?
A sal t B t he salt
Mybrot her speaks .
A the French B French
eChoose t hebest option.
a The Dr Smith/DrSmit h wasa l ect urerat Lon don Uni versity.
b Tom van Vuren comes fr om the Netherlands/ Net herl ands.
c The clown had big red nose/a big red nose.
d I'vealwaysloved Itali an/t heItalian.It'ssuch a musical language.
e Stephen, th e children/children are ready to go to school.
f Do you eat t he chicken/ch icken or ar e you veg etarian?
9 Haveyou everbeen t o Lake Orta/the LakeOrta?It's ve ry beautiful.
h We're staying at Sheraton Hotel/the Sheraton Hotel t on ight.
Ni cholas is an architect/ archi tect, isn't he?
I thi nk th e Li a/ Li a is avery prettybaby.
Test it again
o Compl et et he sentences.Use a, an or the where necessary.
a You real ly have got l ovely smile!
b Sarah want sto sai l on Ni le.
c I' m spendi ng New Year's Eve in Brussel s.
d Can you pass me wat er?
e All livingcreat ures need water.
I do n' t like .......... fish . Too ma ny bo nes!
g Mireia comesfrom .... . .Spain, doesn't she ?
h ..._.Chinese is a difficultlanguaget o learn.
Joewant sto be .......... airlinepilot.
.......Taj Mahal is an amazing buil ding.
aFin d and correct twelve mistakes in t hesedialogues.
a Tim: Dan, do you want sugar in your coffee?
Dan : Yes, please .Iknowt hesugar's bad foryour teet h but Ihate the
coffeewi thout it. The Dr Rawstornet el ls meto gi ve it up eve ry t ime
Isee him.
b Carol:
Wow! This gu idebook i s great. Have you eve r been lip Eiffel Tower?
Ni ck: No. i nfact I'venever been to the France.Pass me guidebook,
please.
c Harry: The dictionariesare so expensi ve these days!
Sally: Yes, Iknow, but bookscost alo t t o make, don'tthey?
d Pete: I'vedecided Idon't wa nt to be pol it ici an after all.
Jill: Good.Idon'tlike the poli t iciansanyway.
o Vi ct or: The Davi d is going t o United Statessoonto study economics.
Sarah: Oh. yes, Iremember.He's going t o the NewYork, isn' t he?
Fix it notes
A
Use aor anbefore a noun or before an
adj ect ive +noun t o describe somethi ng
ort o say what someons' sjobis.
B
Use the when the person you'retalking
to knowswhich person or thing you're
talking about.
C
Don'tlisean article whenyou'retalking
aboutthings in ageneral way, e.g.
chicken,music, salt.
o
Don't lise an article to talkabout a
person, a language or most places,
incl udi ng the nameofacountry,
a mountainoralake.
E
Use the wit h the namesofplacesthat
are pl ural; the names of deserts,seas ,
rivers and oceans; and the namesof
most buildings.
For:n
ore
see the 1[>
Review pageopposite.
Ar t icles (2)
oReview
Articles (2)
A and an
You use aor an to describethingsand to say what someone'sjobis.
This is a goodbook. Helen is an editor. NOT /-IefeR is editor.
'h
You use the whent he person you'retalkingto knowswhich person orth ing
you'r etalking about.
Could you passmethe salt?(The saltthat's on t hetable.)
Your glassesare in the car. (It's ourcar. You knowwhich one Imean.)
You use the with the namesofplaces thatare plural, e.g. the UnitedStates,
tileNetherlands;the UnitedArabEmirates. You also use thewith the namesof
mostdeserts,seas, rivers and oceans,and witht he namesofmostbuildings.
Robin lives in the UnitedStates. She sailedacrossthe Pacific.
It's veryhotin the NegevDesert. Ifoundthe bookin the British Library.
Note, however, thatthereare exceptionst o this rule. You don't use the with the
names of buildingswhichincludethe words school, universitv, college;castle,
palace;airport. station, e.g. London University, Topkapi Palace; FrankfurtAirport.
No article
You don't usean article(a, an or the) whenyou'retalking aboutt hings in
general. If you use an art icle,you change the meaning.
Ilike milkbutIdon'tlike fish.(All milk and all fish.)
lease passme the milk.(The milk that' son thetable. )
Childrenare adorable.(Allchildren.)
The childrenare adorable. (Ourchildren.)
You don'tuse an articlewi th languagesor withthe namesof mostplaces.
PaddyspeaksFrench. NOT speakstheFreneh.
We like Lake Como. NOT We like the-l::a,xe Como.
Note, however, that thereare exceptionsto thisrule.YOLI use the wi t h the
names of placeswhich includewordssuch as kingdom, sultanate, republic, e.g.
'IraRopubticofIreland, and withverybig partsoftheworld, e.g. The Far East.
You don't usa nn article bofore people's namesor before Mr, Ms, Mrs,Miss,
Or, Ptotessot, etc, nnd the parson's nama.
limyh; //IY 1>0UI (, itmd. NOI Tile TOI/Y is mybes/ -friel/fi.
. _ _ . '- - - ! -
Test it ~
oChoosethecorrectsentencein each pair.
a John's in t he hospi tal because he' s broken his leg.
b John'sin hospital because he' s broken his l eg.
c What funny boyyou are!
d What afunnyboyyou are!
e We'll have a salad for l unch.
We'll have asalad forthe lunch.
9 We're goingto Lon don by the car.
h We're goi ng to Lon don by car.
To getto Broad Street,take the seco nd turni ng on the left.
Toget to Broad St reet, take t he seco nd turni ng on left.
f)Write a, an or the wherenecessary.
a MickeyJames is i n . . prison again.
b Hey, look ! Mywatch is same as yours!
c Emma's onlyfi ve and she can alreadycount t o hundred .
d Thechildren go to school by bus.
e Would you like t o win milliondollars?
f .J ulian! What amazing surprise!
9 What do you want for breakfast?
h Patrick Leig h Fermortra velled from London to Istanbulon foot .
Sandy 'sworking as assistantunt il she goesto Australia.
Takethe t hird t urning on rig ht.
Test it again
o Find and correctthemistake in each sentence.
iI David always uses I hate travelling by
his pen asspoon. the plane.
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b co un ted t ho usa nd coins 9
Whydon'tyou ring Fiona?
i ll fi ftee n minutes: Ithinkshe's atthe home.
~ . . .
h The kidslove going
c Do youwant to have
to cinema.
thedinner wit h me?
Ican't seeyouonSaturday
d You and 111(' - we ' re same becauseI'm going to the work.
typt' of" people.
You turnthe li ght soff ! Idon't
wanttogetoutofthe bed.
Mnt ch the two hal ves of each sentence. Add a, an or the wherenecessary.
Do you ever go t o 1 helicopter.
b The post office is over there on 2 waiterat t he moment .
c Wo often go to t he beach in 3 hospit al.
tl Most people dislike being in 4 chur ch?
I' m busy.I' ve got 5 June.
Hnr ry! What 6 ........ .. lunch we'll play foot ball.
He's working as 7 . . '" coast more than the mountains.
h They do mountain rescues by 8 million thi ngst o do.
Altor 9 surpriset o see you again!
Iliko 10 right next to the bank.
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Fix it notes
A
Use thebeforesome common
expressi ons, e.g. theleft, the rig ht,
the same.
B
Don'tusean article wit hsome
common expressions relating to
particular places, e.g. in bed, at home,
in hospital, in prison, to work.
C
Don'tuse an article with meals, days,
months, or wi th holi days,fest ival s and
specialdays.
D
Use a or an before a singular countable
nounaft er as.
E
Don'tusean article wit h methodsof
tr ansport ,e.g. bybus, bycar, on foot.
F
Use aor anbefore asingularcountable
noun inexclamations with What ... !
G
Use abefore hundred, thousand.
million when vou mean ' one hundred' ,
'o net housand' ,etc.
For morei nf ormat i on,see t he
Review page opposit e.
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Articles (3)
Review
Articles (3)
A and an
You use aor an before sing ul ar countable no uns afte r as.
I'm using mysparebedroomasan office.
Jane's workingas an assistantin the doctor 'ssurgery. NOT as assistant
You use aor an beforesi ngularcount ablenouns in excl amati onst hat start
with What.
Whatasurprise! Whatan amazingcar! Whata funnydream!
You use abefore til ewords hundred, thousand, million, billion, etc.when you
111 0an 'o ne hundred', 'onet ho usand', et c.
Jill's won a hundred euros. Athousandyears ago therewas a forest here.
You use the befo re some common exp ressions, e.g.the same, thecinema,
the theatre, theri ght, the left, the top, thecoast, etc.You need to learn t hese .
You'rewearingthe samejacketas me. ShaJJ we got o the ci nema?
Mybouse is on the left.
rticle
YOIidon 't use an articlewith some commonexpressio ns relat ing to
partic ular places.
(0, inor out of: bed, church, hospital , pr ison
(lI, ator fr om: coll ege, school , universit y,work
Huh willbein prison forsixmonths. NOT in th e pri son
Wolearnta lotat schooltoday. NOT at t he school
Ili kegoing to work. NOT tfie--wefk-
YUIidon't use an articlewith meals,days, months,holidays,festivals and
pucial days.
Iat's hovelunch loge/her. Ihat eMondays. My1?irthday'sin June.
II ItJ ki ds loveChristmas. We alwayshaveapartyon NewYear'sDay.
YOIi don 't li sefi n artlcle with meth ods of tr ansport.
IpI/I to workhytrni n. Hol en l oves goingever ywhere on foor.
II'IfII"ickl1lbyem. Tl w PrimaMillis/ a( tr nvel sbyptnne.
Test it ~
oFiveof t hesesentencesar e incorrect.Fin d andcorrectt hem.
a St eve hit t he ball hard. Rabbit f ur feel ssoft ly.
9 We sawtwobeautifuls
b You're aperson nice.
sunsetslastweek.
c Harryisadog black.
h Did you get up \'('I
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'early?
d The Economistis a
weekly magazine. Buysomegreen apples.
e This curry tastes wonderful. Ibought today acar.
eChoosethecorrectsentencei n each pair.
a Mal co lm speaks well Italian.
b Mal colm speaks It ali an well.
c That perf ume sme ll swonderful I
d That perfumesmells wonderf ully!
e Akit t en is acat young.
Akitten is a youngcat.
9 Th ey t est weekly th e fir e alarms.
h They t est t he fire alarmsweekly.
Iread fi ve good books on holiday.
Iread fi vegoodsbooks on holiday.
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est it again
oSolve t hecluestocompletethecrossword .Use thewordsbelow.
Ilf/rl badly easy easily good well
slow slowl y soft softly strange strangely
Across
2 The hairdressercut myhair .......... yesterday.
3 Thesoup tastes What' s i n it ?
5 Our Fre nch examwas quite .
Have you seen any fi lmsrecentl y?
8 Myrabbit has whitefur.
OBliger. Drive , , .
11 Nick i sa . ., . reader buthe loves
hooks.
Down
1 You' re talk ing
6
Hnve you go t to ot hache?
The meat smells ..... .
;5
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Let' sthrowit away.
Icnn drinkthree
lltr osofwat er aday.
' Don' t worry: she said
111 l' hi erry Herve played
foull y in th e
Ill /Itch.
hnolQt ho best opti on .
(' /l lrickhashai r blond/blond hair.
It Suedidn' t enj oy muchthe film/the f il m much.
You lookang ry/ angril y- what'sw rong ?
" VIGkyshout ed loudly/loud.
Ihu Alpsnro very snowys/s nowy in w inter.
I hu musicsounds cheo rful/cheerf ull y.
I Th ai tuntlon i ssertous/serlouslv,
II Dnn' t drivo BO flllJl/rnstiy.
1'.1/Tlnuni ~ II pnpor daily/d olly paper.
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Adjectives and adverbs
Review
Fix it notes
djectives and adverbs A
Put adject ives before (notafter) nouns
or pronouns. die ct ives
You use adjectivestosay more aboutanoun or a pronoun.Adjectivesgo
B
before(notafter) th enoun or pronoun.
Adj ectivesdon't changetheirform with
lie'saman. He's aniceman. NOT He's-tt-ffltffHffee.
singular or plural nouns.
IIMfY'Sadog. Harry'sablackdog. NOT Herrvis B doeblack.
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YOIl don'tchanget he form of anadjectivewithsingularor plural nouns.
Put adject ives (not adverbs)aftert hese
If's nn interestingbook. These are interesting books. NOT fftlefestifttjs-
verbs:appear;be,become, feel, get,
Thoseshoes are cheap. NOT eheep
l ook, seem, smell ,sound, tast e.
YOIlputadjectives after (notbefore)t heseverbs:appear; be, become, feel ,get,
o
luok,seem, smell,sound, taste.
Don 't put adverbs betweentheverb
looktired. NOT You.tired-look.
and the ob ject. Usually put them at th e
III"tseemseasy. NOT -That eaBy-seems.
end oft hesentence.
YOIlusean adject ive (notan adverb) afterthese verbs:appear; be, become, feel ,
E
'til , look, seem, smell,sound, taste.
Earlyand lat e; fast and hard; daily,
111f/ tiresdsmellswonderful. NOT -W8RtferftJl/ y
weeklyand monthlyare adject ives and
I)II/I!! OWmilktaste bad? NOT -hat#y-
adverbs.
1111 l or m mostadverbs by addi ng Iy to theadjective.
For mor ei nfor mat i on,see the
II/IId... quickly
Revi ew page opposite.
/III/Iy ualn.
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Ihl l 1m careful , Some adverbs are i rregular.
/ 1l 11I/ well She'sagoodrunner. She runs well.
IIII/d hnrd Diggingis hardwork. He works hard.
1111 11(11' adverbsto say moreaboutverbs.Adverbstell you how,where, when
III IJIIW muchsomething happens. You usually put them at the end of the
uutnnce.You don'tpu t t hem bet weenthe verband its ob ject.
I lillyfir/II deliciouspizmshere. NOT Thev-eett-heredeliciouspizzas.
Ft onch well. Nor Youspeak wellFrench.
melmontniv con be adjectives
I{Jil t III) omlv.
11111 nlll""rlilily
Word order with adjecti ves
Test it again Test it ~
oPilI theadjectivesin t he correct order bef orethenouns. oFi nd and correct any sentences that are wrong.
a I saw a wh ite li lliemouse nicky issmall, fair
in thekitchen. and blue-eyed.
b Katy li ves i n a small mod ern g (