Corpus tasks
UNIT 1 Common mistakes
Exercise 1
Cross out the mistakes in each sentence. Write
the correct words.
1 During his life, he has written 22 books. Twenty of
them have been bessellers.
2 I’m writing to ask for details about how to join your
world wide known club.
3 I collect stamps since my first year at university.
4 The plays and the films were really great. I enjoyed
all of them. I hope to see much more films next year.
5 Tomorrow at 9.00 am, everybody from the Sales
Department must go to a meeting for speak about
our company’s situation.
6 In the afternoon, the most important part of the
course was too much boring; in fact I fell asleep.
UNIT 1 Simple, continuous or perfect
Exercise 2
Underline the correct words in each sentence.
1 I think that my three-week stay at your place has
been / was the best part of my holiday.
2 Nowadays, people don’t bother to go out and have
fun. Instead they sit / are sitting indoors watching
films.
3 I would like to thank you again for the prize that you
give / have given me.
4 I started / have started to collect films, and would like
to have a big collection.
5 I remember when I first saw / had seen his films, my
life suddenly changed.
6 Last year we launched / have launched a new
product called AeroGarden.
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UNIT 2 Common mistakes
Exercise 1
Circle the correct words in each sentence.
1 What will clothes be like 100 years from now? What
do you think models will wear on / in the catwalks?
2 We think it is a great opportunity because there are
some people in our class who like / want to study
fashions / fashion after leaving this school.
3 These jobs were important for my career and I am
really interesting / interested in working for / to your
company.
4 She wanted to talk about it with somebody who
seemed confident / loyal to her, so, she called me up
one dark night asking for my help.
5 There are two points of view. The first is the mobile
phone as a way / mode of communication and the
other is the mobile phone as a fashion item / a part of
fashion.
6 Yes, there are still a lot of people who are addicted in
/ to reading.
UNIT 2 Present perfect (continuous)
Exercise 2
Cross out the wrong words in each sentence.
Write the correct sentences.
1 In the last few years, the number of people using a
bicycle to get to work or school is increasing / has
been increasing.
2 I surfed when I was travelling in Brazil, but since then
I haven’t had / have hadn’t a chance to do it again.
3 I think that this job is for me, because I have been
working / have worked as a babysitter before.
4 I am a Russian student from Moscow who has / have
been studying here for two years.
5 Since the creation of PCs, people are / have been
doing different things.
6 I’m playing / I’ve been playing since I was eight
years old. All these years I’m practising / I’ve been
practising to become a good player.
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UNIT 3 Common mistakes
Exercise 1
Underline the correct words in each sentence.
1 You should keep your body fit with / by doing sport.
Take my advise / advice and put some time aside
just for you, for your healtiness / health.
2 Students try to find their life’s / life way, using their
intrests / interests and intelligence / intelligents.
3 Chess is easy and you are very clever so you will
pick / catch it up very quickly.
4 I’d like to show you my city around / around my city,
but unfortunately, I’ll only be free on Wednesday
morning / only Wednesday morning I’ll be free.
5 If you have any problem / problems, feel free to
come and talk about them / it with me.
6 When you get to Athens call me and I’ll come to pick
you up / take you from the station.
UNIT 3 The grammar of phrasal verbs
Exercise 2
Cross out the wrong words in each sentence.
Write the correct sentences.
1 One day you might found out / find out that what I
have said is not totally wrong.
2 I will come to take you / pick you up with my car.
3 His stories are composed / made up of war and love.
4 The work was going to take up him / take up all his
time.
5 I have to ask my parents to send me some money but
the problem is get / getting money from my parents
because I should rely to / on myself.
6 I’m looking forward to / looking forwards a reply as
soon as possible.
7 Some people make show / show off in front of his /
their friends.
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UNIT 4 Common mistakes
Exercise 1
Circle the correct words in each sentence.
1 I had never seen he lose / him lose his temper
before.
2 In / At that moment I felt so nervous and terrified that
I faint / fainted.
3 How are you / have you been since the last time
we’ve seen / we saw each other?
4 Another advantage is that you needn’t doing / do
exercise at the weekend.
5 In my opinion our enviroment / environment is so
polluted we needn’t / shouldn’t use our cars every
day.
6 I never pass / I have never got over the disappointing
experience I had.
UNIT 4 Modals (1): necessity and obligation
Exercise 2
Cross out the wrong words in each sentence.
Write the correct sentences.
1 How much do I have to bring the money?
2 She always do what she have to do.
3 Children are not studying as much as they have to
because they are watching TV.
4 Bikes have a lot of advantages, like they’re cheap,
they needn’t petrol and they’re healthier than cars.
5 There are a lot of beautiful shops in the centre of
our town but on Sunday when we mustn’t work, the
shops are closed.
6 I also have to thank you because you left the
refrigerator full of food so we needn’t go to the
supermarket when we arrived.
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UNIT 5 Present and past habits
Circle the correct words in each sentence.
1 I remember when we were going / used to go
swimming every morning and afternoon.
2 Parents used to buy / buying bicycles for their
children.
3 And then we went to drink some coffee but John and
Peter were always drinking / always drank tea.
4 People were using / used candles to see. In winter,
they used to fire / burn wood to keep warm.
5 Last week, when I visited you, I noticed that you were
very nervous and you always shouted / were always
shouting at the children.
6 Always we were / We were always laughing and
having a great time.
UNIT 6 be / get used to
Cross out the mistakes in each sentence. Write
the correct words.
1 Another good way to practise our English is to speak
to our friends in English. As a result, we will get
used to speaking / speak English with other people.
2 A book improves your vocabulary, it helps you
getting / get used to writing / write and speaking /
speak.
3 I can’t get used to / with the fact that the holidays
have finished.
4 At the beginning of my holiday, I was worried whether
I could be / get used to people in Cambridge.
5 More and more people are getting used to
eating / eat fast food instead of cooking at home.
6 When I was in England, staying in my aunt’s house, I
had to get used of / to some things that we don’t have
here in Greece.
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UNIT 7 Narrative tenses
Underline the correct words in each sentence.
1 While I was going to school, I noticed that everyone
looked / was looking at me with a very strange face /
expression.
2 After I had come / gone in, I felt / smelt a strange
scent floating in the corridor.
3 During the night, I was feeling / felt that everybody
was watching me. I was absolutely / so embarrassed.
4 I am glad to own a mobile phone, despite the fact it
wouldn’t be / isn’t absolutely necessary in my case.
5 I was feeling very happy as it was my / the first time I
had travelled / travelled with my best friend.
6 The TV man didn’t come. I waited / was waiting for
him all day long and eventually they called from the
company and explained that they had too many /
much clients.
UNIT 8 Future (1): Review
Cross out one unnecessary word in each
sentence.
1 I was nearly about to start crying when my parents
came and rescued me.
2 Even if though I cannot drive a car, I still prefer a
bicycle to a car or bus.
3 I’ve received your letter and I am very excited about
to going cycling next weekend.
4 The traffic is another problem which may make cause
accidents.
5 I’ve just received your letter which was wonderful.
My plane leaves at six o’clock, so I’ll arrive to at the
airport at eight o’clock.
6 There will be differences between today’s homes
and future ones. I think houses will grow up to twenty
floors as more and more people occupy them.
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UNIT 9 Future (2): Continuous or perfect
Circle the correct words in each sentence.
1 Stefania, I have some great news to tell you. I will be
waiting you / for you at the café in half an hour.
2 By next Sunday, I will have been returned / will have
returned home. I’m really looking forward to seeing
you again!
3 I am leaving as soon as I will / have finished
everything here.
4 It’s a good idea to go there because it has / is fun.
August is the best time for me because I would / will
have come back.
5 I would also like to tell you that it is no problem for
you to leave at 4:30 pm. By this time, your talk will
have been finished / will have finished. I look forward
to see / seeing you.
6 I think the time will be enough / there will be enough
time to do what I suggest.
UNIT 10 Modals (2): Modals in the past
Cross out the wrong words in each sentence.
Write the correct sentences.
1 I used the guidebook in / on my last trip to Lampton
and it was not as useful as I had thought / thought it
would have been / be.
2 We should be happy because we needn’t to / don’t
have to wear a suit / uniform to school.
3 The musical show must / should have been started /
started at half past seven but it started at quarter
past eight.
4 I will be getting a driving licence in two months’ time
and I already had a small car, so I need / did not
have to buy a bike.
5 You have to know that without you our holiday would
never be / have been as it was. We both loved
London!
6 Even listening / listening to some music to help us take
it easy would had / have been better than nothing.
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UNIT 11 Relative clauses
Underline the correct words in each sentence.
1 Last summer I went for / on holiday to Corfu. I have
many friends there and it was a period of my life
that / when I had many problems.
2 I recently attended an exhibition when / where I saw
state-of-the-art computers and printers.
3 My mother came to see me to / at the hospital and
I was taken / brought to the police station where
began the worst moment of the whole day / the
worst moment of the whole day began.
4 What age are / is the people that is / are going to the
camp?
5 An entirely different person, both in appearance and
behaviour, is the next son after Cedric, Harold, who /
which is a perfect London businessman. He is a tall,
dark-haired man, who is very confident of himself /
self-confident.
6 The holiday in Mitilini has / is over but I don’t forget /
haven’t forgotten you. Your company was the best
and I am very happy who / that I made such good
friends.
UNIT 12 The passive (1): Review
Cross out the mistakes in each sentence. Write
the correct words.
1 I would like to know more about romantic art and I
have being informed that in your club you have very
good courses.
2 Firstly, it’s a very good idea to keep the swimming
club and chess club, but I’d like to suggest
getting involved more people in these clubs.
3 Last year I have been given an old car which
dates from the beginning of the century.
4 Almost every family on this street have had stolen
something, either from their home from in their car.
5 So, yesterday I looked at the advert and here is what
it was said.
6 Ginny woke up by a knock on the door and she
thought, “Oh, what a nightmare!”
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UNIT 13 The passive (2): Other structures
Circle the correct words in each sentence.
1 For me, is going / this is going to be a great life
experience and I really appreciate being / in being a
part of your team.
2 But my mother insisted in / on making a dress for me.
3 This was the first day of the rest of her life and at last
she can / could face living in London as she had
dreamt / had dreamt of doing a long time ago.
4 Unfortunately, Pat wasn’t very good at keeping
secrets. And now the situation was becoming harder
to get on / put up with.
5 I made up my mind of taking / to take up swimming at
your club.
6 I took / picked up the phone, but there was no tone.
This time, I was so afraid that I began / became
to cry.
UNIT 14 Reported speech
Cross out the wrong words in each sentence.
Write the correct sentences.
1 The doctor says that in one week he would take off
my bandage.
2 I tried to persuade them, I told that nothing will
happen to me, promised to do all the housework, but
all they did was told me that I am too young.
3 Nowadays many people claim that the car is the
greatest danger to human life. But I don’t agree to
their view completely.
4 I was very sorry for all I have do, so I apologised
with her and promised her that this will never
happen again.
5 By the way, Sarah told me yesterday that you were
going on a trip next month.
6 In fact the travel is very long and it would be hard to
do it in one day.
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UNIT 15 Modals (3): Deduction
Underline the correct words in each sentence.
1 But the interviewer denied advertising those things
and said there must be / have be something wrong.
2 Obviously my favourite part was the prehistoric
exhibition. It must have been / must be very hard to
live with that kinds / those kinds of animals.
3 I had just remembered that I might forget / might
have forgotten it on my desk.
4 I saw that somebody had opened the back door. I
didn’t have any idea who it might had / have been
and I felt a little frightened.
5 On the other hand, all the beliefs and interests that
people have in their youth are possible change / may
change over the years.
6 What must / could have happened? Everybody
was wondering why the lights had went / gone out,
and what could have been the strange noise / the
strange noise could have been.
UNIT 16 Conditionals (1): Review
Cross out the mistakes in each sentence. Write
the correct words.
1 You know here, in Greece the most popular food is
spaghetti. Don’t worry, if you can’t cooking it, I’ll do it!
2 He said that if he wouldn’t come on Saturday, he
would come on Sunday.
3 I saw that the service was really good and the waiters
were always ready to help if you need something.
4 I think that if you wouldn’t work so hard, you’d feel
much better.
5 On the other hand, if I would buy a bicycle, I only
have ridden it in summer.
6 I would stay with you a bit longer if I would have
more time. I am very sorry, but I have to go back to
school on Monday.
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UNIT 17 Conditionals (2): Mixed
Cross out the wrong words in each sentence.
Write the correct sentences.
1 If you had read it in a book you may not / don’t
understand some things but if you had seen it on
television you would like it much better.
2 I realised that was / has been exactly what I had
been looking for.
3 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. All of us know
that our town needs a change. I am going to get / put
across several ideas to improve the look of our town.
4 I want to complain to you for / about the report
entitled “Failure of Festival” published in your
newspaper some days ago.
5 I’d like to clear out / up if these two nights can be on /
at the weekend or not!
6 At eight o’clock all the lights were pushed / turned
off, so the aeroplanes can’t saw / couldn’t see
anything of the town.
UNIT 18 Uses of verb + -ing
Cross out the mistakes in each sentence. Write
the correct words.
1 I’m very grateful to you. Thank you for let us stay in
your flat during that week.
2 It also develops your imagination, your creativity,
it improves your vocabulary, it helps you getting
used to write and speak more correctly.
3 I also recommend you buy a computer. Then
we won’t need to use our pens, we will use our
keyboards for writing letters.
4 I’m looking forward to see you.
5 Dear Mr Smith, We are interested to hold a training
course for our staff.
6 We can visit animals in their natural environment,
and we could see how they really are, for
example: the way they react by see humans.
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UNIT 19 Subject-verb agreement
Underline the correct words in each sentence.
1 If someone choose / chooses only one subject,
which is enjoyable, to study, for example art, he or
she would not know when and where any historical
event / events took place.
2 One evening we went to the river, which was near
the house. We were not the only ones / the only one
who went.
3 To make / Making friends also depend / depends on
your character.
4 The car is the best mean / means of transportation,
because you can go wherever you want quickly and
easy / easily.
5 We also visited the British Museum, which I found
very nice. They have any kinds / all kinds of things.
6 Your idea was fantastic. I wrote about your life and
my teacher said I wrote it like somebody who live /
lives in Britain.
UNIT 20 Determiners
Circle the correct words in each sentence.
1 In addition I’d prefer to stay in rooms / a room and
not to sleep in tents / a tent because I don’t think that
tents won’t be / will be as comfortable as rooms.
2 I’m in England, a foreign country, and my parents are
not here with me and so my friends are / neither are
my friends.
3 I must inform you that I am allergic to a various /
variety of food.
4 The plays and films weren’t as many / numerous as I
thought and the dance shows were too short.
5 There was only a big red painting with two people.
Ginny start / started crying and said “I want this
painting”. Either of us / Both of us knew that it was
very expensive and Ginny could never have it.
6 With a computer you can do a lot of things; you can
work on it, play with it, or get lot / lots of information
when you’re connected with / to the internet.