"Extra grammar practice extension" (тренувальні вправи)

                                                  Extra grammar practice extension 

1 Complete the sentences with an appropriate verb.

1 Peter applied for the job, but he ……………………………………. it.

2 We  ……………………………………. out last night to celebrate Sally’s promotion.

3 The miners ……………………………………. in very dangerous conditions before the accident.

4 Steve  ……………………………………. for an office job, but then he got an interview at a café.

5 Grace  ……………………………………. all the necessary qualifications or the position, so she didn’t get the job.

2 Write the questions for the answers.

1 do shift work/last night

……………………………………………………………………………………..?

No, I wasn’t.

2 where/at lunchtime

……………………………………………………………………………………..?

I went to the café.

3 Angela/be fired

……………………………………………………………………………………..?

Because she deleted some important files.

4 James/work/outdoors/yesterday

……………………………………………………………………………………..?

Yes, he was.

5 when/the job

……………………………………………………………………………………..?

I applied yesterday.

3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of used to or would and these verbs.

                               always have • be busy • not take • spend • work

1 We ………………………………… all day long, but there aren’t so many customers these days thanks to the new supermarket across the road.

2 When they were young, they ………………………………… all day playing outside.

3 People ………………………………… gap years when I was younger, but now it’s quite common in the UK.

4 My father …………………………………for a bank, but he’s retired now.

5 I remember my grandfather ………………………………… lunch at exactly 1 o’clock on Sundays

4 Complete the text with the words given. There is one extra word.

                     dive • got • just finish • never dive • study • teach • work

I (1) …………………………………hard in my final year at school, so I decided to take a gap year. I (2) ………………………………… since I was ten years old so I got a job as a scuba diving instructor in Thailand. I (3) ……………………… there for three months when my friend Joe arrived. He (4) ………………… before. He (5) ……………………… his advanced diving course when I was offered a job in Indonesia. We travelled there together. He (6) ……………………… any work organised, but he found a job as a tour guide. After six months, we came back to the UK to start university. It was a fantastic experience.

5 Find and correct the sentences with mistakes. Tick the correct sentences.

1 They were very unhappy because they had be made redundant.

2 The volunteers had been searched in very difficult conditions for hours.

3 I had been working overtime every day for two weeks and I was exhausted.

4 Jack has turned down the job offer before I had time to discuss it with him.

5 The man had been in a hurry, which was why he was driving too fast.

6 Find ten extra words in the text.

                                                      Sweet work

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