use+of+english


 * USE OF ENGLISH.**

**Here I proposed you some exercises to revise different grammatical aspects:Verbal tenses, prepositions, modal verbs, passive voice... These exercises could be the right reference to succeed in exercise nº 4 in Selectividad Test. Try to do them without looking at the key.**

**1. Complete the sentences with the suitable word: preposition, verb, pronoun, adjective...**

 1. We would have called you if we ..... known you were in.  2. I can't put ..... with this noise anymore. I'm going to complain.  3. Wait ..... minute. I'll see if I've got his address.  4. He failed his exam, ..... was a real surprise.  5. There have been many ..... refugees crossing the border during the last two days.  6. Manchester United won the game in ..... of the fact that they played with only 9 players.  7. This product should ..... consumed within 3 days.  8. It was ..... cold today we decided to stay at home.  9. They left it until the very ........ moment before telling everyone they were going to get married.  10. I'm working very long hours at the moment to try and pay ........ some of my debts.

**2. Choose the correct option.**

 1. Tom's not here now. He's **been/ gone** home.  2 Sofia has **been / gone** to Britain many times.  3 I have lived here **for/since** 1998. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 4 He's worked in the same hospital **for/since** 25 years. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 5 We haven't seen each other **for/since** a long time. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 6 My mother's been ill **for/since** Tuesday evening. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 7 You won't believe this but I've **just/yet** seen a ghost. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 8 You phoned at the right time. I've **just/yet** finished my homework! <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 9 Sorry you can't speak to Stefi. She's **yet/already** left. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 10 I've **just/already** told you three times, don't do that!. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 11 I haven't told my mother **already/yet** about us getting married... <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 12 My wife has **been/gone** back to live with her mother.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">**3. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.**


 * 1) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">John fell ................... his bike and broke his arm.
 * 2) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Yesterday I went ........................ Milan for an interview.
 * 3) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Go ........................ the bridge and you'll see the station on the left.
 * 4) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">4. The doctor told me to go .......................... bed.
 * 5) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">This train will stop ......................... Taunton and Reading.
 * 6) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">If you go ......................... the school and turn left, it's on the right.
 * 7) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">What sort of music do you listen ......................... ?
 * 8) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">After school, Peter went .................... home.
 * 9) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">The school is .......................... the cinema and the record shop.
 * 10) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Put the wine ............................. the table and sit down.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">**4. Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentences correctly.**

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 1. I am interested **by/in** modern jazz **.** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">2 The students are bored **with / by** studying English. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">3 My son's frightened **by/of** dogs. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">4 If you're tired **of/with** London, you're tired of life. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">5 His parents are very proud **from/of** his success. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">6 The furniture is made **in/of** solid wood. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">7 A good way to relax is to listen **- / to** music. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">8 This equipment is used **- / for** manufacturing paper. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">9 The United Kingdom is composed **of/by** four countries. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">10 Divide the cake **in/into** four pieces, please. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">11 We discussed **about / -** politics for hours. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">12 I have to tell you I am in love **with / for** you.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">*** More prepositions...**

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 1 In April I'm going **..........................** Paris. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">2 This train arrives .......................... Milan at 21:36. <span style="font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">3 The teacher came ................................ class ten minutes late today. <span style="font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">4 John fell .................... a tree and broke his arm. <span style="font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">5 To buy a drink in an English pub, go.......................... the bar. <span style="font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">6 Put your books and notes ........................ We're going to do a test! <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">7 It's a long way ........................... Europe to China. <span style="font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">8 Can you put your arm ........................... the window and open the door? <span style="font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">9 Go .......................... the bridge and turn left at the church. <span style="font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">10 Our next trip will be .....................the United States. <span style="font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">11 While I was in New York I visited ...................... Fifth Avenue. <span style="font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">12 We didn't get ....................... home until very late.


 * 1) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">**Now it's time for verbal forms. Try to complete the blanks with the suitable one:**

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">1. This is the first time I ..... (DO)this exam. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">2. When I left home this morning it ...... (RAIN) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">3. By the time you arrived at the party, all of the interesting people..... (GO)home! <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">4. Tomorrow I think it .......(RAIN) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">5. John didn’t like his job at all and so decided ......(RESIGN) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">6. I saw your mother while I ..... to work (WALK) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">7. I ..... to understand this grammar for hours, but I just can’t! (TRY) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">8. Your final exam ..... be difficult, but I'm sure you'll pass! (MODAL VERB) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">9. I couldn’t come to the party because I ..... do my homework. (MODAL VERB) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">10. You ..... chosen a better person for the job. She was perfect! (MODAL VERB) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">11. In Britain you ….. do military service. (MODAL VERB) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">12. We’ve been friends for a long time. We ..... each other since we were young. (KNOW) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">13. If the trainers ..... better, the players would learn more. (BE) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">14. Why ..... that the exam format had been changed? (THE STUDENTS / TELL) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">15. As part of the preparations for this year’s World Cup, a new stadium ..... (BUILD)


 * 1) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">**Now, some rephrasings... Rewrite the sentences again keeping the original meaning.**

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">1. My parents paid for all the presents. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">All the presents ..................................................................................................................... <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">2. Someone has brought these books to Mrs White. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Mrs White .............................................................................................................................. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">3. People say that politicians earn a lot of money. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> It is said .................................................................................................................................. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">4. He doesn't want to read any more today. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">He is tired ................................................................................................................................ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">5. I met a beautiful girl this morning. She asked me to give you this letter. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">The beautiful girl ...................................................................................................................... <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">6. It was so early that we coulfn't go into the museum. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">It was too ................................................................................................................................... <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">7. On seeing the costume I realised it was Mark in disguise. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> When .......................................................................................................................................... <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">8. What a pity I didn't accept her invitation. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">I wish ........................................................................................................................................ 9. “<span style="font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal;">Why didn't you come to the party yesterday?”, Jane asked Peter. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Jane asked .................................................................................................................................. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">10. You ought to go to the doctor's. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> You'd ..........................................................................................................................................


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">**Make questions for which the underlined words may be the answer.**


 * 1) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> My brother-in-law has just come __ by plane __ . ........................................................................................?
 * 2) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> Marcos is studying __ Naval Engineering. __ .............................................................................................?
 * 3) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">__ Frank __ likes cycling better than studying. ..............................................................................................?
 * 4) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> The family prepared a meal __ to celebrate the success __ . ..............................................................................?
 * 5) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> Javier takes __ his daughter __ to the races every weekend. ..............................................................................?

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Bitstream Charter,serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> How well have you done it? Sure EXCELLENT!!!