English Language Practice: Vocabulary and Grammar Drills

Posted on Feb 12, 2025 in English

English Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises

1) Hit it off 2) A lot in common 3) Got on well together 4) Close friends 5) Ups and downs 6) Drifted apart 7) Count on
2 a) Ups and downs b) (Having) a lot in common c) Got on well together d) Hit it off e) Close friends f) Count on g) Fell out
3 a) What’s b) Where c) How long d) Who e) When
4 a) Who is your favorite actor? b) What did you do yesterday? / What were you doing yesterday? c) Who did you meet yesterday? d) How long have you known each other? e) What kind of things do you like?
5 a) Do you usually go out with your friends on Friday night? b) I have a glass of wine now and again. / Now and again I have a glass of wine. c) Jack regularly goes clubbing. / Jack goes clubbing regularly. d) My sister is always on the phone to her friends. e) Samantha doesn’t often go to parties.
6 1) Things 2) Life 3) Pretty 4) These days 5) Better 6) Give
8 a) T b) F c) F d) F e) F
9 a) T b) F c) F d) NG e) T

1 a) A wetsuit b) A harness c) Waterproof clothes d) Skydiving e) Cliffs f) A rope
2 a) Boiling b) Exciting c) Very d) Extremely e) Funny f) Absolutely g) Filthy
3 a) Better b) The hardest c) The most popular d) The most dangerous e) Faster
4 a) Ever b) Never c) Many d) Before e) Ages
5 1) Was walking 2) Fell 3) Were you listening 4) Phoned 5) Was watching 6) Arrived
6 1) ‘d 2) Need 3) ‘d 4) Need 5) Should 6) Need
7 a) Cold, Canada b) Cake, delicious c) Absolutely, terrified, cows d) Car, absolutely, filthy e) Absolutely, fantastic, idea
8 a) 2 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1 e) 2
9 a) Bungee jumping b) From bridges, cranes, and hot air balloons c) Andy d) Faith e) A harness

1 a) Half-sister b) Mother-in-law c) Nieces d) Step-daughter e) Only child
2 1) Sight 2) Dreams 3) Dating 4) Relationship 5) Split up
3 a) Thoughtless b) Outgoing c) Unconfident d) Modest e) Narrow-minded
4 a) I’m thinking b) Reminds c) Aren’t smiling d) Do you take e) Are you showing f) Don’t know g) Don’t understand
5 a) Have known b) Have been living / Have lived c) Have been talking / Have talked d) Have decided e) Has had / Has been having f) Have been arguing g) Has started h) Hasn’t told
6 a) Bad b) Exactly c) Tend d) Can e) Not
7 a) 3 syllables b) 3 syllables c) 4 syllables d) 3 syllables e) 5 syllables
8 a) Text messages b) Didn’t know c) A few weeks ago d) Selfish and dull e) A sports car
9 a) F b) F c) T d) F e) T

1 a) Make b) Do c) Does d) Make
2 a) Bonfire b) Parade c) Host d) Traditional dress e) Firecrackers f) Invitation
3 a) Look forward to b) Join in c) Get over d) Go off
4 a) 3 b) 2 c) 2 d) 1 e) 3
5 a) Every b) No c) Any d) Some e) Any
6 Intransitive: come back, go off. Transitive separable: try on, wear out. Transitive inseparable: take after, head for
7 a) 3 b) 5 c) 1 d) 2 e) 4
8 a) Wanna b) Gonna c) Got to d) Gotta e) Want to
9 a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) 2 e) 2
10 a) H b) LT c) H d) LT d) Both

1 a) 3 b) 4 c) 2 d) 5 e) 1
2 Vegetables: leeks, radishes, spinach. Fruit: cherries, limes, plums. Meat/Fish: sardines, veal
3 a) Crunchy b) Fried c) Spicy d) Bakes e) Dry
4 a) Little b) Aren’t many c) Much d) Some e) Much f) Are
5 a) How much milk is there? b) There are plenty of grapes in the bowl. c) Can I have some pasta? d) There isn’t any whisky left. e) How many cakes are there? f) Would you like some bread?
6 a) Used to b) Use to c) Would d) Didn’t use to
7 a) Yes, a table for two b) Could you give us a few more minutes? c) Yes, a gin and tonic and a glass of white wine d) I’ll have the fish, please e) It was lovely, thank you
8 a) Sardines b) Courgettes c) Tomatoes d) Potatoes e) Spaghetti
9 a) T b) T c) F d) T e) F
10 a) F b) T c) T d) F e) F

1 a) Next b) A c) Time d) Last e) Ago
2 a) Put (it) off b) Get by c) Cross off d) Rely on e) Calm (me) down
3 a) Unsociable hours b) Shifts c) Open-plan office d) Work to a deadline e) Qualifications
4 a) At b) On/during c) In d) On e) In f) At g) On h) On
5 a) Don’t have to b) Have to c) Should d) Shouldn’t e) Shouldn’t f) Can g) Must
6 a) Making good time b) Time to spare c) In time for d) Kill time e) Time and time again
8 a) Business people b) Finish a report c) To split the job into smaller parts d) Having too much to do e) Do extra work
9 1) Analysing your time 2) Setting goals 3) Prioritising 4) Thinking or doing? 5) Your work environment

1 a) Desperate b) Hypocritical c) Photogenic d) Insensitive e) Obsessed f) Unflattering
2 a) Chase b) Stolen c) Arrested d) Traffic e) Burglar f) Court g) Officer
3 a) Having b) Realise that celebrities c) Told her d) To try e) That f) Travelling g) Him to h) To
4 a) Two men were / have been arrested for driving too fast on the motorway b) A diamond worth $100,000 was stolen from a museum c) Some new policies will be introduced later this year (by the government) d) A new extension to the airport was / has been finished (by a construction company) e) A man was sentenced to five years in jail for kidnapping f) An update on the latest situation is being given (by a reporter) g) Embarrassing photos of me have been put up on the internet
5 a) How annoying b) Congratulations c) Lucky thing d) That’s terrible e) Sounds interesting f) Sorry to hear that g) How exciting
6 a) Believed b) Forced c) Expected d) Named e) Used
7 a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) 3 e) 2
8 1 Bad news for the economy 2 Evidence of water found by probe 3 Gold robbers caught 4 Inflation soars 5 Title race over

1 1) Popular holiday destination 2) White sands 3) Sun loungers 4) Ruins 5) Temples 6) High-rise 7) Spectacular views
2 a) 4 b) 2 c) 6 d) 3 e) 1 f) 5
3 a) Must b) Can’t c) Must d) Could e) Can’t f) Can’t g) Must h) Might
4 a) Begun b) Gone c) Left d) Spoken e) Written
5 a) Had already visited b) Had been c) Had not left d) Had arrived
6 a) I’m looking b) Do you have any idea where c) Do you know how d) Turn round and go back e) The second turning on the right
7 a) The Amazon b) Europe c) The Atlantic d) The Pyrenees e) Antarctica
8 a) F b) T c) T d) F e) F
9 a) F b) T c) F d) T e) T

1 a) Paperback b) Gig c) Subtitles d) Orchestra e) Novel
2 a) Gripping b) Disappointed c) Excited d) Provoking e) Confusing f) Overwhelmed g) Annoyed
3 a) Admitted b) Insisted c) Told d) Suggested e) Said
4 a) … he didn’t agree b) … I was thinking c) … had been arguing d) … I thought e) … had found
5 a) ‘I’m OK.’ b) ‘I am going to watch a DVD.’ c) ‘What are you doing?’ d) ‘Can you help me with a project?’ e) ‘I’ve just finished reading a good book.’
6 1) I’m concerned 2) I think there 3) Sure about that 4) You’re right 5) That’s rubbish 6) True 7) What I think 8) I take
7 a) Annoyed b) Tiring c) Worrying d) Confusing e) Fascinating
8 a) 1 b) 1 c) 3 d) 1 e) 3
9 a) T b) NG c) F d) T e) NG

1 1) Brought up 2) Tell me off 3) Yell at me 4) Tucked me in 5) Cared for me
2 a) 4 b) – c) 1 d) 3 e) 5 f) 2
3 a) Made b) Let c) Let d) Made e) Let
4 a) That b) Who c) Which d) That e) Who
5 a) 4 b) 2 c) 5 d) 1 e) 3
6 a) Do you know how old she is? b) Can you tell me what she said to you? c) Do you think I can leave now? d) Could you tell me what you mean by that? e) Do you have any idea how annoying that is?
7 a) You use for b) It looks like c) It’s made of d) It’s e) You use it for
8 a) h b) k c) w d) b e) t
9 a) Lots of freedom b) Didn’t always like c) His grandmother d) Lonely e) Different
10 1) Either something that made us incredibly happy at the time 2) I also remember good things. 3) My mother has a photo of this 4) Most people claim to be able to remember something 5) Are the stories our parents have told us