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INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR EXERCISE: VARIOUS PREPOSITIONS Prepositions of place: in, on, at: in: on: at: inside an area or space: in the city, in the sky, in bed in contact with a surface: on the wall, on the table, on the floor close to: at the table, at the bus stop forms of transport: in a car, in a taxi, in a helicopter forms of transport: on a bike, on a bus, on a train, on the metro, on a plane, on a ship before nouns referring to a place or INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY EXERCISE: REPORTING VERBS 1 I’ll give you a lift to the station if you want. She to give him a lift to the station. 2 Yes, OK. I'll lend you my car, but please be careful with it. He to lend him his car. 3 Yes, it was me: I broke the photocopier. She breaking the photocopier. 4 No, it wasn't me: I didn't break the photocopier. She breaking the photocopier. SHORT FORMS (CONTRACTIONS): I’M, HE’S, SHE’S, DON’T, LET’S Short forms (contractions): I’m, he’s, she’s, don’t, let’s, etc. We often use short forms (called contractions) in spoken English. For instance, instead of saying I am here, we often say I’m here. Instead of he is late, we say he’s late. When we write a short form, we replace the missing letter with ’ (called an apostrophe ). UPPER-INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR EXERCISE: WISH In this exercise you will practise using wish to express hypothesis in the present and the past. We use wish to express a hypothetical situation. When we say I wish, we are saying that we want something which is impossible or which is highly unlikely to happen. For hypothesis about the present and future we use I wish + past simple. ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY Adverbs of frequency – word order. always, never, usually, sometimes, rarely, seldom, often, occasionally, ever. Here are the rules for the position of these adverbs in a sentence. He always goes to work by bus. They never go on holiday in winter. John is often absent from lessons.

SINCE: CONJUNCTION

‘Since’ used as a conjunction. When since is used as a conjunction, it joins a main clause and a subordinate clause.Since comes at the beginning of the subordinate clause.. Mike has been promoted twice since he joined the company. (main clause = ‘Mike has been promoted twice’; subordinate clause = ‘he joined the

company’)

UNTIL, TILL (EXAMPLES, HOW TO USE) Until means 'up to the point in time mentioned'. We’ll wait until Monday. I'll be here until two o'clock. Until refers to time. It doesn’t refer to distance. Till is often used in informal spoken English as a short form of until. Some people also use 'til. We waited till 3 o'clock. I'm not leaving till you apologise. 10 COMMON FOOD IDIOMS Here are some common food idioms, together with definitions and examples. At the bottom of the page you’ll find a link to a quick quiz for testing yourself on these phrases. as cool as a cucumber t ENGLISH FOR WORK, CONFIDENCE AND PRACTICE Speakspeak – your free resource. Speakspeak.com is a free site. We reach thousands of teachers, learners and other users every day and rely on the support of visitors to keep the site running. You can support us by purchasing worksheets or one of our e-books. ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY EXERCISES Test yourself and improve your English with our online exercises. We have multiple-choice and gap-fill tests for grammar and vocabulary. Choose from three learning levels and go back and repeat an exercise whenever you want – they’re free! Beginner/Elementary exercises.

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INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR EXERCISE: VARIOUS PREPOSITIONS Prepositions of place: in, on, at: in: on: at: inside an area or space: in the city, in the sky, in bed in contact with a surface: on the wall, on the table, on the floor close to: at the table, at the bus stop forms of transport: in a car, in a taxi, in a helicopter forms of transport: on a bike, on a bus, on a train, on the metro, on a plane, on a ship before nouns referring to a place or INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY EXERCISE: REPORTING VERBS 1 I’ll give you a lift to the station if you want. She to give him a lift to the station. 2 Yes, OK. I'll lend you my car, but please be careful with it. He to lend him his car. 3 Yes, it was me: I broke the photocopier. She breaking the photocopier. 4 No, it wasn't me: I didn't break the photocopier. She breaking the photocopier. SHORT FORMS (CONTRACTIONS): I’M, HE’S, SHE’S, DON’T, LET’S Short forms (contractions): I’m, he’s, she’s, don’t, let’s, etc. We often use short forms (called contractions) in spoken English. For instance, instead of saying I am here, we often say I’m here. Instead of he is late, we say he’s late. When we write a short form, we replace the missing letter with ’ (called an apostrophe ). UPPER-INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR EXERCISE: WISH In this exercise you will practise using wish to express hypothesis in the present and the past. We use wish to express a hypothetical situation. When we say I wish, we are saying that we want something which is impossible or which is highly unlikely to happen. For hypothesis about the present and future we use I wish + past simple. ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY Adverbs of frequency – word order. always, never, usually, sometimes, rarely, seldom, often, occasionally, ever. Here are the rules for the position of these adverbs in a sentence. He always goes to work by bus. They never go on holiday in winter. John is often absent from lessons.

SINCE: CONJUNCTION

‘Since’ used as a conjunction. When since is used as a conjunction, it joins a main clause and a subordinate clause.Since comes at the beginning of the subordinate clause.. Mike has been promoted twice since he joined the company. (main clause = ‘Mike has been promoted twice’; subordinate clause = ‘he joined the

company’)

UNTIL, TILL (EXAMPLES, HOW TO USE) Until means 'up to the point in time mentioned'. We’ll wait until Monday. I'll be here until two o'clock. Until refers to time. It doesn’t refer to distance. Till is often used in informal spoken English as a short form of until. Some people also use 'til. We waited till 3 o'clock. I'm not leaving till you apologise. 10 COMMON FOOD IDIOMS Here are some common food idioms, together with definitions and examples. At the bottom of the page you’ll find a link to a quick quiz for testing yourself on these phrases. as cool as a cucumber t BUSINESS ENGLISH VOCABULARY EXERCISES Key business email words 1: as, however. PDF format only: Get it in our Business Exercises Download Pack. Vocab + 2 exercises. Key business email words 2: providing, provided. PDF format only: Get it in our Business Exercises Download Pack. Vocab + exercise. Key business email words 3: UPPER-INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR EXERCISE: WISH Expressing hypothesis with wish: We use wish to express a hypothetical situation. When we say I wish, we are saying that we want something which is impossible or which is highly unlikely to happen.: For hypothesis about the present and future we use I wish + past simple. I wish I was/were twenty years younger. I wish I had more time; I’m always so busy. Don’t you wish you could speak a SINCE, FOR, FROM (EXAMPLES, HOW TO USE) Since vs. for: Since and for both express duration up to a point in the present, but we use them differently.: We use since + the starting point of the activity: We have lived in this house since we got married. I've been waiting here since 9 o'clock.: We use for + a time period: We have lived in this house for thirty years. I've been waiting here for three hours. INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR EXERCISE: PAST PERFECT Exercise instructions. Use the words in brackets to put each of the following into the past perfect simple. 1 When I got to the pub, no one was there. They (go) somewhere else. 2 I arrived home and found that my wife (go) away on holiday. All she left was a note. 100 ESSENTIAL BUSINESS NOUNS This is a list of 100 commonly-used nouns you should know and be able to use if you work in an English-speaking business environment. How many do you know? 100 essential business nouns advantage ad UPPER-INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR EXERCISE: PREPOSITIONS EX. 3 1 We are hoping a big improvement. 2 Our boss says he doesn't approve the changes. He's totally against them. 3 The travel agency sells many different types of trips. It all depends what you want. 4 They complained the quality of the service. 5 After much debate, they consented the price change. 6 The lawyers' fees amounted more than

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INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR EXERCISE: PREPOSITIONS OF TIME Prepositions of time: during, for, over, by, until: We use during to talk about something that happens within a particular period of time, to say when something takes place. We also use during to talk about something that happens within the same time as another event.: During my time in London I visited a lot of interesting places. He came to work during the morning meeting. HOW TO SPELL: WORDS ENDING IN -LY, -ELY AND -LLY Forming adverbs from adjectives ending in -e, -l and -le When an adjective ends in -e, we simply add ly to form the adverb: polite » politely, definite » definitely, absolute » absolutely, complete » completely.: Be careful when an adjective ends in -le.We remove the e and add y to form the adverb: probable » probably, possible » possibly, terrible » terribly, reasonable » reasonably. PRONUNCIATION OF -ED ENDING OF REGULAR VERBS For me, I have followed these three simple rules to have a correct pronunciation of the past tense of the regular verbs like I describe it below: a) -ED Pronounced Like T. Verbs finished in “K”, “P”, “S”, “C”, “Sh”, “CH”, and after English verbs

ending with an F /

CONFUSING WORDS: HIGH VS. TALL Confusing words: high vs. tall. We use tall to say that something is above average height. High means ‘having a large distance from top to bottom’ or ‘a long way above the ground’. We often use high when we speak about inanimate things (non-living things). SPEAKSPEAK | LEARN ENGLISH WITH US

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