11th grade Grammar

worksheet
1. Choose the correct option:

a) My father has been the most

discriminating;
b) My father has been the most
discriminated;
c) My father has been the more
discriminated.
a) James feels very frustration
a) The old you are, the much about his job because he is
discriminated; constantly harassed;
b) The older you are, the more b) James feels very frustrating
discriminated; about his job because he is
c) The oldest you are, the most constantly harassed;
discriminated. c) James feels very frustrated
about his job because he is
a) The hard you try, the bad things get; constantly harassed.
b) The harder you try, the worse things
get; There was a hot debate about
c) The hardest you try, the worst things racial discrimination on TV yesterday.
get. This means:
a) There was a fresh debate about
a) I would rather dont be discriminated; racial discrimination on TV
b) I would rather not be discriminated; yesterday;
c) I would rather not being discriminated. b) There was a dull debate about
racial discrimination on TV
a) Id rather help disabled people than yesterday;
elder people c) There was an enthusiastic
b) Id rather help disabled people to elder debate about racial
people; discrimination on TV yesterday.
c) Id rather help disabled people rather
elder people. I dont understand his cold reaction
when he found out he had got the job.
a) I prefer to help to stay home; This means:
b) I prefer to help rather2.than
Each stay
onehome;
of the followinga)sentences hasunderstand
I dont one mistake.hisFind
very
c) I prefer to help than stay
and home.
correct it: active reaction when he found
out he had got the job;
a) Tom will be a great athlete a) If if
youheare
train
harassing atb) work, you understand
I dont should look his
for a
popular
hard; different job. reaction when he found out he
b) John will be a great athlete
if he trains had got the job;
hard; . c) I dont understand his
c) John will be a great athlete if he trained
b) Prejudices are becomingunenthusiastic
more and more big.
reaction when he
hard. found out he had got the job.
.
a) My boss was so shocked. He couldnt
c) The more racist you are, the most show
a) Statistics friends youwomen
that will lose.
will
believe what he was hearing; be less and less discriminated in
b) My boss was so shocking. .
He couldnt
believe what he was hearing;d) I would rather study to work.
c) My boss was so shock. He couldnt

believe what he was hearing. .
e) I prefer helping rather than criticize.
a) In a few years disabled
people will
become much and much independent;
.
b) In a few years disabled people
f) You wontwill
arrive on time at the conference unless you
dont hurry.

3. Rewrite the following sentences using the connectors in brackets:

a) Mary went to the police. She wants to press charges against her boss. (so as to)

b) Suzy has bought a dark suit because she wants to hide her disability. (so that)

c) Peter decided to talk to his colleagues because he wanted to stop being harassed.
(in order to)

4. Fill in the gaps with one of the following connectors:

yet / but / in spite of / although

a) ________________ being disabled, Aimee believed she could be a worldwide known

sportsperson;
b) Aimee is an amputee ________________ she never felt diminished in any way;
c) ________________ finishing last in the Paralympic trials once, Aimee never gave up;
d) ________________ the Paralympics are aimed at disabled people, only those who
achieve high levels of athletic ability are selected.
e) Aimee finished last, ______________ she never gave up.

Discrimina
tion