Extra Grammar Exercises 10%

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS; Whose

1 Complete the questions with Whose or Who’s.

1. Whose coat is this?

2. the new English teacher?

Who’s the new English teacher

3. sitting in the car?

Who’s sitting in the car

4. car is larger?

Whose car is large?

5. paying for these desserts?

Who’s paying for these desserts?

6. not telling the truth?

Who’s net telling the truth?

7. books are on that table?

Whose books are on that table?

2 Rewrite each sentence, correcting the errors.

1. That coat isn’t mines. That coat isn’t mine.

2. Is this test paper her?

Is this test paper hers?

3. Which one is your?

Which one is yours?

4. This car isn’t their.

This car isn’t there

5. Our is the one on the street in front of the house.

Ours is the one on the street in front of the house.

6. Your and mines are the best.

Your and mine are the best.

7. Those aren’t hers headphones.

Those aren't hers headphones.

8. The umbrellas in the closet are ours umbrellas.

The umbrellas in the closet are our umbrellas.

3 Circle the correct pronoun.

1. I like (you / your) shoes.

2. (Our / ours) car is in the garage.

3. Are these (their / they) headphones or are they (her / hers)?

4. Is (ours / our) dinner ready?

5. Is this (my / mine) taxi or (your / yours)?

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

1. Complete each sentence using the words from the table in the correct adjective
or adverb forms.

careful complete continuous financial fluent

happy nervous perfect quick special

quickly
1. Our holiday was too short. The time passed very  .
perfect
2. Tom doesn't take risks when he's driving. He's always  .
quick
3. Sally works  . She never seems to stop.
happy
4. Alice and Stan are very   married.
perfect
5. Monica's English is very   although she makes a lot of mistakes.
special
6. I cooked this meal   for you, so I hope you like it.
complete
7. Everything was very quiet. There was   silence.
nervous
8. I tried on the shoes and they fitted me  .
happy
9. Do you usually feel   before examinations?
10. I'd like to buy a car but it's   impossible for me at the moment.

2. Choose the adjective or adverb form of the word.

seriously
11. The driver of the car was         injured.
serious
12. The driver of the car had         injuries.
selfish
13. I think you behaved very        .
terribly
14. Rose is         upset about losing her job.
suddenly
15. There was a         change in the weather.
colorful
16. Everybody at the party was         dressed.
colorfully
17. Linda likes wearing         clothes.
badly
18. She fell and hurt herself quite        .
safely
19. Don't go up that ladder. It doesn't look        .
angry
20. He looked at me         when I interrupted him.