Grammar Level I

English Grammar Level I-Answer Key

Unit 1 Nouns and Adjectives: To Count or Not to Count

1. a. beautiful
b. Spanish
c. repairable OR reparable
2. a. boring
b. upset about
c. first
3. a. N
b. C
c. N
d. N
4. a. Milk is produced by mammals.
b. These clothes are dirty.

Unit 2 Verbs: Tenses – Simple, Progressive, Perfect

5. arrives
6. a. are benefitting OR ’re benefitting
b. is raining OR ’s raining
7. a. Candy is/’s going to move to a new school next year.
b. Anna was going to pay her fees in January. I don’t know if she did.
8. a. have visited
b. hasn’t seen OR has not seen
c. Have you ever eaten
9. a. already
b. for
10. a. had already escaped
b. hadn’t closed OR had not closed
c. had walked OR ’d walked
d. had met OR ’d met
e. Had you been
11. a. will have set OR ’ll have set
b. will not have changed OR won’t have changed
c. will have left
12. seen
 
Unit 3 Tenses and Voice: Perfect Progressive Tenses and the Passive Voice
13. a. has been teaching
b. hasn’t been sleeping OR has not been sleeping
c. has been studying OR ’s been studying

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14. The mayor has been spending money on beautifying the city lately / recently. OR Lately /
Recently, the mayor has been spending money on beautifying the city.
15. a. is considered
b. will have been destroyed
c. was not given OR wasn’t given
16. Hamlet was written by Shakespeare.

Unit 4 Adverbs and Adjectives: Types and Degrees

17. too
18. a. totally
b. Finally
19. a. The technicians often work all night. OR Often, the technicians work all night.
b. The kids laughed loudly at Britney’s joke.
c. He felt extremely happy today.
20. the worst
21. the best
22. where

Unit 5 Prepositions and Phrases

23. a. with
b. with
24. a. an old classmate of my dad’s – appositive
b. Fingers tapping on the desk – absolute phrase
c. The huge, blue whale – noun phrase
25. Early in the morning
26. in the drawer, near the steak knives
27. on
28. to
29. at
30. for
31. about

Unit 6 Aspects of Nouns: Abstract, Collective, Plural, Gerund

32. confusion
33. a. athletics
b. species
c. appendixes OR appendices
d. apple pies
34. having cheated
35. anger
36. fish
37. scissors
38. travels

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Unit 7 Pronouns: Personal, Indefinite, Relative

39. a. me
b. herself
40. a. has
b. are
41. a. where
b. when
42. whom
43. whom
44. which
45. that
46. few
47. is not OR isn’t

Unit 8 Verbs: Action, Helping, Modal, Linking, Conditional

48. do
49. a. should
b. ought
c. might
d. may
e. would
50. a. A
b. L
c. L
d. A
e. L
51. If people don’t get enough sleep, they get tired. OR People get tired if they don’t get
enough sleep.
52. If it is sunny, we will have a picnic. OR We will have a picnic if it is sunny.
53. has
54. must
55. were
56. could

Unit 9 Construction Sentences

57. Jonathan had absolutely nothing to worry about, yet he couldn’t sleep all night. OR
Jonathan had absolutely nothing to worry about yet couldn’t sleep all night.
58. a. Once
b. As
c. since
d. while
59. a. or
b. both

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c. Neither
d. but also
60. Brianna scored 100% on the test although she didn’t study for it. OR Although Brianna
scored 100% on the test, she didn’t study for it. OR Although Brianna didn’t study for the
test, she scored 100% on it.
61. until
62. a. when
b. unless
c. before
d. after

Unit 10: Deconstructing and Linking Sentences

63. accompany
64. a. predicate noun
b. predicate adjective
65. her chemistry notes
66. a. where the secretary asked us to wait, place
b. whenever there is an emergency, time
c. like she doesn’t know what is happening, manner
67. a. First, listing
b. Furthermore, adding

Unit 11 General Punctuation

68. a. The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea.
b. The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum in the Indian city of Agra.
c. The Memorial Day weekend is seen as the unofficial start of summer.
d. The Greek army defeated the more numerous Persians in the Battle of Marathon.
69. a. No, I was not the only one at the mansion.
b. Their shoes muddy, the young footballers were not allowed into the house.
c. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the 38th Governor of California, was born in Austria.
70. a. Twenty-nine states from North America and Europe – including Canada and Denmark
– make up the membership of NATO.
b. There were 33 yellow cars on our way – I did count them all!
c. An overpowering floral fragrance – jasmine, rose, freesia, and orchid– drifted through
the open window.
71. a. The Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639-1651) are a series of conflicts that took place
in England, Ireland, and Scotland.
b. Neil Armstrong (the first man to walk on the moon) is famous around the world.
72. a. I need these three ingredients to make shortbread cookies: butter, sugar, and flour.
b. You know what to do to win the piano performance competition: practice every day.
c. Remember the old proverb: “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
d. The swimming pool has the following rules: First, don’t dive. Second, wear a
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73. shining,
74. Tuesdays,
75. men’s suits
76. He took out of his pocket a large marble, a few pieces of candy, a plastic dragon, two
strange clay objects, and a piece of string.
77. woods,

Unit 12 Speech and Reported Speech

78. a. “You must be careful when you cross the road,” warned Bella. “Look both ways.”
b. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," whispered the librarian, "is on the third shelf by the wall."
c. Martha said, "Don't forget to visit me in Madrid," as she continued towards the gate
before boarding her flight.
79. a. Mary Jane said (that) she had a doctor’s appointment there at the hospital the following
week.
b. My mother remarked (that) I/we must make the bed before I/we went to school.
80. “What are you going to do next week?” Mary asked.
81. “Look out for that rock!” Harry shouted.
82. they
83. said
84. said
85. saw

Unit 13 Error Correction

86. Paulina loves to travel to Southeast Asia. She visits a new country at least once a year.
OR Paulina loves to travel to Southeast Asia; she visits a new country at least once a year.
87. Possible Answer: Hungry, the children devoured the extra cheesy pizza.
88. Andrea told us that she intends to take guitar lessons after the holidays. OR After the
holidays, Andrea told us she intends to take guitar lessons.
89. The excited children were running, jumping, and skipping on their way to the park. OR
The excited children ran, jumped, and skipped on their way to the park.
90. Our school’s cheerleading squad is headed to the nationals since winning the state finals.
91. The students missed their lunch because they had detention.
92. is

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