Corpus tasks
UNIT 1 Common mistakes
Exercise 1
Cross out the mistakes in each sentence. Write
the correct words.
1 During his life, he has written 22 books. Twenty of
them have been bessellers.
2 I’m writing to ask for details about how to join your
world wide known club.
3 I collect stamps since my first year at university.
4 The plays and the films were really great. I enjoyed
all of them. I hope to see much more films next year.
5 Tomorrow at 9.00 am, everybody from the Sales
Department must go to a meeting for speak about
our company’s situation.
6 In the afternoon, the most important part of the
course was too much boring; in fact I fell asleep.
UNIT 1 Simple, continuous or perfect
Exercise 2
Underline the correct words in each sentence.
1 I think that my three-week stay at your place has
been / was the best part of my holiday.
2 Nowadays, people don’t bother to go out and have
fun. Instead they sit / are sitting indoors watching
films.
3 I would like to thank you again for the prize that you
give / have given me.
4 I started / have started to collect films, and would like
to have a big collection.
5 I remember when I first saw / had seen his films, my
life suddenly changed.
6 Last year we launched / have launched a new
product called AeroGarden.
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UNIT 2 Common mistakes
Exercise 1
Circle the correct words in each sentence.
1 What will clothes be like 100 years from now? What
do you think models will wear on / in the catwalks?
2 We think it is a great opportunity because there are
some people in our class who like / want to study
fashions / fashion after leaving this school.
3 These jobs were important for my career and I am
really interesting / interested in working for / to your
company.
4 She wanted to talk about it with somebody who
seemed confident / loyal to her, so, she called me up
one dark night asking for my help.
5 There are two points of view. The first is the mobile
phone as a way / mode of communication and the
other is the mobile phone as a fashion item / a part of
fashion.
6 Yes, there are still a lot of people who are addicted in
/ to reading.
UNIT 2 Present perfect (continuous)
Exercise 2
Cross out the wrong words in each sentence.
Write the correct sentences.
1 In the last few years, the number of people using a
bicycle to get to work or school is increasing / has
been increasing.
2 I surfed when I was travelling in Brazil, but since then
I haven’t had / have hadn’t a chance to do it again.
3 I think that this job is for me, because I have been
working / have worked as a babysitter before.
4 I am a Russian student from Moscow who has / have
been studying here for two years.
5 Since the creation of PCs, people are / have been
doing different things.
6 I’m playing / I’ve been playing since I was eight
years old. All these years I’m practising / I’ve been
practising to become a good player.
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UNIT 3 Common mistakes
Exercise 1
Underline the correct words in each sentence.
1 You should keep your body fit with / by doing sport.
Take my advise / advice and put some time aside
just for you, for your healtiness / health.
2 Students try to find their life’s / life way, using their
intrests / interests and intelligence / intelligents.
3 Chess is easy and you are very clever so you will
pick / catch it up very quickly.
4 I’d like to show you my city around / around my city,
but unfortunately, I’ll only be free on Wednesday
morning / only Wednesday morning I’ll be free.
5 If you have any problem / problems, feel free to
come and talk about them / it with me.
6 When you get to Athens call me and I’ll come to pick
you up / take you from the station.
UNIT 3 The grammar of phrasal verbs
Exercise 2
Cross out the wrong words in each sentence.
Write the correct sentences.
1 One day you might found out / find out that what I
have said is not totally wrong.
2 I will come to take you / pick you up with my car.
3 His stories are composed / made up of war and love.
4 The work was going to take up him / take up all his
time.
5 I have to ask my parents to send me some money but
the problem is get / getting money from my parents
because I should rely to / on myself.
6 I’m looking forward to / looking forwards a reply as
soon as possible.
7 Some people make show / show off in front of his /
their friends.
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UNIT 4 Common mistakes
Exercise 1
Circle the correct words in each sentence.
1 I had never seen he lose / him lose his temper
before.
2 In / At that moment I felt so nervous and terrified that
I faint / fainted.
3 How are you / have you been since the last time
we’ve seen / we saw each other?
4 Another advantage is that you needn’t doing / do
exercise at the weekend.
5 In my opinion our enviroment / environment is so
polluted we needn’t / shouldn’t use our cars every
day.
6 I never pass / I have never got over the disappointing
experience I had.
UNIT 4 Modals (1): necessity and obligation
Exercise 2
Cross out the wrong words in each sentence.
Write the correct sentences.
1 How much do I have to bring the money?
2 She always do what she have to do.
3 Children are not studying as much as they have to
because they are watching TV.
4 Bikes have a lot of advantages, like they’re cheap,
they needn’t petrol and they’re healthier than cars.
5 There are a lot of beautiful shops in the centre of
our town but on Sunday when we mustn’t work, the
shops are closed.
6 I also have to thank you because you left the
refrigerator full of food so we needn’t go to the
supermarket when we arrived.