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GRAMMAR – INTERMEDIATE 2
For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer

1. Which sentence is correct?

a. That's the woman who's bag I found.
b. That's the woman, who's bag I found.
c. That's the woman whose bag I found.
d. That's the woman, whose bag I found.

2. Which of the following is correct. What would you do if ________

a. you will win £1,000,000?
b. you win £1,000,000?
c. winning £1,000,000?
d. you won £1,000,000?

3. It rains all the time in England, it’s ________ wet country!

a. so
b. so a
c. such
d. such a

4. What’s the response to this comment "I’ve never been abroad"? The
speaker and the listener have never been abroad.
a. neither have I.
b. never have I.
c. so have I.
d. I haven’t.

5. Which of the following uncountable nouns don’t you have a piece of?
a. information
b. news
c. furniture
d. money

6. Which of the following forms of must and have to is grammatically

correct?
a. I must to get up early tomorrow.
b. I musted work yesterday.
c. I've got to work late today.
d. Had you to work late yesterday?

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GRAMMAR – INTERMEDIATE 2 answers

1.
a. Wrong.
b. Wrong.
c. Correct.
d. Wrong. 'Whose' is a possessive relative pronoun and because it is part
of a defining relative clause there is no comma.

2.
a. Wrong.
b. Wrong.
c. Wrong.
d. Correct.

3.
a. Wrong. ‘So’ is used with an adjective but no noun: ‘It is so wet’.
b. Wrong. ‘So’ is used with an adjective but no noun: ‘It is so wet’.
c. Wrong. ‘Country’ is a countable noun so you need ‘a’.
d. Correct. ‘Such’ is used with an adjective + noun: ‘It is such a big house’
but ‘It is so big’.

4.
a. Correct. . We use this when the sentence is negative, e.g. ‘I have never
been abroad’.
b. Wrong.
c. Wrong. We use this when the sentence is positive, e.g. ‘I have been to
Shanghai’.
d. Wrong. This is contrary to the speakers sentence.

5.
a. Wrong.
b. Wrong.
c. Wrong.
d. Correct. Money is made countable by talking about coins and notes.

6.
a. Wrong. After 'must' we use the infinitive without 'to'.
b. Wrong. The past form of 'must' is 'had to'.
c. Wrong. Correct. This means the same as 'I have to'.
d. Wrong. The correct question is 'Did you have to work late yesterday?'

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