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REVIEW EXERCISES WITH ANSWERS
prepositions
Prepositions have no clear set of rules for their use and meaning. As a result, students find it difficult to select the correct preposition to complete a phrase. The only answer is to learn and use the complete phrase.
Repeat the exercises until the complete phrases are fixed in your mind and you have no problem remembering and using them.
elementary usage review
If you make many mistakes in these easy exercises, repeat them until you can get them completely right. Read them aloud. Bookmark the page and do the exercises at intervals: if you make many mistakes, every day; if you make few mistakes or none but wish to refresh your memory, once every month or so.
vocabulary and idiom
These vocabulary exercises are for advanced students. They deal with words used in idioms, and with the use of words that are similar if not synonymous.
The indefinite (a, an) and the definite (the) do not exist in Japanese. For this reason, Japanese students of English need practice in the use of articles.
The aim of these exercises is to show (1) when an article is used and when it is not used, and (2) when the article should be definite and when it should be indefinite.
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verb form and use
When speaking, one of the most common mistakes that students make (even at advanced level) is to forget the final "s" of the third person of the present simple tense:"It seems easy." "He starts work early." "She drinks coffee."
It is a mistake that must not be made. The first exercises here are simple drills in the use of this final "s". Read them aloud, rapidly, several times. Repeat at intervals.
verbal phrases and idiom
If you learn a word, you should be able to use it in many different situations. These exercises give practice in the variety of ways a certain word can be used.
These practice tests will give you the opportunity to assess your ability to pass before you pay the examination fee. They will appear in a separate window as printer-friendly Adobe pdf files.
use of English review
After you have completed the exercise, try two or three times to tell the story from memory. Can be used for practice for Cambridge First Certificate, Use of English.
