Planning a Community Garden

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Practice level

B1. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.

Question formats

Single choice, Fill in the blank (dropdown), Multiple choice, Fill in the blank (text), Cloze (text), Error correction, Sentence reordering, Cloze (dropdown)

How to approach this practice

Read the complete context. Check both the meaning and the grammar, including word forms, collocations and links between sentences.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Our neighbours have wanted a shared garden ... several years.

   1. since
   2. during
   3. until
   4. for
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   Answer

   for

   For introduces a length of time, such as several years. Since introduces a starting point, such as last March.

2. Question 2 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   We're looking forward to ___ the new volunteers on Saturday.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. meet
   2. met
   3. meeting
   4. to meet
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   meeting

   In look forward to, to is a preposition. It is followed by a noun or an -ing form, so meeting is correct.

3. Question 3 · Multiple choice

   Choose all the correct answers.

   Choose TWO sentences with the same meaning as: You do not have to bring your own tools.

   1. It is necessary to bring your own tools.
   2. You are not allowed to bring your own tools.
   3. You don't need to bring your own tools.
   4. Bringing your own tools is optional.
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   Answer

   You don't need to bring your own tools.; Bringing your own tools is optional.

   Do not have to means that something is not necessary. It does not mean that bringing tools is forbidden.

4. Question 4 · Fill in the blank (text)

   Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.

   Complete with the adjective from 'help': The guide was very ___ and answered all our questions.

   Check answers and explanations

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   helpful

   Helpful is the adjective from help. A helpful person gives useful assistance or information.

5. Question 5 · Cloze (text)

   Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.

   Complete each gap with ONE word. The project began in March and is still running. It has been running 1___ then. You can take part even if you have never grown vegetables; you do not need to be good 2___ gardening.

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   since

   Blank 2

   at

   Since then links the present perfect to a past starting point. The expression good at is followed by a noun or an -ing form.

6. Question 6 · Error correction

   Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.

   Correct the preposition error. Change only the preposition and write the complete corrected sentence. We are interested on growing vegetables.

   Check answers and explanations

   Accepted answers

   We are interested in growing vegetables.

   Use interested in before a noun or an -ing form: interested in growing vegetables.

7. Question 7 · Sentence reordering

   Arrange these parts into the correct sentence.

   Put the words in order to make a question. Start with 'Would'.

   Sentence parts

   • Would
   • join
   • like to
   • our gardening group?
   • you
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   Correct order

   Would you like to join our gardening group?

   Would you like to + base verb is a polite invitation: Would you like to join our gardening group?

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Please ... attention to the safety instructions before you use the tools.

   1. pay
   2. make
   3. take
   4. do
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   Answer

   pay

   The expression pay attention to means to listen or look carefully at something.

9. Question 9 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   If it ___ tomorrow, we'll do the planting on Sunday instead.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. rains
   2. will rain
   3. raining
   4. rained
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   rains

   For a real future possibility, use the present simple after if and will in the main clause: If it rains, we'll do the planting on Sunday.

10. Question 10 · Multiple choice

    Choose all the correct answers.

    Choose TWO sentences with the same meaning as: We started working at ten, and we are still working now.

    1. We have been working since ten.
    2. We finished all the work at ten.
    3. We started at ten and haven't stopped working yet.
    4. We have not started working yet.
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    Answer

    We have been working since ten.; We started at ten and haven't stopped working yet.

    The present perfect continuous with since describes an action that began at ten and continues now. Haven't stopped working yet expresses the same continuing activity.

11. Question 11 · Fill in the blank (text)

    Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.

    Complete with the adjective from 'care': Be ___ with that sharp tool so you don't hurt yourself.

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    careful

    Careful means giving attention to avoid danger or mistakes. Careless would mean the opposite and would not fit the safety advice.

12. Question 12 · Cloze (dropdown)

    Choose the correct option for each blank.

    1___ the ground was wet, everyone continued working. Each team was responsible 2___ a different part of the garden.

    Choices for blank 1

    1. Despite
    2. However
    3. Although
    4. Because of

    Choices for blank 2

    1. of
    2. for
    3. on
    4. at
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    Blank 1

    Although

    Blank 2

    for

    Although introduces a full clause showing contrast. The expression responsible for identifies what a person or team must look after.

13. Question 13 · Error correction

    Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.

    Correct the present simple verb error. Keep all the other words and write the complete corrected sentence. Each volunteer have a different task.

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    Accepted answers

    Each volunteer has a different task.

    Each volunteer is singular, so it takes has in the present simple.

14. Question 14 · Sentence reordering

    Arrange these parts into the correct sentence.

    Put the words in order to make a question. Start with 'How long'.

    Sentence parts

    • How long
    • been
    • have
    • working here?
    • you
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    Correct order

    How long have you been working here?

    Use How long + have + subject + been + verb-ing to ask about an activity that started in the past and continues now.

15. Question 15 · Single choice

    Choose one answer.

    We have ... a lot of progress since the first meeting.

    1. done
    2. taken
    3. made
    4. given
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    Answer

    made

    The correct collocation is make progress. Its present perfect form here is have made progress.

16. Question 16 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

    Choose the correct option for each blank.

    This is the volunteer ___ designed the new sign.

    Choices for blank 1

    1. who
    2. which
    3. where
    4. whose
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    who

    Who refers to a person and acts as the subject of the relative clause. Whose would need a following noun.

17. Question 17 · Multiple choice

    Choose all the correct answers.

    Choose TWO sentences with the same meaning as: We will postpone the picnic if it rains.

    1. If it rains, we will hold the picnic earlier.
    2. We will put off the picnic if it rains.
    3. We will hold the picnic in the rain at the planned time.
    4. If it rains, we will hold the picnic later.
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    Answer

    We will put off the picnic if it rains.; If it rains, we will hold the picnic later.

    Postpone and put off mean to move an event to a later time. They do not mean holding it earlier or keeping the original time.

18. Question 18 · Fill in the blank (text)

    Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.

    Complete with the adjective from 'success': The open day was ___; many visitors joined the gardening group.

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    successful

    Successful is the adjective from success. The visitors joining shows that the open day achieved a useful result.

19. Question 19 · Cloze (text)

    Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.

    Use the words in brackets to form the correct word for each gap. The volunteers had made several 1___ (improve) to the garden. Each visitor was invited to leave a 2___ (suggest) for the next open day.

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    improvements

    Blank 2

    suggestion

    Several needs the plural noun improvements. After a, use the singular noun suggestion, formed from suggest.

20. Question 20 · Error correction

    Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.

    Correct the verb form after 'look forward to'. Keep the other words and write the complete corrected sentence. We look forward to see you again.

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    Accepted answers

    We look forward to seeing you again.

    The to in look forward to is a preposition, so the next verb takes the -ing form: seeing.

21. Question 21 · Sentence reordering

    Arrange these parts into the correct sentence.

    Put the words in order to make a sentence. Start with 'We' and put the time phrase at the end.

    Sentence parts

    • We
    • after the project.
    • in touch
    • keep
    • will
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    Correct order

    We will keep in touch after the project.

    Keep in touch means to continue communicating. The sentence is We will keep in touch after the project.

What to review next

Explain why each answer fits the meaning and structure. Record useful phrases and write a new example using each pattern you found difficult.

A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.