Correcting News about Recent Changes
About this practice test
Practise B1 Use of English through sentence editing. Build accuracy with recent news and perfect forms and relative clauses.
What you’ll practice
Grammar and vocabulary
Choose forms and words that work together.
Meaning in context
Follow meaning across sentences and texts.
Accurate expression
Use natural phrases and sentence patterns.
What to expect:
10 questions with explanations to review after submission.
Study the questions and tasks
Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.
- 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
- Error correction
How to approach this practice
Read the complete context. Check both the meaning and the grammar, including word forms, collocations and links between sentences.
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Question 1 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The council has open a new library.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The council has opened a new library.
Has takes the past participle opened.
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Question 2 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The residents which live nearby were invited.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The residents who live nearby were invited. / The residents that live nearby were invited.
Who or that refers to people in a defining relative clause.
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Question 3 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The old bridge has been repair.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The old bridge has been repaired.
A passive perfect needs been plus repaired.
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Question 4 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. Several new shops has opened this year.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- Several new shops have opened this year.
Plural shops requires have.
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Question 5 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The event was cancelled because of it rained.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The event was cancelled because it rained. / The event was canceled because it rained.
Because introduces a clause; because of introduces a noun phrase.
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Question 6 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The park is more popular that it used to be.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The park is more popular than it used to be.
A comparative phrase takes than.
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Question 7 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. Volunteers have raised money since three months.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- Volunteers have raised money for three months. / Volunteers have been raising money for three months.
For introduces a duration of three months.
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Question 8 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The woman whose organised the concert is a neighbour.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The woman who organised the concert is a neighbour. / The woman that organised the concert is a neighbour. / The woman who organised the concert is a neighbor. / The woman who organized the concert is a neighbor. / The woman who organized the concert is a neighbour. / The woman that organised the concert is a neighbor. / The woman that organized the concert is a neighbor. / The woman that organized the concert is a neighbour.
The clause needs subject who or that, not possessive whose.
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Question 9 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. We are looking forward to visit the new centre.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- We are looking forward to visiting the new centre. / We're looking forward to visiting the new center. / We're looking forward to visiting the new centre. / We are looking forward to visiting the new center.
Look forward to takes an ing form.
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Question 10 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The announcement made everyone to smile.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The announcement made everyone smile.
Active make someone do takes a bare infinitive.
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.