Natural Ways to Express Everyday Ideas

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1. Question 1 · Multiple choice

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   Your colleague offers help with a report. Choose TWO grammatically correct requests.

   1. Could you give me a hand?
   2. Would you mind helping me?
   3. Could you to give me a hand?
   4. Would you mind to help me?
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   Answer

   Could you give me a hand?; Would you mind helping me?

   Could takes a base verb; would you mind takes an -ing form. Both correct requests politely ask for help.

2. Question 2 · Multiple choice

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   The meeting begins at nine, and arriving late is a problem. Choose TWO correct pieces of advice.

   1. It is important to be on time.
   2. You should to arrive on time.
   3. It is important being on time.
   4. You should arrive on time.
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   Answer

   It is important to be on time.; You should arrive on time.

   Should takes arrive; important is followed by to be in this sentence. On time means at the scheduled time.

3. Question 3 · Multiple choice

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   A colleague has not finished the task. Choose TWO correct ways to ask about completion.

   1. Did you finished the task yet?
   2. Has the task been finish yet?
   3. Have you finished the task yet?
   4. Has the task been finished yet?
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   Answer

   Have you finished the task yet?; Has the task been finished yet?

   The present perfect uses have finished; its passive form uses has been finished. Yet refers to expected completion.

4. Question 4 · Multiple choice

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   You started working here in 2021 and still work here. Choose TWO correct sentences.

   1. I have worked here during 2021.
   2. I have worked here since 2021.
   3. I have been working here since 2021.
   4. I work here since 2021.
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   Answer

   I have worked here since 2021.; I have been working here since 2021.

   Since identifies the starting point of a situation continuing to the present; both present-perfect forms fit.

5. Question 5 · Multiple choice

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   Your manager wants the room reserved. Choose TWO natural and grammatically correct instructions.

   1. Please book the meeting room.
   2. Please make a booking for the meeting room.
   3. Please do a booking for the meeting room.
   4. Please booking the meeting room.
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   Answer

   Please book the meeting room.; Please make a booking for the meeting room.

   Book a room and make a booking are natural expressions. After please, use the base verb for an instruction.

6. Question 6 · Multiple choice

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   You are interested in a training course. Choose TWO correct sentences.

   1. I would like to join the course.
   2. I am interested to joining the course.
   3. I would like joining the course.
   4. I am interested in joining the course.
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   Answer

   I would like to join the course.; I am interested in joining the course.

   Interested in is followed by an -ing form; would like is followed by a to-infinitive.

7. Question 7 · Multiple choice

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   The office printer is broken. Choose TWO sentences that correctly describe the problem.

   1. The printer does not works.
   2. The printer is out of ordering.
   3. The printer does not work.
   4. The printer is out of order.
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   Answer

   The printer does not work.; The printer is out of order.

   Does not takes the base verb work. Out of order is a fixed phrase meaning not functioning.

8. Question 8 · Multiple choice

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   You want to delay a meeting until Friday. Choose TWO correct suggestions.

   1. Why do we not postponing the meeting until Friday?
   2. Let us put off the meeting until Friday.
   3. Why do we not postpone the meeting until Friday?
   4. Let us to put off the meeting until Friday.
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   Answer

   Let us put off the meeting until Friday.; Why do we not postpone the meeting until Friday?

   Let us and do we not both take the base verb. Put off and postpone express the same change of date.

9. Question 9 · Multiple choice

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   Your colleague made the same error twice. Choose TWO correct sentences.

   1. She made the same mistake again.
   2. She repeated the same mistake.
   3. She did the same mistake again.
   4. She repeated again the same mistake made.
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   Answer

   She made the same mistake again.; She repeated the same mistake.

   Make a mistake and repeat a mistake are natural combinations; do a mistake is not standard English.

10. Question 10 · Multiple choice

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    An email needs a reply today. Choose TWO accurate instructions with the same practical meaning.

    1. Please send a reply to this email today.
    2. Please reply this email today.
    3. Please send a reply at this email today.
    4. Please reply to this email today.
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    Answer

    Please send a reply to this email today.; Please reply to this email today.

    Reply takes to before its object; send a reply to uses the same preposition to identify the message being answered.

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.

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