Ejercicios de Inglés: Vocabulario, Verbos, Voz Pasiva y Gramática Práctica

1. Vocabulary: Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There are 3 extra words.

a) Robbers and murderers commit crimes and detectives solve crimes.

b) Criminals often leave behind a clue which may help detectives to catch them.

c) Members of the police force may have to guard the scene of a crime.

d) A suspect is usually questioned by one or two detectives.

e) A court decides whether a person is guilty or innocent.

f) When you do something illegal, you break the law.

2. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the text.

A few weeks ago I won a TV competition. The prize was a trip to visit a TV studio. I really loved finding out more about my favorite TV programme. First I had the chance to meet the producer, who congratulated me on winning. She then explained that she's responsible for organising the show. I was fascinated by learning more about her job, which involves deciding what footage to use and how long to spend on each part of the show.

3. Match the nouns to the groups of adjectives.

a) national, latest, local, dramatic → news.

b) icy, windy, busy, dangerous → roads.

c) stormy, mild, freezing, fine → weather.

d) first, official, foreign, formal → language.

e) English-speaking, poor, developed → country.

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the -ing or to-infinitive form.

a) You're good at working under pressure, so why don't you become a journalist?

b) The robber denied being anywhere near the bank that day.

c) They had finished recording the interview by lunchtime.

d) It was impossible to get to the island because of the storm.

e) The editor insisted on articles of at least 1,000 words.

5. Choose the letter that best completes the sentence.

1) My friend whose mother uses the computer a lot has taught me lots of things.

2) If only you had emailed that company about the job!

3) She asked me if I would like a job in the music industry, and I said yes!

4) I wonder what tools these are.

5) I wish you didn't spend so much time on the computer!

6) I would like to ask you if you are busy next week.

7) They wanted to know what experience I'd had of this kind of work.

8) If only I knew how to set up a website!

6. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the passive voice.

a) They make shoes in that factory. Shoes are made in that factory.

b) They built that skyscraper in 1934. That skyscraper was built in 1934.

c) The students will finish the course by July. The course will be finished by July.

d) They are repairing the streets this month. The streets are being repaired this month.

e) They have finished the new product design. The new product design has been finished.

f) They were cooking dinner when I arrived. Dinner was being cooked when I arrived.

g) Someone will speak Japanese at the meeting. Japanese will be spoken at the meeting.

h) Smithers painted "Red Sunset" in 1986. "Red Sunset" was painted in 1986 by Smithers.