Cover of the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Do you know ... ? for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

Find the grammar mistakes in each sentence and correct it.

Answer

  1. They were in Brazil last year.
  2. This cathedral was built in 1590.
  3. She's the person who / that told me I should study economics in university.
  4. I was reading in my room when I heard a loud crash downstairs.
  5. Unfortunately, my grades are much lower than they were last year.
  6. You work for IBM, don’t you?
  7. If I have time, I'll paint my bedroom this weekend.
  8. Can I give you a little advice?
  9. He's always wanted to be a teacher.