CAMBRIDGE CELTAPRE-COURSE TASK 2

THE STRUCTURE OF THE LANGUAGE

Please complete this task, referring to ‘Practical English Usage’ by Michael Swan (Oxford University Press)

When you have finished, please refer to the key which (we hope!) will contain similar answers to yours. If you have any queries, please raise these on the first day of the course.

Example Ref No.

1. Four different types of adverbs - not just-ly words

Comment adverbs:Stupidly, I forgot my keysAdverbs of certainty:Perhaps her train is late.Adverbs of place:Come and sit here.Adverbs of manner:John works really hard.

20 - 26

2. The future in the past Last week, you were going to start a new job.

221

3. An infinitive To go 279 - 292

4. Two forms of passive infinitive To be takenTo have been invited

280 & 412

5. A progressive infinitive It’s nice to be sitting here with you. 280

6. A perfect infinitive It’s nice to have finished work. 280

7. A reported question I asked where Alice was. 276

8. A personal pronoun I, me, you, him, he, she etc. 428 - 429

9. A countable/uncountable noun Countable: a note, a coin, a sumUncountable: money

148 - 149

10. An infinitive of purpose He went abroad to forget. 289

11. Comparative and superlative adjectives

Comparative: older, nicer, betterSuperlatives: cheapest, biggest, best

137

12. An identifying relative clause Who owns the car which is parked outside?

495

13. A possessive pronoun My, your, his etc. 441

14. An idiom This is a real can of worms. 255

15. A definite/an indefinite article Definite: theIndefinite: a/an

61 - 70

16. A conjunction She was poor but she was honest. 510

17. An auxiliary verb Be, do, have 85

18. A question tag The film wasn’t very good, was it? 487 - 488

19. An e.g. of reported speech She asked what I wanted. 274 - 278

20. An ‘ing’ form She was crying when I saw her. 408

21. An active and a passive participle Active: She walked out smiling.Passive: a broken heart

409

22. A preposition In the morning. On Monday. At night. 448 - 454

23. A phrasal verb I switched the light off. 599

24. Four modal auxiliary verbs Can, could, may, might 353 - 354

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25. An imperative Have a drink. 268

26. A non-identifying relative clause This is Ms Rogers, who’s joining the firm next week.

495

27. An interrogative pronoun Which, what, who 622 - 624

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