Oxford English Grammar Course
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Advanced COMMON MISTAKES TEST © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLEOxford
English Grammar Course
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Advanced
COMMON MISTAKES TEST
Answer Key
1 Always look … [See page 10] 2 Here comes … [See page 26] 3 It says … [See page 26] 4 … I played … [See page 41] 5 … while I was staying …
[See page 41]
6 ‘How long have you been …’ OR ‘…
Until …’ [See page 44] 7 Who gave … [See page 48]
8 … since we bought … [See page 49] … since buying is also possible. [See page 246]
9 I left … [See page 52]
10 I managed to / was able to get in touch … OR I succeeded in getting in
touch … [See page 60]
11 … of course you can. [See page 62] 12 … she can’t be home yet.
[See page 65]
13 … She may/might/could be … [See page 66]
14 Do you think you may …
[See page 66] Might you …? is also possible.
15 They don’t allow parking / people to park … [See page 99]
16 … anybody to ask … [See page 102] 17 … to be taken … [See page 103] 18 … cannot catch ire. [See page 103]
OR It’s impossible for this material to
catch ire. [See page 104]
19 … too heavy to lift. [See page 103] 20 … used to writing … [See page 105] 21 Talking to the driver …
[See page 106]
22 … (some) research … [See page 125] 23 … is meetings. [See page 127] 24 … a ive-litre can … [See page 128] 25 … a feeling of disappointment
[See page 129]
26 Pete and Ann’s … [See page 130] 27 … the name of their street.
[See page 130]
28 … mountain lowers. [See page 131] 29 … they believed … OR … people
believed [See page 138]
30 … or one with cream. [See page 139] 31 … than in nature. [See page 147] 32 The number of unemployed …
[See page 148]
33 … at Birmingham Airport. [See page 149]
34 The whole of Venice … OR All of
Venice … [See page 158] 35 She fell unconscious …
[See page 173]
36 … a nice old woman … [See page 174]
37 The students questioned … [See page 176]
38 The more you smile, the more beautiful you look. [See page 183] 39 … your English, which is so excellent.
OR … your excellent English.
[See page 188]
40 … between the woods … [See page 197]
41 … opposite our house. [See page 198]
42 … to say what you thought.
[See page 204] Also possible: … what you think.
43 … I’d rather you came … [See page 206]
44 … they went home. [See page 206] 45 I wish I had … [See page 206] 46 … if the snow’s good. [See page 235] 47 I had supper; then I phoned Jean.
[See page 254]
48 It was cold; however, it was pleasant. [See page 254]
49 At no time did she say … [See page 258]
