English B2.2

Which one means the same:

The weather was so good that we all went to the beach.

• It was such a good weather that we all went to the beach.

• It was such good weather that we all went to the beach.

• The weather was such good that we all went to the beach.

• It was such so good weather that we all went to the beach.

Answer explanation

• Weather is an uncountable noun, therefore, we don't use "a".

• "Such" should come before the adjective "good" to modify "weather."

• It's redundant to use both "such" and "so" in this context. The correct structure is simply "such good weather."

Which one means the same:

I hope not to live with my parents when I am thirty.

• Hopefully, I won't have lived with my parents when I'm thirty.

• Hopefully, I won't be living with my parents when I'm thirty.

• Hopefully, I am going to live with my parents when I'm thirty

• Hopefully, I don't live with my parents when I'm thirty.

Answer explanation

"I won't have lived" doesn't convey the idea of not living with them at the age of thirty.

"I am going to live" means the opposite.

"I don't live" doesn't convey the sense of a future hope.

He bought a flat two years ago. He still has it. He _____________ two years.

• has had a flat for

• had had a flat for

• had a flat during

• 's had a flat for

Answer explanation

Present perfect (has had/'s had) conveys the idea of an action that began in the past and still continues in the present.

Past perfect (had had) is used to show that one past action occurred before another past action.

"had a flat during" means that he owned a flat for 2 years, but not anymore.

Which one means the same:

It's the first time dad has ever cooked.

• Dad has always cooked.

• Dad never cooks.

• Dad has never cooked before.

• Dad was never cooking.

Answer explanation

Present simple (dad never cooks) and past continuous (dad was never cooking) don't convey the idea that this is the first time cooking.

Which one means the same:

His grandad couldn't swim when he was a child.

• Being a child, it was impossible to swim.

• His grandad doesn't know how to swim when he was a child.

• His grandad did not know how to swim when he was a child.

Which one means the same:

Although he is a patient person, he got angry with his son.

• Despite being a patient person, he got angry with his son.

• In spite being a patient person, he got angry with his son.

• In spite of he's a patient person, he got angry with his son.

• Despite he was a patient person, he got angry.

Answer explanation

Despite + noun phrase/gerund phrase

In spite of + noun phrase/gerund phrase

She started to study Japanese a year ago.

• She has been studying Japanese since a year ago.

• She studies Japanese for a year.

• She has been studing Japanese for a year.

• She has been studying Japanese for a year.

Answer explanation

Present perfect continuous tense (has been studying) indicates that the action of studying started one year ago and has continued up to the present.

Which one means the same:

Angelina was interested in Brad Pitt.

• Angelina interested Brad Pitt.

• Brad Pitt interest is Angelina.

• Angelina found Brad Pitt interesting.

• Brad Pitt is interested in Angelina.

Which sentence means the same:

William Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. He was born in 1564.

• William Shakespeare, who wrote Hamlet, was born in 1564.

• William Shakespeare, that wrote Hamlet, was born in 1564.

• William Shakespeare who wrote Hamlet was born in 1564.

• William Shakespeare that wrote Hamlet was born in 1564.

Answer explanation

"That" is typically used for things or objects.

"Who wrote Hamlet" is a nondefining clause, and therefore, it requires commas.

Which sentence means the same:

The optician tested your brother's eyes last week.

• Your brother had his eyes tested last week.

• Your brother didn't have his eyes tested last week.

• Your brother has his eyes tested last week.

• Your brother tested his eyes last week.

Answer explanation

We use causative have to say that someone does something for us.