Universidad de Colima
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias
Manual de inglés nivel B2-
Contents
FIRST TERM
Present Perfect Tense vs Present perfect Continuous
So + Adjective + That
Gerunds as subjects after a preposition
May - Might - Could
SECOND TERM
The Passive - all tenses
The Past Perfect
Gerunds vs Infinitives
Review of Passive Voice
PRESENT PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
BBC Learning English – Grammar Challenge
Grammar Challenge – so & such
Exercise 1:
Match the beginnings of the sentences to the correct endings.
1. The weather was so …. a. … I only answered 3 questions.
2. It was such a cold day … b. … I ate 3 pieces.
3. The shoes were so cheap … c. … I finished it an hour early.
4. It was such an expensive dress … d. … I couldn't eat any of it.
5. The exam was so difficult that … e. … that we couldn't go out at all.
6. It was such an easy exam that … f. … bad that we stayed at home all
day.
7. The cake was so delicious that … g. … that I bought 3 pairs.
8. It was such a horrible cake … h. … that I couldn't afford to buy it.
BBC Learning English – Grammar Challenge
Exercise 2:
Read the sentence and choose the one option a-d which best fits the space.
1. I ... that I fell asleep on the bus.
a. was such tired
b. was tired
c. was so tired
d. so tired
2. It was ... it broke down every few weeks.
a. such an old that
b. such an old car so
c. so an old car that
d. such an old car that
3. We were ... that we ate the food before it was properly cooked.
a. such hungry
b. so hungry
c. such hunger
d. so a hungry
4. He was ... that he hardly had any friends at all.
a. so shy
b. such a shy
c. such shy
d. shy so
5. They were ... that they were invited to parties every weekend.
a. so a popular couple
b. so popular couple
c. such popular
d. such a popular couple
6. The music was ... that I could hardly hear myself think.
a. so loudly
b. such loudly
c. such loud
d. so loud
BBC Learning English – Grammar Challenge
Exercise 3: Word Order
Choose the 5 words which complete each sentence:
1. The ... they won the match.
so that play team well such played
2. It was ... I went to see it again.
good a that so such film boring
3. ... I could hardly control myself.
angry so such I that felt angrily
4. She ... that she got a promotion.
a so worker hard work was such
5.he got a pay rise.
such so that work he hard worked
6.we had to go home early.
we tired tiring were such so that
