Grammar Scan - Michael Swan David Baker 2008

26 spelling, contractions and punctuation
Upper Intermediate

1 D, E and F. See 556.b.

2 A and E. See 556.d.

3 1. really

5. fully

2. completely

6. happily

3. truly

7. idly

4. wholly

8. ably

See 557.1-3.

4 My sister-in-law has agreed to baby-sit so that we can go to next week's Scotland-France rugby match.

See 559.2.

5 A. Right.

В. Wrong. Should be shady.

C. Right.

See 560.1.

D. Wrong. Should be beginning.

See 562.5.

E. Right. See 562.3.

6 A. The second: excitement.

B. The second: definitely.

C. The first: argument.

See 560.2.

7 A. Wrong. Should be laid.

B. Right.

C. Wrong. Should be paid.

See 561.4.

8 A. See 564.

9 A. BUSINESS

B. CHOCOLATE

C. DIFFERENT

D. MARRIAGE

E. RESTAURANT

F. COMFORTABLE

G. INTERESTING

H. USUALLY

See 565.1 and 565.2.

10 A, С, E, G, H, I and J. See 565.3.

11 D, H and I. See 565.6 and 565.7.

12 A, D and G. See 565.9 and 565.10.

13 All of them are right. See 143.2.

14 А, В, E and F. See 143.4.

15 A. Wrong. Should be: ... aren't/?

B. Right.

C. Right.

See 143.4, note 2.

17 A. Wrong. Should be yours.

B. Wrong, has'nt should be hasn't (see 143) and it’s should be its.

C. Wrong. Should be Whose.

See 479.2.