Entraînement à la Grammaire Anglaise à Distance

1. (a) I imagine that you will want to stay home after such a long day's work.

(b) Maybe I am imagining all of this, but I can't help thinking that he does not love her anymore.

2. (a) It seems like our readership is loving all of this current gossip about the couple.

(b) My mother loves swing, jazz and blues and is quite keen to take us out for a concert.

3. (a) He drives to work. Using public transport would take too long.

(b) Have you noticed? He is driving a new car.

4. (a) Unfortunately, the tube service ends before the performance ends.

(b) Rita and Sam have announced they are ending their relationship.

5. (a) I am feeling sad and lonely.

(b) I feel she has not been treated very fairly given the time she͛s invested in the project.

6. (a) She went into the garden and smelled the wet grass; at last she was back home again.

(b) She was smelling the soup just to enjoy the odours that were so familiar to her.

7. (a) The players are understanding the game better, and we are making progress as a team.

(b) I didn't not intend to hurt anyone but I understand that you may have felt offended.

8 (a) We are having a drink at the Red Lion tonight. Would you like to join us after work?

(b) I have one brother and two sisters. I'm the only sibling still living at home.

9. (a) 'It never rains but pours.' Do you know what this expression means?

(b) Are you sure you want to go for walk now? It is raining heavily.

10. (a) He is painting on location right now in Cornwall. I'm curious to see the result.

(b) He paints with broad strokes, not unlike Tony Allain.