Grammar exercises
1. In about half of the lines of the following text there is an error in the use of the present forms. For each line underline the error and write the correct forms. Some lines are correct.
0. Every year more and more tourists are visiting the Ionian Islands, and most are
00. enchanted by these lush green islands in a turquoise sea. Many now think
1. about the possibility of owning property in this warm, unspoilt corner of
2. Europe. Appeals the idea to you? If so, read on!
3. Imagine yourself standing on a wide terrace high on a cliff above the
4. clear Ionian Sea, the island of Zakynthos in the distance.The sun is beating
5. down and you are hearing the cicadas and the sound of waves lapping
6. gently against the golden sand below. You can smell the heady scent of
7. jasmine. You walk down a steep, stony path to the beach and there is lying
8. the turquoise sea, right in front of you. We’re inviting you to share this
9. experience with us.
10. We currently develop a complex of luxury apartments just outside
11. Lourdas, in the south of Cephalonia. Cephalonia is the largest and the
12. most varied of the Ionian Islands, and Lourdas is a traditional Greek
13. village with a variety of shops and tavernas. Behind the village the
14. mountains are rising steeply and goats roam freely. From the village a
15. road winds down to Lourdas Bay. The wide sweep of the bay shelter a
16. long sandy beach which is almost totally uncommercialised, although
17. local developers build a range of bars and tavernas on a strip of land
18. behind the beach.
19. We have completed our apartment and we now show prospective
20. purchasers the apartment, either in person at the site, or at our
21. London office, on video. To take part in this once-in-a-lifetime offer,
22. phone us now and talk to one of our sales representatives.
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0. Every year more and more tourists are visiting the Ionian Islands, and most are enchanted by these lush green islands in a turquoise sea.
... visit the ...
1. Many now think about the possibility of owning property in this warm, unspoilt corner of Europe.
... are thinking now ...
2. Appeals the idea to you? If so, read on!
Does the idea appearls ... If it does...
3 - 10 все норм
10. We currently develop a complex of luxury apartments just outside Lourdas, in the south of Cephalonia.
we are currently developing ...
11 - все в порядке
14. Behind the village the mountains are rising steeply and goats roam freely.
... rise ...
15. From the village a road winds down to Lourdas Bay. The wide sweep of the bay shelter along sandy beach which is almost totally uncommercialised.
17. The local developers build a range of bars and tavernas on a strip of land behind the beach.
... are building ...
19. We have completed our apartment and we now show prospective purchasers the apartment, either in person at the site, or at our London office, on video.
... and now we are showing ...
20. To take part in this once-in-a-lifetime offer, phone us now and talk to one of our sales representatives.
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