New Inside Out Upper Intermediate: Grammar auction, Language Knowledge Test 1	

1	As soon as I saw her I knew we'd met somewhere before.		
2	I am very difficult to speak in English on the phone.		
3	I suggested them to take the bus.		
4	I'd like to know why doesn't he buy some new trainers.		
5	I've learnt English since I was at primary school.		
6	If he'd done what we asked, he didn't have all these problems.		
7	She tried dying her hair but she still wasn’t satisfied.		
8	If she'd told them the truth, they wouldn't have been so angry.		
9	It's a piece of cake this, isn't it?		
10	It's easier for you to learn Mandarin than it is for me.		
11	Let's take a taxi, shall we?		
12	My parents always made me to help with the housework.		
13	Nobody's absent today, is she?		
14	She asked us not to come before eight as she would be having dinner then.		
15	She's gone to Japan three times this year.		
16	The accident happened during we were on holiday.		
17	We always encouraged them to do sports.		
18	When we had dinner we went out for a walk in the garden.		
19	Would you say that clothes were important to you?		
20	You'd like to come to the party, hadn't you?		

Answers	

1	As soon as I saw her I knew we'd met somewhere before.	Correct	
2	I am very difficult to speak in English on the phone.
It's difficult for me to speak English on the phone.		
3	I suggested them to take the bus.
I suggested (that) they took the bus / I suggested taking the bus.		
4	I'd like to know why doesn't he buy some new trainers.
I'd like to know why he doesn't buy some new trainers.		
5	I've learnt English since I was at primary school.
I've been learning English since I was at primary school.		
6	If he'd done what we asked, he didn't have all these problems.
If he'd done what we asked, he wouldn't have had / wouldn't be having all these problems.		
7	She tried dying her hair but she still wasn’t satisfied.	Correct	
8	If she'd told them the truth, they wouldn't have been so angry.	Correct	
9	It's a piece of cake this, isn't it?	Correct	
10	It's easier for you to learn Mandarin than it is for me.	Correct	
11	Let's take a taxi, shall we?	Correct	
12	My parents always made me to help with the housework.
My parents always made me help with the housework.		
13	Nobody's absent today, is she?
Nobody's absent today, are they?		
14	She asked us not to come before eight as she would be having dinner then.	Correct	
15	She's gone to Japan three times this year.
She's been to Japan three times this year.		
16	The accident happened during we were on holiday.
The accident happened while we were on holiday. / The accident happened during our holiday.		
17	We always encouraged them to do sports.	Correct	
18	When we had dinner we went out for a walk in the garden.
When we'd had dinner we went out for a walk in the garden.		
19	Would you say that clothes were important to you?	Correct	
20	You'd like to come to the party, hadn't you?
 You'd like to come to the party, wouldn't you?