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Only one sentence is correct!
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All of the sentences are correct now!
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I wonder when he comes back.
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I wonder when he will come back.
Это предложение не является придаточным времени (когда?), так как отвечает на вопрос что? Мне интересно знать что? (Present instead of Future in adverbial clauses of time and condition).
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The burglar alarm will go off in case somebody tries to break in.
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The burglar alarm will go off if somebody tries to break in.
in case? if; in case = in advance
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I usually have got a cold at this time of year.
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I usually have a cold at this time of year.
Have got не употребляется по отношению к привычным действиям.
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Tolstoy has written many good novels.
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Tolstoy wrote many good novels.
Действие не может повториться (Present Perfect and Past Simple).
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I have been living there for ten years. Now I live in LA.
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I lived there for ten years. Now I live in LA.
Для периода в прошлом употребляется Past Simple.
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It’s the first time I’m eating Japanese food.
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It’s the first time I’ve eaten Japanese food.
С выражениями it’s/this is the first time в настоящем времени употребляется Present Perfect: первый раз - не последний, и действие ещё может повториться.
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His clothes doesn’t appeal to me at all. Get him buy something better.
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His clothes don’t appeal to me at all. Get him to buy something better.
Clothes - это сущ. мн. числа. Форма ед. числа - a piece/an article of clothing.
let/make/have smb do smth; get smb to do smth (Complex Object)
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My mother is so irritable. She will shout to me all the time.
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My mother is so irritable. She will shout at me all the time.
Shout at (aggressive) - кричать на кого-либо; shout to = call to - крикнуть/громко позвать кого-либо: He shouted to the children to come in and swim. (will употребляется в данном случае как модальный глагол для обозначения типичных действий в наст. времени)
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What is she like? - She’s tall and slim.
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What does she look like? - She’s tall and slim.
What is she like? (о характере человека) - She’s friendly.
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Russian is twice more difficult than I thought.
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Russian is twice as difficult as I thought.
Half и twice всегда употребляются со сравнительной конструкцией as...as; в разг. английском, начиная с ’three times’ и далее, обычно употребляется сравн. конструкция с ’than’. Not on the TOEFL!
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It took three times longer than I expected.
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It took three times longer than I had expected.
(Past Perfect)
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I didn’t enjoy the party because I was boring.
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I didn’t enjoy the party because I was bored.
Сравните: The party was boring. I was bored
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After digging in the garbage, the dog didn’t smell well.
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After digging in the garbage, the dog didn’t smell good.
(Adjectives after sense verbs)
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He couldn’t afford buying that big a car.
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He couldn’t afford to buy that big a car.
(Gerund and Infinitive)
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I wish I would see her again.
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I wish I could see her again.
(Subjunctive: conditionals - I wish/if only)
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I’d rather you not call me so early in the morning. Will you call me later?
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I’d rather you didn’t call me so early in the morning. Will you call me later?
(Subjunctive: would rather)
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It is important that she hands in her paper by tomorrow.
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It is important that she hand in her paper by tomorrow.
В брит. английском правильный вариант - should hand. Not on the TOEFL! (Subjunctive)
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Being an early riser, it was easy for Carri to adjust to her company’s new summer schedule.
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Being an early riser, Carrie found it easy to adjust to her company’s new summer schedule.
(Illogical participial modifiers)
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Everybody has the right to freedom, don’t they?
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Everybody arrived late, what didn’t surprised me in the least.
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Everybody arrived late, which didn’t surprised me in the least.
Which относится ко всему предложению в целом: Все пришли поздно, что ни в малейшей степени меня не удивило. (Relative Clauses)
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