- •Arts and culture
- •Vocabulary 1 arts
- •1. Study the information in the box and do the following exercise.
- •2. Each one of these sentences contains a mistake of usage of words connected with the arts. Find the mistake and correct it. You may need a dictionary.
- •3. Complete the chart by adding words from the list given below it. Some may go in more. There is an additional column for you in case you have another group of words.
- •4. Put the words in the list below in the best place on the brain map. Some words may be in more than one place! Then add some of your own words.
- •5. Now complete the following sentences with appropriate vocabulary from the brain map.
- •Vocabulary 2 Music, art and literature
- •2. What do you call the people who play the following instruments?
- •3. What types of painting are these?
- •4. Fill in the gaps with the correct word.
- •5. Use the context and your own knowledge to fill the gaps in these sentences and dialogues.
- •6. Complete this story of Craig David’s early years.
- •7. Answer these questions. If possible, ask someone else the same questions.
- •8. Underline the most suitable word or phrase.
- •9. Complete each sentence with a word from the box. Use each word once only.
- •10. Complete each sentence by putting in, on, at or out of in each space.
- •11. Complete each sentence with a word from the box. Use each word once only.
- •12. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.
- •13. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. The school play
- •14. Complete the compound word in each sentence with a word from the box. Use each word once only.
- •15. Adjectives and phrases to describe music
- •16. Idioms
- •Vocabulary 3 Adjectives ending in –ed and -ing
- •1. A Choose the correct word.
- •2. Complete the sentences using one of the words in the box.
- •3. Complete the adjectives in column a with –ed or –ing. Then complete the sentences with a phrase from column b.
- •Interested in...:
- •2. Put in the correct preposition.
- •Vocabulary 5 books
- •1. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below.
- •2. Decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each space. Why read books?
- •3. Fill in the gaps in the model answer below. Use one word in each gap.
- •5. Choosing the right form
- •Need. Absence of Necessity.
- •7. Choose the alternative that best suits the context.
- •8. Fill in: must or have to.
- •9. Complete the following sentences with must not or doesn't / don't have to.
- •10. Underline the correct words. Sometimes both options are possible.
- •13. Permission and prohibition
- •14. Obligation and permission
- •The 1901 Teaching Contract for Female Teachers
- •15. Obligation, prohibition, permission (past)
- •1. Give advice to the people in the following situations. Use should or ought to.
- •2. For each of these situations, give two suggestions with could. Then give definite advice with should.
- •3. Put in should, shouldn't, must or mustn't.
- •5. Look at the pictures. Beside each one, write something you would say to the person, and something about the person. Use either should/shouldn’t or ought/ought not to.
- •6. Think of three things that people say to you, criticizing you.
- •7. Now you can criticize somebody you know!
- •8. Learning from learners
- •9. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of (not) have to, ought to or must(n't) and the verbs in brackets.
- •10. Completing conversations
- •Vocabulary 1 going out
- •1. Put the sentences of this dialogue in the right order.
- •2. Try to fill in the blanks with suitable words.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the right form of the following words. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.
- •Vocabulary 2 Other/Another
- •1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of other.
- •2. Fill in the gaps using another, (the) other, (the) others.
- •Vocabulary 3 Likes and Dislikes
- •2. Write sentences about yourself. Say whether you like or don’t like these activities. Choose one of these verbs for each sentence:
- •3. Put in a suitable verb in the correct form, - ing or to ... Sometimes either form is possible.
- •4. Adverb and adjective collocations.
- •Vocabulary Writing a review
- •1. Complete the sentences with a preposition.
- •2. Think of a film or tv programme that you liked. Replace the words in italics with information about that film or programme.
- •3. Which tense is used in reviews to give details of the plot?
- •3. Change the sentences into polite requests using the words in parentheses.
- •4. First, complete the items in this activity with appropriate modal auxiliaries. After each, indicate whether your sentence is formal or informal.
- •5. Read the situation and write questions beginning Do you think…
- •6. What would you say in these situations?
- •7. Write what you would say in the following situations.
- •8. Responses
- •Vocabulary Cinema and theatre
- •1. Look at the picture of your visit to the theatre and answer these questions.
- •2. What word or phrase is being defined?
- •Vocabulary do and make
- •1. Use either do or make to fill in the blanks.
- •2. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
- •3. Fill in the gaps using make or do.
- •1. Complete the sentences with can, can't, could, or couldn't.
- •2. Complete these sentences about the Wilson’s plans with can/can’t and ‘ll be able/won’t be able to.
- •5. Fill in: was/were able to, could(n't), had been able to, will be able to or can.
- •6. Underline the most suitable words. Sometimes both options are possible.
- •Grammar Revision
- •1. Which of the words in the box will fit the sentences? Often there is more than one possibility.
- •2. Underline the correct answer.
- •3. Fill in the gaps below with the correct form of (not) have to, must, (not) need or should.
- •4. Read the extract. Decide if the underlined phrases are correct or not. Tick (V) them if they are right and correct them if they are wrong.
- •5. Necessary or not necessary?
- •7. Paraphrase the following sentences, using modal verbs so that they are as similar in meaning as possible to the first ones.
- •8. Write what each person would say in each situation using modals. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
15. Obligation, prohibition, permission (past)
A daughter (D) is asking her mother (M) about her life when she was young. Use expressions of obligation, prohibition and permission in the past to complete the dialogue below.
D: When you were young (1 wear) were you
allowed to wear make-up?
M: No, certainly not. Not until I was about 20. And
I (2 wear)________________________ the clothes that my mother bought me.
D: How awful! And (3 stay) ________________________ at school until you were 16?
M: No, it wasn't illegal to leave before 16, as it is now. In fact most children (4 leave) ________________________ school at 14 because their parents wanted them to earn money.
D: (5 go out) ________________________ with boys when you were my age?
M: Only if a grown-up was with you. You (6 go) ________________________ out alone to discos as you do now, oh no!
/From Intermediate Matters Workbook, Jan Bell, Roger Gower/
Unit 2
Grammar Suggestions and advice
1. Give advice to the people in the following situations. Use should or ought to.
1. Ann would like to make some new friends. - I think she should/ought to join some clubs to meet people with similar interests.
2. Ellen is having a lot of trouble in her chemistry class. She's failed the last two tests.
3. Sam and Tim, both teenagers, have messed up the house, and their parents are coming home soon.
4. Ron is wearing jeans. He's expected at a formal reception this evening.
5. Mary's parents expect her to work in the family business, a shoe store, but she wants to be an architect.
6. Richard's roommate stays up very late studying. While his roommate is studying, he listens to loud music, and Richard can't get to sleep.
7. Pierre is feeling really homesick these days.
/Understanding and Using English Grammar, Workbook, Betty Schrampfer Azar/
2. For each of these situations, give two suggestions with could. Then give definite advice with should.
1. It's late at night. Tony is home by himself. He hears a window break. He thinks it's a burglar. Now what? What could or should he do now?
He could hide under his bed.
He could pick up his baseball bat and go looking for the intruder.
He should leave the house and go to his neighbour's to call the police.
2. Bruce has helped his mother onto the train and escorted her to a seat. While he is saying goodbye, the train begins pulling away from the station. By the time he gets through the crowded aisles to the exit, the train is traveling fast. Now what?
He could __________________________________________________________
He could __________________________________________________________
He should __________________________________________________________
3. Kim is an insomniac. Every night she tosses and turns until 2 or 3 a.m. and gets only a few hours of sleep. It's beginning to affect her work, as she has to be in her office at 8:00 a.m. She's always tired. She needs some advice.
She could __________________________________________________________
She could __________________________________________________________
She should __________________________________________________________
4. You are driving in the countryside late at night, and you notice that you are almost out of gas. You manage to make it to a small town nearby but discover that the only gas station in town is closed. You decide to hitchhike to the next town and look for an open station, but the person who picks you up robs you and leave you stranded on a country road. Hitchhiking is a bad idea. What are some other possible courses of action you could take?
I could __________________________________________________________
I could __________________________________________________________
I should __________________________________________________________
/Understanding and Using English Grammar, Workbook, Betty Schrampfer Azar/