- •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.
2. Complete these sentences about the Wilson’s plans with can/can’t and ‘ll be able/won’t be able to.
1. Mr Wilson is taking a course in Computer Programming. At the moment he can’t write complicated programs, but soon He’ll be able to write them quite well.
2. Mrs Wilson is learning Spanish. She _______ speak it very well yet. She hopes she _________ to buy the end of the course.
3. Stephen is taking guitar lessons. He __________ play quite well already, but he hopes he ___________ play like a professional.
4. Julie is taking a typing course. She knows she ____________ pass her secretarial exams next year unless she improves her typing speed. She’s doing well, and soon she ___________ 60 words a minute.
3. Complete the account of the climb with could/couldn’t wherever possible – otherwise use was/were able to.
Stephen and Julie were spending a few days camping with some friends in Snowdonia. On a climb, there was a difficult section. Stephen has long arms, and was able to climb this easily, but Julie is not so tall and __________ reach the hold. In the end, she ___________ reach it by standing on her friend’s shoulders. “Never mind,” he said. “I ____________ get up this bit the first time I tried.” The rest of the climb was easier, and they ____________ reach the top by 12 o’clock. It was warm and sunny, and they ______________ see the whole of Snowdonia.
4. Complete the answers to the questions with was/were able to.
1. A. Did Everybody escape from the fire?
B. Yes. Although the fire spread quickly, everybody ____________________________
2. A. Did you have difficulty finding Ann’s house?
B. Not really. Ann had given us good directions and we ________________________
3. A. Did you finish your work this afternoon?
B. Yes. There was nobody to disturb me, so __________________________
4. A. Did the thief get away?
B. Yes. No one realized what was happening and the thief ___________________
5. Fill in: was/were able to, could(n't), had been able to, will be able to or can.
1. You _____________ run much faster when you were younger.
2. On entering the house I _____________ smell something burning in the kitchen.
3. If you work quickly, you _____________ finish on time.
4. When we lived on the coast, we _____________ swim in the sea every day.
5. If Gordon _____________ find his way out of the jungle, he would have survived.
6. Last week he _____________ arrange a meeting with the Prime Minister.
7. I'm not usually very good at tennis, but yesterday I _____________ beat my brother.
8. Tom _____________ finish this today, won't he?
9. He _____________ fix the tap so he called a plumber.
/Round-up 6, Virginia Evans/
6. Underline the most suitable words. Sometimes both options are possible.
1. He's a concert pianist and he can / manages to play all Beethoven's sonatas.
2. When I lived in a small town I was able to / could walk almost everywhere, but now I live in the capital city I need a car.
3. They worked all night and could / managed to finish the report just in time.
4. The protestors didn't manage to / couldn't persuade the president to change the law.
5. Next year she can / will be able to join the club, but she's not old enough yet.
6. In my country it can / is able to get very cold in the winter.
7. I was nearly late as the bus didn't come, but luckily I could / managed to get a taxi.
8. I hope that I will be able to / will manage to do some sightseeing when I'm in New York next week on business, but I've got a busy schedule.
9. She didn't get good enough grades to go to her first choice of university but she could / was able to get a place at another one.
/From Cambridge Grammar for IELTS, Diana Hopkins with Pauline Cullen/
Be to - Planned actions
7. Complete the sentences using modal verbs be to and have to in the correct tense.
1. I’ll _________ look after my little nephew at the weekend. My sister asked me to.
2. I’m having an interview tomorrow. I _________ be at the office at 4 p.m.
3. We agreed that the next panel discussion _________ be held in May.
4. It’s raining cats and dogs. You __________ wait until it stops.
5. If we ________ remain friends, let us not lie to each other.
6. What _______ I ______ do now? I’m really at a loss.
7. My car broke down. I’ll __________ go to work by bus until it is mended.
8. What _________ become of him? He is such a naughty child!