- •I. Word order: adverbs with the verb.
- •1. These sentences are all taken from real recorded conversations.
- •Say how often you do some of the following things.
- •3. Rewrite each underlined sentence using the adverb in brackets.
- •Rewrite these sentences putting the words and phrases in brackets in the best order. Note that none of these sentences are emphatic:
- •II. Present and past habits. Repeated actions and states.
- •6. Use one of the sets of notes below to complete each dialogue. Expand the dialogues using your own ideas, act them out in class.
- •7. Here are some laws of nature. Join the beginnings and the ends. Think of other occurrences of Murphy’s Law.
- •9. Transform the statements below into negative sentences and questions making other necessary changes.
- •10. Complete the text with words from the box, using used to ...
- •11. Make sentences with used to and didn't use to about how people lived hundreds of years ago. Use your own ideas.
- •12. Write some sentences about things that you used to or didn't use to do/think/ believe when you were younger. Work with other students, find out what they used to do/think/ believe.
- •13. Rewrite these sentences, using be/ get used to (doing) smth:
- •15. In the following text, delete any examples of would that are not acceptable:
- •1. Try to memorize the following set expressions about habits:
- •2. Render the following text into English using the active grammar constructions and (for extra points) the active vocabulary (you are welcome to add your own comments!): Привычки великих.
- •3. Insert the correct prepositions into the following sentences (you can find a more comprehensive list of dependent preposition patterns at the end of this book):
- •In pairs ask and answer questions about each other’s likes and dislikes using the active expressions with dependent prepositions.
- •2. Comment on the following quotes about habits. Use the active vocabulary:
- •Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. Mark Twain
- •1. Grammar. Choose the correct answer.
- •2. Vocab. Suggest active vocabulary units corresponding to the following definitions:
- •1. Join the beginnings and ends, putting in if.
- •2. Choose the correct tenses (present or will...).
- •3. Complete these sentences any way you like.
- •II. Second Conditional sentences.
- •4. Transform the sentences into the second conditional making them hypothetical, and translate them into Russian.
- •5. Put in the correct verb forms.
- •6. Complete the sentence with a suitable form of the verb in brackets.
- •11. Choose the most sensible verb form and complete the sentences.
- •IV. Third Conditional sentences.
- •12. Transform the sentences into the third conditional.
- •13. Put in the correct verb forms.
- •15. Match the beginning of each sentence with the most suitable ending.
- •14. Complete the conversations:
- •In the dock: Chariot
- •In the dock: One man (and his dog)
- •In the dock: The Internet service provider
- •In the dock: The jilted lover
- •In the dock: The government
- •In the dock: The superhacker
- •VI. Mixed Conditional sentences.
- •17. Put the words in brackets into the correct tenses.
- •Vocab & speaking
- •1. Arrange the following expressions in the appropriate gaps in the exercise below. Change the form of the expression according to the context.
- •2. Render the following text into English. Use at least 15 active vocabulary units.
- •3. The verb get is used in a variety of expressions. There are a lot of them in this Unit. For more practice do the following exercise.
- •4. Complete the following sentences with the correct prepositions.
- •1. Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text.
- •2. Read the article.
- •27 July, 2010
- •3. Retell the text using the active grammar patterns and at least 15 active vocabulary units.
- •4. Choose the best answer according to the text.
- •5. Find the following words and phrases in the text.
- •6. Discussion.
- •7. Comment on the following quotes about crime and punishment. Use the active vocabulary:
- •1. Grammar. Choose the correct answer.
- •2. Vocab. Suggest active vocabulary units corresponding to the following definitions:
- •I. Past Simple vs. Past Continuous.
- •1. Complete the text with the verbs in the box (there is one verb too many). You will need five past progressives and three simple pasts.
- •2. Complete each paragraph with one set of verbs, using the past simple or past continuous.
- •3. Complete the sentences using these pairs of verbs. Use the past simple in one space and the past continuous in the other.
- •4. Complete this text with either the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Where alternatives are possible, think about any difference in meaning.
- •II Past Simple vs. Past Perfect.
- •5. Use the Past Simple or the Past Perfect to complete the sentences:
- •6. Underline the correct answers. In some cases only one is correct, and in others both are correct.
- •7. Complete this text with these verbs.
- •III Past Perfect vs. Past Perfect Continuous.
- •8. Complete the sentences with one of these verbs, using the same verb for each sentence in the pair. Use the past perfect continuous if possible; if not, use the past perfect.
- •9. Choose the past perfect continuous form of the verb if appropriate; if not, use the past perfect.
- •10. Study this conversation extract. If the underlined verbs are correct, write “V”. If they are wrong, correct them using either the past perfect (active or passive) or past perfect continuous.
- •11. Complete this text with these verbs in the past perfect or past perfect continuous.
- •IV Tense Revision.
- •12. Choose the right tenses:
- •13. Complete the two texts about World War I with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
- •14. Underline the correct form.
- •15. Choose a novel or story, and select one or two pages. Make a list of the past tenses used on these pages. Are these the only tenses possible, or are others also acceptable?
- •16. Read the synopsis of a famous short story. Render the story into English. Последний лист
- •1. Idioms
- •2. Life without phrasal verbs
- •3. Complete the sentences with the corresponding prepositions.
- •4. Nationality adjectives.
- •3. Now read the text and see if you were right. Celebrity scandal and Anne Frank: the reading diary of British teenagers
- •4. Find words in the text that mean the following. The paragraph numbers are given to help you.
- •5. Are the following statements True (t) or False (f)? If they are false, say why.
- •6. Retell the article. Use at least 15 active vocabulary units.
- •7. Some words are often found together. Match the words on the left with their collocations on the right.
- •8. Now match nine of the collocations with their meaning.
- •9. Discussion
- •10. Comment on the following quotes on books and reading. Use the active vocabulary:
- •1. Grammar. Choose the correct answer.
- •2. Vocab. Translate parts of the following sentences using the active vocabulary.
1. Grammar. Choose the correct answer.
1 'I can't find my wallet.'
'If I were you, I ........ in my jacket pocket.'
A would look В will look С am looking
2 'Where is my bank book?' 'If you……..in the drawer, you'll find it
A had looked В look С looked
3 ' we get up on time, we will catch the train.' 'I will set my alarm clock.'
A Supposing В Providing С Unless
4 'Can I go and play football, please, Mum?' 'If you………your homework, you can go and play.'
A finished В had finished С have finished
5 'Dad shouted at me today.' 'Well, if you ………. the window, he wouldn't have shouted at you.'
A didn't break В hadn't broken С don't break
6 'Why is the baby crying?' '………babies are tired or hungry, they cry.'
A When В Providing С Supposing
7 'When ice melts, it………water.' 'Everyone knows that!'
A becomes В will become С would become
8 'I'm going to a party tonight.' 'If I wasn't ill, I…………..with you.'
A come В will come С would come
9 ' we miss the bus, what will we do?' 'Call a taxi.'
A Supposing В Providing С When
10 'If I were rich, I…………..around the world.' 'Perhaps you will one day.'
A will sail В can sail С could sail
11 'Have you seen Daniel recently?'
'No. If I have time, I ……..him tomorrow.'
A would visit В might visit С visit
12 'Paul lost his watch.' 'Well, if he had looked after it, he……..it.'
A wouldn't lose В won't lose С wouldn't have lost
13 ' you hurry, you will be late for school.' 'I'm nearly ready now.'
A Unless В Providing С Supposing
14 'If you hadn't watched that film, you nightmares.' 'You're right.'
A wouldn't have had В won't have С don't have
2. Vocab. Suggest active vocabulary units corresponding to the following definitions:
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an unattended device (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used
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a business machine that indicates to customers the amounts of individual sales, has a money drawer from which to make change, records and totals receipts, and may automatically calculate the change due.
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the act, system, or business of providing financial protection for property, life, health, etc, against specified contingencies, such as death, loss, or damage, and involving payment of regular premiums in return for a policy guaranteeing such protection
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a person employed to protect buildings, people, etc, and to collect and deliver large sums of money
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a sum of money imposed as a penalty for an offense
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an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
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the amount of moneys credited or debited to a depositor at a bank
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a notice about transactions in a bank account, esp one of a series sent at regular intervals to the depositor
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a document authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle
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a comprehensive collection of information organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
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deliberate destruction or damage of property
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an assault or threat of violence upon a person, esp. with intent to rob
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to rob esp. during or following a catastrophe (as war, riot, or natural disaster)
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a person who deliberately deceives others in order to gain an advantage
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the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance
ACTIVE VOCABULARY
p. 22
(learn the words for the types of crime, criminals and the crime verbs in V3.1 on p. 118), be due (back), pay a fine, a cash machine, find out, a security guard
p. 23
on the way home, a car park/ a parking lot, full (medical) insurance
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(learn the words and phrases from V3.3 on page 118), gun crime, own guns/ carry guns
R3.1
Apparently, get out of a car/ get into a car (BUT get off a train, a bus/ get on a train, a bus), get this, tyres (of a car), go off (e.g. the alarm kept going off), drive smb crazy, violent crimes (involving guns)
p. 25
a salesgirl (a salesperson), a cash register, get lost, get directions, interview smb
p. 26
on the Internet, a victim of a crime, occur every (six minutes), take money from a bank account, a bank (credit card) statement, in smb’s name, commit a crime, contact smb, end up doing smth, sort smth out, look into smth, threatening letters, in today’s world, over the phone, make a copy of smth, a driving licence, a database, bank account details, within minutes
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comprehensive, hold information about, make inquiries, end up in prison, take time off work
R3.5
Get legal advice, get on with one’s life, experience smth, take (unpaid) leave from work, make phone calls, open/close an account, check into (things), run up huge bills, overdraw bank accounts, basically, be in touch with, obviously, stop smb doing smth
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ask smb for help
R3.7
Call back, come round, spend (two hours) on the phone to smb, give smb a ring, order smth by (date, size, colour, etc), look forward to doing smth, go through smth, How are things with you?, be off, put smb to bed, pick smb up from (school)
Try to keep in mind the following dependent prepositions:
R3.1
Be horrified at, complain about, be charged with, a licence for
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(memorise the verbs and prepositions from V3.4 on p. 118), add up to, rely on, safeguard smb from smth, give smb access to
p. 27
deal with, sympathetic to
R3.7
Be impressed with
UNIT 4.
GRAMMAR.