- •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.
2. Life without phrasal verbs
This text was deliberately written without any phrasal verbs. What is your impression of it? Rewrite the text trying to use phrasal verbs wherever possible (you can find a possible solution at the end of the unit).
I awakened when my alarm clock rang at 7.15. I didn't in fact arise until 7.30. I
dressed
myself in my dressing gown, descended the stairs and allowed the cat
to enter
the house. Then I raised the receiver
of the telephone and called work. I asked
the switchboard operator to pass me my boss. She asked me to wait a
minute
as the line was busy. When I was connected, I told my boss that I
wouldn't
be going to work as I wasn't well She told me not to come to work for
a few days.
3. Complete the sentences with the corresponding prepositions.
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My dad was always really good at making ___ stories.
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The black lettering really stands ___ on that orange background.
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I'm afraid we've just run a rabbit ___.
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Investigators needed several months to work ___ that a fraud had been committed.
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She hasn't come ____ from the anaesthetic yet.
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She'd fallen ___ ___ her boyfriend over his ex-girlfriend.
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Passengers are requested to check ___ two hours before the flight.
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She thinks they look ____ ____ her because she didn't go to university.
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I hope it clears ___ in time for the picnic.
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Moving parts in engines wear ___ much more quickly than stationary parts.
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Kate's already agreed, but it's going to be harder persuading Mike to go ___ ___ it.
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Their dog had to be put to sleep after it went ___ the postwoman.
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A car pulled right ___ in front of me.
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My patience is beginning to run ___.
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This bacon smells a bit funny - do you think it's gone ___?
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We're getting ___ much better now that we don't live together.
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Workers are threatening to walk ___.
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We broke ___ ___ the holidays in June.
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What a lovely dress - why don't you try it ___ for size?
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I can get ___ a lot more work when I'm on my own.
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Sort ___ any clothes you want to throw away and give them to me.
4. Nationality adjectives.
In this unit you will have come across a few nationality adjectives (Colombian, Chilean, Brazilian). Names of nationalities and related nouns do not always comply with one regular pattern, which is why it is particularly important to try and memorize them. Complete the chart. Use a dictionary if necessary. Add other countries of your choice.
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a Brit (infml) |
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READING & SPEAKING
1. Pre-reading
1. What kind of thing do you enjoy reading most?
2. Make a short list of five before you read the article below.
2. Look at the following lists (which are not in the right order!). One is the top ten favourites of young British teenagers; the other is the kind of thing they hate reading most. Which do you think is which?
The Beano2
Magazine articles about skinny celebrities
Music (scores) / the Harry Potter series / maps/directions
Shakespeare
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Financial Times / anything in another language
Books of over 100 pages
Books assigned by school/teachers
Homework
Books by Anthony Horowitz3
Film scripts
My own blog or fan fiction
Bliss magazine4 / online song lyrics
Online computer game cheats
The Harry Potter series
BBC Online / the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson books by Louise Rennison5
Anne Frank’s diary6
Heat magazine7
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by CS Lewis8
Well, the second list shows the top ten favourites. Which order do you think they came in?