- •6. Why are these utterances wrong?
- •7. Classify these words into nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions or prepositions.
- •8. Why do these nonsense sentences sound acceptable? How can you transform them?
- •9. What do the utterances in each of these groups have in common? What distinguishes the sentences within each group from each other?
- •1. Complete the text. Give your own examples to illustrate how you understood it:
- •2. What part of speech will complete each blank in the following sentences? Complete each sentence with meaningful words.
- •3. Tell the part of speech of each italicized word in the following sentences and explain what the word does in the sentence.
- •4. What are the possible functions of the words in italics?
- •5. What is the function of the expressions in italics?
- •6. What do the following utterances have in common?
- •7. Complete the text filling in the gaps. Compare your ideas with those of your partner :
- •8. Complete the following text filling in the gaps:
- •9. Find and circle the correct sentence. Explain your choices.
- •Unit 2: nouns
- •Test Your Grammar
- •1. Choose the correct word.
- •2. Choose the most suitable word underlined.
- •3. Fill in each space in the following sentences with an appropriate noun.
- •4. Match the words from two columns to form compound nouns
- •5. Translate the words in brackets
- •6. Work out the rules how to build the plural of irregular nouns which retain their original Greek or Latin forms by analyzing examples:
- •Golden Rules
- •1. Here are seven groups of nouns. Look in the box and find two more nouns to add to each group.
- •2. Underline the correct word:
- •3. Would you normally expect to find the following things in most people's houses/flats or garages/gardens? Where in those places would you expect to find them? Discuss in pairs.
- •4. Answer these remarks using the word in brackets, as in the example. Use a(n) if the meaning is countable.
- •5. What is the difference between (a) and (b) in each pair?
- •10. Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
- •11. Give the plural forms of the following irregular nouns of Latin and Greek origin:
- •12. Give the singular of the following words:
- •13. Choose the best combination for each blank.
- •14. Choose the right verb.
- •17. Match the expressions on the left with their meanings on the right.
- •18. What do you call these?
- •19. Choose the correct noun group.
- •20. Add suffixes to form nouns:
- •22. Decide whether the following compound nouns are countable or uncountable.
- •23. Complete the sentences below with one of the following compound nouns.
- •24. Right or wrong? Find correct sentences; rewrite incorrect ones.
- •Achievement Test
- •1. Complete the sentences with is, are, has or have.
- •2. Complete each sentence with a/an , some or by leaving the space blank.
- •3. Choose the most suitable word underlined.
- •4. Put one suitable word in each space.
- •5. Complete each sentence with the most suitable word or phrase.
- •6. Choose the most appropriate meaning for each sentence.
- •7. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words.
- •8. Complete each sentence with one suitable word from the list. Use each word once only.
- •9. Complete each sentence with one suitable word from the list. Use each word once only.
- •10. Correct the errors:
- • Common uncountable nouns
- • Common pieces and amounts
- •Unit 3: articles
- •Insert the appropriate articles in the following sentences. Part a
- •Part c
- •2. Insert the appropriate articles in the following sentences. What type of nouns have you dealt with in every section?
- •3. Translate the phrases in brackets from Russian into English:
- •4. Select any two paragraphs from an English newspaper or magazine (also available in the Internet). Find the articles and classify their uses.
- •3. Translate the following extracts into English paying attention to articles.
- •Insert the appropriate articles in the following sentences.
- •Unit 4: pronouns Test Your Grammar
- •30 Points
- •1. Study the chart below carefully. Can you give examples of all groups of the pronouns mentioned?
- •2. Some of the above-mentioned groups can be further subdivided. Which ones?
- •3. Do all the pronouns have the categories of number, case and gender? The table below can help you answer this question.
- •1. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate pronouns:
- •I. There is/ it is:
- •2. Translate the phrases in brackets from Russian into English:
- •3. Explain what each pronoun in bold refers to in the following sentences. Part a
- •Part b
- •Communication Practice
- •1. Circle the demonstratives in job vacancy announcements and discuss in pairs to what phrases they refer to.
- •3. Complete the telephone following dialogue by adding some, any, or a related word or phrase. Then make a similar dialogue calling different departments.
- •1. Rewrite the following dialogue using the appropriate pronouns to replace the underlined words.
- •3. Read the following personal diary entries and suggest corrections. Then write an entry of your own.
- •1. Read the following sentences carefully and choose the correct word
- •2. Translate the words in brackets into English.
- •3. Correct a mistake.
- •60 Points unit 5: adjectives, adverbs, numerals
- •1. Choose the right word.
- •2. Choose the most appropriate alternative (a, b, c or d) to complete the sentence.
- •3. Correct the mistakes.
- •Points to Think of
- •1.1. Compare the following pairs of sentences and indicate whether the highlighted word is an adverb or an adjective:
- •1.2. Complete the rule and find suitable examples from 1.1.
- •2.1. Complete the missing information in the charts using the examples:
- •2.2. Other ways of making comparisons are:
- •2.3. Fill in the chart and find suitable examples using the following adverbs:
- •4. Pick out the numerals from the following sentences and sort them out into two groups.
- •Golden Rules
- •1. Spelling Notes:
- •2. Meaning and Usage:
- •1. Complete the sentences with the words below. More than one answer may be correct
- •2. Paraphrase the sentences beginning with the given words.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the words in brackets in the appropriate degree of comparison. Use than where necessary.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with any suitable word
- •5. Put the adverbs in the right place
- •6. Which is the correct order?
- •7. Put in dozen(s) (of), hundred(s) (of), thousand(s) (of) or million(s) (of).
- •8. Translate the words in brackets into English:
- •Communication Practice
- •1. Work in pairs. Choose any of the topics below and compare the two notions. Make sure you give at least three similarities and differences.
- •2. Ask you partner the quiz question, then count the Yes answers and summarize your partner’s image. How Ambitious Are You?
- •If you have…
- •Writing Practice
- •I. This is a tape script of a radio programme about London. Unfortunately, the transmission was bad. Restore the script using the words from the box.
- •II. Write about the town that you come from or any other place you know well using the sentences in part a as a model.
- •III. Write these figures in words.
- •Achievement Test
- •I. Find the mistakes and correct them. If there are no mistakes, put a .
- •II. Choose the right adverb in each sentence.
- •III. Complete the conversation. Put in good, well (x2), bad, badly and ill.
- •IV. Choose the correct form of the words given in brackets.
- •V. Translate the adverbs in brackets into English.
- •VI. Translate into English.
- •Unit 6 The Verb: Tenses Active voice
- •1. Chose the correct tense form:
- •2. Fill in the gaps using necessary forms of the verbs in brackets Drama in the air at 2,000 ft
- •1. Correct all possible mistakes:
- •Present and past Tenses
- •Golden Rules
- •2 Match the questions and answers.
- •3 Put in the correct tense.
- •4. Complete the sentences with suitable verbs from the box. Use the past simple or past continuous.
- •5 Choose the right tenses (present perfect, past or past perfect; simple or progressive).
- •6. Choose the best tense.
- •7. Open the brackets using necessary forms of the verbs:
- •8. Complete the text with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets.
- •9. Read the article and decide which word or phrase below best fits each space. Circle the letter of the option you choose.
- •10. Complete the texts with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets.
- •Communication Practice
- •2. Choose the correct alternative(s):
- •Unit 7 : The Verb: Tenses. Passive voice
- •Test Your Grammar
- •1. Paraphrase each of the following sentences in such a way that it is similar to the sentence before it.
- •2. Use the correct tenses and passive forms of the verbs in brackets. Fishy Tales
- •20 Points Points to think of
- •Golden Rules
- •2. Make sentences passive where possible:
- •4. In each sentence there is one mistake. Find and correct it.
- •5. Supply active and passive forms in these sentences using the verbs in brackets. Some variations in tense may be possible.
- •6. Rewrite these sentences using passive forms:
- •Communication Practice
- •1. Making Plans
- •2. Beauty Talk
- •3 Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals.
- •Unit 8. Reported speech Test Your Grammar
- •Dorect and indirect (reported) speech
- •Indirect statements
- •Indirect questions
- •Indirect orders and requests.
- •Offers, suggestions and advice
- •Indirect exclamations.
- •2. Change the sentences into reported speech. Chose the most appropriate verb from the list, using each verb only once, and choose an appropriate tense form for the verb in that-clause.
- •3. Complete these sentences with either said or told.
- •4. Using told, report each sentence in one of two different ways, depending on whether it is information or instruction.
- •5. You have to report these suggestions, using the verb suggest and making any other appropriate changes in the sentences.
- •6. Report these dialogues:
- •9. Put in the correct forms and tenses of the numbered verb
- •10. Report these telephone messages. Make sure that you change tenses, pronouns and adverbs as necessary.
- •11. Report these sentences. Decide whether to change the tenses and adverbs of time and place.
- •12. Translate the following sentences.
- •1. Report the following:
- •2. This text would be improved if at least seven of the verbs were passive. Underline the phrases that should go into passive and rewrite them below.
- •3. Fill in the gaps using necessary forms of the verbs in brackets.
- •4. Find which sentences are wrong and correct them.
- •5. Report what these people said using the suitable reporting verbs in the past tense.
- •6. Translate the following sentences as indirect questions, using the polite formula.
- •Unit 9: conjunctions Test Your Grammar
- •20 Points
- •1 Say whether the linking word used in each of the following sentences is a subordinating conjunction or a coordinating conjunction.
- •2 What kind of relationship do the conjunctions express in the following sentences?
- •I Complete the following sentences with the appropriate conjunctions from the box.
- •2 Combine the following sentences to show the relationships between the ideas. Make the necessary changes.
- •You are gossiping about your colleagues Richard and Jane who have been dating for several years and are thinking of getting married. Make use of the clues provided.
- •20 Points unit 10: prepositions
- •50 Points
- •1 Read through the table and add the missing prepositions.
- •2 Match the prepositional combinations on the left with the appropriate explanations on the right.
- •I Fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions. Part a
- •Part b
- •2 Paraphrase the following sentences using the verbs in brackets
- •3 Translate the phrases in brackets from Russian into English.
- •4 Translate into English.
- •Discuss the following ideas with your partner. Part a
- •Part b
- •Part c
- •1 Choose the correct word in brackets.
- •2 Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions. Part b
- •50 Points
- •Verbs with prepositions
- •Nouns with prepositions
- •Further Practice Section: Tests Bank Test 1
- •Test 2
- •Test 3
- •Test 4
- •Test 5
- •Test 6
- •Test 7
- •Test 8
- •Sources of Reference
Nouns with prepositions
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BETWEEN
connection between (but in connection with)
FOR
basis for cure for demand for excuse for need for pity for
reason for responsibility for talent for
OF
advantage of cause of definition of example of lack of neglect of result of use of
ON
advice on emphasis on impact on insist on opinion of/on
report on research on/into
OVER
confusion over
TO
answer to damage to invitation to objection to reaction to
WITH
trouble with
Adjectives with prepositions
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ABOUT
anxious about curious about doubtful about enthusiastic about
excited about ignorant about uneasy about upset about/over wrong about
AT
amazed at/by angry at what smb. does astonished at/by
bad/good/efficient/ intelligent/ at – to do smth. in such a way clever at (but: it was very clever of you) surprised at/by
FOR
anxious for smth. to happen famous for grateful to smb. for smth.
necessary for responsible for sufficient for thankful for
FROM
absent from different from discouraged from resulting from
safe from
IN
experienced in
OF
ashamed of aware of capable of certain of conscious of envious of guilty of (to feel guilty about) jealous of proud of suspicious of
typical of worthy of
TO
accustomed to addicted to allergic to bad to smb. close to
cruel/kind/polite/rude/good/pleasant to (attitude) harmful to identical to inferior to related to relevant to sensitive to similar to subject to superior to sympathetic to/towards
WITH
bored with/of content delighted with disappointed with/about patient with popular with
Further Practice Section: Tests Bank Test 1
1 Choosethe most suitable word(s) in each sentence.
0 I then remembered that I forgot/had forgotten my keys.
1 I used to eat/was eatingcandies all the time when I was young.
2 Have you spoken/Did you speakto Mark yesterday?
3 When I arrived at the concert hall, the performance already started/had already started.
4 I’m going to buy/I will buya new bag next week.
5 Charlotte, how nice to see you! I haven’t seen/didn’t seeyou for ages!
6 What nasty weather! It’s rained/It’s been rainingall day long.
7 While I walked/was walkingalong that street, I saw nice the newly built houses looked.
8 Don’t call me after 10pm today. I’ll be sleeping/I’ll sleep.
9 By this time next month I’ll be/I’ll have been a member of our fitness club for three years.
10 I usually leave/am leaving home for work at 8 o’clock.
2 Decide which alternative (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
A Letter to a friend
Dear Juan
Thanks for your email. It’s been such a long time since I (0) D from you! When was it that we last (1) _____ ? Was it really two years (2) _____ at the language school in Brighton? Lovely memories – but I’ve (3) _____ forgotten the names of our co-students! I’m pleased to hear that you are (4) _____ enjoying your work, and that your relationship with Pamela (5) _____ well.
What about my news? Well, I’m starting a new job at a shoe shop next week, and I (6) _____ to it. When I’ve saved up enough money from work I (7) _____ a flat for myself, because I (8) _____ at my parents’ house for too long now and it’s time for a change. That’s all for now.
Keep in touch,
Pedro
0 A have heard B hear C did hear D heard
1 A met B were meeting C have met D had met
2 A before B ago C previous D since
3 A still B yet C already D however
4 A yet B still C longer D soon
5 A is going B goes C went D go
6 A have looked forward B looked forward C will look forward D am looking forward
7 A find B will have found C am going to find D have found
8 A will live B have been living C live D lived
3 Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the words given. Do not change the word given. Use between two and five words, including the given one.
0 Look at those black clouds! There’s snow on the way. to Look at those black clouds! It’sgoing to snow.
1 A service charge is not included in the price. not The price __________________________________________ a service charge.
2 I’ve never been to Greece before. time This is the _______________________________________________ to Egypt.
3 I looked at the picture on the wall while she was out of the room. waiting I looked at the picture on the wall while ____________________________ to return.
4 He started to play tennis when he was young. been He _________________________________________________ he was young.
5 The kitchen is still dirty. cleaned The kitchen ____________________________________________________ yet.
6 We’ll probably get to the concert hall after the start of the performance. will By the time we get to the concert hall, the performance ___________________________ started.
4 Some of the lines in the following text are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Mark the correct lines with a tick. If a line has a word which should not be there, write this word out.
A nice dream
I really don’t know what I will do when I will leave 0 will
University. I am thinking about working for my 00
father’s company for a while because of my dream 1 ______
is to save up enough money for to travel around 2 ______
the world. I know it’s going to be difficult, and my 3 ______
parents aren’t very much happy about the idea, but 4 ______
I think you can live quite cheaply in places like the 5 ______
India and Thailand. Anyway, it’s a nice dream! 6 ______