- •Министерство образования Российской Федерации
- •Contents
- •Введение.
- •Unit 1. To be
- •Item 1.1 to be. (positive sentences)
- •Item 1.2. To be. (negative sentences)
- •Item 1.3. To be. (interrogative sentences)
- •Item 1.4. To be. (expressions)
- •Unit 2. Present continuous
- •Item 2.1. Present continuous. (positive sentences)
- •Item 2.2. Present continuous. (negative sentences)
- •Item 2.3. Present continuous. (interrogative sentences)
- •Item 2.4. Present continuous. Review.
- •Unit3. Present simple
- •Item 3.1. Present simple. (positive sentences)
- •Item 3.2. Present simple. (negative sentences)
- •Item 3.3. Present simple (interrogative sentences)
- •Item 3.4. Present simple. (short answers)
- •Item 3.5. Present simple. Review
- •Unit4. Present simple or present continuous
- •Unit 5. Do/ make
- •Unit 6 . Have and have got
- •Unit 7 . Future simple
- •Item 7.1. Future simple. (positive sentences)
- •Item 7.2. Future simple. (negative sentences)
- •Item 7.3. Future simple. (interrogative sentences)
- •Item 7.4. Future simple. (review)
- •Unit 8. Future simple, present simple or present continuous
- •Unit 9. To be going to do smth.
- •Item 9.1. To be going to do smth. (present simple. Positive sentences)
- •Item 9.2. To be going to do smth (present simple. Negative sentences)
- •Item 9.3. To be going to do smth (present simple. Interrogative sentences)
- •Item 9.4. To be going to do smth (past simple)
- •Unit 10. Future simple or to be going to do smth
- •Unit 11. Modal verbs
- •Item 11.1. Modal verbs. (positive sentences)
- •Item 11.2. Modal verbs. (negative sentences)
- •Item 11.3. Modal verbs. (interrogative sentences)
- •Item 11.4. Have to
- •Item 11.5. Modal verbs. Review
- •Unit 12. To be (past simple).
- •Unit 13. Past simple.
- •Item 13.1 past simple (positive sentences).
- •Item 13.2 past simple (negative, interrogative).
- •Item 13.3 past simple (regular and irregular verbs)
- •Unit 14. There is/ there are
- •Item 14.1. There is/ there are. (present simple. Positive sentences)
- •Item 14.2. There is/ there are. (present simple. Negative sentences)
- •Item 14.3. There is/ there are. (present simple. Interrogative sentences)
- •Item 14.4. There is/ there are. (past simple)
- •Item 14.5. There is/ there are. (future simple)
- •Item 14.6. There is/ there are. Review
- •Unit 15. Past continuous.
- •Item 15.1 past continuous (positive, negative, interrogative).
- •Item 15.2 past continuous or past simple.
- •Unit 16. Present perfect.
- •Item 16.1 present perfect (positive).
- •Item 16.2 present perfect (negative).
- •Item 16.3 present perfect (interrogative).
- •Item 16.4 present perfect or past simple.
- •Unit 17. Present perfect continuous.
- •Item 17.1 present perfect continuous.
- •Item 17.2 present present perfect simple or present perfect continuous.
- •Unit 18 tag questions
- •Unit 19 special questions
- •Unit 20 sequence of tenses
- •Unit 21 passive voice
- •Unit 22. Conditional sentences
- •Item 22.1. Conditoinal first.
- •Item 22.2. Conditoinal second.
- •Unit 23. I wish I …
- •Item 23.1. I wish I knew
- •Item 23.2. I wish I would do
- •Item 23.3. I wish I had done
- •Unit 24. Personal pronouns
- •Unit 25. Possessive pronouns
- •Unit 26. Demonstrative pronouns
- •Unit 27. Some or any
- •Unit 28. Countable/ uncountable
- •Unit 29. Singular and plural
- •Unit 30. Articles
- •Unit 31. Much/many, few/little, a lot of
- •Unit 32 degrees of comparison
- •Item 32.1 degrees of comparison
- •Item 32.2. Degrees of comparison (review)
- •Unit 33. Superlative
- •Unit 34. Belonings
- •Unit 35 prepositons
- •Additional material unit 38 be used/ get used to doing smth
- •Unit 39 I'd prefer... Or I'd rather...
- •Unit 40 used to do
- •Unit 41 every or all
- •Unit 42 all of/ most of/ none of
- •Unit 43 revision (translation)
- •Unit 44 tricky words
Unit 39 I'd prefer... Or I'd rather...
Exercise 1. Which do you prefer? Write sentences using 'I prefer (something) to (something else)'. Put the verb into the correct form where necessary.
(drive / travel by train) I prefer driving to travelling by train.
(tennis /football) I prefer……
(phone people / write letters) I……to……
(go to the cinema / watch films on TV) ……
Now rewrite sentences 3 and 4 using the structure 'I prefer (to do something)......'.
(1) ...... I prefer to drive rather than travel by train..
(3) I prefer to……
(4) ……
Exercise 2. Write sentences using I'd prefer... or I'd rather... + one of the following:
eat at
home get
a taxi
go alone go for a swim listen to some music stand
think about it for a while wait a few minutes wait
till later
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(prefer) I'd prefer to get a. taxi. (rather) I’d rather wait till later. (prefer) (rather) (rather) (prefer) (rather) (rather) (prefer) |
Now write sentences using than and rather than.
(get a taxi / walk home) I'd prefer to get a taxi rather than walk home.
(go for a swim / play tennis) I'd rather……
(wait a few minutes / leave now) I'd rather……
(eat at home / go to a restaurant) I'd prefer……
(think about it for a while / decide now) I'd rather……
Exercise 3. Complete the sentences using would you rather I....
Are you going to cook the dinner or would you rather I cooked it?
Are you going to tell Ann what happened or would you rather……?
Are you going to do the shopping or……?
Are you going to answer the phone or……?
Exercise 4. Use your own ideas to complete these sentences.
'Shall I tell Ann the news?' 'No, I'd rather she didn't know.'
Do you want me to go now or would you rather I …here?
Do you want to go out this evening or would you rather.…..at home?
This is a private letter addressed to me. I'd rather you.…..read it.
It's quite a nice house but I'd rather it a bit bigger.
'Do you mind if I turn on the radio?' 'I'd rather you … I'm trying to study.'
Unit 40 used to do
Exercise 1. Karen works very hard and has very little free time. A few years ago, things were different.
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Write sentences about Karen with used to...
She used to go swimming every day.
She……
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Exercise 2. Complete these sentences. Use used to or the present simple (I play / he lives etc.).
I used to play tennis. I stopped playing a few years ago.
Do you do any sport?' 'Yes, I play basketball.
'Have you got a car?' 'No, I……one but I sold it.'
George……a waiter. Now he's the manager of a hotel.
'Do you go to work by car?' 'Sometimes but most days I.. by train.'
When I was a child, I never……meat, but I eat it now.
Mary loves watching TV. She……TV every evening.
We……near the airport but we moved to the city centre a few years ago.
Normally I start work at 7 o'clock, so I……up very early.
What games……you ……when you were a child?
Exercise 3. Complete these sentences with use(d) to... + a suitable verb.
Dennis gave up smoking two years ago. He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day.
Liz……a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.
We came to live in Manchester a few years ago. We……in Nottingham.
I rarely eat ice cream now but I……it when I was a child.
Jim……my best friend but we aren't friends any longer.
It only takes me about 40 minutes to get to work since the new road was opened. It ……more than an hour.
There……a hotel opposite the station but it closed a long time ago.
When you lived in London,……to the theatre very often?
Exercise 4. Brian changed his lifestyle. He stopped doing some things and started doing other things:
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He stopped
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studying hard going to bed early running three miles every morning |
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He started
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smoking going out in the evening spending a lot of money |
Exercise 5. Write sentences about Brian with used to and didn't use to.
He used to study hard.
He didn't use to smoke.
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