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Self test 1

Grammar

1. Make the sentences into yes-no questions

She enjoys traveling.

They’ve been offered another room.

Helen is a librarian.

They’re going to the cinema.

They moved here in 1987.

2. Match the questions in exercise 1 with the short answers.

Yes, they have.

Yes, she is.

No, they didn’t.

No, she doesn’t.

Yes, they are.

3. Put one of the words below in the correct place in the questions.

did are does do is

  1. What kind of music they like to listen?

  2. How long your last journey take?

  3. When Mr. White at home?

  4. When you going to visit your aunt?

  5. What he do for a living?

Vocabulary.

1. Match the synonyms.

1 pretty brown

2 about thirty good-looking

3 cheerful grown-up

4 hazel in his thirties

5 adult fun-loving

6 sociable outgoing

2. Circle the odd one out.

Grandchildren parents grandparents daughter children

Brother son grandmother father nephew

Children grandparent cousin wife son

Mother granddaughter son neighbor uncle

Cousin aunt grandmother sister niece

3. Complete the text.

I met my future husband at the university. The first time I saw him I f___ i___ l____ with him. We w____ o____ together for about two years. We really g_____ o_____ w____ with each other. Last year we decided to g_____ m_____. Now we’re living happily. I believe we’ll never s_____ u_____.

4. Complete the sentences with one of the words below.

Going out chat watch have get

1. Do your like to ___ thrillers?

2. I’d rather ___ on the phone.

3. Would you like to ___a takeaway this evening?

4. I prefer ____ for a dinner.

5. It was a big day and now I’m going to ___ an early night.

English in use.

1. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.

1. go would theatre to like the this you evening to ?

2. sorry I can’t really am but I

3. Saturday special you doing are anything on ?

4. special nothing

5. fancy you going to club the do ?

2. Choose the correct ending.

1. How about … a. go to the gym

2. Why … b. don’t we meet

3. Let’s … c. going out for a dinner

4. Would you like … d. to watch a new film

5. Shall we … e. get a takeaway

3. Put the dialogue in the correct order.

1. - I really don’t like folk music. Why don’t we go to that new club instead?

2. - Good idea. I’ll call you on Friday evening.

3. - How about Saturday night?

4. - May be some other day.

5. - Would you like to go to the concert of Irish music?

READING

Text 1 Dear Advisor: Should She Propose?

Dear Advisor,

My boyfriend and I just celebrated three years together. I want to ask him to marry me. My friends say I shouldn't. They say that only desperate women propose marriage. Are they right?

Nervous in New Jersey

Dear Nervous,

Your friends are not right. Today it is fine for women to propose to men. Monica did it on Friends. Miranda did it on Sex and the City. In real life, actress Halle Berry did it, too.

In 2003, the Korbel Champagne Company conducted a survey. They asked, "Should women ask men to marry them?" Sixty-seven percent of Americans said yes. The survey asked women, "Would you propose to a man?" Almost 50 percent of the women said they would. They also asked men, "Would you accept?" Almost 80 percent said yes. Thirty-one percent of women know a woman who has proposed to a man. Experts generally agree. Dr. Linda O 'Connor has a radio talk show about love and marriage. O'Connor says that women who propose are usually educated and self-confident. In addition, their boyfriends usually like strong women. However, advice columnist Susan Fine argues that even women with a lot of self-confidence may need some help with their proposals. Here is her advice. First, the proposal should not be a surprise. The relationship should be serious. She also advises women to do two more things. They should write out the proposal and practice it before they ask for their boyfriends' hands in marriage.

How would Susan Fine answer you? If you and your boyfriend are happy, do not pay attention to your friends. And don't invite them to the wedding.

The Advisor

Ex. 1 Read the statements and write true (T) or false (F). Go back to Text 1 and look for the answers you are unsure of. 1. Susan Fine is on the radio.

2. "Nervous in New Jersey" wrote to Susan Fine.

3 . "Nervous in I\lew Jersey" is a man.

4. "Nervous in New Jersey" wants to get married.

5. In 2003 most women said that only men should propose.

6. Dr. Linda O'Connor is a divorce lawyer.

7. The Advisor told "Nervous in New Jersey" to propose to her boyfriend.

Ex. 2 Answer the questions. 1. According to O'Connor, which adjectives describe women who propose to men?

funny educated desperate strong self-confident nervous weak

2. What two suggestions does Susan Fine make?