Outdoor activities: hiking, camping, rock climbing, hunting, jogging

Note: When we start a hobby for the first time we often use the phrasal verb take up, and when we stop doing the hobby for the final time, we often use the phrasal verb give up.

Cooking: boil: in water, fry: in oil or butter above the heat, grill: under the heat, roast: in the oven using oil, bake: in the oven without oil……

Note: Food, which is not cooked, is raw.

Food: to have breakfast / lunch / dinner / a snack at, to cook, have to feed cats….

Note: With breakfast, lunch or dinner in general, there is no definite article (the).

Describing food: Tasty, tasteless, bland, neutral in flavor, sweet, bitter, salty, hot/spicy, fresh: recently produced, recently picked…..

Eating in restaurants: three courses: a starter, a main course, a dessert, also have an aperitif, coffee, to pay the bill, to leave a tip, to book = to reserve a table……

Things people collect: stamps, coins, antiques, photos

Shops and shopping: shop assistant, sales assistant, shop window, shopping centre, window shopping, shopping list, department store, supermarket, newsagent('s), butcher('s), greengrocer('s), boutique, chemist('s),

Note: Most other shops are just '+ shop', e.g. shoe shop, record shop, camera shop..

Using the land: the ground, the soil, to grow, parks and gardens, trees and plants, flowers, roots and leaves, to plant the tree or plant, to water, agriculture / farming, to pick the fruit, to harvest crops

Also check important lexis for: readng books & magasines, travelling & sightseeing, theatre & cinema, organizing a party……..

Раздел: Задания для самостоятельной работы Grammar

1. She suggested ____ go skating and ____ take Henry with them as he had nothing to do at the moment.

1. to, to

2. that they should, -

3. - , -

4. that they will, to

2. I like to stand on the quay and watch the steamers ____ their landing.

1. make

2. to make

3. to have made

4. made

3. ____ the news he hurried____ home.

1. Listening, -

2. Hearing, -

3. Having heard, at

4. On hearing, into

4. He ____ to our place every Sunday, rain or shine.

1. was used to come

2. used to coming

3. used to come

4. was used to come

5. The ship ____ the radar. This accounts for the accident, ____ ?

1. has no, hasn’t it

2. doesn’t have, isn’t it

3. didn’t have, doesn’t it

4. don’t have, doesn’t it

6. It was ____ early morning. It ____ impossible to take a taxi, so I ____ to take him to the airport in my car.

1. an, would be, agreed

2. - , would have been, offered

3. - , was, suggested

4. a, will be, proposed

7. The building in the middle of the village is a supermarket, but it ____ a cinema.

1. used to being

2. was used to be

3. used to be

4. was used being

8. ____ I stood hesitating, I saw a fishing boat ____ slowly into the little bay below me.

1. As, come

2. During, coming

3. When, to come

4. While, to have come

9. I heard patter of rain upon the glass of the window, I heard rain ____ upon the parched earth and ____ grain and river.

1. beat, fill

2. to beat, to fill

3. beating, to fill

4. to beat, filling

10. Then I saw a dark box which he ____ on the deck. One look at it was enough to make me ____ to my feet in horror.

1. laid, to jump

2. lay, jumping

3. laid, jump

4. lain, to have jumped

11. Miss Lemon said: “The letter is from a man who wants ____ the disappearance of his ____ Pekinese dog.”

1. you investigate, wife’s

2. investigation of, wife

3. you to investigate, wife’s

4. your investigating, wives

12. ____ other novelists, Walter Streeter ____ to getting letters from strangers.

1. Like, used

2. As, was accustomed

3. Unlike, didn’t use

4. Like, was used

13. We suggested ____ in hotels but the children were anxious ____ out.

1. to sleep, to camp

2. sleeping, to camp

3. to stay, camping

4. staying, camping

14. He opened the door ____ inches. The landing was deserted. He remembered ____ the door handle with his handkerchief and then he closed the door after him.

1. a little, to wipe

2. a few, to wipe

3. several, wiping

4. some, to have been wiped

15. ____ to accept his sister’s ____ Marcellus was anxious to perform his unpleasant duty.

1. On deciding, advices

2. Having decided, advice

3. After decided, piece of advice

4. While deciding, piece of advices

16. Minnie, ____ the door ____ , ran in alarm to the window.

1. listening, slamming

2. heard, to slam

3. hearing, slam

4. listening, to be slammed

17. “Before we start ____ the plan, I want ____ our position.”

1. discussion of, you understand

2. discussing, you to understand

3. discuss, understanding of

4. to discuss, we understand

18. He ____ to country life, ____ twenty years in town.

1. did not used, after spending

2. is not used, having been spent

3. is not using, spending

4. was not used, having spent

19. ____ , she said to her brother in a loud whisper: “You ____ !”

1. Irritating, are always showing off

2. Having irritated, mustn’t show off

3. Feeling irritated, shouldn’t to show off

4. Irritated, are always showing off

20. Remember ____ carefully. If you ____ him, he will fly into a passion.

1. speaking, contradict

2. to speak, contradict

3. having spoken, have contradicted

4. to speak, will contradict

21. I suppose one thing that made you ____ him was that he was so small and frail. You felt that he ____ hurt a fly.

1. to like, could not

2. liking, will not

3. to accept, did not

4. like, would not

22. He ____ to come into ____ Palace Hotel at Guatemala City every day at cocktail time and tried to sell lottery tickets.

1. used, the

2. was used, the

3. was using, -

4. had used, a

23. He waited, ____ , and after a moment or so he ____ footsteps.

1. hearing, listened

2. having listened, was hearing

3. listening, heard

4. hearing, could hear

24. Then he turned away and ____ his tickets to the men ____ around.

1. suggested, who were standing

2. proposed, who have been

3. has given, -

4. offered, standing

25. She was talkative, but since she seemed ____ to talk about my novel I was prepared to be ____ attentive listener.

1. inclining, a

2. inclined, an

3. to incline, the

4. being inclined, -

26. I never saw anyone ____ his lottery tickets, but now and then I saw ____ offered a drink.

1. to buy, him

2. buying, his

3. buy, him

4. has been bought, he

27. I won’t give her a penny more. She always ____ from me and she never remembers ____ me back.

1. is borrowing, paying

2. borrows, to pay

3. lends, to pay

4. takes money, paying

28. ____ you there, by the door, made me ____ what I had to do.

1. To see, to remember

2. On seeing, remember

3. Having seen, to remember

4. Seeing, remember

29. She ____ to being miserable without ____ something about it.

1. wasn’t used, doing

2. didn’t used, doing

3. wasn’t using, having done

4. didn’t use, trying to do

30. There seems ____ a fight here some time ago. Every thing is smashed to bits.

1. to be

2. being

3. to have been

4. has been

31. “Do you hear the dog ____ ? There ____ a stranger outside the house.”

1. to bark, is

2. barking, must be

3. barks, may be

4. to be barking, should to be

32. She ____ down to my cabin at intervals and tell me of her progress.

1. kept coming

2. used to come

3. was used to come

4. came

33. She saw ____ leave the house with his overcoat and ____ without it, though the day was chill and raw.

1. he, returned

2. him, return

3. his, returning

4. him, to return

34. The little woman in the gloomy passage seemed ____ her.

1. not hearing

2. did not hear

3. to have listened

4. not to have heard

35. And as she made her way along the street she recollected ____ that his hour of consultation began at noon.

1. have heard

2. having been heard

3. having heard

4. to hear

36. The busy railway station was an island in the night, ____ with life, ____ with the sound of voices of agitated passengers ____ for seats.

1. bustled, filled, looked

2. bustling, filling, to look

3. bustling, filled, looking

4. being bustled, filling, who looked

37. Bart stretched out on the floor of the corridor, his head ____ on his kit-bag, his great-coat ____ across his shoulders.

1. lying, flinging

2. pillowed, flung

3. pillowing, flung

4. putting, flinging

38. She stood ____ for the trolley-bus ____ her down to the city, where she was meeting Michael for lunch.

1. waited, taking

2. to wait, having taken

3. waiting, to take

4. waiting, taking

39. ____ her raincoat up to her throat she went through the lane to ____ steps that led down from Victoria Station.

1. Having buttoned, -

2. On buttoning, that

3. To have buttoned, those

4. Buttoning, the

40. He watched the doctor ____ down ____ steps, trim and neat in slacks and sweater, and his heart sank even lower.

1. coming, -

2. come, the

3. to come, a few

4. has come, those

41. I rely you to remind me Jack for the books he bought for me.

1) to, paying

2) for, to have paid

3) on, to pay

4) upon, to be paying

42. He couldn't help this book.

1) to read

2) to be read

3) reading

4) to be reading

43. so little of the country I'm afraid I cannot give exhaustive answer to all

questions.

1) Being seen

2) Having been seen

3) Having seen

4) Seen

44. My brother has just come back from Paris. He seems his trip to France.

1) to enjoy

2) enjoing

3) to have enjoyed

4) enjoyed

45. Almost all boys like games but hate lessons.

1) to play, to be doing

2) playing, doing

3) to be played, to do

4) playing, to be doing

46. The earth is said originally part of the sun.

1) being

2) to have been

3) to be

4) having been

47. People used to fire by two sticks together.

1) make, rubbing

2) making, rubbing

3) making, rub

5. make, rub

48. He was looking someone him.

1) at, to help

2) for, helping

3) at, help

4) for, to help

49. I am not used this kind of letters. I used only business letters.

1) writing, write

2) to write, to writing

3) to writing, to write

4) written, to writing

50. This computer is capable sophisticated graphics. This fact is worth ______.

1) to produce, to mention

2) of producing, mentioning

3) produce, to have mentioned

4) producing, mention

51. The salesmen started to put pressure her the agreement straightway.

1) at, to be signing

2) to, to have signed

3) on, to sign

4) in, sign

52. He remembered the door before he went to bed. But he couldn't find the key in the morning. Somebody .

1) lock, ought to have taken

2) to lock, should take

3) to be locked, must take

4) locking, must have taken it

53. twice, the postman refused to deliver our letters unless we our dog up.

1) Having bitten, have chained

2) Having been bitten, chained

3) Being bitten, would chain

4) Bit, will chain

54. When she was a young girl, she used to she were a princess.

1) wish

2) be wished

3) wishing

4) to have wished

55. Later in the day she couldn't help Mrs. Spark to find out the details of the tragedy.

1) call

2) to call

3) calling

4) having called

56. She could feel she at and it pleased her.

1) was being looked

2) being looked

3) was looked

4) was looking

57. Suddenly, rather she rushed out of the room.

1) being looked, alarming

2) looked, alarm

3) looking, alarmed

4) having looked, being alarmed

58. his small fortune, he preferred on the generosity of others

rather than work.

1) Wasting, living

2) Wasted, live

3) Having wasted, to live

4) Wasting, to live

59. ______ to the hotel he hurried to his room, sat down on the sofa, lit a cigarette and saw a letter for him on the desk.

1) Came, waiting

2) Having come, waited

3) Coming, waited

4) Having come, waiting

60. I don't mind you, but I object to disturbed when I am busy.

1) helping, be

2) helping, being

3) to help, have been

4) helping, have been

61. his drink on the mantelpiece he stood for a moment the young man out of the corner of his eye.

1) Having placed, observed

2) Placing, observing

3) Being placed, having observed

4) Placed, having been observed

62. After long time we eventually succeeded a flat.

1) of being found

2) find

3) in finding

4) at having found

63. He appeared ideal home man.

1) being

2) to be an

3) having been the

4) be a

64. Even when she talks nonsense in that slightly affected way she seems _____ something valuable.

1) to say

2) to be saying

3) not to say

4) to be said

65. She cursed herself for not a visiting card.

1) thinking, to have brought

2) being thought, to be bringing

3) been thought of, bringing

4) having thought, to bring

66. man was suspected into a house.

1) Arresting, of having broken

2) The arrested, of breaking

3) Being arrested, of having broken

4) Arrested, to breake

67. is not my custom. Too complication and uncomfort.

1) To lie, much

2) То have lied, few

3) Lie, little

4) To be lied, many

68. I remember aloud and the laugh by the wind away from me.

1) laughing, being carried

2) to laugh, carrying

3) to be laughed, carried

4) being laughed, been carried

69. He couldn't help a small flat in London.

1) to dream to have

2) dream in having had

3) dreaming for have had

4) dreaming of having

70. He dropped back so as to let me on a level with him.

1) to have got

2) get

3) to get

4) getting

71. He seemed all about influenza and said there was nothing about. It took him 5 minutes me his words.

1) know, worring , to make, to believe

2) as knowing, worried, make, believing

3) knowing, to worry , make, to believe

4) to know, to worry , to make, believe

72. On the burning building, one of the firemen succeded an old woman.

1) entered, to rescue

2) entering, inrescuring

3) entering, rescue

4) enter, in rescuing

73. Steve used a racing driver but he had to stop because of an injury.

1) to be, to race

2) to being, to race

3) to be, racing

4) being, racing

74. I saw the shoplifter the necklace and it to his friend. It's high

time you called the police.

1) to steal, to pass

2) steal, pass

3) stealing, passed

4) to steal, pass

75. We asked him to stop but he seemed us.

1) to shout, not to hear

2) shouting, not hearing

3) shout, not to have heard

4) shouting, not to hear

76. I'd rather for a walk in the rain than nothing at all.

1) go, do

2) to go, do

3) going, doing

4) go, to do

77. We used to bed rather early, so I couldn't get used to sleep with

the light on when I had to live at my aunt's.

1) go, to go

2) going, go

3) going, going

4) to go, to going

78. When friends insist on expensive gifts, it makes most Americans uncomfortable.

1) them to accept

2) their accepting

3) they accepting

4) they accept

79. Before I phoned Sarah to find out what she was going to do after the office and to ask if she was ready to meet with me without _____a rest after her working day.

1) having gone out, leaving, to have

2) to go out, to leave, having

3) going out, leaving, having

4) going out, leaving, to have

80. If you go on your dog cars he'll end by run over.

1) letting, chase, being

2) to let, being chased, being

3) letting, to chase, to be

4) to let, chased, to be

81. I had my suitcase corner of the carriage.

1) to put to a

2) putting at the

3) put in the

4) have put for a

82. I expected you the problem in detail. If you require further information ask at your local station.

1) to consider

2) consider

3) considering

4) to be considered

83. In spite of his leg he managed the race.

1. hurting, winning

2. В hurting, to win

3) hurt, win

4) hurt, winning

84. I've been thinking about it all night, but I'm no to a solution.

1) close, find

2) closer, finding

3) close, finding

4) closer, find

85. She seems a lot of weight recently, but otherwise I think she's all right.

1) to have lost

2) to loose

3) be losing

4) having lost

86. He didn't dare to make public announcements about his plan for fear of _____.

1) Criticizing

2) having been criticised

3) being criticised

4) having to criticise

87. The secretary was the first this question.

1) to raise

2) being raised

3) rising

4) rise

88. The question is too difficult without consultations.

1) settled, some

2) settling, any

3) to be settled, further

4) being settled, farther.

89. He was made his exam once more.

1) take

2) to take

3) taking

4) have