Practice section (do&do&do) Exercises Beginner
Complete the following sentences with one word, when necessary 1) We live _____ London. 2) I work _____ the afternoon. 3) Do you work _____ night? 4) I start school _____ eight o'clock. 5) We don't have school _____ Saturday. 6) I do my homework _____ five o'clock to seven o'clock. 7) Tom plays _____ the drums. 8) I listen _____ the radio every day. 9) When _____ you have dinner on weekdays? 10) I go _____ home at six o'clock. 11) _____ Mary get up at five o'clock every day? 12) Joe arrives _____ the bank at eight o'clock.
Change the following sentences into negative. Example: We live in a house. --> We don't live in a house. 1) You have lunch at half past one. 2) We play tennis on Wednesdays. 3) Jane goes to work at quarter to seven. 4) They do their homework in the kitchen. 5) My brother collects stamps. 6) I bought a new car yesterday. 7) Fred can swim fast. 8) Jack had dinner at eight on Sunday.
Complete the following sentences with one word, when necessary. 1) The films _____ not good yesterday. 2) Were you _____ school last week? 3) I _____ a dog when I was a little boy. 4) I didn't like the film, _____ it was bad. 5) Yesterday I worked _____ twelve hours. 6) His brother fell _____ a house last year. 7) Tom was in bed _____ last month. 8) I met _____ Jane on Monday. 9) My father worked in Africa six years _____. 10) Did they _____ the dog to the vet?
Complete the following story with the words given at the end. When Mr. Jones went to a restaurant one day, he left his coat 1)_____ the door. 2)_____ was nothing in the pockets of the coat when he left 3)_____, so he was very surprised 4)____ he took his coat after his meal and found the pockets full 5)_____ jewellery! There was a waiter near the door, so Mr. Jones said to him, 'Somebody has made a mistake. He 6)_____ put some jewellery in my coat. Take it, and when he comes back, give it to him.' The waiter took it and went 7)_____. Suddenly another man came in 8)_____ a coat just like Mr. Jones's. 'I am sorry,' said this man. 'I 9)_____ a mistake. I took your coat 10)_____ you have got mine. Please give me my coat and jewellery.' Mr. Jones answered, 'I gave the jewellery to the waiter. He 11)_____ give it to you.' Mr. Jones called the manager of the restaurant; 12)_____ the manager said, 'We have no waiters here. We 13)_____ have waitresses.' 'You gave the jewellery to a thief!' shouted the other man. 'I'll call the police!' Mr. Jones was frightened and 14)_____ the man a lot of money 15)_____ the jewellery. made - and - of - it - for with - away - near - but - has only - paid - there - will - when
Complete the following story with the words given at the end. Nasreddin put two big baskets 1)_____ grapes on his donkey and went to market. At midday 2)_____ was very hot, 3)_____ he stopped in the shade of a big tree. There were several other men 4)_____, and all of them had donkeys and baskets of grapes 5)_____. 6)_____ their lunch they went to sleep. After 7)_____ time, Nasreddin began to take grapes out of the other men's baskets and to put them in his. Suddenly one 8)_____ the men woke up and saw him. 'What 9)_____ you doing?' he said angrily. 'Oh,' said Nasreddin, 'don't worry about 10)_____. I am half mad, 11)_____ I do a lot of strange things.' 'Oh, really?' said the other man. 'Then why don't you 12)_____ take grapes 13)_____ of your baskets and put 14)_____ in somebody else's baskets?' 'You did not understand me,' said Nasreddin. 'I said 15)_____ I was half mad, not quite mad.' them - and - so - there - it some - me - that - after - sometimes too - of - of - are - out
Complete the following sentences with one word, when necessary. 1) I _____ got two brothers. 2) _____ old is your mother? 3) I haven't got Maths _____ Tuesday. 4) _____ is a cinema in our street. 5) Where is your father _____ from? 6) Our house is next _____ the river. 7) Can I buy postcards _____ the bookshop? 8) They have got a house _____ our village. 9) _____ Mandy got a pet? 10) I must go _____ the toilet. 11) Mandy and Tom are _____ France today. 12) Are _____ museums in your town?
Complete the following sentences with one word, when necessary. 1) Mr. Jones is _____ dentist. 2) Jane gets up _____ six o'clock. 3) We are at school _____ the morning. 4) They don't live _____ Liverpool. 5) Do you listen _____ the radio? 6) They work _____ the evening. 7) What do you do in your _____ time? 8) I do my homework _____ five o'clock to six o'clock. 9) When do they _____ lunch? 10) Jane watches TV _____ Saturday. 11) You can buy pens _____ the bookshop. 12) _____ is a swimming pool between the cafe and the cinema. 13) The museum is _____ to our house. 14) Jane _____ got Science on Monday.
Complete the following story with the words given at the end. There was a big garden near Nasreddin's house, and it 1)_____ a lot of fruit trees in it. One day Nasreddin saw 2)_____ beautiful apples on one 3)_____ them. He went home and 4)_____ a ladder, put it against the high wall of the garden and climbed 5)_____. Then he pulled the ladder up, put it down on the 6)_____ side, and climbed down into the garden. Just 7)_____ a gardener came round a corner and saw 8)_____. 'What are you doing here?' he shouted. Nasreddin thought 9)_____ and then said, 'I am selling my ladder.' 'Selling your ladder? In 10)_____ else's garden? Do you think I believe 11)_____ a stupid story?' said the gardener and came towards Nasreddin 12)_____ a stick. 'It is my ladder,' said Nasreddin, 'and I can sell 13)_____ where I like. You needn't buy it 14)_____ you don't want to.' And he took his ladder 15)_____ climbed over the wall again. quickly - it - had - if - of with - and - then - somebody - got him - such - up - some - other
Complete the following story with the words given at the end. Nasreddin woke up in the 1)_____ of the night and saw 2)_____ white in his garden. It seemed to be moving 3)_____ the house. 'That is a thief!' he 4)_____, and he took his gun and shot at him. 5)_____ he went back to bed, 6)_____ he was too frightened to go out 7)_____ the house in the dark. The next morning Nasreddin 8)_____ out and saw one of his white shirts hanging 9)_____ the clothes-line in the garden. His wife 10)_____ washed it the day before and hung it out to dry. Now it had a bullet-hole right 11)_____ the middle of it. 'My God,' said Nasreddin, 'I was lucky 12)_____ night. If I had been wearing 13)_____ shirt, the bullet would have killed me!' And he called 14)_____ neighbours together and asked 15)_____ to thank God for saving him. of - then - last - through - because went - thought - middle - on - them towards - that - had - his - something
Put the verbs in the following story into the correct tense: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous. Yesterday I (meet) my friend, Tom in the street. First he (not see) me because he (look) at a shop window, but when I (stand) in front of him, he (be) very happy. "What you (do) here?" I (ask) him. "I (visit) my cousin. You (know), he (work) at the post office." he (answer). "And how is your wife?" "Thanks, she's OK now. She (find) a new job last month, and now she (earn) more than I (do)." "Oh, really? But why she (need) a new job? She (not like) the office?" "Two months ago her boss (leave) the company, and they (not like) each other with her new boss. While she (look) for a new job, she (meet) one of her old school friends, who (want) a new secretary. He (give) her the job immediately! Her only problem is that she (have to) travel three quarters of an hour every day to get to work." "But why she (not go) to work by car? You (not have) two cars when we (meet) last time?" "Yes, we (do). But three weeks ago I (have) an accident. I (drive) home from work when another car (crash) into me. I (be) lucky that I (not have to) go to hospital, because he (drive) at 70 mph." "You (be) really very lucky then. I (have to) go back to work now. It (be) nice to meet you." "Yes, and (not forget) to give us a ring when you're in Brixton. You (must come) and (visit) us." "OK, thanks. Bye." "Bye."
In some of the following sentences, the tenses Present Simple and Present Continuous are used incorrectly. Find which sentences are grammatically wrong and correct them. 1) I'm wanting a new car now. 2) Do you read fantasy books? 3) This cheese is smelling very bad. 4) Is your mother sleeping? 5) They don't stay at the Hilton. 6) My brother isn't liking dogs. 7) Are you eating vegetables? 8) Do you read the book "Rich man, poor man"? 9) I'm not hearing the TV. 10) Are you coming with us? 11) His mother is washing up.
Put the following sentences in the correct tense (Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous). 1) Which film you (watch) when your father (come) into the room? 2) Your mother always (get up) at half past five? 3) We (go) to see "Star Wars - Episode 1" yesterday, but we (not like) it. 4) When you last (meet) Mary? 5) You (sleep) while I (talk) to you? 6) Mandy always (listen) to her teacher? 7) Look! Where Jill (take) her dog? 8) I (open) the door and (see) that Tom (wash up). 9) Jane (know) that I (love) her. Then why she (do) this to me all the time? 10) Frank (read) the newspaper when Jane (break) the window. 11) Jim (break) his arm at school, and the teacher (send) him to the hospital, but he not (go) to the hospital, because he not (like) doctors.
Complete the following story with the words given below. Mrs. Robinson 1)_____ seemed to be ill and unhappy. She often 2)_____ painful headaches, and medicines did not seem to make her any 3)_____, so at last her husband took her 4)_____ a good doctor. The doctor examined her carefully 5)_____ asked her a lot 6)_____ questions. Then he suddenly put his arms 7)_____ her and gave her a big kiss. Mrs. Robinson 8)_____ once looked better and happier. 'You see?' said the doctor 9)_____ her husband. 'That is 10)_____ she needs. I suggest 11)_____ she has the same thing 12)_____ Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,' and he smiled. 'Well,' said Mr. Robinson, 'I can bring 13)_____ on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 14)_____ not on Saturdays, 15)_____ I always go sailing on that day.' Words to be used: better - because - every - of - to always - that - at - around - and her - to - but - all - had
Choose the word or expression that best completes each sentence. 1) (Does / Is / Do) your father have breakfast at home? 2) What (is / do / are) those girls looking at? 3) My brother never (doesn't sleep / sleep / sleeps) in the afternoon. 4) Can Mary (plays / playing / play) tennis? 5) Tom (doesn't like / isn't liking / don't likes) dogs. 6) Jim (work / is work / works) in a factory. 7) We can't (help / helping / to help) you.8) (Are / Is / Does) Jane having a shower? 9) I (wanting / want / am wanting) a new car now. 10) Henry (washing / doesn't washing / is washing) his car. 11) (Are you having / Do you have / Do you having) a headache? 12) Where (is Mandy going / do Mandy go / does Mandy going)?
Put the verbs in the following sentences into the Present Continuous or the Present Simple. Make all the necessary changes. 1) You (like) Japanese cars?2) I not (watch) TV now. 3) Where Jack (take) that book? 4) Jane (live) in Coventry. 5) We not (work) at night. 6) Your sister (have) dinner at home every evening? 7) They (believe) my story. 8) My brother never (drive) a car. 9) You always (do) your homework? 10) I not (write) books. 11) They not (play) football now. 12) Jill not (like) cats.
Complete the following sentences with one word, when necessary. 1) Tom was born _____ 2nd July. 2) I don't know anything about _____ photography. 3) I'm looking forward _____ meeting you. 4) They spoke to Jane _____ other day. 5) My brother always buys _____ lot of presents. 6) We met Johnny _____ Scotland. 7) I don't want to go _____ train. 8) Do you play _____ piano? 9) Please don't _____ to give Fred fresh water every day. 10) _____ are a lot of pets England. 11) I like _____ by plane. 12) I prefer _____ tennis to _____ football. 13) Not everybody believes _____ "Nessie". 14) We're going to America _____ April. 15) Take the second _____ on the left.
Complete the following sentences with one word, when necessary. 1) I usually get up _____ six o'clock. 2) How _____ do you visit your grandparents? 3) _____ you like to go to Ireland? 4) The two girls looked at _____ another.5) How _____ visitors did you have? 6) I finished school a _____ of years ago. 7) _____ about taking a bus? 8) John's father is _____ doctor. 9) We don't go to _____ cinema very often. 10) My father doesn't like _____ cats. 11) I had _____ farm in Africa. 12) On _____ way to Belgium we stopped twice. 13) We've got _____ of tea.
Complete the following sentences with the correct preposition. 1) Frank visited America _____ the summer. 2) My father works _____ night. 3) John's son was born _____ 1984. 4) We have lessons _____ eight o'clock _____ eleven o'clock. 5) I often sleep _____ the afternoon. 6) Jill arrived _____ Monday. 7) They don't start school _____ nine. 8) I first met Jane _____ January. 9) We had two world wars _____ the 20th century.10) I don't work _____ the morning.
Complete the following sentences with the correct preposition. 1) Mary lives _____ England. 2) Do you like working _____ home? 3) What can you see _____ the picture? 4) Let's go _____ the cinema. 5) There are two cups _____ the table. 6) We arrived _____ the airport late. 7) Can you come _____ my office tomorrow? 8) They were _____ London yesterday. 9) We live _____ a quiet street. 10) I bought these postcards _____ the bookshop. ____________________________________________________________________________ Read the definitions and find the words that all begin with "b". The number of letters is indicated with dots (.). Example: you can read it - b . . . -> book 1) a house, church or school - b . . . . . . . 2) it is built over a river for people to cross - b . . . . . 3) you can keep water in it - b . . . . . 4) all the things you take when travelling - b . . . . .. 5) the part of the seashore where you can swim - b . . .. 6) a vehicle you can sit on - b . . . . .. 7) you cover yourself with it in bed - b . . . . .. 8) you have it in the morning - b . . . . . . .. 9) you can put your things in it - b.. 10) it's on your trousers, around your waist - b . . .
Create nouns from the following verbs: Example: direct - direction 1) apply 2) introduce 3) agree 4) arrive 5) describe 6) advertise 7) begin 8) believe 9) discuss 10) choose
Find the pairs in the two columns below. 1) dark A) cool 2) beautiful B) high 3) quick C) weak 4) large D) happy 5) sad E) rich 6) poor F) dirty 7) clean G) small 8) strong H) near 9) warm I) expensive 10) low J) slow 11) far K) plain 12) cheap L) light
Match the words with the right school subjects. History: Maths: Literature: Geography:
In the following lists, one word in each list doesn't fit in. Which one? 1) bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, balcony, study, dining room 2) table, spoon, chair, bed, shelf, desk 3) journalist, secretary, scientist, inventor, poem, composer 4) trumpet, leather, rubber, cotton, metal, wood 5) excellent, lazy, perfect, pleasant, terrific, clever 6) cinema, shop, theatre, school, street, hospital 7) yoghurt, cheese, bread, butter, margarine, cream 8) ham, potato, cabbage, carrot, bean, lettuce 9) beer, lemonade, wine, milk, coffee, toast 10) terrible, beautiful, dirty, boring, crazy, stupid
Where do you find the following things? You can put one word in more than one category. kitchen: _______ bedroom: _______ garden: _______ bathroom: _______ study: _______
Find the following words based on the definitions. There are always as many dots (.) as many letters in the word. buildings: 1) you go here if you need money - . . .. 2) we can see sports events here - . . . . . . . 3) when you need a book, you can find it here - . . . . . . . 4) doctors and nurses work here - . . . . . . .. 5) you can see actors in plays here - . . . . . . . things in the kitchen: 1) you can cut things with it - . . . . . 2) water comes out of it - . . . 3) you put the dishes in it to wash them - . . .. 4) you eat soup with it - . . . . . 5) it keeps our food cool - . . . . ..
What are these things made of? You can put a word in more than one category. rubber: wood: metal: plastic: leather: glass:
Read these sentences about people, and find out what job they do. 1) They serve you in restaurants. 2) They help you when you have problems with your teeth. 3) They work in schools and give you homework. 4) They repair your car when you have a problem with it. 5) They protect us from criminals; they catch them and put them in prison. 6) They help you when you are ill. 7) They make plans for houses to be built. 8) They sell you meat, sausages and ham. 9) They play in theatres and films. 10) They write music. 11) They sell you their bread, rolls and croissant. 12) They repair taps and water pipes.
Match the two halves of the sentences below. 1) A cook works in ... A) a church 2) A journalist works in ... B) a newspaper office 3) A secretary works in ... C) the opera 4) A priest works in ... D) a bank 5) A farmer works ... E) a flower shop 6) A lorry driver works in ... F) the street 7) A cashier works in ... G) courts 8) A greengrocer works in ... H) a TV studio 9) An announcer works in ... I) a kitchen 10) A musician works in ... J) a shop 11) A lawyer works in ... K) the fields 12) A florist works in ... L) an office
Which part of a flat or house is this? 1) You can cook your dinner here. 2) We clean our teeth in this room. 3) You sleep in this room. 4) This is the room you first enter in a house or a flat. 5) It's outside the flat; you can look down into the street from here. 6) You can keep your food in this usually small room. 7) We usually work or do our homework in this room. 8) You have breakfast and dinner here. 9) You watch TV or receive guests in this room. 10) It's right below the roof; you don't live here, only keep things here.
Find the word that doesn't fit in. 1) wall, floor, window, bedroom, door 2) garden, house, balcony, gate, fence 3) roof, chimney, tiles, doorbell, wallpaper 4) cellar, ceiling, roof, attic, lamp 5) couch, desk, sofa, bed, armchair 6) fireplace, sink, dishwasher, toaster, freezer 7) lock, handle, gate, door, staircase 8) cupboard, wardrobe, drawer, pantry, window 9) curtain, shelf, lamp, carpet, doorbell 10) bed, mirror, bathtub, tap, toothbrush
Read the definitions and find the words. 1) you have your eyes, nose and mouth here: H * * * 2) you live in it: H * * * * 3) when you're ill, you go here: H * * * * * * * 4) ninety-nine plus one: H * * * * * * 5) opposite of love: H * * * 6) it can be red, black or brown; old men sometimes don't have it: H * * * 7) opposite of sad: H * * * * 8) when you want to eat, you're: H * * * * * 9) when you can't do something, you need this: H * * * 10) sixty minutes: H * * *
Complete the following sentences with words that begin with 'H'. 1) We are on H * * * * * * in France. 2) My H * * * * * * is a teacher; we got married last year. 3) It's H * * * past six. 4) Put on your H * *; it's cold outside. 5) This H * * * * * * lesson is very interesting. 6) He has a strange H * * * *: he collects Belgian beer bottles. 7) This pizza is too H * *; I can't eat it now. 8) I must go H * * * now; my children are waiting for me. 9) We stayed at a very nice H * * * * when we were in Italy last summer. 10) Wash your H * * * before dinner, please.
Find the pairs in these two columns: Example: plain - ordinary 1) merry A) usual 2) simple B) strange 3) lovely C) surprised 4) average D) ordinary 5) awful E) happy 6) plain F) thin 7) broad G) dirty 8) amazed H) beautiful 9) dusty I) strong 10) funny J) wide 11) powerful K) terrible 12) slim L) plain
Find the pairs in these two columns: Example: tiny - handsome 1) lazy A) deep 2) amusing B) thick 3) bitter C) modern 4) blunt D) handsome 5) traditional E) boring 6) shallow F) stupid 7) cruel G) busy 8) dusty H) sweet 9) thin I) clean 10) enormous J) sharp 11) wise K) kind 12) plain L) small
Find the pairs in these two columns: Example: damp - wet 1) cheerful A) ordinary 2) good-looking B) spicy 3) busy C) amazed 4) level D) big 5) hot E) glad 6) certain F) even 7) embarrassed G) sour 8) bitter H) engaged 9) common I) handsome 10) damp J) uncomfortable 11) enormous K) sure 12) astonished L) wet
Read the following story. Three sentences are missing from it. At the end of the story, you'll find four sentences - choose which three you need to complete the story, and where they fit in. One day a lady saw a mouse running across her kitchen floor. She was very afraid of mice, so she ran out of the house, got on a bus and went down to the shops. 1)_____ The shopkeeper said to her, 'Put some cheese in it, and you will soon catch that mouse.' 2)_____ She did not want to go back to the shops, because it was very late, so she cut a picture of some cheese out of a magazine and put that in the trap. 3)_____ When the lady came down to the kitchen the next morning, there was a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the cheese! A) Surprisingly, the picture of the cheese was quite successful! B) There she bought a mouse-trap. C) The mouse-trap was quite expensive, but she bought it, because she wanted to catch that mouse. D) The lady went home with her mouse-trap, but when she looked in her cupboard, she could not find any cheese in it.
Here's a letter to a magazine. Put the sentences into the correct order. 1) I have also lost the magazine which the article was in. 2) Last year I saw an article in your magazine (I think it was in your magazine, but I am not sure) which interested me very much, but I have forgotten what it was. 3) David Williams. 4) Will you please send me another copy of the magazine, if it was your magazine? 5) Yours faithfully, 6) I wrote the name of the article and the magazine in my notebook after I had read it, but I have lost the notebook. 7) Dear Sirs, 8) Thank you very much.
Some words are missing from the following text; they are given at the end. Put the words in the correct places. A woman bank robber went to a bank and gave the teller a piece of 1)_____ with the words: "Give me all the 2)_____, but don't call the police or I'll shoot you!" The bank teller was so 3)_____ that she started putting the money in a paper 4)_____. But she was so afraid that she 5)_____ some money, because her hands were shaking. She was 6)_____ very slowly, and the bank robber 7)_____ impatient. She told the woman to do it 8)_____, but she started crying. The bank robber became upset and 9)_____ out of the bank, with no money at all. She 10)_____ the street and walked into another bank. There the teller was not so frightened, and gave her all the money. Then she simply walked away with over 300,000 dollars. Missing words: bag - dropped - frightened - paper - faster became - money - crossed - working - went
Some words are missing from the following text; they are given at the end. Put the words in the correct places. I was walking home from 1)_____ when I met my friend. He asked: "Can you 2)_____ me, please?" I said yes, and he 3)_____ me to go with him. We went to his 4)_____ and he drove to his 5)_____. He asked me to 6)_____ in his car while he was in the bank. He 7)_____ that a lot of cars are stolen every week from that 8)_____, and his car was new, so he was afraid of car 9)_____. I waited for him, and he 10)_____ very quickly. "You are lucky," I told him. "When I 11)_____ to the bank, I always have to wait a lot." "Yes," he said, "I know. But it's faster when you have a 12)_____ in your hand." And he opened his bag - it was full of money! Missing words: car - stay - street - go - help - thieves returned - pistol - work - bank - asked - said ________________________________________________________________________ Intermediate Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Example: He stole some money and was arrested for it. He was... Answer: He was arrested for stealing some money. 1. They say Michael is very bad-tempered. Michael... 2. We ought to leave for the station. It's... 3. Would you like me to phone John tonight? I'll... 4. She took some aspirin because she didn't want to get a cold. She took some aspirin so that... 5. Joan's house still needs repainting. Joan hasn't... 6. It's not necessary to tell Martha about our row. Martha... 7. The last time I saw Angie was a year ago. I haven't... 8. Old Mrs. Martin would have been unable to climb these stairs. Old Mrs. Martin could... 9. He discovered that he had lost his keys only when he got to the front. It wasn't... 10. We had intended to go to France but went to Denmark instead. Instead... Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space. Even 1_____ I had never been to Ayleton 2_____, when I first got 3_____ from the coach near the town hall in the little market square I suddenly had the strangest 4_____ that I 5_____ knew the place. The old-style buildings in a mixture of wood and plaster looked somehow 6_____, but 7_____ really surprised me was the town hall 8_____. There 9_____ the wall was a round plaque 10_____ a faded brown colour 11_____ information about a famous writer 12_____ house the town hall had once been. 13_____ was either the shape or the colour 14_____ stirred my memory because 15_____ now came into my mind a picture from the past. I saw 16_____ as a small child standing in the very 17_____ spot, holding my father's hand. He made a sudden angry sound and he walked 18_____ quickly 19_____ from the town hall and out of the square that I almost fell over trying to keep 20_____ with him.
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space. One of the best-known fairy stories 1_____ the world 2_____ of a princess who, 3_____ walking in the grounds of her father's castle, saw a frog. He was sitting 4_____ a large, flat leaf in a pond. When he saw her, his heart missed a 5_____ because in his 6_____ life he had 7_____ before seen such a beautiful creature. She sat beside the pond, obviously very sad because large 8_____ rolled down her 9_____ and splashed into the water. 10_____ that moment, and from then 11_____ the frog was able to speak to her. Full 12_____ sympathy, he encouraged her not to be 13_____-hearted. Gradually his words gave her comfort, and every day she 14_____ come and sit by the pond to discuss 15_____ things with her new friend. The long and short of the story is that she 16_____ in love with him, and 17_____ with her. And 18_____ one day she kissed him on the head, he, in a moment of magic, turned 19_____ a handsome young man who 20_____ soon to become her husband and live with her happily ever after.
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Example: He stole some money and was arrested for it. He was... Answer: He was arrested for stealing some money. 1) Someone's just given me an invitation to a party. I... 2) Mark isn't as clever as Ann is. Ann... 3) She just can't add up figures. She's hopeless... 4) I didn't hear what he said because I was reading a fascinating book. If I... 5) The train left and then I got to the station. By the time... 6) I didn't really want to go to the cinema. I didn't really feel... 7) You should have your eyes tested. It's about time... 8) I'm looking for something to wear to a party. What... 9) 'I must write to my parents soon,' she said. She told me that... 10) Someone might be repainting the house for us next year. We ...
Complete the following sentences with one word, when necessary (in some cases more than one answer is correct). 1) I go to work _____ train. 2) Terry doesn't belong _____ our group any more. 3) I met Joe _____ the dance. 4) We haven't seen him _____ a week. 5) They must do it, and the sooner _____ better. 6) Joe's standing _____ the end of Victoria Road. 7) What _____ earth is the matter? 8) Why are you jealous _____ Joe? 9) You must tell _____ your mother about it.10) Is this the book _____ you need? 11) I did everything _____ my own. 12) Don't treat me _____ a child. 13) The film _____ we saw was boring. 14) Everybody laughed _____ Susan, because she looked so stupid. 15) I married _____ my wife in 1992.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Make all the necessary changes. 1) I not (find) the answer yet. 2) Yesterday Jill (want) to meet Joe, but he (go) to England.3) I (must) do my homework last Saturday in the morning, because I (decide) to go to a party in the evening. 4) You not (can) meet Frank tomorrow, because he (fly) to America later today. 5) I wish I (do) my homework yesterday. 6) All morning I (play) football while my sister (wash up). 7) When Jill (arrive) yesterday, Tom (sleep). 8) I not (go) to his party last night because he not (invite) me. 9) Jane (can) not find her keys in the morning because she (forget) where she (leave) them. 10) You (go) to the concert tomorrow?Exercise 7 Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.Research has 1_____ that excessive music damages 2_____ hearing. In fact, many young people now 3_____ from deafness from regularly going to discos 4_____ the level of noise is 5_____ high that they have to shout to make themselves 6_____. Unfortunately, in spite 7_____ modern technology, noise is very 8_____ part of our modern world - planes 9_____ overhead, traffic thundering 10_____ busy roads, television, portable radios, all produce noise 11_____ which we have become so accustomed that we hardly notice 12_____. In fact people going on country holidays have 13_____ known to complain that it is 14_____ quiet. They actually 15_____ the noises they are used to in their daily lives. The problem is that noise, 16_____ it does not necessarily cause deafness, causes stress and this 17_____ in the long run prove harmful. However, the decision about more or 18_____ noise cannot be 19_____ to scientists alone. It is 20_____ to us to decide what kind of world we want to live in.
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Example: He stole some money and was arrested for it. He was... Answer: He was arrested for stealing some money. 1) She said she was sorry she hadn't finished her homework. She apologised...2) He left college four years ago.It...3) 'Can you lend me five pounds, John?' said Mary. Mary asked... 4) The hotel was fully booked. There... 5) It's no use waiting any longer for the bus. There's no... 6) It isn't necessary for you to go to all that trouble. You... 7) Have you used all the coffee? Isn't... 8) I haven't smoked for two years now. I gave... 9) What is your father's profession? What does... 10) I like swimming. I'm...
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Make all the necessary changes. 1 You (can't see) Jack yesterday. He is out of town.2 If you had been there, we (have) a good time. 3 By the time you (finish) work I (be) at the cinema for hours. 4 He (have) lunch tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 5 I thought you had forgotten (come). I (wait) for you for two hours. 6 Why hasn't this letter been written yet? It should (write) yesterday.7 He said he (wait) since 4. 8 You ever (visit) Madame Tussaud's?9 While I (watch) TV, my brother (play) the piano.10 I (buy) this house two months ago. 11 Tom should (open) the door when he saw me. 12 I wish I (have) more money; now I can't buy this dress. 13 If you (listen) to him, you would have learnt a lot. 14 Mary said they (go) to Italy next summer. 15 I am not used to (work) hard. 16 If they (arrive) on time, they'll call us.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Make all the necessary changes. 1 We wouldn't have missed the train if you (get dressed) in time.2 Jill (come) to the party if we had invited her. 3 If I hadn't called Tom, I not (know) the results. 4 If you (go) to the concert, you would have enjoyed yourself. 5 What you (do) if I had failed you at the exam? 6 Where would Jane have gone if she (win) the first prize? 7 You (be) angry with me if I had forgotten about your birthday? 8 I wouldn't have told you the truth if I not (have to). 9 They (give) me back my watch if they had found it.
Exercise 11Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.1) 'I have never eaten mutton.' '_____.' A) So have I B) Neither have I C) Nor I have D) Either have I 2) _____ English people like beer.A) The most B) Most C) Most of D) The most of 3) I hope you _____ by my playing the violin. A) were not to disturb B) are not disturbing C) have not been disturbed D) did not disturb 4) You can take _____ orange. A) two B) all C) either D) both 5) She's recovered from her illness, _____ makes me very happy. A) that B) what C) --- D) which6) Do you remember _____ Greg in Paris last year? A) seeing B) see C) to have seen D) to see 7) His new watch cost far _____ than his old one. A) more B) much C) most D) many 8) I wish I _____ younger. A) had been B) would have been C) were D) have been 9) She said she _____ to me, but she didn't. A) would have written B) will have written C) will write D) would write 10) If he _____ lucky, he could get the job.A) is B) had been C) would be D) would have been
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Example: He stole some money and was arrested for it. He was... Answer: He was arrested for stealing some money. 1) It isn't easy to study with the radio on. Studying... 2) It was too cold for them to have the windows open. It was so cold... 3) You paid more thanžwas necessary for that dress. You needn't... 4. Does he really needžto make such a noise? Is it really... 5) He played betteržthan anyone else in the competition. No one else... 6) She was so angry that she couldn't speak. She was too... 7) The journey was so long that we felt tired when we arrived. It was... 8) Laughingžat other people's misfortunes is unkind. It is... 9) He was going to buy a house, but he didn't have enough money. If he'd... 10) We didn't know you were coming, so we didn't wait for you. We'd have...
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Example: He stole some money and was arrested for it. He was... Answer: He was arrested for stealing some money. 1) Peter arrived too late to see his cousin win the match. Peter wasn't early... 2) She would prefer you to buy a new car. She'd rather... 3) I've never seen that girl here before. It's... 4) The only food she can't eat is pickled onions. She can eat... 5) Janet says she's sorry she was late this morning. Janet would... 6) Mr. Warden's funeral took place last week. Mr. Warden... 7) They paid more for their meal than they needed. They needn't... 8) 'I don't think you should carry all that money in your hip pocket, Alan,' Margaret said. Margaret advised... 9) The traffic was so heavy we went by underground. It was... 10) Your only chance of getting a seat is to queue. Unless...
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space. With a screeching of brakes, the car stopped outside the supermarket 1_____ the bank. Three masked men leapt out and raced across the road to the bank which was 2_____ opening. It was the early morning rush 3_____. Everyone was hurrying to work, so nobody in the street took 4_____ notice. The men pushed their way into the bank, slamming the door 5_____ them. Seconds 6_____ the alarm went 7_____. The men reappeared, dashed to their waiting car, 8_____ the driver already had the engine 9_____. They jumped in and the car took off, disappearing 10_____ the corner at top 11_____. When the police arrived, they found two bank clerks shot in 12_____ chest, the manager locke in his office, hammering 13_____ the door and a third clerk 14_____ onconscious on the floor. It was he 15_____ had managed to sound the alarm 16_____ he was hit on the head with a gun. The car was found 17_____ in a side street but the robbers are 18_____ at large. They got 19_____ with 140,000 pounds in cash. The police have issued a description, but so 20_____ no one has come forward to help them with their enquiries.
Grammar explanationHere are some English verbs that can be followed by 'ing' or 'to+Infinitive', but the meaning is different. > remember+-ing = remember something that happened in the pastExamples: - He'll always remember visiting London for the first time in his life. - I remember going for walks with my grandfather when I was young. > remember+to+infinitive = not forget to do something Examples: - Remember to post these letters, please. - I'll remember to tell Tom the news. Typical mistakes: * Please remember doing your homework before you leave. * I remember to see Mary yesterday. > forget+-ing = forget something that happened in the past Examples: - I'll never forget seeing the Queen. - We can't forget eating shrimps for the first time. > forget+to+infinitive = forget about doing something that should be done Examples: - They always forget to give me my letters. - I won't forget to phone Mary. Typical mistakes: * Don't forget writing to Mary. * I'll never forget to meet Michael Jackson when I was ten. > stop+-ing = not do something any more; finish Examples: - I think we should all stop smoking. - He had to stop learning French because he had no time. > stop+to+infinitive = stop because you want to do something Examples: - Every half hour I stop to smoke a cigarette. - When we heard the crash we decided to stop to see what it was. Typical mistakes: * You should stop to smoke because it's bad for you. * When his father arrived, John stopped saying hello to him. > go on+-ing = continue doing what you've been doing Examples: - Do you really want to go on playing football in this rain? - He didn't mind the noise; he just went on reading his book.> go on+to+infinitive = continue with something different Examples: - After the introduction he went on to talk about his topic. - When he finished his coffee, he went on to explain the new rules. > try+to+infinitive = make an effort to do something Examples: - Try to work harder this year, please. - We tried to move the washing machine, but it was too heavy. > try+ing = do something as an experiment, to see what will happen Examples: - Have you tried driving in London?- Why don't you try using a hammer?> regret+ing = be sorry about something that was in the past Examples: - I regret phoning John; it was a bad mistake. - You'll never regret buying this excellent machine. > regret+to+infinitive = be sorry about to give bad news Examples: - I regret to tell you that your uncle died this morning. - We regret to have to inform you that your services are no longer required. Now do the exercise below.
Complete the following sentences with the given verbs in the correct form. You will have to use each twice. pay, close, work, complain, leave, tell, go, visit 1) I must remember _____ some money to pay for the repairs. 2) She just went on _____ about everything. 3) We mustn't forget _____ Monique when we're in Paris. 4) Please remember _____ the door when you go out.5) I tried _____ in a department store, but it wasn't a very good job. 6) I remember _____ the door, but I'm not sure that I locked it. 7) Oh dear! I think I forgot _____ the rent this month. 8) She complained about everything else, and then she went on _____ about the price. 9) I must remember _____ to the dentist on Wednesday. 10) I'll never forget _____ Paris for the first time. 11) I really regret _____ everyone what happened. I should have kept it a secret. 12) I remember _____ to the dentist as a child. 13) You really must try _____ harder. 14) I remember _____ the money in the drawer, but it's not there now. 15) I regret _____ you that there has been a serious accident. 16) I paid the electricity bill, but I don't remember _____ the rent.
Complete the following sentences with one word, when necessary. 1) How _____ are you staying here? 2) Please answer _____ their questions. 3) We want you _____ to do your homework now. 4) They will be with us _____ the next four weeks. 5) Mandy never helped _____ us. 6) Even I, _____ my age, go to the disco. 7) Do you attend _____ French classes? 8) What will we do _____ Saturday morning?9) They don't work, _____ they?10) We visited _____ Lake Windermere last week. 11) We organised _____ lots of events last year. 12) Students in the Sixth Form often study _____ their own. 13) We _____ to go to the cinema a lot when we were young. 14) What subjects did you specialise _____? 15) Shakespeare was eighteen when he married _____ Anne Hathaway. 16) This book belongs _____ me.
Put the verbs in the following sentences in the correct form. Sometimes there is more than one correct answer. 1) If you (give) me your cake, I (do) your homework for tomorrow. 2) They (play) tennis while their mother (cook) dinner. 3) You (have to) go to work when you (be) a little boy? 4) Mary (travel) to England tomorrow. 5) They (be) very happy when their parents (arrive) later today. 6) Look at those clouds in the sky - it (rain) soon! 7) She (not like) it if you (open) the window. 8) You (think) that Mary (come) to the disco tonight? 9) Jane (go) to the cinema yesterday, but she (not like) the film. 10) They (not have to) wash the dishes tonight if you (do) it for them. 11) They (buy) this car when they (be) in England? 12) Jane never (learn) the new words; she (get) a bad mark for her vocabulary test tomorrow.
The word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Supply the correct form of the word. Examples: He took out his key, _____ the door and went inside. LOCK (answer: unlocked) Why don't you go in for that _____? You might win it. COMPETE (answer: competition) 1) He used to visit us every Friday morning with unfailing _____ . REGULAR 2) I found the whole experience extremely _____ . EMBARRASS 3) There are a number of _____ we can investigate before we take any action. POSSIBLE 4) When he was younger, he was _____ to read as much as he could. COURAGE 5) Much to her parents' _____, the girl went to live and work in London when she was only seventeen. APPROVE 6) She's a nice girl, but she tends to be rather _____ . TALK 7) All the children were given an _____ against measles. INJECT 8) We had an interesting _____ about jazz. CONVERSE 9) Their holiday in Africa last year was an _____ experience. FORGET 10) What we need is something or some way to _____ the legs on this table. STRONG
Look at the following examples of how adjectives are formed: enjoy - enjoyable, response - responsible, practice - practical, care - careful, drama - dramatic, child - childish, attract - attractive, harm - harmless. Now make adjectives from the following words using the suffixes above. In some cases, more than one adjective is possible. 1) fool 2) believe 3) atom 4) produce 5) terror 6) music 7) hope 8) progress 9) forget 10) rest 11) rely 12) success 13) horror 14) sense 15) talk 16) self 17) reason 18) politics
The word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Supply the correct form of the word. Examples: He took out his key, UNLOCKED the door and went inside. LOCK Why don't you go in for that COMPETITION? You might win it. COMPETE 1) You can only really learn a sport well if you have a good _____. INSTRUCT 2) You can't really depend on him to do anything. He's most _____. RELY 3) I must have _____ that book: I can't seem to find it anywhere. LAY 4) The noise of the planes taking off over our heads was _____. DEAF 5) I know it's a little difficult to understand it at first, so I'll try to _____ it. SIMPLE 6) To the best of my _____, John's living in France now. KNOW 7) I'm afraid Mr Smith has been _____ called away on business. EXPECT 8) This new law is ridiculous: they can't possibly _____ it! FORCE 9) We still know _____ little about the wild life of certain parts of the world. COMPARE 10) Along with poor health and overpopulation, _____ is one of the most widespread problems in the world today. POOR
Look at the following examples of how adjectives are formed: enjoy - enjoyable, response - responsible, practice - practical, care - careful, drama - dramatic, child - childish, attract - attractive, harm - harmless. Now make adjectives from the following words using the suffixes above. In some cases, more than one adjective is possible. 1) agree 2) critic 3) science 4) use 5) culture 6) specify 7) notice 8) education 9) athlete 10) speech 11) remark 12) romance 13) tropic 14) mathematics 15) philosophy 16) break 17) society 18) Spain
Make or do? Choose the word that correctly completes the following sentences. 1) May I (do / make) a suggestion, please? 2) His husband never (does / makes) any housework. 3) How can you (do / make) such a boring job? 4) The president (did / made) his speech and sat down. 5) I have to (do / make) a phonecall urgently. 6) My children hate (doing / making) the washing up. 7) You mustn't (do / make) any noise. 8) Can you (do / make) the shopping for me, please? 9) I've (done / made) my decision, and it is final. 10) Who (did / made) this stupid mistake? 11) I just wanted to (do / make) you a favour, you know. 12) Oh, you're always (doing / making) such a fuss about small things.
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of "do" or "make". 1) Have you _____ all the necessary arrangements? 2) My son doesn't want to _____ military service. 3) Do you like _____ crossword puzzles? 4) Why don't we _____ something interesting? 5) John _____ a final attempt, but he wasn't successful. 6) You should really _____ an effort and finish this job on time. 7) We didn't _____ French at school. 8) Last year the company _____ a profit at last. 9) I hate Jill; she always _____ trouble. 10) We don't want to _____ business with you. 11) Fred _____ an excuse and left the party. 12) Try to _____ your best this time.
The word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Supply the correct form of the word. Examples: He took out his key, _____ the door and went inside. LOCK --> unlocked Why don't you go in for that _____? You might win it. COMPETE --> competition 1) 'I need some _____ of your identity,' the cashier told him. PROVE 2) The room was quite _____, so we went to another hotel. SUIT 3) She burst into _____ at his joke about the parrot. LAUGH 4) 'Rain will continue _____ the afternoon,' the forecast said. THROUGH 5) What's the _____ of this room, do you think? WIDE 6) It's _____ easy to learn a language if you hear it all the time. COMPARE 7) You get a very good _____ of food at that snack bar. VARY 8) Don't drop that cup! All _____ have to be paid for. BREAK 9) What awful handwriting! I can't read her _____. SIGN 10) Your dress needs _____, Mary, if you want to be in fashion. LONG 11) The news came as such a shock to them that they were both _____. SPEECH 12) I thought the whole evening was very _____. ENJOY 13) She didn't get the job because she didn't have the right _____. QUALIFY 14) I'm full of admiration for people who overcome a serious _____ like that. ABLE 15) There are certain things that families can only discuss freely in the _____ of their own home. PRIVATE 16) This is one of those cameras that can eject the film _____ when you press a button. AUTOMATIC 17) She wouldn't have done so well without the constant _____ of her parents and friends. COURAGE
For the instructions, please see the previous exercise. 1) John is _____ hardworking. EXTREME 2) I didn't like the food. I found it most _____. PLEASANT 3) He was sacked from his job because he was _____. EFFICIENT 4) She was arrested because she was driving _____. CARE 5) It was very _____ of him not to help you. KIND 6) My wife likes the colour blue. I find it _____. ATTRACT 7) He's a lucky man. He's been _____ married for eight years. HAPPY 8) I bought a new car because the old one was so _____. RELY 9) The dancer was superb. She gave a _____ performance. FAULT 10) The passengers were frightened when the pilot flew _____ close to the building. DANGER
Prefixes
The three most important negative prefixes in English are: un- : unhappy dis- : disapprove mis- : misinterpret Complete the following sentences using a word that starts with one of these prefixes. Example: In some countries men and women receive _____ pay. What do you think of the idea of equal pay for equal work? Answer: unequal 1) I was sure I had locked the back door, but when we got back home, I found it _____. 2) John and his wife usually agree, but when it comes to money matters, they always _____. 3) We found people in country areas very friendly, but people we spoke to in the cities were very _____. 4) I always thought that Bill was totally honest, so when I found out that he had been _____, I was very shocked. 5) The shop said the toy was _____, but it didn't take the children long to break it! 6) I've always found Mary very kind, so I'm surprised you said she was _____ to you. 7) I like nearly all fruit, but I have to say I _____ bananas. 8) I was sure I had understood what you meant, but obviously I _____ you badly. 9) I hope that peace and order will come out of the present situation of terrorism and _____. 10) At first we were satisfied with our hotel, but as it became noisier and noisier, we grew more and more____. 11) You can bring cooked meat into Britain, but you can't bring in _____ meat. 12) Some of your ideas are helpful, but I'm sorry to say that some are _____. 13) Last year's festival was very _____, but this year's much better organised. 14) Two runners qualified for the 100 metres, but two were _____ for using drugs. 15) Why don't we stress the similarities between us, instead of the _____? 16) No sooner had we packed than we had to _____ again. The plane was delayed. 17) The opponents of factory farming say it is _____. The natural thing is for animals to be outside, running free.
Use the following prefixes to make words to fit the explanations: over-, mis-, anti-, non-, re-, pro-, pre-, ex-, post-
Now use the words in the following sentences: 1) The _____ demonstration marched as far as the power station itself. 2) I can't give you a lift. I'm afraid I'm a _____. 3) This work isn't good enough. You'll have to _____ it - and this time be more careful. 4) _____ women were expected to stay at home. 5) I don't know where I've put your book. I must have _____ it. 6) Calm down! Take it easy! He's only a pop singer. There's no need to be _____. 7) The _____ comes to England quite a lot to visit his relatives in Buckingham Place. 8) The Conservative Party became more popular in the _____ period. 9) I thought you were a pacifist. How can you say you would have been _____ in 1945?
The first sentences of each passage in the following text have been removed and mixed up. Match each sentence with the correct passage. Missing sentences: 1) One of my parents' few rules is: if they say stop, I stop - without question or hesitation. 2) Since I began driving, I have learned some amazing things about my parents. 3) No one has been hurt, car damages are nothing that a couple grand could not fix, and my parents have not tried to take control of the car yet. 4) There are not many times in a guy's life when he is able to turn the tables on his family by following their instructions. 5) I am beginning to think that my parents associate my learning to drive with our religion. 6) Learning to drive has been more different than I expected. The text where the sentences are taken from:
My Parents Are Driving Me Crazy A _____ While driving everyone to church, I had an opportunity. When the car was closing in on an intersection, the light changed, and my dad immediately shouted "Stop." B _____ So I slammed on the brakes, and every unstationary object flew forward. I heard my three brothers groan in the back, and my mother give a short, nervous laugh. After my father recovered, he looked at me with bulging eyes and said with a shaky voice, "Nice work, Jas." C _____ I had really looked forward to getting my permit six months ago; I had imagined myself cruising down Route 66 in my babe magnet minivan. The day I started to drive, the reality of the situation hit me: for the next five months my paranoid parents would be in the car with me wherever I went. D _____ Whenever I get behind the wheel a change immediately occurs. My calm, reasonable parents disappear, leaving nervous wrecks. They try to hide their feelings, but whenever they give advice, it is either spoken through clenched teeth or screamed. E _____ Not only do they lift pleading eyes toward heaven as I start the engine, the drive to church is the only time that they relinquish the keys without argument. They probably figure that God will protect us since we are going to church to worship him (and they always seem thankful as they stagger out of the car when we arrive). F _____ All things considered, I would say I am doing pretty well. However, my parents could use a psychologist.
Some words have been replaced with nonsense words (in italics) in the following text. Find what the original words were. Shy lion rescued from street, taken to zoo A homeless baby lion **plang** hiding under a car in one of Mexico City's roughest neighborhoods was captured with lassos and taken to a zoo Tuesday, firemen who rescued it **olh**. "We **blin** it to a circus but they **olh** they didn't have any lions, so we **blin** it to the Chapultepec Zoo instead," fireman Israel Mendoza Sanchez of Mexico City's central fire station told Reuters. "Maybe it was someone's pet." The six-month-old female lion was **plang** by traffic reporters working for a Mexico City radio station in the asphalt jungle of Doctores, one of the capital's most crime-ridden areas, early Tuesday morning. "I hope it eats some of the criminals," **olh** a caller to the radio station Radio Red, when the escape was reported. "This rescue was very unusual," Mendoza added. "We usually only get calls for escaped birds." plang is _____ olh is _____ blin is _____
Some words have been left out of the following text. Choose the missing word from the four choices given at the end. Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of 1_____ as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to 2_____ down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too 3_____ to see anything; then she looked at the 4_____ of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the 5_____ as she passed; it was labelled 'ORANGE MARMALADE', but to her great disappointment it was 6_____: she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it. 'Well!' thought Alice to herself, 'after such a 7_____ as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How 8_____ they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!' (Which was very likely true.) Down, down, down. Would the fall NEVER come to an end! 'I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?' she said aloud. 'I must be getting somewhere near the 9_____ of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think -' (for, you see, Alice had 10_____ several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a VERY 11_____ opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) '-yes, that's about the right 12_____ - but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?' (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but 13_____ they were nice grand words to say.) Presently she 14_____ again. 'I wonder if I shall fall right THROUGH the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that 15_____ with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think -' (she was rather glad there WAS no one 16_____, this time, as it didn't sound at all the right 17_____) '-but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?' (and she tried to curtsey as she spoke - fancy CURTSEYING as you're falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) 'And what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for 18_____! No, it'll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.' (from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll)
The sentences of the following article have been mixed up. Put them in the correct order. Princes seeking solitude in B.C. A) British tabloids such as The Sun are sending their royal reporters and brigades of photographers, the people who run after the Royal Family with those fabulously long and intruding lenses. B) Whether solitude on the slopes is possible for the Princes, even in a country where the media have yet to reach the excesses of British tabloid journalism, is still in question. C) Prince Charles and his two young sons arrive in British Columbia Monday for what they hope will be a quiet, reporter-free ski vacation, their first trip to Canada after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. D) There will also be a gaggle of U.S. reporters, journalists from across Canada and the local media contingent, all scrabbling for their own exclusive moments with the Princes as they ski the mountains surrounding the resort of Whistler for most of this week. E) The six-day vacation of Prince Charles and his sons, William and Harry - already dubbed the Three Princes by one local tabloid - is already generating the same style of scrutiny that dogs them in Britain.
Put the sentences of the following story in the correct order. 1) 'I want you to paint a picture of me. How much will it cost?' 2) 'But I'll have to keep my socks on, because my feet get cold, and I'll have to wear something to put my brushes in.' 3) Then she thought that, as she had a very beautiful body, the artist might be happy to paint her picture more cheaply if she wore no clothes while he was painting it. 4) 'Five hundred pounds,' said the artist. 5) 'Oh?' said the lady. 6) The artist thought for a moment. 7) 'And how much will it cost if you paint me without any clothes on?' 8) 'That is a lot of money.' 9) One day a beautiful young lady went to a famous artist and said, 10) So she said, 11) 'One thousand pounds,' he then said.
Complete the following story with the conjunctions "and", "but" and "so" in the correct places. The Second World War had begun, _____ John wanted to join the army, _____ he was only 16 years old, _____ boys were allowed to join only if they were over 18. _____ when the army doctor examined him, he said that he was 18. _____ John's brother had joined the army a few days before, _____ the same doctor had examined him too. This doctor remembered the older boy's family name, _____ when he saw John's papers, he was surprised. 'How old are you?' he said. 'Eighteen, sir,' said John. '_____ your brother was eighteen, too,' said the doctor. 'Are you twins?' 'Oh, no, sir,' said John, _____ his face went red. 'My brother is five months older than I am.'
In the article below, three words have been removed. Find what words were in place of 'AAA', 'BBB' and 'CCC'. Girl, 8, is expelled for 'crime' of father A girl aged eight has been expelled from a private AAA in Merseyside because of a drugs allegation against her father. Olivia Avis, who attended the McKee AAA in Allerton, Liverpool, CCC put in a taxi and sent BBB unaccompanied into the care of her sick 13-year-old sister. She knew nothing of her father's alleged crime because her mother, who is separated from him, had been waiting to break the news to her. Olivia's place at the AAA came into question as news spread among parents of the appearance before magistrates in Manchester of Edward Avis, who CCC accused of conspiring to import a controlled drug. Pamela McKee, the head teacher, said she expelled the girl because she CCC under pressure from other parents who were threatening to withdraw their children. She admitted she CCC wrong to send her BBB unaccompanied. Olivia's mother, Elizabeth Avis, 36, from Childwall, said she CCC appalled by the AAA's behaviour and considered it outrageous her daughter could be punished for something her father CCC alleged to have done. She said: "Olivia CCC terrified and crying her eyes out when she CCC put in the taxi. They put my daughter under serious risk by sending her BBB alone."
Ten words have been removed from the text below; they are given at the end. Put them in the right places. Workers want more time with family One in five people in work would be prepared to take a cut in pay to spend more time with their families, according to an opinion poll 1)_____ yesterday. Half of those interviewed by Mori worried about 2)_____ too little time with their families and one in four said it was 3)_____ to have a good family life and get ahead in the career stakes. The poll was carried out for the management consultancy WFD, which advises 4)_____ such as IBM and American Express on how to help their staff achieve what it calls the "work/life balance". It found that the 16-35 age group was most preoccupied with trying to 5)_____ this balance. Ninety-two per cent said it was at least fairly 6)_____, with the belief spread equally over men and women. WFD said this meant the "demise of the yuppie", as it proved that "fast cars and flashy penthouses are no longer enough for the 7)_____ and upwardly mobile". The issue was of most importance in the professions, where 98 per cent were worried about it; followed closely by 8)_____ of large companies, where 95 per cent said it was a major concern. High earners were more likely to worry about having too little time to themselves than lower earners. Fifty per cent of those earning more than 17,500 pounds were worried, compared to 36 per cent of those earning under 9,500 pounds. Single people were as 9)_____ as married people to be concerned by the lack of balance. Self-employed workers, however, were much less worried than others about balancing work and outside life. Liz Bargh, chief 10)_____ of WPD UK, said the poll was "powerful evidence" that the balance between work and life was one that more companies had to address. Words to be used: important - spending - executive - achieve - published - likely - companies - impossible - young - employees
In the following article two words have been replaced - 'AAA' and 'BBB'. Find what the original words were. Vandalism by children as young as six was the main reason for a rise BBB almost 80 per cent in the number BBB AAA accidents last year, the Health and Safety Executive reported yesterday. Although the number BBB incidents involving fatalities remained low, the executive warned that the rapid increase in objects being placed on the line, the stoning BBB drivers' windows and arson attacks threatened the possibility BBB a major tragedy "with very many deaths". In 1996-97, the total number BBB accidents, including derailments, collisions and fires, rose to 1,753, compared with 989 in the previous 12 months. More than half were caused by vandalism. Instances BBB AAAs running into objects placed on the track increased by 53 per cent, from 488 to 741. Cases BBB arson rose from 256 to 302. Incidents BBB damage to drivers' cab windows, a category not separately reported before, numbered 468, BBB which 87 per cent were caused maliciously. Stan Robertson, the HSE's chief inspector BBB railways, said he was particularly concerned by the "massive and very disturbing" increase in the deliberate planting BBB obstructions such as masonry, stolen cars, disused washing machines, supermarket trolleys and bicycles. Recent incidents involved: - Children aged six, seven and eight who placed a pile BBB wood and stones on a stretch BBB the East Coast main line in south Yorkshire that is used by AAAs travelling at 125mph; - A group who wrapped a tennis-court net around a signal gantry and used it to drop rocks on passenger AAAs passing beneath; - A AAA derailment in Hertfordshire that caused a carriage to turn on to its side after vandals placed concrete on the track. The British Transport Police said: "These kinds BBB obstruction are now a daily occurrence. It's often children or young teenagers who don't realise the dangers BBB what they are doing. A AAA running at 125mph normally takes a mile and a quarter to stop. If it hits a lump BBB concrete, it could easily be derailed, resulting in multiple fatalities. This is an issue BBB extreme seriousness." The police want to see Railtrack and AAA operators making trespass more difficult by improvements to fencing, lighting and station design and by removing potential lineside hiding-places. The safety executive has set up a working group to produce new proposals for combating vandalism, which is due to report by the end BBB the year.
The sentences of the following article have been mixed up. Put them in the correct order. A) But her younger brother Iskander, 10, also did so well in his maths and further maths A-level papers that he is keen to join her at university this September. B) Sufiah, one of five brothers and sisters gifted in mathematics and tennis, will be matching the feat achieved by Ruth Lawrence 13 years ago when she begins her degree course this autumn at the university's last all-female college, St Hilda's. C) The children's father, a freelance researcher, said yesterday that his son was intellectually and emotionally ready for university, and he would be approaching colleges, including St Hugh's, to see if anything could be arranged. D) As predicted, she easily overcame the final obstacle, an A-grade in further maths, last week. E) Sufiah Yusof, the 12-year-old maths prodigy had a place at Oxford University confirmed yesterday - where she could be joined by her younger brother. F) If successful, he will be just 11 when he goes up to the university, making him one of its youngest entrants since the Middle Ages.
Eight sentences have been left out of the following article. Read the text and put the sentences at the end into the right places - but be careful, one of the given sentences is not needed. The first one has been done to help you. Why do we need two ears? 1) E Even if you only had one ear that worked properly, you would still hear sounds and understand them. Having two ears helps us find out more about what is going on around us. 2) _____ Ears act as direction finders because sounds arrives at one ear before it reaches the other ear. Your brain measures the difference and automatically works out the direction of the sound. 3) ______ As we grow up, we get better at working out where a noise is coming from and how far away the thing making the noise is. 4) _____ They had to be able to track animals to hunt food. They also had to know which way to turn when large animals were tracking them. 5) _____ Bats, for instance, use echo-location to find their way in the dark. But directional hearing is still a very useful skill for us too. If you heard someone shouting for help, you would know which way to run to get to them. Our ears work best at listening to sounds like music or people talking, but animals have ears suited to different needs. 6) _____ Others have ears that work best for listening to very deep notes. Some animals can hear faint noises, while others are completely deaf. Snakes do not have ears at all and people used to think they were deaf. 7) _____ The bone vibrates when the air or the ground vibrates. Most insects are deaf but grasshoppers can hear through their legs. They call to one another by making chirping sounds with their legs. Dogs have superior hearing to us; they can hear notes that are higher than those we hear. If you blow a special dog whistle that makes a very high note, you will not be able to hear it, but any dogs nearby will hear the note and might come running. 8) _____ The missing sentences: A) But we now know that they can hear sounds through a bone that lies under the skin of the face. B) This skill is called directional hearing and it was very important to our ancestors in the past. C) With two ears we can tell which direction a sound is coming from. D) As we get near old age, we are often unable to hear well. E) Both our ears work in the same way. F) You may have noticed the way they twitch their ears to and fro: they do this to find out where a sound is coming from. G) Wild animals still need this skill today, and many of them have better directional hearing than people. H) Even very young babies turn to look in the direction a noise is coming from. I) Some animals can hear notes much higher than any sound your ears can hear.
Read the text below and do the exercise that follows. The train had stopped before a red signal which blocked the way. The engineer and conductor were talking excitedly with the signal man, whom the station master at Medicine Bow, the next stop, had sent on to meet the train. The passengers gathered around and took part in the discussion. Passepartout, joining the group, heard the signal man say, "No! You can't pass! The bridge at Medicine Bow is shaky, and would not bear the weight of the train." There was a suspension bridge about a mile from the place where they now were. According to the signal man, it was in a ruinous condition, several of the iron wires being broken; and it was impossible to risk the passage. He did not in any way exaggerate the condition of the bridge. Passepartout, not daring to inform his master of what he heard, listened with set teeth, still as a statue. "Hum!" cried Colonel Proctor; "but we are not going to stay here, I imagine, and take root in the snow?" "Colonel," replied the conductor, "we have telegraphed Omaha for a train, but it is not likely that it will reach Medicine Bow in less than six hours." "Six hours!" cried Passepartout. "Certainly," returned the conductor. "Besides, it will take us as long as that to reach Medicine Bow on foot. "But it is only a mile from here," said one of the passengers. "Yes, but it's on the other side of the river." "And can't we cross that in a boat?" asked the Colonel. "That's impossible. The creek is swollen from the rains. It is a rapid, and we shall have to make a detour to the north to find a shallow part." Choose the correct answers: 1) The train got a red signal because A) it reached a station. B) there was something lying on the rails.C) it was dangerous to go on. 2) Which sentence is true? A) The station master ordered the signal man to explain the situation to the people on the train. B) The conductor sent the signal man to the station master. C) The passengers listened to the engineer and the signal man in silence. 3) They couldn't go on because A) the river washed away the iron wires. B) the bridge was likely to collapse any time. C) it was snowing heavily. 4) Passepartout A) couldn't wait to speak to his master about the situation. B) stood motionless while listening to the conversation. C) had tears in his eyes since he was so disappointed about the bad news. 5) Which sentence is true? A) The passengers would like another train to take them to Medicine Bow. B) It will take about six hours for the Omaha train to arrive in Medicine Bow. C) The passengers will have to make a short cut in order to reach Medicine Bow. 6) How can the passengers reach the next stop? A) By crossing the river on foot. B) By walking one mile over the bridge. C) By the next train.
Read the following text and complete it with the words given below, but be careful, because you need to use only half of the words given. The first one has been done for you to help you. Words to be used: BETWEEN, WAS, BECAUSE, QUITE, SHARE, BEACH, CAR, QUIET, ALTHOUGH, LONG, HOLIDAY, PLANE, SPENT, AMONG, LENGTH, DEATH, HOLIDAYS, MOST, DIED, COAST, VERY, DIVIDE The Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight lies less than five kilometres off the south (0)_coast_ of England. It is one of the country's best-known islands but, in spite of the short distance (1)_____ the island and the rest of England, a bridge has never been built to link the two. In order to get there, you must take a boat, or a private (2)_____. The island, which is about 37 kilometres in (3)_____ and 22 kilometres wide, has a population of 120,000, (4)_____ this rises in summer when tourists arrive in large numbers. People come here for the peace and (5)_____; it is an area of great natural beauty with delightful open countryside and long clean beaches. It was in the nineteenth century that people began to take (6)_____ on the Isle of Wight. The (7)_____ famous visitor to the island at this time was, without doubt, Queen Victoria. The Royal Family bought Osborne House in 1845 and the Queen, who loved the house, (8)_____ much of her life here. After her (9)_____ in 1901, the new King, Edward VII, gave Osborne House to the nation as he did not (10)_____ his mother's love of the house and had no wish to live in it.
Read the text below and then use the words that follow to complete it. You must use each word once. Don't write me off, says Massey Oxford United's Stuart Massey, victim of one of the worst injuries in 1)_____, has vowed: "Don't write me off just yet". An 2)_____ until he was signed up by his former 3)_____ Crystal Palace at the age of 27, Massey declared: "I came into the 4)_____ late and I want to stay in it. I'm not willing to give up that 5)_____ I get from playing just yet. "I haven't been in the game long enough. There's too much 6)_____ there for me to just say 'that's it'." The 33-year-old 7)_____ has undergone an exploratory operation on the right 8)_____ which was badly damaged by a tackle from Peter Beardsley in United's 2-0 win at Manchester City on March 7. He has been put in a full leg 9)_____ for five weeks to let the medial collateral ligament settle down but will need a major 10)_____, probably in early May, to reconstruct the knee which requires anterior cruciate repair. Massey is then looking at nearly eight 11)_____ before he can play again, taking him to Christmas - ten months after he suffered the 12)_____- by which time he will be 34. With his 13)_____ at Oxford set to expire in June, inevitably there are 14)_____ over whether United will offer him a new deal. Words to be used: game, midfielder, plaster, contract, electrician, months, hunger, club, injury, football, doubts, operation, knee, buzz ________________________________________________________________________
Advanced Put the words in brackets into the correct forms. Struck-off nurse gets ok to work A nurse (strike off) the professional register following a suicide in Bishop's Stortford has been allowed back on it just days after the health authority admitted liability and provisionally agreed (pay out) a "substantial" sum to the dead woman's family. Peter Hollerin, 33, was one of two male nurses (axe) from the nursing register in 1996 after (find) guilty of misconduct in (allow) a suicidal patient (walk) to her death. Tanya Kersey, a 37-year-old teacher who was a psychiatric patient at Harlow's Princess Alexandra Hospital in 1992, died on a Bishop's Stortford railway crossing in August of that year. Yesterday, Mrs Kersey's husband, Trevor, of Piggotts Way, Bishop's Stortford, said he was surprised and disappointed at the committee's decision. His solicitor Helena Myska, of Stanley Tee and Co, said she was also surprised, (add) that last week's admission of negligence by North Essex Health Authority was the culmination of "a very long (draw out) process that didn't help anybody". The decision (restore) Mr Hollerin to the register was made after a hearing at the Nurses' Professional Conduct Committee on Friday. Chairwoman Dame Mary Uprichard stressed the decision did not negate or condone what had happened six years ago, nor did it undermine the committee's original findings. "You should appreciate that this was a very serious matter, (find) guilty of professional misconduct," she added. Mr Hollerin expressed deep regret on Friday and added that he recognised the mistakes he had made had been grave. Katrina Wingfield, of the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, had previously told the committee that Mrs Kersey - (refer) to as Mrs A - was (check) every 15 minutes. But Mr Hollerin failed (attempt) to carry out checks between 7.30 am and 8.40pm and inaccurately completed an incident report. A spokeswoman for Essex and Herts Community Trust, would not say whether Mr Hollerin would be re-employed. (speak) generally, she said cases would be assessed, (bear) in mind registration signified the professional committee's belief they were safe (practise). The trust would be sensitive to the local - whether it was in everyone's interest a nurse should return to the same area, she added. NEHA refused (comment).
Complete the following text with one word in each blank. It was several years 1_____ I'd seen Jackson, and when I came face to 2_____ with him quite 3_____ chance in Oxford Street one evening, I wasn't too sure at first 4_____ it was him or not. I smiled 5_____ him as he was passing but in 6_____ of the fact that our eyes 7_____ he gave no sign that he knew me. It was Jackson, though, 8_____ doubt, 9_____ made me wonder 10_____ he had so obviously cut me. I hesitated, and then turned and followed the 11_____ he was going in. He walked so quickly that I knew he 12_____ have guessed I was behind him. 13_____ he didn't turn round, I was convinced that he wanted to. He walked faster and 14_____ and I felt certain at one stage he 15_____ break into a run. Now he was passing a tube station and had to make his 16_____ through a crowd just pouring out of the entrance. He 17_____ to be bumped into by two men, one of 18_____ said something to him. The other one produced a small plastic card and Jackson's face 19_____ colour. As the three men walked past me, Jackson gave a helpless shrug. It was obvious he was being run 20_____ .
Complete the following sentences with the correct prepositions. Sometimes more than one answer is correct. 1) Luckily, there was not much damage done _____ the car. 2) I don't think we'll ever find the solution _____ this problem. 3) Lucy made out a cheque _____ $500. 4) There's been an increase _____ the price of corn recently. 5) Her attitude _____ her parents is unbelievable. 6) We haven't received an invitation _____ the party yet. 7) Jane always had a very good relationship _____ her parents. 8) Their reaction _____ the news was predictable. 9) The reason _____ the accident is not yet known. 10) There is a great demand _____ American cigarettes in some countries. 11) Everybody agreed that there was a need _____ change. 12) The advantage _____ buying big quantities is obvious. 13) The police saw no connection _____ the two crimes. 14) When Jane received a reply _____ her letter, she started crying. 15) The key _____ the survival of our company is to increase efficiency. 16) The fall _____ the sale of alcohol is a result of successful campaigning. 17) Jill could clearly see the disadvantages _____ travelling alone.
Complete the following sentences with the correct prepositions. Sometimes more than one answer is correct. 1) It was really very stupid _____ you to ask that question. 2) We're terribly sorry _____ the noise we made last night. 3) Fred was shocked _____ his girlfriend's behaviour. 4) I was furious _____ the proposals; they were just utter nonsense. 5) What are you so nervous _____ ? 6) Were they not sorry at all _____ leaving you like that? 7) He is not usually cruel _____ animals. 8) Jack was simply delighted _____ the presents he got. 9) I'm really impressed _____ your French; where did you learn it so well? 10) Joan soon got bored _____ doing the same thing every day.
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space. Teenage mugger given life for snatching a bag A mugger who snatched a woman's handbag eight days after 1_____ released from a young offenders' institution was jailed 2_____ life yesterday. Ragbhir Singh Digwa, 19, slumped in the dock as Judge Martin Tucker, QC, told him that he felt obliged to 3_____ the sentence, "awesome and terrible 4_____ it might be". Digwa had been 5_____ of robbing a 26-year-old woman 6_____ 60 pounds on New Year's Eve. The court was told that he had 17 7_____ convictions for robbery and the judge said it was a "virtual certainty" that, 8_____ he was released, he 9_____ re-offend. Judge Tucker told Digwa: "I feel obliged to 10_____ a course that will 11_____ that you will not be released 12_____ the public until those who have 13_____ ability, time and opportunity to monitor you can 14_____ their hands on their hearts and say this man is 15_____ longer a danger to the public. Until that time, you will not be released." He told Digwa that he felt the minimum amount 16_____ time he should 17_____ was five years but said he should not be released 18_____ it was thought safe to do 19_____ . 20_____ passing an indeterminate life sentence, he was allowing for as long a period as necessary for Digwa to be rehabilitated.
Put the verbs in brackets in the following text into the correct forms. Make all the necessary changes (sometimes you'll have to use the Passive). Dial 'F' for fish There is something fishy (go) on in Borneo: fishermen (steal) pay phones and (use) them as electronic bait (lure) fish. In the past year, about 900 of the 3,500 Telekom Malaysia pay phones (steal) in the state of Sabah on Borneo Island, (say) a senior official of the company, Ahmad Zaini Mohammad Amin. "Even our telephone manufacturer in Italy (be) baffled by the thefts," he (report) as (say) by local newspapers. Investigations (reveal) that the fishermen (cut off) the handsets, (connect) them to high-powered batteries and (lower) them into the water. The electricity (pass) through the microphones (produce) a high-pitched sound that (attract) fish into the nets, Ahmad (say). Fisheries Department Director General Shahrom Abdul Majid (tell) a newspaper he (be) convinced the explanation (be) accurate. He (quote) as (say) that some aquariums in Japan (release) piped music into tanks and the fish (move) to the rhythm. "It almost (look) as if they (dance)," he (say). "I also (hear) of fishermen in the east coast [of Malaysia] (knock) bamboo sticks underwater (produce) a sound which (attract) a particular species of fish," Shahrom (say). "Light can also (use) as an effective way of (lure) fish, but most people (not know) fish also (respond) to all kinds of sound," he (add). The criminal innovation (come) to light because of the unusually high number of telephone thefts last year. Normally, only about 800 of the 40,000 pay phones (install) throughout the country (vandalize) every year, Ahmad (quote) as (say).
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space. The bell gave a 1_____ of rings and I went to the front door. I looked 2_____ the peephole and I saw a young-3_____ man with a suitcase. His fingers fiddled nervously 4_____ his collar; then he waited, his face taking on a hopeful expression. A salesman, I thought 5_____myself. I wonder 6_____ it's going to be 7_____ time: brushes, encyclopaedias or the 8_____ latest in miracle washing powders? Not 9_____ a certain curiosity, I opened the door and prepared to be bombarded by a stream of persuasive 10_____ talk. But 11_____ my surprise the young man addressed me 12_____ name. 'Are you Mrs Charters?' he asked in 13_____ sounded like an American voice. Hesitantly, I 14_____ I was. 'You had a sister who went to Canada years ago.' Good Heavens, my elder sister Angie. 15_____'d been some kind of mystery, and her name had never been 16_____ again. 'I'm Angie's son,' he 17_____ me. 'I'm in England 18_____ two months. I'm just 19_____ my way to a flat I've taken nearby, and I thought I might as well 20_____ you know we're going to be neighbours.'
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct. 1) _____ of the girls was really pretty. A) Some B) Either C) A few of D) Neither 2) Strong _____, he couldn't lift the suitcase. A) he ever was B) like him C) as he was D) he might be 3) You'd rather I didn't tell him about last night, _____ you? A) had B) wouldn't C) hadn't D) would 4) Little _____ that she could win his heart. A) hoped she B) did she hope C) she didn't hope D) she hoped 5) From their attitude they _____ have just been kissing. A) might B) would C) should D) can 6) They used to go out a lot, _____ they? A) weren't B) hadn't C) haven't D) didn't 7) There are no leopard-skin pyjamas in the shops, nor _____ a market for them. A) there is B) is C) it is D) is there 8) Vitamin C is not only found in lemons _____ in cabbage. A) also it is B) that is also C) but is also D) also is it 9) During the 1950's Japan emerged _____ a new economic power. A) like B) as C) such as D) into 10) The word "whisky" comes from the Gaelic _____ "water of life". A) it means B) to mean C) meaning D) to be meant
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space. Last summer some friends who had come to stay 1_____ us wanted to visit a London flea market. We set 2_____ shortly after breakfast and went 3_____ Underground into town. 4_____ leaving the station generally used 5_____ the market we found 6_____ in a long stream of tourists, visitors and sightseers, all heading 7_____ the same destination. We had 8_____ excellent weather 9_____ through that summer and Saturday was 10_____ exception; another brilliant morning. We walked along with the others 11_____ for the narrow street where the market began its way downhill. There were stalls 12_____ every kind. Our friends gave cries of 13_____ at the 14_____ of curios, antiques and odds and 15_____ of junk stretching as far as the eye could see. Half an hour later we somehow lost 16_____ . Obviously we couldn't 17_____ the entire market but we guessed that eventually they would find 18_____ suitable to eat the sandwiches we had each taken. As we walked into the small park not 19_____ from the market, 20_____ they were, eating on the grass surrounded by a mountain of extraordinary purchases.
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Example: He stole some money and was arrested for it. He was ... Answer: He was arrested for stealing some money. 1) The firm lost 100,000 pounds last year owing to strikes. The firm made ... 2) You could say John is a little difficult sometimes. John might ... 3) He booked in advance so that he wouldn't have to join the rush later on. He booked in advance to ... 4) I misdirected that elderly woman, I'm afraid. I sent ... 5) There was little demand for the book I wanted. The book ... 6) It's not necessary to wash the car till tomorrow. The car ... 7) The tea was strong because he'd used too many spoonfuls. It was ... 8) I'd like to ask you a personal question if I may. Would you ... 9) I had never had to do anything so difficult before. It was ... 10) The ink was so faded that I couldn't read the words. The ink was too ...
In each of the following sentences there are two gaps. The -- symbol means that nothing should be written into the gap. Note that in each answer the two parts are separated by two strokes ( // ). 1) _____ everywhere along the track after the train crash, making it difficult _____ people from the carriages. (A) Wreckages were // to rescue (B) There was wreckage // for rescuing (C) Wreckages were found // for survivors to pull (D) There was wreckage // to rescue 2) After _____ for six hours, we _____ reach the top. (A) having climbed // could (B) climbing // managed to (C) climbing as we had done // could (D) climb // we didn't fail to 3) She had been learning _____ for 10 years but she still wasn't playing with _____ skills necessary for a professional. (A) violin // -- (B) the violin // the (C) on the violin // -- (D) on violin // the 4) He informed me that if I _____ the front door locked, I _____ round to the back.
(A) find // needed to go (B) found // will have to (C) found // was to go (D) will find // would have to 5) Look! There's an ambulance outside the neighbor's house. It seems as though old Mr Brown _____ ill again. If only he _____ the doctor's advice! (A) has been taken // had taken (B) were taken // he would have taken (C) had been taken // took (D) would be taken // were to take 6) How do you _____ these two instructions? _____ . (A) understand // None has any sense for me (B) mean // They contrast one another (C) interpret // I can't make any sense of them (D) take out // They are not meaningful to me 7) The computer _____ more and more indispensable in _____ world. (A) is becoming // today's (B) becomes // today's (C) has been becoming // the today's (D) became // today's 8) I'll come round _____ tonight _____ need help with your new video set. (A) to you // in case you'll (B) to your's // if you'd (C) to your place // if you (D) to yours // in that case if you 9) I'll take an earlier train so as to _____ that I won't miss the _____ at Manchester. (A) make sure // connection (B) determine // junction (C) secure // connection (D) ensure // intersection 10) _____ stormy and _____ an enormous cyclone heading for the bay, the rescue team put off their search until later. (A) As it was // being (B) Since it was // it being (C) It being // there being (D) The weather being // it being
In the following sentences, of the four answers (A, B, C or D) three are correct and only one is wrong with respect to grammar or usage. Be careful, your task this time is to find the one wrong answer. 1) _____ awarded the Oscar, the young film director turned round and hugged his girl friend. (A) To be (B) Having been (C) On being (D) After he'd been 2) Help me _____ the ironing, please.
(A) do (B) doing (C) to do (D) with 3) _____ spread all that gossip about you.
(A) It was a friend of yours who (B) Your friend was the one who (C) What your friend did he (D) It was one of your friends that 4) The job wasn't very interesting, _____ it was well paid. (A) but at least (B) but on the contrary, (C) but believe it or not, (D) but no doubt, 5) Peter's got a rather annoying dog. It _____ at night. (A) is barking (B) keeps barking (C) won't stop barking (D) will bark 6) A: "You look very tired. Can I give you a lift home?" B: "No, thanks. _____ tonight." (A) I'd rather walk (B) I prefer walking (C) I'd like to walk (D) I like walking 7) _____ with his salary, he was looking for another job with more promotion prospects. (A) Satisfied as he was (B) Satisfied though he was (C) Although satisfied (D) Despite of being satisfied 8) Nothing but a full apology _____ . (A) would be enough satisfactory for him (B) would do for him (C) would satisfy him (D) was good enough for him 9) Until the last game Agassi was _____ the match. (A) certainly to win (B) certain of winning (C) certain that he'd win (D) certain about winning 10) _____ that you've got nowhere to sleep tonight. Is that right? (A) I gather (B) I understand (C) I have found out (D) I have been said
In the following multiple choice questions, two of the answers given are correct. Find these two. 1) He said _____ me outside the cinema at two o'clock. A) he meets B) he'd be meeting C) he would meet D) let's meetE) to be meeting 2) The young secretary _____ having been criticised by the manager. A) resented B) refused C) reminded D) remembered E) regained 3) _____ should one drink and drive. A) Not any way B) Never ever C) Ever never D) On every occasion E) On no account 4) Not every student was informed _____ this matter, which is very strange indeed. A) at B) to C) from D) of E) in 5) I was supposed to be at work at 6 for the meeting, but my car _____ start so my father had to give me a ride yesterday. A) mustn't B) couldn't C) wouldn't D) didn't E) shouldn't 6) He thinks he's going to change the world, _____ ? A) won't he B) doesn't he C) isn't there D) does he E) isn't it 7) Well, they think they can do it _____ . A) themselves B) by themselves C) from themselves D) on themselves E) them 8) Jane reminded me _____ my dentist. A) to B) of C) about D) on E) upon 9) We'll be late! How soon will you _____ , dear? A) have been ready B) have finished C) have been finishing D) be to finish E) be finished 10) 'Could we have something for dinner?' 'Well, I will do _____ .' A) a phone call to Pizza Hut B) some arrangements C) something about it D) my best E) an attempt in the kitchen 11) England _____ allies are sure to win the war. A) and his B) and her C) and its D) with theirs E) with 12) I had _____ driven a mile when I realised she was sitting behind me. A) still B) sooner C) yet D) scarcely E) hardly
Complete the following text with the words given below. Use each word only once. In some of the blanks you needn't write anything. Missing words: a, at, down, from, have, if, of, on, over, such, the, were, who When I arrived (1) _____ the port of Cape Town, South Africa in May 1957, after a 23-day journey from New York by (2) _____ freighter, my travelling partner came (3) _____ with an ulcer. Ironically, it was from planning the very (4) _____ trip that was to emancipate him from the ulcer-causing environment of competitive business (5) _____ which he wanted to escape. While he was in the hospital, I obtained a copy of John Gunther's Inside Africa, (6) _____ where he discussed many of the relatively unknown social customs, beliefs and traditions of Africa. For example, Gunther explained how witchdoctors (7) _____ endowed with power from the ingredients packed into their Mulianai, a cow horn always carried over (8) _____ shoulder by a leather thong. Ingredients (9) _____ as hyena noses, lion dung, snakes and parts of human bodies, preferably from (10) _____near relative, gave politicians and chiefs, with help from the witchdoctor, great power (11) _____ their opponents. In addition, the ingredients of the horn were thought to be (12) _____ significant therapeutic and medicinal value (13) _____ rubbed into a wound, or in cases, taken internally. Months later, while (14) _____ trapping lions and training eagles and falcons for an epic motion picture on Africa, a witchdoctor (15) _____ wanted to use the medicine horn to cure my bad back operated (16) _____ me. Doubtful, I agreed to (17) _____ him treat me for the film. To my surprise, I was free of back pain for twelve years, all for a charge of only 25 cents, U. S.
In the following multiple choice questions, two of the answers given are correct. Find these two. 1) If only you _____ tomorrow too! A) had come B) could come C) would come D) have come E) come 2) Why don't you help them _____ the new program? A) install B) installing C) to install D) to installing E) at installing 3) Margaret _____ the chair of the meeting, but she fell ill. A) ought to have had B) was going to be C) would've had to have been D) is to have been E) was going to have 4) _____ you wish to continue your studies at college. A) So I am right in saying B) Can I mean C) Didn't you tell D) I take it that E) Understanding 5) _____ at the picnic, the group found the moon high in the sky. A) To arrive B) On arriving C) While the arrival D) Upon their arrival E) As arriving 6) He dropped the gun in the river _____ his fingerprints would be identified. A) so that not B) from the fear C) for fear that D) afraid of E) scared 7) Children, you have to learn this text by Monday, _____! A) by heart B) by the mouth C) by word D) word for word E) from outside 8) It was _____ that we sat on the patio for hours. A) such pleasant day B) so pleasant day C) so a pleasant day D) such a pleasant day E) so pleasant a day 9) The traffic in New Orleans is heavier _____ Baton Rouge. A) than B) than in C) as of D) as that of E) than that of 10) _____ your kind assistance, I'm sure I'd have failed. A) Except B) Not having C) If it hadn't been for D) Without E) If I don't get 11) Please let me have all the application forms _____. A) available B) what is available C) that are available D) which is available E) I could have available 12) We were shocked to hear the news of _____ from that good job. A) your having fired B) your firing C) your having been fired D) your being fired E) your fired
Read the following text and then choose the word or phrase that best completes it. 'There's one thing that worries me. Why did you call me only this afternoon? Why did you pick on me? Who told you about me?' He laughed. His laugh was rather (1) _____. 'Well, (2) _____, I'll have to confess I merely picked your name at random out of the phone book. You see I hadn't intended to (3) _____ with me. Then this afternoon I got to thinking why not.' I lit another of my squashed cigarettes and watched his throat muscles. 'What's the plan?' He spread his hands. 'Simply to go where (4) _____, hand over the package of money, and receive back the jade necklace.' 'Where will I be - in the back of the car?' '(5) _____. It's a big car. You (6) _____ in the back of it.' 'Listen,' I said slowly. 'You plan to go out with me hidden in your car to a destination (7) _____ over the phone some time tonight. You will have eight grand in currency on you and with that you are supposed to buy back a jade necklace worth ten or (8) _____. What you will probably get will be a package you won't be allowed to open - (9) _____ you get anything at all. It's (10) _____ they will simply take your money, count it over in some other place, and mail you the necklace, if they feel big-hearted. There's nothing to prevent them (11) _____ you. Certainly nothing I could do would stop them. These guys are tough. They might even knock you on the head - not hard - just enough to delay you while they go on their way.
Put the two halves of the following proverbs together.
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Put the two halves of the following similes together.
Match the idioms below with their definitions, then complete the sentences with them. all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy dirty work too much like hard work hard work never hurt anybody it's all in the day's work work wonders a nasty piece of work many hands make light work work like a charm the devil finds work for idle hands 1) have an unusually good effect 2) too much work and not enough relaxation will make people bored 3) a job that one expects to do in the course of one's work; something that is not very difficult 4) if people work together, they can do a job more easily 5) quickly and easily successful 6) when people don't have enough work to do, they make trouble 7) criminal activity 8) too tiring or troublesome to do 9) laziness is wrong 10) an unpleasant or dangerous person Almost all my colleagues from the office came to help us, and we were able to paint the house very quickly, because _____. This new medicine the doctor prescribed for me _____. I don't want to be on the team if Jack is there too; he's _____. Don't leave your children at home with nothing to do; _____. Your marketing ideas really _____ for our company. He was very cunning; he always had others do the _____ for him, so the police couldn't catch him. I believe your son is taking his studies too seriously; you know the saying: _____. I thought it would be very difficult to have the tap repaired, but Fred said it was _____ for him. His garden is very untidy; looking after it would be _____ for him. Why don't you concentrate more on your job? _____, you know.
The word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Supply the correct form of the word. Examples: He took out his key, __unlocked__ the door and went inside. LOCK Why don't you go in for that __competition__? You might win it. COMPETE 1) Luckily the man turned out to be a very _____ businessman. SUCCESS 2) He's very rich, but he's a crook: he's obtained almost everything he owns _____ ! HONEST 3) I'll always remember his first novel: it's _____ . FORGET 4) That old man's very _____: he thinks of no one but himself. SELF 5) The ring she lost was given to her by her mother and is _____ . PLACE 6) The club meets every other week, so it's a _____ meeting. FORTNIGHT 7) What she did was perfectly _____, so she neeedn't fear the police. LAW 8) I know he promised to do the job, but he's very _____ . RELY 9) I had no idea where we were: we were _____ lost! HOPE 10) He accepted what had happened to him very _____ . PHILOSOPHY
Match the two halves of the proverbs in the two columns. 1) Look before A) than words. 2) There is no smoke B) always blames his tools. 3) Actions speak louder C) while the sun shines. 4) All's well D) and spoil the child. 5) A bad workmen E) is a master of none. 6) A Jack of all trades F) that lays the golden eggs. 7) Make hay G) without breaking the eggs. 8) Time and tide wait H) you leap. 9) Spare the rod I) from little acorns grow. 10) Great oaks J) without fire. 11) Don't kill the goose K) for no man. 12) You cannot make an omelet L) that ends well.
Complete the following proverbs with one word in each sentence. 1) You scratch my _____ and I'll scratch yours. 2) The girl who can't dance says the _____ can't play. 3) We'll cross that _____ when we come to it. 4) There's no such thing as a free _____. 5) Take care of the pence and the _____ will take care of themselves. 6) When the _____'s away, the mice will play. 7) All that glitters is not _____. 8) Don't look a gift _____ in the mouth. 9) Better _____ than sorry. 10) Don't bite off more than you can _____. 11) Don't count your _____ before they are hatched. 12) There's no accounting for _____. 13) The proof of the _____ is in the eating. 14) You have to take the rough with the _____. 15) Too many _____ spoil the broth.
Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Only one answer is correct. 1) A football team _____ eleven players. A) comprises B) composes C) constitutes D) combines 2) My brother has something to ask you in _____ with your sister. A) connection B) reference C) relation D) relevance 3) He got killed in a plane-crash in the _____ of his life. A) height B) prime C) bloom D) zenith 4) This is the third time you've asked me for her phone-number. Aren't you being a bit _____? A) ambitious B) conceited C) bold D) pushy 5) He is such a sympathetic young man. He is so _____. A) attractive B) friendly C) understanding D) helpful 6) In the morning we found a whole _____ of puppies in the box. A) pack B) bunch C) gang D) litter 7) I've never met such a _____ person. You don't give a damn about the elderly and the needy. A) senseless B) callous C) bashful D) righteous 8) The hair-dryer can be _____ to any voltage. A) adapted B) adjusted C) altered D) applied 10) I thought I'd _____ into you in this pub one day. A) slam B) dash C) bump D) knock 10) She wanted to make an impression with her son's singing, but he _____ her up. He wouldn't open his mouth. A) showed B) put C) turned D) left 11) Soon after the engagement I started to have second _____. A) ideas B) chances C) hints D) thoughts 12) Try to put yourself in my _____ and imagine what it feels like to be left alone with the kids. A) boots B) way C) place D) shoes
Form the opposite of the following words using the prefixes 'il-', 'im-', 'in-', or 'ir-'.
Choose the word or expression that best completes the sentence. 1) I'll hit _____ if you don't bring the car back on time. A) my head B) the roof C) the ground D) the floor 2) You can't believe a word he says. Almost everything he utters is _____ . A) tongue in cheek B) sheepish C) water off a duck's back D) a dog's life 3) The horses were _____ until the finishing line. A) cheek to cheek B) face to face C) neck and neck D) eye to eye 4) The footprints left behind gave a _____ as to the burglar's identity. A) hint B) tip C) trace D) clue 5) Although the Bakers started their business over a year ago, there is still little _____ of money coming in. A) clue B) figure C) sign D) note 6) I think you should be a bit more careful with money, _____ the fact that you don't earn any. A) granted B) supposing C) given D) known 7) Nonsense! He couldn't have meant that. It must have been a _____ of the tongue. A) slip B) twist C) flick D) flip 8) When the sky is clear, you can see the comet with the _____ eye. A) sheer B) plain C) naked D) bare 9) It was hard to keep a _____ face when Mrs Briggs walked in wearing a pink mini-skirt. She weighs a ton! A) blank B) straight C) strict D) still 10) I was taken _____ by the boy's rudeness. A) aback B) over C) in D) through 11) Luckily, nobody was injured when our neighbours house was _____ on fire. A) set B) put C) lit D) laid 12) I just can't remember the name of the place, although it is on the _____ of my tongue. A) edge B) tip C) peak D) cap
The word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Supply the correct form of the word. Examples: He took out his key, _____ the door and went inside. LOCK Answer: LOCKED Why don't you go in for that _____? You might win it. COMPETE Answer: COMPETITION 1) What's her name? I can't read her _____. SIGN 2) She could cook very well, but was absolutely _____ at dressmaking. HOPE 3) He is an excellent artist, and draws everything, especially flowers and plants, with extreme _____. ACCURATE 4) Everything has to be clean and tidy, because the boss is making a tour of _____ this morning. INSPECT 5) The teacup _____ because I wasn't watching what I was doing. FLOW 6) They don't have a _____ newspaper: they get all their news from the radio and television. DAY 7) You are playing a very _____ game. DANGER 8) There was a terrific _____, then the whole building collapsed like a pack of cards. EXPLODE 9) The young lady is very _____ in her work, but not so careful about keeping her office tidy. CONSCIENCE 10) _____ plants are very difficult to grow in the UK, unless of course you have a hothouse. TROPICS
Choose the answer that best fits the sentence. 1) We couldn't _____ on the name of the baby. A) resolve B) conclude C) settle D) determine 2) In his absence I'd like to thank you all for your help on my father's _____. A) part B) behalf C) place D) side 3) "Do you sell light bulbs here?" " Yes, we do, but I'm afraid we haven't got any in _____." A) supply B) stall C) store D) stock 4) Don't worry, I have everything _____ control. A) in B) by C) under D) over 5) I was in hospital for three weeks, so I fell _____ my work. A) behind with B) down with C) off in D) back in 6) As a social worker, you meet people from all _____ of life. A) spheres B) corners C) walks D) fields 7) In the background we could hear the neighing of a _____ . A) baby B) violin C) lawn mower D) horse 8) Just give me some cheese on toast, that will keep me _____ until lunch. A) straight B) fed C) going D) on
9) There is no exception, the same rules _____ for everyone. A) apply B) hold C) stand D) keep 10) Granddad kept all his D-I-Y equipment in a _____ in the backyard. A) shed B) shack C) hut D) barn 11) I'm ever so thirsty, I could _____ with a drink. A) get on B) do C) put up D) make 12) He hasn't spoken to his best mate since they _____ out. A) blew B) broke C) fell D) picked
Choose the answer that best fits the sentence. 1) Drink all the milk; it will _____ off by tomorrow. A) sour B) go C) turn D) rot 2) You've done very well so far! Try to _____ the good work! A) take on B) keep with C) hold on D) keep up 3) I know about his latest adventure, you can _____ me the details. A) save B) spare C) cut D) drop 4) After nearly an hour we managed to _____ our orders with the waiter. A) make B) fix C) set D) place 5) He was _____ by her provocative behaviour. A) misguided B) mistaken C) misled D) misinterpreted 6) I went down a _____ of stairs. A) flight B) tract C) grade D) stretch 7) He could provide no evidence to _____ up his allegation. A) hold B) set C) make D) back 8) That cupboard will _____ nicely for the kitchen. A) fit B) do C) match D) suit 9) Stuck in the middle of the jungle with his plane smashed to pieces he thought he was _____ for. A) sent B) gone C) done D) left 10) I wish my mum would stop getting _____ me. What have I done wrong? A) down to B) at C) on D) put with 11) Although Beethoven was _____ by deafness, he was able to write nine symphonies. A) afflicted B) crippled C) impaired D) struck 12) He came back from Greece nicely _____ by the Mediterranean sun. A) burnt B) browned C) scorched D) tanned
Choose the word or expression that best completes each sentence. 1) A month after the car accident Auntie Lizzy was _____ again! A) round and round B) on and off C) up and about D) in and out 2) I acted _____ when I punched the bouncer in the face. A) in force B) at stake C) by reason D) on impulse 3) Guerrillas were reported to have taken _____ the military headquarters. A) up B) down C) in D) over 4) I am prepared to go to any _____ to prove my innocence. A) measures B) length C) steps D) depth 5) Are you really _____ to give a lecture on the social behaviour of bees? A) appropriate B) sufficient C) competent D) relevant 6) His jealousy eventually got the _____ of him and so he started to tap his wife's phone calls. A) better B) worst C) most D) lowest 7) Their constant bickering was a _____ joke among the neighbours. A) solid B) standing C) fixed D) regular 8) We'd be better _____ without their continual attempts to invite us out. A) away B) done C) left D) off 9) Sorry about the disasterous supper. _____ my lack of culinary expertise. A) Take it in for B) Put it down to C) Make it up for D) Get it over with 10) "They've arrived!" "_____" A) And none too soon! B) Hey presto! C) Touch and go! D) Sooner the better. 11) It was quite a scandal when Edward VIII _____ for the love of a divorced woman in 1936. A) abdicated B) abducted C) abolished D) objected 12) Our land-lady knows everything about our marital problems. I'm sure she is _____ behind the door every time we have a row. A) spying B) eavesdropping C) detecting D) overhearing
Choose the word or expression that best completes each sentence. 1) The business venture was not entirely successful, but they still managed to _____. A) go bust B) be in the red C) break even D) be in arrears 2) He ran out of money so he had to _____ back on his life-savings. A) fall B) set C) reach D) lie 3) "How far is it to Nottingham?" "About five miles as the _____ flies". A) bird B) crow C) eagle D) wit 4) A lady on the bus pointed out that I had put my jumper on _____. A) upside down B) back to front C) in and out D) round about 5) What a stag night it was! However, the groom had a terrible _____ the next morning. A) shame B) worry C) guilt D) hangover 6) After his world championship bout Tyson had to _____ a drug test. A) undergo B) submit C) fulfil D) place 7) The police had to _____ the news of the fatal accident to the boy's parents. A) reveal B) announce C) break D) put forward 8) Everyone agreed that the new supermarket offered outstanding _____ for money. A) bargain B) discount C) value D) goods 9) We couldn't remove the graffiti as it had been done in _____ ink. A) indelible B) enduring C) lasting D) colour-fast 10) After spending all summer on the beach Jane was as brown as _____. A) badge B) a bear C) a berry D) chocolate 11) During the shooting of the stunt scene an ambulance was standing _____ in case of an accident. A) ready B) near C) by D) - 12) He works as a salesman, though he is an electrician _____. A) as a job B) as original C) first hand D) by trade
Choose the word or expression that best completes the sentences below. 1) Her pension was so small that the old lady had to _____ on just 10 pounds per week. A) get through B) get by C) make it D) make up 2) Ann is so _____, she believes every word that she's told. A) simplistic B) plausible C) gullible D) credulous 3) We begged the traffic warden to _____ but she fined us anyway. A) let us off B) put us off C) excuse us D) give us up 4) The CIA tried to _____ the secret arms deal, but it still became headline news. A) brush off B) talk down C) cover up D) play up 5) His first name is Richard but everyone calls him Dick _____. A) shortly B) for short C) in brief D) by heart 6) The bill was 17 pounds but the guests _____ to twenty. A) tipped it B) added it up C) paid it D) rounded it up 7) They lived in a rather _____ flat but they were happy. A) fell down B) ruined out C) run down D) slum 8) The referee had no choice but to _____ the player after such a dangerous tackle. A) send off B) send out C) book off D) kick off 9) I was advised to buy a thousand pounds _____ of shares. A) worthy B) worth C) value D) price 10) Desmond _____ with David in driving the car on the long journey. A) swopped B) substituted C) rotated D) alternated 11) Let's hurry. That guy is already on our _____. A) heels B) neck C) feet D) back 12) I was so thirsty, I drank a glass of water _____. A) in a mouthful B) at one go C) in one gulp D) in one sip
Choose the word or expression that best completes the sentences below. 1) It took her more than 3 years to _____ the loss of her husband. A) overcome B) recover C) surpass D) prevail 2) "I can't handle these kids." "Take them to Granny's, she'll _____ them out." A) straight B) sort C) clear D) fit 3) They say blood is _____ than water. A) stronger B) quicker C) heavier D) thicker 4) She _____ good-bye to her son as the train left the station. A) bid B) sent C) waved D) told 5) Before you sign the contract, read the _____ print. A) small B) blue C) colour D) bold 6) After the accident he was most _____. A) regretting B) pleading C) sorrowful D) apologetic 7) Sue didn't go to school as she was a bit off _____. A) form B) colour C) and on D) balance 8) There was a national _____ of emotion when the heroes returned. A) outburst B) outcome C) outcry D) outrage 9) "Have you been drinking?" "No, I'm as sober as _____." A) a driver B) a sergeant C) a judge D) a cook 10) The shepherd drove his _____ of sheep up to better pastures. A) group B) flock C) head D) herd 11) It never rains but it _____. A) floods B) hails C) falls D) pours 12) I ran out of money and had to _____ my savings. A) draw on B) dig from C) draw out D) extract
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct. 1) If you want to help, then you could _____ these potatoes for me. A) rub B) peel C) clean D) skin 2) Look _____! There's a car coming. A) out B) over C) why D) up 3) The burglar broke _____ the house during the night. A) through B) into C) up D) open 4) I think I may as well take _____ his offer. A) up B) over C) to D) --- 5) The evidence was _____ in the laboratory. A) experienced B) sifted C) experimented D) analysed 6) The game was _____ until the following Friday. A) cancelled B) abandoned C) postponed D) delayed 7) Please _____ our warmest regards. A) receive B) accept C) give D) take 8) When he was promoted he received a _____ in salary. A) boost B) raise C) lift D) rise 9) You've got to _____ to Dave. He really did well in his exams. A) hand it B) give it C) pass it D) put it down 10) Frogs _____, while toads crawl. A) walk B) bounce C) hop D) slither
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct. 1) I just can't get _____ modern jazz, though my brother loves it. A) on B) into C) over D) up to 2) Don't forget to _____ the clock back. British Summer Time ends tonight. A) set B) turn C) fix D) put 3) A friend in need is a friend _____. A) indeed B) in trouble C) to need D) forever 4) The canteen lady asked the kids if they wanted _____. A) repeats B) portions C) seconds D) helpings 5) I asked the hitch-hikers if they wanted a _____. A) trip B) hitch C) drive D) lift 6) Pass me that _____. I'm going to clear the lawn of leaves. A) rake B) spade C) hoe D) trowel 7) Look at the plumage of that _____! A) squirrel B) bird C) hedgehog D) snake 8) The prices in that shop are ridiculously high. It's _____ robbery. A) complete B) daylight C) sheer D) armed 9) The terrorists _____ the bomb beneath a parked car. A) planted B) ignited C) installed D) laid 10) There is an increasing concern about vehicle _____. A) omissions B) exhales C) immersions D) emissions
Three sentences have been left out of the following text. You can read four sentences at the end - of course, only three of them have to be used to complete the article. The article where the sentences are taken from: Maidenhead shoppers after the pick of the fruit and vegetable bargains are being urged to keep their eyes peeled for an unwanted pest. 1_____ Not a native of Britain, the beetle's overgrown shape comes from its ravenous appetite for fruit and vegetable crops - especially potatoes. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) sends out regular warnings to stores which stock fruit and vegetables from abroad and to importers to keep vigilant. 2_____ Tim Dale, area environmental health manager for the Royal Borough, said: "I am not aware that any settlement of Colorado Beetle had occurred for some years. "People need to be vigilant. There was a person who suspected that they had a Colorado Beetle, but I don't think it turned out to be one. "If people think they might have spotted it I think the best thing to do is contact MAFF or the local authority, and we could identify the insect. But it is the MAFF that would deal with it." 3_____ So far this year only three of the beetles have been spotted alive, a long way off last years 216. Sentences to be used: A) They are urging anyone who thinks they have seen one of the little gannets, of which 500 were once found in one consignment of imported lettuce, to contact them as soon as possible. B) These beetles are not dangerous to humans at all, but even then, they are not especially welcome. C) The illegal immigrant in question is about 10mm long, sports alternate yellow and black stripes down its back, resembles an overgrown ladybird and goes by the name Colorado beetle. D) He said he was not aware of any problem in the Maidenhead area and MAFF were simply keeping people aware of the insect.
Read the text below and answer the questions that follow. Walt Disney He was born Walter Elias Disney in Chicago on December 5, 1901, the fourth son of the five children of Elias and Flora Disney. He was five years old when the family moved to a farm in Marceline, Missouri, and nine years old when they moved to Kansas City. It was Marceline that he recreated when he built "Mainstreet, U.S.A." in the amusement parks that bear his name. By modern standards he was an abused child, the subject of harsh physical discipline at the hands of his father, a petty tyrant who treated him more like an indentured servant than a son. He went to work at the age of ten, delivering both the morning and evening editions of the local newspaper. For the rest of his life, one biographer wrote, "He had a recurring dream in which he suffered torment because he failed to deliver some newspapers along his route." He smoked three packs of Lucky Strikes a day for decades, and liked to unwind with a glass or two of Cutty Sark Scotch. In times of great stress, he washed his hands compulsively, as many as 30 times in an hour. He was obsessed with trains, and built his own private one-eighth scale train line on the grounds of his Holmby Hills, California, estate. He collected a large number of cuckoo clocks and was entranced by a mechanical bird he found in an antique shop. His first animated-film studio went bankrupt; the second created a popular character called Oswald the Rabbit, the rights for which he lost in a contractual dispute that also cut off funding for new cartoons. To raise money he sold his car and completed Steamboat Willie, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, which was also the first animated film with sound. When it premiered in New York on November 18, 1928, it was a huge hit. By 1931, the Mickey Mouse fan club had a million members. He was slow to recognize the value of character licensing; at first he gave the rights away, reasoning they were good publicity for his cartoons. Within a few years, however, the royalty payments from the use of Mickey, Donald Duck, Pluto, et al. equaled or exceeded the net profits of the cartoons in which they were featured. He had a strong puritanical streak and broke off his friendship with Spencer Tracy when the actor began an affair with Katharine Hepburn. When he discovered one of his unmarried associates was living with a woman, he forced him out of his job. A number of his employees thought him to be a difficult and demanding boss, and found his condescending and paternalistic style particularly demeaning. He enforced a strict dress code, required nearly everyone to punch a time clock, and would fire instantly anyone who used profanity in mixed company. Deeply conservative politically, he was anything but in his approach to business, and several times staked the future of his studio on unlikely projects. His gamble on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, one of the first feature-length animated films, was known within the industry as "Disney's Folly" - but was repaid with immense success: It made $8 million in its initial 1937 release and is considered a landmark in the history of film. He was forced to borrow on his life insurance when his bankers initially declined to participate in the financing of the amusement park he first dubbed "Disneylandia." The July 17, 1955 opening was an unmitigated disaster, plagued by mechanical breakdowns, power failures, and gate crashers. "It was a madhouse," one observer recalled. "People were counterfeiting [invitations]... We even found a guy who built a ladder over the fence ... and was letting people in for five dollars a head." Recovering quickly, Disneyland went on to become an enormous success and popular tourist destination. Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966, and contrary to popular belief, he was not frozen at his death, but cremated (though he did discuss cryonics with several doctors). He had been awarded some 700 honorary degrees and awards, among them the French Legion of Honor, and his studio had received 29 Academy Awards. Mickey Mouse, for which he had supplied the original voice, had by then become perhaps the most recognizable and enduring character in the world. Decide whether the following statements are true, false, or not found in the text. 1) Disney had a happy childhood. 2) His father died when he was still young. 3) When Disney was young, he made a paper round twice a day. 4) He liked collecting children's toys. 5) He stopped smoking when he was older. 6) His first films were very successful. 7) He developed psychological problems when he was older. 8) Disney didn't seem to have been a popular boss. 9) Spencer Tracy was Disney's friend. 10) People in the film industry didn't believe "Snow White" would be successful. 11) Disney himself played Mickey Mouse once. 12) Disney's parents only had sons but no daughters. 13) He sold the rights for some of his characters in the beginning. 14) His bankers didn't think Disneyland would be a good idea. 15) The biggest problem with the opening of Disneyland was that there were too many people who wanted to get in. 16) Disney got very angry when people used bad language in front of women.
The last sentence of the following article has been removed, and the words have been inserted in the text in various places. Find the last sentence (the order of the words has not been changed and the first one has been marked). Small Solace There is no such thing **while** as a good terminal illness, but people who know Alzheimer's disease consider it the one of the worst. Its FDA slow and agonizing course leads doesn't inexorably from memory lapses to personality changes to utter loss of intellectual functions to certain death. The emotional toll have on the estimated 4 million Americans who suffer from the disease and on their families is to incalculable; the bills for nursing care are go enormous. That along is why a decision by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration with advisory panel is being widely hailed. The committee urged such the FDA to approve a new drug, tacrine, as the first treatment for recommendations Alzheimer's ever to go on the market. Tacrine it is no cure. It just slows the disease's progress, and only for about 20% usually of sufferers. Considering the horrific nature of the illness, the panel does felt that even a little relief is better than none.
The sentences of two articles have been mixed up. Match them to the right title and put them in the correct order. Godzilla the Germ: Sharks to the Rescue: 1) Epulopiscium is notable for sheer grotesqueness, but it also upsets some long-held scientific assumptions. 2) But it is surprisingly effective against a broad range of microbes, including fungi, bacteria and parasites. 3) Epulopiscium fishelsoni is not among them. 4) For one, biologists had believed that bacteria could never be very large because, unlike one-celled animals (such as amoebas), they don't have the internal machinery to spread nutrients through their bodies. 5) Scientists have long wondered why sharks never seem to get sick. 6) A synthetic version of the dogfish drug is being tested against a variety of human diseases. 7) Most bacteria have the decency to be microscopic. 8) The new compound, a chemical cousin of cholesterol, does not belong to any known class of antibiotics, according to a report published by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. 9) If that's true, scientists know less than they thought about the early history of life on earth. 10) The newly identified one-celled macro-microorganism, which lives harmlessly in the intestine of the Red Sea-dwelling brown surgeonfish, is a full .5 mm long, large enough to be seen with the naked eye. 11) Now it appears that some fossil microorganisms, which researchers presumed to be animals, may be bacteria instead. 12) Now a team of scientists, working with dogfish taken from the Gulf of Maine, think they may have the answer: a powerful antibiotic found in virtually every cell of the shark's body. 13) Described in the current Nature, it is a million times as massive as a typical bacterium. 14) Despite a relatively primitive immune system, they almost never get infected after suffering wounds, and they seem to be cancer-free.
Please note that these two articles are taken from British newspapers, so they use British English.
Four sentences have been removed from the following article. They are given at the end, but there's an extra one, too. Find where each sentence belongs and also find which one is not needed. Bigamist 'who forgot first wife' is jailed A bigamist who claimed that his memory was so bad that he had forgotten his first marriage has been jailed for six months. Leslie Knott, 40, agreed to become a Mormon before marrying Marguerita Taylor, 38, in March 1995. But he left her while she was expecting twins and married Catherine Scott, 37, at Chester register office. 1)_____. Michael Hemsley, defending, said: "2)_____. He says he has no record whatsoever of the first marriage and believes at the time he was in Ipswich." Knott, of Blacon, Chester, was convicted of bigamy at Chester magistrates' court. Afterwards, Miss Taylor, of Warrington, Cheshire, said Knott arrived home one evening, packed his bags and announced that he was leaving. 3)_____. She said: "I said I didn't, and asked if he was in trouble. Then the policewoman said, 'By the way, do you know he's married again?'. I shouted, 'What?' Then my legs almost buckled. 4)_____." Miss Taylor said she had begun divorce proceedings. "I've also had the kids baptised under my name, not his," she said. A) She heard nothing more from him until police arrived at her home to ask if she knew where he was living. B) I was absolutely shell-shocked. C) He told Miss Scott that his first wife had died. D) Mr Knott obviously likes women very much. E) He does not have a good memory.
The sentences of the following article have been mixed (except for the first and last one). Put the five sentences in the middle in the correct order.
Teenager takes his place among heroes Teenager Ross Davies has attended a glittering reception at London's Savoy Hotel for the country's heroines and heroes. A) He repeatedly dived back into the murky water to breathe air into Liam's lungs and managed to keep him alive for 15 minutes until rescuers arrived. B) The couple also invited the 23 winners to 10 Downing Street for a tour, signed autographs and posed for pictures. C) Ross, 18, from Stanway, was invited to the celebration for saving the life of his 15-year-old friend Liam Coffey, when their car plunged into a 16ft, water-filled ditch. D) A number of celebrities, including Chris Evans and the Duchess of York attended the reception hosted by Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie. E) Ross managed to scramble free from the vehicle but returned when he realised his friend was trapped in the Ford Escort. The reception was organised by a national newspaper which hands out gold star awards every year for outstanding bravery.
After reading the text below, decide whether the statements that follow are, according to the text, true, false or not stated (the text gives no information about the statement). Juvenile crime almost halved during a pioneering neighbourhood watch initiative on truancy, according to research published yesterday. Shopkeepers, police and the public responded enthusiastically to an appeal to look out for children absconding from school as part of a pilot project in Stoke-on-Trent. The findings will be used by John Patten, the Education Secretary, next week when he distributes government grants to support a national network of similar schemes. David Portas, of the Centre for Police Management and Research at Staffordshire University, said arrests of children aged 17 and below had fallen 48.5 per cent in the four months since the scheme started in Hanley. The statements: 1) There are about half as many crimes commited by young offenders as four months ago in the areas where the neighbourhood watch initiative was introduced. 2) The programme involved schools looking out for children reported missing by local people. 3) The children who were being watched are going to get a government grant. 4) Stoke-on-Trent had a high truancy rate. 5) David Portas says he has arrested teenagers near Staffordshire University.
Please see the instructions for Exercise 41. As police yesterday stepped up their search for a man they suspect might have been abducted, his wife spoke of her fear that he has killed himself. Grant Price, 43, an accountant, disappeared last Saturday while on a shopping trip to Foreham with his son David, when he said he had left something behind and returned to the car. The boy told police that soon afterwards he saw what he believed was his father's car leave with three people inside. About two hours before Mr Price disappeared, a 20-year-old man was stabbed in the leg in Fareham by two men who tried to take his car. The statements: 1) Mr Price may have committed suicide. 2) The Prices live in Fareham. 3) David was mistaken in believing that he saw his father's car. 4) Mr. Price might have been kidnapped by the same people who injured the young man. 5) It seems that the two people badly needed a car.
Complete the text below with the phrases given at the end (A-M). One of the phrases is not used, and one of them is given to help you. When it comes to arithmetic (0)__D__
Two rhesus primates have made monkeys out of scientists who believe (1)_____ depends on language. The trained monkeys, called Rosencrantz and Madcap, showed that they could master simple arithmetic. Columbia University psychologists, (2)_____, have demonstrated that monkeys can grasp the concept of numbers from one to nine. The research, (3)_____, further blurs the line between humans and other animals. "The monkeys share with humans the capacity to master simple arithmetic, on at least the level of a two-year-old child," said Elizabeth Brannon, (4) _____, New York. Science said it "shakes up scientific consensus (5) _____ that depends on language". The psychologists first trained the monkeys (6)_____ containing one, two, three or four objects. The animals were then shown pairs of images with between five and nine objects, and asked to touch the lower and higher number in order - (7)_____. Many animals, from parrots to dolphins, (8) _____, for example between a ball with three dots and one with six dots. However, the Columbia researchers go further by showing (9)_____ to higher numbers that they had not previously encountered. The researchers believe (10)_____ and that number skills preceded human speech. Another implication is that the brain processes words and numbers in different regions - (11)_____ why some people with brain damage have superb verbal dexterity but cannot count, while others are mathematically brilliant but cannot use words. A) a task they consistently got right B) who carried out the research at Columbia University C) that their monkeys could apply that knowledge D) you can count on monkeys E) who worked with them F) that counting is a cultural phenomenon G) which may explain H) in an attempt to disprove the assertion I) that being able to count J) that arithmetic and language evolved separately K) reported today by the US journal, Science L) to distinguish images M) have been taught to distinguish between numbers
>From the interview below, the reporter's questions have been removed and mixed up. Put them in the correct order. Be careful, one of the questions is not needed. The first one has been done for you. Reporter: (0)__G__ Interviewee: Actually, I do very little communication by voice. If I place two or three phone calls a day, it's a minor miracle. Reporter: (1)_____ Interviewee: You're able to process the information you get. You can forward pieces. You can use sections of incoming messages in your outgoing communications. You can store it and retrieve it at will. Reporter: (2)_____ Interviewee: Yes, if for nothing else because you don't have to say who you are. You can pretend to be someone else. In the electronic world many types of barriers are dissolved. Reporter: (3)_____ Interviewee: If I can go into a chat group as a totally different person, it's clear who I am is not an issue. It isn't so much that you want be someone else, only that there are a lot of people who prefer to be anonymous. Reporter: (4)_____ Interviewee: Security and privacy are the most important issues regarding the future of the Internet and cyberspace. The digital world is much more secure and more private than the analogue world, although the press has led people to believe the opposite. But we have to want to keep the digital world secure. Reporter: (5)_____ Interviewee: For the time being, our process of converting bits into atoms is not very mature. But as it becomes more sophisticated, when we can display holographic images that we can enter, when we develop a tactile interface that we can explore with our senses, the Internet will provide us something that will be almost indistinguishable from the real world. Reporter: (6)_____ Interviewee: On the contrary, I find this exhilarating. I am a self-proclaimed optimist about the digital age. I'm not going to suggest that there haven't been any casualties. But they are few and far between. If you think about cyberspace as a nation, it is probably one of the most benevolent nations that has ever existed. It is a place where people believe that information should be free. A) Does the possibility of such developments frighten you? B) By pretending to be someone else? C) Is digital communication a creation of our time? D) What are the advantages of electronic mail over voice communication? E) There is a great concern that the things we choose to read and watch or say over the Internet will be monitored in the future, and that we will have less freedom than we have now. F) The Internet has already altered our conception of time. Will it do the same to our conception of reality? G) I'm surprised to be talking to you. I'd have expected to be exchanging e-mail messages. H) Is electronic communication helping to break down human inhibitions?
Answers Beginner 1) We live in London. 2) I work in the afternoon. 3) Do you work at night? 4) I start school at eight o'clock. 5) We don't have school on Saturday. 6) I do my homework from five o'clock to seven o'clock. 7) Tom plays --- the drums. 8) I listen to the radio every day. 9) When do you have dinner on weekdays? 10) I go --- home at six o'clock. 11) Does Mary get up at five o'clock every day? 12) Joe arrives at the bank at eight o'clock.
1) You don't have lunch at half past one. 2) We don't play tennis on Wednesdays. 3) Jane doesn't go to work at quarter to seven. 4) They don't do their homework in the kitchen. 5) My brother doesn't collect stamps. 6) I didn't buy a new car yesterday. 7) Fred can't swim fast. 8) Jack didn't have dinner at eight on Sunday.
1) The films were not good yesterday. 2) Were you at school last week? 3) I had a dog when I was a little boy. 4) I didn't like the film, because/as it was bad. 5) Yesterday I worked for twelve hours. 6) His brother fell off a house last year. 7) Tom was in bed --- last month. 8) I met --- Jane on Monday. 9) My father worked in Africa six years ago. 10) Did they take the dog to the vet?
1) near 2) there 3) it 4) when 5) of 6) has 7) away 8) with 9) made 10) and 11) will 12) but 13) only 14) paid 15) for 1) of 2) it 3) so 4) there 5) too 6) after 7) some 8) of 9) are 10) me 11) and 12) sometimes 13) out 14) them 15) that
1) I HAVE got two brothers. 2) HOW old is your mother? 3) I haven't got Maths ON Tuesday. 4) THERE is a cinema in our street. 5) Where is your father --- from? 6) Our house is next TO the river. 7) Can I buy postcards AT the bookshop? 8) They have got a house IN / NEAR our village. 9) HAS Mandy got a pet? 10) I must go TO the toilet. 11) Mandy and Tom are IN France today. 12) Are THERE museums in your town?
1) Mr Jones is A dentist. 2) Jane gets up AT six o'clock. 3) We are at school IN the morning. 4) They don't live IN Liverpool. 5) Do you listen TO the radio? 6) They work IN the evening. 7) What do you do in your FREE / SPARE time? 8) I do my homework FROM five o'clock to six o'clock. 9) When do they HAVE / START lunch? 10) Jane watches TV ON / EVERY Saturday. 11) You can buy pens AT the bookshop. 12) THERE is a swimming pool between the cafe and the cinema. 13) The museum is NEXT to our house. 14) Jane HAS got Science on Monday.
1) had 2) some 3) of 4) got 5) up 6) other 7) then 8) him 9) quickly 10) somebody 11) such 12) with 13) it 14) if 15) and
1) middle 2) something 3) towards 4) thought 5) then 6) because 7) of 8) went 9) on 10) had 11) through 12) last 13) that 14) his 15) them
Yesterday I met my friend, Tom in the street. First he didn't see me because he was looking at a shopwindow, but when I stood in front of him, he was very happy. "What are you doing here?" I asked him. "I'm visiting my cousin. You know, he works at the post office." he answered. "And how is your wife?" "Thanks, she's OK now. She found a new job last month, and now she earns more than I do." "Oh, really? But why did she need a new job? Didn't she like the office?" "Two months ago her boss left the company, and they didn't like each other with her new boss. While she was looking for a new job, she met one of her old school friends, who wanted a new secretary. He gave her the job immediately! Her only problem is that she has to travel three quarters of an hour every day to get to work." "But why doesn't she go to work by car? Didn't you have two cars when we met last time?" "Yes, we did. But three weeks ago I had an accident. I was driving home from work when another car crashed into me. I was lucky that I didn't have to go to hospital, because he was driving at 70 mph." "You were really very lucky then. I have to go back to work now. It was nice to meet you." "Yes, and don't forget to give us a ring when you're in Brixton. You must come and visit us." "OK, thanks. Bye." "Bye."
1) Incorrect - (Correct: I want a new car now.) 2) Correct 3) Incorrect - (Correct: This cheese smells very bad.) 4) Correct 5) Correct 6) Incorrect - (Correct: My brother doesn't like dogs.) 7) Correct 8) Incorrect - (Correct: Are you reading the book "Rich man, poor man"?) 9) Incorrect - (Correct: I don't [or can't] hear the TV.) 10) Correct 11) Correct
1) Which film were you watching when your father came into the room? 2) Does your mother always get up at half past five? 3) We went to see "Star Wars - Episode 1" yesterday, but we didn't like it. 4) When did you last meet Mary? 5) Were you sleeping while I was talking to you? 6) Does Mandy always listen to her teacher? 7) Look! Where is Jill taking her dog? 8) I opened the door and saw that Tom was washing up. 9) Jane knows that I love her. Then why is she doing this to me all the time? 10) Frank was reading the newspaper when Jane broke the window. 11) Jim broke his arm at school, and the teacher sent him to the hospital, but he didn't go to the hospital, because he doesn't like doctors.
1) always 2) had 3) better 4) to 5) and 6) of 7) around 8) at 9) to 10) all 11) that 12) every 13) her 14) but 15) because
1) _Does_ your father have breakfast at home? 2) What _are_ those girls looking at? 3) My brother never _sleeps_ in the afternoon.4) Can Mary _play_ tennis? 5) Tom _doesn't like_ dogs. 6) Jim _works_ in a factory. 7) We can't _help_ you. 8) _Is_ Jane having a shower? 9) I _want_ a new car now. 10) Henry _is washing_ his car. 11) _Do you have_ a headache? 12) Where _is Mandy going_?
1) Do you like Japanese cars? 2) I'm not watching TV now. 3) Where is Jack taking that book? 4) Jane lives in Coventry. 5) We don't work at night. 6) Does your sister have dinner at home every evening? 7) They believe my story. 8) My brother never drives a car. 9) Do you always do your homework? 10) I don't write books. 11) They are not playing football now. 12) Jill doesn't like cats.
1) Tom was born ON 2nd July. 2) I don't know anything about --- photography. 3) I'm looking forward TO meeting you. 4) They spoke to Jane THE other day. 5) My brother always buys A lot of presents. 6) We met Johnny IN Scotland. 7) I don't want to go BY train. 8) Do you play THE piano? 9) Please don't FORGET to give Fred fresh water every day. 10) THERE are a lot of pets England. 11) I like GOING / TRAVELLING by plane. 12) I prefer PLAYING tennis to PLAYING football. 13) Not everybody believes IN "Nessie". 14) We're going to America IN April. 15) Take the second TURNING on the left.
1) I usually get up AT six o'clock. 2) How OFTEN do you visit your grandparents? 3) WOULD you like to go to Ireland? 4) The two girls looked at ONE another. 5) How MANY visitors did you have? 6) I finished school a COUPLE of years ago. 7) HOW about taking a bus? 8) John's father is A doctor. 9) We don't go to THE cinema very often. 10) My father doesn't like --- cats. 11) I had A farm in Africa. 12) On THE / OUR way to Belgium we stopped twice. 13) We've got LOTS of tea.
1) in 2) at 3) in 4) from - to 5) in 6) on 7) at 8) in 9) in 10) in
1) in 2) at 3) in 4) to 5) on 6) at 7) to 8) in 9) in 10) at
1) a house, church or school - building 2) it is built over a river for people to cross - bridge 3) you can keep water in it - bottle 4) all the things you take when travelling - baggage 5) the part of the seashore where you can swim - beach 6) a vehicle you can sit on - bicycle 7) you cover yourself with it in bed - blanket 8) you have it in the morning - breakfast 9) you can put your things in it - bag 10) it's on your trousers, around your waist - belt
1) apply - application 2) introduce - introduction 3) agree - agreement 4) arrive - arrival 5) describe - description 6) advertise - advertisement 7) begin - beginning 8) believe - belief 9) discuss - discussion 10) choose - choice
1) - L) 2) - K) 3) - J) 4) - G) 5) - D) 6) - E) 7) - F) 8) - C) 9) - A) 10) - B) 11) - H) 12) - I)
History: 2, 3, 6, 12, 15 Maths: 1, 7, 11, 13 Literature: 5, 8, 9, 17, 19, 20 Geography: 4, 10, 14, 16, 18
1) balcony 2) spoon 3) poem 4) trumpet 5) lazy 6) street 7) bread 8) ham 9) toast 10) beautiful
(Sometimes more answers can be correct.) kitchen: 4, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 bedroom: 1, 2, 6, 13, 15, 19 garden: 3, 10, 11, 14, 17 bathroom: 2, 4, 8, 9, 13, 18 study: 2, 5, 6, 7, 13, 15, 20
buildings: 1) bank 2) stadium 3) library 4) hospital 5) theatre things in the kitchen: 1) knife 2) tap 3) sink 4) spoon 5) fridge
rubber: 1, 2, 11, 18 wood: 3, 13, 17, 19, 20 metal: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 15, 16 17, 19, 20 plastic: 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 20 leather: 1, 2, 6, 9, 12, 15, glass: 2, 5, 10, 14, 20
1) waiter/waitress 2) dentist 3) teacher 4) car mechanic 5) police(man/woman) 6) doctor 7) architect 8) butcher 9) actor/actress 10) composer 11) baker 12) plumber
1 - I 2 - B 3 - L 4 - A 5 - K 6 - F 7 - D 8 - J 9 - H 10 - C 11 - G 12 - E
1) kitchen 2) bathroom 3) bedroom 4) hall 5) balcony 6) pantry 7) study 8) dining room 9) living room 10) attic
1) bedroom 2) house 3) wallpaper 4) cellar 5) desk 6) fireplace 7) staircase 8) window 9) doorbell 10) bed
Words beginning with 'H'. 1) you have your eyes, nose and mouth here: HEAD 2) you live in it: HOUSE 3) when you're ill, you go here: HOSPITAL 4) ninety-nine plus one: HUNDRED 5) opposite of love: HATE 6) it can be red, black or brown; old men sometimes don't have it: HAIR 7) opposite of sad: HAPPY 8) when you want to eat, you're: HUNGRY 9) when you can't do something, you need this: HELP 10) sixty minutes: HOUR
1) We are on HOLIDAY in France. 2) My HUSBAND is a teacher; we got married last year. 3) It's HALF past six. 4) Put on your HAT; it's cold outside. 5) This HISTORY lesson is very interesting. 6) He has a strange HOBBY: he collects Belgian beer bottles. 7) This pizza is too HOT; I can't eat it now. 8) I must go HOME now; my children are waiting for me. 9) We stayed at a very nice HOTEL when we were in Italy last summer. 10) Wash your HAND before dinner, please.
1 - E 2 - L 3 - H 4 - D 5 - K 6 - D 7 - J 8 - C 9 - G 10 - B 11 - I 12 - F
1 - G 2 - E 3 - H 4 - J 5 - C 6 - A 7 - K 8 - I 9 - B 10 - L 11 - F 12 - D
1 - E 2 - I 3 - H 4 - F 5 - B 6 - K 7 - J 8 - G 9 - A 10 - L 11 - D 12 - C
1 - B 2 - D 3 - A Sentence 'C' is not used.
The correct order: 7, 2, 6, 1, 4, 8, 5, 3
1) paper 2) money 3) frightened 4) bag 5) dropped 6) working 7) became 8) faster 9) went 10) crossed
1) work2) help 3) asked 4) car 5) bank 6) stay 7) said 8) street 9) thieves 10) returned 11) go 12) pistol ______________________________________________________________________ Intermediate 1) Michael is said to be very bad-tempered. 2) It's time we left for the station. 3) I'll phone John tonight if you like/you'd like me to. 4) She took some aspirin so that she wouldn't get a cold. 5) Joan hasn't had her house painted yet. 6) Martha needn't/doesn't need to be told about our row. or needn't/doesn't need to know 7) I haven't seen Angie for a year/since a year ago. 8) Old Mrs Martin could never have climbed these stairs. 9) It wasn't till/until he got to the front door that he discovered (that) he had lost his keys. 10) Instead of going to France we went to Denmark.
1) though 2) before 3) down 4) feeling 5) already 6) familiar 7) what 8) itself 9) on 10) in 11) with/giving 12) whose 13) it 14) which/that 15) there 16) myself 17) same 18) so 19) away 20) up
1) in 2) tells / is 3) while / when 4) on 5) beat 6) whole/entire 7) never 8) tears 9) cheeks 10) At 11) somehow 12) of 13) down 14) would 15) various 16) fell 17) he 18) when 19) into 20) was
1) I've just been given an invitation to a party. 2) Ann is cleverer than Mark. 3) She's hopeless at adding up figures. 4) If I hadn't been reading (such) a fascinating book, I would have heard what he said. 5) By the time I got to the station, the train had left. 6) I didn't really feel like going to the cinema. 7) It's about time you had your eyes tested. 8) What I'm looking for is something to wear to a party. 9) She told me that she had to write to her parents soon. 10) We might be having the house repainted next year.Exercise 5 1) I go to work BY train. 2) Terry doesn't belong TO our group any more. 3) I met Joe AT the dance. 4) We haven't seen him FOR a week. 5) They must do it, and the sooner THE better. 6) Joe's standing AT the end of Victoria Road. 7) What ON earth is the matter? 8) Why are you jealous OF Joe? 9) You must tell --- your mother about it. 10) Is this the book --- / THAT you need? 11) I did everything ON my own. 12) Don't treat me LIKE a child. 13) The film --- / THAT we saw was boring. 14) Everybody laughed AT Susan, because she looked so stupid. 15) I married --- my wife in 1992.
1) I haven't found the answer yet. 2) Yesterday Jill wanted to meet Joe, but he had gone to England. 3) I had to do my homework last Saturday in the morning, because I had decided to go to a party in the evening. 4) You won't be able to (or can't) meet Frank tomorrow, because he is flying (or he's going to fly) to America later today.5) I wish I had done my homework yesterday. 6) All morning I was playing football while my sister was washing up. 7) When Jill arrived yesterday, Tom was sleeping. 8) I didn't go to his party last night because he hadn't invited me. 9) Jane couldn't (or wasn't able to) find her keys in the morning because she forgot (or had forgotten) where she had left them. 10) Are you going to the concert tomorrow?
1) shown / proved2) people's /the / our3) suffer4) where 5) so 6) heard 7) of 8) much 9) flying 10) along 11) to 12) it 13) been 14) too 15) miss 16) though / although 17) can / may / does 18) less 19) left 20) up
1) She apologised for not finishing / having finished her homework. 2) It is four years since he left college. 3) Mary asked John if he could lend her 5 pounds. or ... if she could borrow 5 pounds from him. or ... to lend her 5 pounds.4) There was no room left in the hotel / were no vacancies in the hotel. 5) There's no point (in) waiting any longer for the bus. 6) You needn't / don't have to / shouldn't go to all that rouble. 7) Isn't there any coffee left? 8) I gave up smoking two years ago. 9) What does your father do? 10) I'm fond of / keen on swimming.
1 You can't (or: couldn't) have seen Jack yesterday. He is out of town. 2 If you had been there, we would have had a good time.3 By the time you finish work I will have been at the cinema for hours. 4 He will be having lunch tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 5 I thought you had forgotten to come. I have been waiting for you for two hours. 6 Why hasn't this letter been written yet? It should have been written yesterday. 7 He said he had been waiting since 4. 8 Have you ever visited Madame Tussaud's?9 While I was watching TV, my brother was playing the piano.10 I bought this house two months ago. 11 Tom should have opened the door when he saw me. 12 I wish I had more money; now I can't buy this dress. 13 If you had listened to him, you would have learnt a lot. 14 Mary said they would go (or: were going) to Italy next summer. 15 I am not used to working hard. 16 If they arrive on time, they'll call us.
1 We wouldn't have missed the train if you had got dressed in time.2 Jill would have come to the party if we had invited her. 3 If I hadn't called Tom, I would not have known the results. 4 If you had gone to the concert, you would have enjoyed yourself. 5 What would you have done if I had failed you at the exam? 6 Where would Jane have gone if she had won the first prize? 7 Would you have been angry with me if I had forgotten about your birthday? 8 I wouldn't have told you the truth if I had not had to. 9 They would have given me back my watch if they had found it.
1 - B 2 - B 3 - C 4 - C 5 - D 6 - A7 - A8 - C9 - D10 - A 1) Studying with the radio on isn't easy. 2) It was so cold that they didn't have the windows open. 3) You needn't have paid so much for that dress. 4) Is it really necessary for him to make such a noise? 5) No one else played better than him in the competition. 6) She was too angry to speak. 7) It was such a long journey that we felt tired when we arrived. 8) It is unkind to laugh at other people's misfortunes. 9) If he'd had enough money, he would have bought a house.10) We'd have waited for you if we had known you were coming.
1) Peter wasn't early enough to see his cousin win the match. 2) She'd rather you bought a new car.3) It's the first time (that) I've seen that girl here. 4) She can eat any food / everything apart from / but / except / with the exception of pickled onions. 5) Janet would like to apologize / says that she's sorry for being late this morning. 6) Mr Warden was buried / cremated last week. 7) They needn't have paid as much for their meal as they did. 8) Margaret advised Alan not to carry so much money in his hip pocket. or: Margaret advised Alan against carrying ... 9) It was such heavy traffic (that) we went by Underground. 10) Unless you queue you won't get a seat. or: you won't have / haven't (got) a chance of getting a seat
1) opposite2) just3) hour4) any5) behind 6) later 7) off 8) where 9) running / going 10) round 11) speed 12) the 13) on 14) lying 15) who 16) before 17) later / parked 18) still 19) away 20) far
1) I must remember _to leave_ some money to pay for the repairs. 2) She just went on _complaining_ about everything. 3) We mustn't forget _to visit_ Monique when we're in Paris. 4) Please remember _to close_ the door when you go out. 5) I tried _working_ in a department store, but it wasn't a very good job. 6) I remember _closing_ the door, but I'm not sure that I locked it. 7) Oh dear! I think I forgot _to pay_ the rent this month. 8) She complained about everything else, and then she went on _to complain_ about the price. 9) I must remember _to go_ to the dentist on Wednesday. 10) I'll never forget _visiting_ Paris for the first time. 11) I really regret _telling_ everyone what happened. I should have kept it a secret. 12) I remember _going_ to the dentist as a child. 13) You really must try _to work_ harder. 14) I remember _leaving_ the money in the drawer, but it's not there now.15) I regret _to tell_ you that there has been a serious accident. 16) I paid the electricity bill, but I don't remember _paying_ the rent.
1) long 2) --- 3) --- 4) for 5) --- 6) at 7) --- 8) on9) do10) --- 11) --- 12) on 13) used 14) in 15) --- 16) to
1) If you give me your cake, I'll do your homework for tomorrow. 2) They were playing tennis while their mother was cooking dinner. 3) Did you have to go to work when you were a little boy? 4) Mary is travelling (or 'is going to travel') to England tomorrow. 5) They will be very happy when their parents arrive later today. 6) Look at those clouds in the sky - it's going to rain soon! 7) She won't like it if you open the window. or She wouldn't like it if you opened the window. 8) Do you think that Mary will come to the disco tonight?9) Jane went to the cinema yesterday, but she didn't like the film. 10) They won't have to wash the dishes tonight if you do it for them. Or They wouldn't have to wash the dishes tonight if you did it for them. 11) Did they buy this car when they were in England? 12) Jane never learns the new words; she is going to get a bad mark for her vocabulary test tomorrow.
1) regularitiy 2) embarrassing 3) possibilities 4) encouraged 5) disapproval 6) talkative 7) injection 8) conversation 9) unforgettable 10) strengthen
1) foolish 2) believeable 3) atomic 4) productive 5) terrible 6) musical 7) hopeful, hopeless 8) progressive 9) forgettable, forgetful 10) restless, restful 11) reliable 12) successful 13) horrific 14) senseless, sensitive 15) talkative 16) selfish 17) reasonable 18) political
1) instructor 2) unreliable 3) mislaid 4) deafening 5) simplify 6) knowledge 7) unexpectedly 8) enforce 9) comparably 10) poverty
1) agreeable 2) critical 3) scientific 4) useful, useless 5) cultural 6) specific 7) noticeable 8) educational 9) athletic 10) speechless 11) remarkable 12) romantic 13) tropical 14) mathematical 15) philosophical 16) breakable 17) sociable 18) Spanish
Make or do? 1) May I _make_ a suggestion, please? 2) His husband never _does_ any housework. 3) How can you _do_ such a boring job? 4) The president _made_ his speech and sat down. 5) I have to _make_ a phonecall urgently. 6) My children hate _doing_ the washing up. 7) You mustn't _make_ any noise. 8) Can you _do_ the shopping for me, please? 9) I've _made_ my decision, and it is final. 10) Who _made_ this stupid mistake? 11) I just wanted to _do_ you a favour, you know. 12) Oh, you're always _making_ such a fuss about small things.
1) Have you _made_ all the necessary arrangements? 2) My son doesn't want to _do_ military service. 3) Do you like _doing_ crossword puzzles? 4) Why don't we _do_ something interesting? 5) John _made_ a final attempt, but he wasn't successful. 6) You should really _make_ an effort and finish this job on time. 7) We didn't _do_ French at school. 8) Last year the company _made_ a profit at last. 9) I hate Jill; she always _makes_ trouble. 10) We don't want to _do_ business with you. 11) Fred _made_ an excuse and left the party. 12) Try to _do_ your best this time.
1) proof 2) unsuitable 3) laughter 4) throughout 5) width 6) comparatively 7) variety 8) breakages 9) signature 10) lengthening 11) speechless 12) enjoyable 13) qualifications 14) disability 15) privacy 16) automatically 17) encouragement
1) extremely 2) unpleasant 3) inefficient 4) carelessly 5) unkind 6) unattractive 7) happily 8) unreliable 9) faultless 10) dangerously
1) unlocked 2) disagree 3) unfriendly 4) dishonest 5) unbreakable 6) unkind 7) dislike 8) misunderstood 9) disorder 10) dissatisfied 11) uncooked 12) unhelpful 13) disorganised 14) disqualified 15) dissimilarities 16) unpack 17) unnatural 1) anti-nuclear 2) non-driver 3) redo 4) pre-1900 5) mislaid 6) over-enthusiastic 7) ex-king 8) post-1980 9) pro-war
A - 4 B - 1 C - 6 D - 2 E - 5 F - 3 found said took
1) B 2) D 3) A 4) D 5) B 6) A 7) D 8) A 9) D 10) B 11) C 12) A 13) D 14) A 15) C 16) D 17) A 18) D The correct order: C, B, E, A, D
The correct order: 9, 1, 4, 5, 8, 3, 10, 7, 6, 11, 2
The missing words are in CAPITAL letters. The Second World War had begun, AND John wanted to join the army, BUT he was only 16 years old, AND boys were allowed to join only if they were over 18. SO when the army doctor examined him, he said that he was 18. BUT John's brother had joined the army a few days before, AND the same doctor had examined him too. This doctor remembered the older boy's family name, SO when he saw John's papers, he was surprised. 'How old are you?' he said. 'Eighteen, sir,' said John. 'BUT your brother was eighteen, too,' said the doctor. 'Are you twins?' 'Oh, no, sir,' said John, AND his face went red. 'My brother is five months older than I am.'
These words were replaced: 'AAA' - school 'BBB' - home 'CCC' - was
1) published 2) spending 3) impossible 4) companies 5) achieve 6) important 7) young 8) employees 9) likely 10) executive
AAA - train BBB - of
Correct order: E, B, D, A, F, C
1 - E 2 - C 3 - H 4 - B 5 - G 6 - I 7 - A 8 - F
1 - C 2 - C 3 - A 4 - B 5 - B 6 - B
1) between 2) plane 3) length 4) although 5) quiet 6) holidays 7) most 8) spent 9) death 10) share
1) football 2) electrician 3) club 4) game 5) buzz 6) hunger 7) midfielder 8) knee 9) plaster 10) operation 11) months 12) injury 13) contract 14) doubts __________________________________________________________________________ Advanced Struck-off nurse gets ok to work A nurse struck off the professional register following a suicide in Bishop's Stortford has been allowed back on it just days after the health authority admitted liability and provisionally agreed to pay out a "substantial" sum to the dead woman's family. Peter Hollerin (33) was one of two male nurses axed from the nursing register in 1996 after being found guilty of misconduct in allowing a suicidal patient to walk to her death. Tanya Kersey, a 37-year-old teacher who was a psychiatric patient at Harlow's Princess Alexandra Hospital in 1992, died on a Bishop's Stortford railway crossing in August of that year. Yesterday, Mrs Kersey's husband, Trevor, of Piggotts Way, Bishop's Stortford, said he was surprised and disappointed at the committee's decision. His solicitor Helena Myska, of Stanley Tee and Co, said she was also surprised, adding that last week's admission of negligence by North Essex Health Authority was the culmination of "a very long drawn out process that didn't help anybody". The decision to restore Mr Hollerin to the register was made after a hearing at the Nurses' Professional Conduct Committee on Friday. Chairwoman Dame Mary Uprichard stressed the decision did not negate or condone what had happened six years ago, nor did it undermine the committee's original findings. "You should appreciate that this was a very serious matter, to be found guilty of professional misconduct," she added. Mr Hollerin expressed deep regret on Friday and added that he recognised the mistakes he had made had been grave. Katrina Wingfield, of the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, had previously told the committee that Mrs Kersey - referred to as Mrs A - was to be checked every 15 minutes. But Mr Hollerin failed to attempt to carry out checks between 7.30 am and 8.40pm and inaccurately completed an incident report. A spokeswoman for Essex and Herts Community Trust, would not say whether Mr Hollerin would be re-employed. Speaking generally, she said cases would be assessed, bearing in mind registration signified the professional committee's belief they were safe to practise. The trust would be sensitive to the local - whether it was in everyone's interest a nurse should return to the same area, she added. NEHA refused to comment.
1) since 2) face 3) by 4) if / whether 5) at 6) spite 7) met 8) without 9) which 10) why 11) direction 12) must 13) Although / Though 14) faster 15) would 16) way 17) seemed 18) whom 19) changed 20) in
1) Luckily, there was not much damage done TO the car. 2) I don't think we'll ever find the solution TO this problem. 3) Lucy made out a cheque FOR $500. 4) There's been an increase IN the price of corn recently. 5) Her attitude TOWARDS / TO her parents is unbelievable. 6) We haven't received an invitation TO the party yet. 7) Jane always had a very good relationship WITH her parents. 8) Their reaction TO the news was predictable. 9) The reason FOR the accident is not yet known. 10) There is a great demand FOR American cigarettes in some countries. 11) Everybody agreed that there was a need FOR change. 12) The advantage OF buying big quantities is obvious. 13) The police saw no connection BETWEEN the two crimes. 14) When Jane received a reply TO her letter, she started crying. 15) The key TO the survival of our company is to increase efficiency. 16) The fall IN the sale of alcohol is a result of successful campaigning. 17) Jill could clearly see the disadvantages OF travelling alone.
1) It was really very stupid OF you to ask that question. 2) We're terribly sorry ABOUT the noise we made last night. 3) Fred was shocked AT / BY his girlfriend's behaviour. 4) I was furious ABOUT the proposals; they were just utter nonsense. 5) What are you so nervous ABOUT ? 6) Were they not sorry at all FOR / ABOUT leaving you like that? 7) He is not usually cruel TO animals. 8) Jack was simply delighted BY the presents he got. 9) I'm really impressed BY / WITH your French; where did you learn it so well? 10) Joan soon got bored WITH doing the same thing every day.
Teenage mugger given life for snatching a bag 1) being 2) for 3) pass 4) though 5) accused 6) of 7) had 8) if 9) would 10) take 11) ensure 12) into 13) the 14) put 15) no 16) of 17) serve 18) until 19) so 20) By
Dial 'F' for fish There is something fishy _going_ on in Borneo: fishermen _are stealing_ pay phones and _using_ them as electronic bait _to lure_ fish. In the past year, about 900 of the 3,500 Telekom Malaysia pay phones _were stolen_ in the state of Sabah on Borneo Island, _said_ a senior official of the company, Ahmad Zaini Mohammad Amin. "Even our telephone manufacturer in Italy _is_ baffled by the thefts," he _was reported_ as _saying_ by local newspapers. Investigations _have revealed_ that the fishermen _cut off_ the handsets, _connect_ them to high-powered batteries and _lower_ them into the water. The electricity _passing_ through the microphones _produces_ a high-pitched sound that _attracts_ fish into the nets, Ahmad _said_. Fisheries Department Director General Shahrom Abdul Majid _told_ a newspaper he _was_ convinced the explanation _was_ accurate. He _was quoted_ as _saying_ that some aquariums in Japan _release_ piped music into tanks and the fish _move_ to the rhythm. "It almost _looks_ as if they _were dancing_," he _said_. "I also _heard_ of fishermen in the east coast [of Malaysia] _knocking_ bamboo sticks underwater _to produce_ a sound which _attracts_ a particular species of fish," Shahrom _said_. "Light can also _be used_ as an effective way of _luring_ fish, but most people _don't know_ fish also _respond_ to all kinds of sound," he _added_. The criminal innovation _came_ to light because of the unusually high number of telephone thefts last year. Normally, only about 800 of the 40,000 pay phones _installed_ throughout the country _are vandalized_ every year, Ahmad _was quoted_ as _saying_.
1 series/number 2 through 3 looking 4 with 5 to 6 what 7 this 8 very 9 without 10 sales/pep 11 to 12 by 13 what 14 said/answered/etc 15 There 16 mentioned 17 told/informed 18 for 19 on 20 let
1) D 2) C 3) B 4) B 5) A 6) D 7) D 8) C 9) B 10) C
1) with 2) off / out3) by 4) After / On 5) for 6) ourselves 7) for / towards 8) had 9) all / right 10) no 11) making / heading 12) of 13) delight / joy 14) sight / spectacle 15) ends 16) them 17) search 18) somewhere 19) far 20) there
1) The firm made a loss of 100,000 pounds last year owing to strikes. 2) John might be said to be a little difficult sometimes. 3) He booked in advance to avoid having to join the rush hour later on. 4) I sent that elderly woman in the wrong direction, I'm afraid. 5) The book I wanted was little / not often / seldom in demand. 6) The car needn't / doesn't need to be washed till tomorrow. 7) It was strong tea because he'd used too many spoonfuls. 8) Would you mind my asking / if I asked (you) a personal question? 9) It was the first time I had had to do anything so difficult. or It was the most difficult thing I had ever had to do. 10) The ink was too faded for me to read the words.
1 - D 2 - B 3 - B 4 - C 5 - A 6 - C 7 - A 8 - C 9 - A 10 - C
1 - A 2 - B 3 - C 4 - B 5 - D 6 - D 7 - D 8 - A 9 - A 10 - D
1) B, C 2) A, D 3) B, E 4) D, E 5) C, D 6) B, D 7) A, B 8) B, C 9) B, E 10) C, D 11) B, C 12) D, E
1) at 2) --- 3) down 4) --- 5) from 6) --- 7) were 8) the 9) such 10) a 11) over 12) of 13) if 14) --- 15) who 16) on 17) have
1) B C 2) A C 3) B C 4) A D 5) B D 6) C E 7) A D 8) D E 9) B E 10) C D 11) A C 12) C D
1) B 2) C 3) A 4) B 5) D 6) B 7) C 8) D 9) A 10) B 11) A
1) A bird in the hand F) is worth two in the bush. 2) It's no use J) crying over spilt milk. 3) One swallow G) doesn't make a summer. 4) There's no smoke A) without fire. 5) Strike while I) the iron is hot. 6) The proof of the pudding B) is in the eating. 7) Once bitten, H) twice shy. 8) Truth is stranger E) than fiction. 9) Easier said C) than done. 10) Easy come, D) easy go.
1) As cool G) as a cucumber. 2) As thick E) as two short planks. 3) As light A) as a feather. 4) As regular J) as clockwork. 5) As fit B) as a fiddle. 6) As good I) as gold. 7) As dry C) as a bone. 8) As heavy D) as lead. 9) As high H) as a mountain. 10) As deep F) as the sea.
1) have an unusually good effect - work wonders 2) too much work and not enough relaxation will make people bored - all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy 3) a job that one expects to do in the course of one's work; something that is not very difficult - it's all in the day's work 4) if people work together, they can do a job more easily - many hands make light work 5) quickly and easily successful - work like a charm 6) when people don't have enough work to do, they make trouble - the devil finds work for idle hands 7) criminal activity - dirty work 8) too tiring or troublesome to do - too much like hard work 9) laziness is wrong - hard work never hurt anybody 10) an unpleasant or dangerous person - a nasty piece of work Almost all my colleagues from the office came to help us, and we were able to paint the house very quickly, because many hands make light work. This new medicine the doctor prescribed for me worked wonders. I don't want to be on the team if Jack is there too; he's a nasty piece of work. Don't leave your children at home with nothing to do; the devil finds work for idle hands. Your marketing ideas really worked like a charm for our company. He was very cunning; he always had others do the dirty work for him, so the police couldn't catch him. I believe your son is taking his studies too seriously; you know the saying: all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. I thought it would be very difficult to have the tap repaired, but Fred said it was it's all in the day's work for him. His garden is very untidy; looking after it would be too much like hard work for him. Why don't you concentrate more on your job? Hard work never hurt anybody, you know.
1) Luckily the man turned out to be a very successful businessman. 2) He's very rich, but he's a crook: he's obtained almost everything he owns dishonestly! 3) I'll always remember his first novel: it's unforgettable. 4) That old man's very selfish: he thinks of no one but himself. 5) The ring she lost was given to her by her mother and is irreplacable. 6) The club meets every other week, so it's a fortnightly meeting. 7) What she did was perfectly lawful, so she neeedn't fear the police. 8) I know he promised to do the job, but he's very unreliable. 9) I had no idea where we were: we were hopelessly lost! 10) He accepted what had happened to him very philosophically.
1 - H 2 - J 3 - A 4 - L 5 - B 6 - E 7 - C 8 - K 9 - D 10 - I 11 - F 12 -G
1) back 2) band 3) bridge 4) lunch 5) pounds 6) cat 7) gold 8) horse 9) safe 10) chew 11) chickens 12) taste 13) pudding 14) smooth 15) cooks
1) A 2) A 3) B 4) D 5) C 6) D 7) B 8) A 9) C 10) A 11) D 12) D
1) impossible 2) immature 3) inexperienced 4) incomplete 5) incorrect 6) impractical 7) indirect 8) irrelevant 9) incapable 10) insincere 11) inaccurate 12) insensitive 13) illegitimate 14) invisible 15) illegal 16) inconvenient 17) illogical
1 - B 2 - A 3 - C 4 - D 5 - C 6 - C 7 - A 8 - C 9 - B 10 - A 11 - A 12 - B
1) signature 2) hopeless 3) accuracy 4) inspection 5) overflowed 6) daily 7) dangerous 8) explosion 9) conscientious 10) tropical
1 - C 2 - B 3 - D 4 - C 5 - A 6 - C 7 - D 8 - C 9 - B 10 - A 11 - B 12 - C
1 - B 2 - D 3 - B 4 - D 5 - C 6 - A 7 - D 8 - B 9 - C 10 - B 11 - A 12 - D
1) C 2) D 3) D 4) B 5) C 6) A 7) B 8) D 9) B 10) A 11) A 12) B
1) C 2) A 3) B 4) B 5) D 6) A 7) C 8) C 9) A 10) C 11) C 12) D
1) B 2) C 3) A 4) C 5) B 6) D 7) C 8) A 9) B 10) D 11) A 12) C
1) A 2) B 3) D 4) C 5) A 6) D 7) B 8) A 9) C 10) B 11) D 12) A
1) B 2) A 3) B 4) A 5) D 6) C 7) B 8) D 9) A 10) C
1) B 2) D 3) A 4) C 5) D 6) A 7) B 8) B 9) A 10) D
1 - C 2 - A 3 - D
1) False 2) Not found in the text 3) True 4) True 5) Not found in the text 6) False 7) False 8) True 9) True 10) True 11) True 12) Not found in the text 13) True 14) True 15) False 16) True
The missing last sentence: While the FDA doesn't have to go along with such recommendations, it usually does.
The correct order: Godzilla the Germ: 7, 3, 13, 1, 4, 10, 11, 9 Sharks to the Rescue: 5, 14, 12, 8, 2, 6
1 - C 2 - E 3 - A 4 - B Sentence "D" is not needed.
The correct order: C - E - A - D - B
1) True 2) False 3) False 4) Not stated 5) False
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated 4) True 5) True
1) I 2) E 3) K 4) B 5) F 6) L 7) A 8) M 9) C 10) J 11) G
1) D 2) H 3) B 4) E 5) F 6) A
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