Exercise 1             Descriptions

Below there are three dialogues. Put one of the words in the box into each gap.

worst	Latest	more	as (x2)	funniest
funnier	Than	friendlier	tastier	like
was	What	the	most

 

• I started a new job today, working in an office.
• Really! How did it go?
• It was OK. I was a bit nervous.
• What are the other people (a) like?
• They’re very nice. They seem (b) friendlier than the people in my old job, and the job is much (c) more
• You worked in a shop before, didn’t you?
• Working in an office is better (d) than working in a shop, I’ll tell you! That was the (e) worst job I’ve ever had. I hated it.

 

• We went out for a meal to Luigi’s last night – you know that new Italian restaurant.
• Mm, I know. What (f) was it like?
• It was (g) the best Italian meal I’ve ever had, and it wasn’t as expensive (h) as Giovanni’s, so I think we’ll go there again.
• Giovanni’s used to be the (i) most popular restaurant around here, but then it started getting very expensive.
• And the service isn’t (j) as good as it used to be.
• What did you have?
• Paul and I both had veal, but mine was cooked in wine and herbs, and it was (k) tastier than Paul’s. But he liked it.
• It sounds great.
• Have you read John Harrison’s (l) latest book, Going Round the World?
• (m) What’s it like?
• I think it’s the (n) funniest book he’s written. I laughed out loud all the way through.
• I didn’t like The Truth and the Light, the one that came out last year.
• Neither did I. This one’s much (o)
• Can I borrow it?

 

Exercise 2             Correct the mistakes

In the following pairs of sentences, one is correct, and in the other there is a mistake. Tick (+) the correct one.

Example      I have watched TV last night.

I watched TV last night.  +

• I have lived in Chesswood for five years. +

I live in Chesswood for five years.

• We moved here after my daughter was born.+

We have moved here after my daughter was born.

• Before that we have lived in London.

Before that we lived in London.+

• I am a teacher since I left university.

I have been a teacher since I left university.+

• I went to Bristol University in 1984.+

I have been to Bristol University in 1984.

• We have studied English since three years.

We have studied English for three years.+

• I never went to Russia, but I’d like to.

I have never been to Russia, but I’d like to.+

 

 

 

Exercise 3             Tenses

Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense. The tenses used are the Present Simple, the Past Simple, and the Present Perfect.

Example      I got (get) up at 7.00 this morning.

 

Carla Brown has a job in advertising. It’s a good job, and she (a) earns over £20,000 a year. She (b) was studying marketing at college, and then (c) found a job with a small advertising agency in Manchester. Since then she (d) changed her job several times. Now she (e) works for Jerome and Jerome, which is a big company with offices all over the world. She (f) has been with the company for three years.

The company has clients in America, and she (g) was there several times on business. Last year she (h) spent six months there.

 

Exercise 4             Have to or should?

Complete the sentences with a form of have to, don’t have to, should or shouldn’t.

Example:     If you feel ill, you should go to bed.

• When you catch a plane, you have to check in before you board the plane.
• You shouldn’t have too much hand luggage.
• You should wear comfortable clothing.
• A pilot has to train for many years.
• People who want to smoke have to sit in certain seats.
• You don’t have to wear your seat belt all the time. You can take it off.
• But you have to wear it at take-off and landing.
• You shouldn’t drink too much alcohol because you might be ill.
• There is often a film on a long flight, but you don’t have to watch it. You can go to sleep.
• When you’ve got your luggage, you have to go through Customs.

 

 

Exercise 5             Time clauses

Put the words in the right order to make sentences. Write the sentences into the table.

Example      bath     I     when     home     will     get     have     a     I

                    I will have a bath when I get home.

                   

If I hear any news I will phone you.

I will pay you as soon as I can back.

                    If you stop smoking you will feel better.

                    Peter will buy a car when he has enough money.

                    If you have a problem, I will help you.

 

Exercise 6             Tenses

Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense. The tenses used are the Present Simple and the will- Future.

 

• I will call you when lunch is
• If you are late, I will go without you.
• If she passes her driving test, she will buy a car.
• I will go home as soon as I finish
• If my neighbours do not stop making a noise, I will go round and complain.

 

 

Exercise 7             Used to or the Past Simple?

Look at the profile of the singer, Andy Goodchild. Complete the sentences, using used to where possible, or the Past Simple.

Example      He used to live with his parents in Leeds.

He had his first guitar when he was six.

Factfile on Andy Goodchild   Andy’s highly successful solo career began in 1984/ He now lives in London with his wife, Suzy, and their daughter, Trixie. Andy tells us about his background.   1959 – 80 Lived in Leeds with my parents 1965 My first guitar! 1970 – 80 Bradford School 1971 – 75 Wrote songs with a friend called Keith 1976 – 83 Played with a band called the Forwards 1979 – 82 Played in pubs and clubs 1980 Started going out with a girl called Mandy June 1981 Number one record, She’s mine 1982 Toured the United States 1983 Broke up with Mandy 1984 Went solo August 1985 Pop festival in Los Angeles

 

• He used to go to Bradford School.
• He used to play football for the school.
• He used to sing songs with a friend called Keith.
• He used to play with The Forwards.
• The Forwards used to play in pubs and clubs.
• In 1981 he released a number one record.
• He started going out with a girl called Mandy.
• The Forwards toured the United States in 1982.
• Andy went solo in 1984.
• He had a pop festival in Los Angeles the following year.

 

Exercise 8             Questions

Write questions about the words in italics.

Example      Somebody broke the window.

Who broke the window?

They are talking about somebody. Who are they talking about?

Peter works for somebody. Who does Peter work for?

Somebody hit Lilly. Who hit Lily?

What smells awful?  Something smells awful!

Who does Jeremy live with? Jeremy lives with someone.

What are Mike and Polly arguing about? Mike and Polly are arguing about something.

What are you listening to? Sh! I’m listening to something.

Who gave you £100? Someone gave me £100!

Who told you that Ann was getting married? Someone told me Ann was getting married!

What has just crept across the carpet? Something has just crept across the carpet!

 

VOCABULARY

Exercise 9             Words that go together

Match a line in A with a line in B.

A	B
play	the drums
alarm	clock
win	an award
part-time	work
traffic	lights
departure	lounge
sign	post
notice	board
rush	hour
work	in shifts

Exercise 10           Homophones

In the following sentences, the word in italics is the wrong homophone. The word sounds right, but the spelling is wrong. Correct the spelling.

Example      I new Peter when we were at school.  → knew

• I got a cheque for £50 in the post.
• We read about the accident in the newspaper.
• How much is the fare to Manchester?
• Do you like my shirt? I bought it in a
• I didn’t mean to break your bike. Sorry.

 

Exercise 11           Adverbs

Put one of the adverbs from the box into each gap.

too

exactly

only

even

especially

• I’m hungry. I only had a piece of toast this morning.
• I like the Impressionists, especially
• It is exactly three fifty-five and twenty seconds.
• Paul plays the guitar and sings, too.
• Everyone liked the curry I cooked, even Malcolm, who usually hates hot food.

 

Exercise 12           Opposites

Choose an adjective from the box. Write it next to its opposite.

Example      cheap – expensive

generous	well-behaved	pleased	Tidy	quiet
beautiful	interesting	modern	poor	miserable

 

a	ugly — beautiful	f	wealthy — poor
b	annoyed — pleased	g	happy -miserable
c	noisy — quiet	h	naughty – well-behaved
d	mean — generous	i	boring — interesting
e	old — modern	j	messy -tidy

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GRAMMAR

Exercise 1             Irregular past tenses

Here are twenty verbs. Ten are regular and ten are irregular. Write in the Past Simple and Past Participle for the irregular verbs only.

	Past Simple	Past Participle
appear
bring	brought	brought
climb
fall	fell	fallen
feel	felt	felt
forget	forgot	forgotten
improve
invent
know	knew	known
let	let	let
lose	lost	lost
manage
pass
pick
speak	spoke	spoken
start
tell	told	told
understand	understood	understood
use
want

 

Exercise 2             Active or passive?

Underline the correct form in the following sentences.

Example      Portuguese speaks / is spoken in Brazil.

• That’s the third time he has failed / has been failed the exam.
• ‘Hot Lips’ wrote / was written by Celia Young.
• A lot of trees cut down / were cut down to build that house.
• They don’t grow / aren’t grown bananas in Scotland.
• Some pictures have taken / have been taken from the museum.

Exercise 3             Passives

Put the words in the right order to make sentences.

English is spoken all over the world.

Nylon has been made since 1932.

Why wasn’t I invited to Mary’s party?

When will be the new bridge built?

They were asked to design a new car.

Exercise 4             Second Conditional

Use each verb in B once only and make five sentences from the chart.

A	B	C	D	E
If I	lived	a dictionary	I’d   I wouldn’t	go to see her.
	earned	you		look up the word.
	knew	in Brazil		marry George.
	had	more money		learn Portuguese.
	were	Maria’s address		save it.

Write the complete sentences here.

1.    If I lived in Brazil I’d learn Portuguese.

2.    If I earned more money I’d save it.

3.    If I knew Maria’s address I’d go to see her.

4.    If I had a dictionary I’d look up the word.

5.    If I were you I wouldn’t marry George.

 

Exercise 5             Second Conditional and might

Read the text about Jane. Then complete the sentences below.

Jane’s unhappy at home and unhappy at work. She has a boring job and she doesn’t earn much money. Her boss says that he will perhaps give her a pay rise next month, but he isn’t sure yet. She doesn’t have a car and she goes to work on crowded buses every day.  She doesn’t have a flat, she lives in a small room above a noisy restaurant in the centre of town. She finds it difficult to sleep because the restaurant doesn’t close until after midnight. She thinks that she will perhaps go and live with her friend Wendy but she isn’t sure yet because she likes living on her own.

 

Example      Jane wouldn’t be unhappy if she lived in a quiet flat.

• Jane would be happier if she had a more interesting job.
• Her boss might give her a pay rise.
• If she had a car, she would go to work by bus.
• If she didn’t live above a restaurant, she would find it easier to sleep.
• She might live with her friend Wendy.

 

Exercise 6             Present Perfect Simple and Continuous

In the following pairs of sentences only one is correct.

Put a plus (+) next to the correct one.

• I saw her five minutes ago.+

I’ve seen her five minutes ago.

• We are here since last Saturday.

We’ve been here since last Saturday.+

• How long have you known Wendy? +

How long have you been knowing Wendy?

• We haven’t made coffee yet.+

We didn’t make coffee yet.

• He is waiting to see the doctor since nine o’clock.

He has been waiting to see the doctor since nine o’clock.+

• When did you buy your new car? +

When have you bought your new car?

• Mary isn’t home. She’s been to work.

Mary isn’t home. She’s gone to work.+

• I’ve run in the park, so I’m tired.+

I’ve been running in the park, so I’m tired

• I’ve run round the park three times.

I’ve been running round the park three times.+

• They already had their dinner.

They’ve already had their dinner.+

Exercise 7             Present Perfect Continuous

Ask questions to find out How long…?

Example      — I’m learning English.

— How long have you been learning English?

a	— I’m waiting for a bus. How long have you been waiting for a bus?
b	— Tom’s saving up to buy a boat. How long has Tom been saving up to buy a boat?
c	— I’m having driving lessons. How long have you been having driving lessons?
d	— Alice is working in the library. How long has Alice been working in the library?
e	— The Greens are trying to sell their house. How long have the Greens been trying to sell their house?

Exercise 8             Reported statements and questions

Put the following sentences into reported speech.

Examples     ‘They live in Oxford,’ she said. → She said (that) they lived in Oxford.

‘Do you live in Oxford?’ she asked them. → She asked them if they lived in Ox­ford.

a	‘Do you often visit your aunt?’ she asked him. She asked him if he often visited his aunt.
b	‘I visit her every Sunday,’ he said. He said that he visited her every Sunday.
c	‘I took her some flowers for her birthday,’ he said. He said that he had taken her some flowers for her birthday.
d	‘What did you do at the weekend?’ he asked her. He asked her what had she done at the weekend.
e	‘I’ve forgotten,’ she said. She said that she had forgotten.

 

Exercise 9             Had or would?

 

All the following sentences have ‘d in them. Write it out in full to show if it is had or would.

Example      He’d left before I arrived. = had

• I told him that I’d like to come. = would
• When we’d had tea, we went for a walk. = had
• Why did you tell her that I’d broken the vase? = had
• If I had a car, I’d drive you there with pleasure. = would
• She said that he’d just given it to her. = had

 

Exercise 10           Tenses and verb forms

In the following newspaper article put the verb in brackets in the correct tense or verb form. Sometimes you will also have to decide whether the verb is active or passive.

Example      I asked John to do (do) the shopping but he hasn’t done (not do) it yet.

£200M Art Stolen   Paintings by Monet, Rembrandt, and Degas (a) were stolen from the Boston Museum. Yesterday afternoon two thieves wearing police uniforms arrived at the museum and asked the guard (b) to show them Monet’s paintings. They said that they (c) had received a telephone call at the police station that morning telling them that the paintings were in danger. The guard immediately let them (d) see the paintings. The thieves told him (e) to turn off the alarm system and then suddenly they made him (f) lie on the ground and they tied his arms and legs. They worked very quickly and carefully and when they (g) collected the best paintings they (h) left the museum quietly and calmly through the front door. The director of the museum, Karen Haas said: ‘The thieves (i) took our best pictures. I (j) have been working here for12 years and I can’t believe that this (k) happened. How did they manage (l) to take them so easily? They might (m) try (n) to sell them to an art collector in Europe, but this will be difficult because the paintings are so well known. If they (o) weren’t so well known, it would (p) be easier (q) to sell them. We have decided (r) to employ more guards and a new alarm system (s) has already been put in. I’m sure the police will find the thieves and our paintings, but they think it might (t) take a long time.’

VOCABULARY

Exercise 11           Multi-word verbs

Match a line in A with a line in B.

A	B
I didn’t know the word,	so I looked it up.
I used to enjoy smoking,	but I gave it up.
People say French is difficult,	but I picked it up quite easily.
Don’t worry about the cat,	I’ll look after it.

 

Exercise 12           Prepositions

Put the correct preposition into each gap.

• I’ve been reading a story about two girls who travelled round the world.
• I sold my car for £2,000.
• If that machine weren’t out of order, I’d get you a drink.
• Do you believe in UFOs?
• He said that she was too young to buy alcohol and that it was against the law.
• Let me pay for the drinks.

Exercise 13           Words that go together

Match a line in A with a line in B.

A	B		A	B
never	mind		narrow	path
wear	a uniform		get	ready
wait	patiently		sun	glasses
drive	carefully		pop	concert
tell	the truth		rain	heavily
detective	story		interested	in computers
lose	weight		weather	forecast
give someone	a lift