- •6. Why are these utterances wrong?
- •7. Classify these words into nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions or prepositions.
- •8. Why do these nonsense sentences sound acceptable? How can you transform them?
- •9. What do the utterances in each of these groups have in common? What distinguishes the sentences within each group from each other?
- •1. Complete the text. Give your own examples to illustrate how you understood it:
- •2. What part of speech will complete each blank in the following sentences? Complete each sentence with meaningful words.
- •3. Tell the part of speech of each italicized word in the following sentences and explain what the word does in the sentence.
- •4. What are the possible functions of the words in italics?
- •5. What is the function of the expressions in italics?
- •6. What do the following utterances have in common?
- •7. Complete the text filling in the gaps. Compare your ideas with those of your partner :
- •8. Complete the following text filling in the gaps:
- •9. Find and circle the correct sentence. Explain your choices.
- •Unit 2: nouns
- •Test Your Grammar
- •1. Choose the correct word.
- •2. Choose the most suitable word underlined.
- •3. Fill in each space in the following sentences with an appropriate noun.
- •4. Match the words from two columns to form compound nouns
- •5. Translate the words in brackets
- •6. Work out the rules how to build the plural of irregular nouns which retain their original Greek or Latin forms by analyzing examples:
- •Golden Rules
- •1. Here are seven groups of nouns. Look in the box and find two more nouns to add to each group.
- •2. Underline the correct word:
- •3. Would you normally expect to find the following things in most people's houses/flats or garages/gardens? Where in those places would you expect to find them? Discuss in pairs.
- •4. Answer these remarks using the word in brackets, as in the example. Use a(n) if the meaning is countable.
- •5. What is the difference between (a) and (b) in each pair?
- •10. Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
- •11. Give the plural forms of the following irregular nouns of Latin and Greek origin:
- •12. Give the singular of the following words:
- •13. Choose the best combination for each blank.
- •14. Choose the right verb.
- •17. Match the expressions on the left with their meanings on the right.
- •18. What do you call these?
- •19. Choose the correct noun group.
- •20. Add suffixes to form nouns:
- •22. Decide whether the following compound nouns are countable or uncountable.
- •23. Complete the sentences below with one of the following compound nouns.
- •24. Right or wrong? Find correct sentences; rewrite incorrect ones.
- •Achievement Test
- •1. Complete the sentences with is, are, has or have.
- •2. Complete each sentence with a/an , some or by leaving the space blank.
- •3. Choose the most suitable word underlined.
- •4. Put one suitable word in each space.
- •5. Complete each sentence with the most suitable word or phrase.
- •6. Choose the most appropriate meaning for each sentence.
- •7. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words.
- •8. Complete each sentence with one suitable word from the list. Use each word once only.
- •9. Complete each sentence with one suitable word from the list. Use each word once only.
- •10. Correct the errors:
- • Common uncountable nouns
- • Common pieces and amounts
- •Unit 3: articles
- •Insert the appropriate articles in the following sentences. Part a
- •Part c
- •2. Insert the appropriate articles in the following sentences. What type of nouns have you dealt with in every section?
- •3. Translate the phrases in brackets from Russian into English:
- •4. Select any two paragraphs from an English newspaper or magazine (also available in the Internet). Find the articles and classify their uses.
- •3. Translate the following extracts into English paying attention to articles.
- •Insert the appropriate articles in the following sentences.
- •Unit 4: pronouns Test Your Grammar
- •30 Points
- •1. Study the chart below carefully. Can you give examples of all groups of the pronouns mentioned?
- •2. Some of the above-mentioned groups can be further subdivided. Which ones?
- •3. Do all the pronouns have the categories of number, case and gender? The table below can help you answer this question.
- •1. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate pronouns:
- •I. There is/ it is:
- •2. Translate the phrases in brackets from Russian into English:
- •3. Explain what each pronoun in bold refers to in the following sentences. Part a
- •Part b
- •Communication Practice
- •1. Circle the demonstratives in job vacancy announcements and discuss in pairs to what phrases they refer to.
- •3. Complete the telephone following dialogue by adding some, any, or a related word or phrase. Then make a similar dialogue calling different departments.
- •1. Rewrite the following dialogue using the appropriate pronouns to replace the underlined words.
- •3. Read the following personal diary entries and suggest corrections. Then write an entry of your own.
- •1. Read the following sentences carefully and choose the correct word
- •2. Translate the words in brackets into English.
- •3. Correct a mistake.
- •60 Points unit 5: adjectives, adverbs, numerals
- •1. Choose the right word.
- •2. Choose the most appropriate alternative (a, b, c or d) to complete the sentence.
- •3. Correct the mistakes.
- •Points to Think of
- •1.1. Compare the following pairs of sentences and indicate whether the highlighted word is an adverb or an adjective:
- •1.2. Complete the rule and find suitable examples from 1.1.
- •2.1. Complete the missing information in the charts using the examples:
- •2.2. Other ways of making comparisons are:
- •2.3. Fill in the chart and find suitable examples using the following adverbs:
- •4. Pick out the numerals from the following sentences and sort them out into two groups.
- •Golden Rules
- •1. Spelling Notes:
- •2. Meaning and Usage:
- •1. Complete the sentences with the words below. More than one answer may be correct
- •2. Paraphrase the sentences beginning with the given words.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the words in brackets in the appropriate degree of comparison. Use than where necessary.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with any suitable word
- •5. Put the adverbs in the right place
- •6. Which is the correct order?
- •7. Put in dozen(s) (of), hundred(s) (of), thousand(s) (of) or million(s) (of).
- •8. Translate the words in brackets into English:
- •Communication Practice
- •1. Work in pairs. Choose any of the topics below and compare the two notions. Make sure you give at least three similarities and differences.
- •2. Ask you partner the quiz question, then count the Yes answers and summarize your partner’s image. How Ambitious Are You?
- •If you have…
- •Writing Practice
- •I. This is a tape script of a radio programme about London. Unfortunately, the transmission was bad. Restore the script using the words from the box.
- •II. Write about the town that you come from or any other place you know well using the sentences in part a as a model.
- •III. Write these figures in words.
- •Achievement Test
- •I. Find the mistakes and correct them. If there are no mistakes, put a .
- •II. Choose the right adverb in each sentence.
- •III. Complete the conversation. Put in good, well (x2), bad, badly and ill.
- •IV. Choose the correct form of the words given in brackets.
- •V. Translate the adverbs in brackets into English.
- •VI. Translate into English.
- •Unit 6 The Verb: Tenses Active voice
- •1. Chose the correct tense form:
- •2. Fill in the gaps using necessary forms of the verbs in brackets Drama in the air at 2,000 ft
- •1. Correct all possible mistakes:
- •Present and past Tenses
- •Golden Rules
- •2 Match the questions and answers.
- •3 Put in the correct tense.
- •4. Complete the sentences with suitable verbs from the box. Use the past simple or past continuous.
- •5 Choose the right tenses (present perfect, past or past perfect; simple or progressive).
- •6. Choose the best tense.
- •7. Open the brackets using necessary forms of the verbs:
- •8. Complete the text with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets.
- •9. Read the article and decide which word or phrase below best fits each space. Circle the letter of the option you choose.
- •10. Complete the texts with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets.
- •Communication Practice
- •2. Choose the correct alternative(s):
- •Unit 7 : The Verb: Tenses. Passive voice
- •Test Your Grammar
- •1. Paraphrase each of the following sentences in such a way that it is similar to the sentence before it.
- •2. Use the correct tenses and passive forms of the verbs in brackets. Fishy Tales
- •20 Points Points to think of
- •Golden Rules
- •2. Make sentences passive where possible:
- •4. In each sentence there is one mistake. Find and correct it.
- •5. Supply active and passive forms in these sentences using the verbs in brackets. Some variations in tense may be possible.
- •6. Rewrite these sentences using passive forms:
- •Communication Practice
- •1. Making Plans
- •2. Beauty Talk
- •3 Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals.
- •Unit 8. Reported speech Test Your Grammar
- •Dorect and indirect (reported) speech
- •Indirect statements
- •Indirect questions
- •Indirect orders and requests.
- •Offers, suggestions and advice
- •Indirect exclamations.
- •2. Change the sentences into reported speech. Chose the most appropriate verb from the list, using each verb only once, and choose an appropriate tense form for the verb in that-clause.
- •3. Complete these sentences with either said or told.
- •4. Using told, report each sentence in one of two different ways, depending on whether it is information or instruction.
- •5. You have to report these suggestions, using the verb suggest and making any other appropriate changes in the sentences.
- •6. Report these dialogues:
- •9. Put in the correct forms and tenses of the numbered verb
- •10. Report these telephone messages. Make sure that you change tenses, pronouns and adverbs as necessary.
- •11. Report these sentences. Decide whether to change the tenses and adverbs of time and place.
- •12. Translate the following sentences.
- •1. Report the following:
- •2. This text would be improved if at least seven of the verbs were passive. Underline the phrases that should go into passive and rewrite them below.
- •3. Fill in the gaps using necessary forms of the verbs in brackets.
- •4. Find which sentences are wrong and correct them.
- •5. Report what these people said using the suitable reporting verbs in the past tense.
- •6. Translate the following sentences as indirect questions, using the polite formula.
- •Unit 9: conjunctions Test Your Grammar
- •20 Points
- •1 Say whether the linking word used in each of the following sentences is a subordinating conjunction or a coordinating conjunction.
- •2 What kind of relationship do the conjunctions express in the following sentences?
- •I Complete the following sentences with the appropriate conjunctions from the box.
- •2 Combine the following sentences to show the relationships between the ideas. Make the necessary changes.
- •You are gossiping about your colleagues Richard and Jane who have been dating for several years and are thinking of getting married. Make use of the clues provided.
- •20 Points unit 10: prepositions
- •50 Points
- •1 Read through the table and add the missing prepositions.
- •2 Match the prepositional combinations on the left with the appropriate explanations on the right.
- •I Fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions. Part a
- •Part b
- •2 Paraphrase the following sentences using the verbs in brackets
- •3 Translate the phrases in brackets from Russian into English.
- •4 Translate into English.
- •Discuss the following ideas with your partner. Part a
- •Part b
- •Part c
- •1 Choose the correct word in brackets.
- •2 Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions. Part b
- •50 Points
- •Verbs with prepositions
- •Nouns with prepositions
- •Further Practice Section: Tests Bank Test 1
- •Test 2
- •Test 3
- •Test 4
- •Test 5
- •Test 6
- •Test 7
- •Test 8
- •Sources of Reference
Test 8
1 Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form.
0 While I (try) was tryingto adjust my armchair, our division head (offer)offeredto help me.
1 I (wait) ___________________________________ for you for more than an hour! What (you do) ___________________________________ all this time?
2 While I (walk) ___________________________________ to the car park, I realised I (leave) ___________________________________ the computer on.
3 Why didn’t you let me know? If I (knew) ________________________________ you were on sick leave, I (come) ___________________________________ to see you.
4 Hello, Kate. I (phone) ___________________________________ to ask if you (do) ___________________________________ anything this Saturday.
5 By the time Mark Tyson (become) ___________________________________ heavyweight boxing champion he (win) ________________________________ over thirty fights.
6 I (not see) ___________________________________ you for ages. What (you do) ___________________________________ ?
7 Get a move on! I (think) ___________________________________ you (be) ___________________________________ ready by now.
8 If I (be) ___________________________________ in your shoes, I (not fritter) ___________________________________ so much money.
9 Danny’s plane (arrive) ___________________________________ tomorrow evening at 6.00 so we (meet) ___________________________________ him at the airport.
10 Wish me luck! If I (get) ___________________________________ the job, I (let) ___________________________________ you know.
2 Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the words given. Do not change the word given. Use between two and five words, including the given one.
0 Look at those black clouds! There’s snow on the way. to Look at those black clouds! It’sgoing to snow.
1 I’d prefer you not to wear jeans and sweaters to the office. rather I’d__________________________________________wear jeans and sweaters to the office.
2 We won’t get there in time for the interview without taking a taxi. unless We won’t get there in time for the interview____________________________________a taxi.
3 ‘I wouldn’t let the team miss the deadline if I were you, Jerry.’ advised Brad_________________________________________the team miss the deadline.
4 Although she had twisted her ankle, Sandy still won the race. twisting Sandy still won the race,____________________________________ her ankle.
5 Andy enjoys playing squash more than I do. as I don’t enjoy playing squash______________________________________does.
6 I regret handing in a notice. wish I________________________________________________________a notice.
7 Nobody has bought stationary for weeks! hasn’t The stationary_______________________________________________for weeks.
8 It was the worst problem I had ever faced. never I ______________________________________________ a grave problem before.
9 Have you got a bigger size than this? the Is __________________________________________________ you have got?
10 A colleague is dealing with our customers while I’m away. care A colleague _____________________________________ our customers while I’m away.
3 Some of the lines in the following text are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Mark the correct lines with a tick. If a line has a word which should not be there, write this word out.
Foreign travel
Nowadays more and more people enjoy 0
foreign travel, and take up their holidays in 00 up
the distant countries. However, not everyone 1 ______
has had the same reason for travelling. Some 2 ______
of people travel so that they can practise 3 ______
foreign languages, or because they want to 4 ______
see well-known sights in other countries. 5 ______
Lots of young people just want to have relax 6 ______
and make up new friends. Personally, I would like 7 ______
to travel abroad for the excitement! I have never 8 ______
been visited to a foreign country before, but I have 9 ______
been planning a trip around Europe by the train with 10 ______
some friends of mine. As we are students, and so we can 11 ______
buy cheaper tickets. One of my friends went on 12 ______
having this kind of trip a few years ago. She stayed in 13 ______
youth hostels, and managed to spend a very little 14 ______
money. I think that this would be an exciting holiday. 15 ______
4 Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the words given. Do not change the word given. Use between two and five words, including the given one.
0 Look at those black clouds! There’s snow on the way. to Look at those black clouds! It’sgoing to snow.
1 I don’t play golf as well as you do. better You_________________________________________________________ do.
2 You ought to have your equipment replaced. be Your equipment_______________________________________________ replaced.
3 The last time I saw Nick was before he took up his new job. since I ______________________________________________ he took up his new job.
4 The performance was so touching that I burst out crying. a It was______________________________________ that I burst out crying.
5 I’ve never seen the printing machine before. first This is________________________________________ seen a printing machine.
6 ‘You stole the money, Jeremy, didn’t you!’ said the supervisor. accused The supervisor ___________________________________________ the money.
7 It is vital that this letter is posted today. must This letter__________________________________________________ today.
8 ‘Has the meeting been cancelled?’ asked one of the employees. whether One of the employees wanted to___________________________ been cancelled.
9 My advice is to launch a new product. better I think___________________________________________ launch a new product..
10 They believe a self starter can to carry out this project. believed A self starter________________________________ to carry out this project.
5 Decide which alternative (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
University sports day
Our university sports competitions were held last week, and the (0) B afternoon was a disaster. For a start, very (1)_____ students bothered to turn (2)_____ , and there is nothing (3)_____ than trying to win a race with only three or four people cheering you on. It rained (4)_____ afternoon, from the moment the first starting pistol (5)_____ fired, until the last medal had (6)_____ presented. I was in the high jump, (7)_____ meant running up to do my best jump and then landing (8)_____ a pool of cold muddy water. It was raining (9)_____ hard that we couldn’t see the runners in the 5,000 metres, and it (10)_____ out that they had all stopped (11)_____ the other side of the field to shelter under a tree. My other event was the javelin, but (12)_____ time I tried to throw, the javelin kept slipping from my hand. In (13)_____ case, I couldn’t see where I was throwing, and when I (14)_____ finally manage to launch my javelin into the air, it disappeared in the direction of the park, and was never seen (15)_____ .
0 A allB wholeC totalD final
1 AlittleBsmallCfewDrare
2 AupBaboutCroundDover
3 AlikeBbetterCleftDworse
4 AbyBtheCentireDall
5 AhadBwasChasDbeen
6 AtoBhadCbeenDitself
7 AwhichBandCsoDnevertheless
8 AonBatCinDto
9 AsoBasCandDvery
10 AworkedBfoundClookedDturned
11 AunderBonCthroughDabout
12 AfirstBinCeveryDa
13 AthisBtheCwhateverDany
14 AdidBhadCshouldDhave
15 AthereBagainCtoDback
6 Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the words given. Do not change the word given. Use between two and five words, including the given one.
0 Look at those black clouds! There’s snow on the way. to Look at those black clouds! It’sgoing to snow.
1 A year ago we hadn’t even set up our company! last This______________________________________________ hadn’t even set up our company!
2 Without your help, our project would have fallen through. for If it________________________________ , our project would have fallen through.
3 Nobody knows anything about the far-reaching plans of the Chair of the Board of Directors. about Nothing______________________________ the far-reaching plans of the Chair of the Board of Directors.
4 My boss made me work hard. was I___________________________________________________ hard.
5 ‘I’m awfully sorry, Renee, but I’ve broken your calculator,’ said Michael. to Michael ____________________________________________________ her calculator.
6 Please see that you close the filing cabinets when you go. open Please don’t__________________________________________ when you go.
7 Unless we leave now, we’ll miss the main speaker’s presentation. if We’ll miss main speaker’s presentation __________________________________ now.
8 Does your company own these two cars?belong Do_________________________________________________________ your company?
9 The sales rate hasn’t been so bad for a long time. has Rarely________________________________________________ been so bad.
10 I won’t sell my shares, no matter how much you offer me. price Whatever__________________________________ my shares, I won’t sell it.