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19. Match American and English equivalents and translate them.

American English

British English

subway

return

cab

shopassistant

apartment

company

corporation

autumn

downtown

petrol

highway

city centre

attorney

underground

baggage

time-table

soccer

luggage

railroad

taxi

round-trip-ticket

football

salesman

railway

ticket-office

motorway

one-way-ticket

lawyer

fall

flat

gas

single-ticket

schedule

booking-office

20. Put the verb in the correct form.

1. Jane doesn’t drink (not/drink) tea very often.

2. ‘What time ____________________________ (the banks/close) in Britain?

3. ‘Where _____________________________ (Martin/come) from?’ ‘He’s Scottish.’

4. ‘What ___________________________ (you/do)? ‘I’m an electrical engineer.’

5. It ____________________________ (take) me an hour to get to work. How long ______________________________ (it/take) you?

6. I ___________________________ (play) the piano but I ____________________ (not/play) very well.

7. I don’t understand this sentence. What _____________________ (this word/mean)?

21. Complete the text with the present simple form of the verbs.

  1. A solar eclipse (1) happens (happen) when the moon (2) ________________ (pass) in front of the sun. This only (3) ____________________ (take) place when there is a new moon.

  2. It (4) __________________ (last) for up to 7.5 minutes.

  3. During a solar eclipse, it is dark. The birds (5) _____________________.

  4. (not sing), and animals (6) ______________________ (keep) still and quiet.

  5. A solar eclipse (7) ______________________ (not happen) very often, and most.

  6. people (8) ___________________ (enjoy) seeing one. However, it’s important not to look straight at the sun. If you (9) _____________________ (not remember) this, you can damage your eyes.

  7. A lunar eclipse (10) ________________________ (occur) when the earth’s shadow (11) _________________________ (fall) on the moon. The moon (12) ____________________________ (look) dim until it (13) __________________________ (come) out from the shadow.

22. Complete the question with the present simple form of the verbs and answer these questions.

1. Which day of the week ___________ (you/go) to English classes?

2. _________________ (you/want) a cold drink?

3. How long _____________ (you/spend) on you homework?

4. ____________ (your sister/have) a mobile?

5. What time ________ (the post/come)?

6. __________ (the paper shop/sell) stamps?

7. Why __________ (he/not like) life in the city?

8. She couldn’t say she leads a double life ___________ (she/not have) two jobs.

9. What _____________ (he/do) at 12.00?

10. ____________ (they/not finish) work at two in the afternoon.

23. Fill the gaps with a suitable verb from the list and (if possible) a suitable adverb too. The first is done as an example.

analyze block depend look pay prefer

require sound speak specialize take try

1. Her secretary …generally takes… her calls when she's out.

2. We........................a 10% deposit for orders of this kind.

3. He.........................to be self-employed, rather than have a permanent job.

4. The switchboard........................outside calls from this extension.

5. I ............................ the statistics so I can't give you a decision yet.

6. We ........................ to boost our sales in the Japanese market.

7. He ......................... rudely to me whenever I call him on the intercom.

8. He ......................... strange on the phone, but really he's very nice.

9. We ........................ our agents 12.5% commission on net sales figures.

10. Our firm ........................ in acquiring real estate in Southern California.

11. I know it ........................ like our original model, but we've updated it.

12. I can't give you a definite date: it ........................ on our own suppliers.