English_Grammar_in_Use
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Mr. Kelly goes to church every Sunday. (not to the church) |
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After I finish high school, I want to go to college. |
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Ken's brother was sent to prison for robbing a bank. |
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We say: "be in or at school/college" (but "be in high school") and "be in prison/jail": |
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What did you learn at (or in) school today? |
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Ken's brother is in jail. (or in prison) |
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Mrs. Kelly went to the school to meet her son's teachers. (she went there as |
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Ken went to the prison to visit his brother. (as a visitor, not as a prisoner; |
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The workers went to the church to repair the roof. (they didn't go to a |
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"go home / come home / get home / arrive home" (no preposition): |
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Come on! Let's go home. |
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Will you be (at) home tomorrow? |
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UNIT 71 |
Exercises |
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Complete these sentences using the words in this unit. |
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Example: Fred robbed a bank but was caught by the police. He was sent |
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I was very tired and it was very late, so I went |
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Tom doesn't often go out in the evenings. He usually stays |
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Jill isn't a religious person. She never goes |
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In the U.S., children over the age of five have to go |
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Children sometimes get into trouble ifthey are late for |
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There is a lot of traffic in the morning when everybody is going |
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Fred was arrested by the police and spent the night |
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When Sue finishes high school, she wants to study economics |
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Bill never gets up before 9:00. It's 8:30 now, so he is still |
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Write short answers to these questions.
Example:· If you wanted to meet your children's teachers, where would you go?
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A friend of yours is in prison. Where would you go to visit your friend? |
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Where are criminals sent? |
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Where do children go during the day? |
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A friend of yours is at church. If you wanted to meet your friend immediately after the |
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Where can you go if you want to study after finishing high school? |
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Choose the correct form, with or without the.
Example: Ken's brother is in prison /;..·~n for robbery. ("prison" is correct)
1.Some children hate school/the school.
2.What time do your children finish school/the school?
3.Every term parents are invited to school/the school to meet the teachers.
4.After leaving high school/the high school, Jane worked as a nurse in a hospital.
5.All over the world, people are in prison / the prison because of their political beliefs.
6.The other day the fire department had to go to prison / the prison to put out a fire.
7.On the way to Boston we passed through a small village with an old church. We stopped to visit church / the church. It was a beautiful building.
8.John's mother is a regular churchgoer. She goes to church / the church every Sunday. John himself doesn't go to church / the church.
9.After work / the work, Ann usually goes home / to home.
10.Tom left college / the college without taking his exams.
11.I like to read in bed / the bed before going to sleep.
12.What time do you have to start work / the work tomorrow morning?
13."Did they catch the thief?" "Yes, I'm sure he's in jail / the jail by now."
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