- •Contents
- •Introduction
- •Key to symbols
- •Starting test
- •1. Word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc
- •2. Sentence structure: subject, verb, object, etc
- •3 Direct and indirect objects
- •4 The present continuous
- •4 The present simple
- •5 Present continuous or simple?
- •7 State verbs and action verbs
- •Test 1 Present tenses (Units 4-7)
- •8 The past simple
- •9 The past continuous
- •10 Past continuous or simple?
- •Test 2 Past simple and past continuous (Units 8-10)
- •11 The present perfect (1)
- •12 The present perfect (2): just, already, yet; for and since
- •13 The present perfect (3): ever, this week, etc
- •14 Present perfect or past simple? (1)
- •15 Present perfect or past simple? (2)
- •Test 3 Present perfect and past simple (Units 11-15)
- •16 The present perfect continuous
- •17 Present perfect continuous or simple?
- •18 The past perfect
- •19 Review of the past simple, continuous and perfect
- •20 The past perfect continuous
- •TEST 4 Past and perfect tenses (Units 16-20)
- •21 Review of present and past tenses
- •TEST 5 Present and past tenses (Unit 21)
- •22 Introduction to the future
- •23 Will and shall
- •24 Be going to
- •25 Will and be going to
- •26 Present tenses for the future
- •27 When I get there, before you leave, etc
- •TEST 6 The future with will, be going to and present tenses (Units 23-27)
- •28 Will be doing
- •29 Will have done and was going to
- •30 Review of the future
- •Test 7 The future (Units 23-30)
- •31 The verb have
- •32 Short forms, e.g. it's, don't
- •33 Emphatic do
- •34 Yes/no questions
- •35 Short answers, e.g. Yes, it is.
- •37 Subject/object questions
- •38 Prepositions in wh-questions
- •39 Who, what or which?
- •TEST 8 Questions (Units 34-39)
- •40 Negative statements
- •41 Negative questions
- •42 Question tags, e.g. isn't it?
- •43 So/Neither do I and I think so
- •TEST 9 Questions, negatives and answers (Units 34-43)
- •44 Ability: can, could and be able to
- •45 Permission: can, may, could and be allowed to
- •46 Possibility and certainty: may, might, could, must, etc
- •47 Necessity: must and have to
- •48 Necessity: mustn't, needn't, etc
- •49 Should, ought to, had better and be supposed to
- •50 Asking people to do things
- •51 Suggestions, offers and invitations
- •52 Will, would, shall and should
- •53 It may/could/must have been, etc
- •Modal verbs (Units 44-53)
- •54 Passive verb forms
- •55 Active and passive (1)
- •56 Active and passive (2)
- •57 Special passive structures
- •58 Have something done
- •59 To be done and being done
- •The passive (Units 54-59)
- •60 Verb + to-infinitive
- •61 Verb + ing-form
- •62 Verb + to-infinitive or verb + ing-form?
- •63 Like, start, etc
- •64 Remember, regret, try, etc
- •TEST 12 Verb + to-infinitive or ing-form (Units 60-64)
- •65 Verb + object + to-infinitive or ing-form
- •66 Question word + to-infinitive
- •67 Adjective + to-infinitive
- •68 For with the to-infinitive
- •69 The infinitive with and without to
- •70 Verb/Adjective + preposition + ing-form
- •71 Afraid to do or afraid of doing?
- •72 Used to do and be used to doing
- •73 Preposition or linking word + ing-form
- •74 See it happen or see it happening?
- •75 Some structures with the ing-form
- •TEST 13 The infinitive and the ing-form (Units 65-75)
- •76 Ship and water: countable and uncountable nouns
- •77 A carton of milk, a piece of information, etc
- •78 Nouns that can be countable or uncountable
- •79 Agreemen
- •80 Singular or plural?
- •81 Pair nouns and group nouns
- •82 Two nouns together
- •TEST 14 Nouns and agreement (Units 76-82)
- •85 A/an, one and some
- •86 Cars or the cars?
- •87 Prison, school, bed, etc
- •88 On Friday, for lunch, etc
- •89 Quite a, such a, what a, etc
- •90 Place names and the
- •TEST 15 A/an and the (Units 83-90)
- •91 This, that, these and those
- •92 My, your, etc and mine, yours, etc
- •93 The possessive form and of
- •94 Some and any
- •95 A lot of, lots of, many, much, (a) few and (a) little
- •96 All, half, most, some, no and none
- •97 Every, each, whole, both, either and neither
- •TEST 16 This, my, some, a lot of, all, etc (Units 91-97)
- •98 Personal pronouns, e.g. I, you
- •99 There and it
- •100 Reflexive pronouns
- •101 Emphatic pronouns and each other
- •102 The pronoun one/ones
- •103 Everyone, something, etc
- •TEST 17 Pronouns (Units 98-103)
- •104 Adjectives
- •105 The order of adjectives
- •106 The old, the rich, etc
- •107 Interesting and interested
- •108 Adjective or adverb? (1)
- •109 Adjective or adverb? (2)
- •Test 18 Adjectives and adverbs (Units 104-109)
- •110 Comparative and superlative forms
- •111 Comparative and superlative patterns (1)
- •112 Comparative and superlative patterns (2)
- •TEST 19 Comparative and superlative (Units 110-112)
- •113 Adverbs and word order
- •114 Yet, still and already
- •115 Adverbs of degree, e.g. very, quite
- •116 Quite and rather
- •117 Too and enough
- •TEST 20 Adverbs and word order (Units 113-117)
- •118 Prepositions of place
- •119 In, on and at (place)
- •120 In, on and at (time)
- •121 For, since, ago and before
- •123 Preposition + noun, e.g. on holiday
- •124 Noun + preposition, e.g. trouble with
- •125 Adjective + preposition, e.g. proud of
- •TEST 21 Prepositions (Units 118-125)
- •126 Prepositional verbs, e.g. wait for
- •127 Verb + object + preposition
- •128 Phrasal verbs (1)
- •129 Phrasal verbs (2)
- •130 Phrasal verbs (3)
- •131 Verb + adverb + preposition
- •TEST 22 Verbs with prepositions and adverbs (Units 126-131)
- •132 Direct speech and reported speech
- •133 Reported speech: person, place and time
- •134 Reported speech: the tense change
- •135 Reported questions
- •136 Reported requests, offers, etc
- •TEST 23 Reported speech (Units 132-136)
- •137 Relative clauses with who, which and that
- •138 The relative pronoun as object
- •139 Prepositions in relative clauses
- •140 Relative structures with whose, what and it
- •141 The use of relative clauses
- •142 Relative pronouns and relative adverbs
- •143 Relative clauses: participle and to-infinitive
- •TEST 24 Relative clauses (Units 137-143)
- •144 Conditionals (1)
- •145 Conditionals (2)
- •146 Conditionals (3)
- •147 Review of conditionals
- •148 If, when, unless and in case
- •149 Wish and if only
- •TEST 25 Conditionals and wish (Units 144-149)
- •150 But, although and in spite of
- •151 To, in order to, so that and for
- •152 Review of linking words
- •152 Exercises
- •153 Links across sentences
- •Appendix 1. Word formation
- •Appendix 2: The spelling of endings
- •Appendix 3: Punctuation
- •Appendix 5: American English
- •Appendix 6: Irregular verbs
- •Key to the starting test
- •Key to the exercises
- •Key to the tests
TEST 20 Adverbs and word order (Units 113-117)
Test 20A
Put each word in brackets into the sentence.
►Anna arrives for work, (late)
Anna arrives late for work.
1I like old cowboy films, (quite)
2Have you finished this magazine? (yet)
3This coat is big. (too)
4Have the children had their tea? (already)
5You don't look ill. (certainly)
6We don't go out. (much)
7I think everyone works hard, (fairly)
8I don't know the date of the meeting, (still)
9The others are getting ready, (just)
10I have to go to work, (on Saturdays)
Test 20B
Put the words in the right order to form a statement.
►I / love / really / these trousers
I really love these trousers.
1is / rather / silly / this game
2already / I've / paid / the bill
3enough / isn't / loud / the alarm
4easily / Jonathan / passed / the test
5a lot / cards / play / the children
6didn't / enough / sell / they / tickets
7ask / many / questions / too / you
8a member / any more / of the club / I'm / not
9enough / it's / outside / to sit / warm
Test 20C
Read the conversation. Then look at the answers below and write the correct answer in each space.
Martin: Hello, Nancy. (►) How are you? Have you found a job (1)……………….. ....? |
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No, I'm afraid not, but I'm (2)........ |
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than I expected. The problem is there just aren't (4) ......................... |
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jobs. |
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And there are too (5) .......................... |
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people looking for jobs. |
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Martin: I'm old enough (6)…………………….. remember when there was plenty of work. |
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Nancy: |
There used to be lots of work, but there isn't (7) |
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more. |
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I'm afraid I'm (8)…………………. longer as optimistic as I was a few weeks ago. |
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In fact I feel a (9) |
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depressed about it sometimes. |
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Don't worry. You'll (10)............................. |
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find something, I expect. |
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► a) How |
b) What |
c) Who |
d) Why |
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a) for |
b) of |
c) that |
d) to |
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a) longer |
b) soon |
c) still |
d) yet |
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a) any |
b) no |
c) now |
d) some |
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a) already |
b) more |
c) still |
d) yet |
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8 |
a) any |
b) never |
c) no |
d) not |
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a) more |
b) quite |
c) rather |
d) some |
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a) bit |
b) piece |
c) quite |
d) slightly |
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a) enough |
b) plenty |
c) right |
d) several |
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a) already |
b) yet |
c) soon |
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a) big |
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b) lot |
c) many |
d) much |
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Test 20 D
Each of these sentences has a mistake in it. Write the correct sentence.
► My friend calls always for me. My friend always calls jor me.
1I didn't last night sleep very well.
21 think I need to rest little.
3I-don't work for the company-longer.
4The article is fair interesting.
5Tessa locked carefully the door.
6You aren't enough tall to play basketball.
7We went yesterday to town.
8Hike this music much.
Test 20E
Write a second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the word in brackets.
►It's probable that the strike will be over soon, (probably)
The strike will probably be over soon.
1We often go to the cinema, (a lot)
2Adrian wears jeans all the time, (always)
3These shoes are too small, (big)
4I don't live in Birmingham any more, (no)
5Polly spent more money than she should have done in the sales, (too)
Prepositions of place
A Meanings
The bird is in/inside |
Sarah is diving in/into |
Tom is getting out of |
They're waiting outside |
the cage. |
the water. |
the car. |
the bank. |
The jug is on the table. |
The case is on top of the |
Emma is putting her |
Henry is falling off |
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wardrobe. |
luggage on/onto the |
the horse. |
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trolley. |
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Rachel is at the bus stop. |
The table is by/beside |
Jessica is sitting next to |
The airport is near |
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the bed. |
Andrew. |
Manchester. |
The coach is going to |
The letter is from |
Matthew is walking |
Vicky is running away |
London. |
Chicago. |
towards the sun. |
from the fire. |
There's a bridge over |
Tom is under the car. |
The plane is above |
The temperature is |
the river. |
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the clouds. |
below zero. |
The cyclist is in front of |
The cyclist is behind |
Rita is going up the |
Daniel is coming down |
the bus. |
the tractor. |
stairs. |
the stairs. |
Melanie is running |
The cars are going |
Trevor is walking along |
The car is going past |
across the road. |
through the tunnel. |
the street. |
the house. |
The house is among |
Jackson is between |
Jessica is sitting opposite |
They're running |
the trees. |
Memphis and New |
Andrew. |
around/round the track. |
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Orleans. |
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B Position and movement
Most of these prepositions can express either position (where something is) or movement (where it is going). Position: The coin was under the sofa.
Movement: The coin rolled under the sofa.
Now look at these examples with in and on expressing position.
The manager was in the office. |
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The manager came in/into the office. |
The papers fell on/onto the floor. |
At expresses position, and to expresses movement.
Position: Vicky was at the doctor's. Movement:
Vicky went to the doctor's.
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Exercises
1 Prepositions of place (A)
Put in the prepositions. Sometimes more than one answer is correct.
► Sarah is getting out of the |
1 David is going........... |
2 The furniture is…….. |
taxi. |
the ladder. |
the van. |
3 My friend lives in a flat |
4 The boss is coming |
5 There's a garage……. |
............ a shop. |
......................the corridor. |
the house. |
6 We walked ………. |
7 There's a statue |
8 Tom and Nick are walking |
the lake. |
................... the museum. |
...................the stadium. |
2 Prepositions of place (A)
Complete the conversations. Choose the correct preposition.
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Vicky: |
I felt really afraid when I was walking home from/off the club. All the time I could hear |
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someone behind/in front of me, but I didn't dare turn round. |
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Rachel: |
I expect you were imagining it. |
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Vicky: |
No, I wasn't. I saw him after I'd come in across/through the gate. He was wearing a long |
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black coat that came down well below/under his knees. |
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Daniel: |
You know Adam, don't you? He's very strange. He walked right along/past me yesterday as I |
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was coming among/down the stairs, but he didn't say hello. |
Matthew: The other day he was sitting beside/opposite me at lunch, so I couldn't help looking at him, I said hello, but he didn't speak.
3 Between, next to and opposite (A)
Look at the plan and explain where things are. Use between, next to or opposite.
► The bank is next to the gift shop. |
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The sports shop is ........................ |
the bank. |
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The travel agency is ............................. |
the sports shop and the art gallery. |
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The restaurant is............................. |
the art gallery. |
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The gift shop is............................. |
the bank and the restaurant. |
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The art gallery is............................. |
the travel agency. |
4 Prepositions of place (A-B)
Where did the fly go? Put in these prepositions: around, into, on, out of, through, under, up
► The fly came in through the door.
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It flew ................ |
the chair. |
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It crawled ................ |
the chair leg. |
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It stopped……………the desk for a moment. |
4It went………….. the telephone.
5It flew…………...the drawer.
6It went………….. the window.
; Prepositions of place (A-B).
Put in the correct preposition.
► Rachel was lying on the grass reading a book.
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It's my holiday next week. I'm going |
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There was a big crowd |
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the shop waiting for it to open. |
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That man is an idiot. He pushed me |
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I went .......................... |
the chemist's just now, but I didn't notice if it was open. |
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David hurt himself. He fell ........................... |
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his bike. |
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There'sa cafe.…………… ......... |
top of the mountain. You can have a coffee there before you go down. |
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The sheep got out ........................ |
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a hole in the fence. |
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Pompeii is quite............................. |
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Sorrento. It's only a short train ride. |
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There's such a crowd. You won't find your friend ………………… all these people. |