- •Arts and culture
- •Vocabulary 1 arts
- •1. Study the information in the box and do the following exercise.
- •2. Each one of these sentences contains a mistake of usage of words connected with the arts. Find the mistake and correct it. You may need a dictionary.
- •3. Complete the chart by adding words from the list given below it. Some may go in more. There is an additional column for you in case you have another group of words.
- •4. Put the words in the list below in the best place on the brain map. Some words may be in more than one place! Then add some of your own words.
- •5. Now complete the following sentences with appropriate vocabulary from the brain map.
- •Vocabulary 2 Music, art and literature
- •2. What do you call the people who play the following instruments?
- •3. What types of painting are these?
- •4. Fill in the gaps with the correct word.
- •5. Use the context and your own knowledge to fill the gaps in these sentences and dialogues.
- •6. Complete this story of Craig David’s early years.
- •7. Answer these questions. If possible, ask someone else the same questions.
- •8. Underline the most suitable word or phrase.
- •9. Complete each sentence with a word from the box. Use each word once only.
- •10. Complete each sentence by putting in, on, at or out of in each space.
- •11. Complete each sentence with a word from the box. Use each word once only.
- •12. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.
- •13. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. The school play
- •14. Complete the compound word in each sentence with a word from the box. Use each word once only.
- •15. Adjectives and phrases to describe music
- •16. Idioms
- •Vocabulary 3 Adjectives ending in –ed and -ing
- •1. A Choose the correct word.
- •2. Complete the sentences using one of the words in the box.
- •3. Complete the adjectives in column a with –ed or –ing. Then complete the sentences with a phrase from column b.
- •Interested in...:
- •2. Put in the correct preposition.
- •Vocabulary 5 books
- •1. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below.
- •2. Decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each space. Why read books?
- •3. Fill in the gaps in the model answer below. Use one word in each gap.
- •5. Choosing the right form
- •Need. Absence of Necessity.
- •7. Choose the alternative that best suits the context.
- •8. Fill in: must or have to.
- •9. Complete the following sentences with must not or doesn't / don't have to.
- •10. Underline the correct words. Sometimes both options are possible.
- •13. Permission and prohibition
- •14. Obligation and permission
- •The 1901 Teaching Contract for Female Teachers
- •15. Obligation, prohibition, permission (past)
- •1. Give advice to the people in the following situations. Use should or ought to.
- •2. For each of these situations, give two suggestions with could. Then give definite advice with should.
- •3. Put in should, shouldn't, must or mustn't.
- •5. Look at the pictures. Beside each one, write something you would say to the person, and something about the person. Use either should/shouldn’t or ought/ought not to.
- •6. Think of three things that people say to you, criticizing you.
- •7. Now you can criticize somebody you know!
- •8. Learning from learners
- •9. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of (not) have to, ought to or must(n't) and the verbs in brackets.
- •10. Completing conversations
- •Vocabulary 1 going out
- •1. Put the sentences of this dialogue in the right order.
- •2. Try to fill in the blanks with suitable words.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the right form of the following words. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.
- •Vocabulary 2 Other/Another
- •1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of other.
- •2. Fill in the gaps using another, (the) other, (the) others.
- •Vocabulary 3 Likes and Dislikes
- •2. Write sentences about yourself. Say whether you like or don’t like these activities. Choose one of these verbs for each sentence:
- •3. Put in a suitable verb in the correct form, - ing or to ... Sometimes either form is possible.
- •4. Adverb and adjective collocations.
- •Vocabulary Writing a review
- •1. Complete the sentences with a preposition.
- •2. Think of a film or tv programme that you liked. Replace the words in italics with information about that film or programme.
- •3. Which tense is used in reviews to give details of the plot?
- •3. Change the sentences into polite requests using the words in parentheses.
- •4. First, complete the items in this activity with appropriate modal auxiliaries. After each, indicate whether your sentence is formal or informal.
- •5. Read the situation and write questions beginning Do you think…
- •6. What would you say in these situations?
- •7. Write what you would say in the following situations.
- •8. Responses
- •Vocabulary Cinema and theatre
- •1. Look at the picture of your visit to the theatre and answer these questions.
- •2. What word or phrase is being defined?
- •Vocabulary do and make
- •1. Use either do or make to fill in the blanks.
- •2. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
- •3. Fill in the gaps using make or do.
- •1. Complete the sentences with can, can't, could, or couldn't.
- •2. Complete these sentences about the Wilson’s plans with can/can’t and ‘ll be able/won’t be able to.
- •5. Fill in: was/were able to, could(n't), had been able to, will be able to or can.
- •6. Underline the most suitable words. Sometimes both options are possible.
- •Grammar Revision
- •1. Which of the words in the box will fit the sentences? Often there is more than one possibility.
- •2. Underline the correct answer.
- •3. Fill in the gaps below with the correct form of (not) have to, must, (not) need or should.
- •4. Read the extract. Decide if the underlined phrases are correct or not. Tick (V) them if they are right and correct them if they are wrong.
- •5. Necessary or not necessary?
- •7. Paraphrase the following sentences, using modal verbs so that they are as similar in meaning as possible to the first ones.
- •8. Write what each person would say in each situation using modals. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
Interested in...:
Are you interested in art?
1. Complete the sentences using one of the following adjectives + correct preposition:
interested excited impressed annoyed tired annoyed astonished bored
1. We're all excited about going on holiday next week.
2. What have I done wrong? Why are you ______________ me?
3. Why do you always get so _________________ little things?
4. I wasn't very _______________ the service in the restaurant. We had to wait ages before our food arrived.
5. John isn't happy at college. He says he's __________________ the course he's doing.
6. I had never seen so many people before. I was _______________ the crowds.
7. 'Do you want to watch the news on television?' 'No, I'm not ______________ the news.'
8. I'm ________________ doing the same thing every day. I need a change.
2. Put in the correct preposition.
I was delighted .......... the present you gave me.
We always have the same food every day. I'm fed up ......... it.
We enjoyed our holiday, but we were a bit disappointed .......... the hotel.
I was surprised .......... the way he behaved. It was completely out of character.
I've been trying to learn Spanish but I'm not very satisfied ......... my progress.
Linda doesn't look very well. I'm worried .......... her.
You look bored. You don't look interested .......... what I'm saying.
Are you angry .......... what happened?
The people next door are furious ........... us .......... making so much noise last night.
Jill starts her new job next week. She's quite excited .......... it.
I was shocked .......... what I saw. I'd never seen anything like it before.
The man we interviewed for the job was intelligent but we weren't very impressed .......... his appearance.
I was frightened .......... the height and couldn't move.
Vocabulary 5 books
1. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below.
fine
bookworm
browse
bibliography
footnotes
illustrations
borrow
glossary
published
reviews
I love books. I love to read, I’m a real ...................., and I love to .................... in bookshops, just looking briefly at one book after another. I look at the ...................., the photos or drawings. If there are foreign or technical words in the book, I look at the .................... at the back for their meaning (unless they are explained in .................... at the bottom of the pages) and I look at the ...................., also at the back, which is a list of other books on the same subject. And I use the library a lot. I .................... two or three books a week, and I have to pay a .................... if I return them late. Friends often recommend books to me, and I also read book .................... in the newspapers. I don’t always agree with them, but anyway they let me know what new books are being ....................
2. Decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each space. Why read books?
Is it worth reading books, (1) _______ nowadays there are so many other forms of (2) _______? Some people say that even (3) _______ books are expensive, and not everyone can (4) _______ books from a library. They might add that television is more (5) _______ and that viewers can relax as they watch their favourite (6) _______. All that may be true, but books are still very (7)_______. They encourage the reader to use his or her (8) _______ for a start. You can read a (9) _______ of a book, or just a few pages, and then stop. Of course, it may be so (10) _______ that you can't stop! There are many different kinds of books, so you can choose a crime (11)_______ or an autobiography, or a book which gives you interesting (12) _______. If you find it hard to choose, you can read (13) _______, or ask friends for ideas. Personally, I can't (14) _______ without books, but I can (15) _______ up television easily enough. You can't watch television at bus stops!
1 A in B or C why D since
2 A entertain B entertainment C entertained D entertaining
3 A paperback B the C so D when
4 A borrow B buy C lend D take
5 A excited B excitable C exciting D excitement
6 A ones B programmes C episodes D cereals
7 A too B public C live D popular
8 A imagination B author C index D amusement
9 A capital B head C chapter D cover
10 A current B imagined C interest D gripping
11 A history B novel C booklet D poetry
12 A advise B idea C information D fact
13 A announcements B gossip C reviews D prefaces
14 A do B make C have D take
15 A pick B look C give D turn
/From First Certificate Language Practice. Michael Vince, Paul Emmerson/