- •Present Continuous
- •State verbs
- •Past Continuous
- •Future Continuous
- •Present Perfect
- •Past Perfect
- •Future Perfect
- •Present Perfect Continuous
- •Past Perfect Continuous
- •Future Perfect Continuous
- •Grammar exercises
- •3. Complete the text with one of the verbs from the list: contain, exist, find(x2), allow, dig, produce, try, be, unearth, perish, discover(x2), walk. Use the correct past or present tenses.
- •4. Read this biography from a movie magazine. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets in the past simple or present perfect (simple or continuous).
- •5. Fill in the gaps with a correct future form of the verbs in brackets.
- •7. Fill in the gaps with a verb from the list: be, buy, decide, develop, discuss, feel, like, make, phone, run, start, stay, take, visit, wait, work. Use the correct past tense.
- •8. Two students are discussing their plans for the weekend. Fill in the gaps using the most natural form of the future and the verb in brackets.
- •10. Look at the underlined verb tenses in this phone conversation between a mother and her daughter. Correct any errors.
- •Vocabulary for unit 1
- •Grammar reference unit 2 The indefinite article ’a’/’An’ – One/Ones
- •A(n)/One
- •One/Ones
- •The definite article
- •Modal verbs: present, past and future
- •Grammar exercises
- •2. Fill in the blanks with articles with names of continents, countries, states, provinces, cities and some other cases.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with articles before names of peninsulas, deserts, mountains, islands, falls, passes and some other cases if necessary.
- •5. Fill in the blanks with articles before geographic names and some other cases if necessary.
- •7. Underline the correct words. Sometimes both options are possible.
- •8. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of (not) have to, must, (not) need or should and the corresponding verb: tell, go(x2), pay (x2), pass, turn, buy (x2), forget, wear (x4)
- •10. Put one suitable word in each space.
- •11. Change each sentence so that the meaning stays the same.
- •12. Change each sentence so that it contains the word in capital, and so that the meaning stays the same.
- •Vocabulary for unit 2
- •Grammar reference unit 3 Modal perfect
- •Grammar exercises
- •3. Change each sentence so that it contains the words in capitals, and so that the meaning stays the same.
- •6. For each of the sentences below make a new sentence as similar in meaning as possible to the original sentence, but using the word(s) given. The word(s) must not be altered in any way.
- •7. Replace the underlined phrases with a suitable past modal phrase.
- •9. Match each of these items with the phrase or sentence more likely to follow it.
- •10. Give a negative response for b using need in an appropriate form and the verb in brackets.
- •Vocabulary for unit 3
3. Complete the text with one of the verbs from the list: contain, exist, find(x2), allow, dig, produce, try, be, unearth, perish, discover(x2), walk. Use the correct past or present tenses.
Palaeontologists in New Mexico (1)… the remains of at least one dinosaur from the late Jurassic period. The palaeontologists, from Canada, (2)… in a formely unexplored part of the Morrison Formation – a vast fossil bed – for the last eight months. Early last week one of the group (3)… a section of rock which (4)… a number of bones from one, or possibly more, large herbivorous dinosaurs. Since then, the group (5)… to release the bones from the rock and piece them together. The palaeontologists believe that the bones may form a whole dinosaur family. It is possible that the whole family (6)… while trying to protect the young from predators.
According to Bryce Larson, the group’s leader, the bones are from a large brachiosaurus. These animals (7)… approximately 150 million years ago and are counted amongst the largest dinosaurs that ever (8)… the Earth. Other brachiosaurus remains (9)…in the Morrison, but these latest bones are very large and may prove to come from the largest dinosaur anyone (10)… to date.
For a long time the Morrison Formation (11)… one of the most productive fossil beds in the world. Since the first bones (12)… there in 1877, it (13)… tonnes of material. The Morrison, more than any other fossil bed, (14)…us an insight into the late Jurassic period in North America. It seems that the latest find could reveal even more about the giants of the Jurassic.
4. Read this biography from a movie magazine. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets in the past simple or present perfect (simple or continuous).
Mel Gibson (1)… (be) a major film star now for more than twenty years. In this time he (2)… (become) one of the most respected Hollywood actors and he (3)… (now start) a successful career in film directing, as well.
Gibson (4)…(be born) in the United States in 1956 but his family (5)… (move) to Australia in 1968. He (6)… (complete) his school education in Sydney and (7)… (begin) his acting career there, in the National Institute of Dramatic Art. He (8)… (appear) in several Australian TV series, but (9)… (get) his big break in 1979, in a film called Mad Max. He (10)… (since/make) two more ’Max’ films. He (11)… (go on) to make several other successful films in Australia, for example, Gallipoli, before he (12)… (move) to Hollywood.
Gibson (13)… (make) more than thirty films, many of which (14)…(be) great commercial successes. He (15)… (never/be) afraid to take on challenging roles, such as Hamlet and The Man without a Face, which also (16)… (mark) his directoral debut. He (17)… (direct) films for the last few years. To date he (18)…(direct) three successful films.
5. Fill in the gaps with a correct future form of the verbs in brackets.
A: What (1)…(do) this time next year?
B: Well, that’s difficult to say but I hope that I (2)… (travel) round the world. Before then I (3)…(hopefully/save up) enough money for the ticket. I plan to end up in Australia and when I (4)…(get) there I’ll get a job and some money. So, in a years’s time I (5)…(probably/travel) for a few months already. I hope that I (6)…(visit) quite a lot of different countries by then too.
A: What do you plan to do when you graduate?
C: Well, my plans have changed a bit. I (7)…(do) a journalism course, but I didn’t get accepted. So I’ve sorted something else out and I (8)… (start) a hospitality course tomorrow. It’s for six months, so I (9)…( not finish) in time to go travelling next spring, unfortunately. However, as soon as I (10)…(find out) if I’ve passed the course, I can apply for a job in a hotel in Australia.
6. Fill in the gaps with one of the verbs: do, hope, step, approach, take off, prepare, walk, feel, hear, arrange, always/be, manage, not/burn, do, not/feel, expect, learn, come, arrive. Use the correct past tense.
Last year my friends (1)… for us to try fire-walking, which is when you walk on hot coats. I (2)…fascinated by it and I (3)… people say it was an unforgettable experience. I was very excited when I (4)… on the day, although beforehand I (5)… a little frightened! My friends and I (6)…in the hope that by the end of the day we would be able to say we (7)… across hot, burning coals.
Our teacher was very good, and by teatime we (8)…a great deal and (9)… the fires. I (10)… to be terrified when the time came to walk, but as I (11)… my shoes and socks I (12)… afraid. I (13)… the coals as all my friends before me (14)… , and started walking! I could feel the heart, but as I (15)… back onto the grass at the other end I knew the coals (16)… my feet at all. As I (17)… , all my friends (18) … the walk and none were burnt. The whole experience was amazing, and I just wished I (19)… it sooner.