- •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
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.
1. She… as a waitress for five years when he met her.
2. The lecture … by the time they got there.
3. In the supermarket he … all the ingredients he needed and then went home to make her birthday cake.
4. Holly did well in her exam, which was a shock because she … (never) an exam before.
5. They went on a big tour of Britain. First they … in London for a few days. Then they … Cambridge, York and Edinburgh, and then Bath. They … to Bath before, but they … it so much that they … to go back again.
6. Scientists announced the launch of the new drug last week. They … it for five years.
7. By the time I got to the meeting they …(already) the important issues and they … the big decisions without me. I … from my mobile to tell them the train was late and I… annoyed that they …(not) for me.
8. I looked terrible when I saw Joe last night because I … for over an hour and I was exhausted.
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.
A: I’m so glad the week has finished. I’m exhausted.
B: Me too. I (1)… (enjoy) this weekend, and make sure I forget all about college!
A: What (2) …(do) then?
B: Well, I (3)...(meet) some friends tonight and I expect we (4)…(get) something to eat, and then go clubbing – so I (5)…(need) a really long lie-in tomorrow! Then if there’s enough time, I (6)… (go) shopping in the new mall. How about you?
A: Well, my sister and I wanted to go to a new dry ski slope that’s just opened near us, but it looks like it (7)…(be) cold and wet so I bet we (8)…(end up) doing something else, probably staying indoors! What (9)…(do) on Sunday?
B: I haven’t planned anything for Sunday. I probably (10)…(not have) any money left by then! I (11)…(give) you a call if you like, and we could go out or something.
A: Oh, that’s nice of you, but it’s OK. I (12)…(finish) this term’s coursework if I can.
B: Well done, you! You (13)… (not want) to be disturbed then! Hey, look at the time – I’d better go. I (14)… (be) late if I’m not careful. Have a good weekend and see you on Monday!
A: Yeah, you too. Enjoy yourself! Bye!
9. Complete this bad weather story using the appropriate past form of the verbs from the list: wait, live, give, need, take, go, accompany, lose, have, be(x2), drive, develop, come out, not eat or drink, prepare, stop, break down, check, start, run out, reopen, turn out, begin.
On 30-th January, people in south-east England were thrilled as the first flakes of white snow (1)… to fall. But within two hours, mass chaos (2)… . That day (3)… to be the second worst day for traffic on record, with motorists trapped in their cars on the M11 motorway for up to 11 hours.
Gary Barnicott (4)… one of the first breakdown vehicles to arrive on the scene when police (5)… the motorway. His first priority was to deal with a vehicle stranded near one of the junctions.
’The guy (6)… in his car all night with a wife and three young children and (7)… also diabetic. He (8)… the car heater on all night and the car (9)… of fuel and (10)… all battery power. I (11) … his car for him, (12)… him to a service station and (13)… he was OK’.
Barnicott (14)…back to work, helping other drivers, many of whose cars (15)… for quite basic reasons such as overheating of flat batteries.
’It (16)… a while to reach people because of the conditions,’ he says. ’I (17)… regularly to check if people (18)… help. I (19)… flasks of coffee and tea, which I (20)… to people who (21)… anything for hours. Actually, I was pleasantly surprised because people who (22)… near to that stretch of the motorway (23)… of their homes early to give refreshments to motorists who (24)… in their cars all night.’