- •6. Why are these utterances wrong?
- •7. Classify these words into nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions or prepositions.
- •8. Why do these nonsense sentences sound acceptable? How can you transform them?
- •9. What do the utterances in each of these groups have in common? What distinguishes the sentences within each group from each other?
- •1. Complete the text. Give your own examples to illustrate how you understood it:
- •2. What part of speech will complete each blank in the following sentences? Complete each sentence with meaningful words.
- •3. Tell the part of speech of each italicized word in the following sentences and explain what the word does in the sentence.
- •4. What are the possible functions of the words in italics?
- •5. What is the function of the expressions in italics?
- •6. What do the following utterances have in common?
- •7. Complete the text filling in the gaps. Compare your ideas with those of your partner :
- •8. Complete the following text filling in the gaps:
- •9. Find and circle the correct sentence. Explain your choices.
- •Unit 2: nouns
- •Test Your Grammar
- •1. Choose the correct word.
- •2. Choose the most suitable word underlined.
- •3. Fill in each space in the following sentences with an appropriate noun.
- •4. Match the words from two columns to form compound nouns
- •5. Translate the words in brackets
- •6. Work out the rules how to build the plural of irregular nouns which retain their original Greek or Latin forms by analyzing examples:
- •Golden Rules
- •1. Here are seven groups of nouns. Look in the box and find two more nouns to add to each group.
- •2. Underline the correct word:
- •3. Would you normally expect to find the following things in most people's houses/flats or garages/gardens? Where in those places would you expect to find them? Discuss in pairs.
- •4. Answer these remarks using the word in brackets, as in the example. Use a(n) if the meaning is countable.
- •5. What is the difference between (a) and (b) in each pair?
- •10. Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
- •11. Give the plural forms of the following irregular nouns of Latin and Greek origin:
- •12. Give the singular of the following words:
- •13. Choose the best combination for each blank.
- •14. Choose the right verb.
- •17. Match the expressions on the left with their meanings on the right.
- •18. What do you call these?
- •19. Choose the correct noun group.
- •20. Add suffixes to form nouns:
- •22. Decide whether the following compound nouns are countable or uncountable.
- •23. Complete the sentences below with one of the following compound nouns.
- •24. Right or wrong? Find correct sentences; rewrite incorrect ones.
- •Achievement Test
- •1. Complete the sentences with is, are, has or have.
- •2. Complete each sentence with a/an , some or by leaving the space blank.
- •3. Choose the most suitable word underlined.
- •4. Put one suitable word in each space.
- •5. Complete each sentence with the most suitable word or phrase.
- •6. Choose the most appropriate meaning for each sentence.
- •7. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words.
- •8. Complete each sentence with one suitable word from the list. Use each word once only.
- •9. Complete each sentence with one suitable word from the list. Use each word once only.
- •10. Correct the errors:
- • Common uncountable nouns
- • Common pieces and amounts
- •Unit 3: articles
- •Insert the appropriate articles in the following sentences. Part a
- •Part c
- •2. Insert the appropriate articles in the following sentences. What type of nouns have you dealt with in every section?
- •3. Translate the phrases in brackets from Russian into English:
- •4. Select any two paragraphs from an English newspaper or magazine (also available in the Internet). Find the articles and classify their uses.
- •3. Translate the following extracts into English paying attention to articles.
- •Insert the appropriate articles in the following sentences.
- •Unit 4: pronouns Test Your Grammar
- •30 Points
- •1. Study the chart below carefully. Can you give examples of all groups of the pronouns mentioned?
- •2. Some of the above-mentioned groups can be further subdivided. Which ones?
- •3. Do all the pronouns have the categories of number, case and gender? The table below can help you answer this question.
- •1. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate pronouns:
- •I. There is/ it is:
- •2. Translate the phrases in brackets from Russian into English:
- •3. Explain what each pronoun in bold refers to in the following sentences. Part a
- •Part b
- •Communication Practice
- •1. Circle the demonstratives in job vacancy announcements and discuss in pairs to what phrases they refer to.
- •3. Complete the telephone following dialogue by adding some, any, or a related word or phrase. Then make a similar dialogue calling different departments.
- •1. Rewrite the following dialogue using the appropriate pronouns to replace the underlined words.
- •3. Read the following personal diary entries and suggest corrections. Then write an entry of your own.
- •1. Read the following sentences carefully and choose the correct word
- •2. Translate the words in brackets into English.
- •3. Correct a mistake.
- •60 Points unit 5: adjectives, adverbs, numerals
- •1. Choose the right word.
- •2. Choose the most appropriate alternative (a, b, c or d) to complete the sentence.
- •3. Correct the mistakes.
- •Points to Think of
- •1.1. Compare the following pairs of sentences and indicate whether the highlighted word is an adverb or an adjective:
- •1.2. Complete the rule and find suitable examples from 1.1.
- •2.1. Complete the missing information in the charts using the examples:
- •2.2. Other ways of making comparisons are:
- •2.3. Fill in the chart and find suitable examples using the following adverbs:
- •4. Pick out the numerals from the following sentences and sort them out into two groups.
- •Golden Rules
- •1. Spelling Notes:
- •2. Meaning and Usage:
- •1. Complete the sentences with the words below. More than one answer may be correct
- •2. Paraphrase the sentences beginning with the given words.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the words in brackets in the appropriate degree of comparison. Use than where necessary.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with any suitable word
- •5. Put the adverbs in the right place
- •6. Which is the correct order?
- •7. Put in dozen(s) (of), hundred(s) (of), thousand(s) (of) or million(s) (of).
- •8. Translate the words in brackets into English:
- •Communication Practice
- •1. Work in pairs. Choose any of the topics below and compare the two notions. Make sure you give at least three similarities and differences.
- •2. Ask you partner the quiz question, then count the Yes answers and summarize your partner’s image. How Ambitious Are You?
- •If you have…
- •Writing Practice
- •I. This is a tape script of a radio programme about London. Unfortunately, the transmission was bad. Restore the script using the words from the box.
- •II. Write about the town that you come from or any other place you know well using the sentences in part a as a model.
- •III. Write these figures in words.
- •Achievement Test
- •I. Find the mistakes and correct them. If there are no mistakes, put a .
- •II. Choose the right adverb in each sentence.
- •III. Complete the conversation. Put in good, well (x2), bad, badly and ill.
- •IV. Choose the correct form of the words given in brackets.
- •V. Translate the adverbs in brackets into English.
- •VI. Translate into English.
- •Unit 6 The Verb: Tenses Active voice
- •1. Chose the correct tense form:
- •2. Fill in the gaps using necessary forms of the verbs in brackets Drama in the air at 2,000 ft
- •1. Correct all possible mistakes:
- •Present and past Tenses
- •Golden Rules
- •2 Match the questions and answers.
- •3 Put in the correct tense.
- •4. Complete the sentences with suitable verbs from the box. Use the past simple or past continuous.
- •5 Choose the right tenses (present perfect, past or past perfect; simple or progressive).
- •6. Choose the best tense.
- •7. Open the brackets using necessary forms of the verbs:
- •8. Complete the text with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets.
- •9. Read the article and decide which word or phrase below best fits each space. Circle the letter of the option you choose.
- •10. Complete the texts with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets.
- •Communication Practice
- •2. Choose the correct alternative(s):
- •Unit 7 : The Verb: Tenses. Passive voice
- •Test Your Grammar
- •1. Paraphrase each of the following sentences in such a way that it is similar to the sentence before it.
- •2. Use the correct tenses and passive forms of the verbs in brackets. Fishy Tales
- •20 Points Points to think of
- •Golden Rules
- •2. Make sentences passive where possible:
- •4. In each sentence there is one mistake. Find and correct it.
- •5. Supply active and passive forms in these sentences using the verbs in brackets. Some variations in tense may be possible.
- •6. Rewrite these sentences using passive forms:
- •Communication Practice
- •1. Making Plans
- •2. Beauty Talk
- •3 Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals.
- •Unit 8. Reported speech Test Your Grammar
- •Dorect and indirect (reported) speech
- •Indirect statements
- •Indirect questions
- •Indirect orders and requests.
- •Offers, suggestions and advice
- •Indirect exclamations.
- •2. Change the sentences into reported speech. Chose the most appropriate verb from the list, using each verb only once, and choose an appropriate tense form for the verb in that-clause.
- •3. Complete these sentences with either said or told.
- •4. Using told, report each sentence in one of two different ways, depending on whether it is information or instruction.
- •5. You have to report these suggestions, using the verb suggest and making any other appropriate changes in the sentences.
- •6. Report these dialogues:
- •9. Put in the correct forms and tenses of the numbered verb
- •10. Report these telephone messages. Make sure that you change tenses, pronouns and adverbs as necessary.
- •11. Report these sentences. Decide whether to change the tenses and adverbs of time and place.
- •12. Translate the following sentences.
- •1. Report the following:
- •2. This text would be improved if at least seven of the verbs were passive. Underline the phrases that should go into passive and rewrite them below.
- •3. Fill in the gaps using necessary forms of the verbs in brackets.
- •4. Find which sentences are wrong and correct them.
- •5. Report what these people said using the suitable reporting verbs in the past tense.
- •6. Translate the following sentences as indirect questions, using the polite formula.
- •Unit 9: conjunctions Test Your Grammar
- •20 Points
- •1 Say whether the linking word used in each of the following sentences is a subordinating conjunction or a coordinating conjunction.
- •2 What kind of relationship do the conjunctions express in the following sentences?
- •I Complete the following sentences with the appropriate conjunctions from the box.
- •2 Combine the following sentences to show the relationships between the ideas. Make the necessary changes.
- •You are gossiping about your colleagues Richard and Jane who have been dating for several years and are thinking of getting married. Make use of the clues provided.
- •20 Points unit 10: prepositions
- •50 Points
- •1 Read through the table and add the missing prepositions.
- •2 Match the prepositional combinations on the left with the appropriate explanations on the right.
- •I Fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions. Part a
- •Part b
- •2 Paraphrase the following sentences using the verbs in brackets
- •3 Translate the phrases in brackets from Russian into English.
- •4 Translate into English.
- •Discuss the following ideas with your partner. Part a
- •Part b
- •Part c
- •1 Choose the correct word in brackets.
- •2 Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions. Part b
- •50 Points
- •Verbs with prepositions
- •Nouns with prepositions
- •Further Practice Section: Tests Bank Test 1
- •Test 2
- •Test 3
- •Test 4
- •Test 5
- •Test 6
- •Test 7
- •Test 8
- •Sources of Reference
Communication Practice
1. Take turns with your partner(s) to say sentences about your life using the time expressions below:
Example:
I usually go to a disco on Friday night as I have no classes on Saturday.
Usually, never, now, this weekend, last year, in the future, next year, in 1999, for three weeks, since, at ten o’clock, twice a week, when, recently, for a year now
2. Draw a timeline with some important events in your life. Show it to the classmates. Answer your classmates’ questions.
3. Make a list of things that you wanted to accomplish last week. Include things that you did and things that you still haven’t done. Exchange you list with a partner and ask your partner questions about it, answer the questions about your list. Check the things that you’ve already done.
4. Think about things you had never done before you began studying at this university. Have a class discussion and write some of your findings on the board.
Writing Practice
1 Write a profile (= a short description of a person’s life and character) to introduce yourself to the other students of your subscription list (about 200 words). Start with a greeting. Write about your name, your interests and hobbies, and your plans. Mail it to mslu@yahoogroups.com .
2 Write about a relationship that is important to you. How did you meet? What were you doing when you met? Describe some events in the relationship
3 Write a journal entry explaining an achievement, e.g. learning a new skill, getting your driver’s licence, etc. In your journal entry answer some of these questions: What had you been doing before your achievement? How did you prepare for it? Had you considered giving up before you succeeded?
Achievement Test
1. Underline the correct verb in italics:
By the third month of the war rebel forces took/had taken most of the province.
Denise had to leave school early on Wednesday because she took/was taking her driving test.
Many of the survivors were working/worked in the fields when the earthquake struck.
The staff were used/used to be paid weekly but now they receive a monthly salary.
Things have certainly changed – there would be/used to be loads of small shops around here when I was young.
He is really much more handsome in the flesh than I thought/have thought.
I’ve won the jackpot on the lottery and I am going to/will spend it all straight away.
Don’t forget to bring me some of your fantastic carrot cake, will/won’t you?
I was sure she had been working since she came/had come to the office.
What’s happening? The train won’t stop/is not going to stop!
2. Choose the correct alternative(s):
1. 'Who ....................................?' ' ....................................to get through to Helen.'
A do you phone...I'm trying B are you phoning...I'm trying
C are you phoning...I try D do you phone...I try
2. ....................................to Turkey every year for your holidays?
A Are you going B Were you going C Have you gone D Do you go
3. I....................................I can't see as well as I used to.
A am admitting B admits C admit D was admitting
4. Jane....................................me that you're thinking of emigrating.
A told B tells C is telling D tell
5. Kathy.................................... a few minutes ago.
A has left B leaves C left D had left
6. We....................................to the tennis club since we moved here.
A have belonged B belong C belonged D are belonging
7. After she....................................hospital, she had a long holiday.
A leaves B is leaving C has left D left
8. When he realised I....................................at him, he....................................away.
A looked...was turning B was looking...turned
C was looking...was turning D looked...turned
9. When the builders were here I....................................them cups of tea all the time.
A was making B am making C made D make
10. When I went into the bathroom, I found that the bath.
A overflows B overflowed C had overflowed D is overflowing
11. I was sure that I.................................... him before.
A had met B am meeting C meet D met
12. Your eyes are red -.................................... ?
A did you cry B have you been crying C have you cried D do you cry
13. ....................................this holiday for ages.
A We're looking forward to B We've been looking forward to
C We look forward to D We've looked forward to
14. When I saw the vase in the shop window, I knew it was exactly what I.....................................
A looked for B look for C had been looking for D have looked for
15. ....................................hard all year, so I felt that I deserved a holiday.
A I work B I'd been working C I'd worked D I'm working
16. I....................................one of my special desserts for dinner, if you like.
A make B 'm going to make C '11 make D 'm making
17. If Jack phones I....................................you know.
A 'm going to let B let C 'm letting D 'll let
18. 'Has anybody offered to look after the children?' 'Jo....................................it.'
A is to do B 's going to do C does D will do
19. The next train to Newcastle.................................... at 3.45. [station announcement]
A will leave B is leaving C is going to leave D leaves
20. When you....................................Dave, tell him he still owes me some money.
A are going to see B are seeing C see D will see
21 We....................................a party next Saturday. Can you come?
A 're to have B 're having C have D 'll have
22. After the operation you....................................any sport for a while.
A won't be doing B aren't doing C don't do D won't to do
23. When the race starts later this afternoon the drivers....................................
for drier weather than last year.
A were hoping B are hoping C hope D will be hoping
24. In the next few years, thousands of speed cameras.................................... on major roads.
A are appear B will appear C are to appear D are appearing
25. ....................................to Bangkok by the end of June.
A I aim getting B I'm aiming getting C I aim to get D I'm aiming to get