Ex. 34. Writing Activity
Write a paragraph about what you did yesterday. (60 - 80 words).
Ex. 35. Used to is used to talk about past habits. It has the same form in all persons, singular and plural. It forms its negative and interrogative with did.
I used to cry when I was a baby.
I didn’t use to sleep late.
Did you use to sleep late?
Mrs Barnes: Do you want a cup of tea, Jenny?
Jenny: No thanks, mum. Have you got any coffee instead?
Mrs Barnes: But you 1) didn't use to like coffee. You 2)………….drink tea.
Jenny: Yes, but I like it now. Could you put some sugar in it?
Mrs Barnes: You 3)……………take sugar. You 4)……….say it would make you put on weight. Do you want some cornflakes?
Jenny : Haven't you got any croissants? I 5) …………like cornflakes but I don't now.
Mrs Barnes : You 6) be so fussy before you went to Paris.
Ex. 36. A friend has just come back from vacation. Ask him about it. Write your questions.
1. (where/go?) Where did you go?.
2. (go alone?) ………………………………….
3. (food/good?) …………………………………..
4. (stay/at a hotel?) ……………………………
5. (rent/a car?) …………………………………….
6. (the weather/nice?)………………………….
(what/do in the evenings?) ………………….
Ex. 37. Look at the picture and ask your partner two questions about each boy
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1. John A : Who hit John? В: George hit John. A: Who did John hit? В: John hit Simon and Dave. |
5. Mark A:………………………… B:………………………… A:………………………… B:………………………….. |
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2. George A:……………………….. B:……………………….. A:……………………….. B:……………………….. |
6. Simon A:…………………………… B:……………………………. A:……………………………. B:…………………………….. |
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3. Andrew A:……………………….. B:……………………….. A:……………………….. B:……………………….. |
7. Paul A:…………………………. B:…………………………. A:…………………………. B:…………………………... |
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4. Dave A:…………………………. B:…………………………. A:…………………………. B:………………………….. |
8.Phil A:………………………… B:…………………………. A:…………………………. B:………………………….. |
Ex. 38. A group of hill-walkers has arrived back at a youth hostel after getting into difficulties on the hills. The warden of the hostel is finding out what went wrong.
Write the correct form of the verbs in italics (statement or question, positive or negative). If the verb is already correct, write 'no change'.
warden: Ah, there you are! I suppose 1 you got lost in the mist!
ken: No. The mist 2 covered our side of the hill.
warden: Well, what happened? Why you 3 got back here before now? It 4 got dark two hours ago. It was a short trip. You 5 had to walk more than eight kilometres.
tommy: The problem was that we 6 took a map with us.
warden: What! You 7 took a map! Why 8 you checked that before 9 you left, this morning?
liz: Actually, we 10 had a map. But it was the wrong one.
warden: But even without a map, 11 you have any idea where you were going? It's just a matter of walking south along the valley. That's all 12 you needed to do. You 13 took a compass with you?
larry: Yes, Sebastian 14 put a compass in his pocket this morning. But he 15 knew how to use it.
warden: And where is Sebastian now?
ken: We don't know. We 16 left him behind on the hill while he was trying to use his compass.
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Ex. 39. Read the text and fill in the gaps with words from the two lists.
List 1 (verbs marked 1): come, come, feel, have, leave, make, phone, run, see, see, say, speak, stay, stop
List 2 (words marked 2): and, and, and, but, that, then, when, when, who
There have been many reports of 'UFOs' (unidentified flying objects) over the last few years. Many people believe that these UFOs come from other worlds, far away in space. Here is one report from an American newspaper.
On June 14th, in Carmel, Indiana, a woman 1…………a large strange bright light moving around in the sky. The woman, Mrs Dora Gabb, 34, 1………the police? 1……….to Patrolman Conrad Brown, 1.……….straight to her house to investigate. 2………..he arrived there was nothing to be seen, 2………..ten minutes later Mrs Gabb's 14-year-old daughter Leslie 1………….into the house screaming. Leslie 1…………2…………...she and a girlfriend were riding on motor-bicycles in the woods 2......... .they 1………….a large object, bigger than a house' directly in front of them, low in the sky. It 1…………….a green top, white sides, a reddish purple tail, and lights of purple, green, gold, red and blue. It 1……………no sound. The girls' bicycles 1………………….working, 2…………the girls 1………….strange'. The spaceship 1…………….down lower, 2………….1………….for some time about 100 feet above the ground, not moving, 2………………. with a whistling sound, it 1………………….at high speed.
Ex. 40. Write questions to which the bold type words are the answers.
A woman was murdered at the Park Hotel last night. A maid discovered her body. She found it in the laundry room. The police are looking for the woman's husband. They think he did it. He left the hotel at 1.35 this morning. He took all his wife's jewellery and £1,000 from their hotel safety-deposit box. The woman's name was Carol Webster.
Ex. 41. This is the part of a conversation between a policeman and a young woman. Fill in the gaps with the following words: