UNIT1: DOING EXERCISE: I. Put each verb in brackets into the correct tense: 1. Unit yesterday I (never hear) . about it. 2. Sam (already leave ) when we (get ) . there. 3. + How you ( break ) your arms? - I (slip) . on the ice while I ( cross) . the street. 4. I (meet ) Mary while I (go) to the bookshop yesterday. I (ask ) . her to go with me. She and I ( want ) to find a good dictionary. At last both of us ( buy) the same ones after we ( look) for and (read) . many kinds of dictionary carefully. 5. The first train (leave ) the station a minute ago but the second just ( leave ) the station. 6. You (finish ) . (cook) . yet? 7. Jane (do) her homework when the phone (ring) .but she ( not/ answer) . the phone and (let ) it (ring) . 8. My father (be) to many countries in Europe. 9. John (wash) . his hands now. He (repair) his bike for two hours. 10.She (watch ) TV at eight o’clock at home last night? 11.She (clean) . three rooms. There are two left. 12.These instructions (be) very confusing. I am clear what I should do. II. Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following passages: This is the story of Will Lodman, an unsuccessful salesman who (1. is getting/ gets) . old. His wife, Linda, (2. is always supporting/ has always supported) him, but his son, Biff( 3. is not believing/ does not believe) in his father’s dreams. Willy (4. wants/ has wanted ) to start a new business, but recently Biff (5. starts/ has started) to think about leaving home, and he (6. is not wanting / does not want ) to help his father. Willy (7. is/ was ) . so depressed that he (8. already starts/ has already started) . to think about suicide. At the moment, he (9. is finding/ finds) it harder and harder to believe that he (10. can help/ is going to help) his family. III. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown , so tat the meaning stays the same. 1. It’s a long time since our last conversation. We 1 2. Mary bought the skirt last week, and has been wearing it ever since. Mary 3. How long have you studied English? When . 4. The last time I came here was in 2005. I haven’t 5. All the tickets had been sold out before we arrived. When I arrived 6. She was having a bath when the phone rang. The phone . 7. We had no sooner finished the test than the bell rang. We had hardly . 8. He didn’t get married until he was thirty. It was not . IV. Complete each sentence with a word in the box. ago until while since than before yesterday when 1. She didn’t come to my birthday party 2. She had never seen a camel she came to the Sahara. 3. We haven’t met him . we left school. 4. We were playing tennis . it rang. 5. Tom was doing over his lessons his younger sister was making a dress for her doll. 6. Our family moved to New York a year. 7. We had checked all the prices we bought this laptop. 8. She had no sooner left home . it began to rain. V. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: 1. a. books b. bats c. days d. photographs 2. a. dates b. matches c. boxes d. cases 3. a. feels b. stops c. arrives d. loves 4. goes b. choose c. intense d. lose 5. a. kits b. kids c. bags d. halves 6. does b. moves c. loves d. finishes 7. house b. mouse c. pause d. nurse 8. a. works b. stops c. shifts d. plays VI. Circle a, b, c or d to identify the word which does not belong to each group: 1. a. mother b. brother c. sister-in-law d. family 2. a. overnight b. obedient c. tallish d. stout 3. a. housewife b. housetop c. housing d. household 4. a. supportive b. active c. suitable d. responsibility 5. a. married b. enjoy c. allow d. permit 2 VII. Circle a, b, c or d to choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences. 1. She will always in mind what her parents told her when she left. a. place b. keep c. control d. restrict 2. The man who came to help us is a friend of a. me b. I c. my d. mine 3. They differed very little their modern relatives. a. in b. with c. on d. from. 4. He is . to visit us if he knows where we live. a. likely b. possible c. probable d. necessary 5. My father . me to become a doctor. a. advices b. hopes c. considers d. thinks 6. The woman began to . because her son was late coming home. a. trouble b. care c. worry d. take care 7. Neither Bill nor his parents at home. a. is b. has c. are d. was 8. She is 18, so by law her father cannot her marriage. a. avoid b. prevent c. defeat d. fail 9. Mrs. Green’s two son are good progress at school. a. finding b. causing c. making d. doing. 10. Before his death last year, he decided that he leave $ 1,500, 000 to his university. a. can b. may c. would d. shall. 11. He won’t be able pay for the car his father’s help. a. until b. except c. unless d. without 12. Father makes that all the lights are off before he goes to bed. a. sense b. time c. sure d. haste 13. Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister charge of the house. a. hold b. make c. get d. take 14. The baby is crying! Will you . while I prepare his milk? a. tear him up b. look after him c. care him d. make him up 15. When she heard from the hospital that her grandfather had died, she into tears. a. broke b. went c. exploded d. fell 16. The family gathered together to the holiday meal. a. swallow b. divide c. share d. receive 17. Our neighbors will . our house when we are away. a. look after b. pay attention c. look at d. care 18. They are nice boys and I’m sure you will get on them very well. a. by b. for c. to d. with 3 19. She can’t prevent her little boy . shooting . birds. a. from – to b. on – at c. with – up d. from – at 20. The twins . each other in their interests. a. differ from b. talk about c. compare with d. show off 21. Mother doesn’t know . the hammer after her son has used it. a. where did he put b. where he put c. where he putting d. where to put 22. The little boy first took off one shoe and then a. other b. another c. the other d. the rest 23. My boy has nothing with the crime. a. doing b. for doing c. at doing d. to do 24. Of course she behaved awfully, but ., she is your sister. a. however b. after all c. for d. in addition 25. Their house needs ., but they plan to wait until next summer to do it. a. to paint b. painted c. being painted d. to be painted 4 . UNIT1: DOING EXERCISE: I. Put each verb in brackets into the correct tense: 1. Unit. word which does not belong to each group: 1. a. mother b. brother c. sister-in-law d. family 2. a. overnight b. obedient c. tallish d. stout 3. a. housewife