unit1 - exercise with key

Put each verb in brackets into the correct tense: 1.. Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following passages: This is the story of Will Lodman, an unsuccess

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

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:

VI Circle a, b, c or d to identify the word which does not belong to each group:

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

3 They differed very little their modern relatives

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

7 Neither Bill nor his parents at home

8 She is 18, so by law her father cannot her marriage

9 Mrs Green’s two son are good progress at school

10 Before his death last year, he decided that he leave $

1,500, 000 to his university

11 He won’t be able pay for the car his father’s help

12 Father makes that all the lights are off before he goes to bed

13 Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister charge

of the house

14 The baby is crying! Will you while I prepare his milk?

15 When she heard from the hospital that her grandfather had died,

she into tears

16 The family gathered together to the holiday meal

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

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

23 My boy has nothing with the crime

24 Of course she behaved awfully, but , she is your sister

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