G. Choose the right words.

1. The rules of chess are very ................................... .

a. complicated b. simple c. ordinary d. special

2. Tennis is sometimes played on a ................................... .

a. lawn b. grass c. pitch d. plant

3. The main ................................... on my farm is corn.

a. plant b. plot c. crop d. food

4. A barbecue is a meal cooked ................................... .

a. idoors b. indoor c. outdoors d. outdoor

5. The roads can be very ................................... when it’s cold.

a. slide b. slippery c. ice d. slip

6. The exam was so easy that ................................... the worst students passed.

a. some b. even c. so d. although

7. I ................................... hit anyone, even if they hit me first.

a. would b. will c. won’t d. wouldn’t

8. We went to the cinema and ................................... a good film.

a. have seen b. had seen c. sawd. were seeing

H. Put the verbs below into the correct tense.

1. He usually looks (look) forward to his birthday but he isn't looking forward

(look forward) to it this year because he will be (be) 40.

2. She has worked/has been working (work) here since last February and I think (think) she will be (be) here for the next two or three years.

3. When I was travelling (travel) home yesterday, I met(meet) an old school friend on the bus. I am going to see (see) him again tonight for a chat.

4. The train had already left(already/leave) when we got (get) to the station and while we were waiting (wait) for the next one, we had(have) dinner in a nearby restaurant.

5. ‘How long have you been waiting (you/wait) to see the doctor ?’

‘I have been sitting(sit) here for an hour and a half.’

6. While I was sleeping (sleep), someone broke into (break) into the house and stole (steal) my stereo. I have only been living (only live) here for three days.

I. Word Transformations.

1. Sometimes criticism is good for people. CRITIC

2. Ghosts and UFO’s are examples of the paranormal. NORMAL

3. Snakes are very slippery animals. SLIP

4. The comedian was so amusing that the audience were all laughing. AMUSE

5. A picnic is a meal you eat outdoors. DOOR

6. Margaret Thatcher wrote her autobiography soon after she lost power. BIOGRAPHY

7. The President of the USA is the most powerful person in the world. POWER

8. He was very irresponsible with the money he won and he spent it in a year. RESPONSIBLE

J. Use one of the time expressions below to make these sentences make sense.

By by the time when

1. If I post this letter today, it should arrive byMonday.

2. Mozart was famous all over Europeby the age of ten.

3. Mozart was famous all over Europe by the time he was ten.

4. We were so late for dinner that when we got there they were already eating dessert.

5. I will tell her when I see her tomorrow.

6. By the time I am forty, I will be a millionaire.

7. I will have finished this job by this time next week.

K. Future Perfect Will + have + Past Participle

Put the verbs into the Future Perfect and add a time expression where necessary.

eg. He / be / married / 25 years / next Wednesday.

They will have been married for 25 years by next Wednesday.

1. The film / finish / we / arrive.

The film will have finished by the time we arrive.

2. They / not / finish / the work / Sunday.

They won't have finished the work by Sunday.

3. She / be / here / a year / this December.

She will have been here for a year by this December.

4. He / save / over £10,000 / the end of the year.

He will have saved over £10,000 by the end of the year.

L. Some lines in this text have an extra, unnecessary word. Find the extra words and

Underline them.

Dear Sir or Madam,

1. I am writing to you about the advertisement for a job as

2. a tourist-guide, showing to visitors around the great temple.

3. Despite of being out of work at this moment, I am used to

4. be employed in a castle for twelve years. I was such as a

5. good employee that my wages went up to 20% at the end

6. of each year. Finally, I decided to leave and look for the another job,

7. although that the money was good. After that, I found a job as

8. a waiter in a restaurant, where I worked for over the six months.

9. While I was there I had to control of all the food which was served.

10. I have just resigned from that job because of I was ill, but I saw

11. the ad for the temple job yesterday and I felt it was too perfect for me.

12. I am looking forward to hearing about from you very soon,

Yours faithfully,

Y. Knot

M. Rewrite the underlined sentences using the word ‘even’.

eg. His dog ate everything in the kitchen. It ate the plants, too.

His dog ate everything in the kitchen, even the plants.

1. Everybody danced at the party. My grandfather danced, too.

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