Unit 1
Choose the correct option.
My dad is very accident prone/tech savvy. He is always bumping into things and knocking them over.
accident prone.
When you are telling a story that happened in the past, you use the past simple to talk about the main events. What verb tense do you use to talk about the background to the story?
Past continuous. For example:
It was raining when I met Victoria at the train station.
Choose the correct option.
I have been living/live here for two years.
have been living
Is the the word that in this sentence mandatory or optional?
Assuming that you study, the test will be a piece of cake.
Optional
Assuming (that) you study, the test will be a piece of cake.
Note: This is also true with conditional sentences starting with suppose, providing and provided.
There is an animal on the first page of the first unit. What is it?
a flamingo
Decide if the nominal clause in this sentence is an object or subject.
Wearing a suit makes you feel more like a real lawyer.
Subject
Complete the sentence.
Many jobs at clothing stores are b_____ paid.
badly
Finish the second sentence so it has the same meaning as the first.
- Not only was I tired, I was in a bad mood.
- I was not only...
I was not only tired, I was also in a bad mood.
Choose the correct option.
Had/should she studied, she would have gotten a much higher mark on the exam.
Had
Pages 28-29
Find the mistake and correct it.
How someone acts is just as important that what he or she believes.
How someone acts is just as important as what he or she believes.
A verb that means to "remove contaminants from"
purify
To describe changes that will be completed before a particular point in the future, we use...
a) future with will
b) future continuous
c) future perfect simple
d) future perfect continuous
Future perfect simple. For example:
He will have fixed the air-conditioning by the end of the day.
Name one metaphor for each of the following three concepts.
1. anger = heat
2. argument = war
3. time = money
Student's book page 39
We read an article about ways to artificially enhance people's intelligence. Name two of the three possible methods of brain augmentation mentioned in the article.
1. interfacing with the brain
2. stimulating the brain
3. enhancing the brain with implants
How could use describe a new gadget that is so simple that anyone could learn how to operate it?
user-friendly
What would you call someone who has the ability to consider other perspectives and tries to be empathetic to other people, even when they disagree with them?
Open-minded
Complete the second sentence so it has the same meaning as the first.
Sarah had just gotten home when the power went out.
No __________________________________
No sooner had Sarah gotten home than the power went out.
Put the words in the right order to form a conditional sentence.
I / when / younger / have / was / more / could / If / I / travelled / only
If only I could have travelled more when I was younger.
In the first unit, we listened to a woman give a friend advice about how to dress well without spending a fortune. What were three pieces of advice she gave him?
Teacher's book, page TB4, top of the page.
To show that there is a big difference between two things, we can use a number of modifiers before the comparative adjective. For example:
The new building is considerably bigger than the old one.
Name six other modifiers.
Grammar hub 1.2
Explain three ways of talking about the future from the perspective of the past.
Grammar hub 2.2
Explain why and how we use negative inversion in English.
Grammar hub 3.2
Explain three ways inversion can be used to replace the word if in conditional sentences.
Grammar hub 4.1
In unit 2, we discussed the following quotation. Who said it?
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
Aristotle