Unit 1
Participle of the verb "to shine"
Shone
Choose the correct option:
When the sun was sure to go/went down.
Went
Complete the text with the correct passives form of the verbs in brackets:
____(often/claim) that if banks reduce bonuses, they will lose talent.
It is often claimed
Complete the sentence with a/an or the
___government should help__homeless
The government should help the homeless.
Replace the following sentence with one that has a similar/same meaning with the word given:
I just need 2 minutes to finish this. (All)
All i need is 2 minutes to finish this.
Complete the phrase with the correct form:
I had hoped__(do) this by the age of 18.
To do
Translate and define this idiom:
"Buck the trend"
Ire en contra de tendència.
Complete the sentence with get or have and the correct form of the verbs in bracket:
I___(my hair/do) for the photo in mats weeks newspaper.
had my hair done
Few people can___(succeed/read) without being thought how to do so.
succeed in reading
Rewrite the following sentence using pseudo clefts:
You should choose advanced english.
What you should do is choose advanced english.
Put the correct idiom in the bracket of the following sentence:
My parents will has been_____between my sisters for years.
A bone of contention
Only after countless warnings was the concerned student/student concerned finally expelled.
Student concerned
Complete the sentence with get or have and the correct form of the verbs in bracket:
___(anyone/injure) in the accident?
We were really lucky no one___(hurt)
Did anyone get injured in the accident?
We were really lucky no one got hurt.
Choose the correct option in the following sentence:
Morrow happended to have/having been attending a conference.
To have
Rewrite the following sentence starting with the word given in parentesis:
She had entered the room when i finished studying. (Scarcely)
Scarcely had she entered the room when I finished studying.
Rewrite the following sentence:
He's due to finish his degree next summer (will)
By_______
By next summer he will have finished his degree.
Rewrite the following sentence using would:
Jack the ripper was never caught because the police didn't have access to modern forensic methods.
If the police had had access to modern forensic methods, Jack the Ripper would have been caught.
Rewrite the following sentence using get/have+object +past participle or get+past participle:
The chances of someone stealing your purse in the London underground are high if your not careful.
You can easily get your purse stolen in the London Underground if you’re not careful.
Rewrite the following sentence using the correct form of infinitive or -ing form and the verbs in bracket.
She admitted that she has been at fault. (acknowledged/be)
She acknowledged being at fault.
Rewrite the following sentence with one that has a similar/same meaning with the word given in parentesis:
Se just need 5 minutes to fix it. (All)
All we need is 5 minutes to fix it.
Rewrite the following sentence:
After half an hour, the bus finally showed up. (waiting)
We___
We had been waiting for half an hour before the bus finally showed up.
Rewrite the following sentence using would:
"I will be away from my office doing jury duty tomorrow"
He told his staff___
He told his staff that he would be away from his office doing jury duty the next day.
Rewrite the sentence using get/have+object +past participle or get+past participle:
we can only pay you by banks transfer.
You can only get paid paid by bank transfer.
Rewrite the following sentence using the correct form of infinitive or -ing form and the verbs in bracket.
By chance, I was headhunted by the Foreign/Office. (happen/be)
By chance, I happened to be headhunted by the Foreign Office.
Rewrite the following with an inversion:
As soon as the movie started i fell asleep.
No sooner had the movie started than i fell asleep.