Units 5-6
Underline the correct alternatives.
1 Could you tell/to tell me where I can find the manager? - Yes, of course/afraid.
2 Do you know if there's/if is there a supermarket near here? - I'm not afraid/sure.
Find and correct two mistakes.
I'm sorry to have to telling you, but the train has been cancelled. - That annoying.
1 tell / of course
2 if there's / sure
_____
I'm sorry to have to tell you, but the train has been cancelled. - That's annoying.
1 Underline the correct alternatives.
In my views/view, sport is wonderful. The reasoning/reason I say this is that it makes people work in teams. For/To me, that's really important.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.
1 The best bloggers pay attention _____ what's going on in the world.
2 They listen _____ influential people, pick up _____ the stories in the air and put _____ hours reading websites and doing their research.
Complete the sentences with a suitable verb.
1 Welcome to the company. Please ______ a seat.
2 You want to use the phone? ______ my guest.
3 Come in. _____ the mess. I've been busy.
1 view/reason/for
2 1 to; 2 to / on / in
_____
1 have
2 be
3 excuse
Complete the words in these sentences.
1 The invention of the wheel provided the fou_____ for most machines.
2 The 3,000-year-old body found in the mountains was a great dis_____.
3 In the debate about climate change, we haven't made much pro_____.
1 foundation
2 discovery
3 progress
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective in brackets.
1 It's all very _____ (confuse). I can't understand the results of this survey.
2 The hotel is lovely. She's _____ (satisfy) with the room even though it's small.
Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
1 They're being/holding/doing a plant sale in the village hall on Saturday.
2 She's running a marathon to have/raise/do money for cancer research.
1 confusing
2 satisfied
_____
1 holding
2 raise
Tick the correct sentences. Correct the wrong ones.
1 The key is to believe of yourself.
2 He's certainly a high achiever.
3 We'll improve if we are practise every day.
Put the words in the correct order to make answers to the questions.
1
- Why do you think he'll become a professional golfer?
- aptitude / the / has / an / because / game / for / he
2
- Why do you think you'll fail the test?
- science / at / absolutely / because / hopeless / I'm
1 The key is to believe in yourself.
2 correct
3 We'll improve if we practise every day.
_____
1 Because he has an aptitude for the game.
2 Because I'm absolutely hopeless at science.
Choose the correct alternative.
1 War was a way of life for grandfather's generation / decade / age.
2 I grew up in a century / an era / the nineties.
1 generation
2 the nineties
Complete the words in the sentences.
1 I don't agree with nu_____ po_____. I think it's a dangerous way of making el_____.
2 Sp_____ tr_____ is a waste of money. Why do we need to send people to the Moon?
3 I couldn't live without my wa______ ma_____. I hate dirty clothes.
Underline the correct alternative.
I'd like to discuss/inquire this with my boss.
Complete the words with the correct suffix.
His shoulder is very pain_____. He says it hurts a lot when he tries to move it.
1 nuclear power / electricity
2 space travel
3 washing machine
______
discuss
_____
painful
Put the letters in brackets in the correct order to make a word. Then rewrite the sentence using that word and two other words.
Why don't you stop interfering in my life? (binesssu)
Why don't you mind _____?
Tick correct sentences. Correct the wrong sentences.
1 Blogs are mini-enciclopedias containing useful information.
2 We use search engines to find information quickly.
3 Dating sites contain information about companies and businesses.
4 Wikis tell us which products, films, places, etc. are the best.
your own business
_____
1 Wikis are mini-enciclopedias containing useful information.
2 correct
3 Corporate sites contain information about companies and businesses.
4 Ratings sites tell us which products, films, places, etc. are the best.
Cross out th word which is not possible.
1 She's going to give a talk / me a call / problem today.
2 The company has to make a profit / money / decision.
3 She sometimes has progress / trouble / a break while doing her homework.
1 problem
2 money
3 progress
Rewrite the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the prompts in brackets.
1 (lot / easy) I expected the exam to be more difficult.
The exam __________ I had expected.
2 (simple) All the other solutions to the problem are more complicated.
It's __________ solution to the problem.
Complete the sentences with the correct question tag.
1 This actor has won an Oscar for Forrest Gump, _____?
2 He was probably the greatest basketball player in history, _____?
1 was a lot easier than
2 the most simple/simplest
______
1 hasn't he
2 wasn't he
Underline the correct alternative.
1 How long have you known / been knowing David?
2 She's angry - she's waited / been waiting for an hour!
Rewrite the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the words in capitals. Write three words. Contractions are one word.
1 Can you bring some drinks to the party? ABLE
__________ to bring some drinks to the party?
2 We didn't have time to visit Las Vegas. MANAGE
We __________ visit Las Vegas.
3 I failed the test. ABLE
I __________ pass the test.
1 known
2 been waiting
______
1 Are you able
2 didn't manage to
3 wasn't able to
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 If Thierry _____ (not score) that goal, we _____ (not win).
2 What _____ (you/do) if you _____ (miss) the plane?
1 hadn't scored; wouldn't have won
2 would have you done; had missed
Underline the correct alternative.
1 If it rains tonight, I take an umbrella/I'll stay at home and watch a DVD/I don't go out.
2 If Justine passes her exams, her mother is delighted/she has worked hard/she'll go to university.
3 If I had a garden, I'd grow my own vegetables/I sit in the sun all day long/I'll grow lots of beautiful flowers.
4 He would look much better when he'll buy some new clothes/if he would sleep more/if he cut his hair.
1 I'll stay at home and wath a DVD
2 she'll go to university
3 I'd grow my own vegetable
4 if he cut his hair
Are the two underlined parts of the sentences correct? Change the ones that are wrong.
1 We saw a rat. The next day our cat killed rat.
2 I didn't enjoy a party - there were too much people.
Join the sentences using which, where or who.
1 My girlfriend is in the fashion industry. She lives in Paris.
My girlfriend,...
2 I grew up in a house. It's now a theatre.
The house...
1 We saw a rat. The next day our cat killed the rat.
2 I didn't enjoy the party - there were too many people.
_____
1 who is in the fashion industry, lives in Paris.
2 where I grew us is now a theatre.
Rewrite the sentences using the passive.
1 Samuel Beckett didn't write Ulysses.
Ulysses _____.
2 No one has told us anything about the exam.
We _____.
1 wasn't written by Samuel Beckett.
2 haven't been told about the exam.