CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

COMMON MISTAKES
AT PET
and how to avoid them.
CONTENTS

1.
A, an or one?
2.
When do I use capital letters?
3.
Do I need am / is / are in this sentence?
Test 1
4.
Singular or plural?
5.
Plural or uncountable?
6.
When do I use of and when do I use an apostrophe?
Test 2
7.
What's the negative form of have?
8.
Present simple or present continuous?
9.
Which verbs don't have a continuous form?
Test 3
10.
Regular or irregular past simple forms?
11.
How do I form the past simple negative?
12.
Past simple or past continuous?
Test 4
13.
How do I use personal pronouns?
14.
How do I use reflexives?
15.
Many, much or a lot of
Test 5
16.
Something, anything, nothing or everything
17.
Same sound, different spelling
Test 6
19.
Which verbs take to + verb after them?
20.
Which form of the verb do I use after look forward to?
21.
Which form of the verb do I use after can and could?
Test 7
22.
How do I form adjectives from nouns?
23.
Very or really?
24.
How do I form adverbs?
Test 8
25.
Which, who or that?
26.
How do I give extra information?
27.
Which prepositions do I use after arrive?
Test 9
28.
Commonly confused verbs
29.
How do I use do and go with -ing words?
30.
Which verbs take to (preposition) after them?
Test 10

ANSWER KEY

2005 Cambridge University Press

2007

A, an or one?
1 Tick the correct sentence in each pair.
1 a
h
2 a

I use a heater because ray bedroom is really cold

I use an heater because ray bedroom is really cold.
We met one really nice boy when we were on holiday.

1) We met a really nice boy when we were on holiday

We use tin before singular countable nouns beginning w i t h a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), and a
before words beginning w i t h the other letters of the alphabet:

M\' friend

is sharing n room with an Italian

r Note that we say a university

girl.

(because it begins with a / j / sound) and an hour

(because the h is silent).

We also use a (or an) in expressions such as these:

three times n week, (a) quarter of an hour

We can use either one or a w i t h hundred, thousand or million.

We can also use one

instead of a when we want to emphasise the number:

There are one hundred

centimetres in a metre, (or a hundred

centimetres)

I've got two brothers and onesister. (or and a sister)

We use one and not a or an w h e n we want to emphasise that we are talking about only
one t h i n g or person and not two or more:

/ invited three friends, hut only one of them came.

One holiday

a year is not enough for me.

2 Correct the mistake below.

1 looked in m y m i r r o r and

was c o m i n g up b e h i n d me.

U n d e r l i n e the correct w o r d . I n some sentences there are t w o possible answers.

1 I live on m y own in a / an I one flat.
2 She's got a I an lone h u n d r e d euros.
3 We go there twice a I an I one m o n t h .
*l I went to the village w i t h a /tin I one friend.
5

She gave me u I an I one burger, not two.

<> 1 want to buy a I an I one umbrella.

7 M y cousin works at a I an lone university.
8 I've got a Inn I one uncle and two aunts.

When do I use capital letters?

1 Tick the correct sentence i n each pair.
1
2

I have an english exam next week,

I have an English exam next week.

There is a t r i p to the exhibition in December,

There is a t r i p to the exhibition in december.

We use capital letters with:

titles and people's names: Mrs Smith, DrLee, Queen Elizabeth II
members of the family when used as names: Dad, Grandma
addresses: Woodstock House, 16 West Road
letter beginnings and endings: Dear Charlotte, Love from Emily, Yours sincerely
geographical names: Rome (city), Spain (country), the Nile (river), the Pacific Ocear
(ocean), Mount Everest (mountain)
nationality adjectives and languages: English, Italian, French
days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
months of the year: January, February, March
festivals and special days: Christmas Day, Valentine's Day, Easter
ft We use small letters in sentences when we are referring to someone's job or
position rather than his / her name or title:
He is my doctor, The new queen is very young, This is my dad.
ft We write only the pronoun /with a capital letter:
My sister and I went home, but then she went out again.
2 Correct the mistake below.

I've got

rT^s.

afternoon.

3 Rewrite these sentences using small and capital letters.

1 madrid is in spain.
2

...

london is o n the thames

a r e y o u learning Italian?

my f a t h e r is Spanish

i d o n ' t like mondays

my birthday is in may.

yours faithfully, paul may

my m m is a doctor
6

Do I need am /is/are

in this sentence?

1 Tick t h e correct sentence i n each pair.

1
2

The person w h o sits next to me is called Natalia,

The person w h o sits next to me called Natalia.

I may go to the cinema, but I am not sure,

I may go to the cinema, but I not sure.

We use am lis I are:

with an adjective to describe people and things:
My cousin is tall. He is good-looking

too.

with -ingto form the present continuous:

/ hope you are feeling well.
with going to to talk about the future:
I'm not going to go shopping on Saturday.
with the past participle to form the passive:
Cardiff and Swansea are situated in south Wales.
after there and here:
There are a lot of buildings near the school.
Here's the book I promised you.
ft Note that we often use contractions {'m, s and re) in spoken and written English,
especially after p r o n o u n s and short words.
2 Correct t h e mistake below.

Look at my shoes!.

them.

3 Add am, is o r are to these sentences.

1

I've g o t a new ruler b e c a u s e my o l d o n e b r o k e n

I like this b a g , but it t o o small f o r my things

Here our photos. Do y o u w a n t to look at them?....

Paul w o r k s in N e w Y o r k a n d m a r r i e d t o Anna

I like b o o k s which interesting

T h a t all f o r now. I will w r i t e s o o n

I looking f o r w a r d t o seeing y o u

Jack a f r a i d his wife will fail her driving test

TEST1
Complete the phrases w i t h a o r an. T h e n rewrite the phrase w i t h the adjective.

'
2

'.
8

exam
university
idea
house.
restaurant
hour.
uncle.
lesson

(hard)
(old)
(interesting)
(unusual)
(expensive)
(extra)
(rich)
( y)
eaS

Rewrite the l e t t e r using capital letters where necessary. There are sixteen errors.

55 sandfield road
oxford
ox5 7rn

dear rcrs brown

february 10th 2005

please find enclosed a deposit for bed and breakfast accommodation

for the weekend of march 15th. my husband and i look forward to
seeing you then.
yours sincerely
barbara parker

3 Complete the t e x t w i t h am, is o r are.

My n a m e (1)

J u l i e Wise a n d I

(2)

21 years o l d . I live in S p a i n , but I

(3)

B r i t i s h . My p a r e n t s (4).

English t e a c h e r s in M a d r i d . I w o r k in an o f f i c e and
my sister (5)

s t u d y i n g English at university

M o s t of our f r i e n d s (6)
best f r i e n d (7)

S p a n i s h , but my
f r o m A r g e n t i n a . She (8)

a s e c r e t a r y in an i n t e r n a t i o n a l b a n k .

4 Write sentences using the n o t e s . Use s o r are and capital letters where necessary.
1 THE NILE / T H E LONGEST RIVER I N AFRICA
2

CHINESE NEWYEAR/OFTEN I N JANUARY

3 NICOLE K I D M A N / A N AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS

4

JUVENTUS A N D LAZIO / ITALIAN FOOTBALL TEAMS

5 K I N G LEAR / PIAY ABOUT A N OLD ENGLISH K I N G A N D HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

6 T H E HIMALAYAS / I N ASIA
7 SHOPS I N BRITAIN / OFTEN OPEN O N SUNDAY
8 LOS ANGELES / I N CALIFORNIA
5 Are the sentences right o r wrong? Correct those w h i c h are w r o n g .
1

How deep is the pacific ocean?

I'm meeting one f r i e n d of mine later

They not sane a b o u t the answer

I've g o t some apples. Would you like one?

There is some people in the park

I very t i r e d today.

We're staying at the Ramsey Hotel

See you in half a hour

Singular or plural?
1

Tick ilic correct sentence In each pair.

1 a
h
2 a
h

I'm going to have the most wonderful holiday of my life here

I'm going to have the most wonderful holidays of my life here.
I don't wear old cloths for work
I don't wear old clothes for work.

Curtain or curtains' .
1

We use curtains

unless we are referring to one curtain only:

I'd like to buy some new curtains for my room, (hut The right curtain

is longer than the

left one.)
Holiday or holidays?
We say a holiday I on holiday when we talk about a trip or a day off work. We can say

school holidays I summer holidays to describe a period of time:

/ hope you enjoy your holiday in liritain.
Mountain

or

mountains!

We use mountains

w h e n we talk about an area:

My umie's house is in the mountains near Turin.

Cloth, cloths or clothes?

We use clothes to talk about things people wear. We say an item or a piece of

clothing

to describe one thing only. A cloth (plural cloths) is a piece of material for a particular
purpose, e.g. tabic cloth, or for making clothes:

/ am going to buy some new clothes for the

wedding.

3 Complete the sentences w i t h a singular o r p l u r a l w o r d f r o m this page.

1 That

.?r*f?. .
l

is torn, so I'm going to mend it.

2 During the summer

3 I climbed the
1 Where's the

I worked in a shop.
b e h i n d the house one m o r n i n g .
for washing the dishes?

5 My bed cover is llowery, just like (he

at the windows.

ti Come and visit me for your next

7 I wore my new
K I always take a map when I go to the

at the weekend.

Plural or uncountable?
1

Tick the correct sentence In each pair.

)

V.cj feet ore too srooll for these shoes.

1) My foots are too small for these shoes

2 a
b

i Ihmk Italian food is the best in I tie world.

i think Italian food are the best in the world.

Most plural nouns end in -s. However, some plural nouns are irregular:

Mv neighbour

is a wonderful

person Our neighbours

nre wonderful

people.

Other irregular plural nouns include: nittn men. woman women,

child children, fool feel, looih leeth. mouse mice

d Police and staff ate also plural: The police are

hard-working.

Some nouns have no plural f o r m . We say that nouns such as water and cheese are
'uncountable' because we can't count t h e m . We can only count glasses/bottles

of

wtner and pieces I slices of cheese. Compare:

I'd like some water, please, and I'd like a glass of water, please, (not tuHMwHers)
Other c o m m o n uncountable nouns \nc\ude food, furniture,

information,
The furniture

hair,

homework,

money and work. We use singular verbs w i t h uncountable nouns:

in my bedroom looks good.

My hair is dark brown, (but I've got one grey hair behind my ear.)

Can you buy me a newspaper?

on the table.

U n d e r l i n e the correct f o r m .
1 I Iere is I are some i n f o r m a t i o n about hotels in Paris.

2
3
4
>
r

Some children is I ate afraid of clogs.

There was I were a hottle of water in the fridge.
T h e staff is lore on a training course.
The woman I women is reading the newspaper,

b" Your hair looks I hairs look very nice.

7 I low m a n y slices of bread I bread have you got?
8 This homework was I were easy.

When do I use of and when do I use an apostrophe?

1 l i c k the correct sentence in each pair.
1 a We spent t w o days inraygrandmother's house.
I) We spent two days in the house of ray grandmother
2 a
h

Look at the top of the page,

Look at the page's top

VVc use apostrophe + s Cs) to talk about tilings associated w i t h one person:

My friend's

name is Natalia.

These are my husband's

things.

We use s + apostrophe (s') to talk about things associated w i t h more than one person:

Here is my friends' teacher.

The students' records are in the cupboard.
& Nate that wc use an apostrophe + s Cs) w i t h irregular plural nouns:
77te children's

party is at the club.

We also use apostrophe + 5 Cs) on its o w n :

My birthday

is the same day as my

mother's.

Wc use of to talk about things associated w i t h places and objects:

Rome is the capital of Italy, (not

ttaly's-eapital)

The answers are at the back of the book.

These are m y parents. And this is

3 Write possessive sentences using the words i n brackets.
1 1 visited ...."Xa.irH^..^.?.?. .... (school I my
1

2
3
4
5
6

We stayed in
'Garden Designs' is
it's
They are

7
8 I found

friend).

(other house I her family).

(name I his company).
(birthday I my little brother).
(cousins I my father) live in Argentina.
(brothers I my best friend).
(phone numbers I my friends)
(glasses I man).
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arc in this book.

TEST 2
1 Insert an apostrophe where necessary.
1 The bobys dothes ore in the cupboard
2 My English isn't as good as ray wifes
3 Do you know your neighbours very well?
4 My friends names are Roberto and Giorgio
5 Have you got the oddress of the hotel?
6 My teachers family comes from Scotland
7 Look at that boys shoes/
8 Have you got the childrens things?
2 Add the p l u r a l e n d i n g -s where necessary.
1 My parents didn't enjoy their holiday
2 The staff were all very nice.
3 I like your new curtaia
4 Two police officer came to the door.
5 My front tooth hurts/
6 I like going to the Scottish mountain in winter ...
7 When did you get your hair cut?
8 I'll wash those dirty dish cloth.
3 Rewrite these sentences i n the p l u r a l f o r m .
1 This is the man's hook.
These
2 The furniture in the b e d r o o m is quite o l d .
The
3 i lis book is on the desk.
Their
4 Do you k/iow that w o m a n over there?
Do
5 is that your friend's jacket?
Are
6 The hoy is doing his homework.
The
7 This new car is quite nice.
These
8 Which child wears glasses?
Which

1.1

Write t w o sentences for each p i c t u r e . Use some In the first sentence and one o f the
words In the box in the second.
bar

bottle

cup

glass

jar

loaf

packet

piece

1 I'd like

2 Can I have

3 Would you like

4 Could 1 have

5 Do you want

6 Shall I get

7 Did you buy

8 I'm going to buy

5 Arc the sentences right o r wrong? Correct those w h i c h are w r o n g .

1 Which cloths are you wearing for the party?
2 Con I have some informations about this course?
3 My brother's girlfriend is from Mew Zealand
4 There are some food in the fridge
5 Where's your homework?
(> I eat a fruit every day
7 Who sits at the class's front?
}) This israygrandparent's car.
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What's the negative form of have?

1 Tick the correct sentence i n each pair.
1

] don't have dinner with my parents very often

b
2 a
b

I haven't dinner with my parents very often.

We didn't have g o t enough money to boy a drink,
We didn't have enough money to boy a drink.

We use either have or have got w h e n we talk about our possessions, families, personal
characteristics and ailments. Remember that we use has or has got w i t h he, site and it.

I have a lot of clothes. I've got a lot of clothes.

My mother has a cousin in Australia. My mother has got a cousin in

Australia.

The negative forms are don't I doesn't have and haven't I hasn't gov.

I don't have a camera, (not

I4itiven't-ti-eanma.)

My room hasn't got much furniture,

(not My room

hastM-mHeitftmnHm'.)

We use have (also don't have I doesn't have) for actions:

/ don't have breakfast in the morning, (not

lie has a shower every morning, (not

f-iiaveii't4>reakftist)

He-iias-got-ftshotver)

The past tense of have and have got is had. The negative is didn't have:

I've got a terrible headache. I wasn't well yesterday, but I didn't

hadn'tn-tieadaciw,

Hiadn'tnoti}4iead(tebe

or t-didn't-tmvp

have a headache, (not /

got a

lieiHiaebe)

The future f o r m is will ('II) have. The negative f o r m is won't have.

If you take this tablet, you won't have a headache.

2 Correct the mistake below

My room

w h e n I moved i n , so I bought one

3 Tick ( ) (he sentences w h i c h are c o r r e c t . I n some pairs h o t h sentences arc c o r r e c t .

1 a

I don't haveraochmoney

b I haven't got raoch money

2 a

We didn't have got a good holiday

b We didn't have a good holiday

3 a

He didnt hove fon at the party

h He hadn't got fon at the party

4 i My parents don't have a car.

5

/..

I) My parents haven't g o t a car.

1 didn't have a j o b last year.

b I hadn't got a j o b last year.

6 a

My sister doesn't hove a boyfriend

h My sister hasn't got a boyfriend

7 a

I hadn't my glasses with

b I didn't have my glasses with me

roc

W.y brother doesn't have red hair.

1) My brother hasn't got red hair

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Present simple or present continuous?

1 Tick the correct sentence In each pair.
1 a

I'm going to the dob every evening

I) 1 go to the dob every evening

2 a

My father's got a good job. He's working for an international bank.

I) My father's got a good j o b He works for an international bank.

Wc use the present simple to talk about:

permanent states: / don't live near nn underground

regular habits: / play football

general truths: Garage mechanics repair cars.

station.

most weekends.

We use the present continuous to talk about current actions or events that are
unfinished:

to describe what is happening at the time of speaking:

Can you switch the TV off? I'm not watching it.
to describe temporary actions, often w i t h today, this week, etc. to show the period
of time:

Tin walking

to school this month. It's good for me.

to describe ongoing actions w h i c h are happening around this time but not
necessarily at the time of speaking:

I'm learning

l-nglish because I want to work in a travel agent's.

3 Complete the sentences w i t h the present s i m p l e o r present c o n t i n u o u s f o r m o f

play, read, wear and work.

1 M y sister

Yf.?.^.

as an air stewardess for Alitalia.

2 Children in Britain usually

3 I

school u n i f o r m .

a book about the history of Home. It's very interesting.

4 Some of the best footballers in the w o r l d

5 I

m y new shoes today.

6 My father

travel books in his free time.

7 Lucia's in her bedroom. She

8 I

for Ileal M a d r i d .

a game on the computer.

really hard this m o n t h .

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Which verbs don't have a continuous form?

Tick the correct sentence In each pair.
1 ;i

I think this spaghetti is great

I'm thinking this spaghetti is great.

2 a

I don't know the answer to the question.

I'm not knowing the onswer to the questioa

We do not use the continuous f o r m w i t h the following verbs w h i c h describe thoughts

and feelings: believe, depend, forget, bate. know. like. love. mean. need, prefer,

remember, understand,

want

Some c o m m o n verbs have more than one meaning. We do not use the continuous
form w h e n think means believe and w h e n have refers to possession. Compare:

/ think

it's going to rain soon, and I'm thinking

about becoming a teacher.

My sister has a new car. and She isn't at home now. She's having a driving

lesson.

We do not usually use the continuous form w i t h hear, smell and taste. We can use

seeing w h e n it refers to meeting someone in the future. We often use can w i t h hear,
smell, taste and see to describe what is happening now. Compare:
/ (can) see two women in the picture, and I'm seeing my sister tomorrow evening.
We use both the continuous and simple form of look and feel to talk about now:

You're looking
I'm feeling

tired. What's the matter? and You look tired. What's the matter?

nervous about my exams, and / feel nervous about my exams.

( / ) the sentences w h i c h arc c o r r e c t . I n some pairs b o t h sentences are correct.

I'm liking to get up early

b I like to get op early

'What is this word meaning?

b What does this word mean?

How ore you feeling?

b How do you fee!?

I'm not needing anything, thank you

h I don't need anything, thank you

I'm thinking about buying a car.

b I think about buying a car.

This soop is tasting really nice

b This soup tastes really nice

My mother is looking tired

b My mother looks tired

I'm not having bbe eyes

b 1 don't have blue eyes

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TEST 3
1

Itewrite Ihcsc scntenccs'In the negative f o r m .

1 M y new coat lias got a belt
2 I've got three cousins
3 Wc had dinner at h o m e yesterday evening....
4 I'll have a cup of coffee
5 M y m u m has got a sore throat
6 I have a shower every m o r n i n g
7 My brother has a girlfriend i n America
8 I had flu last winter.

2 Choose the correct f o r m .

1 I 'in trying I try not to eat chocolate this week.
2 Can you answer the phone? I 'm making/

make the dinner.

3 John's going I goes to the cinema two or three times a m o n t h .

4 This spaghetti is tasting I tastes delicious!
5 I 'in reading/read

a book about Picasso at the m o m e n t .

6 Children in some countries aren't going I don't go to school.

7 Please be careful! I 'm having/itave
8 M y English is improving

a broken a r m .

I improves.

3 Complete the sentences w i t h the correct f o r m o f the verb.

(try) to learn the guitar, but he

1 M y dad

(not want) to have lessons.

(not enjoy) this music, i

2 Can you change the CD? I

(want) to listen to a different CD.

(need) a new bike. She

3 M y sister

(use)

mine at the m o m e n t .

(play) football twice a week, but they

4 M y brothers

(not like) watching it o n TV.

5 I

(tliink)

about b u y i n g a digital camera. I

(believe) they're not too expensive.

(watch) this film. I

6 Be quiet! I

(not

make) a noise d u r i n g your favourite I V programmes.

(wear) today.

7 That's a nice perfume you

It

(smell) very nice.

8 M y m u m isn't here at the m o m e n t . She

friend, 1

(think).

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(have) l u n c h w i t h a

C o m p l e t e the postcard. Use the present s i m p l e ,

present c o n t i n u o u s or can + I n f i n i t i v e f o r m o f
the verbs i n the box.

J_ tb

i j'tit
rttt

of London from rny bdn/on wrAdot* I (5i

' i Qfn TVt. I (7)

of a f&t tn^int. I (fi

don't

know

slay

work

UirU tkt frf-e'f in

tu

It's cm o\\ot\. now and I

tu nmnd

I flvitewd tu K'Mti off tktS morn,n^,

tnt'*

ful?

t o t . fCdtt^
ii

5 Arc the sentences r i g h t or w r o n g ? Correct those w h i c h are w r o n g .

1 You look great m that jacket!
2 'We always have got a party a t the end of terrn
3 You can borrow this pea I'm not needing it
4 Birds are making their nests in spring
5

I h a d n ' t got a cola last winter

6 Do yoti prefer dark or milk chocolate?

'

T w

semewurt

,nUnttn^ tvtfy dty And I ntnt to tu Tu^vtr ytsUtdiy

so

hear

n London for a yut tnd invifed m to

flit >s on tu Unlk flm And I r f i

cbi

have
sit

tiw ii lenion. I (ii

>v.tk. my mnt. Su (3)

viSit ut

sec

I wear my new jeons today

8 We're thmkmg the shops will close sooa

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Regular or irregular past simple forms?

1 T i c k the correct sentence i n each pair.
1 a
b
2 a
b

They paid four euros for the tickets,

They payed four euros for the tickets.
My feet fell cold when I put thern on the floor,
My feet felt cold when I put them on the floor.

Regular past simple forms end in -eel:

clean ~cleaned, play played, arrive arrived

try tried, carry carried, tidy tidied
plan planned, slip slipped, rob robbed
Some verbs have irregular past simple forms:

go went, find -* found, pay -* paid, say said, buy - bought, bring brought
Some verbs have the same past simple form and infinitive f o r m :

let let, put put. cost -* cost, read /ri-.uV - read /red/
Some irregular past simple forms are easily confused:

My uncle brought

his wife with him. (bring)

U'e bought many presents when we were on holiday, (buy)

/ slip/led and fell down the stairs, (fall)

t got out of bed because 1 felt better, (feel)
2 Correct the mistake below.

3 Complete the sentences w i t h the past s i m p l e f o r m o f the verb.

1 I don*t know how the l a m p

.fek

(fall) d o w n .
(snyP.

2 Did you understand what she

3 I

(cut) m y leg w h e n I slipped.

(tire) i n Toronto for m a n y years.

4 My aunt

(bring) mc f r o m Home.

5 This is a present m y father

6 I
7 My friends
8 M y uncle

(slay) in a hostel w h e n I first arrived here.

(buy) m e a new wntch.
(study) i n New York and then worked there.
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How do I form the past simple negative?

Tick the correct sentence i n each pair.
1 a
h
2 a
h

John didn't drink his cop o f feo.

John didn't dranh his cup of tea.
I didn't went to the cinema ot the weekend,
1 didn't go to the cinema at the weekend.

We use did not (didn't) + (he infinitive o f the verb when we f o r m the past simple
negative. The m a i n verb stays in the infinitive:

/ played tennis every day last week, but I didn't play yesterday, (not Hlidu't
It rained a lot in April, but it didn't

rain much in May. (not

played)

H-didn'i-raiHetl)

Irregular verbs also use the infinitive in the negative:

She went to the dentist yesterday morning, so she didn't go to work.

I didn't have lime to go shopping yesterday, (not

l-ltadn't-thne)

<T We say didn't have (not hadn't) (see Unit 7).

Sonic irregular verbs have the same infinitive and past simple f o r m :

/ cut my nails every week, i didn't cut them at the weekend, so I cut them today.
A fy sister put my books on the chair. She didn't put them on the table.
The verb rtv/r/has the same infinitive and past simple f o r m , but different pronunciation:

/ read /red/ a magazine on the train this morning. I didn't read / r i : d / a newspaper.

Rewrite these positive sentences i n the negative f o r m .

1 We went to the cinema at the weekend

k&lB?..

2 I played very wetl i n o u r last m a t c h

3 Susie stayed out very late last night
4 Stefan told his family what had happened to h i m
5 I heard the news about your brother this m o r n i n g
6 They got married in church
7 I expected you to wait for me
8 The m a n who f o u n d the r i n g returned it
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Past simple or past continuous?

1 Tick the correct sentence In each pair.
1 a
b
2 a
b

When 3 was a child. 1 was going to the village school,

When I was a child. I went to the village school.
I wos ploying footboll when I hurt my knee,
I played footboll when I hurt ray knee.

Wc use the past simple to talk about completed actions or events i n the past. We also
use the past simple to describe a permanent state and regular habits:

/ watched the news on IV last night. At half past ten I went to lied.
My father worked in Untdon for fifteen years, lie walked to the office every day.
Wc use the past continuous to refer to a particular m o m e n t and a temporary state:

/ was watching

the news on TV at ten o'clock last night.

I was in America last summer. I was working

at a sports camp.

Wc use the past simple and past continuous together when' something happened in
the middle of something else. We use the past continuous for t w o things happening at
the same time and the past simple w h e n one t h i n g happened after another. Compare:

/ was watching

TV when the phone rang.

My brother was getting

ready for bed while I was watching

When the phone rang, my brother answered

TV.

it. I le knew it would be his

<r Some verbs arc not normally used in the continuous (sec Unit 9).

3 Underline the correct f o r m .

1 M y brother decided I was deciding to decorate his flat.
2 1 broil? / H Y W breaking m y arm when 1 was twelve years old.
3 Last summer I went I was going to Ireland by plane. It was f u n .
4 1 did I was doing the shopping when I lost my purse.
5 When I passed m y driving test, I bought I was buying a car.
G I sat I was sitting o n the underground at eight o'clock this m o r n i n g .
7 We didn't understand

I weren't understanding

8 1 won I was winning

three prizes in the c o m p e t i t i o n .

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the instructions.

girlfriend.

fEST 4
Head i h e first text. Jt describes w h a t Pete does every day. Complete the second text
w i t h the past s i m p l e .

EVERY D A Y . . .

I GET H O M E FROM WORK AT SIX O'CLOCK EVERY DAY. I

WATCH THE NEWS ON T V AND THEN MAKE M Y DINNER
I PUT THE DISHES I N THE DISHWASHER, THEN I READ
THE NEWSPAPER AND DO THE CROSSWORD W H E N (
FEEL TIRED, I GO TO BED.'

YESTERDAY...
| ( 1 )

HOME FROM WORK AT SIX

O'CLOCK YESTERDAY 1 (2)

THE

NEWS ON T V AND THEN (3)

MY

DINNER.) (4)

THE DISHES IN

THE DISHWASHER, THEN I (5)

THE NEWSPAPER AND (6)

THE

CROSSWORD W H E N I (7)

TIRED,

(8)

TO BED.'

2 Complete the sentences w i t h a negative f o r m f r o m the box o f the past s i m p l e .

cost

feel

find

get

have

know

take

want

1 I left m y camera at home, so I

any photos.

2 Alex bought a mobile phone. It

very m u c h .

3 It was m y birthday last week, but I

a party.

4 lane looked everywhere for her watch, hut she

5

Suzy

v c r

w e

it.

| | yesterday, so she stayed in bed all day.

6 We had a great holiday. We

M y teacher asked me a question, but I

John went for an interview, but he

the answer.

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to come home.
the job.

Look at Ihc p i c t u r e s . T h e y show what Hen a n d Katie d i d yesterday. C o m p l e t e the

sentences w i t h positive and negative f o r m s of the past s i m p l e .

Ben

Katie

1 Katie
2 Ben
3 Katie
4 Ben
5 Katie
6 Ben
7 Katie
8 Ben
4

tennis.
to the radio.
her friends.
at 7.30 a m .
the dishes.
a letter.
the shopping.
jogging.

Complete the sentences using the past s i m p l e and past c o n t i n u o u s .

past, (drive)

1 I was waiting for the bus w h e n m y sister

there, (stand)

2 When I opened the door, two children

3

at his desk, (sit)

I arrived at work at 9.30 am and m y boss

the I V off. (switch)

4 When the film finished. I

5 This time last year 1

in New York, (live)

6 I had a shower, then

on my new clothes, (put)

her glasses w h e n 1 saw her. (wear)

7 My cousin
8 While I was having a shower, the water

5 Are the sentences right o r wrong? Correct those w h i c h arc w r o n g .

1 My parents hadn't a car when they got married
2 1 was having a bad dream and failed oot of bed
3 Paul can't cook because his mother didn't teach him.
4 My parents were here, bat they didn't stayed long ...
5 We were starting French lessons two months ago
6 I cot my hand while 1 was chopping onions
7 My boss skied in Italy when he broke his leg
8 I buyed this new jacket in the sales
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cold, (go)

How do I use personal pronouns?

1 Tick t h e correct sentence In each pair.
1 a
b

That scooter isn't my. so 1 don't use it

That scooter isn't rone, so I don't use it.

2 a He showed my how the club works,

b

He showed me how the club works.

We use my, your, his, her, its, our and their with a n o u n :

My bedroom

is the smallest.

She left her handbag

on the train.

We can use mine instead of my + n o u n when we refer to the same t h i n g again in a

sentence. Remember that we use yours, his, hers, ours, theirs in the same way:

Tlie smallest bedroom is mine. Tlie largest one is yours.

We use me, you, him, her, it, us, them:

as the object of a verb:

/ hope you'll bring me a surprise.

after a preposition such as for, to, with:

Tlie teacher had some advice for

them.

2 Correct the mistake below.

I'm pleased 1 brought this umbrella

3 Complete t h e sentences w i t h an a p p r o p r i a t e personal p r o n o u n .
1 The coach told

that I'm a good player.

2 M y sister painted the furniture because it's

3 We bought two maps, but only one was for
back.

'I M y m u m left a message o n m y mobile, so 1 phoned

5 Tlie students asked their teacher and she let
6 My boyfriend phoned and I (old
7 M y friend's got a new camera, but I prefer
8 I Icrc are your certificates, but we can't find

go.
about m y exam.

How do I use reflexives?

1 Tick the correct sentence In each pair.
1 a
b
2 a
b

My girlfriend and I live in different cities. We phone each other every day
My girlfriend and I live in different cities. We phone us every day.
When I got home. I made myself a cop of coffee,
When 1 got home. I maderoea cop of coffee.

We use me, you, him, her, it, us, them as the object of a verb:

My uncle came to visit me for three days.

Our teacher is great. We like him a lot.
Sec Unit 13 for other examples.
We use myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself ourselves, yourselves and themselves
w h e n the subject and object of a verb are the same:

/ was angry with myself when I lost my watch.

Take care of yourself.
We went out and bought ourselves a drink.
They introduced

Ihemseltvs

hy saying where they came from.

We use each other w h e n two (or more) people do the same t h i n g to the other. We often
use each other w i t h (get to) know, like, meet, phone, see, tell, understand,

write:

I hope we'll see each other soon, Sarah.

Everyone in the class knows each other very lvell.

Underline the correct w o r d .

1 Last lesson we all said something about us / ourselves and our families.
2 I share a flat w i t h a student from M a d r i d . We know us leach other quite well.
3 When Susan lost her key, she hated her I herself.

4 I asked me I myself what I should do.

5 There are twelve of us I ourselves in the class.
6 M y friends send them I each other text messages all the time.
7 You should get you I yourselves m o u n t a i n bikes before we go o n the trip.
8 M y parents went to New York, but they didn't enjoy each other I themselves.

Many, much or a lot of?

1 Tick the correct sentence in eacli pair.
1 a
b
2 a
b

1 hope many people will come to the disco

I hope a lot o f people will come to the disco.
My teacher is organising a concert with much music.
My teacher is organising a concert with a lot of music.

Wc use many w i t h countable nouns and much w i t h uncountable nouns in negative

statements and questions:

/ d'uin't have much fun at the party.

Did you take many photos when you were on holiday?
We sometimes use a lot o / i n positive and negative statements and questions, in
informal and spoken English, though it is not considered correct in w r i t t e n and
formal English:

/ tried on a lot of clothes in the shop.

I didn't have a tot of fun at the party.
Did you taken lot ofpltotos when you were on holiday?
Wc use a lot w i t h o u t a n o u n :

The teacher told me a lot about his experiences.

We use much w i t h o u t a n o u n in negative statements and questions:

The lesson was interesting, hut we didn't learn

Do you use the Internet much?
2 Correct the mistake below

much.

have much work to

do before I go home

I have
Tick ( ) the sentences w h i c h are c o r r e c t . In some pairs b o t h sentences are correct.
I

There are a lot of chairs in the

room

b There are many chairs in the room.

/..

I didn't boy a b t of pens

Do you know o b t about plants?

1 like places with a b t of people

Sorry. 1 haven't got a b t of time

I cooked a lot of Italian food

I like tea. bot I don't drink a

Do you read a b t of books?

b I didn't boy many pens

b Do yoo know much about plants? .
b I like ptaces with many people
b Sorry. I haven't got much time
b I cooked much Italian food
b I like tea bot I don't drink much....

tat.

b Do you read many books?

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TEST 5
1

Rewrite the sentences In tlie negative f o r m . Use much and many. W h i c h sentence In
each p a i r Is t r u e for you?
1 I do a lot of h o m e w o r k
2 I've got a lot of clothes
3 1 do a lot of sport
4 I work w i t h a lot o f people
5 I know a lot about football
6 1 go to the theatre a lot
7 I watch a lot o f videos
8 I eat a lot of pasta

2 Put the words In the correct order to make sentences.

1 h i m / can / show / classroom / to / his / 1
2 for / want / lunch / 1 / don't / m u c h
3 u p / she / introduced / stood / herself / and
4 use / m y / or / yours / pen / you / can
5 her / didn't / very / they / like / much
6 them / a / she / had / surprise / for
7 interesting / stories / the / arc / our / most
8 lot / weekend / 1 / did / at / the / a

Complete the sentences w i t h possessive adjectives [my, our, etc.) and possessive
p r o n o u n s (mine, ours, etc.).
1 Can you lend me

pen?

2 Where arc your coats? We put

in the bedroom.

3 Is your sister having a party for

birthday?

4 I don't like m y job, but m y friends like

5 M y brother and I live w i t h

parents.

6 Have you got a dictionary? I've left

at home.

7 My brother's at the cinema w i t h

girlfriend.

8 I las your sister got a mobile or docs she use

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Circle Ihc correct w o r d for each space and c o m p l e t e the text.

I really made a fool of (1)

last week. My best
friend and I see (2)
every weekend, and last
Saturday we went to the cinema. We bought (3)
a drink, and then went in and sat down. A few minutes later, a woman
came in and sat down next to (4)

Five minutes into the film, a mobile started to ring. To my horror, it was
(5)
! This was only the start! I bent down in the
dark to pick up (6)
bag so that I could switch o f f
the phone, lust then the woman turned to (7)
and said, 'What do you think you're doing?' I looked down and realised
that the bag was (8)
! I was so embarrassed!
1 mc

my

2 us

each other

myself
ourselves

mine
her

3 it

ourselves

us

them

herself

each other

4 her

us

5 myself

mine

me

my

6 my
7 herself

his
mc

mine
her

your
myself

8 mine

hers

my

her

5 A r c the sentences right o r wrong? Correct those w h i c h are w r o n g .

1 I will talk to they as soon as possible
2 My parents understand themselves
3 There werent much people at the party
4 We looked at ourselves in the mirror.
5 My sister androesaw the film
G The dog is eating it's food
7 My friends and I send each other emails
8 Did your mum enjoy himself at the party?
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Something, anything, nothing or everything?

1 Tick the correct sentence i n each pair.
1 a She ate nothing for t w o days.
b
2 a
b

She ate anything for t w o doys.

1 won't see something like it agaml
I won't see anything like it again/

We use something and nothing

/ wanted to watch something

in positive statements:

ou TV.

When I tost my money, there was nothing

I could do.

We use anything

in negative statements and questions:

When I lost my money, there wasn't anything I could do

I couldn't afford anything

Did you buy anything

very exjiensive. (not

(noHherwasH^Htothing)

i-couliln'l-affrnd-something)

to wear for the party?

I'm not very lucky - I never win

We also use anythingw'nh

anything.

will, could and would to mean 'any thing, it does not

matter what':

/ will do anything

to have my ivutclt back.

I liked the belt because I could wear it with

anything.

We use everything

to mean 'all things':

My friend and I do everything together, (not

I can't say everything

ilmdl-togedwf)

I ivant to sny.

2 Correct the mistake below.

to cat for breakfast.

I'm hungry. I didn't

3 Complete the sentences w i t h something,
1 I wanted to buy

.?.?. ^i ?. .^9
1

nothing, anything

4 I've never heard

everything.

for the meal.

2 I'm not going to say

3 Thanks for

or

about (he accident.

and don't forget to write.
as loud as that!

5 There's a bed in m y r o o m , but

else.

6 The students w o u l d do

the teacher asked.

7 1 was really p r o u d . I listened carefully and 1 understood

8 I can't play billiards or

like that.
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Same sound, different spelling

1 T i c k the correct sentence In each pair.
1 a
b
2 a
b

My room is to small for me.

My room is too small for me.
1 hope to see you soon, maybe in France,
1 hope to see yoo soon, may be in Fronce.

To, loo and two are homophones - they have the same p r o n u n c i a t i o n but different
spelling:
VVic music wasn't too loud and I talked to a lot of people, including

two Italian

girls.

Aloud and allowed are homophones:

We're not allowed

to read aloud in the library-

Other homophones arc: hole I whole, know/no,

meat I meet, passed I past, right I

write, their I there, wait I weight, weather I whether

We use maybe (one word) to mean perhaps. This is different from may he (modal verb
infinitive without to). Similarly, already and all ready have different meanings. Com pa

/ want my room yellow, or maybe

orange.

I am not sure, but the teacher may be late today.

When I got to the cinema, the Jilm had already

started.

The students are all ready to go. (all the students are ready to go)
Note that we can say the other but not an other. We write another as one w o r d :

I will write you another

letter soon.

2 Correct the mistake below.

\L-J

I'm very thirsty, so I'm having

3 Replace the u n d e r l i n e d w o r d o r words where necessary.
1 I don't know weother it will ram tomorrow

.Y#l?Ater..

2 I stayed in London, and 1 visited Oxford to

3 Anna cooldn'1 go. so I went with another friend
4 You could may be help me with my computer.
5 My tram leaves at half past three
6 Everyone was all ready working when 1 got to school
7 Are tl>e answers write or wrong?
8 My friends came to see me in there car
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I'm very thirsty, so InT

Commonly confused nouns

1 Tick (lie correct sentence i n each pair.
1 a
b
2 a
b

I decided to stay in home,

1 decided to stay at home.
There's no space to write any more. I'm afraid,
There's no place to write any more. I'm ofraid.

House or home" .
1

Wc use house for the b u i l d i n g , w i t h a possessive f o r m to say whose house it is; we use

home for the place where the speaker (or the person the speaker is referring to) lives:
Patrick and I stayed at his house overnight.
My brother left home when he ivas seventeen.
Wc say be / live I stay at home, and go / get I come I return I arrive home:

He was at home all evening. His parents returned

home later that night.

We say be I stay, arrive at (someone's) house and go I get I come I return to (someone's)

house. Compare:
/ didn't go home until midnight, and My cousin and I went to her house.
We arrived

home very late, and My friend will arrive at our house soon.

Place, roam or space .

We use place w h e n we talk about a specific position or area. We use room or space
when we talk in general. Place is countable: room and space are uncountable:
There isn't much space in my bedroom. I don't have enough room for all my clothes.
This is a good place for my photos.
7

2 Correct the mistake below.

It was very late when I

3 Correct the mistakes in these sentences where necessary.
1 I found my pen in home.

SU.?.*.

2 There's a lot of room in my bag

3 I haven't got enough place to put a computer.
4 Before I came back to home. ] lived in London..
5 I don't think the chair is in the right place
6 There were five bedrooms in our old home
7 My bed is small and I need more place to sleep.
8 The letter arrived to our house by mistake
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TEST 6
U n d e r l i n e the correct w o r d .
Mel:

Is there (1) anything

I nothing interesting on

at the cinema this evening?

Yes. the new hide l u w film's on at 6.-15.
I like (2) sonwtliing

I everything

he's done. Do you want to see it?

Ruth:
Mel:

Ruth:

Yes, I like h i m (3) tool

two.

Shall I (4) meal I meet you outside the

cinema at 6.30?
Well, 1 (5) maybe I may be a little late.
1 need (G) anything

I something to cat

before I leave.
Mel:

I'll (7) wait I weight for yon inside the

foyer (hen.
Or shall 1 come round to your
(8) home I house and give you a lift?

Ruth:

That w o u l d be great! Thanks!

2 Complete the sentences w i t h h o m o p h o n e s .

1 We

the shops at half

2 Can you

three.

your name in the box on the

3 The problem is she doesn't

when to say

4 The children are waiting for

parents over
the

5 I wonder

w i l l be nice at the

weekend.
6 I'm

tired

7 Our teacher
8 The

play tennis today.

us to read

class helped to dig the

Insert n't (not) w h e r e necessary.

1 I must say anything bad about him....
2 There was nothing I could say
3 This sauce is anything special
4 You might see something you like
5 There is anything to do m this towa .
6 You should do nothing about it
7 I have got anything to wear.
8 Please write anything you like

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Circle <he correct w o r d for each space a n d c o m p l e t e the text.

I work with a woman who would do (1)

f o r her

husband On this occasion she had organised a surprise party for him
and invited lots o f people. We were (2)
and
waiting for him before he got (3)
My colleague
told us to find a (4)
to hide because her husband
was on his way. I opened a cupboard door and saw that there was just
(5)
for me to climb in.

When the husband arrived, this was the time to jump out and shout
'surprise' I pushed the door, but (6)
happened.
My friend, her husband and (7)
colleague had to
help me out. I won't do (8)
like that again!
1 anything

everything

nothing

2 already

allready

all ready

3 at home

to home

home

4 place

room

space

5 a room
6 anything

room
nothing

rooms
something

7 an other

another

the other

8 anything

everything

something

5 Are the sentences r i g h t o r wrong? Correct those w h i c h are w r o n g .

1 I would do everything to see my favourite actor
2 When will you get at home?
3 My neck is very sore
4 Are you OK? Is all olnght?
5 Lookl That home is for sale
fi

I never buy something when I go shopping

7 I'm so hungry I'll eat anything you've got.

8 There isn't much place for all my books
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Which verbs take to + verb after them?

1 Tick the correct sentence in each pair.
1 a
b
2 a
h

During my holiday I only wont relax

During my holidoy 1 only wont to relax.
1 would like to describe my house to you.
I would like describe my house to you.

Wc use to + verb after waiir.

I want to buy a new radio.

We use to + verb after would like (or d like):

Perhaps you would like to go for a walk.

We also use to after would love, would hate and would prefer.

I would love to improve

my English.

Wc can use either to + verb or verb + -ing after like, love, hate and prefer.

I like to brush my hair in front of the mirror, (or / like

brushing)

Wc also use to + verb after verbs such as decide, expect, forget, hope, learn, need, plan,

promise, try:
Where did you decide to go at the weekend?
Cr We can also use nouns or n o u n phrases after all these verbs:

/ want a new radio.

I'll decide what to do very soon.

Underline the correct f o r m . I n some sentences both forms arc correct.

1 I'd like go//o_2 w i t h you to the shops.
2 M y sister's r o o m is white, but she wants painting

I to paint it.

3 I like sitting I to sit at the back of the class.

4 Would you like using I to use m y pen?
5 I promised help I to help m y friend w i t h her homework.
6 M y friends love dancing I to donee, bvit I don't.
7 You k n o w 1 w a n t see I to see y n u snnn.
8 I'd hate missing I to miss m y plane.
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Which form of the verb do I use after look forward to?

1 Tick the correct sentence In each pair.
1 a
b
2 a
b

I'm looking forward to telling you the whole story,

I'm looking forward to tell you the whole story
I don't enjoy walking in the dark,
I don't enjoy walk in the dark.

We use to + verb after some verbs (see Unit 19):

/ want to change my bed because it is old.

However, we use look forward

I lookfortvard

to + verb + -ing:

to hearing from you. (not Nook-fonitifd-Ht-hcar

We're looking forward

to seeing you soon.

This is because to in look forward

Are you looking forward

from you.)

to is a preposition:

to the end of term?

We use -ing after both the preposition to and other prepositions such as in. on, for.

I prefer speaking to writing

English.

Are you interested in going on the tour?

We also use verb + -ing after verbs such as avoid, enjoy, finish, practise, stop:

We really enjoy being in this class.

I finished writing

my diary at half past eleven.

Complete the sentences w i t h the to or -ing f o r m o f the verb.

1 Are you looking forward to
2

I hope

I'm keen o n

9.?. .^
1

(read) books in English.

(buy) a new television because mine is broken.

4 1 want
5 Nobody is looking forward to
6 Thanks for
7 I look forward to
8 1 try

(go) back home?

(spend) more time w i t h my friends after the exams.

(do) the test.

(help) me w i t h m y homework.

(receive) your letter.

(use) the underground as little as possible.
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Which form of the verb do I use after can and could?

1 T i c k the correct sentence i n eacli pair.
1 a
b
2 a
b

I hope you can to send me a photo,

1 hope yoo con send me a photo.
We went to a restaurant where we could talk in peace.
We went to a restaurant where we could talked in peace.

We use can + infinitive w i t h o u t to:

Maybe we can see each other in the holidays.

Yon can find everything you need in the market.
We also use the infinitive w i t h o u t to after might, could, sltould, must:

Our teacher said slie might be late.

I\'e could stop now and have a drink.

Should I tell you what I did?

We use could + infinitive w i t h o u t to to talk about the past. We don't change the form of
the m a i n verb:

When I entered the club. I couldn't

see any of my friends, (not / couldn't saw)

I wanted to help my friend, hut there was nothing I could do.

& Note that we use could + have (done) for things which were possible but didn't
happen in the past:

/ could have told you the answer, but you didn't ask me.

There are no curtains at the window, so

into the street.

3 U n d e r l i n e the correct f o r m i n these sentences.

1 The teacher can speaks I speak three languages.
2 I don't think you should touch I to touch that b u t t o n .
3 We went to a place where we could had I hove coffee.
'1 I'm sorry, I can't cornel to come w i t h you to Florida.
5 I hoped I could find I found

m y bike quickly.

6 I'm sure we can meet I met some nice people at the club.
7 If the weather's nice, we can swim I swimming
8 We must be I to be on time for our lessons.
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in the sea.

TEST 7
1

Insert to In these sentences where necessary.

1 Do you wont reod this let ter?
2 Should 1 tell you what I did?
3 We need buy a bottle of woter.
4 I couldn't swim until I had lessons
5 I'd hate live in the country
6 My friend could have waited for me
7 We mustn't forget his birthdoy
8 I'd like poss my exams

2 Rewrite the sentences w i t h the - i / i g f o r m of the verb w h e r e possible.

1 Do you like to relax at the weekend?
2 I'd love to know someone famous
3 M y friend hates to be late for work
4 Some people prefer to get up early.
5 I'd like to go to Canada next year.
6 I'd prefer to sit by the window.
7 I love to watch old films o n TV.
8 I'd hate to break m y leg
3 C o m p l e t e the sentences w i t h suitable verbs.
1

/ -

A.

I'm looking forward to

. my
friend at the weekend.

You could
the exam, but you didn't work
very hard.

I'm afraid I don't know where

Some people avoid

your pen is. I'm sorry for

it.

their homework.

Would you l i k e .

May I borrow your ruler? 1

to the cinema?

forgot
m i n e w i t h me.

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4 Circle the correct w o r d for each space and c o m p l e t e the text.

David:

I thought we might (1)

out for a meal o n Saturday.

Would you like (2)

that?

lane:

I'm not sure. It's m y sister's birthday and I promised (3)

David:

What are you planning (5)

Jane:

A CD perhaps. She enjoys (6)

David:

What about the latest Robbie Williams CD?

Jane:

Oh, no. She stopped (7)

her in town. I need (4)

her a present.
her?
to music.
to p o p music a long time ago.

She prefers classical music now.

David:

Perhaps the three of us could (8)

Jane:

That sounds like a good idea.

1 go
2 do

going

to go

doing

to d o

3 meet

meeting

4 buy

buying

to meet
to buy

5 get
6 listen

getting
listening

to get
to listen

7 listen

listening

to listen

8 have

having

to have

lunch together.

5 Are the sentences right or wrong? Correct those w h i c h are w r o n g .

1 Are you looking forward going home?
2 Yd like to pass the PET exam
3 Should I to tell you what 1 did?
4 I enjoy to look at other people's photos
5 I went shopping earlier. I could buy some milk
6 It wos late, so I wanted go home
7 My brother is keen on running
8 I couldn't spoke English two years ago
JO

How do I form adjectives from nouns?

1 Tick the correct sentence i n each pair.
1 a
b
2 a
b

It's o sonny day today in Spain,

It's a son day today in Spaia
I hope ray sister will be sorpnse when she opens her present,
I hope ray sister will be sorpnsed when she opens her present.

Adjectives are sometimes formed by adding -y, -al, etc. to the n o u n :

There was a lot of rain. It was very rainy.
Here are some more adjective endings:
-al: environment environmental, music musical
' -ful: colour colourful, wonder wonderful

-less (meaning ' w i t h o u t ' ) : child childless, home homeless

fool foolish, self-* selfish

-I'S/I:

-ous: danger dangerous, mountain

mountainous

Sometimes we have to change the ending of the n o u n to f o r m the adjective:

sun -sunny, beauty beautiful, fame -* famous
M a n y adjectives end in -ed and -ing. Adjectives ending in -ed describe how people feel
and adjectives ending in -ing cause people to feel this way. For example:

I'm interested in this book, and This book looks

I wasn't surprised

interesting.

I missed the plane, and It wasn't surprising

2 Correct the m i s t a k e below.

n

r,

<\

ft

I missed the plane.

I was really shocking

<2. O

f\

when I saw my hair.

w h e n 1 saw m y hair.
3 C o m p l e t e the sentences w i t h the adjective f o r m .
1 If you ride your bike at night, it can be
2 M y parents bought me a
3 M y friends aren't

?.!*9!'.?.*5
l

(salt).

4 I don't like peanuts and crisps - they're too

5 There's a
6 It's cold and
7 I was really

(danger).

(wonder) present for my birthday.

(interest) in classical music.
(disgust) smell outside m y b u i l d i n g . It's awful!
(cloud) today.
(surprise) to see m y brother.
(care) and I make too many mistakes.

8 Sometimes I'm a bit

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Very or really?
1 Tick the correct sentence i n each pair.
1 a
b

The weather was very awful on Saturday

The weather was really awful on Saturday.

2 a

I'm sure the party will be very funny,

I'm sure the party will be great fun.

We use very w i t h adjectives such as big and angry. The words huge and furious

mean

'very big' and 'very angry', so we use adverbs such as absolutely and completely instead:

/ thought the palace would be very big, but it was absolutely huge.
fr We do not use so, much or too instead of very in the above sentence.
We use really w i t h big I huge and other pairs of adjectives. Compare:

very I really good and really I absolutely

very I really bad and really I absolutely

excellent, fantastic, great,

awful, dreadful, horrible,

wonderful
terrible

We can use very w i t l i much, but this is usually in negative sentences:

/ don't like opera very much, but I like modern music a lot.
If s o m e t h i n g makes us laugh, we say it is (very) funny. But if we're enjoying ourselves,
we say we're having (great) fun. A person can also be (great) fun:

My cousin is great fun. He tells some very funny

The

film

stories.

I watched it three times.

3 Add very or really to these sentences. In some sentences b o t h w o r d s are possible.

1 We had a great time at the weekend

#f?. . :}J.9. . #.
L l

r e

2 When 1 got into the hath, the water was cold

3 I had a good time on Saturday evening
4 M y sister didn't say much w h e n we saw each other.
5 M y bedroom isn't enormous
6 It wasn't funny when 1 lost m y keys
7 Learning English is i m p o r t a n t to me
8

I thought the jokes were hilarious

How do I form adverbs?

1 Tick the correct sentence i n each pair.
1 a
b

When I heard the news. I left immediately,

When I heard the news. I left iromediatly.

2 a

I was really tired when I got home,

I was realy tired when I got home.

We use adverbs to describe verbs. In general, we form an adverb by adding -ly to an

adjective:

clear-* clearly, fortunate

- fortunately,

careful carefully

If an adjective ends i n y , we change t h e y to /'before adding -ly.

easy -* easily, happy happily, lucky luckily

We can't make adverbs from adjectives such as friendly
i n -ly. Instead we use the adjective + fashion,

The teacher spoke to me in a friendly

and lovely, which already end

manner or tvay.

way.

Some adverbs are irregular. Good is an adjective and well is an adverb; fast and hard

are b o t h . We also use hardly before a verb to mean 'only just, almost not':
/ hardly play chess at all. My brother is a good chess player. He plays chess well. I le
works hard to improve his game.
We sometimes use adverbs such as really, completely, absolutely, truly (true + -ly) w i t h
adjectives (see Unit 23):

My new watch is truly

loivly.

2 Correct t h e m i s t a k e below,

r ^ ^ n

r nparticulary
artimi;.
I'm
m

" \

pleased with the

card from my sister.

I'm
3 Complete the sentences w i t h the adverb f o r m .
1 The r o o m was

!fP.!^?\^i)

2 And
3 1 am

(complete) empty w h e n I went i n .

(final), 1 would like to thank everyone for c o m i n g .

(true) sorry for what happened.

4 I look forward to hearing from you. Yours

(sincere), less Cripps.

(easy).
(definite) the best student in the class.
(fast), so we got there on time.

5 The other team wasn't very good, so we w o n

6 My friend is
7 M y father drove very

(lucky) the teacher was laie too.

8 1 was late for school, but

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TEST 8
1

U n d e r l i n e the adverbs a n d circle t h e adjectives In this text.

One day my sister saw a truly lovely mug when we were out shopping.
She bent down and picked up the mug to look at the price on the
bottom. As she did this, lots o f tea splashed down the front o f her Tshirt! I had to try hard not to laugh at her shocked face! My sister
wanted to get out o f the shop as fast as she could, but an assistant
came over to us. It turned out to be her mug, which shed left on the
shelf by mistake. The assistant was clearly as embarrassed as my sister,
but I just thought it was funny!

2 A d d the w o r d i n brackets.
I

I didn't do well in m y exam, (very)

2 Our h o m e w o r k wasn't hard - it was impossible!

3

(completely)

I'm interested in Italian architecture, (very)

A The acting was awful and the story was bad too. (very)
5 We enjoy our lessons because the teacher is f u n . (great)
6 M y h a n d w r i t i n g is bad. (really)

Do you go out much? (very)

8 Jim Carrey's funny, isn't he? (really)

13

Complele the rest o f tlie m i s s i n g words.

1 M y sister can be self.
2 Ltick

, I got there o n time.

3 Can you play a music

instrument?

4 1 asked h i m to drive more care

5 We stood up quick
6 I'm not interest

in science

7 It was wet and wind

8 Your sister is a love
4

fiction.

yesterday.
person.

Complete the second sentence so that It has the same m e a n i n g as the

first.

1 I thought the holiday was very disappointing.

I was

the holiday.

2 There was a lot of snow at the weekend.

It was

the weekend.

3 The lesson was b o r i n g for us.

We

the lesson.

4 I hardly watch television at all.

1 don't
5 This is a wonderful book.
This book
6 There are a lot of mountains in that area.
That area
7 He plays the flute beautifully.
He's
8 She's a very fast driver.
She drives
5 Are the sentences r i g h t o r wrong? Correct those w h i c i i are w r o n g .
1 I was pleasing with my new jeans
2 Italian food is really great!
3 Some students work hardly ot aR
4 I'm sure the party will be funny
5

The views from my window are wonder.

6 I foolishly forgot to lock the door.

7 I didrayhomework quite easyly
8

The weather was lovely truly

television.

Which, who or that?

1 Tick the correct sentence in each pair.
1 a
b
2 a
b

I have found a cupboard who looks nice in my room,

I have found a cupboard which looks nice in my room.
My teacher is a person likes speaking other languages.
My teocher is a person who likes speaking other languages.

We use which for things and who for people w h e n we combine t w o pieces of
i n f o r m a t i o n to say exactly w h i c h thing or person. Which and who refer to the subject:

I'm wearing a ring. It was my aunt's. -* I'm wearing a ring which was my uunt's.
I know a woman. She is a doctor. -/ know a woman who is a doctor.
The waiter was Italian. He served us. The waiter who served us was Italian.
We can use that instead o f which or who in sentences like these, although who is more
c o m m o n for people (especially family members). We don't usually use that for people.
We often use which I that and who w h e n we define things or people. We don't use whar.

A dictionary

is a book which I that lists ivords and tells you what they mean, (not a-

tftfttK~\*ttttt

trotyj

A waiter is someone ivho serves customers food and drink.

We can either include or o m i t which, who and that when they refer to the object:

The teacher told a joke. I already knew it. The teacher told a joke (which I that) I
already knew.
Depending o n the emphasis you want to give, you could also say:

/ already knew the joke (which I that) the teacher told.

3 Add who o r which to tiiese sentences where necessary.

1 I've got a key doesn't work very well ..?..*a.yK^..!?5S.^..^2r.!?.
2 1 wore the dress I bought on Saturday
3

Tick the sentences are correct.

4 My dad had a cousin lives in South Africa

5 Where is the chair is broken?
6 My mother is someone you can talk to about anything
7

I don't know anyone works in a hospital

K A machine washes dishes is called a dishwasher

How do I give extra information?

1 Tick the correct sentence i n each pair.
1 a
b

This ring, whichrayboyfriend bought for ray birthdoy. is very speciol to rue.
This ring, that my boyfriend bought for my birthday, is very special to me

2 a 'We went home by bus. that was a good decision,

b

We went home by bus. which was a good decision.

We use which to give extra i n f o r m a t i o n about something:

Tlie walls, which are pink, need painting

I'm in Brazil, which is a beautiful

again.

country.

ft We use a c o m m a before and after the extra i n f o r m a t i o n when it comes in the

middle of a sentence, and before the extra i n f o r m a t i o n when it comes at the end.
In the same way, we use who to give extra i n f o r m a t i o n about someone:

My best friend, who is the same age as I am. wants to study English too.
We don't use that to give extra i n f o r m a t i o n :

My room, which is on the first jloor, is very small, (not My-toomHhat

is on the first-flear)
I work with Emilia, who comes from Peru, (not Sniilia, thaheomes-frem Peru)
When we talk about 'a fact", we use which:

I failed my exam, which was surprising, (not my exam, that was

surprising)

We use what to mean 'the things that'. Compare:

That is the information

(not the information

which 1 that I have, and That is the information

I have.

u4utt I haiv)

I can tell you what I know.

2 Correct dr^^nlstake below.

I have to do the ironing,

that is really boring.

I have to do the ironing,

. boring.

3 U n d e r l i n e the correct w o r d and add c o m m a s where necessary.

1 The lamp, that I which doesn't work very well, is next to m y bed.
2 I stayed in the Marriot Hotel that I which was very nice.
3

I didn't understand what I which the teacher said.

4 I work with three people who 1 which are m y age.

5 Tubingen that I which is a really good team will probably w i n the match.
6 You can come with me what I which w o u l d be great.
7 I have everything that I what I need.
8 M y teacher that I who is very nice reminds me of my cousin.
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Which prepositions do I use after arrive?

1 Tick the correct sentence In each pair.
1 a

I arrived o t my hotel an hour ago.

I arrived to my hotel an hour ago.

2 a
b

I'm going to arrive in the afternoon,

I'm going to arrive at the afternoon.

We say arrive in a country, city or t o w n and arrive at all other places:

/ have just arrived

We arrived

in Brazil.

at the airport

two hours before our flight.

In i n f o r m a l situations we can use get (to) instead of arrive (in I at). We also say arrive

home I get home, arrive here I get here and arrive there I get there.
We will arrive in Malaga very soon, and We will get to Malaga very soon.
I didn't arrive at work until ten o'clock, and / didn't get to work until ten o'clock.
We arrived

home late at night, and We got home late at night.

ft Note that you can arrive, but you must get somewhere.
I'll phone you when we arrive, (not when we get)
We use at, in and on w i t h expressions o f time:

at: at two o'clock, at midnight, at night, at the weekend, at

in: in the evening, in July, in summer, in 2008

on: on Monday, on Monday evening, on 22 July, on Christmas

ft Note that we usually talk about place before time:
/ arrived at school at half past eight in the

Christmas
Day

morning.

3 Tick ( / ) the sentences w h i c h are correct. In some pairs b o t h sentences are correct.
1 a

Alice will get there soon

b Alice will ornve there soon

2 a

I got at the club at eight

b I arrived ot the club ot eight.

3 a

They got home last week

b They arrived home last week

4 a

He often gets to school late

b He often arrives to school late

5 a

What time will you get?

b What time will you arrive?

6 a

When do you get in Pans?

b When did you arrive in Pans?

7 a

We got to Spam safely

h We arrived to Spam safely

8 a

I'm sure he'll get here soon

h I'm sure he'll arrive here soon

TEST 9
1 Complete the sentences w i t h an a p p r o p r i a t e p r e p o s i t i o n w h e r e necessary.
1 We're staying w i t h m y parents
2 M y parents should arrive
3 I got
4 We arrived

the weekend.
very soon.

school early this m o r n i n g .

New Zealand late at night.

5 What time will you get

here?

6 My sister's baby arrived

Monday.

7 When the team arrived

the ground, the gates were locked.

8 M y friends and 1 sometimes eat out

the evening.

2 Insert c o m m a s where necessary.

1 This CD which you can borrow if you like is really great/
2 I'm reading a book which my sister lent me
3 A penknife is o knife which folds into a case
4 Miranda who's an art teacher is a great pointer
5 1 don't know what you mean
6 Can you see Dr Jones who 1 was talking to?
7 The woman who works with me is from Milan
8 Our tram arrived on time which was amazing!
3

Join the pairs o f sentences. Use c o m m a s where necessary.

1 S w i m m i n g is good f u n . It's good exercise too.
2 Agatha Christie was British. She was horn in 1890.
3 The boy is wearing glasses. He can't see very well.
4 lane sent me an email. It was full of news.
5 The teacher taught us. She explained the grammar rules clearly.
6

My m u m has got a mobile. She phones me every day.

7 M y friend sent me a postcard. It was nice of her.

8

Look at these pens. I bought them.

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4 Circle the correct w o r d for each space and complete the text.
John Brown is a London taxi driver (1)

loves going 1 0 the theatre

Last week his mum gave him two tickets for a play. (2)
was very
kind of her. The tickets were for Wednesday evening Then John read some reviews of
the play. (3)
all said it was awful! He didn't want to see a play
(4)
no-one liked, but what should he do with the tickets?
Two hours before the play started (5)
Wednesday evening, he left
the tickets on the back seat of his taxi. Perhaps someone (6)
wanted to see the play would take them However, when John finished work

1 that

which

2 that

what

who
which

3 what

which

who

4 that

what

who

5 at

in

on

6 what

which

who

in

on

what

which

at
8 that

5 Are the sentences right or w r o n g ? Correct those w h i c h are w r o n g .

1 My gran, who's nearly ZQ is learning French
2 I've got a pen who doesn't write very well
3 Let me know when you get to there
4 1 know someone, who comes from Alicante
5 My friend watched a video that I'd already seen it
fi Have you done the homework we got yesterday?
7 We arrived fo Japan last week.
8 My sister listened very carefully, that was unusual
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Commonly confused verbs

1 Tick the correct sentence In each pair.
1 a
b
2 a
b

My friends asked rne to come to the cinema with them,

My friends asked me to go to the cinema with them.
1 lived m Nice for t w o weeks last summer.
I stayed in Nice for t w o weeks last summer.

Come or go?
We use come to talk about moving towards the person who is speaking or the place
they are talking about. We use go to talk about m o v i n g f r o m one place to another. We
often say come / g o back to mean return and we always say come here and go there:

I'm baring a lovely lime here in Cambridge, so I hope to come back one day.
I can't find my purse, so I'm going to go back to the cinema.
Bring or take?
We use bring w h e n we come to a place w i t h something (or someone) and take w h e n
we go to a place w i t h something (or someone):

Wlien I come to your party, I'll bringa

cake. Bur if I go to Suzy's parry, I won't lake one.

Live or sffly?
We use live w h e n we talk about our home. We use stay w h e n we talk about being
somewhere as a visitor or a guest, often for a short time. We also use stay to talk about
c o n t i n u i n g to be at a place w i t h o u t going away:

/ live with my parents. We're going to stay in a hotel while our flat is being decorated.
The disco was great, so we decidicd to slay there all evening.
2 Correct t h e mistake below.

Nev* York was great!

I'd love to come back

o 6

there next year.

New York was great! I

there next year.

3 Complete the sentences w i t h a verb f r o m this page.

1 My friend told me about the concert tomorrow. I think I'll
2 My friends don't usually
3 Do you

i n a house or a flat?

4 On Sundays I usually
5 Don't forget to
6 You can

i n bed u n t i l midday.
your camera w h e n you go on the trip.
w i t h my family w h e n you come here.

7 1 left m y jacket at the restaurant, so I had to

8 Can I

2.?.

to m y house.

m y sister to your party?

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back later.

too.

How do I use do and go with -ing words?

I T i c k ihe correct sentence i n each pair.
1 a
b

I did some shopping for the weekend onraywoy home,

I did shopping for the weekend on my way home.

2 a

I go swimming at my local pool,

I do swimming at my local pool.

We say go shopping when we refer lo the activity of shopping i n general. We can also
say go shopping

for.

I lore to go shopping
My boyfriend

at the weekend, (not / ioiv to

went to a football

match and I went

g^>fo^shoppmg)
shopping.

I usually go shopping for souvenirs when I'm on holiday.

We say do the shopping (or my/some

shopping) when we refer to shopping for specific

things:
My parents are coming for dinner tonight. 1 must do the shopping

at

lunchtime.

In the same way, we say do the washing, do the washing up, do the ironing, do the

cleaning, do the cooking.

We also use go w i t h sports w h i c h end in -ing: go running,

go skiing, go swimming,

etc.

Note that wc use been as the past participle of go when we talk about our experiences:

/ like to go jogging

three times a week.

I've never been sailing, (not I've never

gone-sailing.)

3 U n d e r l i n e the correct f o r m .
1 I sometimes

go shopping I go for shopping w i t h m y best friend.

2 M y friend does running

I goes running

every m o r n i n g .

I gone swimming in the river.

4 M y brother did diving I went diving for the first time last year.

I've been swimming

5 I bought some water w h e n I was doing the shopping I going

fi I vc never been shopping I done shopping
7

in New York.

I do cooking I do the cooking when 1 get h o m e from work.

8 We do skiing I go skiing in the m o u n t a i n s every' year.

shopping.

Which verbs take to (preposition) after them?

1 Tick the correct-sentence i n each pair.
1 a
b

I explained to my friend how the internet works,

I explained my friend how the Internet works

2 a

My mother told me that I should be careful,

My mother said me that I should be careful.

We use the preposition m w i t h the following verbs:

listen, write, explain, speak, talk, say to (someone):

Please write to me soon.
I speak to my boyfriend every day.

explain, write, send, describe (something) to (someone):

I'll explain the problem to you when I see you.

listen to (something):
I bought a CD player so that I could listen to music.

invite (someone) to (something):

I'm going to invite my friends to the part)'.

We don't use the preposition to w i t h the following verbs:

telephone, tell, ask (someone):

I didn't telephone my parents because I couldn't find my mobile.

write, send, ask {someone something):

My mother didn't send me a postcard from Sicily.
2 Correct t h e m i s t a k e below.

3 A d d to to these sentences w h e r e necessary.

1 The man explained me who he was

.^i?.!^.''.^

2 I'll write you again when 1 feel better

3 I wrote my sister a long letter
4 My friend invited me dinner in a restaurant.
5 Sometimes I send text messages my friends
6 Tell me about your holiday in Spam
7

I often ask the teacher a^jestions

8 The teacher soid goodbye us

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1EST 10
U n d e r l i n e the correct f o r m .
1 I'm going to bring/take

m y digital camera back to the shop.

2 I'll probably live I stay with m y parents until I get married.

3 Please come/go

here quickly!

1 I'm going to live I slay at m y grandparents' tonight.

5 Some people do I go shopping every day.
6 I don't want to say I talk to you.
7 We lived I stayed in a small apartment when we were o n holiday.
8 The teacher said I told us to listen carefully.
2 C o m p l e t e the sentences w i t h the w o r d In brackets a n d the correct f o r m o f do o r go.
Use the where necessary.
On Iter way home from w o r k Sally always goes to the s u p e r m a r k e t and

(shopping).

(1)

(cooking)

After that the. (2)

and the washing tip. Tills evening Sally's w a t c h i n g TV -

she's w a t c h i n g a holiday programme alioiit T h a i l a n d ! S;illy w o u l d love

lo go to T h a i l a n d ! She'd love to lie on the beautiful beaches and

(\\)

(swimming)

(4)

(kayaking)

around the small islands. Perhaps

(sailing)

she could (5)

((>)

In I he warm blue sea. She'd love to

(diving),

(shopping)

like to (7)

too. She's never

so she'd also like n> t r y (hat. She'd also

for souvenirs and presents!

lint for Sally. Thailand is only a d r e a m . While she's w a t c h i n g TV. she's

(itoniiig)l

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3 Tick ( / ) the sentences w h i c h are correct. I n some pairs b o t h sentences are c o r r e c t .

1 a She soid she'd phone me

b She said she'd phone to me

2 a

Will you write me a letter?

b Will yoo write o letter to me?

3 a

I can describe you the picture

b I con describe the picture to yoo

4 a

Do yoo like listening the radio?

b Do yoo like listening to the radio?

5 a

I'll speak yoo soon

b I'll speak t o yoo soon

6 a

The teacher told os her name

b The teacher told to os her name

7 a

I sent ray parents a postcard

b I sent a postcard to ray parents

8 a

This is what she said me

b This is whot she said to me

Complete each sentence w i t h a w o r d f r o m the box. Sometimes m o r e t h a n one w o r d

is possible.
ask

say

send

1 I'll

speak

teil

to you soon.

2 Let's

the teacher what we think.

3 He didn't

m e to do it.

4 When will you

the parcel to me?

5 I couldn't

anything to t h e m .

6 I'm going to
7 I'll

write

some postcards.
it only to you.

8 i want to

you a question.

5 Are the sentences right o r wrong? Correct those w h i c h are w r o n g .

1 How often do yoo go for shopping?
2 I'll write yoo soon
3 Can yoo bring me a present from London?
4 My friend invited me her house
5 I'd like to stoy abroad one day
6 I didn't wont to come there
7 Why don't you telephone to me?
8 My sister does jogging twice o week

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Answer key

Sandfield Road; Oxford; 0X3 7RN;

February; Dear Mrs Brown; Please find;
March 15th; M y husband and 1; Yours
sincerely; Barbara Parker
3 1 is / s
2 am / ' m
3 am / ' m
4 are
5 is / ' s
6 arc
7 is / ' s
8 is / ' s
4 1 The Nile is the longest river in Africa.
2 Chinese New Year is often in
January.
3 Nicole Kidman is an Australian
actress.
4 Juventus and Lazio arc Italian
football teams.
5 King Lear is a play about an old
English king and his three
daughters.
6 The Himalayas are i n Asia.
7 Shops i n Britain are often open on
Sunday.
8 Los Angeles is in California.
5 1 the Pacific Ocean
2 a friend o f m i n e
3 They're / They are not sure
4 correct
5 There are some people
6 I'm / 1 a m very tired
7 correct
8 in half an hour

Unit 1
1 1 a
2 b
2 a w h i l e van
3 2a/one
3 a
4 a
5 one
6 an
7 a
8 an / one
Unit 2
1 I b
2 a
2 a dentist's appointment o n Tuesday
3 2 L o n d o n is o n the Thames.
3 Are y o u learning Italian?
4 M y father is Spanish.
5 1 don't like Mondays.
6 M y birthday is in May.
7 Yours faithfully. Paul May
8 M y m u m is a doctor.
Unit 3
1 1 a
2 a
2 I'm going to clean
3 2 it is / it's too small
3 Here are our photos.
4 and is married to Anna
5 w h i c h are interesting
6 That is / That's all for now.
7 I am / I'm looking forward
8 Jack is / Jack's afraid
Test 1
I 1 an exam, a hard exam
2 a university, an old university
3 an idea, an interesting idea
4 a house, an unusual house
5 a restaurant, an expensive
restaurant
6 an hour, an extra hour
7 an uncle, a rich uncle
8 a lesson, an easy lesson

Unit 4
1 I
2
2 an
3 2
3
4
5
6
7
8

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a
b
old carpet and curtains
holidays
mountain
cloth
curtains
holiday
clothes
mountains

Units
1 1 a
2 a
2 There's some money
3 2 are
3 was
4 are
5 woman
6 hair looks
7 slices of bread
8 was
Unit 6
1 1 a
2 a
2 my mother's best friend
3 2 her family's other house
3 the name of his company
4 my little brother's birthday
5 My father's cousins
6 my best friend's brothers
7 Myfriends*phone numbers
8 the man's glasses
Test 2
1 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
3 1
2
3
4
5
6

baby's
wife's
nor necessary
friends'
not necessary
teacher's
boy's
children's
not necessary
not necessary
curtains
officers
not necessary
mountains
not necessary
cloths
are the men's books
furniture in the bedrooms is quite
old
books are on the desks
you know those women over there
those your friends'jackets
boys are doing their homework

7 new cars are quite nice

8 children wear glasses
4 I some tea
I'd like a cup of tea.
2 some cake
Can 1 have a piece of cake?
3 some chocolate
Would you like a bar of chocolate?
4 some water
Couid I have a glass of water?
5 some jam
Do you want a jar of jam?
6 some lemonade
Shall I get a bottle of lemonade?
7 some bread
Did you buy a loaf of bread?
8 some sugar
I'm going to buy a packet of sugar.
5 1 Which clothes
2 some Information
3 correct
4 There is some food
5 correct
6 1 eat some fruit
7 at the front of the class
8 my grandparents'car
Unit 7
1 1 a
2 b
2 didn't have a TV
3 2 b
3 a
4 both
5 a
6 both
7 b
8 both
Unit 8
1 I b
2 b
2 I'm not eating very much
3 2 wear
3 'm / am reading
4 play
5 'm / am wearing
6 reads

7 's / is playing
8 'm / am working
Unit 9
1 1 a
2 a
2 smells of
3 2 b
3 both
4 b
5 a
6 b
7 both
8 b
Test 3
1 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
3 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
4 1
2
3
4

5
6
7
8

hasn't got/doesn't have

haven't got / don't have
didn't have
won't have
hasn't got / doesn't have
don't have
doesn't have / hasn't got
didn't have
'm trying
'm making
goes
tastes
'm reading
don't go
have
is improving
's trying, doesn't want
'm not enjoying, want
needs, 's using
play, don't like
'm thinking, believe
'm watching, don't make
're wearing, smells
's having, think
'm having / am having
'm staying / am staying
's working / is working
can see
go
'm sitting / am sitting
can hear
know

5 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

correct
We always have a party
I don't need
Birds make
didn't have
correct
I'm wearing
We think

Unit 10
1 1 a
2 b
2 found them
3 2 said
3 cut
4 lived
5 brought
6 stayed
7 bought
8 studied
Unit 11
1 1 a
2 b
2 because he didn't sleep well
didn't play
3
didn't stay
didn't tell
didn't hear
didn't get married
didn't expect
Unit 12
1 1 b
2 a
2 was going out when the phone rang
3 2 broke
3 went
4 was doing
5 bought
6 was sitting
7 didn't understand
8 won

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Test 4
1 1 got
2 watched
3 made
4 put
5 read
6 did
7 felt
8 went
2 1 didn't take
2 didn't cost
3 didn't have
4 didn't find
5 didn't feel
6 didn't want
7 didn't know
8 didn't get
3 I didn't play
2 listened
3 didn't meet
4 didn't get u p
5 washed
6 didn't write
7 didn't do
8 didn't go
4 I drove
2 were standing
3 was sitting
4 switched
5 was living
6 put
7 was wearing
8 went
5 I didn't have a car
2 fell out of bed
3 correct
4 didn't stay long
5 We started
6 correct
7 was skiing i n Italy
8 I bought
U n i t 13

2
3

2 b
w i t h me
2 hers
3 us

4
5
6
7
8

her
them
him
mine
ours

U n i t 14
1 1 a
2 a
2 don't like each other
3 2 each other
3 herself
4 myself
5 us
6 each other
7 yourselves
8 themselves
U n i t 15
1 1 b
2 b
2 a lot of work to do before 1 go
3 hi some cases both sentences are
acceptable, but one is regarded as
correct in formal or written English
(indicated in brackets).
2
both(b)
3
both(b)
4 a
5 uom(b)
6 a
7
bothib)
8
bothib)
Test 5
1 1 I don't do m u c h homework.
2 I haven't got many clothes.
3 1 don't do m u c h sport.
4 I don't work w i t h many people.
5 I don't know m u c h about football.
6 1 don't go to the theatre m u c h .
7 1 don't watch many videos.
8 1 don't eat m u c h pasta.
2 I I can show h i m to his classroom.
2 I don't want m u c h for l u n c h .
3 She stood up and introduced
herself.
4 You can use m y pen or yours.
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5
6
7
8
3 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
4 I
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
5 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

They didn't like her very m u c h .

She had a surprise for t h e m .
Our stories are the most interesting.
I did a lot at the weekend.
your
ours
her
theirs
our
mine
his
yours
myself
each other
ourselves
us
mine
my
me
hers
talk to them
understand each other
many people
correct
M y sister and I saw
eating its food
correct
enjoy herself

5
6
7
8

not necessary
already
right
their

Unit 18
1 1 b
2 a
2 came back home
3 2 not necessary
3 enough space / r o o m
4 came back h o m e
5 not necessary
6 our old house
7 more space / room
8 at our house
Test 6
1 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2

anything
everything
too
meet
may be
something
wait
house
passed, past
write, right
know, no
their, there
whether, weather
too, to

1
2
3
4
5
6
7 allowed, aloud
8 whole, hole
3 1 mustn't say
2 not necessary
3 isn't a n y t h i n g
4 not necessary
5 isn't anything
6 nor necessary
7 haven't got
8 not necessary
4 1 anything
2 all ready
3 home
4 place
5 room
6 nothing

Unit 16
1 1 a
2 b
2 have anything
3 2 anything
3 everything
4 anything
5 nothing
6 anything
7 everything
8 anything
Unit 17
1

I b
2 a
2 another d r i n k
3 2 too
3 not necessary
4 maybe
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7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

another
anything
do anything
get home
correct
everything all right
That house
buy a n y t h i n g
correct
space or r o o m

Unit 19
1 1 b
2 a
2 want to be the best
3 2 to paint
3 both
4 to use
5 to help
6 both
7 to sec
8 to miss
U n i t 20
1 I a
2 a
2 'm looking forward to being
3 2 to spend
3 reading
4 to buy
5 doing
6 helping
7 receiving
8 to use
U n i t 21
1 I b
2 a
2 1 can see
3 2 touch
3 have
4 come
5 Find
6 meet
7 swim
8 be

Test 7
1 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
3 )
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
4 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
5 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

want to read
nor necessary
need to buy
not necessary
hate to live
not necessary
H O I necessary
like to pass
Do you like relaxing at the weekend?
not possible
My friend hates being late for work.
Some people prefer getting up early.
not possible
not possible
I love watching old films on TV.
not possible
watching
sit
doing
to go
seeing / meeting
have passed
losing
to b r i n g
go
to do
to meet
to b u y
to get
listening
listening
have
looking forward to going
correct
Should I tell
enjoy looking
could have bought
wanted to go
correct
couldn't speak

Unit 22
1 I a
2 b
2 was really shocked
3 2 wonderful
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3
4
5
6
7
8

interested
salty
disgusting
cloudy
surprised
careless

Test 8
1 Adjectives: lovely, shocked,
embarrassed, funny
Adverbs: truly, hard, fast, clearly
2 I do very well
2 was completely impossible
3 I'm very interested
4 was very had
5 is great fun
6 is really bad
7 out very m u c h
8 Carrey's really funny
3 I selfish
2 Luckily
3 musical
4 carefully
5 quickly

interested
windy
lovely
very disappointed w i t h

2
3
4
5
6
7
6
5 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

very snowy at
were bored by
watch very m u c h
is wonderful
is very m o u n t a i n o u s
a beautiful flute player
very fast
pleased w i t h
correct
hardly work at all
w i l l be fun
are wonderful
correct
quite easily
truly lovely

Unit 23
1 1 b
2 b
2 was fantastic
3 2 very / really cold
3 very / really good time
4 very m u c h
5 really enormous
R very funny
7 very / really important
8 really hilarious
Unit 24
1 1 a
2 a
2 particularly pleased
3 2 finally
3 truly
4 sincerely
5 easily
6 definitely
7 fast
8 luckily

6
7
8
1

Unit 25
1 1 b
2 b
2 an alarm clock w h i c h wakes
3 2 not necessary
3 the sentences w h i c h are correct
4 a cousin w h o lives
5 the chair w h i c h is broken
6 not necessary
7 anyone w h o works
8 A machine w h i c h washes dishes
Unit 26
1 1 a
2 b
2 w h i c h is really
3 2 1 stayed in the Marriot hotel, which
was very nice.
3 I didn't understand what the teacher
said.
4 I work w i t h three people w h o are
my age.
5 T u b i n g e n , w h i c h is a really good
team, w i l l probably w i n the match.
6 You can come w i t h me, which
w o u l d be great.
7 I have everything that I need.
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8 My teacher, who is very nice,

reminds me of my cousin.

6 My mum, who has got a mobile,

phones me every day.
7 My friend sent me a postcard, which
was nice of her.
8 Look at these pens which I bought.
4 1 who
2 which
3 which
4 that
5 on
6 who
7 at
8 what
5 1 who's nearly 80, is learning
2 a pen which doesn't write
3 you get there
4 someone who comes
5 that I'd already seen
6 correct
7 arrived in Japan
8 carefully, which was unusual

Unit 27
1 1 a
2 a
2 arrived at the station
3 2 b
3 both
4 a
5 b
6 b
7 a
8 both
Test 9

1 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2 I
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
3 1
2
3
4
5

at
not necessary
to
in
not necessary
on
at
Unit 28
in
1 1 b
This CD, which you can borrow if
2 b
you like, is really great*
2 'd love to go back
not necessary
3 2 come
nor necessary
3 live
Miranda, who's an art teacher, is a
4 stay
great painter.
5 take
nor necessary
6 stay
Can you see Dr lones, who I was
7 go
talking to?
8 bring
nor necessary
Our train arrived on time, which
Unit 29
was amazing!
1 1 a
Swimming, which is good fun, is
2 a
2 to go shopping for clothes
good exercise too.
3 2 goes running
Agatha Christie, who was British,
was born in 1890.
3 been swimming
4 went diving
The boy (who is) wearing glasses
can't see very well.
5 doing the shopping
6 been shopping
lane sent me an email which was
7 do the cooking
full of news.
The teacher who taught us
8 go skiing
explained the grammar rules clearly,

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Unit 30
1 l a
2 a
2 like listening to my cassettes
3 2 vttite to you (V\rrite you correct fn
American English)
3 not necessary
4 invited me to dinner
5 send text messages to my friends
6 not necessary
7 not necessary
8 said goodbye to us
Test 10
1 ] take
2 live
3 come
4 stay
5 go
6 talk
7 stayed
8 told
2 1 does the shopping
2 does the cooking
3 go swimming
4 go kayaking
5 go sailing
6 been diving

7
8
3 i
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
4 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
5 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

G3

go shopping
doing the ironing
a
both
b
b
b
a
both
b
speak / write
tell
ask/tell
send
say / write
send / write
say / send
ask
go shopping
write to you (Write you is correct in
American English)
correct
me to her house
to live abroad
to go there / come here
telephone me
goes jogging