unit1 - exercise with key

UNIT1: DOING EXERCISE:
I. Put each verb in brackets into the correct tense:
1. Unit yesterday I (never hear)............................. about it.
2. Sam (already leave ).................................... when we (get ).........................
there.
3. + How you ( break ) .................... your arms?
- I (slip)........................... on the ice while I ( cross)........................... the
street.
4. I (meet ).............................. Mary while I (go).............................. to the
bookshop yesterday. I (ask )................................... her to go with me. She
and I ( want ).............................. to find a good dictionary. At last both of us
( buy)............................ the same ones after we ( look).............................. for
and (read)................................... many kinds of dictionary carefully.
5. The first train (leave )............................ the station a minute ago but the
second just ( leave ).................................... the station.
6. You (finish )............................. (cook)..................... yet?
7. Jane (do)................................ her homework when the phone
(ring).......................... ...but she ( not/ answer)....................... the phone and
(let )........................ it (ring).............................
8. My father (be).......................... to many countries in Europe.
9. John (wash)....................... his hands now. He
(repair)...................................... his bike for two hours.
10.She (watch ).................................... TV at eight o’clock at home last night?
11.She (clean)......................................... three rooms. There are two left.
12.These instructions (be).......................................... very confusing. I am clear
what I should do.
II. Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the
following passages:
This is the story of Will Lodman, an unsuccessful salesman who (1. is
getting/ gets) ..................................... old. His wife, Linda, (2. is always
supporting/ has always supported)...................................... him, but his son,

Biff( 3. is not believing/ does not believe).................................. in his father’s
dreams. Willy (4. wants/ has wanted ) ...................................... to start a new
business, but recently Biff (5. starts/ has started)............................ to think
about leaving home, and he (6. is not wanting / does not want
).................................... to help his father. Willy (7. is/
was )....................................... so depressed that he (8. already starts/ has
already started)........................... to think about suicide. At the moment, he
(9. is finding/ finds).................................... it harder and harder to believe that
he (10. can help/ is going to help)................................ his family.
III. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown , so tat the meaning stays
the same.
1. It’s a long time since our last conversation.
We ..........................................................................................................................
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2. Mary bought the skirt last week, and has been wearing it ever since.
Mary ......................................................................................................................
3. How long have you studied English?
When ...............................................................................................................
4. The last time I came here was in 2005.
I haven’t ................................................................................................................
5. All the tickets had been sold out before we arrived.
When I arrived ......................................................................................................
6. She was having a bath when the phone rang.
The phone .............................................................................................................
7. We had no sooner finished the test than the bell rang.
We had hardly .......................................................................................................
8. He didn’t get married until he was thirty.
It was not ...............................................................................................................
IV. Complete each sentence with a word in the box.
ago until while since

than before yesterday when
1. She didn’t come to my birthday party ..........................
2. She had never seen a camel ........................ she came to the Sahara.
3. We haven’t met him ........................... we left school.
4. We were playing tennis ..................... it rang.
5. Tom was doing over his lessons .............................. his younger sister was
making a dress for her doll.
6. Our family moved to New York a year. ........................
7. We had checked all the prices .................... we bought this laptop.
8. She had no sooner left home ........................... it began to rain.
V. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
from that of the others:
1. a. books b. bats c. days d. photographs
2. a. dates b. matches c. boxes d. cases
3. a. feels b. stops c. arrives d. loves
4. goes b. choose c. intense d. lose
5. a. kits b. kids c. bags d. halves
6. does b. moves c. loves d. finishes
7. house b. mouse c. pause d. nurse
8. a. works b. stops c. shifts d. plays
VI. Circle a, b, c or d to identify the word which does not belong to each
group:
1. a. mother b. brother c. sister-in-law d. family
2. a. overnight b. obedient c. tallish d. stout
3. a. housewife b. housetop c. housing d. household
4. a. supportive b. active c. suitable d. responsibility
5. a. married b. enjoy c. allow d. permit
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VII. Circle a, b, c or d to choose the most suitable word or phrase to
complete each of the following sentences.

1. She will always ........................ in mind what her parents told her when
she left.
a. place b. keep c. control d. restrict
2. The man who came to help us is a friend of ............................
a. me b. I c. my d. mine
3. They differed very little ................ their modern relatives.
a. in b. with c. on d. from.
4. He is ..................... to visit us if he knows where we live.
a. likely b. possible c. probable d. necessary
5. My father ................. me to become a doctor.
a. advices b. hopes c. considers d. thinks
6. The woman began to ..................... because her son was late coming home.
a. trouble b. care c. worry d. take care
7. Neither Bill nor his parents .................. at home.
a. is b. has c. are d. was
8. She is 18, so by law her father cannot .................... her marriage.
a. avoid b. prevent c. defeat d. fail
9. Mrs. Green’s two son are .......................... good progress at school.
a. finding b. causing c. making d. doing.
10. Before his death last year, he decided that he ........................ leave $
1,500, 000 to his university.
a. can b. may c. would d. shall.
11. He won’t be able pay for the car .................... his father’s help.
a. until b. except c. unless d. without
12. Father makes .................. that all the lights are off before he goes to bed.
a. sense b. time c. sure d. haste
13. Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister charge
of the house.
a. hold b. make c. get d. take
14. The baby is crying! Will you ................. while I prepare his milk?

a. tear him up b. look after him
c. care him d. make him up
15. When she heard from the hospital that her grandfather had died,
she .................. into tears.
a. broke b. went c. exploded d. fell
16. The family gathered together to .......................... the holiday meal.
a. swallow b. divide c. share d. receive
17. Our neighbors will ..................... our house when we are away.
a. look after b. pay attention c. look at d. care
18. They are nice boys and I’m sure you will get on ........................ them very
well.
a. by b. for c. to d. with
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19. She can’t prevent her little boy ....................... shooting ............. birds.
a. from – to b. on – at c. with – up d. from – at
20. The twins ................... each other in their interests.
a. differ from b. talk about c. compare with d. show off
21. Mother doesn’t know ................. the hammer after her son has used it.
a. where did he put b. where he put
c. where he putting d. where to put
22. The little boy first took off one shoe and then ..................
a. other b. another c. the other d. the rest
23. My boy has nothing ................ with the crime.
a. doing b. for doing c. at doing d. to do
24. Of course she behaved awfully, but ............................., she is your sister.
a. however b. after all c. for d. in addition
25. Their house needs ............., but they plan to wait until next summer to do
it.
a. to paint b. painted c. being painted d. to be painted
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