Grammar revision
Exercise 74 Open the brackets, using verbs in the Simple or Continuous Tense.
1. Where your brother (work)? – He (work) at an institute. 2. Your grandmother (sleep) when you (come) home yesterday? 3. What your brother (do) tomorrow? 4. Where Kate (go) when you (meet) her yesterday. 5. Look at these children: they (skate) very well. 6. You (skate) last Sunday? – Yes, we (skate) the whole day. 7. What you (do) at three o’clock yesterday? – I (have) dinner. 8. When the boss (come) tomorrow? 9. Kate (not write) letters every day. 10. A disco, which (take) place at the club last weekend, (keep) people awake half the night.
Exercise 75 Complete the story with the verbs in brackets in one of the Past Tenses.
Amazing but true!
One day, a fisherman on the Aral Sea (sail) home after a day’s work. It (rain) and he (not feel) very happy. He (not have) a very good day and (not catch) very many fish. Suddenly, he (hear) a strange noise. A cow (fly) towards his boat! The cow (hit) the boat and nearly (destroy) it. When the fisherman (get back) home, people (not believe) his story. Then, some time later, the USA Air Force (show) that the fisherman (tell) the truth. While one of their transport planes (fly) over the Aral Sea, a cow on the plane (go) mad and the pilot (throw) it out into the sea!
Exercise 76 Fill in the gaps with necessary pronouns.
1. … lives in Kharkiv. 2. ‘Does … sometimes meet his friends at the office?’ – ‘Yes, …does.’ 3. … always speaks English at her English lessons. 4. Take this book and read … at home. 5. These are very good exercises. Do … at home, please. 6. My sister knows English very well. I often do my homework with …. 7. Read these words and learn … by heart. 8. We know this girl. She works with … 9. I don’t see … Where is he? 10. I like this book very much. … is … favourite one.
Exercise 77 Complete the sentences using myself / yourself etc. and the verbs:
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Model: Tom cut himself while he was shaving this morning.
1. Be careful! That pan is very hot. Don’t ... 2. They couldn’t get back into the house. They had ... out. 3. It isn’t her fault. She really couldn’t ... 4. The boy was lucky when he fell down the stairs. He didn’t ... 5. I’m trying to ... Spanish but I’m not making much progress. 6. He spends most of his time alone, so it’s not surprising that he ... 7. Don’t worry about us. We can ... .
Exercise 78 Complete the sentences with modal verbs (more than one answer may be possible).
1. … I use your phone? 2. … you lend me a pen? 3. She has very good clothes. She … have a lot of money. 4. She doesn’t answer the phone. She … be at home. 5. People … smile more often. 6. One day, people … go to the moon on holiday. 7. Cara wants to be a doctor. She … study hard. 8. ‘Do I look all right?’ ‘You … get a haircut.’ 9. What … I do to get a visa? 10. The sign says we … smoke here.
Exercise 79 Choose a comparative or a superlative.
1. ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ is (beautiful) of all Mozart’s operas. 2. My new car is (fast) than my old one. 3. My mother and her sisters are all (short) than their children. 4. I think Annie is (intelligent) person in our class. 5. Let’s meet in the library – it’s (quiet) than all the other rooms. 6. My bedroom is (cold) room in the house. 7. A 3-year-old’s voice is (loud) that 200 people in a busy restaurant. 8. Brazil is (big) South American country.