1. Make questions about the underlined words.

Example: Susan loves flowers.

What does Susan love?

1. He may take Frank's tie.

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2. My friends like to play tennis.

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3. I had to telephone my mother on Sunday.

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4. She has had her hair dyed.

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5. Peter is very nice.

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6. It is fifty-seven miles from here.

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7. The train from Leeds leaves from Platform Nine.

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8. I have nothing to declare.

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9. They were drinking tea when I entered the room.

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10. John took a lot of luggage on his trip to Paris.

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2. Use the word in brackets (...) to complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Write between two and five words.

Example: I can't describe people as well as you can. ( BETTER)

You're ..... better at describing people than......... I am.

1 .I can't find my shoes. ( KNEW)

I wish ................................................................................ were.

2. Too many sweets are bad for you. ( EAT)

It is ................................................................................... too many sweets.

3. The repairs to my roof will be expensive. ( COST)

Repairing .......................................................................... a lot of money.

4. He had to have his door mended. ( SOMEONE)

He had to .......................................................................... his door.

5. Tom was definitely first in the queue. ( DOUBT)

There's .............................................................................. first in the queue.

6. The fireman had to break the door down. ( NECESSARY)

It .................................................................................... to break the door down

7. The population of Spain is increasing. ( PEOPLE)

The ................................................................................. is increasing.

8. You should join the football club. ( MEMBER)

You should ...................................................................... the football club.

9. `Do you know where Tom is staying?' she asked. ( WHERE)

She asked me if ……………………………………………. staying.

10. If you don't take care of those shoes, they won't last for long. (LOOK)

Those shoes won't last for long, unless ..................................................................,.

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3. Put the verbs in brackets (....) in the correct tense.

Dear Ann

Thanks for your letter. It was great to hear from you. So, what .................. I ............................. (do) recently? Well, my friend, Bev .....................……………............. ..................... (stay) with me for the past two weeks. I don't think you've met Bev, have you? I ............................................... (know) her since we were at university together. She is the one that .......................................... (try) to get a job in Africa since she .......................................(graduate) last year. Without success, I'm afraid.

Anyway, we ................................ ( have) a great time. The weather has been wonderful for weeks now, so we ................................................. (drive) round the countryside. I wonder if you are having such good weather in France. We have visited quite a few of the little villages around Oxford. I didn't know there................ (be) so many nice places to see round here. Then Bevy said she .................... never ................ (be) to Stonehenge, so we went there, too. On Saturday, Harry ................................. (invite) Bevy and me to dinner. He ............................. (cook) a lovely meal. But I'm a bit worried about him - he .............................. (drink) too much. He .............................(drink) two bottles of wine while we were there on Saturday. He said he .....................(be) under a lot of pressure at work since his last promotion. Bev ...................................... (go back) to London the day after tomorrow. She's asked me to go with her. I'd love to, but unfortunately I haven't got time. Take care.

Love, Mary

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4. Circle the mistakes in the following sentences. Write the correct versions in the spaces provided. Each sentence contains only one mistake.

1. The Minoans were being an ancient community of people who lived on the island of Crete.	................................
2. When he was himself in his teens, his father lost his job.	................................
3. Bees make honey in spite that of beekeepers	................................
4. I think I told to you that I got an ant farm for my birthday.	................................
5. He started to performing in a comedy club when he was only fifteen.	................................
6. It's hot here-do you mind my open the window.	................................
7. Her eyes are red. Yes, she is crying for an hour now.	................................
8. I'm not used to drive on the left.	................................
9. Fiona asked her little brother to not watch this film.	................................
10. She is not going to come unless you won't call her.	................................

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5. Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.

John and Mary are in many ways typical of young entrepreneurs today. They have their ..................................(1) business, a hamburger restaurant in a shopping centre ............................(2) the South of England. They already have a ............................(3) of over 40 people, because ............................(4) the restaurant is quite small, it has to ............................(5) open for long hours. They bought the business a couple of years ...................................(6) and spent the first few months working ...............................(7) hard that they rarely saw any of ...........................(8) friends. But once they had got ............................(9) to the way the restaurant worked, they did not ....................................(10) to work such long hours and were ...............................(11) to take more time ..........................(12).Since then they .............................(13) improved efficiency by installing a new computer system.

The restaurant has been very successful, and .............................(14) the Competition from another fast food restaurant nearby, the .........................(15) of Customers .............................(16) increased steadily. As a .............................(17), They are planning to enlarge the restaurant ..........................(18) buying the hairdressing salon ................................(19) door and turning it ..............................(20) another seating area.

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6. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning(0).

Nothing to match it !

There's nothing to match the (0) __warmth_____ and cosiness of a genuine				WARM
log-fire. The luxury and sheer(1) ...................………………………. of sitting back				RELAX
and watching the progress of fire and flame is almost (2) ...................…………				BELIEVE
A log-fire appeals to all the senses. Yes, you can(3) ............................…………				ACTUAL
taste and smell the (4) ………….........................of newly cut timber - and then				FRESH
enjoy the sight and sound of the minor (5) ………...........................as it burns.				EXPLODE
Logs hiss for a while before they (6) ..................……………....burst in the heat,				FINAL
so the moment of (7) ......................comes as a climax after lots of suspense!				DESTROY
All of this is very (8) ....................……………, and the thing that makes it more				DRAMA
(9) ………...........................than ever is that one's feet are up and one's whole				ENJOY
Body is being bathed in tropical heat. It's a (10) ………...................experience.				MARVEL
1. ............................................		6. ..........................................
2. ............................................		7. ..........................................
3. ............................................		8. ..........................................
4. ............................................		9. ..........................................
5. ............................................		10. ........................................

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7. Choose the right response to the following situations. Only one is correct.

Example . Let's have a cup of tea.

1. Never mind

2. Yes, please.

3. That's a good idea.

1. I'm going to a party tonight. Have a nice time. Don't bother. What a pity!	4. Is Jill coming? You are right. I hope so. Don't mention it.
2. I'm sorry but I can't help you. Very well thank you. Nice to hear this. It doesn't matter.	5. May I use your pen? Certainly. Not at all. Thank you.
3. Do you mind if I open the window? a. Yes, with pleasure. b. No, of course not. c. Nice of you.	______/5p

VIII. Read the magazine article entitled “Megabucks and Megabytes”. Answer the multiple choice questions:

Computer software has made Joyce and Larry Lacerte and their family rich enough to build their dream house - an enormous computer-controlled mansion complete with swimming pool, baseball pitch, miniature estate cars for racing round the grounds, and tennis court, in a leafy Dallas suburb. There are so many rooms in the house itself that to send messages to family members they need intercoms, absolutely essential in a house where it could take half an hour to find somebody.

It is morning in the kitchen. Sitting in line at the huge breakfast bar in order of age from two to eleven are their seven children. The daily printout from the master computer in the attic with its five megabytes of memory has already told them what the day holds for them by producing a list of activities for each member of the family. The computer has also recorded the outside temperature, the air pressure, the wind direction and speed. Inside the house it controls the lights, the room temperatures, each child's computer, the back-up generator, the TV sets and the massive security system which protects the property. In addition to the main computer, each child has his or her own computer station, complete with laser printer, just like Larry's.

It takes an army of helpers, dozens of machines and clockwork precision to make it all work. But then precision is something the family knows all about, for this is a house that computers have designed. Larry is the founder of a company which has built up its business providing computer software for small firms. Larry talks as he takes us on a four-hour tour of the mansion. `I've always been fascinated by computers. In fact, I was brought up with them - worked with them since the age of fourteen! I've been lucky, though, because I've always had good people to work for me. But I think my real strength is that I've done every single job in the company myself, so I know just what's involved in each one. We've got three hundred and fifteen employees at the moment and we're still taking people on. That's not to say that we haven't had some scary moments, of course. Like when we had to borrow money to pay the bills. I really hated being in debt but it's actually worked out well for us. We've also bought four or five other small companies along the way. I suppose we came to Dallas mainly for the children's sake, because the schools here are wonderful… and I've also worked out that I get a couple of hours a day more with the children - you see, the office is so close to home!'

The children are very important to Larry and Joyce. Particularly when Larry thought that he might not live to see them grow up. Three years ago the doctors thought that he had a brain tumour and the future looked grim. `It's changed the way I think about my family, the way I look at life, even though everything seems to be all right now,' says Larry. `I don't want to give up my job but I don't work as hard as I did before!

Circle the right answer A, B, C or D for questions 1 -7.

1. What disadvantage is mentioned about living in a big house like Larry's?

A It is very expensive to provide lighting and heating.

B It is easy for someone to try and break in.

C It can be difficult to communicate with family members.

D It takes too long to walk from one room to another,

2. What does what the day holds for them in line 14 mean?

A what problems might arise during the day

B what arrangements have been made for the day

C what they must achieve during the day

D what they have been advised to do that day

3. What does Larry do for a living?

A He works for several small companies.

B He makes electrical goods.

C He designs dream houses.

D He has his own computer business.

4. What does Larry think is the secret behind his successful career?

A his educational background

B his knowledge of the business

C his friends and family

D his strong financial position

5. What does one refer to on line 38?

A each member of the staff

B each company

C each type of job

D each computer

6. Larry said that he moved to Dallas

A to manage smaller companies.

B to be nearer the office he works in.

C to build a dream house for the family.

D to give the children a good education.

7. What changed Larry's outlook on life?

A having children

B being ill

C working away from home

D moving to Dallas

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