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I. Write the word so that /I/ becomes /i:/ and vice versa.
/i/
/i:/
1. rich
reach
2...................
peak
3. hit
...................
3. ..............
beat
3. rid
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6. ............
sheep
7. live
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8...............
seek
9. sin
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9. chip
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II. Match the italicized verbs in column A with their meanings in column B.
A
B
1. When did the plane take off?
a. building
2. The thieves ran away when the burglar alarm went off.
b. move downward
3. Let's take a break. We'll go on when you are ready
c. made stop burning
4. Could you get me up early tomorrow?
d. leave the ground
5. She laughed and chatted happily with other women
e. talked in a friendly way
6. Did anyone see Sue getting on the bus?
f. stopped
7. Suddenly the plane seemed to dip.
g. getting into
8. I've given up trying to understand her.
h. get out of bed
9. We had trouble putting up the tent in the dark.
i. continue
10. Fire fighters soon put out the fire.
j. rang
III. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
There (1) ___________ (be) three adults and two children in the Bartons. The children are
Ben, aged twelve, and little Stella, who is four. Their parents are Andrew and Marion. The other
adult is Leslie, who is Andrew's brother. He is twenty-four. They (2) ___________ (live) in
Newcastle, a large city in the north- east of England.
On weekday mornings, everyone (3) ___________ (get up) early. Andrew Barton
4)___________ (work) for a company which (5)____________ (manufacture) computers. He
(6)___________ (leave) at seven o'clock. He (7)__________(like) to avoid the rush hour, he
says. Marion (8)____________ (suspect) that really he wants to avoid having breakfast with the
children, who (9)____________(be) very noisy.
Ben (10)__________(catch) the school bus at eight-fifteen. Leslie (11)___________ (be)
at university, studying physics. He lives away from home during term-time, so he
(12)____________ (avoid) the noise, too.
Stella (13)____________ (not go) to school yet, of course. Next year, she (14)________ (start) at the
nursery school where Ben used to go. Her mother (15)___________(look) forward to this. as it will mean that she
can go back to work. Before her marriage, she (16)___________(live) in London, where she
(17)_____________(work) for the National Gallery. She (18)____________(hope) to find the same sort of job in
Newcastle.
IV. Complete the conversation. Put in the past simple form of the verbs.
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b. teaching
c. purchase
d. lunch
B. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. a. tobacco
b. contented
c. buffalo
d. transplanting
2. a. passenger
3. a. technology
4. a. repair
5. a. interested
b. purchase
b. comfortable
b. harrow
b. serious
c. district
c. activity
c. arrive
c. wonderful
d. routine
d. experience
d. announce
d. immediate
a. never relaxes
b. relaxes never
c. often relaxes
These glasses are so dirty. You need.................them.
a. wash
b. washing.
c. to washed
8. The last time I ........... swimming was when we were in Spain.
a. had gone
b. went
c. has gone
d. relaxes sometimes
7.
d. washed
d. was going.
5. As soon as the alarm clock had gone off, she woke up and go out of bed.
A
B
C
D
6. All the children have been returned safe to their parents.
A
B
C D
7. I know you're too busy to stay, but I look forward to see you again..
A
B
C
D
8. Have you forgotten to lock the back door frequently?
A
B
C
D
9. I like lying on the beach, so I always spend my holiday to sunbath.
A
B
C
D
10. The bank lent us money for a down payment, so now we owned the house we used to rent.
A
B
C
D
IV. SPEAKING
Choose the sentence or phrase that best completes the dialogue.
A: What do you usually do on your day off?
B: (1) ________________________________________________
A: Do you get much exercise?
A: (2) ________________________________________________
A: How often do you exercise?
A: (3) ________________________________________________
B: What do you usually do?
A: (4) ________________________________________________
A: Where do you go swimming?
A: (5) ________________________________________________
A: You're really in good shape!
A: (6) ________________________________________________
1. a. I usually drive to work.
b. I will sleep all day.
VI. WRITING
Choose the best answer to complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to
the first one.
1. I wish I hadn't sold my bike.
I regret ______________________________________
a. to sell my bike.
b. selling my bike.
c. I had sold my bike.
2. No one told me about the change of plan.
I_____________________________________
a. knew about the change of plan.
b. am not known about the change of plan.
c. was told about the change of plan.
d. didnt know about the change of plan.
3. Nigel felt sick from eating too many cakes. Nigel felt sick because _____________
a. he has eaten a lot of cakes.
b. he was eating too many cakes.
c. there were too many cakes he ate.
d. he had eaten too many cakes.
4. In the middle of our lunch there was a knock at the door.
When _____________________________________