a) Choose among Present Continuous, Simple Past, Present Perfect Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous My English is really

getting better. I (try) ... to learn the language since 1985, but only recently have I been able to make some real progress. By the time I started high school in 1988, I (study) ... the language for almost three years; however, I was only able to introduce myself and utter a few memorized sentences. For a couple more years, I (struggle) ... through grammar and vocabulary lessons, which made absolutely no difference. Nothing worked, so I decided to study abroad. I found an exchange program in England that sounded like the perfect answer. I (stay) ... with a host family for one month. It was a huge disappointment! I (sit) ... there the whole time staring at the host mother and father hoping that there would be some breakthrough. Nothing. When I returned, I mentioned to a friend that I (have) ... problems with the language for years. He recommended that I spend a year in an English speaking country. I decided to go abroad again. I (research) ... exchange programs for a couple of weeks and finally decided on a school in the United States. Well, it worked. I (live) ... and (study) ... in the U.S. for more than two years. I (stay) ... here for at least another year before I return home. By then, I should be completely fluent. b) Choose among Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous 1. It is already 9:30 PM and I (wait) ... here for over an hour. If John does not get here in the next five minutes, I am going to leave. 2. I was really angry at John yesterday. By the time he finally arrived, I (wait) ... for over an hour. I almost left without him. 3. Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He (work) ... for that import company for more than ten years and he (work) ... in almost every department. Nobody knew the company like he did. 4. I (see) ... many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small. 5. Sarah (climb) ... the Matterhorn, (sail) ... around the world, and (go) ... on safari in Kenya. She is such an adventurous person. 6. Sarah (climb) ... the Matterhorn, (sail) ... around the world and (go) ... on safari in Kenya by the time she turned twenty-five. She (experience) ... more by that age than most people do in their entire lives. 7. When Melanie came into the office yesterday, her eyes were red and watery. I think she (cry) ... . Fill each of the right form of the words in block capitals to convey the correct meaning of these sentences: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. (SWELL) My ankle is really .and I cant walk easily. (ALLEGE) Mr. M stated that the .against him were unfounded. (PRECEDENT) There was a .rise in the costs this year. (REDEEM) His unique goal was the .of his family. (CEASE) I cant put up with your complaining. (DISOBEY) She will be punished for her. (ASSUMPTION) He .things which might not be true. (REPROACH) I think she is wasting time on

Refer to the words in brackets and put in the right nouns: COMPUTER TANTRUMS fit of bad temper A clever computer built at Imperial college, London, often suffers from (bore)1...boredom.... The computer was built to find out about human (communicate)2......................... The computer acquired a simple vocabulary in the same way as babies do: through (babble)3......................... It is common (know)4........................ that when babies babble, it is a (prepare)5........................ for speech. when babies make sounds like real words, they are encouraged to remember them. with (encourage)6........................ from their parents, babies quickly build up their vocabulary. In the same way, the clever computer learnt to use real words. For example, it learnt to identify a black cat. It was then shown a white cat to test how good it was at (recognize)7......................... It refused to co operate because the (solve)8........................ to the problem was too easy. At first this (refuse)9........................ puzzled scientists, but then they decided the computer was having a tantrum. It just sits there and goes on strike, a (science)11........................ said. These clever computers must also be taught good (behave)10........................ . 3. Give the nouns derived from verbs, adjectives or other nouns. Use these endings: -age, -hood, -ation, -ion, -ful, -ence, -ency, -ness, -al, -(er)y, -ment, -ety, -ism, -ity, -ing 1. I decided this. It was my decision . 2. Don't be so anxious. Control your ... . 3. Ann's a socialist. She believes in ... . 4. We all want to be happy. We all seek ... . 5. We all agree. We're all in ... . 6. Who discovered this? Who made this ... ? 7. We'll all arrive. We'll be met on ... . 8. I was a child then. That was in my ... . 9. She is absent. Can you explain her ... 10. I'll post this. What's the ... ? 11. Try again. Have another ... . 12. Be more efficient. Improve your ... . 13. Don't be so curious. Control your ... . 14. Address this envelope. I'll give you the ... . 15. I refused their offer. My ... is final. 16. I warned you. I gave you enough ... . 17. Put it in your mouth. Take one ... . 18. Can you explain it? Is there an ... ? 19. They tried him. I was at the ... . 20. Don't argue. I don't want an ... . The words in this list are all verbs. What are the noun forms? The first one has been done for you as an example. 1. diagnose diagnosis 2. examine ______________ 3. prescribe ______________ 4. suffer ______________ 5. operate ______________ 6. cure ______________

7. recover ______________ 8. analyse ______________ 9. infect ______________ 10. carry ______________ 11. replace ______________ 12. degenerate ______________ 13. refer ______________ 14. paralyse ______________ 15. obstruct ______________ Read the review and try to explain the idioms in bold DOCTOR HERBERT'S CURE-ALL LIFE TONIC Unlike some "remedies", whose creators' claims have to 1) be taken with a pinch of salt, DR HERBERT'S LIFE TONIC IS NO GIMMICK! Whether you `re 2) at death s door or simply - feeling a bit 3) off colour, or Herbert's Life Tonic will have you feeling 4) full of beans again in no time. But don't just take our word for it. Mr Jethro Franklin of Dodgeville, Texas had been suffering from heart problems and severe back pains for over ten years, before he turned to Dr Herbert for help. "I had been 5) going downhill for a long, long time before l came to Or Herbert. I had lost so much weight that I was 6) nothing but skin and, bone, and on most days I couldn't even get out of bed in the mornings! However, Dr Herbert's Life Tonic changed all that. I was just 7) a shadow of my former self when I started taking his Life Tonic, but I was 8) up and about again in just two weeks. That was just six months ago and now I feel 9) as strong as an ox in fact, after giving me just three months to live last year, my doctor now says that I should live to a 10) ripe old age! DON'T DELAY! FOR THE CURE-ALL REMEDY, GET DR HERBERT'S LIFE TONIC TODAY! Match the items with the idioms from the previous exercise: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. unwell very thin c to get worse in health/quality/status about to die to be doubted/considered untrue active after an illness very lively and energetic very strong and fit weaker or less capable than one used to be very old age

Fill in the gaps with phrases from the list: go downhill, pinch of salt, up and about, ripe old age, off colour 1. As soon as your leg is out of the cast, you'll be .......... in no time. 2. John has a reputation for being a liar, so whenever he tells me anything, I take it with a .......... .

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Peter didn't go to school today because he was feeling a bit .......... . The recession will affect industry badly and many companies will .......... . My grandfather lived to a .......... . He was 104 years old when he passed away.

English words and phrases connected with injury. Boil "You'll need to go to the doctor to have that boil lanced. Lump "I have a strange lump on my arm. I wonder what caused it." Rash "When she used the soap her skin came out in a rash." Scab "Don't pick at your scab you might make it bleed." Spot "When he was a teenager he had a lot of spots." Swelling "After the wasp stung her, she had a swelling on her leg for days." Bruise "She fell down the stairs and bruised her arm." "He has a bruise just under his eye." Bump "Ow! I bumped my head on the desk!" "It's only a little bump nothing serious." Cut "He cut himself badly on the bread knife." "She got a nasty cut on her hand while she was diving." Gash "He gashed his hand badly on a piece of broken glass." "That's a nasty gash. You might need stitches." Graze "When she was little, she was always grazing her knee." "I got a small graze on my hand when I fell onto some gravel." Itch "My eyes are itching this atmosphere is too smoky for me." "I've got a terrible itch where the mosquito bit me. " Scratch "The cat scratched me it stings a little. "He was picking berries and got a couple of scratches from the thorns." Sprain "She sprained her ankle when she slipped on the ice." "My ankle looks swollen, but it's only a minor sprain."