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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................5 A. A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED TIME AND TENSE............................................................................7 UNIT 1. TENSE CONSOLIDATION - PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS................................................................8 UNIT 2. TENSE CONSOLIDATION: PAST TIME ..........................12 UNIT 3. TENSE CONSOLIDATION:PRESENT PERFECT ............17 UNIT 4. TENSE CONSOLIDATION: MEANS OF EXPRESSING FUTURE TIME ..................................................................22 UNIT 5. INVERSION ......................................................................26 UNIT 6. PROGRESS TEST............................................................30 UNIT 7. SUMMATIVE TEST ..........................................................34 B. "APPEARANCES MAY BE DECEIVING" THE PASSIVE VOICE, MODAL AUXILIARIES, CONDITIONAL, THE SUBJUNCTIVE AND UNREAL TENSES, -ING FORMS, INFINITIVES, INDIRECT SPEECH ........................41 UNIT 8. THE PASSIVE VOICE ......................................................42 UNIT 9. MODAL AUXILIARIES ......................................................47 UNIT 10. CONDITIONALS AND IF SENTENCES..........................54 UNIT 11. SUBJUNCTIVES AND UNREAL TENSES......................58 UNIT 12. -ING FORMS AND INFINITIVES ..................................64 UNIT 13. INDIRECT SPEECH AND REPORTING ........................70 UNIT 14. PROGRESS TEST II ......................................................74 UNIT 15. SUMMATIVE TEST ........................................................78 UNIT 16. QUESTION TAGS ..........................................................84 UNIT 17. WORD FORMATION I ....................................................85 WORD FORMATION II....................................................87
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C. GETTING ALONG WELL WITH PHRASAL VERBS, IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS: GET; TAKE; DO and MAKE; COME and GO; LOOK and SEE ..................................................93 UNIT 18 1. GET ..................................................................................94 2. TAKE..................................................................................97 3. DO & MAKE ....................................................................100 4. COME & GO....................................................................103 5. LOOK & SEE..................................................................106 D. KEY ..............................................................................................109
E. GRAMMAR REFERENCE ..........................................................158 A. A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED: TIME & TENSE ......................................................................159 B. APPEARANCES MAY BE DECEIVING THE PASSIVE VOICE, MODAL AUXILIARIES, CONDITIONAL, THE SUBJUNCTIVE AND UNREAL TENSES, -ING FORMS, INFINITIVES, INDIRECT SPEECH ........................................170
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.............................................................................................. 6. Are you still working on your project? .............................................................................................. 7. We havent seen each other since/ in June. .............................................................................................. 8. A mechanic has adjusted my brakes. .............................................................................................. 9. She hasnt eaten caviar for many years. .............................................................................................. 10. I bought this house in 1965 and I still living in it. ..............................................................................................
INVERSION
II. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. 1. If I had thought what his reaction would be, I wouldnt have asked him to help me. Had ... 2. Little did they suspect about their brother having cheated them. They ... 3. The results of the inquiry were not known until later. Only ... 4. Such was the effect of the lecture on the group that everybody made an application to attend the course. The effect ... 5. If you happen to see Timmy, give him my best regards. Should ... 6. As soon as I got the suspect telephone call, I informed the police about it. Barely ... 7. The influence of the teacher on little Tom was so great that he immediately started behaving himself. Such ... 8. Had they any doubt about the bargain, they would have refused it at once. If ... 9. Our teacher taught us the Present Perfect and she also explained everything about its use. Not only ... 10. The eminent British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking came out, in a wheelchair as always. Out ...
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system before summer comes. 3. My friend made an appointment with his optician for an examination of his eyes. 4. She has arranged with her hairdresser to perm her hair. 5. He is going to ask an electrical engineer to fix his telly. 6. Slow down if you dont want the police to endorse your license again.
MODAL AUXILIARIES
I. Choose the correct modal auxiliary. 1. He said she was allowed to/ might leave work early if he wanted. 2. I carried an umbrella round all day but it didnt rain once. I needent have taken/ didnt need to take it. 3. If you have any mechanical problem and you have to / need to stop, dont forget to switch on your hazard warning lights. 4. He could/ was able to persuade her parents that what he wanted to do was just marry her. 5. He said he was able to/ could play tennis for hours on end without getting out of breath when he was younger. 6. Its a pity you didnt let me know you would be in town. I would/ could have put you up. 7. I might/ should suppose your wife is a quite pretty woman. 8. I asked them to help me with the luggage but they couldnt/ wouldnt do it! 9. He told anyone how he could/ was able to reach the top of Everest. 10. It was strange that he should have been/ would have been drinking whisky at 5 oclock in the morning.
4. If the sun hadnt been in the right direction, the photographs wouldnt have come out very well. .......................................................................... AS 5. If he had been able to eat all the food, he wouldnt be hungry now. .......................................................................... SO 6. Should you be late once again, youll lose your job. .......................................................................... HAPPEN 7. You can take my car provided you bring it back in two hours time. .......................................................................... ON 8. Follow the instructions carefully, and you wont have any problems. .......................................................................... AS 9. Im so sorry for having disturbed you so early in the morning. .......................................................................... ONLY 10. If you insist on working till 2 o clock every night, and waking up at 6 am, of course youll feel ill. .......................................................................... WILL
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GET
II. Fill in the gaps with a suitable verb (phrase) from the list below. The first one is done for you as an example: a. get through b. get away with c. get off f. get together g. get up to h. get out of
1. Living in such a small place is really getting me down. 2. Mary is the first to ... the bus. 3. The manager and the accountant made up their minds to ... later in the week for an informal meeting. 4. The teacher couldnt understand what the impudent child was ... . 5. She succeeded in ... doing the work by pretending she was busy. 6. Ive been trying to ring him up all morning but I havent been able to ... . 7. The lawyer ... his client ... on bail. 8. The rumour soon ... the whole little village. 9. The pickpockets ... with three days of prison. 10. Where are the kids? They are very quiet indeed! I wonder what they ... .