UNIT 1 Friendship

I. Choose the words which contain the sound / and

education, engineer, damage, mutual, computer, children, teach,
Christmas, machine, village, religion, hamburger, enjoy, dirty, schedule,
literature, information, question, orchestra, cheap, pleasure, feature,
imaginary, jealous, cheese, jacket, geometry, green, purchase, suggest,
instruction, essential, nature, fortunate.
/t/ mutual, children, teach, literature, question, cheap, feature, cheese,
purchase, nature, fortunate
/d/ education, engineer, damage, village, religion, schedule, imaginary,
jealous, jacket, geometry, suggest
II. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the word in the
box.
constant capable selfish loyal suspicion
acquaint enthusiast sympathize hospitable friend
1. His enthusiasm for music has stayed strong, throughout his ! years in
radio.
. He sho"ed uns"erving loyalty to his friends.
!. #e all have great sympathy for the victims of the flood.
$. Intimate is very important because uncertain people cannot have a
lifelong friendship.
%. &t "as very unselfish of him to offer us his room.
'. #e "ere delighted by the "onderful hospitality of the local people.
(. )he "ine had made him incapable of thinking clearly.
*. +laying a game "ith the children is a good "ay of getting them
acquainted.
,. &nform the police immediately if you see anything suspicious.
1-. Friendships need time to develop.
III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the erb in
brac!ets.
1. & didn.t have enough time to finish /finish0 my "ork yesterday.
. 1s she drove past his house, she noticed him runnin" /run0 a"ay from
home.
!. & "as relieved to find out /find out0 that & had passed the e2am.
$. 3he made her son wash /"ash0 the "indo"s before he could go outside
to play /play0"ith his friends.
%. 3he lets her children stay /stay0 up very late.
'. #e had nothing to do /do0 e2cept look at the cinema posters.
(. #e both heard him say /say0 that he "as leaving.
*. &t made him angry to wait /"ait0 for people "ho "ere late.
,. & couldn.t understand "hat the passage said, so & had my friend
translate /translate0 it for me.
1-. &t.s important to start /start0 the meeting on time.
11. )here are too many people here for me to tal! /talk0 to all of them.
1. &t took ages to download /do"nload0 the pictures from the &nternet.
1!. #henever & have free time, & like to watch /"atch0 the basketball team
practicin" /practice0.
1$. 3he sent me an e4mail to inform / inform0 me that the meeting had been
canceled.
1%. &t "as a thrill to see / see0 my brother win / "in0 the chess tournament
last year.
I#. Combine the "ien idea into one sentence. $dd to when an
infinitie is required.
1. use/ scissors/ tool are/ for/ sharp/ very young children
3cissors are too sharp for very young children to use.
. "rong/ consider/ they/ smoke/ it/ in public places
)hey consider it "rong to smoke in public places.
!. let/ &/ stay/ think/ them/ should/ the "eekend/ until/ "e
& think "e should let them stay until the "eekend.
$. climb/ the first/ o2ygen/ "ho/ 5verest/ "ithout/ person/ "as6
#ho "as the first person to climb the 5verest "ithout o2ygen6
%. noticed/ run/ him/ from/ a"ay/ she/ home
3he noticed him running a"ay from home.
'. made/ the film/ laugh/ right from/ them/ the first fe" minutes.
)he film made them laugh right from the first fe" minutes.
(. &.ll/ look at/ the plumber/ have/ the central heating boiler
&7ll have the plumber look at the central heating boiler.
*. the ans"er/ you/ it/ "ork out/ clever/ of/ "as
8ou "as clever to "ork out the ans"er of it.
,. the tourists/ back/ "hen/ be/ the guide/ didn.t/ tell/ at the coach
)he guide didn7t tell the tourists "hen to be back at the coach.
1-. hear/ enough/ the guide/ clearly/ everyone/ didn.t/ loudly/ for/ speak
)he guide didn7t speak loudly enough for everyone to hear.
#. Choose the correct answers.
1. &nstead of buying a ne" pair of shoes, & had my old ones 999999999
a. repair b. to repair c. repairing d. repaired
. &t.s possible 999999999 a train across Canada.
a. take b. to ta!e c. taking d. to be taken
!. :o" that "e.ve finished painting the house, there is nothing left 9999999.
a. to do b. for doing c. to be done d. for being done
$. ;efore "e leave, let.s have 3helley 99 a map for us so "e "on.t get lost.
a. draw b. to dra" c. dra"ing d. dra"n
%. & can hear a cat 999999999 at the "indo".
a. scratches b. to scratch c. scratchin" d. "as scratching
'. & think your mother should let you 999999999 your o"n mind.
a. ma!e up b. to make up c. making up d. made up
(. )he police never found the money 999999999 in the robbery.
a. stealing b. be stolen c. steal d. stolen
*. <o you kno" "hat made so many people 999999999 their home6
a. eacuate b. to evacuate c. evacuated d. be evacuated
,. 999999999 bread, you usually need flour, salt, and yeast.
a. =ake b. To ma!e c. =aking d. >or make
1-. #e sa" our favorite ballet 999999999 at the theater last night.
a. perform b. performing c. performed d. in performing
11. He "as never heard 999999999 .thank you. in his life.
a. say b. to say c. saying d. said
1. & "as delighted 999999999 my old friends again.
a. to see b. seeing c. seen d. to be seen
1!. 999999999 to friends is nice but 999999999 alone is also enjoyable.
a. )alk/ to be b. )o talk/ be c. )alk/ be d. Tal!in"/ bein"
1$. &.d rather 999999999 to 5lvis than the ;eatles.
a. listen b. to listen c. listening d. listened
1%. & can make myself 999999999 pretty "ell in 5nglish.
a. understand b. to understand c. understanding d. understood
#I. There is at least one mista!e in each sentence. %u""est
appropriate corrections.
1. 3he longed the holidays to come so that she could be "ith her family
again. /lon"ed for&
. & overheard say that he.s thinking of moving to =anchester. /him say&
!. )hey "ere seen climb through the "indo". /climbin"&
$. ?ery reluctantly, he consented her to lend the .money to @anet.
/consented to&
%. =y parents al"ays encouraged "ork hard at school. /wor!in"&
'. >or years the group has been campaigning an inquiry to hold into the
accident. /held&
(. & "atched a pavement artist to dra" a portrait in crayons. /drawin"&
*. 3am promised me to sho" me ho" to fish for salmon, but he never had
the time. /to show&
,. &t.s easier to do it yourself than to e2plain to somebody else ho" to do it.
/explain&
1-. He "as never heard say .thank you. in his life. /to say&
11. )his card entitles to take an e2tra person "ith you free. /freely&
1. )hey let me to borro" their car "hile they "ere on holiday. /borrow&
1!. & e2plained enough for her understanding "hat "as happening. /to
understand&
1$. )o see him to "alk do"n the street, you.d never kno" he "as blind.
/wal!in"&
1%. =ost people are afraid hearing the truth about them. /afraid of&
#II. Complete each of the sentences with an appropriate preposition.
1. 1 selfish person is incapable of true friendship.
. He "as accused of being disloyal to the government.
!. Ho" much time do you spend on home"ork6
$. Aood friendship should be based on mutual understanding.
%. <o you keep in touch with any school friends6
'. 3ome adults have a total lack of sympathy for 'towards& young people.
(. He.s more concerned about 'for& "hat people think about him than
anything else.
*. 3he had been briefly acquainted with him more than - years earlier.
,. 3he thought of him very often.
1-. 3ome people take up interest "ith enthusiasm, but they are soon tired of
it.
#III. (ewrite the sentence or )oin the pairs of sentences be"innin" with
the word's& "ien.
1. He "orked out the ans"er. &t "as clever of him.
&t "as clever of him to "ork out the ans"er.
. =arie al"ays pays her bills regularly. 3he.s careful that "ay.
=arie is al"ays careful of paying her bills regularly.
!. He "as crossing the road. & caught sight of him.
& noticed him crossing the road.
$. #hen "e finally heard that <avid had arrived, "e "ere very relieved.
#e "ere relieved to hear that <avid had arrived.
%. #hy have you thro"n up your job6 8ou.re mad.
8ou are mad to thro" up your job.
'. @immy got into his car and drove a"ay. & sa" this.
& sa" @immy get into his car and drive a"ay.
(. &t is disappointing that "e haven.t heard from =olly.
#e are disappointed not to hear from =olly.
*. Contacting her at "ork is usually quite easy.
3he is usually quite easy to contact at "ork.
,. )he house shook violently and all of us felt that.
1ll of us felt the house shaking violently.
1-. Can you sign the papers please6 )hey are ready no".
)he papers are ready for you to sign.
11. <on.t lend )om any money. )hat "ould be most un"ise.
8ou "ould be un"ise to lend )om any money.
1. =r. +inchley doesn7t allo" his teenage children to go out in the evenings.
=r. +inchley makes his teenage children stay home in the evenings.
1!. #hat & "ant to do is start my o"n business. &7m keen.
& am keen on starting my o"n business.
1$. Harry couldn7t get his parents7 permission to buy a motorbike.
Harry7s parents didn7t let him buy a motorbike.
1%. #e can7t possibly "ork in this noise.
&t7s impossible for us to "ork in this noise.