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UNIT 1- Friendship 15.

It was a thrill _______________ (see) my brother ________________ (win) the chess


I. Pronunciation tournament last year.
1. a. machine b. change c. teacher d. choose
2. a. condition b. option c. suggestion d. relation V. Combine into one sentence. Add to when an infinitive is required.
3. a. believe b. readily c. friend d. pleasure 1. use/ scissors/ tool are/ for/ sharp/ very young children
4. a. good b. gossip c. game d. geometry _________________________________________________
5. a. trust b. mutual c. number d. uncertain 2. wrong/ consider/ they/ smoke/ it/ in public places
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II. Choose the words which contain the sound /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ 3. let/ I/ stay/ think/ them/ should/ the weekend/ until/ we
education, engineer, damage, mutual, computer, children, teach, Christmas, machine, _________________________________________________
village, religion, hamburger, enjoy, dirty, schedule, literature, information, question, 4. climb/ the first/ oxygen/ who/ Everest/ without/ person/ was?
orchestra, cheap, pleasure, feature, imaginary, jealous, cheese, jacket, geometry, green, _________________________________________________
purchase, suggest, instruction, essential, nature, fortunate. 5. noticed/ run/ him/ from/ away/ she/ home
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/tʃ/ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. made/ the film/ laugh/ right from/ them/ the first few minutes.
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7. I'll/ look at/ the plumber/ have/ the central heating boiler
/dʒ/ …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… _________________________________________________
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. the answer/ you/ it/ work out/ clever/ of/ was
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… _________________________________________________
9. the tourists/ back/ when/ be/ the guide/ didn't/ tell/ at the coach
III. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the word in the box. _________________________________________________
constant capable selfish loyal suspicion 10. hear/ enough/ the guide/ clearly/ everyone/ didn't/ loudly/ for/ speak
acquaint enthusiast sympathize hospitable friend _________________________________________________
1. His ________________ for music has stayed strong, throughout his 23 years in radio.
2. He showed unswerving _________________ to his friends. VI. Choose the correct answers.
3. We all have great ___________________ for the victims of the flood. 1 Instead of buying a new pair of shoes, I had my old ones _________ .
4. _______ is very important because uncertain people cannot have a lifelong friendship. a. repair b. to repair c. repairing d. repaired
5. It was very _________________ of him to offer us his room. 2. It's possible _______ a train across Canada.
6. We were delighted by the wonderful _______________ of the local people. a. take b. to take c. taking d. to be taken
7. The wine had made him ______________ of thinking clearly. 3. Now that we've finished painting the house, there is nothing left ________.
8. Playing a game with the children is a good way of getting them __________________. a. to do b. for doing c. to be done d. for being done
9. Inform the police immediately if you see anything ___________________. 4. Before we leave, let's have Shelley ________ a map for us so we won't get lost.
10. ________________ need time to develop. a. draw b. to draw c. drawing d. drawn
5. I can hear a cat ________ at the window.
IV. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. a. scratches b. to scratch c. scratching d. was scratching
1. I didn't have enough time _____________ (finish) my work yesterday. 6. I think your mother should let you __________ your own mind.
2. As she drove past his house, she noticed him ______________ (run) away from home. a. make up b. to make up c. making up d. made up
3. I was relieved __________________ (find out) that I had passed the exam. 7. The police never found the money __________in the robbery.
4. She made her son _________________ (wash) the windows before he could go a. stealing b. be stolen c. steal d. stolen
outside ________________ (play) with his friends. 8. Do you know what made so many people _________ their home?
5. She lets her children _______________ (stay) up very late. a. evacuate b. to evacuate c. evacuated d. be evacuated
6. We had nothing _______________ (do) except look at the cinema posters. 9. ________ bread, you usually need flour, salt, and yeast.
7. We both heard him ______________ (say) that he was leaving. a. Make b. To make c. Making d. For make
8. It made him angry _______________ (wait) for people who were late. 10. We saw our favorite ballet _________ at the theater last night.
9. I couldn't understand what the passage said, so I had my friend ________________ a. perform b. performing c. performed d. in performing
(translate) it for me. 11. He was never heard _________ 'thank you' in his life.
10. It's important _________________ (start) the meeting on time. a. say b. to say c. saying d. said
11. There are too many people here for me __________________ (talk) to all of them. 12. I was delighted ________ my old friends again.
12. It took ages __________________ (download) the pictures from the Internet. a. to see b. seeing c. seen d. to be seen
13. Whenever I have free time, I like ________________ (watch) the basketball team 13. __________ to friends is nice but __________alone is also enjoyable.
_________________ (practice). a. Talk / to be b. To talk / be c. Talk / be d. Talking / being
14. She sent me an e-mail ___________ (inform) me that the meeting had been canceled. 14. I'd rather _________ to Elvis than the Beatles.
a. listen b. to listen c. listening d. listened The papers are …………………………………………………………………
15. I can make myself _________pretty well in English. 11. Don't lend Tom any money. That would be most unwise.
a. understand b. to understand c. understanding d. understood You …………………………………………………………………
12. Mr. Pinchley doesn’t allow his teenage children to go out in the evenings.
VII. There is at least one mistake in each sentence. Suggest corrections. Mr. Pinchley makes …………………………………………………………………
1. She longed the holidays to come so that she could be with her family again.
2. I overheard say that he's thinking of moving to Manchester. X. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences.
3. They were seen climb through the window. 6. She's made friends ________ a little girl who lives next door.
4. Very reluctantly, he consented her to lend the .money to Janet. a. to b. of c. by d. with
5. My parents always encouraged work hard at school. 7. The children seem to be totally capable ________ working by themselves.
6. For years the group has been campaigning an inquiry to hold into the accident. a. on b. of c. in d. for
7. I watched a pavement artist to draw a portrait in crayons. 8. Your friendship should be based on ________ trust.
8. Sam promised me to show me how to fish for salmon, but he never had the time. a. basic b. fragile c. mutual d. blind
9. It's easier to do it yourself than to explain to somebody else how to do it. 9. The company expects ________ from its employees.
10. He was never heard say 'thank you' in his life. a. constancy b. quality c. interest d. loyalty
11. This card entitles to take an extra person with you free. 10. I've got lots of _______, but only a few are really good friends
12. They let me to borrow their car while they were on holiday. a. close friends b. acquaintances c. neighbors d. partners
13. I explained enough for her understanding what was happening. 11. Friendship is a two-sided ________, it lives by give-and-take.
14. To see him to walk down the street, you'd never know he was blind. a. affair b. event c. aspect d. feature
15. Most people are afraid hearing the truth about them. 12. Unselfishness is the very essence of friendship.
a. romantic part b. important part c. difficult part d. interesting part
VIII. Complete each of the sentences with an appropriate preposition. 13. They ________ a close friendship at university.
1. A selfish person is incapable __________ true friendship. a. created b. became c. promoted d. formed
2. He was accused _________ being disloyal _________ the government. 14. We stayed friends even after we ________ and left home.
3. How much time do you spend ________ homework? a. brought up b. turned up c. grew up d. took up
4. Good friendship should be based ______ mutual understanding. 15. ________ the promotion of health and to helping people avoid injury and disease.
5. Do you keep in touch _________ any school friends? a. To commit the Red Cross b. The Red Cross to commit
6. Some adults have a total lack ______ sympathy _______ young people. c. Committed to the Red Cross is d. The Red Cross is committed to
7. He's more concerned ______ what people think about him than anything else. 16. It is possible ________ may assist some tree in saving water in the winter.
8. She had been briefly acquainted ______ him more than 20 years earlier. a. the leaves are lost b. when leaves have lost
9. She thought _________ him very often. c. that the loss of leaves d. to lose leaves
10. Some people take _______ interest with enthusiasm, but they are soon tired ______it. 17. It can sometimes ________ a home.
a. to take months to sell b. take several months to sell
IX. Rewrite the sentence beginning with the word(s) given. c. selling takes several months d. to sell taking several months
1. He worked out the answer. It was clever of him. 18. Pioneer men and women endured terrible hardships, and ________
It was ………………………………………………………………… a. so do their children b. neither did the children
2. Marie always pays her bills regularly. She's careful that way. c. also the children d. so did their children
Marie is always …………………………………………………………………
3. He was crossing the road. I caught sight of him.
XI. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box.
I noticed …………………………………………………………………
4. When we finally heard that David had arrived, we were very relieved. terms words came pieces touch change
We were relieved ………………………………………………………………… last experience talk accent get make
5. Why have you thrown up your job? You're mad. Meeting old school friends again can be a strange (1) ______________ Some
You are ………………………………………………………………… have changed so much that you can hardly recognise them: they speak with a different
6. Jimmy got into his car and drove away. I saw this. (2) ________________, are interested in different things and all you can do is make small
I saw ………………………………………………………………… (3) ________________ and hope they'll go soon. Others, though you might have been
7. It is disappointing that we haven't heard from Molly. out of (4) ________________ with them for years, are just the same as they always were
We are ………………………………………………………………… - it's as if you (5) ________________ saw them yesterday.
8. Contacting her at work is usually quite easy. Before you know it, you're exchanging (6) _______________ about your families
She is ………………………………………………………………… and friends, and setting out the (7) ______________ for another game of chess. A few
9. The house shook violently and all of us felt that. change for the better. There's one person that I (8) ______________ on with very well
All of us felt ………………………………………………………………… now, though we weren't on speaking (9) ______________ for our last two years at
10. Can you sign the papers please? They are ready now.
school. One day, we met at a party and made it up and (10) ______________ engaged
the same evening.

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