Shakespeare Institute

5th and 6th Intermediate

1 Complete each sentence with a Word from the box. Each word is
used three times.

Do make have take give

1 …………… one of these pill three times a day before meals.

2 All the dishes on the menu look good, but I think I’ll…………….. the fish.
3 Can I ………. a suggestion? Why don’t we have the party on a different
day?
4 He said he would ……………… me lift to the airport.
5 I can’t stand hot and stuffy room. They ……………… me a headache.
6 I don’t usually ……… well in mathematics, but I’m quite good at English.
7 I like babysitting, although the children always ………..... such a mess.
8 I wonder if they have that dress in my size? I …………. A size 6.
9 I’ll do everything I can to help.
10 I’m sorry I …………… absolutely no idea.
11 In you revision you should …………. priority to tenses.
12 It doesn’t matter if you don’t win. Just …………. your best.
13 People say that the English ……….. a good sense of humour.
14 We don’t normally give refunds, but in this case we’ll ………….. an
exception.
15 We live near the station. You can walk or ………. the bus.

2 Write five personal sentences using each verb with a collocation.

1 …………………………………………………………………………………………..
2 …………………………………………………………………………………………..
3 …………………………………………………………………………………………..
4 …………………………………………………………………………………………..
5 …………………………………………………………………………………………..
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5th and 6th Intermediate

3 Put each verb in brackets into a suitable future form.

Have you ever wondered what exactly (1) …………………. (you do)
In ten years time? Well, according to computer expert Tom Vincent,
computers (2) ………………… (soon be able) to make accurate
predictions about the future. Professor Vincent, from Cambridge, (3)
…………………… (hold) a press conference next week to describe
the computer which he calls ‘Computafuture’. ‘This computer can tell
us what life (4) ………………… (be) like, based on data describing
past events’, explains Professor Vincent. For example,
Computafuture can predict how many people (5) ……………………
(live) in a particular area, or whether there (6) …………………….
(be) a lot of reain during a particular period. Professor Vincent also
believes that by the year 2050, computers (7) ………………….
(replace) teachers, and (8) ……………………. (also do) most of the
jobs now being done by the police. ‘Computers are becoming more
intelligent all the time’, says Professor Vincent- ‘Soon they (9)
…………………. (direct) traffic and (10) ………………….. (teaching)
our children. And telling us about the future.’
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5th and 6th Intermediate

HOMEWORK: Look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are

correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Tick each
correct line. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the
word in the space.

Keeping a dirary

Are you one of those people who will know ..............

exactly what they will be doing everyday next ..............
week? When the different days will arrive, will 1………….
you have get out your diary, or are you the kind 2………….
of person who will just guess? Some people will 3………….
wwrite their appointments in a diary, but 4………….
others just hope that they will remember. For 5………….
example, ttonight I’m be going to the cinema, 6………….
but perhaps I’ll not forget all about it. You see, I 7………….
will never keep a diary. I try not to forget my 8………….
appoinments, but I know that I will usually do. I 9………….
just don’t like planning my future. I know that 10……….
one day I’m going to make a serious mistake. 11……….
I’ll be miss an important examination. Or by the 12……….
time I remember it and get there, it will have 13……….
finished. Perhaps that will be when I have 14……….
finally buy a diary. 15……….