FURTHER PRACTICE 1

Exercise 1. Underline to choose the correct words to complete the

sentences

1. Sam won’t/ doesn’t go out if it’s cold tomorrow

2. If/ Unless someone helps me, I won’t be able to fix my skateboard.

3. If Sophie’s dog Ben sees / will see a cat, he’ll definitely try to catch it!

4. Adam might/ can’t go into town tomorrow if he has enough money

5. You’re late! You don’t/ won’t catch the bus if you don’t run.

6. William will call if/ unless he needs anything.

7. I won’t buy a new mobile phone if it will be/ is too expensive.

8. We will/ won’t know what’s in the box if we don’t open it

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
verb in brackets or would/ wouldn’t
1. If Jake ___________ (not want) to go to the party, he’d tell us.
2. If I ___________ (be) you, I wouldn’t go and see that film- it’s scary!
3. Ben ___________ (buy) Sarah a present if he couldn’t afford it.
4. I wish my sister ___________ (stop) making so much noise!
5. What would you say if ___________ (win) first prize in a competition?
6. Dan ___________ (be) very happy if he lost his favorite T-shirt.
7. Paul’s dad would drive us into town if we ___________ (ask) him
8. If Jack ___________ (not stay) up so late at night, he wouldn’t get
up late in the mornings
Exercise 3. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first

1. It’s too hot for us to lie on the beach.

à If it ______________________ so hot, we could lie on the beach
2. My little brother keeps coming into my room when I’m trying to sleep
à If my little brother ________________ coming into my room, I could go to sleep.
3. Dan will have to run to catch the train.
à Dan won’t catch the train ____________ he runs.
4. I don’t think you should buy that watch- it’s awful!
à I ____________ buy that watch if T were you.
5. Ben isn’t very sociable, so he hasn’t met many people at his new school.
à If Ben were more sociable, he ____________ more people.
6. We can only get the magazines we want if we go into town
à We can’t get the magazines we want if we ____________into town.
 Exercise 4. Complete the
sentences with missing words
1. Drivers have to stop when the t_____________ l_____________ turn red.
2. It’s useful to take some food and drink with you when you’re going on a long
j____________.
3. Passengers have to wait on the p_____________for their train to come
4. The p_____________ is the person who flies the plane when you go on holiday.
5. The bus was so c_____________that there wasn’t any room for more passengers
6. Vehicles can drive faster on a m_____________than on other roads
7. When you arrive at an airport for a flight, you have to c_____________i
_____________ first.
8. Don’t forget to collect your l_____________when you get off the plane
9. Travelling by boat can be unpleasant if there are big w_____________.
10. It’s important to be able to read a m _____________ if you don’t know the way
somewhere.
 Exercise 5. Read the text below and choose the correct word (A, B, C or D) for
each space

◦ From our earliest days, many people (1) . .. .... believed in a power or powers
greater than themselves. This belief is known as religion. In ancient times, it was a
way to (2) .. ..... sense of the mysteries of the (3) .. .. world; evil spirits were thought
to be responsible (4) . .. .... bad weather and disease, for instance. Ancient
peoples felt that they had a measure of control over (5) .. .. ... lives when they
made offerings and prayed to friendly spirits, whom they believed could help
them win battles or 6) .. .. ... better crops.
◦ Even today, when people know the scientific explanations for such things as
thunder or the eruption of volcanoes, (7) .. .. ... look to religion to explain some of
the other hard-to-understand things (8) .. ..... we experience as humans – things
like the purpose of life or the reasons for tragedies. (9) . .. .... most religions spring
from the same basic human need to (10) . .. .... in a great power or powers, the
ideas, practices, and traditions that religions involve can be very different.
1. A) will B) are C) have D) has
2. A) make B) do C) take D) give
3. A) customary B) essential C) typical D) natural
4. A) of B) for C) by D) in
5. A) theirs B) they C) them D) their
6. A) breed B) gain C) rise D) grow
7. A) many B) lots C) plenty D) much
8. A) which B) what C) why D) when
9. A) During B) Although C) Despite D) However
10. A) consider B) admit C) accept D) believe
 Exercise 6: Read the text below then complete the gaps with the verbs
in brackets in past simple or past perfect.
Last week Jaime went to Alnwick. This is what he wrote about his trip.

‘I (1)…………….(know) a lot about the history of the castle because I (2) ………………(already/read)
about it on the website. Our teacher (3)……………… (also/give) us some information about it
before we went. I (4)……………….(go) on quite a few trips with the language school before this
one, but I (5)………………(enjoy) Alnwick most. The guide (6)……………….(tell) us that they
(7)………………..(make) Harry Potter films at the castle a few years earlier. I (8)…………..(think) that
was really interesting. As I (9)……………… (wander) around the grounds, I (10)…………..(try) to spot
parts of the castle I (11)………….(see) in the films.’
Exercise 11: Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).
a. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) ___________.
b. He (not / be) ___________ to Cape Town before 1997.
c. When she went out to play, she (do / already) ___________ her
homework.
d. My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make) ___________
e. The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on) ___________ six weeks
before.
f. The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order) ___________
g. I could not remember the poem we (learn) ___________ the week before.
h. The children collected the chestnuts that (fall) ___________ from the tree.
i. (he / phone) ___________ Angie before he went to see her in London?
j. She (not / ride) ___________ a horse before that day.
Exercise 10: You will hear a woman talking to a group of tourists at a castle.
Read the Exam tip box, then listen and fill in the missing information.
Exercise 13: Your English teacher has asked you to tell a story.
Your story must start with this sentence: I wanted to leave the city as soon as
possible.
Write your story in about 100 words.