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Headway Elementary Unit 13

Exercise 1: Question Forms 1113 8. The Azeris speak Russian and Azeri.
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Match the questions in list A with the answers in list B.
9. Louis Armstrong played jazz music.
Eg. How do you come to school? ............................ _f _ ___________________________________?

List A 10. Tom always watches Channel 4.

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1. How many days are in a year? ......................... ___
2. How much is a ticket to İzmir? .......................... ___
Exercise 3: Question Forms
3. What do you want to do tonight? ...................... ___
4. What time do classes begin? ............................ ___
Put the sentences in the correct order.
5. When is Christmas Day? .................................. ___
6. Where is the Anıtkabir? ..................................... ___
Eg. does it Istanbul often snow how does in
7. Which Italian actor won an Oscar last year? .... ___
How often does it snow in Istanbul ?
8. Who is the Prime Minister of England? ............. ___
9. Why does the teacher never shout at you? ...... ___
1. you to when going university are finish
?
List B
a. Benigni. 2. Africa in where live Mandela does
b. Because I’m perfect. ?
c. Go to the cinema.
d. About 11 million Turkish Lira. 3. oldest the person is the world in who
e. 9 c’clock. ?
f. On foot.
g. Tony Blair 4. school you how do usually come to
h. In Ankara ?
i. December 25th.
j. 365. 5. study week you hours many do how every
?
Exercise 2: Question Forms
6. Sakıp have Sabancı does money much how
Write questions about the underlined words. ?

Eg. The Wachowski Brothers directed The Matrix. 7. weekend rich usually the at do do people what
What film did the Watchowski Brothers direct? ?

1. World War II ended in 1945. 8. we are doing this why exercise

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2. The Nile is in Africa. 9. like to going you which do cinemas

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3. Madonna married Sean Penn. 10. book week are going this you what read to
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4. There are three hotels in Maçka.

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5. A yalı on the Bosphorus costs 2,000,000 dollars.

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6. It’s five kilometres from Bostancı to Kadıköy.

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7. Atatürk was 52 years old when he died.

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Exercise 4: Verb Tenses
Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct form of
the correct tense.
1. Who __________ you __________ to after class
yesterday? (speak)
I __________ to the teacher. (speak)
2. How much __________ she __________ a week?
(earn)
She __________ 100,000,000 TL. (earn)
3. Why __________ the children __________ when
they saw the bus? (run)
Because they __________ to catch it. (want)
4. What food __________people traditionally
__________ at Christmas? (eat)
They __________ Christmas pudding. (eat)
5. What __________ Edison __________? (invent)
He __________the lightbulb.
6. How long __________ it __________ to go from
Taksim to Bostancı? (take)
It __________ about an hour.
7. Where __________ you __________ after school
yesterday? (go)
I __________ to Taksim to meet a friend. (go)
Exercise 5: Adverbs and Adjectives
Some of the sentences have mistakes. Find and
correct them.
Eg. They ran quick home. (quickly)
1. She dances very good.
2. He’s a very fastly runner.
3. This exercise isn’t very hard.
4. Eat your meal slow.
5. My teacher is a very good teacher.
6. Sue is a carefully student.
7. I can hear you easy. You don’t have to shout!
8. Come here immediate. I need your help.
9. He is walking to work very fast. Is he late?
10. She worked very hardly for the final exam.
11. They want an answer immediately.
12. I had a quickly look at the paper this morning.
Exercise 6: Adjectives and Nouns
Fill in the gaps. Use the underlined word to make a
noun or an adjective.
Eg. He likes to talk about culture, but he’s never been
to the Atatürk cultural Centre.
1. I hate intelligence test because I’m not very
__________!
2. Everyone wants peace, but the world isn’t a very
__________ place.
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3. I don’t want to be friends with them. They’re not
very __________ people.
4. Alan always reads romance novels because she’s
a __________ person.
5. It’s very __________today. It’s was cloudy
yesterday, so there wasn’t any sun.
6. There are many dangerous sports these days, but
if you are careful there isn’t any __________.
7. I didn’t win the beauty contest, but I am the most
__________ person in Istanbul.
8. She wants to be independent, but she lives at
home with her parents and she doesn’t have any
__________.
9. My father knows that health is very important, but
he smokes 70 cigarettes a day. He isn’t a
_________ man!
10. My aunt wears very __________ clothes. Her
favourite colours are orange and green!
Exercise 7: Prepositions
Complete the following using the prepositions in the
about in of round
with at in on from
box. Only use each preposition once.
Eg. Do we have to get up at 6 o’clock?
1. What is the film ?
2. The seabus for Yalova leaves Kabataş.
3. She found her lost cat the end.
4. Are you interested folk music?
5. Walk the house, and you will find her in the
garden.
6. Have you seen my older sister? She’s tall and
slim, long dark hair.
7. The match didn’t start time.
8. I can’t think an answer.
Exercise 8: -ing/-ed adjectives
Underline the correct adjective.
My name is Marvin the Martian. I live on Mars, but I
don’t like it. I’m bored/boring because there are no
other people here. It’s very (1) bored/boring. I want to
come to earth because it’s more (2) excited/exciting
than Mars. There are lots of (3) interested/interesting
places, like Disney World and Tatilya. I’m going to
travel in my Tofaş, but it’s a very old space ship, so I’m
very (4) worried/worrying about it. My dog, Pluto, is
coming too, and he is very (5) excited/exciting about
the journey! Are you (6) interested/interesting in
meeting me? I am arriving at Atatürk Airport at 8 pm
tonight. See you there.
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Exercise 9: Everyday English. Catching a train. B: Yes, I think so. It’s in the Koran.
7. Now children. Listen to me __________.
Person A is in London and is asking questions about 8. I lost my keys because there was a __________ in
trains from York to London. Choose the correct my pocket.
answer from the alternatives. 9. A: You look terrible! What happened?
B: I had a/an __________.
A: Good morning. Can you tell me the times of trains 10. He couldn’t find the money to buy alcohol because
___c__ from York, please? she __________it in the vase.
a) to b) on c) back 11. Some birds __________ to a warmer place when
Autumn comes.
B: Afternoon or evening? When do you want to (1) 12. Would you like a/an __________ or __________
_______ back? ticket?
a) go b) come c) leave 13. I don’t understand the present tense, sir. Could
you __________ it again?
A: (2) _______ four o’clock this afternoon. 14. The students waited for their teacher __________.
a) of b) with c) about They didn’t speak.

B: Right. (3) _______ have a look.

a) Let’s b) I c) Do

B: There’s a train that (4)_______ at 3.45.

a) gets up b) arrives c) leaves

A: And what time does it get (5)_______?

a) on b) in c) from

B: It gets (6)_______ to King’s Cross at 7.00.

a) on b) in c) at

A: Thanks a lot.

Exercise 10: Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks with words in the box. Don’t use all
the words. Remember to use the correct form of the
word.

accident frighten scream

carefully hide silently
death hole single
deep magic sky
discover migrate take
downstairs need turn off
explain return weigh

Eg. There was a full moon in the sky last night.

1. A: Excuse me! Where are the toilets, please?
B: __________ the first door on the right.
A: Thank you.

2. A: How much do you __________?

B: 72 kg.
3. Amerigo Vespucci __________ America.
4. I can’t study! Could you __________ the radio?
5. After she read the horror story, she felt
__________.
6. A: Do you think there is life after _______?