Unit 4/5 – extra exercises before the test:

A. Vocabulary - phrases
Write down the definitions to these phrases/idioms:
1. To fall out with someone
2. When something is a matter of time
3. To go weak at the knees
4. To look up to somebody
5. To turn a blind eye to someone
6. To have it in for someone

B. Vocabulary – adjectives
Write down the correct adjective for the gap in each sentence. The first letter has
already been given.
1. After all that Sophie organised, Mark still turned down her p……
2. Mohammed and I share a m…… friend that we met in high school.
3. Studying for the test is a lot of work but I’m going to i…… the time and study
well.
4. I asked my boss to e…… my deadline as I just wouldn’t be able to make it.

C. Gerund and Infinitives

Finish the sentences using a gerund or an infinitive
1. I considered to move / moving to Spain.
2. They practised to speak / speaking.
3. Finally I managed to finish / finishing the work.
4. I really can’t stand to wait / waiting for the bus.
5. Unfortunately, we can’t afford to buy / buying a new car this year.
6. She risked to be / being late.

D. Punctuation
Rewrite the sentences using correct punctuation
1. first of all i think its awkward to be alone at your parents house
2. i think youre not nice as all as you are selfish arrogant mean and a cheat
3. some students pay attention in class others do not care at all

E. Reference & ellipsis

Rewrite the sentences using reference and ellipsis to avoid repetition and make them
more effective
1. They told her to wash the dishes but she had already washed the dishes.
2. She likes that shop. It’s the shop where we went last Christmas. I like the shop
too.
3. He said he saw her there but he couldn’t have seen her there.

F. Relative Clauses
Fill in the correct relative pronoun, choose from: Who / which / that / whom / whose /
where / when
1. It was Wilson ……. gave me the old map and he had found it in an old junk
shop.
2. My uncle apologised for his insult, …… we accepted gracefully.
3. Hank put the keys down on the table …… was in the kitchen.