Self-study Material First Certificate Gold Units 7 - 9
First Certificate Gold Units 7 - 9
Exercise 1. Read the dialogue and fill the
gaps with the present perfect or simple
past of the verbs in brackets.
Margaret: This is a really nice party, isn’t it?
Liz: It’s OK. But I __________ (go) to better
ones. Last week, I ___________ (attend) a
wedding party at the Hilton. In fact I
__________ (go) to so many of them, they
________ (become) quite boring.
Margaret: maybe you should take a break.
_____ you ________ (ever/ go) up the Rocky
Mountains? I ______ (go) there three times
this year.
Liz: Oh, yes. On our last vacation, we _____
(be) there. We _____ (do) lots of climbing.
Margaret: I _____________ (never like)
climbing, but I ________________(just return)
from a safari trip. I _________ (find) it quite
exciting.
Liz: Speaking of excitement, I ____________
(recently/learn) how to fly a plane.
Margaret: Oh, I ___________ (get) tired of
travelling by planes. I _________________
(travel) a lot this year.
Liz: Oh, I know what you mean. By the way,
where ____ everyone _____ (go)? _____ the
party ________already? (finish)
Exercise 2. Lou and Tommy are in prison.
Finish this dialogue by changing the verbs
to either present perfect simple or present
perfect continuous.
Lou: Tommy? What ______ you _______ (do)
to our jail cell? There’s a huge hole in the floor!
Tommy: I ________________ (wait) for this
moment for a long time. Today I’m leaving this
prison!!
Lou: How? You _____only ________ (finish) 2
years of a 20 year sentence.
Tommy: That’s right. But for the last 6 months
I _______________ (plan) my escape.
Lou: How are you planning to escape?
Tommy: You see that hole? I _____ just
__________ (complete) the work on that. For
the last four months I ___________________
(dig) a tunnel that will take me to freedom!
Lou: Where ______________________
(you/put) all the dirt you
____________________ (make)?
Tommy: I ____________________(flush) it
down the toilet.
Lou: Smart! So you’re leaving today?
Tommy: Right now, in fact. I ______ just
_______ (reach) the surface at the other end
of the tunnel, but I _____________________
(feel) guilty about leaving you behind. So I
________ (come) back to take you with me.
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Lou: That’s nice, Tommy, but I can’t go. I
_____ just _______ (make) an agreement with
the warden, and he ____________ (agree) to
let me out early in exchange for information.
Tommy: What information ____________
( you/give) him?
Lou: That you ___________________ (finish)
your tunnel.
Exercise 3. Expressing quantity.
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE
IS / ARE / A / MUCH / MANY
Complete the poem using the words
above.
Living in Paradise
There _______1 ______ 2 place across the
ocean Where there
__________3 sand for miles and miles,
There ____________4 people playing music
And everybody smiles.
You don’t need to have ________5 money
And you don’t need _________6 clothes,
There ___________7 n’t very _____8
Work to do; Just watch as the ocean rolls.
There ____________9 space for all who want
to come
And as _____________10 food as you can
eat.
There __________11 fruit on the trees, and
the fish in the sea
Will cook on __________12 stone in the heat.
There __________________13 a lot of time to
sit,
Your peace _____________14 quite assured
In the place where there ______________14
no problems
Except that everyone is bored.
Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with
some or any.
1. I’d like _____________ information about
flights to Paris.
2. I bought ____________ magazines.
3. Shall we buy ____________duty-free
goods?
4. Have you got ______________ hand
luggage?
5. May I change ________ traveller’s
cheques?
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6. Would you like _______________ coffee? 4) By the end of the next century man will
land/will have landed on Venus.
7. They didn’t buy ______________
souvenirs.
5) In a thousand years’ time there will have
been/will be twice as many human beings on
8. Could I have ____________ more wine,
the planet Earth.
please?

9. I am sorry, but there aren’t _________

6) You’ll recognise/be recognising me at the
window seats left.
station because I’ll wear/be wearing a blue suit
10. I’d like to see _____________ books on
with a red handkerchief in my top pocket.
France.

Exercise 5. Circle the correct choice.

7) It’s no good if John gets here at 5 o’clock.By
1. There’s ( many / a few / no ) milk in the that time everyone will leave/have left.
fridge.

2. Hurry! There’s not ( many / a lot of / some) 8) We’ll load up/be loading up the lorry if it gets
time left!
here by lunchtime.
3. I bought you ( a little / a few / much )
chocolate.
9) I’m sure we’ll win/be winning the match next
4. Would you like ( a few / a little / any / week.
much ) orange juice?

5. What ( a lot of / much / many ) people! 10) Don’t ring them at 1 o’clock-they’ll have/be
having lunch.
6. Please give us ( any / a few / some ) help!

7. Unfortunately, there are ( not much / few /

Exercise 7. Decide if the following
a few ) white tigers left in the world.
sentences are correct or incorrect.
8. Could I have ( much / some / a few ) more
1) By this time tomorrow, I’ll be knowing my
salad, please?
exam results.
9. I think we need ( a few / a lot of / some )
2) In a week’s time, I’ll be working in Norway.
more time.
3) This time next week, we’ll be sitting on a
10. It takes ( a great deal of / much / a few )
beach in Jamaica.
patience to work with children.
4) I’ll never be believing my son committed
Exercise 6. Choose the correct form.
those terrible crimes.
1) By the year 2.200 the population of the
5) After my baby is born next month, I’ll be
world will have reached/will reach crisis point. having three sons.

2) Over the next ten years hundreds of Exercise 8. Choose the correct answer for
each question.
species will die out/will have died out.
1) I _______ apply for a job at the library. I’ve
been thinking about it for ages
3) Scientists will have proved/will prove that
the Loch Ness monster doesn’t exist by the a)will b)am going to c)---
end of the century.

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2) The plane ____ at 4 pm.We’ve still got 4. If she’s free at the moment, they may have
hours before we meet Sally at the airport.
a job for her.
a)arrives b)will have arrived c)will be arriving 5. May he be given the job permanently?
6. He thought she was on holiday – but he
3) By the time you get back, I _____ my can be wrong.
homework.
7. We might go out later if the weather
a)am going to finish b)will have finished improves.
c)will be finishing
8. Children may enter only when accompanied
4) This time tomorrow we ______ in Spain. by adults.
9. “ She’s had that card, but it doesn’t say who
a)will sunbathe b)are going to sunbathe
c)will be sunbathing sent it.” “ May it be from Sean?”
10. Moving to a new job can be a very
5) I am sure she _____ from the committee
very soon. stressful experience.
Exercise 10. BE / GET USED TO
a)will have resigned b)will resign
Insert an appropriate form of “used to” to
c)will have been resigning.
complete the following sentences.
6) Look at those cars.They _____ crash.
1) Some friends of yours have just moved
into a flat on a busy street . It’s very noisy.
a)will b)are going to c)should
They will have to __________________ it.
7) If you give him money,he ____ it all at
2) Jack once went to the Middle East . It was
once.
very difficult for him at first because he
________________ the heat .
a)will spend b)will have been spending
c)was going to spend
3) Sue moved from a big house to a much
smaller one . At first she found it strange ,
but she soon___________________ it.
8) I want to get more exercise, so I _____ take
up swimming tomorrow.
4) The children at school had a new teacher .
She was different from the teacher before
a)will b)am going to c)will be
her and the students couldn’t understand
9) Helen ______ three letters by tonight. her accent until they _______________ it.
a)will be writing b)will have written
c)will write 5) Somebody from Britain is thinking of going
to live in your country . What would they
10) If you’re not careful,you ____ hurt have to ___________?
yourself.
6) After living in İstanbul for 5 years , Andrew
a)are going to b)will be c)--- is finally ________________ the fact that
chips are sometimes served cold .
Exercise 9. Where necessary, suggest a
7) Even though she _______________ his
correction for these sentences, or put a disgusting habits, she couldn’t put up with
tick. his gambling and left him.

1. She thinks she saw him go out, so he 8) It was hard to get up this morning . I
mightn’t be at home. _______________ getting up later.

2. It mightn’t be true. There must be some

mistake.
3. It’s snowing heavily in Denmark so it can
take Roger a long time to get there.

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Exercise 11. Fill in the gaps with the correct 13. A / an ________________ is a small flat
words below. folded case, usually made of leather or plastic,
where you can keep banknotes and credit
cards.
cure applaud size
waistcoat thyme audition 14. The _______________ of something is
scarf refund symphony how big or small it is.
starter rehearsal cardigan
wallet conduct surgery 15. A / an ________________ is a sum of
money which is returned to you, for example
because you have paid too much or because
1. If an actor, dancer, or musician does a /an you have returned goods to a shop.
___________, they give a short performance
so that a director can decide if they are good
enough to be in a play, film, or orchestra.

2. A / an ____________ of a play, dance, or

piece of music is a practice of it in preparation
for a performance.

3. When a group of people ___________, they

clap their hands in order to show approval, for
example when they have enjoyed a play or
concert.

4. A / an ____________ is a piece of music

written to be played by an orchestra.

5. When someone ____________s an

orchestra or choir, they stand in front of it and
direct its performance.

6. A / an _________________ is a sleeveless
piece of clothing with buttons, which people
wear over a shirt.

7. A / an ______________ is a knitted woollen

jumper that you can fasten at the front with
buttons or a zip.

8. A / an _____________ is a piece of cloth

that you wear round your neck or head, usually
to keep yourself warm.

9. A / an ______________ is the room or

house where a doctor or dentist works.

10. If doctors or medical treatments

_____________ a person, they make the
person well again after an illness or injury.

11. _______________ is a type of herb used

in cooking.

12. A / an _______________ is a small

quantity of food that is served as the first
course of a meal.

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