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1 First I have breakfast. Then I have a shower. Later /Finally I brush my teeth.
First of all / After that, we stayed in Rome. Then we visited Florence.
2.As soon as / First of all we arrived home, we cooked dinner.First you stretch
out your arm. Then / After, you open your hand.
3.David was at Marlowe secondary school. As soon as /Later he studied at
Oxford University. We visited the museum. As soon as / After that, we
returned to school.
4.I studied French at school. Later / First of all, I worked in Paris.
5. Then/First of all he asked some questions. Then I replied.
at times run out of time on time time-flies waste time take your time
1.research . undergraduate.
2.lecturer.notes
3.lecture.graduate
4.degree
5.professor
a. a class at university
b. a university qualification
c. a very important teacher at a university
d. a university student
e. a teacher at a university
f. information from class that you write on a piece of paper
g. someone who has a university qualification
h. a careful study of something
11. Complete the sentences with the verbs do, give, go and take.
14. Match the highlighted words in the text with these definitions.
16. Complete the sentences with the synonyms for the words in bold.
1.We didn't take part in training last week but we want to .....in tomorrow's race.
I can pick up the children on Friday but can you......them tomorrow?
2.He doesn't want to carry on with the work but I want to.......until 6 o'clock.
We always go back to the office at two o'clock but today we didn't...... until 3
o'clock!
3. In this exercise you push out your arms and ......your legs at the same time.
You find out his phone number and we can....... where he lives.
4.Anne gave up smoking but Peter can't. ....
5.Fill in this form for the gymnasium and then.....form for the tennis club,
please.
a It is easy to cut.
b They made it a very short time ago.
c There is a lot of salt.
d Without fat.
e It doesn't have a strong taste.
f With a lot of sugar.
In 2001, Richard Evans went to a/ the pizza parlour near his house and bought
a / the large, vegetarian pizza. When he got home, he opened a / the box and
saw that it was a / the meat pizza. He went back to a/ the shop and complained.
A/The waiter apologized but Richard was still angry, so he phoned his local
newspaper.
A / The reporter said that lots of people complained about getting a / the wrong
pizza from the same pizza parlour. A/The newspaper wrote an/the article about
"a/ the pizza parlour. Now a /the pizza parlour is very careful when it takes
orders.
22. Complete the sentences with many, much, any and some.
1 How.....children have they got?
There weren't......emails for you.
2.We've bought......fish for lunch.
3 How ......milk do you drink every day?
4 Is there .....lamb in the fridge?
5 We've got......good films to watch this weekend.
23. Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in the box.
26. Complete these sentences with the words from the box.
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over paralysed spread steer suck taken up wheelchair
1 I work for a......that looks after children without parents. My dad has bought an
old sports car but he says he's going to.......it so that it looks new again. He hurt
his leg five years ago and he can't play any more, so now he's the team. .....
2.My mother has got a good teaching....... university. She really likes it.
When we were at the seaside we had the......to go sailing. We really enjoyed it.
Your...... in the job will be to meet visitors and show them the museum.
3.When I leave university I don't want to work in an office. I want to work......
It isn't a..... job. He only works 15 hours a week.
We want to travel around the world, so we're working for six months to.......the
trip.
4.I really had a good time on the course and I learnt a lot .It was very.......
They don't pay him to train the school football team. It's a........job.
Sam likes his job but he works 12 hours a day and he's always exhausted. It's
very......
5.You need a passport and a.....to go to China.
The internet is an _____ place to find information about jobs. All the
information is there.
My brother's a doctor and he's been in the medical......for three years.
45. Complete the questions with How much ...? and How many...?
1......people live in your house?
..........time is there until the end of the school day?
2.......lessons do you have a day?
3........ money do you spend a day on snacks?
4.........water do you usually drink in a day?
5........ pages are there in this book?
46. Write a, an or the.
1. I've got ......cat and......
.......cat's name is Lucky and...... dog's name is Bouncer.
2. I've got ......brother and..... sister.
Where are ........chocolates? I need.......snack!
'We need...... egg.
.......eggs are in the fridge."
3. We've got...... maths exam and .....English exam tomorrow.
...... maths exam is in ....morning and ........English exam is in.......afternoon.
4. I went into town this morning and bought.......
T-shirt and...... jacket .
.......jacket was expensive but..... T-shirt was cheap.
5. I had....... chicken sandwich and...... banana for lunch. ........sandwich was
delicious, but .......banana was horrible. Tomorrow I'm going to have .......apple.
47. Write a, an, the or nothing.
1.I want to play...... football.
Jack is listening to..... radio.
2.Let's go to.... cinema.
I'm thirsty. Can I have..... drink, please?
3.'What time does your mum go to.......work?" 'At seven o'clock in evening."
My brother broke his leg and had to go to ......... hospital.
4. Dave eats.....chicken and.... tomatoes.
What time do you have.....lunch?
5 If you're hungry, have......sandwich.
I went to...... bed very late last night.
48. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. Use the present perfect.
Cook cycle decide land phone start study
1.The lesson.....
We........ to go to France on holiday.
2 She....... him three times, but he never answers.
I'm really tired. I....... ten miles today.
3. We....... nine units of this book.
4. Please stay for dinner. My mum...... a lot of food!
5. The plane.......
Where are the passengers?
50. Complete the sentences with the verbs ,use the simple past form .
go to order park repair watch
1 The mechanic ...... the car at the garage last week.
2 'What did they do?' 'They..... the cinema.'
3. We were hungry so we..... to a pizza.
4 They........ a really boring film at the cinema.
5 We .......the car in the city centre when we went shopping
54. Rewrite the sentences. Use the past simple and the time expressions in
brackets.
1. I walk to school every day. (yesterday morning)
I play basketball at weekends. (last weekend)
2. I cycle to the sports centre every evening. (last night)
I listen to music every morning. (yesterday morning)
3. My dad usually cooks dinner. (yesterday)
Steve sometimes phones his cousin on Sunday evenings. (on Saturday evening)
4. It always rains a lot in Manchester. (last month)
5. The bus stops at the end of our road. (two minutes ago﴿
60.Complete the text. Use the past simple of the verbs in brackets.
My dad, Frank Barrett, ...... (be) born in Tullamore,a small town in Ireland.
He ........(grow) up on a farm with his mum, dad and four brothers and sister.
Sadly, his parents, my grandparents, ........(die) when he was seventeen and he.....
(move) to the capital city of Ireland, Dublin. He ....... (want) to study at
university but it was very expensive, so he....... (find) a job at the Irish
Telegraph, a famous newspaper. He ......(wake) up at five o'clock every day
and...... (go) to work.
61. Complete the sentences with the past simple forms of the verbs in brackets.
1 She....... (wear) a new dress at her sister's wedding.
They .......(pay) a lot of money for their new car.
2 We .......(speak) to our family in Chicago last week.
When Tom was at school, he always.......... (fight) with the other boys.
3.Anne.......(sell) her flat on the internet yesterday.
I....(run) a lot faster when I was younger.
4.He .......(give) his mum a box of chocolates on her birthday.
5.I.......(come) home late last night.
62. Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs.
be eat see give meet go buy have
63. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.
collect stop stretch complete discover return participate continue
A lot of people say that pasta hasn't got a taste. They say it's........ but I don't
agree.
...... pasta from a shop that makes pasta every day has got a good taste. And of
course, you have to put lots of salt in the water when you cook it so that it's quite
.......when you finish. You also have to be very careful to cook it for the right
time. It has to be...... If you can't cut it with your teeth easily, it's horrible. You
can also use some pasta to make..... dishes with sugar. In fact, you can use it for
lots of different meals.
78. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.
1 my/We're / brother/ this/to/visit/weekend / going
2 isn't/us/tell / He/ anything/to/ going
3 is/Sara/ an /to/week/do/ next / exam / going
going / aren't/My/to/shopping/parents/go
4 to/Helen/to/ Is/work/drive/ going
for /is/a/cook/ Mum/lunch / going / pizza / to
5 home/going/at/to/ tomorrow / She's / stay
the/win/match/to/ we / going / Are
79. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
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sports club top weather