Top Notch 2 – Student Book Grammar

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Unit 1

Lesson 1

Exercise A

1 Live 2 be 3 fly 4 go 5 be 6 visit

7 climb 8 go 9 see 10 travel 11 tour 12 be / not

Exercise B

Answers will vary, but may include the following:

1 What big cities have you visited ?

Lesson 2

Exercise A

1 Has she finished the book yet?

2 Thas hey haven’t seen the movie yet.
3 We’ve already tired wild rice several times. OR We’ve tried... times already
4 Has your fahter already left? OR Has... left already?

Exercise B

1 I haven’t had dinner yet

2 She’s already been to London, Berlin and Rome, OR She’s been... Rome already
3 They haven’t called home yet
4 We’ve finished our class already. OR We’ve already finished...

Exercise C

Answer will vary.

Unit 2

Lesson 1
Exercise A
1 has been playing
2 has been waiting
3 have been worrying about
4 ‘ve been talking about
5 ‘ve been coming

Exercise B

√ 1. The Grabts have been living in Buenos Aires since the late seventies.
√ 3. We’ve been waiting to see you for three years.
√ 5. We’ve been eating in that great indian restaurant for years.
√ 7. How long have you been studying Chinese?

Exercise C

1 finding 12 speaking 23 eating

2 being 13 hearing 24 paying
3 losing 14 letting 25 stading
4 putting 15 coming 26 thinking
5 getting 16 leaving 27 buying
6 saying 17 driving 28 seeing
7 writing 18 meeting 29 beginning
8 going 19 blowing 30 telling
9 making 20 giving 31 bringing
10 fixing 21 runing 32 taking
11 knowing 22 forgetting

Unit 3

Lesson 1

Exercise A

Answer will vary.

Exercise B

Answer will vary.

Lesson 2

Exercise A
1A
2B
3A
4B
5A

Unit 4

Lesson 1

Exercise A

Answers will vary.

Lesson 2
Exercise A

1 B: drop it of
2 B: fill it up
3 B: Turn them on
4 B: turn of
5 B: pick it up

Unit 5

Lesson 1

Exercise A

Answer will vary but may include the following:

1 a box of rice
2 a bar of chocolate
3 a cartoon of milk
4 a tube of toothpaste
5 a bottle of shampoo
6 a can of shaving cream
7 a jar of body lotion

Exercise B

1 enough
2 too much
3 too much
4 too many
5 enough
6 to many
7 Too many
8 enough
9 too much

Lesson 2

Exercise A

1 something
2 something
3 anything
4 something
5 something
6 something
7 nothing
8 anything

Unit 6

Lessom 1

Exercise A

1 B: No, he isn’t
2 B: Yes, he does
3 B: No, I haven’t
4 B: Yes, Iam
5 B: No, she wasn’t

Exercise B

Answer will vary.

Unit 6

Lesson 2

Exercise A

1 Did you use to go running every?

2 Did there use to be a large tree in front os your house?
3 Did Mr. And Mrs. Palmer use to go dancing every weekend?
4 Did your grandmother use to put sugar in your orange juice?
5 Did Luke use to be very havy?
Exercise B

1 Jason and Trish didn’t use to get lots of exercise, but now they go swimming every dy.
2 there used to be a movie theater on Smith Street, but now there isn’t
3 Nobody used to worry about fatty foods, but now most people do.
4 English didn’t use to be an international language, but now everyone uses English to
communicate around the world.
5 women didn’t use to wear pants, but now it’s very common.

Unit 7

Lesson 1

Exercise A

1 I love watching DVDs, and I like to sing too.

2 Avoiding sweets makes a healthy change in your diet.
3 The most important thing I do is cooking dinner for my children.
4 What’s the point of inviting her to the movies?
5 They’re always angry about our leaving the lights on late
6 Last year I devoted myself to studying English.

Exercise B

1 getting up 2 running 3 going 4 exercising 5 to join 6 to go

7 reading 8 to stop 9 to go 10 doing 11 to change 12 to go

Lesson 2

Exercise A

1 be 2 felling 3 staying 4 riding 5 not having 6 not getting

Unit 8

Lesson 1
Exercise A

1 A new film about women is being directed by Pedro Almodóvar.

2 Two of Michelangelo’s drawings have been bought by a Canadian art collector.
3 Edvard Much’s paiting The scream was stolen in 2004.
5 Sunflowers will be sent on tour by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
6 Some new sculptures have been bought by the Britsh Museum for its ancient Roman
collection.
7 A new gallery will be opened next year by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Exercise B

1 The Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911

2 These pieces of jewelry were designed by Paloma Picasso
3 Great pyramids were built trought Central América during the height of the Mayan
civilization.
4 The sculpture will be repaired when it gets old.
5 Millions of U.S. dollars have been paid for Van Gogh’s paitings.
6 This colorful cloth was made by Hmong people from Laos.

Lesson 2

Exercise A

1 is that new film about families being directed by Gillian Armstrong?

2 Has one of Da Vinci’s most famous drawings been sold by a German art collector?
3 Will a are ceramic figure from the National Palace Museum in Taipei be sent to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York?
4 is a new exhibit goping to be opened at the Photography Gallery this week?
5 Have some new paintings been bought by the Prado Museum for their permanent collection?
6 Can Las Meninas be seen at the Prado Museum in Madrid?
7 Was the Jupiter Symphony written by Mozart?
8 Was some of Michelangelo’s work being shown around the world in the 1960s?

Unit 9

Lesson 1

Exercise A
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1 The Ortman headset isn’t as elearer as the Pike headset.

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2 My old laptop didn’t have as many problems than my new laptop.

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3 I checked out the three top brands, and the Piston was definitely the better

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4 Maxwell’s web camera is much more expensive as their digital camera.

The largest
5 Of all the monitors I looked at, the X60 is deninitely larger .

Exercise B

1 My MP3 player downloads as quickly brother’s MP3 player.

2 My new computer doesm’t log on as slowly as my old computer.
3 My scanner works as well as your scanner.
4 The Grant printer doesn’t pint as quickly as the Rico printer.
5 The Pax CD drive doesn’t run as quietly as the Rico Cd drive.

Lesson 2

Exercise A

1 I joined a chat room in order to meel new people.

2 Jason surfs the internet in order to find interesting websites.
3 Alison is istant messaging her friend Nancy in order to invite her for dinner.
4 They always print their files in order to read them.
5 I never use the pull-down menu in order to open a file.

Exercise B

1 to 2 to 3 to 4 for 5 to 6 to 7 for 8 for

Unit 10

Lesson 2

Exercise A

1 If the weather is good, I exercise outside

2 I’m not happy if don’t get enought sleep.
3 If they were extroverts, they would talk more.
4The students will start on Monday if they get their books in time.

Exercise B

1 freezes / lower
2 see / return
3 goes / doesn’t have
4 runs / is

Exercise C

1 like / will see

2 ‘m going talk / does
3 buy / ‘ll make
4 see / ‘ll drive
5 Are you going to study / ofer

Exercise D

Answer will vary.

Exercise E

A 1 I exercise outside if the weather is good.

2 If don’t get enought sleep, I’m not happy.
3 They would talk more if they wre extroverts.
4 If they get their books in time, the students will start on Monday.

B 1 If tou lower its temperature below degrees, water freeses.

2 I return it on the owner if I see something on the ground in the street.
3 If she doesn’t have to much work, she goes on vacation in August.
4 If the weather is dry. He runs in the park.

C 1 Yhey will see it again if they like the movie.

2 If she does that again, I’m going to talk to her.
3 I’ll make you an omelet tonight if you buy some eggs.
4 They’ll drive her home if they see her tomorrow.
5 If ofer in text year, are you going to study italian?