UNIT 1 Friendship
I. Choose the words which contain the sound /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ education, engineer, damage, mutual, computer, children, teach, Christmas, machine, village, religion, hamburger, enjoy, dirty, schedule,
literature, information, question, orchestra, cheap, pleasure, feature, imaginary, jealous, cheese, jacket, geometry, green, purchase, suggest, instruction, essential, nature, fortunate.
/tʃ/ _____________________________________________________ /dʒ/ _____________________________________________________ II. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the word in the
box.
constant capable selfish loyal suspicion acquaint enthusiast sympathize hospitable friend
1. His ________ for music has stayed strong, throughout his 23 years in radio. 2. He showed unswerving ___________ to his friends.
3. We all have great __________ for the victims of the flood.
4. __________ is very important because uncertain people cannot have a lifelong friendship.
5. It was very ___________ of him to offer us his room.
6. We were delighted by the wonderful _________ of the local people. 7. The wine had made him ________ of thinking clearly.
8. Playing a game with the children is a good way of getting them _________. 9. Inform the police immediately if you see anything ___________.
10. ________ need time to develop.
III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1. I didn't have enough time ________ (finish) my work yesterday.
2. As she drove past his house, she noticed him _____ (run) away from home. 3. I was relieved ________ (find out) that I had passed the exam.
4. She made her son _______ (wash) the windows before he could go outside ______ (play) with his friends.
5. She lets her children __________ (stay) up very late.
6. We had nothing __________ (do) except look at the cinema posters. 7. We both heard him _________ (say) that he was leaving.
8. It made him angry __________ (wait) for people who were late.
9. I couldn't understand what the passage said, so I had my friend ______ (translate) it for me.
10. It's important _______ (start) the meeting on time.
11. There are too many people here for me ________ (talk) to all of them. 12. It took ages ________ (download) the pictures from the Internet. 13. Whenever I have free time, I like ______ (watch) the basketball team
_______ (practice).
14. She sent me an e-mail _________ (inform) me that the meeting had been canceled.
15. It was a thrill _____ (see) my brother ______ (win) the chess tournament last year.
IV. Combine the given idea into one sentence. Add to when an infinitive is required.
1. use/ scissors/ tool are/ for/ sharp/ very young children
_________________________________________________ 2. wrong/ consider/ they/ smoke/ it/ in public places
_________________________________________________ 3. let/ I/ stay/ think/ them/ should/ the weekend/ until/ we
_________________________________________________ 4. climb/ the first/ oxygen/ who/ Everest/ without/ person/ was?
_________________________________________________ 5. noticed/ run/ him/ from/ away/ she/ home
_________________________________________________ 6. made/ the film/ laugh/ right from/ them/ the first few minutes.
_________________________________________________ 7. I'll/ look at/ the plumber/ have/ the central heating boiler
_________________________________________________ 8. the answer/ you/ it/ work out/ clever/ of/ was
_________________________________________________ 9. the tourists/ back/ when/ be/ the guide/ didn't/ tell/ at the coach
_________________________________________________ 10. hear/ enough/ the guide/ clearly/ everyone/ didn't/ loudly/ for/ speak
_________________________________________________ V. Choose the correct answers.
1 Instead of buying a new pair of shoes, I had my old ones _________ .
a. repair b. to repair c. repairing d. repaired
2. It's possible _______ a train across Canada.
a. take b. to take c. taking d. to be taken
3. Now that we've finished painting the house, there is nothing left ________.
a. to do b. for doing c. to be done d. for being done
4. Before we leave, let's have Shelley ________ a map for us so we won't get lost.
a. draw b. to draw c. drawing d. drawn
5. I can hear a cat ________ at the window.
a. scratches b. to scratch c. scratching d. was scratching
6. I think your mother should let you __________ your own mind.
a. make up b. to make up c. making up d. made up
7. The police never found the money __________in the robbery.
a. stealing b. be stolen c. steal d. stolen
8. Do you know what made so many people _________ their home?
a. evacuate b. to evacuate c. evacuated d. be evacuated
9. ________ bread, you usually need flour, salt, and yeast.
a. Make b. To make c. Making d. For make
10. We saw our favorite ballet _________ at the theater last night.
a. perform b. performing c. performed d. in performing
11. He was never heard _________ 'thank you' in his life.
12. I was delighted ________ my old friends again.
a. to see b. seeing c. seen d. to be seen
13. __________ to friends is nice but __________alone is also enjoyable.
a. Talk / to be b. To talk / be c. Talk / be d. Talking / being
14. I'd rather _________ to Elvis than the Beatles.
a. listen b. to listen c. listening d. listened
15. I can make myself _________pretty well in English.
a. understand b. to understand c. understanding d. understood
VI. There is at least one mistake in each sentence. Suggest appropriate corrections.
1. She longed the holidays to come so that she could be with her family again. 2. I overheard say that he's thinking of moving to Manchester.
3. They were seen climb through the window.
4. Very reluctantly, he consented her to lend the .money to Janet. 5. My parents always encouraged work hard at school.
6. For years the group has been campaigning an inquiry to hold into the accident.
7. I watched a pavement artist to draw a portrait in crayons.
8. Sam promised me to show me how to fish for salmon, but he never had the time.
9. It's easier to do it yourself than to explain to somebody else how to do it. 10. He was never heard say 'thank you' in his life.
11. This card entitles to take an extra person with you free. 12. They let me to borrow their car while they were on holiday. 13. I explained enough for her understanding what was happening. 14. To see him to walk down the street, you'd never know he was blind. 15. Most people are afraid hearing the truth about them.
VII. Complete each of the sentences with an appropriate preposition. 1. A selfish person is incapable __________ true friendship.
2. He was accused _________ being disloyal _________ the government. 3. How much time do you spend ________ homework?
4. Good friendship should be based ______ mutual understanding. 5. Do you keep in touch _________ any school friends?
6. Some adults have a total lack ______ sympathy _______ young people. 7. He's more concerned ______ what people think about him than anything
else.
8. She had been briefly acquainted ______ him more than 20 years earlier. 9. She thought _________ him very often.
10. Some people take __________ interest with enthusiasm, but they are soon tired ________it.
VIII. Rewrite the sentence or join the pairs of sentences beginning with the word(s) given.
1. He worked out the answer. It was clever of him.
It was ___________________________________________________ 2. Marie always pays her bills regularly. She's careful that way.
Marie is always____________________________________________
3. He was crossing the road. I caught sight of him.
I noticed__________________________________________________ 4. When we finally heard that David had arrived, we were very relieved. We were relieved___________________________________________ 5. Why have you thrown up your job? You're mad.
You are__________________________________________________ 6. Jimmy got into his car and drove away. I saw this.
I saw____________________________________________________ 7. It is disappointing that we haven't heard from Molly.
We are___________________________________________________ 8. Contacting her at work is usually quite easy.
She is___________________________________________________ 9. The house shook violently and all of us felt that.
All of us felt_______________________________________________ 10. Can you sign the papers please? They are ready now.
The papers are____________________________________________ 11. Don't lend Tom any money. That would be most unwise.
You____________________________________________________ 12. Mr. Pinchley doesn’t allow his teenage children to go out in the evenings. Mr. Pinchley makes________________________________________ 13. What I want to do is start my own business. I’m keen.
I am____________________________________________________ 14. Harry couldn’t get his parents’ permission to buy a motorbike.
Harry’s parents didn’t let____________________________________ 15. We can’t possibly work in this noise.
