Work Book
Unit: 1
1. “Be used” (Page 7)
Continue the remarks below with a sentence using (not) used to.
Structure:
Sub + is/am/are +( not )+ used to +V4 + Obj
1. The traffic doesn’t wake him up at night.
He is used to sleeping in the street.
2. He is going to find it hard work working on a building site.
He isn’t used to working on a building site.
3. She is quite surprised when I gave her some flowers.
She is not used to receiving flowers from others.
4. He won’t mind if you stare at him.
He is used to being stared at.
5. I get a bit lonely sometimes, now that she has gone.
I am not used to living alone.
6. It is quite hard work doing all my own washing and cleaning.
I am not used to washing and cleaning.
7. I don’t think she’s ever opened a door herself.
She is used to asking others to open her door.
8. You can bring as many friends as you like home to dinner.
We are used to enjoying with the guests.
9. I’m not surprised he is out of breath.
He is not used to running.
10. Ooh dear. I’ve got a stomach-ache.
I’m not used to having oily food.
Unit: 2
2. Identifying with ‘Like’ (page: 10)
Continue the following remarks with look, sound, smell, feel, taste + like
Structure: Subject + [look, sound, smell, feel, taste] + like + Obj. [He/she/it = V5]
1. Surely he is not a manual worker.
He looks like a businessman to me.
2. Are you sure this is tea?
It tastes like coffee.
3. I wonder who wrote that music.
It sounds like the music of Sambhujit.
4. He has got a foreign accent.
He sounds like an American.
5. This material is very soft.
It feels like cotton.
6. What is that you are cooking?
It smells like meat.
7. They have got very similar faces.
They look like twins.
8. This isn’t real leather, is it?
It feels like plastic.
9. I have got something in my shoe.
It feels like a stone.
10. I don’t think you made this cake yourself.
It tastes like the baker’s.
Unit 3
3. Previous Events (page: 13)
Complete the following sentences using the past perfect tense.
Rule:
I + had + V3
1. I apologized to him for all the inconvenience I had caused.
2. I took back to the library all the books I had borrowed.
3. I was thoroughly ashamed of the stupid mistake I had committed.
4. On the application form I had to list all the schools I had studied.
5. I couldn’t decide weather to apply for the job I had wanted.
6. He couldn’t pay back the money I had lent.
7. I complained to the examiner about the mark I had scored.
8. I wanted to show her the present I had bought.
9. I threw away the pieces of the vase I had broken.
Unit: 3 (page: 15)
Relative clause
Q. Join the following sentences together using s non-defining relative clause.
1. Finally Brown (Willis had sharing an office with him) decided to retire.
Finally brown, with whom Willis had been sharing an office, decided to retire.
2. Mrs. Aldrich (she was married with two children) never recovered consciousness.
Mrs. Aldrich, who was married with two children, never recovered consciousness.
3. The old house 9the family had lived in it for 300 years) was finally sold.
The old house, in which the family had lived for 300 years, was finally sold.
4. Mary noticed that he was wearing her ring (she had lost it five years before).
Mary noticed that he was wearing her ring which she had lost five years before.
5. Nobody liked the eldest son (Old lord Banbury had left all his money to him).
Nobody liked the eldest son to whom Old lord Banbury had left all his money.
6. He proudly showed me round his house (he had paid £100000 for it).
He proudly showed me round his house for which he had paid £100000.
7. He became quite fond of Brixton prison (he had spent so much of his life there).
He became quite fond of Brixton prison where he had spent so much of his life.
8. Harold (she had always been in love with him) finally asked her to marry him).
Harold, with whom she had always been in love, finally asked her to marry him.
9. Godfrey (his parents had been in the theatre) decided to become an actor himself.
Godfrey, whose parents had been in the theatre, decided to become an actor himself.
10. In 1948 (he was still a student then) he joined the Conservative Party.
In 1948, when he was still a student, he joined the Conservative Party
Unit: 4
Character Definitions (page: 19)
1. A considerate person
A considerate person is someone who is careful not to hurt your feelings.
2. An unreliable person
An unreliable person is someone who lets people down.
3. A Stingy person
A Stingy person is someone who does not buy you drinks.
4. A thick-skinned person
A thick-skinned person is someone who takes no care of how of other people criticize him.
5. A vain person
A vain person is someone who has a high opinion of himself.
6. A skeptical person
A skeptical person is someone who always doubts what you tell him.
7. An optimistic person
An optimistic person is someone who expects only good things to happen.
8. A pessimist person
A pessimist person is someone who expects bad things to happen.
9. A generous person
A generous person is someone who gives away lots of money.
10. Reliable Person
A reliable person is someone who does not let people down.
11. Modest person
A modest person is someone who doesn’t boast.
Unit: 5
Time Expressions (page: 22)
Fill in the sentences below with for, in, until, by.
Rule:
1. Activities: if the action is not complete and the actor could not show his achievement, that is activity.
Prepositions: Period of time = for
Point of time = until
2. Achievement: If the action is complete and the actor could show his/her achievement what he/she had done, that is achievement.
Prepositions: Period of time = in
Point of time = by
1. She studied medicine by the age of 25.
2. They got the lunch ready by 12: 30.
3. He learnt to swim in six week.
4. They lived in New Castel until 1973.
5. My father ran a bookshop for two years.
6. We did all our housework in a couple of hours.
7. We did some housework for a couple of hours.
8. I finished my homework by suppertime.
9. We discussed politics until three in the morning.
10. They reached the top of the mountain in four hours.
11. I borrowed my neighbor’s power drill for a few days.
12. He got all the letters typed by four o’clock.
13. The concert was over by half past nine.
14. He saved up £200 by Easter.
15. I studied French for five years.
16. She became a qualified physiotherapist in twelve months.
17. I dug the garden in a couple of hours.
18. He stayed in bed until lunchtime.
Unit: 6
ReportingQ. Report the following remarks, beginning He told me….
1. My father is ill
He told me his father was ill.
2. I will tell her when I see her.
He told me he would tell her when he saw her.
3. I have been sleeping very badly.
He told me he had been sleeping very badly.
4. If they are waiting for you, you ought to go.
He told me if they were waiting for me I ought to go.
5. The price of petrol’s going to go up.
He told me the price of petrol was going to go up.
6. I’m sure she won’t mind if you use the phone.
He told me he was sure she wouldn’t mind if I used the phone.
7. I wasn’t invited to the wedding.
He said that he hadn’t been invited to the wedding.
8. I have had my car serviced.
He told me he had had his car serviced.
9. I’m reading that book you lent me.
He told me he was reading that book I had lent him.
10. They don’t play as much tennis as they used to.
He told me they didn’t play as much tennis as they used to.
11. Since they have already got one, there is no point in giving them one.
He told me since they had already got one; there was no point in giving them one.
12. You look as if you haven’t eaten for weeks.
He told me I looked as if I hadn’t eaten for weeks.
Q. Choose one of the verbs in the list to report each of the remarks below.
Promise, advise , suggest , urge, threaten, recommend, insist, beg
1. I can’t tell you how important it is for you to give up smoking.
He urged me to give up smoking.
2. You have got to lend me the money! Oh, please, please!
He begged me to lend him the money.
3. Why don’t you paint the ceiling yellow?
He suggested me to paint the ceiling yellow.
4. I’ll buy you an ice cream if you are good.
He promised to buy me an ice cream if I was good.
5. You should spend a week in Scotland – it is lovely.
He recommended that I should spend a week in Scotland.
6. No, I have already told you – I’m going to pay.
He insisted that he was going to pay.
7. You really ought to have your roof repaired, you know.
He advised me to have my roof repaired.
8. I’ll report to the police if you don’t do what I say.
He threatened to report me to the police if I didn’t do what he said.
Unit: 7
Q. Rewrite the sentences below, using must, can’t, may/might.
1. I’m sure they have arrived.
They must have arrived.
2. I”M sure he is not having lunch having lunch.
He can’t be having lunch.
3. Perhaps he didn’t hear you.
He might not have heard you.
4. I’m sure it hasn’t been snowing.
It can’t have been snowing.
5. Perhaps he wasn’t telling the truth.
He might not have been telling the truth.
6. I’m sure you are exhausted.
You must be exhausted.
7. May be he was delayed.
He might have been delayed.
8. I’m convinced you haven’t forgotten my name.
You can’t have forgotten my name.
9. I am sure I was dreaming.
I must have been dreaming.
10. I’m sure you are imagining things.
You must be imagining things.
11. It is possible that they are going away.
They may be going away.
12. I’m sure they weren’t serious.
They can’t have been serious.
13. Obviously he has been kidnapped.
He must have been kidnapped.
14. Perhaps she is going to ring.
She may be going to ring.
15. I’m sure they weren’t informed.
They can’t have been informed.
Q. Explain the following deduction using if….sentence
Rules:
1. If + simple present, + simple future
2. If + simple past, + Would + V1
3. If + past perfect, + would have + V3
1. He can’t be a soldier-he’s not wearing a uniform.
If he was a soldier, he would be wearing a uniform.
2. There can’t be anyone at home – the car has gone.
If there was anyone at home, the car wouldn’t have gone.
3. They must be having an argument – they have shut the door.
If they were not having an argument, they wouldn’t have shut the door.
4. She can’t have been enjoying herself – she left early.
If she had been enjoying herself, she wouldn’t have left early.
5. He must have been here recently – the kettle’s warm.
If he had not been here recently, the kittle wouldn’t have been warm.
6. He can’t be working at the library – I haven’t seen him.
If he was working in the library, I would have seen him there.
7. She must know English – she was listening to BBC.
If she didn’t know English, she would not be listening the BBC.
8. They must have got lost – they’re not here yet.
If they had not got lost, they would be here now.
Unit: 8
Q. Rewrite the sentences about supermarkets below, beginning with the words given.
Encourage enable, allow, make it easier, discourage, save, force, make it more difficult
1. People tend to buy more in supermarkets because of the open display.
The open display encourages people to buy more.
2. People can also steal things more easily because of the open display.
The open display makes it easier to the people to steal things.
3. There’s a wide range of goods, so you can do all your shopping in one place.
The wide range of goods enables you to do all your shopping in one place.
4. Some supermarkets use cameras, so the people are less likely to steal things.
The use of cameras discourages people to steal things.
5. Must supermarkets have a car park next door, so costumers don’t have to carry their shopping a long way.
Having a car park next door saves costumers from carrying their shopping a long way.
6. Supermarkets buy in bulk, so they can sell thins at cut prices.
Buying in bulk allows them to sell things in cut prices.
7. Because supermarkets sell things at cut prices, smaller shops have to lower their prices too.
The cut prices in supermarkets forces smaller shops to lower their prices too.
8. Because of the competition from supermarkets, it’s harder for smaller shops to stay in business.
The competition from supermarkets makes it more difficult for smaller shops to stay in business.
Unit: 9
Indirect questions;
1. What does he do for a living? I often wonder.
I often wonder what he does for a living.
2. Does she like classical music? Can you remember?
Can you remember whether she likes classical music?
3. Where are you going for your holidays? Have you decided yet?
Have you decided yet where you are going for holidays?
4. Are you coming tomorrow? I need to know.
I need to know whether you are coming tomorrow.
5. Did you ever find your camera? I have been meaning to ask you.
I have been meaning to ask you whether you ever found your found your camera.
6. What crime was he been charged with? Do you know?
Do you know what crime he has been charged with.
7. Did he look angry? Did you notice?
Did you notice if he had looked angry?
Unit 10
Q. Write three wishes for the following situations each: 1) would 2) could 3) past tense
1. You are in bed with flue.
If only my temperature would go down.
I wish I could get up.
I wish there wasn’t so much traffic outside.
2. You are lost.
If only I would get some friend.
I wish I could inform my friend.
I wish I was able to find the way.
3. You are out of work.
I wish I could get a job.
If only I would start my business.
I wish I had a lot of money.
4. You are trying to communicate with a foreigner who doesn’t speak your language.
If only I would get interpreter.
I wish I could express my ideas.
I wish I was perfect in the new language.
5. You are in love.
If only I could write a love poem.
I wish she would live me.
I wish I talked to her about dating.
Unit 11
Events in Rapid Succession
Q. Write two sentences showing how the following pairs of events happened in rapid succession: (a) using only just (b) using no sooner
1. My grandfather retired / he had a heart attack
a) My grandfather had only just retired when he had a heart attack
b) No sooner had my grandfather retired than he had a heart attack.
2. The Wilkinsons went to bed / Mrs. Wilkinson heard a strange noise
a) The Wilkinsons had only just gone to bed when Mrs. Wilkinson heard a strange noise.
b) No sooner had the Wilkinsons gone to bed than Mrs. Wilkinson heard a strange noise.
3. The plane took off / three hijackers walked into the cabin.
a) The plane had only just taken off when three hijackers walked in the cabin.
b) No sooner had the plane taken off than three hijackers walked into the cabin.
4. I sat down to watch mu favourite program / some friends turned off.
a) I had only just sat down to watch my favourite programme when some friends turned off.
b) No sooner had I sat down to watch my favourite programme than some friends turned off.
5. The new exhibition hall was opened / it was destroyed by fire.
a) The new exhibition hall had only just opened when it was destroyed by fire.
b) No sooner had the new exhibition the new exhibition opened than it was destroyed by fire.
Unit: 12
Q. Write comparative sentences based on the information below.
1. Car sales last year in Britain: British Cars: 38% foreign cars: 62%
Foreign cars are a lot more popular than British cars . (a lot)
British cars aren’t nearly as popular as foreign cars. (not nearly)
2. Exam Marks: Jane: 75% Paul: 42%
Jane scores far higher percentage of marks than Paul. (far)
Paul didn’t score nearly as high percentage of marks as Jane. (not nearly)
3. My house: £4000, your house: £38500
My house costs slightly more than yours. (Slightly)
Your house costs almost as much as mine. (almost)
4. Jane is 16, Paul is 17
Paul is a bit older than Jane. (a bit)
Jane isn’t quite as old as Paul. (not quite)
5. Math Exam 70% failed, History Exam: 24% failed.
The Math exam was much more difficult than history exam. (much)
The history exam wasn’t nearly as difficult as the math exam. (not nearly)
Unit: 13
Getting the right order
1. Wash your hand / eat
a) You should wash your hand before you eat.
b) You shouldn’t eat until you have washed your hands.
c) Otherwise you might get an infection.
2. Close your windows / go out
a) You should close your windows before you go out.
b) You shouldn’t go out until you have closed your windows.
c) Otherwise thieves might enter your house.
3. have some driving lessons / take your driving test.
a) You should have some driving lessons before you take some driving test.
b) You shouldn’t take your driving test until you have had some driving test.
c) Otherwise you might fail the test.
4. clean your teeth / go to bed
a) You should clean your teeth before you go to bed.
b) You shouldn’t go to bed until you have cleaned your teeth.
c) Otherwise your teeth might be damaged.
5. test the temperature of the water / bath the baby
a) You should test the temperature of the water before you bath the baby.
b) You shouldn’t bath the baby until you have tested the temperature of the water.
c) Otherwise it might burn him.
Unit: 14
Giving Advice with predictions
1. Do you think I should learn Chinese/
Yes, you should – it’s sure to help you get a job.
I wouldn’t - you are unlikely to use it very much.
2. I was thinking of building a swimming pool in the garden.
Yes, you should – you are sure to make your health better by swimming in it.
I wouldn’t –you are unlikely to swim in water.
3. Perhaps I should take a week off work.
Yes, you should – you are likely to feel fresh after your holiday.
I wouldn’t – you are certain to be bored after a day or two.
4. I can’t decide whether to buy a house or not.
Yes, you should – you definitely want have to pay the higher rent.
No you shouldn’t – the rent is likely to be far over than the investment.
5. They have sent me the wrong size. Shall I write and complain?
Yes, you should – they are sure to send you the right size.
No, you shouldn’t – even the wrong one is likely to be lost.
Unit: 15
Passive reporting verbs
1. He was born in Manchester in 1932. (know)
He is known to have been born in Manchester in 1932.
2. His parents took him to America when he was seven. (think)
His parents are thought to have taken him to America when he was seven.
3. He is worth five billion dollars. (estimate)
He is estimated to be worth five billion dollars.
4. He is living on a remote Greek island. (remour)
He’s remoured to be living on a remote Greek Island.
5. He was responsible for murders in the sixties. (allege)
He’s alleged to have been responsible for several murders in the sixties.
6. He has been married five times. (believe)
He’s believed to have been married five times.
7. He is a heavy drinker (say)
He is said to be a heavy drinker.
8. He has had a serious heart attack recently. (think)
He has thought to have had a serious heart attack recently.
9. Several governments are suing him for tax offences, (report)
Several governments are reported to be suing him for tax offences.
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