ADVANCED LEVEL
TASK 1. Choose the right answers to the following comments
1) - I'm terribly sorry, I've just spilt red wine over this white cushion.
- Can't be helped.
2) - How about lending me your new video camera for our holiday?
- No way.
3) - Sorry. I hope you didn't mind us putting on the stereo. We didn't know you were
trying
to work in here.
- Don't mind me!
4) - If there's really nothing good on television and you don't feel like going out, why
don't we
get a Chinese takeaway and play something on the XBox?
- Might as well.
5)- If you don't apologise, I'll never talk to you again.
- I couldn't care less.
6)- I think you should have a word with your boss and tell her how unhappy you are with
the
decisions she's been making.
- I've got a good mind to.
DICTATION 1. Sentences with confusing words.
1. b) I’m very hungry
2. a) Where were you born?
3. a) It’s quarter to twelve
4. b) It costs seventy pounds
5. b) She goes home at seven
6. a) It’s on the first of December
7. a) Today’s September 12th
8. b) My ankle hurts
VERBS TEST CORRECTION
1. I _ for seven hours last night.: slept
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> 2. I ____that you were here.: didn't know
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> 3. When I came to this city, I __ anyone.: didn't know
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> 4. BE CAREFUL WITH THIS SENTENCE: You know where I live; I ___ in the same place for the past three years.: have been living/ I have lived
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> 5. You ________ my brother, have you?: haven't seen
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> 6. Where ________ last night?: did you go
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> 7. I __ in bed when I heard the accident outside.: was lying
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> 8. Did you just ___me a liar?: call
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> 9. She is a mean person. I don't like _ to her.: talking
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> 10. I don't know how ________.: to dance
PAST TENSE AND PASSIVE VOICE TEST CORRECTIONS
1.I __to see her twice, but she wasn't home.: b. came
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> 2.I ___ - I didn't hear you come in.: a. was sleeping
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> Hey, did you talk to her? Yes, I ___ to her last Friday.: talked
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> 3.What ___? I was watching TV.: were you doing yesterday evening
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> 4.Robin Hood was a character who ___ from the rich and gave to the poor.: b. was stealing// 'stole' is the best option, although as a habit, we
can use 'used to', so: Robin Hood was a character who used to steal from the rich and gave to the poor.
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> 5.I ________ home very late last night: came
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> 6.How long ________ the flu?: a. did you have
> In a context in which your interlocutor wants to know how long you have had the flu (you are still sick), and not when you
had it. This is related to the expression of progressive ongoing processes.
> 7.____a good time _in Brazil? Yes, I had a blast! a. Were you having: Did you have
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> 8.We ___ breakfast when she walked into the room.: b. were having
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> 9.Last month I decided to buy a new car, and today I finally ________: a. bought it
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> 10. I _____when the waitress took my plate.: b. was still eating
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THESAURUS. EJERCICIOS USING 'ROUND' as noun, adverb, preposition
ROUND as a 'noun'
Synonimous.
We will hold a round of talks about global warming
Let’s order another round of drinks, men!!
When I get to London I’ll have to pay the round of all my relatives one after another.
I will have only a round of this bread. (only British)
The nurses are fed up of their daily rounds; they do al the rounds of the ward at midday.
Transform the following sentences: (British English). Notice that ‘around’ (as adverb) is also possible in many occasions.
Ex. They walked surrounding the corner
'round'as PREPOSITION
You will find the shop round the corner
The thief jumped over the wall round the garden
Please, have a look round the children's room
Mary and Peter used to live round here or round this place.