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VIII. Complete the second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap.
1 You have to stir the soup every five minutes or so. stirred
The soup ................................................................ every five minutes or so.
2 A baker delivered the cake for us this morning, had
We ............................................................................... a baker this morning.
3 Elaine tasted the curry for me to see how hot it was. got
I ........................................................ the curry for me to see how hot it was.
4 Many people say that olive oil is good for the heart, said
Olive oil ........................................................................... good for the heart.
5 Some people have said that red wine is good for the heart too. been
It ...................................................... that red wine is good for the heart too.
6 They've been building that new supermarket for months, constructionThat new supermarket ................................................................. for months.
7 These cucumbers came from our garden! grown
These cucumbers ......................................................................... our garden!
8 Why don't you ask an electrician to fit your cooker? get
Why don't you ........................................................................ an electrician?
9 I don't think there's enough salt in the sauce, lacking
I think ....................................................................................... salt.
IX. Rewrite as reported questions, beginning with the words given.
1 'Have you had your ear pierced?'
My mum asked me if ......................................................................................
2 'Can I meet you there at six o'clock tonight, Doug?'
Julian wanted to know whether ......................................................................
3 'Are you still moving to Blackpool next week?'
Fiona asked Rod and Jenny whether ..............................................................
4 'Does Graham have to wear a suit to work?'
I asked Mrs Daley if Graham .........................................................................
5 'Do you want someone to feed your cat while you're away?'
Jan asked me if ...............................................................................................
6 'Can you guess what I've given Lindsay for her birthday?'
Daisy asked Wendy if .....................................................................................
7 'Do you love me or not, Gloria?'
Fred asked Gloria whether .............................................................................
8 'Will Simon be coming to the party tomorrow night'
Adrian wondered whether ..............................................................................
9 'Tell me if you were anywhere near 34 Aylesford Street last night!'
The police officer demanded to know whether Sykes ...................................
KEYS
Unit 1
I. 1 a, the, the, the, the, a
2 a, the, the, the, the, an, the
3 a, a, an, the, a, the, a, the
II. a, a, the, the, the
III. 1. a; 2. the; 3. the; 4. a; 5. the; 6. the; 7. the; 8. the; 9. the; 10. the;
11. the; 12. a.
IV. 1. e; 2. a; 3. c; 4. d; 5. b
V. 1. ––, the, the; 2. the, a; 3. an; 4. a; 5. the, the; 6. the, ––; 7. the;
8. the, the, the, ––; 9. ––, ––, the; 10. a, a; 11. ––, a, ––; 12. the;
13. ––, an; 14. ––, ––; 15. the, a, the; 16. the; 17.an, the;
18. the, a, the; 19. ––, the; 20. a, ––; 21. the, ––, an; 22. ––, ––; 23. ––, ––.
VI. 1. the, the; 2. a; 3. the; 4. a; 5. a; 6. the; 7. the; 8. a; 9. a; 10. the; 11. a;
12. the; 13. a; 14. the; 15. a; 16. the; 17. a; 18. the; 19. an; 20. the;
21. the; 22. the; 23. a.
VII. the Parthenon, the Eiffel Tower, Mount Rushmore, Bangkok, the Taj Mahal, the Dome of the Rock, the Suez Canal, Charing Cross, the Sultan of Brunei, oriental music, the Louvre, Heathrow Airport, Hong Kong, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Mount Vesuvius, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the River Thames, Cosmopolitan, Paris, the Netherlands, Jamaica, Oslo, Unicef, the Prince of Wales, Lake Constance, the Rocky Mountains, the United Nations, Crete, Lake Geneva, Fifth Avenue, the Spanish language, the English Channel, the Pacific, the Carlton Hotel, Marks and Spencer, the Holy Land, Queen Sofia, the Argentine, the Ionian Islands
VIII. 1. a; 2. d; 3. b; 4. b; 5. d; 6. d.
IX. 1. a; 2. a; 3. a; 4. the; 5. a; 6. a; 7. the; 8. an; 9. a; 10. a; 11. a; 12. a; 13. a; 14. a; 15. a; 16. the; 17. a; 18. the; 19. an.
NUMBER OF NOUNS
X. 1. chair woman; 2. pianos; 3. phenomena; 4. is; 5. MPs; 6. scales;
7. advice; 8. fewer; 9. a stone; 10. fruits; 11. was; 12. has; 13. is;
14. was; 15. it’s; 16. is; 17. are; 18. is; 19. a shout; 20. outbreak.
XI. valleys, cloth, oxen, hoofs/hooves, hair-does, tomatoes, phenomena, wharfs/wharves , tattoos, thieves, kimonos, kilos, sisters-in-law, media, lice, data, radios, echoes, gases, bodies, calves, workmen, photos, eyebrows, lorries, toes, teeth, toys, wrinkles, thighs.
XII. 1. is; 2. are; 3. is; 4. were; 5. seem; 6. was; 7. were; 8. fit; 9. are;
10. have; 11. were; 12. is/are; 13. is; 14. is/are; 15. are; 16. as/have.