LANGUAGE CONSOLIDATION:

VOCABULARY, Units 1-4

Ex. 1

1. I’m passionate about art and I visit art galleries whenever I can. There’ll be a modern painting exhibition next week at the Nation Gallery.
2. Sarah is very interested in climbing. She climbs every weekend.
3. Are you good on languages?
4. Carla was very disappointed with her test results.
5. I am very keen about the protection of the environment  so I’d like to be an ecologist.
6. Ernest Hemingway was an American composer and journalist.
7. Steven Spielberg is a famous film director.
8. I don’t like watching sitcoms I think they’re boring. Oh I do. I think they are really amusing.
9. William Shakespeare was a playwright and poet.

 

Ex. 2

1. I have a Facebook profile.
2. Classmates is the most popular social networking in the world.
3. I don’t live in the town centre, I live in the suburbs.
4. Don’t do the washing up. Just put the dishes in the kitchen sink, I’ll clean them later.
5. If you want to go the other side of the river you must go across the bridge.
6. I put the vase on the windowsill and it fell to the ground. I’m so sorry!
7. If you want to go into the house from the street, use the front door. If you want to go to the garden from the house, use the back door.

Ex. 3

1. Follow on Twitter.
2. Click on an icon.
3. Switch on the computer.
4. Make the bed.
5. Do the cooking.
6. Fix a problem.
7. Get crazy.
8. Raise your hand.

 

Ex. 4

1. At first
2. Then
3. Afterwards
4. Finally
5. After
6. Eventually

 

Ex. 5

1. What do they want to learn?
2. How many languages can Sarah speak?
3. Who helps Daniel with his homework?
4. Who does Silvia Help with his homework?
5. What are they laughing at?
6. What have you read recently?
7. How much time does it take her to come home?

 

Ex. 6

1. What is Silvia good at?
2. What are you ashamed of?
3. What are you trying to concentrate on?
4. What are you interested in?
5. Who likes Susan go to the movies with?
6. What do you feel responsible for?

 

Ex. 7

1. Was
2. Was attracting
3. Came
4. Destroyed
5. Is used to start
6. Was baking bread
7. Began
8. Built
9. Reached
10. Were arriving
11. Used to be prepared
12. Changed
13. Fireman managed

 

Ex. 8

1. When I was a little boy.
2. When I had a car.
3. When you arrived?
4. When we were children.
5. I was having a bath when the phone rang.
6. Did you use to go windsurfing when you lived in California?
7. Did you use to travel a lot when you were in the travel agency?

 

Ex. 9

1. I last saw him when I was in Manchester.
2. I’ve never seen him before.
3. Paul has gone out half an hour ago.
4. Paul is just went out.
5. Have you finished yet?
6. They have already did their homework.
7. They’re not arrived yet.
8. They’ve met an hour ago.
9. When did they got home?
10. She has already paid back the money I lent her.

 

Ex. 10

1. The Vatican is a smaller state than Italy.
2. The blue whale is the largest mammal in the world.
3. The climate in Brazil is hotter than in Chile.
4. The gold is more expensive than the silver.
5. Travelling by bus is not as comfortable as travelling by train.

 

Ex. 11

1. The size is too tight
2. The book I’m reading isn’t interesting.
3. The computer isn’t cheap.
4. The Maths’ problem wasn’t easy.
5. It is too cold to go swimming.

 

Ex. 12

1. I know Julia since two years.
2. I have this watch since last year.
3. Jim is in Italy since 2015
4. She lived in her flat for two years.
5. Bill is married since two weeks.

 

Ex. 13

A: Hi, Susan. I haven’t seen you for ages! Where have you been all this time?

B: Well, I’ve been in Paris for six months, but I’m back now.

A: What did you do in Paris?
B: I worked in an art gallery.

A: When did you arrive in London?

B: I arrived in London two years ago. Yes, that means that I’m in London since two months.

A: What a pity we haven’t met before. I must organize a welcome party!

 

Ex. 14

1. Are you going
2. I’ll stay at home
3. Are you going?
4. Going to
5. ‘ll go
6. Driving from
7. Are you going to stay?
8. We’re staying in a couchsurf.
9. Had
10. Found

 

Ex. 15

1. Work
2. I’m travelling
3. Went
4. Met
5. Was working
6. Was wearing
7. I haven’t seen you in a time!
8. Where have you been all this time?
9. Was
10. Saw
11. Was looking for
12. Took
13. How long have you been working for them?
    
14. Work
15. Have you visited?
16. I’ve been in
17. I’ve just came back
18. Have you gone
19. Went
20. I’ve been in
21. Visited
22. Are you going
23. Feel
24. I’m leaving for
25. I’m looking for
26. It is
27. Reached
28. Felt
29. Went
30. Wrote
31. I’d be

 

Ex. 16

1. Semi-detached
2. Cosy
3. Too
4. Make
5. Lazy
6. In
7. On
8. For
9. Post
10. Out
11. In
12. Make
13. Scrolls
14. Made
15. Make
16. In
17. Enough
18. Too
19. Much
20. In