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BRUSH UP YOUR STANDARD ENGLISH
I. (Degree of difficulty: low to average)Complete the following sentences using one of the words indicated below and auxiliary verbs
(where needed):
• AS or LIKE:
1. He gave up his job …. a journalist and started writing novels.2. He is over ort! !ears old but he runs about …. a bo! o iteen.". …. !ou #an see$ there are not %an! !oung people in the audien#e.
• &E'E'(E& or &E'I)* +in the #orre#t tense, add an au-iliar! where ne#essar!:
/. …. !ou …. having tea at the Ship 0a3. I needn4t … !ou o 'rs. La5e4s garden.6. 7ou …. %e o so%eone I 5new when I was !oung.8. …. %e to Harr!.
• &AISE and &ISE +in the #orre#t tense:
9. he #ars …. #louds o dust as the! went b!.
;. (! the ti%e the drivers rea#hed (ordeau- the nu%ber o a##idents …. …. .1uestion.
• LIE and LA7
1". he hen has …. an egg.1/. hese paintings …. …. untou#hed in the warehouse or !ears.13. He #ould not de#ide how the #astle should be …. out.16. he boo5 is …. on the table.18. he town where I live …. at the oot o the %ountains.
• (&I)?$ AKE$ @E0H
19. 'other probabl! …. !our slippers upstairs$ *ad.1;. I4ve let %! papers in the oi#e. =ait here or %e while I …. the%.2
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II. Put the following sentences into the passive, using an infinitive construction where possible:
1. So%eone see%s to have %ade a terrible %ista5e.2. So%eone saw hi% pi#5 up the gun.". It is !our dut! to %a5e tea at eleven oF#lo#5. +Gse suppose./. 7ou neednFt have done this.
3. =e donFt allow s%o5ing.6. =e 5now that the e-pedition rea#hed the South ole in 'a!.8. =e believe that he has spe#ial 5nowledge whi#h %a! be useul to the poli#e. +Gse one
passive onl!.9. So%eone is washing the laundr! in the bathroo%.;. ItFs a little too loose, !ou had better as5 !our tailor to ta5e it in. +ne passive.1
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2;. I we had arrived at the railwa! station a little earlier$ we .... our train."
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A. should !ou (. did !ou dare to 0. did !ou need to *. would !ou have to28. She has not !et got …… her re#ent illness.
A. b! (. through 0. over *. out o 29. In the ….. #li%ate$ it is dii#ult to anti#ipate what the politi#al rea#tion will be.
A. #urrent (. t!pi#al 0. #onte%porar! *. a#tual2;. he tea#her is onl! too ….. with the dii#ulties #aused b! disruptive students.
A. used (. aware 0. a%iliar *. a##usto%ed
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1uilateral triangle ever has %ore or less than si-t! degrees.12. =hile wat#hing television$ the telephone rang.1". At the age o si-$ %! ather taught %e how to ride a horse.1/. Her test s#ore is superior than his.13. He is interested b! whatever !ou do be#ause he loves !ou.
16. =ould !ou li5e to parti#ipate at the %eeting18. he! have renoun#ed at the use o or#e to settle their disputes.19. I !ou su##eed to pass this e-a% !ou %a! rela- or two or three wee5s.1;. =h! don4t !ou thin5 at a better solution2
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19. I ….. unwell$ I4d have enjo!ed our holida! ar %ore.1;. his portrait is said ….. b! &e%brandt.2