Module 5

1. Either / or – neither / nor. Choose the right answer:

A. In this game, you __ win __ lose. It depends on you.

B. ___ Sue ___ Sara will help you with your homework. They are both busy at the moment.

C. This is my offer. You ___ take it ___ leave it.

D. When I go to the restaurant, I eat ___ fish ___ roast chicken. These are my favorite meals.

E. His father believed ___ his son ___ his friend. He thought that both were lying.

F. I need ___ your help ___ your compassion. I can perfectly handle my problems all alone.

G. ___ Charly ___ Bill will write the report. Just ask one of them.

H. ___ you return the money you had stolen ____ I'll call the police.

I. My mum can ___ read ___ write. She is illiterate.

J. You can use ___ this computer ___ the other one. Someone must fix them first.

2. Conditional sentences. Fill in the second part of the sentence:

A. If I had a lot of money , .............................................................................. .

B. If I had a red sports car , ............................................................................ .

C. If I lived in a small green village , ................................................................. .

D. If I were the manager of this company , ............................................................ .

E. If I knew her telephone number , ........................................................................... .

F. If I had a pet dog , ..................................................................... .

G. If my father didn't have a job , ......................................................................... .

H. If I didn't have any homework to do , ........................................................................... .

I. If my mother took me to the shopping mall , ............................................................ .

J. If the weather were sunny and hot , .................................................................. .

K. If I had high grades on my school report , ................................................................ .

L. If we didn't have our umbrellas with us , .................................................................. .

M. If we had bread , sausage ,tomato and onion , .......................................................... .

N. If I were in Australia , ............................................................................ .

O. If my aunt were here in this house , ...................................................................... .

P. If my friend James weren't ill , ............................................................................ .

3. Past Simple or Past Perfect? Read the sentences carefully and circle the correct options.

A. The robbers left / had left the bank when the policemen finally arrived / had arrived.

B. Тhen the rain started / had started , the Atkinsons finished / had finished planting trees.

C. By the time Rebecca went / had gone into the store , she got / had got soaked.

D. Darcey saw / had seen this castle before she came / had come again last Sunday.

E. Mr.Palmer didn't speak / hadn't spoken any Chinese before he moved / had moved to Peking.

F. Sonny got / had got fainted by the time the ambulance reached / had reached the hospital.

G. When my mother brought / had brought me an apple , I finished / had finished my homework.

H. Mrs.Wilkinson refused / had refused to drive the car because she had / had had a terrible

accident on the highway about a year ago.

I. I didn't think / hadn't thought of having a new house before I saw / had seen that ad on TV.

J. My uncle didn't try / hadn't tried Italian food before went / had gone to that restaurant.

4. Past tenses. Choose between past simple, past perfect and past continuous tense to fill in correctly:

5. Forming nouns. Write the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the sentence:

Mr. Sherlock HolmesMr. Sherlock Holmes, who ……………………. (be) usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table. I ……………………. (stand) upon the hearth-rug and …………………….. (pick up) the stick which our …………………….(leave) behind him the night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a "Penang lawyer." Just under the head ……………………… (be) a broad silver band nearly an inch across. "To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.," was ……………………… (engrave) upon it, with the date "1884." It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry--dignified, solid, and reassuring."Well, Watson, what …………………… (you make) of it?"Holmes …………………….. (sit) with his back to me, and I …………………….. (give) him no sign of my occupation."How ………………………. (you know) what I …………………………. (do)? I ……………………. (believe) you have eyes in the back of your head."

A. My teacher says there has been a big (IMPROVE) .......... in my English lately.

B. The recipe says you only need to add two (SPOON) .......... of salt.

C. Why did you do that? I thought you had more (INTELLIGENT) .......... than that.

D. The singer gave a brilliant (PERFORM) .......... on stage yesterday.

E. Have you seen her magazine (COLLECT) ..........? She must have over 200 editions.

F. On hearing the news, everyone was overcome with a feeling of (SAD) .......... .

G. When you take the FCE Speaking paper you will be given marks for your (ACCURATE) ..........

and also on how fluent you are.

H. She has the (ABLE) .......... to pass the exam first time round providing she works hard.

6. Do you know what these proverbs / sayings mean? Write what each one means as shown in the first 5:

A. A bad workman blames his tools. - Workers who do not have the necessary ability to do

something successfully blames their equipment or tools.

B. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. - What you actually have now is more valuable than

something you may get, so avoid risking what you have to get it.

C. A friend in need is a friend indeed. - If someone is your true friend, he will stand by you in

times of difficulties.

D. A good beginning is half the battle. - A good start to an undertaking is halfway to making a

success of it.

E. A rich man's joke is always funny. - Wealthy people are surrounded by flatterers who strive to

win their favour by laughing at all their jokes even though they are not funny.

F. A small leak will sink a great ship. -

G. A stitch in time saves nine. -

H. A rolling stone gathers no moss.. -

I. Barking dogs seldom bite. -

J. Don't bite the hand that feeds you. –

7. Match the nouns on the left with the nouns on the right and find compounds.

8. Rewrite each sentence using the words in brackets.

A. There are no circumstances where audience members may consume alcohol. (Under no

circumstances)

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B. Nobody has won so many matches for his team since 1994. (Not since)

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C. We won't consider you for the basketball team until you grow up. (Not until)

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D. The gang didn't know that the police had them under surveillance. (Little)

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E. You can't use my car at any time. (At no time)

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F. They started to argue soon after they had gotten married. (No sooner)

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1. My grandmother _____ (make) cupcakes , if I _____ (visit) her.

2. If we _________ (to be) in London today, we would be able to go to the concert in Hyde Park.

Mr.Bright _____ (watch) the city view , if he _____ (reach) the top of the mountain. If it ______

(snow) ,the ground _____ (to be) slippery.

3. If it _____ (snow) this winter , Clara _____ (make) a big snowman in her garden.

4. Your uncle _____ (get) angry , if you _____ (throw) a snowball on his face.

5. Joseph _____ (have) a backache , if he ______ (sit) in front of the computer for too long.

6. If there _________ (to be) no hungry people in this world, it would be a much better place.

7. If you _______ (cool) water at 0o C , it _______ (freeze).

8. If I __________ (have) millions dollars, I __________ (give) a lot to charity.

9. If you ________ (water) a cactus everyday , it ________ (die) in a short time.

10. A bee _________ (sting) you , if you ________ (touch) it with bare hands.

11. You _______ (get) purple , if you _______ (mix) red and blue.

12. If everyone __________ (have) clean water to drink, there would be a lot less disease.

7. Conditional sentences. Fill in with the right form of the verb:

8. Adverbs of frequency. For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.Use no more than three words.

A. Tim rarely goes to a football match.Tim does........................................ to a football match.

B. I meet my friend for lunch most Saturdays.I ........................................ my friend for lunch on Saturday.

C. Every time I call Mark he's out.Mark ........................................ in when I call.

D. This is the first time I have travelled by plane.I ........................................ by plane before.

E. On most days Sarah cycles to work.Sarah ........................................ work by bike.

F. The children never tidy their room unless I tell them to.I ........................................ tell the children to tidy their room.