Exercise 1. Phrasal verbs. Complete using the correct form of the words in italics. You need to use one word twice.
Part A. Grammar focus
Present Simple and Present Continuous
Exercise 1. Choose a verb from the list and complete the text and put the verbs into Present Continuous.
read, sleep, eat, sail, cry, drink, run, sing, play, fish, sit
Laura 1) is sitting under a sunshade. Two boys 2) _______ round a sandcastle while their father 3) _______ a newspaper. Tom 4) _______ Coke. Two girls 5) _______ ice-cream while their mother 6) _______ along with the radio. Some boys 7) _______ football near a man who 8) _______. Jim 9) _______ On his right a baby 10) _______ Some people 11) _______ past the beach.
Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple or Present Continuous.
It 1) is (be) winter and the snow 2) _______ (fall). It usually 3) _______ (snow) in January here. Betty and James 4) _______ (play) in the garden. They 5) _______ (build) a snowman and they 6) _______ (throw) snowballs. They 7) _______ (like) the snow very much! Their mother and father 8) _______ (not/like) it. They always 9) _______ (stay) in the house when it is cold. Mother usually 10) _______ (watch) TV and Father 11) _______ (listen) to the radio or 12) _______ (read) a book. At the moment they 13) _______ (sit) in the living-room. Mother 14) _______ (write) a letter and Father 15) _______ (read) a book.
Past Simple and Present Perfect
Exercise 3. Fill in Present Simple or Present Perfect.
I 1) ’ve known (know) Timmy for a long time. We always 2) _______ (play) together. Timmy 3) _______ (not/can) read or write because he 4) _______ (never/be) to school. He 5) _______ (have) long brown hair since he was born. Не 6) _______ (live) in our house for five years. My parents 7) _______ (take) care of him while I 8 _______ (be) at school. Timmy 9) _______ (not/work); actually he 10) _______ (never/have) a job. This 11) _______ (not/be) strange because Timmy 12) _______ (be) my dog.
The Passive
Exercise 4. Turn from Active into Passive.
1. Someone has broken the crystal vase.
2. His parents have brought him up to be polite.
3. Fleming discovered penicillin.
4. They will advertise the product on television.
5. Someone is remaking that film.
Exercise 5. Turn from Active into Passive.
1. You must leave the bathroom tidy.
2. You should water this plant daily.
3. Our neighbour ought to paint the garage.
4. I have to return these books to the library.
Part B. Subject area: “People and Society”
| Phrasal verbs | |
| ask after | Ask for news about |
| bring up | look after a child until he or she becomes an adult |
| fall for | Fall in love with |
| fall out (with) | have an argument with and stop being friends |
| get on (with) | have a good relationship (with) |
| grow up | become older |
| look down on | think that you are better than |
| look up to | Admire and respect |
| make up | become friends again after an argument |
| pass away | Die |
| pick on | keep treating someone badly or unfairly |
| put down | criticise, make someone feel stupid |
| settle down | become calm after being upset, etc; stay in one place or get married and live quietly |
| stand up for | support in an argument or fight |
| take aback | surprise (usually in passive voice) |
| Word pattern | |
| agree with/on/to sth; agree with sb; agree to do; agree that | |
| allow sb to do; allow sth | |
| approve of sth/doing; approve sth | |
| ask sb sth; ask sb to do sth (for you); ask about/for sth; ask if/whether | |
| attack sth; attack sb for sth/doing; an attack on sth/sb | |
| ban sb from sth/doing; ban sth | |
| convince sb (of sth); convince sb to do; convince sb that | |
| force sb to do sth; force sb into sth/doing | |
| independent of/from sth | |
| let sb do sth | |
| object to sth/doing | |
| pretend to be; pretend to do; | |
| pretend that | |
| rely on sth/sb | |
| Word formation | |
| able | Unable, (in)ability, disabled, disability |
| achieve | Achievement |
| argue | argument, argumentative |
| care | careful(ly), careless(ly), (un)caring |
| correspond | Correspondence |
| friend | friendship, (un)friendly |
| happy | unhappy, (un)happiness, (un)happily |
| jealous | jealousy, jealously |
| kind | Unkind, (un)kindness, kindly |
| marry | marriage, (un)married |
| nerve | nervous(ly), nervousness |
| obey | disobey, (dis)obedient(ly), (dis)obedience |
| person | (im)personal(ly), personality |
| polite | impolite, (im)politely, (im)politeness |
| relate | relative(ly), relation, relationship |
| willing | unwilling, (un)willingness, (un)willingly |
Exercise 1. Phrasal verbs. Complete using the correct form of the words in italics. You need to use one word twice.
get make put look bring fall grow
Personality
Some of us seem to be infinitely kind, while others seem to 1) _________ down on everyone around them. Some of us never forget an argument, while others 2) _________ up and forgive easily. As we 3) _________ up, our personality develops and we find that we 4) _________ on with certain people more than others. Who we are seems to have a large genetic element, but is also influenced by those who 5) _________ us up. If we 6) _________ up to our parents or other family members, we may want to be like them. On the other hand, if our parents seem to 7) _________ us down all the time and we 8) _________ out with them a lot, then perhaps we will develop quite different personalities.