II. Make wishes using the following verbs
be become come have to need tell wear |
1. I need nine hours of sleep. I wish I ____ didn't need ___ so much sleep. I could get so much more done in a day.
2. Alice doesn't like her job as a nurse. She wishes she---------- a nurse. She
wishes she ---------- a doctor.
3. We had a good time in the mountains over vacation. I wish you __________ with us.
4. I know that something's bothering you. I wish you __________ me what it is.
Maybe I can help.
5. A: I wish I __________ work today.
B: So do I. I wish it __________ a holiday.
6. A: My feet are killing me! I wish I __________ shoes.
B: Yeah, me too. I didn't know we were going to be walking on rocks.
Ex1:
1. instead of buying a new pair of shoes, i had my old ones................
a. repair
b. to repair
c. repairing
d. repaired
2. it's possible................a train across Canada
a. take
b. to take
c. taking
d. to be taken
3. now that we've finished painting the house, there is nothing left..............
a. to do
b. for doing
c. to be done
d. for being done
4. before we leave, let's have Shelley.............a map for us so we won't get lost
a. draw
b. to draw
c. drawing
d. drawn
5. i can hear a cat...........at the window
a. scratches
b. to scratch
c. scratching
d. was scratching
6. i thinks your mother should let you..............your own mind
a. make up
b. to make up
c. making up
d. made up
7. the police never found the money...........in the robbery
a. stealing
b. be stolen
c. steal
d. stolen
8. do you know what made so many people...........their home?
a. evacuate
b. to evacuate
c. evacuated
d. be evacuate
9. .................bread, you usually need flour, salt, and yeast
a. make
b. to make
c. making
d. for make
10. we saw our favorite ballet...........at the theater last night
a. perform
b. performing
c. performed
d. in performing
11. he was never heard............'thank you' in his life
a. say
b. to say
c. saying
d. said
12. i was delighted............my old friends again
a. to see
b. seeing
c. seen
d. to be seen
13. ..............to friends is nice but...........alone is also enjoyable
a. talk/to be
b. to talk/ be
c. talk/ be
d. talking/ being
14. i'd rather...........to Elvis than the Beatles
a. listen
b. to listen
c. listening
d. listened
15. i can made myself.............pretty well in English
a. understend
b. to understand
c. understanding
d. understood
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one
3. The coffee was too hot for me to drink.
A. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it
B. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink.
C. The coffee was so hot that I couldn’t drink it.
D. The coffee was so hot that I could drink it.
4. If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.
A. I am not tall enough to reach the top shelf.
B. I am too tall to reach the top shelf.
C. I cannot reach the top shelf because I am very tall.
D. In spite of being tall, I cannot reach the top shelf.
5. It was such a boring speech that we began to yawn.
A. The speech was very boring that we began to yawn.
B. It was so a boring speech that we began to yawn.
C. The speech was too boring that we began to yawn.
D. The speech was so boring that we began to yawn.
6. It was so late that nothing could be done.
A. It was too late for nothing to be done.
B. It was too late for anything to be done.
C. It was such late that nothing could be done.
D. It was so late that nothing to be done.
7. This is the first time I have lived in such a friendly neighborhood.
A. I have lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.
B. I haven’t lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.
C. I had lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.
D. I hadn’t lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.
8 .The test was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.
A. It was such a difficult test that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.
B. The test was too difficult for us to finish it in two hours.
C. The test was not difficult enough for us to finish in two hours.
D. The test was too difficult for us to finish it in two hour.
9. The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.
A. It was so a good book that I couldn’t put it down.
B. It was such a good book that I couldn’t put it down.
C. The book was so good for me to put it down.
D. The book was so good that I couldn’t put down.
10. Sue is too slow to understand what you might say.
A. Sue is not enough quick to understand what you might say.
B. What you might say, Sue can understand slowly.
C. Sue is so slow to understand what you might say.
D. So slow is Sue that she can’t understand what you might say.
1.Use a bigger scewdriver to...this screw.(tight)
2.Although her visit was...,we made her welcome just the same.(expect)
3.All the courses...in January will finish in June.(begin)
4.I don't want my money back.I want a...(replace)
5.She got very angry but latter she apologised for her...(patient)
6.I would like to book a...to Hong Kong(fly)
7.We have had a lot of...from customers today(complain)
8.Please make ypur...at the counter over there.(pay)
9.Unless something is done about unemployment,the...for the future is not good(look)
10.The army tried unsuccessfully to...the Government(throw)
1,change these sentences into passive. a) They haven't done anything since he left ; b) A doctor has just examined John ; c) They haven't used this machine for ages ; d) Have several people just seen the accident ?
1. It rained while we.................well
a. slept b. have slept c. were sleeping d. had slept
2. his photograph................................on television
a. was showing b. showed c. is showing d. was shown
3. this is the most interesting story..........................
a. I've readed b. I had readed c. I've ever read d. I've never read
4. we have done a lot of work on tenses lately and we now.....................most os the rules
a. were understanding b. understood c. understand d. are understanding
5. his exercise................by him every morning
a. is done b. are done c. was done d. were done
6. that class............by Mr.Brown tomorrow
a. is taught b. was taught c. has been taught d. will be taught
7. our environment is being.........................
a. destroy seriously b. seriously destroyed c. serious destroyed d. destroyed serious
8. where will you stay if you......................to Hanoi?
a. go b. went c. gone d. to go
9. she............a lovely dog on her tenth birthday
a. give b. gives c. has given d. was given
10. If the level of the sea rises one meter by 2030 , there.......serious floods in many countries
a. is b. are c. would be d. will be
Put each verb in capital into an appropriate form.
Dear Jane,
I’m sorry I haven’t written to you for so long, but I have been very busy lately. All last month I exams, and I haven’t done anything else but study for ages. Anyway, I . . . STOP studying now, and I am waiting for my exam results. As you can see from this letter, I . . . CHANGE my address and . . . LIVE in Croydon now. I decided that I wanted a change from central London because it has become so expensive. A friend of mine . . . TELL me about this flat, and I moved here about two months ago. When you . . . COME to London this Summer, please visit me. I will stay here until the middle of August. Then I will go on holiday to Scotland.
Please write to me soon,
Margaret.
1. when we(take)our exam we'll have a holiday
2.when I(finish)the book I'll lend it to you
3.when we(have)our injections I expect we'll feel awful
4.when I(be)here for a year I'll ask for a rise
5.when Tom (go)I'll tell you a secret
6.I'll bolt all the doors before I(go) to bed
7.My father will be furious when he(see)what you have done