Combine the two sentences into a new one using the given word in brackets. Do not change the given word in any ways.

 It is very dark inside. We could hardly see anything. (SO)

     → ………………………………………………………………………………

 Jane was upset about having lost her wallet. It was understandable. (WHICH)

     → ………………………………………………………………………………

I start the engine. There is always a strange noise. (WHENEVER)

     → ………………………………………………………………………………

 Sean’s flat was near enough for him to walk for work. He had no reason to take a taxi. (SINCE)

     → ………………………………………………………………………………

Complete the sentences with some– or any- + -body/-thing/-where. 

1. I was too surprised to say anything. 

2. There's .... at the door. Can you go and see who it is. 

3. Does .... mind if I open the window?

4. I wan't feeling hungry, so I didn't eat .... 

5. You must be hungry. Would you like .... to eat? 6. Quick, let's go! There's .... coming and I don't want .... to see us. 

7. Sarah was upset about ....

8. This machine is very easy to me. .... can learn to use it very quickly. 

9. There was hardly .... on the beach. It was almost deserted. 

10. "Do you like .... near job?" "No, he lives in another part of town.

III. Answer. (10x4)

1. In English, more and more people use plural pronouns to refer back to indefinite pronouns like anyone, nobody or everyone. Explain this trend in terms of sexism in language and gender-neutral language. (You need to do some research to answer this problem).

2. Explain the use of ‘any’ based on the following sentences.

(1) *She knows anything.

(2) She doesn’t know anything.

(3) Would you like anything/something to drink?

(4) She went out without any money.

(5) There was hardly any snow this winter.

(6) If anyone has any questions, I'll be pleased to answer them.

(7) I'm sorry for any trouble I've caused.

3. a. Most English adjectives can appear either before nouns or after link verbs. However, some adjectives appear only in one position. Explain this based on the following adjectives. (You should provide relevant example sentences).

tall, former, awake, utter, content, intelligent

b. Some adjective have different meanings depending on the position. Explain this based on the following adjectives.

involved, present, ill

4. The following –ing and –ed forms are generally considered as adjectives, not as verbal participles. Explain what the basis for this is.

amazing/ amazed, convincing/convinced, depressing/depressed, embarrassing/embarrassed

Water has damaged part of this text about sport at school. Read it and decide what you think each of the original words was. Write the words in the blank spaces.

Sport at school

l used to wear glasses when I was at school, and so I______ sport very difficult. I wanted to be involved ______ school sports competitions, and I loved the idea of teams competing ______ each other, but being on the rugby team, for example,______ having to take off my glasses, and that meant______ I couldn't see! And it's difficult______ catch a ball when you can't see it! So, I wasn't very good and the captains always______ sure that I wasn't on their team. This meant I______ free to do other activities, like being on the debating team, and actually I preferred to things I was good at doing______ than have everyone laugh at me.

Fill in the correct missing words.
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We started collecting data three years ago. The first time we ....... (turn) it on, we      .......(can/store) the muons and .........(to be) like, “We"........ (can/see) anything.” Injecting the muon beam into the storage ring .........(to be) like threading a needle with a thread that’s moving at 99.9% the speed of light. When we finally ........    (want) it to operate. Every month it........(run), we.....(take) and the experiment          .........(run) beautifully. Then it ........(get) shut down due to coronavirus. We’re the Charlie Brown of particle physics experiment........(compare) to the Brookhaven experiment, this experiment.......(roll) the dice 20 different times and seeing how often we........(get) a discrepant result from the Standard Model. If that discrepancy    ........(stand) the test of time, it.......(to be) between a five-to seven-sigma discrepancy at the end. That’s going from the chances of this error randomly happening from three in a thousand to less than one in a million. It..........(to be) amazing to work with so many great people that in the end have come together and built something tremendous.