Getting Started

Match each phrase below with its correct meaning.

• wait for ages || to wait for a very long time  
• show up || to arrive   
• get through || to succed in talking to someone on the phone  

Match the sentences that have the same meanings.

• “My battery was flat.” || “My battery had no electric power left.”
• “Are you kidding?” || "Are you making a joke?” 
• “We can try again.” || “Let’s do that again.”

Choose the best option: gerund or to-verb to complete the sentence.

The teacher told his students (stop) to stop || stopping making noise.

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Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

My father doesn’t mind (do) _______ the housework, but he hates (do) _______ the cooking.

1. doing - doing
2. to do - to do
3. to do - doing
4. doing -  do

Choose the best option: gerund or to-verb to complete the sentence.

I need to make || making a quick phone call.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern.

1. hospitality
2. similarity
3. inquisitive
4. generosity

Choose a word that has different stress pattern.

1. colleague
2. function
3. mention
4. explaination

Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

Email _______ are often necessary to join social networking sites, online games, and virtual worlds.

1. address
2. information
3. senders
4. accounts

Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

​According to some scientific research, even of 10 people prefer face-to-face _________ when having a date.

1. sign
2. language
3. code
4. contact

Find a mistake in the sentence.

I’ve stopped going on social networks now because I was suffering at cyber-bullying. ​

1. stopped
2. on
3. because
4. at