What one noun completes all the phrases in the box?

ask the

show someone the

find your ___________

be on your

 

Complete the sentences with the phrases from exercise 1.

1 I can easily ______ my ______ in a forest, but I get lost in a big city.

2 We’re lost. I think we’d better _____________.

3 Don’t worry, Mum, we ______on our ______! We’ll be home in an hour.

4 Excuse me. Could you please ______ me ______ to the British Museum!

 

Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box.

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get meet see set

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1 Bill’s leaving on Friday. I’m going to ______ him off.

2 If we want to get there tomorrow, we have to ______off early.

3 Chris is coming tomorrow. Can you go and ______ him at the airport?

4 You’ll never ______ lost on the London Underground.

 

Do the quiz. Circle the two right answers to each question.

1 In which of the following places do you check in?

a) at a hotel b) at an airport c) at a train station

2 Which of the following means of transport can you catch?

a) a car b) a flight c) a train

3 Which of the following means of transport do you board?

a) a boat or ferry b) a plane c) a car

4 Where would you hear this phrase: “I’m sorry, we’re fully booked.”

a) at a hotel b) at a railway station c) a guest house

5 When you see someone off, you say: Have a safe….

a) trip b) excursion c) journey

6 Which of the following can you go by?

a) foot b) car c) train

7 Which of these means of transport do you get on?

 

Complete the sentences with the missing verbs.

1 We’re planning to spend a few days in Paris and _____ the sights.

2 I’d like to _____ a double room for two nights, please.

3 If you don’t hurry, we’ll _____ our flight.

4 Could you please ____ me the way to the bus station?

5 Please _____ on the bus now, we’re leaving in five minutes.

6 Please _____ your seat belts.

7 Would you like to _____ camping this summer?

 

Grammar

Underline the correct form of the verb: Active or Passive.

1. The best films are made/make in the USA.

2. The most friendly people in the world are found/find in Mediterranean countries.

3. French restaurants are cooked/cook the world’s best food.

4. The fastest cars are usually driven/usually drive by men.

5. The most important changes happened/were happened in the 1990s.

6. The world’s best paintings were done/do in the nineteenth century.

 

Use Past Simple Active in one of the sentences and Past Simple Passive in another one.

1. We (give) ………. the wrong address so we never (find)………. the restaurant.

2. Mr. and Mrs Smith (tell)………. the party (start)………. at 8 p.m.

3. The teenagers (make)………. so much noise they (ask)………. to leave the cinema.

4. I (ask)……… to give you a letter but I (lose)…….. it. Sorry.

5. Peter (give)………. a new office but he (not/ like)……….. it.

6. Jack (buy)………. some shirts with money he (give)………. for his birthday.

 

Using the beginning provided write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Is it necessary to use by at the end of each sentence?

1 Roman Polanski directed ‘The Pianist’.

‘The Pianist’ _____________________.

2 Nobody has informed us about the changes to the train table.

We ______________________________.

3 They are still repairing my bicycle.

My bicycle ________________________.

4 Will they punish him for skipping school?

Will he __________________________?

5 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876.

The telephone ______________________.

6 They don’t sell fresh fruit and vegetables here.

Fresh fruit and vegetables _____________.

7 I discovered that somebody had burgled our house.

I discovered that our house _____________.

 

Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

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be has are being was were

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1 The newspapers ____ bought every day.

2 The criminal is ____ looked for.

3 The report ____ been prepared.

4 The interesting stories ____ told yesterday.

5 These articles will ____ translated tomorrow.

6 The party _____ organized by him last week.

 

Match the sentence halves.

1 If you leave now A if you don’t start now.

2 It will be cheaper B will you give it back to me?

3 If I don’t see you later, C you’ll catch the 8.00 train.

4 You’ll learn more D if you go by bus.

5 If you get the job, E I’ll see you on Friday.

6 You won’t have time F if you come to every class.

7 If I lend you this book, G will you earn more money?

 

Complete with the correct form of the verb (first conditional)

1. If you ____ me your secret, I ____ anybody. (tell, not tell)

2. If we ____ walking, the bus ____. (start, come)

3. He ____ angry if you ____ him. (be, not tell)

4. If I ____ it down, I ____ it. (not write, not remember)

5. ____you ____ me if you ____ any news. (call, get)

6. If you ____ her nicely, she ____ you. (ask, help)

7. You ____ if you ____. (not pass, not study)

 

Match the sentence halves.

1 You would feel much better A we could go shopping.

2 I would enjoy the weekend more B I would get a new job.

3 If you stayed for another day, C if you stopped smoking.

4 Would you wear it D if I went to live in China?

5 If I were you, E if I bought it for you?

6 I wouldn’t work F if I didn’t need money.

7 Would you come with me G if I didn’t have to work on Saturday.