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GRAMMAR EXTRA
ADVANCED UNIT 1
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1.1 the continuous aspect
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Choose the correct answer, a), b) or c).
1 I’ve been invited to a wedding on Friday and
a) I want to wear your dress.
b) I’m going to borrow a dress from you.
c) I was hoping to borrow a dress from you.
2 My neighbours are really irritating. They
a) have a lot of parties.
b) are always having parties.
c) like having parties.
3 I’m not sure I can afford to go on holiday so
a) I’m staying at home.
b) I’m considering staying at home.
c) I’m thinking of going away.
4 The office was empty when I arrived because
everyone
a) has lunch.
b) was having lunch.
c) eats lunch.
5 My house is being decorated so
a) I visit some friends.
b) I was staying with my parents.
c) I’m staying with friends.
6 I injured my foot but
a) it’s getting better.
b) it gets better.
c) they’re getting better.
7 I didn’t eat the fish because
a) it was smelling horrible.
b) I was smelling it.
c) it smelt horrible.
8 When will they answer? I
a) have been listening to recorded music for
fieen minutes.
b) have listened to recorded music for
fieen minutes.
c) will have listened to recorded music for
fieen minutes.
Match uses a)–h) with sentences 1–8 in Exercise 1.
a) to sound less direct
b) for indefinite plans
c) to emphasise annoyance
d) to talk about things that are changing
e) to emphasise the length of time
f) an action in progress when something else
happens
g) a sense or state verb
h) to talk about a temporary situation
Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs in brackets.
1 How long
we
(wait)
for this train? It seems like hours.
2 When I arrived at the restaurant, my friends
(discuss) what to order.
(call) the baby ‘Baby’ until we
3 We
can agree on a name.
(hope) to use
4 If it’s OK with you, I
your apartment while you’re away.
(think) of getting married
5 They
next spring.
(see) the river from the
6 You can
kitchen window.
(always/talk) about his
7 He
wonderful job and it gets on my nerves.
pollution levels
8 In general,
(improve) in the city centres?
(see) each other for six months.
9 They
10 I
(think) Prague is a beautiful city.
1.2 describing habits
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Match the sentence halves.
1 My grandfather is inclined
2 He kept
3 I tended to
4 They were always thinking
5 Our cousins would
6 My sister will
7 I was forever
8 As a rule,
a) of ways to earn extra money.
b) to fall asleep aer dinner.
c) stay with us during the holidays.
d) he’s a good problem-solver.
e) forget important dates so I put them all on my
phone.
f) failing his exams so he moved to an easier course.
g) doing my homework on the tram to school.
h) borrow my things without asking.
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GRAMMAR EXTRA
Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets.
1 He’s oen insensitive. (inclined)
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2 She tries again and again. (keep)
3 I got a new dictionary every year. (would)
4 They entered lots of competitions. (forever)
5 I usually have to stand on the bus.
(nine times out of ten)
6 I can be obsessive. (tendency)
Consolidation
7 As a teenager, he was oen rebellious. (tended)
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8 Why do they watch so many films? (always)
1.3 speculating
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Find and correct the mistakes in seven of the
sentences.
1 I wonder they’re thinking about.
2 She looks kind informal – you know, laid back.
3 I’d hazard a guess that it was painted in the 1960s.
4 It looks to me as someone has thrown paint at the
canvas.
5 If I had to make guess, I’d say that he’s about
seventy.
6 He gives impression of being thoughtful.
7 It seems me that he has a secret.
8 I’m pretty the exhibition is open for another
month.
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Underline the correct alternative.
1 She looks kind of/sort annoyed.
2 I’ve got a bit/loads of things to do.
3 In the evenings I watch TV, see friends and stuff/
you know like that.
4 All my so on/stuff from university is in the garage.
5 There were sort of/around forty people there.
6 Is there plenty of/a few food for everyone?
7 The film’s about a haunted hotel or stuff/
something like that.
8 It’s more or less/you know an hour’s drive.
Complete the words.
1 I g _ _ _ _ she’s about fiy.
2 I w_ _ _ _ s _ _ he’s unhappy.
4 It s _ _ _ _ l _ _ _ the artist was fascinated by her
subject.
5 He c _ _ _ _ b _ a scientist.
6 There’s s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ mysterious a _ _ _ _ this
portrait.
7 They l _ _ _ a b _ _ bored to me.
8 All the paintings look k _ _ _ o _ sad.
Choose the correct answer, a), b), c) or d).
I was recently 1
with my old friend, Nell, and it
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to me that there was something wrong. As a
rule, she never stops 3
but this time she was
very quiet. At first, I thought she was just tired but,
as time went by, I became more concerned so I asked
her several times if something 4
her. She
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saying everything was fine but I 6
she
was hiding something.
I think it is sometimes easier to talk to someone if
you’re not looking at them so I asked her again when
we were in the car 7
to the cinema. This time, she
told me everything. It turned out that she was having
problems at work and she thought that she was
going to lose her job. I know she 8
be dramatic
so I wondered if she was exaggerating the situation.
Basically, a colleague was always publically 9
her work so Nell 10
confidence. I told her that it
seemed to me that the colleague was probably a
trouble-maker and that she should try ignoring him.
1 a) stay
b) have stayed
2 a) guessed
b) seemed
3 a) talking
b) to talk
4 a) worry
b) worried
5 a) would
b) always
6 a) was pretty sure
b) would say
7 a) drove
b) driving
8 a) is inclined
b) is always
9 a) criticised
b) criticises
10 a) lost
b) was losing
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c) staying
d) had been staying
c) wondered
d) suggested
c) is talking
d) talks
c) is worrying
d) was worrying
c) will keep
d) kept
c) wondered
d) hazard a guess
c) had driven
d) was driving
c) has a tendency to
d) keeps on
c) been criticising
d) criticising
c) loses
d) is losing