Vocabulary exercise – 3rd year
1 Explain the following compounds
2 Use them in your own sentences
house plant, home town, home coming, house bound, home-made, home-grown
1 Explain the following idioms
2 Use them in your own sentences
to get on like a house on fire
to bring the house down
to be as safe as houses
to hit home
Vocabulary exercise – 2nd year
Explain the following phrasal verbs (both, IDIOMATIC and LITERAL meaning) and use them in your own sentences:
Take off
Cut off
Get on with
Run out of
Put up with (no literal meaning!!!)
2. Explain the TWO meanings of the following words (write the part of speech too!) and use them in your own sentences:
1. train
2. nail
3. right
4. mean
Vocabulary excercise – vocational, 2nd year
1. Spoji riječi u smislene fraze i prevedi ih:
Alarm / cream / 1Car / glasses / 2
Traffic / table / 3
Credit / coat / 4
Sun / lights / 5
Ice / card / 6
Time / park / 7
Rain / clock / 8
2. Prevedi fraze i upotrijebi ih u vlastitim rečenicama:
1. Write poetry –
2. Take your time –
3. Stay in bed –
4. Take responsibility –
3. At the doctor's:
Prevedi slijedeće fraze na hrvatski jezik:
To have the flue –
To have swollen glands –
To have the temperature –
To have the cold –
Headache -
Toothache -
Vocabulary – linking words - 4th year
*Look at the sentence and the three words below it. Decide which word completes each sentence.
-I spent several years in Spain, ______I never learnt to speak Spanish.
and despite yet
-She found the job very tough. ______she stayed at the company and was finally promoted. And Nevertheless Though
-They went to the beach ______the bad weather.
although and despite
-He spent several years in Finland ______then moved to Poland.
and despite however
-He never went to university, ______getting top marks at school.
although in spite of nevertheless
-She has recovered from the accident now ______she still feels scared when she goes anywhere in a car.
but despite in spite of
-Even ______Paul's brother lives in Brazil, he has never been there.
although despite though
-She apologized for taking the car without my permission. ______, I was still angry.
Also Despite However
-______the bad weather, they still went ahead with the game.
Although Despite However
-Not only did he lose the business ______he lost his house as well.
also and but
*Look at the word in brackets following each sentence. Complete each sentence by writing the correct form of the word in the gap.
None of his______ever worked. (invent)
She made several______on television during her career. (appear)
The race was very______but he eventually won. (compete)
He said he wanted to be a______but he actually became a dentist. (law)
The______on the estate complained about the new parking restrictions. (reside)
They waited______for the news. (anxious)
______of electrical goods has increased this year. (consume)
It was a boring match, completely______. (event)
The teacher warned him about his______. (behave)
His______to tobacco was very strong. (addict)
There was a small______in the economy this year. (improve)
He put in a fine______. (perform)
There has been another decrease in the number of______in Britain. (marry)
The______of the house was very large and they decided to covert it into a studio. (base)
The police began their______by searching the house. (investigate)
They closed the building because it was______. (safe)
His______was not as serious as first thought. (injure)
The house had large rooms and was very______. (comfort)
Vocabulary exercise – word formation 2g
1. MAKE NEW WORDS OUT OF BASES BY USING PREFIXES OR SUFFIXES. Where there is no possibility, put an “x”:
PREFIX / BASE / SUFFIXhelp
literate
rely
understand
measure
use
kind
popular
conscious
2. FILL IN THE GAPS BY ADDING OR LOSING A PREFIX OR SUFFIX TO THE WORDS IN GAPS:
a) Jane is a very______(LOYALTY) friend.
b) Why do you hang out with Peter? He's so______(MATURE).
c) My gran doesn't like______(POLITE) children at all.
d) What you are saying is completely______(RELEVANT) to our discussion. Are you listening at all???
e) Mr Johnson is a very______(RESPECT) member of our community.
f) Tom is a very ______(SENSE) child. Be careful what you say to him.
g) U2 is one of the most ______(SUCCESS) bands in the world.
h) You forgot the flowers for our anniversary?!! How______(THOUGHT) of you.
3. WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED – CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE SOLUTION:
a) ashamed embarrassed nervous
-You should be______of yourself!!! Lying like this all the time!
-Peter told such a silly joke at the party and no one laughed. He was so ______.
b) bring take fetch
-Jack’s ______the cake to dinner tonight.
-Can your dog ______a stick if you throw it?
c) alone lonely lone
-Jim has no friends at all. He’s a real ______wolf.
-Even though Lorna has many friends she sometimes gets very ______.
d) actually at the moment really
-“Sorry I’m late. The traffic’s awful!” “______, we were just about to start so don’t worry; you haven’t missed a thing”.
-I’m doing my homework ______so I can’t come out. I’ll join you all later.
Grammar – modals 1st and 4th year
1. Fill in the modal verbs:
1.She______cheated on the test (impossibility, past). / 11. Great weather! The sea ______be excellent (certainty, present).2. Peter______do his homework right away (obligation, external, present). / 12.The house______been empty for a long time (certainty, past)
3. You______smoke in here (prohibition, present). / 13Sally ______gone to bed. She’s not answering her phone (possibility, past)
4. ______I speak to Mr Jones, please? (permission, present) / 14. If I go to London, I______visit the Tower (possibility, present).
5.You ______seen the doctor (advice, past). / 15.______you come to my party? (invitation)
6.We______to smoke at school (prohibition, past). / 16.We______call the police (internal obligation, present)
7. We______learn the whole text by heart (lack of obligation, past). / 17.What ______I do with this box?(asking for advice, present)
8. Johnny ______go to bed. He doesn’t listen at all (refusal, present). / 18. Oh, that______be Peter at the door (certainty based on habit, present).
9. ______I call the police, or not? (asking for advice, present) / 19. What ______you like to eat (offer, present)
10.I______speak 3 languages when I was 25. Now I only speak French (ability, past, general). / 20. John ______tell any more lies(prohibition, present).
Explain the use of modality in the following sentences; denote the tense - present or past:
1. May I come out with you tonight?
2. It may not have been Peter who lost the keys.
3. That will be the postman. He always comes at 9 o’clock.
4. You don’t have to come with me.
5. Young children must eat a lot.
6. You mustn’t drink alcohol in the Middle East.
7. Lara should go to the doctor immediately.
8. It can’t have been Tom holding Tanya’s hand! They have broken up last month.
9. I was able to speak English when I was five.
10. We ought to go now. It’s late.
VERB PATTERNS 1st and 4th year
Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form:
1. I adore______(cook) for my family.
2. Tom doesn't mind______(come) earlier tomorrow.
3. Why did I ever agree______(work) with you?! I hate it!
4. My younger brother is learning______(sing). He's very good.
5. Mum advised Tom______(go) to the dentist. He's got a toothache.
6. The teacher told the class______(open) their books.
7. Please, mum let me______(eat) some more chocolate.
8. Just as we were getting ready to go out it started______(rain).
9. It's impossible______(cut) with this blunt knife.
10. It was very mean of John______(say) that to you.
11. Is it a good idea______(change) your mind now? Peter will be angry.
12. I remember ______(fall) off my bed when I was three.
13. I'll never forget______(meet) John! I was absolutely charmed!
14. I started ______(read) when I was six years old.
15. I made Paul______(hide) the letter. Hopefully, no one will realize it.
16. Explain the difference:
· I remember seeing him with Jenny.
· I remember to take my pills every day.
· I stopped phoning him.
· I stopped to phone mum and tell her I'd be late.
Conditional clauses – 2nd and 4th year
1. Put the verbs in the right tense/form – all conditionals:
1. French is essential for this job. Everybody speaks it. If they______(not
know) it, they ______(not understand) the callers.
2. I wasn't really surprised we got lost. I knew he couldn't map-read. But, if you______(know) that, why ______you ______(take) him?
3. The only thing I didn't have in London was a balcony. If I ______(have) one, I ______(grow) lots of flowers.
4. Unless you come down now.....
5. If you had the car....
6. If Tom had been more careful...
7. We could have got the seats if...
8. If I buy this jacket...
9. We'll have to go without Ann if...
10. No one bathes here. The water is heavily polluted. If you ______(bathe) in it, you______(be) ill.
11. So many parcels and no basket! If I ______(know) that we were going to buy so much, I______(bring) a basket.
12. This flat ______(be) all right if the people upstairs ______(not, be) so noisy.
13. If you______(not, water) the plants, they______(die).
14. If you______(drop) an egg, it______(break).
15. If it ______(freeze) tonight, the roads______(be) very slippery.
16. I______(will, not) wake if the alarm clock______(not, go) off.
2. Make second or third conditional clauses for the following situations:
1. There weren’t any eggs, so I couldn’t make an omelette.
2. He doesn’t know the answer, so he can’t help us.
3. I had a headache. I didn’t go swimming.
4. Jim works hard. He has no time to spend with his family.
3. Write the wishes for the following situations:
1. I am out of work.
2. It rained the whole day yesterday.
3. I didn’t win the lottery.
4. I can’t lose weight.
5. We live in the city.
4. Make your own sentences using the following conjunctions: in case, suppose, as long as, provided, unless and imagine
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