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STUDY GUIDE
‘This guide is to help you decide which units you need to study. The sentences in the guide are
grouped together (Present and past, Articles and nowns etc. in the same way as the units in the
Contents (page ii).
Each sentence can be completed using one or more of the alternatives (A, B, C etc: There aze
between two and five alternatives each time. IN SOME SENTENCES MORE THAN ONE
ALTERNATIVE IS POSSIBLE.
If you don't know or if you are not sure which alternatives are correct, then you probably
need to study the unir() listed on the right. You will also find the correct sentence in this anit. (1f
two or three units ace listed, you will find the correct sentence in the frst one.)
‘There is a key to this study guide on page 343.
IRYOUARENOT SURE RICHI ICT Ty
Present and past
wt this week? ‘No, she's on holiday.”
A Ts Susan working B Does Susan work C Does work Susan
1.2 [don’t understand this sentence. What en
‘A does mean this word B does this word mean G means this word
13° John sno tennis once or twice a week,
4 is playing usually Bis usually playing C usually plays D_plays usually
14 How now? Better than before?
A youare feeling B do you feel C are you feeling
15. Tewasa boring weekend.
A didn't B Idon'tdo CG Tdidn’t do
16 Tom : his hand when he was cooking the dinner.
A burotB was buening Chas buroe
» anything,
Present perfect and past
2.1 Jimis away on holiday. He +0 Spain.
‘A isgone B has gone C has been
2.2 Everything is going well. We any problems so fa.
A didn’t have B don’thave C haven't had
2.3 Linda has lost her passport again. It's the second time this
Avhas happened B happens C happened
24 You're out of breath. sonmnmnn 2
A Are you running B Have you rn Have you been running
25 Where's the book I gave you? What... with i?
A hoave you done B have you been doing C are you doing
2.6 We're good friends. We each other for a long time.
A know B have known C have been knowing D knew
27 Sally has been working here
A forsix months B since six months © six months ago
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28 Iesewo years Joe.
A that Idon’t see B thar Thaven't seen C since didn't see D since I saw
29 They ‘out after lunch and they've just come back
A went B have gone © ate gone
2.10 The Chinese. suosnons pelating,
A invented B have invented Chad invented
241 fan in Scotland for ten years. Now he lives in London.
A lived B has lived © has been living
2.12 ‘The man sitting next to me on the plane was nervous because
Be ea reve BOFOEE
‘A hasn't flown B didn’t fly C hadn’t flown D_wasa't flying
. sso: a.€a when they were living in London?
A Had they B Did they have C Were they having D Have they had
244 1 television a lot but I don’e any more.
A was watching B was used to watch C used co watch,
Future
3 tomorrow, so we can go out somewhere.
A Pmanot working B Idon't work GC Twon'c work
3.2 That bag looks heavy you with i
ATmhelping B Thelp CPilhelp
3.3. [think che weather be nice later.
A will B shall C is gometo
3.4 ‘Annisin hospital? ‘Yes, I know. her tomorrow.’
A Lvisit B Pmgoingto visit C Pil visi
3.5 We're late. The film by the time we get to the cinema.
A will already start B will be already started C will already have started
3.6 Don't worry Jace tonight
Ajiflam Bwhenlam C whonT'llbe D ifTllbe
Modals
4.1 ‘The fire spread through she building quickly bus everybody .
A was able to escape B managed to escape C could escape
4.2 ‘The phone is ringing. It be Tim,
A might B can C could
4.3 Why did you stay at a hotel when you went to New York? You
with Barbara,
Acanstay B could stay C could have stayed
44 Pvelostone of my gloves. 1 it somewhere,
‘A must drop B must have dropped © must be dropping
D mast have been dropping
30245 Takean umbrella with you when you go out. It rain later
Avmay Bemight C can D could
4.6 What was weong with you? Why {20 t0 hospital?
A had youto B did you have to. G must you
4.7 ‘There's pleaty of time. You - hurey.
A don’thave to B mustn’r C needn't
4.8 Ir wasa great party ast night. You ‘come. Why didn’t you?
A musthave B should have C ought to have D bad to
49 Jane sear
‘A. suggested that [buy B suggested that I should buy © suggested me to buy
4.10 [think all drivers seat belts.
Ashould wear Bhad better wear Chad better to wear
4AL les late, Ie’ time home.
Awe go Bwe must go Cwe should go D we went
Conditionals and ‘wish?
5.1 Pim not tired enough co go ¢o bed yet 1 wouldnt sleep if.
to bed now.
A go Bowent © had gone D would go
52 Mlwere you, 1 that coat, I's much too expensive.
A won't buy B don’t buy GC amnot going to buy D_ wouldn't buy
5.3. Idecided to stay at home lastnight. I would have gone OUE if x.cne nnn
60 tired.
A wasn't B weren't woulda’s have been D hadn't been
SA LwishT a car. It would make life so much easier.
Avhave B had C would have
Passive
61 We by 2 loud noise during the night:
A woke up. B are woken up C were woken up D were waking up
6.2 There's somebody walking behind us. I think
A we are following B we are being followed C we are followed
D we are being following
63 “Where ? “In London.”
A were you born B are you born G have you been born did you born
64 Thetrain arrive at 11.30 but it was an hour late
A supposed to B is supposed co C was supposed ro
65 Where 2? Which hairdresser did you go to?
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A did you cur your hair B have you cut your hair
did you have cut your hai D did you have your hair cutstupy ove
“OS SRNOU ARENOT SURE WHICH IS RIGHT:
Reported speech
7-1 Hello, Jim. I didn’t expect 10 see you today. Sonia said you
Aare Bwere C was D should be
72 Aan and left.
‘A said goodbye to me B said me goodbye told me goodbye
Questions and auciliary verbs
BL HOW nnn - ‘Nobody knows.”
‘A happened the secident B did happen the accident
© did the accident happen
8.2 ‘Do you know where P ‘No, he didn’e say”
A Tomas gone B has Tom gone © has gone Tom
83. The police officer stopped us and asked us where
A were we going B are we going C weare going D we were going
8.4 ‘Do you think it’s going to rain?” cs
A Thopenot B Idon’'t hope © Tdon't hope so
8.5 “You don’e know where Karen is, ? ‘Sorry, Pre no idea.
A don'tyou B doyou C isshe
-ing and the infinitive
9A You can't stop me wswsonennnvnnes What Want
A doing Bdo C todo D thatido
9:2 mut gs aow I promised ire
A notbeing B nortobe "© toner be B Uwouldet be
9:3 Do youwant with you o do you want ogo alone?
A mecoming B metocome C thatIcome D thatI will come
94 msure locked the door: I clear emember ie
A locking B tolock C to have locked
9.5 She tried to be serious but she couldn't help
‘A laughing B to laugh © thatshe laughed
9.6 Vike the kitchen as often as possible.
A cleaning B clean C toclean D that I clean
9.7 Pmtired. Pd rather... «son Olt this evening, if you don't mind,
A not going B nottogo C don’tgo D not go
9.8 ‘Shall Istay here?” ‘Te rather with us
A youcomé B youtocome C youcame D you would come
9.9 re you looking forward ‘Ann again?
A seeing B tosee C to seeing
9.10 When Jane came to Britain, she bad to get used oon on the left.
A driving B to driving "C to drive
9.11 Pim thinking... vw. house. Do you think that’s a good idea?
A tobuy B ofto buy C of buying942
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Articles and nouns
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Pm sure you'll have no. the exam.
A difficulty to pass B difficulties to pass C difficulties passing
D difficulty passing
A friend of mine phoned... sve ME 10 a party.
A for invite B toinvite C for inviting D_forto invite
Jim doesn’t speak very clearly.
‘A Icis difficule to understand him. B He i difficult 10 understand,
CC He is difficult ro understand him.
The path was icy, so we walked very carefully. We weee afraid
A offalling B from falling C to fall
I didn’t hear You wsocsenennne iM, YOU mrust have been very quiet.
A come Btocome C came
a hotel, we looked for somewhere to have dinner.
A Finding B After finding C Having found D We found
Call an ambulance, Theses beet sons
A-accident B an accident” C some accident
“Where are you going?” ‘Tm going to buy ;
Avabread "B some bread C loaf of bread
Sendra works at big hospital. She's
Avnume Beanurse C the nurse
She works six days. week
Ain Bior Ca D the
There ace milion of stars in
Avspace B aspace C the space
Enery day begins a 9 and finishes ac 3.
A school B a school C the school
sven 8 peobler in most big cities.
‘A Grime is B Thecsimeis © The crimes are
When seers invented?
A vias telephone B were telephones © was the telephone
D wore the telephones
We visited
A Canada and United States B the Canada and the United States
© Canada and the United States D the Canada and United States
Joni a student at
‘A London University B the London University C the University of London
What time on television?
Avisthenews B arethe news C isaews
Teook us quite long time to get het 1¢ 84 nse Jee
A threshour Bathrechours Ca three-hour
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10.13
Whereis ?
‘A the manager office B the manager's office the office of the manager
D the office of the manager's
Pronouns and determiners
4
na
13
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11.10
maa
Tm going to wedding on Saturday. is getting married.
A Afriend of me BA friend of mine C One my friends
What time shall we von this evening?
[A mect B meet us © meet ourselves
They live on a busy road. a lot of noise from the trafic.
[A Temuse be B There must be C There must have D Ke must have
He's lazy. He never does work
Asome B any C no
“What would you like co ent?" “don't mind — whatever
you've got”
‘A Something B Anything C Nothing
We couldn'vbuy anything because ofthe shops were open,
A-all Boone C none D nothing
‘When we were on holiday, we spent money.
A alotof B much C too much
‘don't visi chis part of the town,
A'The most tourists B Most of tourists C Most tourists
asked two people the way ¢o the station but of them knew.
A-none B either © both D neither
Tk was a great party. enjoyed it.
A Everybody B All C Allofus D Everybody of us
‘The bus service is very good. There's a bus. ‘ten minutes,
Aveach Bevery C all
Relative clauses
Ra
12.2
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don’t like stories have ushappy endings.
A that B they C which D who
1 dida’t believe them at first bu in fact everything was true,
‘A they said B that chey said what they said
‘What's che name of the man 2
‘A you borrowed his car B which car you borcowed
C whose car you borrowed D his car you borrowed
Colin told me about his new job, very much,
A that he's enjoying B which he's enjoying Che's enjoying
D he's enjoying it
Sheila couldn’t come to the party, ; was a pity.
A that Bit G what D whichPair your wHIeTERGN
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12.6 Some of the people to the party can’t come.
A inviting B invited C who invited D they were invited
Adjectives and adverbs
13.1 Jane doesn’t enjoy her job. She's because she does the same
thing every day.
A boring B bored
13.2 ‘The woman was carrying a bag
A black small plastic B sinall and black plastic © small black plasic
D plastic small black.
13.3. Maria's English is excellent. She speaks
A perfectly English B English perfectly C perfect English D English perfect
4 He to find a job but he had no luck.
A tied hard B tried hardly C hardly tried
13.5 Thaven't seen her for [Pve forgotten what she looks like.
A solong B asolong time C asuch long time D such a long time
13.6 Thaven't got on holiday at the moment
‘A money enough £0 go B enough money to go C money enough for going
D enough money for going
13.7 Let's geta taxi. I's to walk.
‘A aguitelong way B quite along way C rathera long way
13.8 ‘The exam was quite easy wwe expected.
A more easy that B moreeasy than C easier than D easier as
13.9. The more electricity you use,
A your bill will be higher B will be higher you bill
© the higher your bill will be
13.10 He's a fast runner. Lean’t run as fast a5 ;
Avhe Bhim hecan
13.11. The film was really boring. ft was Pe ever seen
‘A most boring film B the more boring film C the film more boring
D the most boring film
13.12 Tom likes walking, 7 ses
[A Every morning he walks to work. He walks to work every morning.
© He walks every morning to work.
13.13 long time for the bus.
‘A. Always we have to wait B We always have to wait
G We have always to wait D_ We have to wait always
13.44 Ann. She let last month.
A still doesn’t work here B doesn’r still work here C no more works here
D doesn’e work here any more
1Bas she can’e drive, she has bought a car. pri)
A Even B Eventhough C Evenif D Even when
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Gonjunctions and prepositions
WHC
14.1 Leouldn’t sleep very tired.
A although Iwas B despite Iwas C despite of being D in spite of being
14.2 You should insure your bicydle stolen,
A incaseit willbe B ifitwillbe G incaseitis D ifitis
14,3. The club is for members only. You you're a member.
A can’t go in if B can go in only if C can'ego in unless D can go in unless
14.4 Angela has been married a long time. She got married she was
23 years old.
A when Bas
14,5 What a beautiful house! It's a palace.
Aas B like
14.6 They are very kind to me. "They treat me their own son,
AlikeTam Basiflam C asiflwas D asif {were
14,7 Pll be in London next week. I hope to see Tom there
A while Iwill be B while Tam C during my visit D daring Lam
14.8 Fred is away at the moment. I don't know exactly when he's coming back but
Pm sure he'll be back Monday.
A by B uncil
Prepositions
15.1 Pllbe at home... Friday morning. You ean phone me then,
Aat Bon Cin
15.2 Um going away ...... the end of January. rr]
Aat Bon Cin
15.3. When we were in Italy, we spenta few days... Venice. rary
Aat Bto Cin
15.4 Ourflac is... the second floor of the building.
Aat Bon Cin
15.5 saw Jack ...... a concert lat Saturday.
Aat Bon Cin
15.6 What time did they the hotel?
A arriveto B arriveat C arrivein D getto E getin
15.7 Tom's away at the moment. He's... holiday in France.
Aat Bon Cin D for
15.8 We travelled eonnssnsonne 645 train, which acrived at 8.30,
Aiinthe Boonthe C bythe D by
15.9 Have you read any books ..... Agatha Christie?
A of B from C by
15.10. The accident was my fault, so I had co pay for the damage... dhe other ear.
Aof Bfor Cto Don Eat15.11
15.12
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15.4
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‘Why were you so unfriendly ‘Tessa? Have you had an argument with her?
Aof Bior Cw D with
T'm not very good repairing things.
Ajat Bfor Cin D about
I don’t understand this sentence. Can you 2
A explain to me this word B explain me this word C explain this word to me
If you're worried about the problem, you should do something... it.
A for B about C against D with
“Who is Tom Madely?” ‘Tve no idea. Tye never heard... im
A about B fom C after D of
“What time will you arrive?” ‘I dont know. It depends... the traffic”
Avof Bior C from D on
I prefer tea... coffee.
Ato Behan C against D over
‘They gave me a form and told me to
A fillin B fi
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