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MODULE 1
• Prepositions
7
Fill in the correct prepositions. Check in
Appendix II. Choose any five of them and
make sentences using them.
1
He
aimed
. . . . . . . . the target and
released the arrow.
2
He isn’t
keen
. . . . . . . comedies.
3
I was upset when our holiday
came
. . . . . . . .
an end
.
4
A lot of people live . . . . . . .
isolation
.
5
The team are
confident
. . . . . . winning the cup.
6
Bell is
famous
. . . . . . . inventing the phone.
7
The lecturer gave an interesting
interpretation
. . . . . . . . Shakespeare’s sonnets.
8
Her pet dog
died
. . . . . . . . a mysterious illness.
9
The old lady
died
. . . . . . . . an accident.
10
He’s
obsessed
. . . . . the idea of becoming a film star.
5
Put the verbs in brackets into the
past simple
,
past continuous
,
past perfect
or
past perfect
continuous
. Give reasons.
When my brother
1)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(suggest)
that we go to see the David Copperfield performance
at the local stadium, I immediately
2)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(agree)
. He
3)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(tell)
me about the
amazing tricks that he
4)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(perform)
in the
past and I have to admit I
5)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(be)
intrigued.
On the night of the performance, as we
6)
. . . . . . . . . . .
(enter)
the venue, there was an immense
feeling of anticipation in the air while the audience
7)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(hurry)
to find their seats. As the lights
8)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(dim)
, everyone
9)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(go)
silent.
The show that
10)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(follow)
left me
breathless. After his first trick, where his assistant
11)
. . . . . . . . .
(cut)
him in half, Copperfield
12)
. . . . . . . . .
(invite)
audience members to supply him with dates of
birth and anniversaries. He then
13)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(proceed)
to open a locked box and
14)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(pull)
out a piece of paper with the exact dates printed on
it! Then, the illusionist
15)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(play)
back an
audiotape that he
16)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(record)
before the
show on which he
17)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(recite)
the dates
that the audience members
18)
. . . . . . . . . . . .
(give)
him.
As the evening
19)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(progress)
,
Copperfield
20)
. . . . . . . . . . . .
(make)
a person disappear
and reappear in another country and, magically
21)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(transport)
thirteen audience
members to the back of the theatre. I was very impressed
by Copperfield’s talent and I
22)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(have)
to
admit to myself that it was the greatest performance I
23)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ever/see)
.
Listening
8
Listen to someone talking about a
film they watched. Answer the questions.
1
Which film did he watch?
2
Who starred in it?
3
Who was it directed by?
4
What was the film about?
5
What were the special effects like?
6
Did they recommend the film?
Speaking
9
You have recently watched a film. Tell your
partner about:
•
the title/actors/director of the film
•
your description of the plot
•
your comments on the music/atmosphere etc
•
your positive or negative opinion
Writing
10
Use your answers in Ex. 9 to write a short
review of the film.
5
Rachel started taking piano lessons five years ago.
been
Rachel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for five years.
6
He has never flown on an aeroplane before.
first
It’s the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . flown on an aeroplane.
• Key word transformations
6
Complete the sentences using the words in
bold. Use two to five words.
1
Sally isn’t as quick at typing as Pam.
than
Pam is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally is.
2
Her parents didn’t let her stay out late when she
was young.
allowed
She . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . out late when she was young.
3
I can’t stand people laughing at me.
laughed
I can’t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at.
4
We had never been to Paris before.
first
It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . we had ever been to Paris.
Exam Practice: Use of English
