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Anglicka Gramatika Cvicebnice (B2)
Anglicka Gramatika Cvicebnice (B2)
Anglicka Gramatika Cvicebnice (B2)
Exercise 25: Write the correct form of adverbs. Be careful, some of them are
irregular.
Example: lucky – luckily
Exercise 28: Choose the proper form of the word in each sentence.
Example: It’ s quite UNUSUAL / UNUSUALLY to make a cake with carrots.
1. The soup tastes good / well. 6. These flowers smell nice / nicely.
2. Jane, you look terrible / terribly! 7. It rains heavy / heavily.
3. What a beautiful / beautifully skirt! 8. It sounds bad / badly.
4. I feel happy / happily today. 9. He earns a lot of money because he works hard / hardly.
5. Drive careful / carefully! 10. This wine tastes quite strange / strangely.
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ADVERBS + ADJECTIVES
(příslovce ve spojení s přídavným jménem – I am terribly sorry.)
Exercise 31: Rewrite the following sentences using the words in brackets.
Example: Have you been arrested? (ever) Have you ever been arrested?
1. Tom goes to work by car. (always) ..................................................................................................................
Exercise 32: Make sentences from the following words and phrases, adding
the necessary punctuation.
Example: always / goes / in his / Mr. Johnson / old Fiat / to work
Mr. Johnson always goes to work in his old Fiat.
1. a lot / because / he / I / my boss / rarely / see / travels
.................................................................................................................................................................................
2. do / ever / night / shifts / work / you/?
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3. a portrait / become / I / like / painter / to / would/ in the future
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4. usually / go / to / I / after / bed/ midnight
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5. and / employer / get on / I / my / quite well
.................................................................................................................................................................................
6. to / classmates/ a week / my/ cinema / go/ twice / the
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Exercise 122: What is the difference in meaning between the following sen-
tences? Translate them into Czech.
1. Nick is good to my parents.
2. Nick is good at languages.
3. I’ m sorry about the mess in my office.
4. I’ m sorry for Mr. Brown.
5. I’ m sorry for coming late.
to put off (going to England), to switch off (the lights), to take off (the plane),
OFF
to turn off (the heating), to get off (the bus)
to depend on (weather), to carry on (learning English), Come on! (Pojď už!,
Do toho!, Ale běž/ neříkej!), to focus on (your work), to concentrate on (work),
ON to put on (weight), to rely on (your memory), to turn on (the lights), to get on
(the bus), to get on with (your mother-in-law), to congratulate on (somebody’ s
success), to be keen on (sailing), to hold on (držat se, vydržet), to try on
to drop out (nedokončit např. školu), to find out (the truth), to send out (the let-
OUT
ters), to run out of (petrol, money) (minout)
OVER to take over (the company), to think it over, to turn over (a pancake)
TO to be kind to (me), to be married to (somebody)
to give up (smoking), to make up (new recipes), to look up (a new word in
UP the dictionary), to pick up (a lot of experience), to bring up (children), to get
up (vstát z postele), to wake up (probudit se)
7. to be PROUD ....................... me
9. Promyslím si to.
Exercise 126: Use the words in the box to complete the phrasal verbs in the text.
You can use the words more than once.
away down in off on out up
If the computer seems to have slowed down , try closing it 1....................... and switching it back
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....................... again (the memory is probably full). If your computer breaks 3....................... completely,
the most important thing to do is not to panic. If the computer has frozen, you should try pressing
the CTRL, ALT and DEL keys together. If you try that and nothing happens, then after a few min-
utes, you should just switch it 4....................... . If that does not work, you should pull 5....................... the
plug. When you plug it back 6....................... , it should start working again, but it may run through
some system tests first. If none of this helps, do not give 7....................... ! Get 8....................... the manual
(never throw it 9....................... !) – and if you cannot fix the problem using the manual, then look
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....................... the service number and phone them.
Exercise 127: Read the dialogue and fill in the missing prepositions.
A: I finally got the invitation 1....................... the interview. I can’ t wait to go 2....................... London.
You can’ t imagine how excited I am 3....................... it.
B: Wait, did you really apply 4....................... that job as an au pair? Are you sure 5....................... going
to London? Sorry, I just thought that you weren’ t interested 6....................... that job anymore. I am
really surprised 7....................... your decision. Why do you want to go?
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A: Well, I simply ran out 8....................... money. I can’ t live 9....................... the money I get here.
B: OK. I am not surprised 10....................... that. But do you realise that family life in Britain is different
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....................... ours?
A: I can’ t think 12....................... anything that will stop me 13....................... going.
B: Are you sure that you can take care 14....................... small children? Lucy, listen 15....................... me.
You will be responsible 16....................... them. It’ s not easy.
A: Look, it’ s really important to me! I insist 17....................... going.
B: I am really sorry 18....................... shouting. I just worry 19....................... you.
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Exercise 141: Fill the gaps with SAY / TELL / TALK / SPEAK.
Example: Could you tell me the time, please?
1. Do you ............................ English?
Exercise 142: Fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of SPEAK, SAY,
TELL or TALK.
Example: You didn’ t tell me where to send the money.
4. I’ ve had an argument with Anna, so she isn’ t ................................................... to me at the moment.
Exercise 144: Put in SAY / SPEAK / TELL / TALK in the appropriate form.
Example: I am talking to John Henkler about languages.
Dutch and his father 5................................... English. I think this is confusing, but he 6..................................
that at home they all 7...................................... in English. If his mother’ s parents were still alive,
it would be even more strange. They were both born in Belgium. Her father 8......................................
French and her mother Flemish. John hopes that he 9......................................... Dutch soon.
cousins. He doesn’ t know if his cousins can 12...................................... English, but I bet they can.