4

Complete these sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
(present simple or continuous)

1.

Buses usually ............................ (run) on time in my town.

2.
The government .............................. (build) a new motorway to
link the capital with other cities.
3.

So ... I ............................ (walk) into the room and what

.......................... (I/find)?
4. I .......................... (travel) to work by taxi until I get my car
back from the garage.
5. Bus drivers ........................... (always/go) on strike. It really
makes me angry!
6.

I often ........................ (walk) to work when the weather is fine.

7.

Water ......................... (boil) at 100 degrees.

8.

Lets run the bus ............................. (come).

9. Public transport .......................... (get) more and more expensive

nowadays.
10. He ........................ (answer) the phone and ......................
(type) letters in lawyers office.
8

Write the answers to the questions, using too, too much or too many.

1. Why did Jack leave his car at the pub and take a taxi home?
(beer)
He drunk too much beer.
2. Why did they drive to the cinema in two cars?
(people)
3. Why didnt Joanna stop for lunch yesterday?
(busy)
4. Why dont we go to the Caribbean for our holiday?
(expensive)
5. Why dont you let the children cycle to school?
(traffic)
6. What went wrong in your exam?
(slowly)
7. Why did you have the phone installed in the other room? (noise)
8. Can you understand what hes saying?
(quickly)
1. ..........................................................................
...
2. ..........................................................................
...
3. ..........................................................................
...
4. ..........................................................................
...
5. ..........................................................................
...

6. ..........................................................................
...
7. ..........................................................................
...
8. ..........................................................................
...
5

Correct these sentences.

1.

I am loving the nature.

.............................................................................
2.

I like very much the music.

.............................................................................
3.

The sun is always setting in the west.

....................................................................
4.

What is going up must come down.

..........................................................................
5.

I am share a flat with my cousin who studies psychology.

.............................................................................
6.

Listen! The telephone rings.

.............................................................................
7.

I go to the supermarket. Do you want anything?

.............................................................................
8.

Youre look very nice in that dress.

......................................................................
9.

Tony is not here. He plays basketball.

....................................................................
10. You are always complain about the weather.
.............................................................................
6
Complete the text using the correct form (past simple or past continuous)
of the verbs in brackets.

We had just had a nice meal and (1) ....................... (look) out of the
window, admiring the beauty of the clouds. Everything (2) ...................

(go) smoothly and I said to myself, Flying is great! We (3) ...............

(have) just half an hour to go before landing and I (4) .....................
(feel) pretty relaxed when the rather large woman who (5) ...................
(sit) next to me suddenly started telling me the story of her life. She (6)
.........................(wear) a luxurious fur coat because she said she (7)
.......................... (feel) cold. She was so large that she (8)
......................... (take) up not only her own seat, but half of mine
too. She overflowed into my seat like a big, furry animal. As she spoke, I
(9) ......................... (pretend) to read my newspaper, squashed like a
sardine in my seat. I (10)
.................................. (can) hear the womans voice droning on
above the noise of the engines.
Those (11) ................(be) hard times, she said. In those days, there
were twelve of us living under the same roof and we hardly (12) .............
(have) enough to eat. I thought she (13) .....................

(do) her best

to make up for it now. She had taken a bar of chocolate out of her handbag
and (14) ........................ (try) to unwrap it, which (15) ............
(be) difficult because it had melted and was sticking to the paper.

12

Join the beginnings and ends, put in

Beginnings
1. I work every day
2. My mother
3. They do everything together
4. Hello!
5. The cat
6. She likes all animals
7. The clock
8. His wife
9. His children
10.You can borrow it

even or only.

Ends
really understand me
rats
Its me
Knew that he was ill
thinks youre stupid
hated him
but for a few minutes
broke the silence
they brush their teeth together
on Sunday

1. ..........................................................................
...
2. ..........................................................................
...

3. ..........................................................................
...
4. ..........................................................................
...
5. ..........................................................................
...
6. ..........................................................................
...
7. ..........................................................................
...
8. ..........................................................................
...
9. ..........................................................................
...
10. .........................................................................
....

13

Write in

than, as or that.

1. Its ...................... warm .......................... toast in here.

2. Its later ........................................ I thought.
3. I think .......................................... she is Czech.
4. I feel stronger ....................................... I did.
5. Cant you eat faster ........................................... that?
6. Hes as funny ............................................ toothache.
7. Itll cost the same ............................................. before.
8. The car ............................................. I saw was too small.
9. The cat seems worse .......................................... yesterday.
10. Theres the boy ...................................... broke the window.
11. Its not as cold ......................................... yesterday.
12. Shes got the same job ............................................ me.
16

A. Put in such or so.

1. The weather was ............................... cold that all the football

matches were cancelled.
2. It was ..................................... hot weather that nobody could
do any work.

3. The book was .............................. boring that I stopped reading

it.
4. It was ................................. a good film that I went to see it
three times.
5. Theyve got .................................. a nice house that I always
love staying there.
6. And their garden is .............................. beautiful!
7. His voice is .................................. pleasant that I could
listen to him all day.
8. I dont know why she talks in ..................................... a loud
voice.
16 B.
Rewrite the sentences in Exercise above, using such instead of so or
so instead of such, and making any other necessary changes.
1 ..........................................................................
...
2 ..........................................................................
...
3 ..........................................................................
...
4 ..........................................................................
...
5 ..........................................................................
...
6 ..........................................................................
...
7 ..........................................................................
...
8 ..........................................................................
...
17
so.

Complete the sentences, using expressions (suitable adjectives) such or

1. It was ............................... that I couldnt see my hand in

front of my face.
2. The canteen served .............................. food that nobody could
eat it.
3. It was ....................................... car that the police
couldnt catch it.
4. The case was ................................... that nobody could lift it.

5. It was ...................................... lecture that I couldnt keep

my eyes open.
6. This language is ................................... that foreigners cant
learn it.
7. He was ........................................ person that everybody
liked him.
8. I was ....................................... that I went to sleep
standing up.

24
Put the bracketed expressions into the sentences and choose the correct
tenses.
1. I (like) footbal. (never0
.............................................................................
2. Im sorry for her. She (have) bad luck. all her life
...

..........................................................................

3. I (want) to be a doctor. (until I was fifteen)

.........................................................
4. He (be) unemployed. (ever since he left school)
........................................................
5. You (live) in this town? (How long)
....................................................................
6. I (not work) very hard. (when I was at university)
..........................................................................
...
7. He was ill before Christmas, but he (be) fine. (since then)
...........................................................................
..
8. I (have) trouble sleeping. (all this week)
.............................................................
9. I (have) trouble sleeping. (all last week)
.............................................................
10. I (learn) a lot. (in this job)
........................................................................
11. I (not learn) much. (in that job)

.....................................................................
12. My boyfriend and I (know) each other. (for ages)
.........................................................................
....
13. He (live) in Durban. (for a year before he got married)
.........................................................................
....
14. I (spend) three days in hospital. (last month)
........................................................
25

Complete the sentences with the present perfect or simple past.

1. I (play) ..................................... a lot of tennis this year.

2. She (have) ..................... six different jobs since she left school.
3. He (run) ........................... away from school three times when he
was fourteen.
4. How many cups of coffee you (drink) .....................................
today?
5. In those days, Andrew (come) ........................... to stay with us
most weekends.
6. Shakespeare (write) ..............................poems as well as plays.
7. Since my brother losst his job, he (write) .............................
two books.
8. Im not cooking today I (cook) ......................... all the meals
yesterday. In fact, I (cook) ........................ most of the meeals
this week.
9. Would you believe I (make) .......................... twenty-three phone
calls today?
10.Our team are rubbish. They just (lose) .......................... eight
games one after the other.

27
Complete the questions with a suitable expression. Dont use questions
where and when.
1 ................................................................... jeans
do you wear?
2

............................................................ is her hair?

...................................................... books do you read?

............................................................. is your TV?

......................................................... is the concert?

................................................... does the train leave?

....................................................... food do you like?

........................................................ are your gloves?

....................................................... bike is the best?

10 ...................................................... coat did you find?

11 ............................................. who told you you could sing?
12 .................................................. are you going to take?
31

Put in always or never. Write the word that will follow after it.

1. Add salt to potatoes when you cook them.

................................................................
2. Check the tyres before you drive a car.
................................................................
3. Cook chicken when its frozen.
.........................................................................
4. Wait more than fifteen minutes for somebody whos late.
................................................
5. Unplug (ijunk i srovs) the fridge before repairing it.
...............................................
6. Count your change after buying something.
..............................................................
7. Put off (atidti) till tomorrow what you can do today.
.................................................
8. Say I will love you for ever.
........................................................................
9. Pay bills the day you get them.
........................................................................
10.Apologize (atsiprayti) for things that are not your fault (kalt).
.....................................
32

Put in the correct form of there is; there isnt.

1. ...................................... no water on the moon.

2. ....................................... no railways in the 18th century.

3. Once upon a time ................................. a beautiful princess.
4. Tomorrow ................................................ snow.
5. ....................................... some soup, if youre hungry.
6. ...................................................... any potatoes?
7. .............................................. wars all through history.
8. ............................................................ many tigers
left in the wild.
9. ............................................. an accident can I phone?
10. Im afraid ......................................... time to see Granny.

33

Put in there is or it is.

1. .......................................... a cat in your bedroom.

2. ............................................... hard to understand him.
3. ............................................................ cold tonight.
4. ................................................... ice on the roads.
5. .................................................... nice to see you.
6. .......................................... somebody on the phone for you.
7. ................................................. a problem with the TV.
8. ..................................................... to late to go out.
9. ........................................ a funy smell in the kitchen.
10. Whats that noise? ........................................ the wind.
36
Write in the correct tense simple present or present continuous in the
following sentences.
1. I (sleep) .......................... on Nikos sofa until (kol) I find a
place of my own.
2. I only (work) .............................. there for a couple of months
because Im going abroad in the summer.
3. If you (not listen) .............................. to the radio, why dont
you switch it off?
4. His only (vienintelis) bad habit (protis) is he (talk) ..................
too loudly.
5. So in the first scene we (see) ........................... him getting up

and he (go) ....................... out and (meet) ....................... a

strange woman.
6. You (make) ............................... goulash using meat, vegetables
and paprika.
7. I never do anything when I (feel) ........................ against (prie)
my principles.
8. He (appear) /pasirodo/ ......................... to be (yra) very friendly
but I dont know him very well.
9. Theres nobody at the door; you just (hear) .............................
things.
10.Im thinking about a university after school what you
(think) ............................ ?
Is it a good idea?
48
1.

Put the given words in the correct order to make questions.

long / the / take / how / did / journey

.......................................................................... ?
2.

was / in / snowing / it / Manchester

.......................................................................... ?
3.

you / how / are / old

.......................................................................... ?
4.

were / where / born / you

........................................................................... ?
5.

here / you / lived / long / how / have

........................................................................... ?
6.

you / are / married

........................................................................... ?
7.

you / a / do / family / have

........................................................................... ?
8.

worked / how / as / editor / long / an / you / have

........................................................................... ?
9.

can / work / you / when / start

........................................................................... ?
10. like / your / most / you / what / job / do / about
........................................................................... ?

11. us / you / told / who / about

........................................................................... ?
12. good / a / what / manager / are / qualities / the / of
........................................................................... ?
13. expect / be / much / you / do / how / to / paid
........................................................................... ?
14. paid / last / in / much / how / you / being / were / job / your
........................................................................... ?
49.
Fill in each space with a word from the list. You may use the words
more than once. Write the word in a right form. The first ( 0 ) has been
given as an example.
Lot
than

young
the

old
as

lively
expensive
much
good
little ( be careful )

( be careful )

Woof or Miaow?
Cats, as we all know, are ..........much............. ( 0 ) quieter than dogs
and a .........................( 1 ) smaller, so when my wife and I were
debating whether to buy our ...................... ( 2 ) son a pet it seemed
......................... ( 3 ) sensible

(protinga) to choose a kitten

......................... ( 4 ) a puppy. Our ........................ ( 5 )

son, who is 16 now had a tortoise when he was little but found it the
................... ( 6 ) boring pet on earth. At least a kitten would do
........................... ( 7 ) interesting things .................
( 8 ) a tortoise.
However, the little spaniel we saw in one shop was, my wife said,
.................... ( 9) cutest thing she had ever seen. I didnt argue
because, although cats are not ........................ ( 10 ) as dogs, they
are much .............................. ( 11 ) entertaining. Dogs, they say,
are also .................................. ( 12 ) intelligent /protingas/.
Cats, like tortoises, dont do much; they want to sit around all day, looking
as enigmatic (nesuprantamas) ...................... ( 13 ) a spinx and just
as dull. Dogs are ......................... ( 14 ) and we both felt young
Edward would learn more from that frisky /judrus/ little spaniel
................................... ( 15 ) he would from any cat. The

............................. ( 16 ) Edward grew .......................

.......................... ( 17 ) ........................... more difficult
it became to keep him occupied and we both felt a dog would be a
........................ ( 18 ) companion for him from that point of view.
Cats are ................. ( 19 ) demanding (reikalaujancios) and also less
........................... ( 20 ) to look after but we thought that such a
beautiful spaniel was worth of it.
50. Complete the sentences with a comparative or superlative form adding any
words that are needed.
You may use some words twice.
Boring
warm
wonderful
lucky
old
far
interesting
1.

strong
intelligent
difficult

simple

good
comfortable
cheap

calm
hot
bad

This exercise is not easy cant we try a

........................................................ one?
2.

Englands too cold in the Spring lets go to Spain where its

........................................
3.

She comes top in all exams she must be

...................................................... girl in the class.

4.

The temperature in July reaches 44 degrees its

.................................. month of the year.

5.

Let buy this video it doesnt cost that much its

.......................................... the other one.

6.

This pens not very good Id like

.............................................. one, please.

7.

When I passed my driving test, it was the

......................................... day of my life.

8.
Lying down in bed is .................................................
sitting on a hard chair.
9.

Our youngest son doesnt want to be a teacher unlike his

................................... brother.

10. Australia is much .................................. from Europe than I

thought.
11. I could hardly keep awake it was .....................................
Ive ever seen.
12. The rules of the game are too complicated. Can we play something
........................................ ?
13. Shes ............................ person I know she is always winning
prizes in lotteries.
14. A couple of miles is ..................................... I can walk.
Then wellhave to catch the bus.
15. I have a ............................................................
headache today than I did yesterday.
16. This is ............................ restaurant in town; Im never coming
here again.
17. I cant do this test can you give me a ..........................

one?

18. She was the ............................... person at the party and I sat
next to her all evening. It was awful!
52. Underline the correct phrase in the following sentences.
1.

We had to pay a high such price / such a high price for coffee in London.

2.

Passing my driving test was such a / a so good feeling.

3.

He had such / such a bad breath no woman would go near him.

4.

We had a such / such an awful day that we wouldnt do it again.

5.

She loved him such / so deeply she couldnt bear it when he was away.

6.
There were so few / such a few people there, they nearly cancelled the
performance.
7.

The film was such a / so scary I nearly left the cinema.

8.

I had so many / so much things to do I didnt know where to start.

9.

It was a suc / such a lovely day we took a picnic to the park.

10. There was so much / such noise I could hardly hear myself think.
57. Put the verbs in brackets into the corect form of the present simple or
present continuous.
1.

What you ...................................................... (cook)?

I ................................... (make) vegetarian soup.
You .................................. (eat) vegetables every day?

No, I usually ........................... ( have ) meat at the weekend.

2.

What you ............................................... (do) tonight?

Nothing specially. Why?
Would you like to go to the cinema?
That ................................ (sound) like a good idea.
What you ................................................ (want) to see.
Id really like to see Titanic.
I .......................................... (hate) watching sad films.
How about a comedy then?
OK.

3.

You ............................... (spend)

this summer in Sicily?

No, this year we ............................... (go)

to the North of

Scotland. A friend of yours ......................................(have)

a cottage near Inverness.
Oh, how wonderful! You ............................... (take)

the

children with you?

No, they ........................... (stay) with my mother because they
............................ (not like) to be away from their friends.
59. Join the sentences using who or which.
.............................................................................
1. I am reading a book. It is very interesting.
.............................................................................
2. This is the car. Tom bought it last week.
.............................................................................
3. This is Mrs Tomas. His doctor is a doctor.
.............................................................................
4. The Vikings were warriors (kariai). They lived in Scandinavia.
.............................................................................
5. Alfred Hitchcock was a film director. He made a lot of interesting films.

.............................................................................
6. Clare is an accountant. (buhalter) She works for my father.
.............................................................................
7. A bee (bit) is an insect (vabzdys). It makes honey (medus).
.............................................................................
8. Carl Lewis is an athlete. He has won several gold medals.
.............................................................................
9. Elephants are very big ant strong. They can eat about 225 kilos of grass
in one day.
.............................................................................
10. I watched a film. It was extremely interesting.
60. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or past continuous.
1. Where you (be) 1) .....................................................
when you (see) 2) the accident?
I (stand) 3 ) ......................................................... on
the corner of Jameson Street.
What exactly (happen) 4) ............................................... ?
Well, a boy (ride) 5) ....................................... his bicycle
along the road towards the traffic lights when suddenly a car ( drive) 6)
..................................... around the corner. The driver (lose) 7)
.............................. control and (hit) 8) ........................
the boy.
The boy (cycle) 9) ............................................... fast?
No, not at all.
Anyone else (see) 10) ..................................... the accident?
No, I dont think so.
Thank you very much your help, Sir.
63. Choose a correct form
1. ....................................................... car is that parked
in front of the gate?
A Who
B Whose
C Where

2. Hes ................................................... late for school.

He finds it hard to wake up.
A hardly
B always
C seldom
3. Its waste of time trying to talk him out of it. He
never .................................... to enyone.
A listens
B listening
C listened
4. Kevin ................................................... his homework
when someone knocked the door.
A was doing
B does
C did
5. Yesterday, we .................................................. at an
excellent Chinese restaurant.
A have dined
B are dining
C dined
6. Mary ............................................... to her ballet lesson
yesterday because she was ill.
A didnt go
B hasnt gone
C wasnt going
7. Hes been doing the same
job ................................................ he was twenty years old.
A since
B for
C before
8. I ............................. the train to Prague tomorrow.
A am catching
B was catching
C caught
9. Bob was trying to open the front
door ............................................. the police arrived.
A while
B which
C when
10.Ron has already ................................................... the
balcony.
A clean
B cleaned
C cleaning
64. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past continuous.
1.

As we .............................. (surf) /nardyti/ the Internet we

......................................... (find) a website about horoscopes.

2.
Ed ....................... (leave) the house when he .................
(hear) the phone ring.
3.

They .......................... (see) a little boy run into an

abandoned building as they ................................ (drive) down

the deserted street.
4.

It ............................ (start) to rain as we ................

........................ (wait) at the bus stop.

5.

Sarah ....................................... (write) a letter when the

lights ................................. (go out).

6.

My brother ....................... (tidy) his room when he

........................ (find) his old toys.

7.

Judy ................................... (cycle) to work when suddenly

her bike ........................ (get) a flat tyre. (prakiuro padanga)

8.

As Kelly ............................. (leave) for the school trip, her

mother ............................ (give) her a lunch box to take with her.

9.

They ............................... (practise) for their concert when

their father ............................................................

(call) them to have lunch.
10.

Carol ................................. (put) the shopping into the car

when David ...................................................... (see) her.

66. Use the prompts below to ask and answer questions, as in the example.
1. The library caught the fire.
read book/on first floor
run to/emergency exit.
What were you doing when the library caught fire?
I was reading a book on the first floor.
What did you do?
I ran to an emergency exit.
2. The car crashed.
Walk down/street
Call/police
.............................................................................
.............................................................................
.............................................................................
.............................................................................
3. The film star arrived.
Wait/in the queue
Ask for/autograph
.............................................................................

.............................................................................
.............................................................................
.............................................................................
4. The eartquake hit.
Sleep/in my bed
Dive under/the table
.............................................................................
.............................................................................
.............................................................................
.............................................................................
W.

Iverskime sakinius angl kalb.

1. Ar tu girdjai j pasilym? (suggestion)

..........................................................................
2. Jis patar (offere) man vaiuoti anksiau, bet a atsikliau per vlai.
.............................................................................
3. A negirdjau vilpuko (whistle), nes traukinys judjo (move).
.............................................................................
4. Kodl tu toks susirpins (worried)? Ar kas nors atsitiko? (happen)
.............................................................................
5. Po pamok mes galjome atsipalaiduoti (relax), nes diena buvo pakankamai
sunki.
.............................................................................
6. Nesvarbu (it doesnt matter) tu lauksi mans ar ne, bet a vistiek (still)
surasiu tave.
.............................................................................
7. Pamoka nebuvo domi, taigi vaikai nuobodiavo (be bored).
.............................................................................
8. Ar t televizijos program (television programme) rod per TV
TV) vakar?

(show on

.............................................................................
10. Jie laike (take) s egzamin (examination) praeit savait. A girdjau,
kad jis sunkus.

.............................................................................
11. Ar tu pasimei atsargin (spare) parker? Mes raysime daug ir nebus
gerai, jeigu kas nors atsitiks.
.............................................................................
12. is ems drebjimas (earthquake) sukel (cause) daug problem alyje.
.............................................................................
13. Jis panikavo (panic) ir neinojo k daryti, nes didiuliame (enormous)
pastate buvo gaisras(fire) .
.............................................................................
14. Lentynos nukrito (fall), nes jos buvo per pilnos (full of) sunki (heavy)
daikt.
.............................................................................
15. A mokiausi tekst ir pasibraukiau (underline) naujus odiau, nes a
galjuos juos imokti taip daug lengviau.
.............................................................................
Ask the question for the underlined words.
1.

There are nine boys in our classrom.

.............................................................................
2.

She bought red roses for mums birthday.

.............................................................................
3.

Martha spent two weeks by the sea last month.

.............................................................................
4.

Ben took mothers umbrella, because it was raining outside.

.............................................................................
.............................................................................
5.

Jack is going to buy a better computer.

.............................................................................
6.

Teacher told us to learn new words for the next lesson.

.............................................................................
.............................................................................
7.

It was very warm, so I went by the river to bathe.

.............................................................................

8.

Sindy waited for Jim for twenty minutes.

.............................................................................
9.

Mother cleans windows every month because we live near the street.

.............................................................................
.............................................................................
10. Mark has known Thom for twelve years.
.............................................................................
11. The wind was so strong that we stayed at home.
.............................................................................
.............................................................................