Exe 3

b) Paula's flight is bound to be late although

A it arrives at 6.00. B it's due at 6.00. C it's arriving at six.

c) It's no use phoning Bob at the office, he

A will be leaving. B is leaving. C will have left.

d) Everyone says that this year City

A are going to win the Cup. B are winning the Cup. C win the Cup.

e) I don't feel like visiting my relatives this year so

A I won't go. B I'm not going. C I don't go.

f) You can borrow this calculator, I

A am not going to need it. B won't have been needing it.
C am not needing it.

g) I'm sorry dinner isn't ready yet, but it

A is going to be ready in a minute. B will have been ready in a minute.
C will be ready in a minute,

h) Can you send me the results as soon as you

A hear anything? B are hearing anything? C will have heard anything?

i) You can try asking Martin for help but

A it won't do you any good. B it's not doing you any good.
C it won't be doing you any good,

j) Don't worry about the mistake you made, nobody

A is noticing. B will notice. C will be noticing.

b) The Prime Minister expects an easy victory for his party in the election.
believes
The Prime Minister ________________________ the election easily.
c) I've been in this company for almost three years.
will
By the end of the month ________________________ in this company for
three years.
d) This book will take me two years to write.
have
In two years' ________________________ this book.
e) Scientists are on the point of making a vital breakthrough.
about
Scientists are ________________________ a vital breakthrough.
f) Maria is pregnant again.
have
Maria is ________________________ baby.
g) I'll be home late.
until
I ________________________ late.
h) No one knows what the result of the match is going to be.
who
No one knows ________________________ the match.
i) Don't worry; David won't be late.
here
Don't worry; David ________________________ time.
j) Mary and Alan's wedding is next weekend.
getting
Mary and Alan ________________________ next weekend.

Consolidation 1

b) This bridge will take us three years to complete.

completed
In three years' time ________________________ this bridge.
c) When is the train due to arrive?
supposed
What ________________________ get here?
d) Today is Liz and John's thirtieth wedding anniversary.
ago
On this ________________________ married.
e) To get to work on time, I have to get up at 6.00.
means
Getting to work on time ________________________ at 6.00.
f) Whose watch is this?
belong
Who ________________________ to?
g) Cathy hasn't been on holiday with her sister before.
first
This ________________________ on holiday with her sister.
h) My dental appointment is for next Wednesday.
see
I have an ________________________ Wednesday.
i) This will be the team's first match in the Premier League.
time
This will be the first ________________________ in the Premier League.
j) The number of people who attended the fair exceeded our expectations.
had
More people ________________________ expected.
k) I didn't receive the results of my test for a month.
before
It was ________________________ the results of my test.
1) Quite a few books are missing from the class library.
returned
Several members of the class ________________________ library books.

b) I should really be going home now.

time
It's home now.
c) I'd rather not go by plane.
prefer
I'd go by plane.
d) Jack doesn't know all the answers, though he pretends to.
acts
Jack all the answers.
e) I'd love to be able to go with you to the opera.
wish
I go with you to the opera.
f) I wish I hadn't sold that old painting.
pity
It's that old painting.
g) I'd rather you didn't stay long at the party.
better
It stay long at the party.
h) The management said it was important for us to wear dark suits to the
meeting.
insisted
The management dark suits to the meeting.
i) I've had enough of your constant complaining!
wish
I complaining all the time!
j) I'd love to be sitting on a beach in Turkey right now!
wish
I on a beach in Turkey right now!
b) The wind was bending the young tree to the ground.
bent
The young tree to the ground in the wind.
c) The police are interrogating Jim in connection with the break-in.
about
Jim is the break-in by the police.
d) I can't lift this table on my own.
won't
Unless I get to lift this table.
e) I won't stay in this job, not even for double the salary.
doubled
Even , I won't stay in this job.
f) It's a pity you aren't going to Ann's party.
wish
I to Ann's party.
g) If you found the missing money, what would you do?
were
What would you do if gone missing?
h) They suspended Jackson for the next two matches.
banned
Jackson in the next two matches.
i) Please come this way, and I'll see if Mr Francis is in.
will
If I'll see if Mr Francis is in.
j) New drugs are being discovered which are helping the fight against this
disease.
discovery
The fight against this disease new drugs.
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b) was being bent
c) being interrogated about
d) help I won't be able
e) if the salary is doubled
f) wish you were going
g) you were to find the money
which has
h) was banned from playing
i) you will come this way
j) is being helped by the
discovery of
b) Everyone knows that taking exercise is good for your health.
known
Taking exercise good for your health.
c) Someone has suggested the resignation of the minister.
that
It the minister should resign.
d) They've asked me if I would chair the meeting.
to
I chair the meeting.
e) We have managed to account for all the missing papers.
successfully
All the missing papers for.
f) Since Sue left for Glasgow, nobody has seen anything of her.
of
Nothing has she left for Glasgow.
g) I'd rather you didn't sit at the back of the room please.
it
I'd prefer at the front of the room.
h) A traffic warden showed me how to get to the museum.
way
I was to the museum by a traffic warden.
i) John's school is making him sit his exams again.
made
John sit his exams again.
j) I should really be starting my homework.
time
It's starting my homework.
In most lines of this text there is an extra word. Write the word, or put a tick if the line is correct.

Dear John,
Have a little problem, to say the least - might it be grateful of your 1 ________
advice. Things should have gone pretty badly this week up in Marketing. 2 ________
On Thursday I did missed this really important meeting. I supposed, 3 ________
as did we all us, that the meeting would be cancelled, as my boss, 4 ________
DW, had flu. Little bit did I know, DW's boss, Mike Tranter himself, 5 ________
was there in the meeting room, waiting for us all, and nobody 6 ________
turned up! Apparently, as Mike had sent me an e-mail that morning, 7 ________
asking me to tell everyone what the meeting was still on, but that would 8 ________
be the day I was too busy to check my e-mails, wouldn't it! Mike 9 ________
was livid, and accused me of having no common sense so whatever. 10 ________
I tried to apologise and suggested we shall rearrange the meeting, but 11 ________
he wasn't at the least bit interested. From his point of view, not only 12 ________
did I fail to attend a meeting, but also that I failed to communicate a 13 ________
vital message from him which he'd entrusted me with. No sooner 14 ________
had I emerged from Mike's office after a dressing-down that it must 15 ________
have lasted for a good 15 minutes, than who should phone me but 16 ________
DW, wanting to know exactly what might had happened at the meeting. 17 ________
He must have arranged it for Mike to chair the meeting in his place. 18 ________
Well, I feel like I might have as well go and hand in my resignation now. 19 ________
Any advice will more than gratefully received from a desperate friend! 20 ________
Tim
b) We suggested a lot of things, which were all rejected.
was
Everything rejected.
c) If someone understands this book, they are cleverer than I am.
is
Anyone cleverer than I am.
d) I won't tell you this again, you naughty boy.
time
This tell you, you naughty boy.
e) The whole summer was sunny and warm, for a change.
made
The whole summer was sunny and warm,
nice change.
f) I don't really approve of his proposal.
what
I don't really approve of proposing.
g) The police never caught the culprit.
committed
The police never caught the crime.
h) I have read all of her books but one.
that
There is only I have not read.
i) I can't remember the last heavy rain.
when
I can't remember heavily.
j) Do you get on with your next-door neighbour?
who
Do you get on with lives next door?
b) we suggested was
c) who understands this book is
d) is the last time I will
e) which made a
f) what he is
g) the person who (had) committed
h) one of her books that/one book of hers that
i) when it last rained
j) the person who

b) Everything I told you was true.

all
I told you a lot which were true.
c) According to reports, the President is in poor health.
reported
The President in poor health.
d) Julia's inheritance meant that she could give up work.
enabled
Julia's inheritance give up work.
e) Stupidly, I left my umbrella at home.
which
I left my umbrella at home, thing to do.
f) We received a warning to stay at home.
should
We were stay at home.
g) You could easily become ill unless you give up smoking.
risk
If you don't stop ill.
h) The decorators didn't leave too much mess when they did the job.
without
The decorators managed too much mess.
i) It's pointless to worry about someone else's problems.
no
There about someone else's problems.
j) According to Valerie, she is a relation of mine.
be
Valerie claims .. ..to me.
b) After six months, Joe's search for a job was successful.
managed
After six months, Joe a job.
c) Jean was given permission by her boss to take a day off.
agreed
Jean's boss take a day off
d) Although Sue looked for the book for a long time, she couldn't find it.
spent
Sue , without success.
e) All visitors to the town fall in love with it.
those
All fall in love with it.
f) The headteacher warned Tom that she might expel him.
threatened
The headteacher expulsion.
g) I didn't expect to see you here!
last
This is to see you!
h) We haven't seen one another for a long time.
other
We stopped ago.
i) I don't know who did the washing up, but they didn't do it very well!
make
Whoever good job of it!
j) Janet came first, which surprised nobody.
when
Nobody Janet came first.
In most lines of this text, there is either a spelling or punctuation error. For each
line, write the correctly spelled word, or show the correct punctuation. Indicate
correct lines with a tick. Three examples are given.

It is an accepted part of everyday nostalgia to assume 0 ✓

that in the past food was somehow better, than it is today. 0 better than
The fruit and vegetables were more naturaly grown and this 0 naturally
was not seen as an extra bonus which added ten per sent on to 1 _________
the price. Most food was fresh, not frozen, and you had the 2 _________
chance to examine it to see weather you wanted it. When you 3 _________
went shopping you could ask for exactly what peace of meat you 4 _________
wanted and see the butcher cutting, it instead of finding it 5 _________
ready- wrapped in plastic. And your local tradesman soon got to 6 _________
know what you wanted, and provided it for you, otherwise he 7 _________
would have gone out of businness. Of course, unless we invent 8 _________
time-travel we shall never know, whether this is all true. 9 _________
Survivors from those distant days naturally tend to dislike 10 _________
todays convenience foods, and to prefer the Good Old Days 11 _________
when a joint of beef filled the oven, produced thick red juce 12 _________
instead of water when cooked, and cost the same as a can of 13 _________
Coke. What is always forgoten is that then as now the quality 14 _________
of your food depended very much, upon who you were, 15 _________
how well-off you happened to be, and where you lived. 16 _________
Shopping then demanded considerable skill, and shopper's had 17 _________
to be able to tell the fresh from the not so fresh. Their was 18 _________
no sell-buy date to act as a guide. If you were hard up then 19 _________
frozen meat and canned foods' would have been on the menu, 20 _________
just as they are today.