Vocabulary Revision. 38. Revise Vocabulary 1 Unit 6 (p
38. Revise Vocabulary 1 Unit 6 (p. …) and do the following multiple choice task.
1. I phoned Ann this afternoon but nobody ______. A. answered B. replied C. retorted 2. The dog _______ to his name. A. answers B. replies C. retorts 3. I asked him where he was going but he didn’t _______. A. answer B. reply C. retort 4. “Are you ready?” – “Why should I be ready when you aren’t?” she _______. A. answered B. replied C. retorted 5. “Clean the mess in the kitchen, will you?” – “Do it yourself! I’m not paid for it,” she _______ insolently. A. answered B. replied C. retorted 6. Few people _______ in the building after the alarm was given. A. remained B. stayed 7. Can you ________ for dinner? – Sorry, I must be off. I’ve got things to do. A. remain B. stay 8. We can’t have any parties now. My mother is ______ with us this week. A. remaining B. staying 9. Though John was intimidated he _______ faithful to his friends and didn’t reveal any information. A. remained B. stayed 10. It only _______ for me to say that the problem will be dealt with soon. A. remains B. stays 11. Grandma was ill and I _______ with her till she got better. A. remained B. stayed 12. She _______ put where she was, she couldn’t leave the house. A. remained B. stayed 13. If you go to a number of ______ shops you’ll find great variations of price for the same articles. A. different B. varied 14. Martin is a _____ man from what he was ten years ago. A. different B. varied 15. Wildlife in the country is quite ______. A. different B. varied 16. People have most _______ ideas about what is important in life: some value fame, others value money or freedom. A. different B. varied 17. Going through Britain by car you see the most ______ country; the scenes change every hour. A. different B. varied 18. He _______ that his journey would be delayed by bad weather and didn’t make any concrete arrangements for the trip. A. forecast B. foresaw C. predicted 19. The economic situation in the country is so unstable that our future profits are impossible to ______. A. forecast B. foresee C. predict 20. Why are you complaining? The situation was quite clear. You should have ______ the difficulties. A. forecast B. foreseen C. predicted 21. Economists _______ that the rate of inflation will go down. A. forecast B. foresee C. predict 22. The weather is fine. But my grandmother, who has lumbago, _______ it is going to change for the worse. A. forecast B. foresaw C. predicted 23. The policeman _____ the thief but fell down and had to give it up. A. chased B. pursued 24. Wherever the travelers went they were _______ by beggars. A. chased B. pursued 25. His behaviour is unpredictable. I don’t see what aims he _____. A. chases B. pursues 26. The cat ______ the mouse but couldn’t catch it. A. chased B. pursued 27. It has been raining for days. Cars are ______ to skid on wet roads. A. likely B. liable 28. If you park your car in front of a doorway you are ______ to get fined. A. likely B. liable 29. Do you think Jane is telling the truth? – It’s quite ______. A. likely B. liable 30. Jack hasn’t attended a single lecture this term. He’s _____ to fail all his exams. A. likely B. liable 31. This plan will be the _______ of many opposition attacks. A. aim B. target 32. You are going to have a nervous breakdown. What’s the ______ of working so hard? A. aim B. target 33. If I were to counter Roy, I would first of all find out what his ______ are. A. aims B. targets 34. If your savings reach the ______ figure of £25,000 this month you’ll be able to follow through with the plan. A. aim B. target 35. Was George ________ from high school? – No, he dropped out because it was driving him mad. A. expelled B. excluded 36. We can _______ the possibility that it was the boy who shot the President. A. expel B. exclude 37. You are all guilty. I can _______ no one from the list of suspects. A. expel B. exclude 38. If you are caught using drugs in a British university, you are liable to be ______. A. expelled B. excluded
Unit 8
Reading and Speaking: Mass Media Focus on Grammar: Modal Verbs
Grammar Training 1. Study Grammar Reference p. … and analyze the following examples. Point out the difference in meaning of the following modal auxiliary verbs. Translate the sentences into Russian. A. 1) Can I use your cell phone? 2) May I use your cell phone? 3) I wonder if I might use your cell phone? B. 1) You could be more polite when you ask people to do you a favour. 2) You could have been more polite when you asked Alison to do you a favour. C. 1) May there always be peace and harmony in this new family. 2) Can there always be peace and harmony in a family? D. 1) This is a terrible party. We really must go home. 2) This is a lovely party, but we’ve got to go home because of the baby-sitter. E. 1) You mustn’t drive fast or you’ll skid on the wet road. 2) You can’t drive fast here. The speed limit is 40 mph. 3) You don’t have (need) to drive fast. There’s plenty of time. F. 1) I have to tell Mary the truth. She should know what happened. 2) I need to tell Mary the truth. It’s so exciting. G. 1) Nobody was hungry and I didn’t need (have) to cook much food. 2) You needn’t have cooked so much food. Nobody was hungry. H. 1) Mark should have come to say good-bye to Maggie. 2) Mark must have come to say good-bye to Maggie. I. 1) The Prime Minister must take part in the discussion of this vital issue. 2) The Prime Minister is to take part in the discussion of this vital issue. J. 1) Mr McGuinnie was to make an important statement and everybody was greatly interested. 2) Mr McGuinnie was to have made an important statement.
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