Unit 11 | Grammar | B2

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate phrasal verb.

1. The doctors managed to_______________________ him
2. What has_____________ all these changes?
3. I intend to ________________this matter with the board of directors.
4. The idea of__________________ corporal punishment to schools is outrageous.
5. ________________children is one of the most difficult things one can do.
6. Coming back here after so many years has____________ lovely memories.

Use on, onto, over, above, on (the) top of, after or afterwards to fill in the gaps.

1. 'Where shall I put the luggage trolley?’ 'Put it____________ the wardrobe.’
2. He kicked the ball______________ the wall and had to go to the neighbours to ask for it.
3. I made the beds and did the washing up______________.
4. The cat climbed______________ the table to drink the milk.
5. They decided to go for a walk____________________ dinner.
6. The sun had already risen high______________ the horizon.
7. She couldn't reach the cupboards______________ her head.
8. Remember to leave the keys ______________the table.
9. It was an elegant apartment unlike the one
10. As he stepped________________ the platform, he tripped and fell.
11. Let’s get a bite to eat__________________ the play.
12. Don’t put the toys_________________ that box over there. It’s got the X-mas decorations in it.

Form either comparatives or superlatives to complete the sentences. Don’t forget to add than and the where necessary. Use these adjectives: big, interesting, good, sweet, expensive, bad, ill, narrow, friendly, beautiful.

1. I’ll buy this dress because it is_______________ the blue one.
2. I think______________ subject to study is nuclear physics. I hate it.
3. This wine is____________ I have ever tasted.
4. He’s____________ friend I’ve ever had.
5. We need a_________________ house now that the children are older.
6. The river is quite wide here but it gets__________ further down.
7. I’m very disappointed with you. This is _________________ school report you’ve ever had.
8. Every time I look at the scenery, it seems ____________ ever.
9. It started off as a slight cold, but I feel______________ this week, doctor.
10. William is much______________ his brother. He has asked me to go sailing at the weekend.

Rewrite the following sentences in the passive, include the agent only where necessary.

1. They built this mansion in 1962.

_____________________________

2. A Russian architect built this mansion in 1962.

_____________________________

3. Cleaners are cleaning the offices at the moment.

_____________________________

4. Someone has stolen my wallet.

_____________________________

5. Scientists carry out this experiment at room temperature.

_____________________________

6. She will type the report first thing tomorrow morning.

_____________________________

Exercise 1

For numbers 1-10, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which shou not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (P) by the number. If a line has a word that should not be there, write the word in the box.

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

1 ___________ According to an official statistics from England and Wales dating from

2 ___________ 1800, nearly 1,800 people have been killed before by direct lightning strikes. The

3 ___________ average number of people killed each year has, however, fallen

4 ___________ dramatically from twenty in the late 1800s, to an average of five after since

5 ___________1960. The same pattern is repeated ever in the US. Deaths are down from

6 ___________ around three hundred a year in the 1890s to an average of ninety-five per

7 ___________ year now. This decline in casualties can to be explained by a change in

8 ___________ people’s occupations. Nowadays, far more fewer people work outdoors on

9 ___________ farms, and city dwellers are protected by tall buildings and other structures

10___________ which attract the lightning first. People who they play sports outdoors such

as golfers and water sports enthusiasts are now most at risk.

Exercise 2

For numbers 11-19, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

GENETIC ENCODING

Every living (11 ORGAN)…………………… carries a plan in each of the cells in its body. The plan is carried on pairs of chromosomes (23 in human (12 BE)……………………), which are spirally curved ribbons called DNA. Along each chromosome there are individual pieces of (13 INFORM)………………………. or codes called genes. It is the genes, in various (14 COMBINE)……………… , that determine an animal’s size and shape, the colour of its fur or feathers, how good its sense of smell or (15 SEE)…………………… is, and how fast it runs, flies or swims. Every animal gets half its genes from one parent and half from the other. As each new (16 GENERATE)…………………… is produced, these bits of code are shuffled like a pack of cards to give (17 END)………………….different combinations and variations. That is why brothers and sisters may often share a family (18 LIKE)……………………but are never (19 EXACT)………………… like either of their parents.

Exercise 3

For numbers 20-27, read the text below and think of the word which fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

Movie cameras have come a long way since the early days of cinema. The cameras of the beginning of the century were, for the most part, roughly-made wooden boxes, which had to (20)………………….. wound by hand. The big change in cameras came in the 1920s along with the ‘talkies’ - sound films. The wooden boxes (21)…………………….         replaced (22)……………………. well-built metal machines. They were also equipped (23)…………………… soundproof covers designed to muffle the noise of the mechanism which wound the film while the movie was (24)………………. shot. Today, the basic construction of the movie camera (25)………………….            changed very little but some improvements have been (26)            …………………..Now, over 300 metres of film can be stored in a ‘magazine’ on the top of the camera and driven through the machine by an electric motor. Some cameras are equipped with a monitoring viewfinder with a screen on which the image being photographed (27)………………….         reproduced. This is a useful guide for the camera operator in shots where the camera moves.

Exercise 4

For numbers 28 - 32, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.

28. That was the worst film I’ve ever seen. (worse)

I’ve never…………………………………………………….. than that.

29. They found the sewing class the least interesting of all the courses offered. (less)

The sewing class was  ……………………………………………the other courses on offer.

30. Cyclists are not allowed to ride on the school lawns. (must)

Bicycles……………………………………………………………… on the school lawns.

31. They’ve built these houses with a new kind of fireproof wood. (been)

These houses……………………………………………………. of fireproof wood.

32. ‘My Mum wouldn’t let me take horseback riding lessons when I was young,’ Karen said. (allow)

Karen said………………………………….. horseback riding lessons when she was young.