Unit 15 | Grammar | B2
  • Hotline: 0901 384 171
  • Tel: (028) 35 173 345

Chi tiết bài tập

Trang chủ/Bài tập/Unit 15 | Grammar | B2

Unit 15 | Grammar | B2

Phrasal verbs

get along (with) have a good relationship with
get... across cause sth to be communicated or understood get away escape
get away (with) avoid punishment
get... back regain possession of
get by survive; manage
get... down depress
get on with start or continue doing sth
have a good relationship with
get out of escape or avoid doing sth
get over recover from an illness or other unpleasant experience
get round to find the time to do sth
get through communicate with sb by phone
pass an examination
spend or reach the end of
get to arrive at a place
get together meet

Fill in the gaps with an appropriate phrasal verb.

  1. Let’s ________________________one evening after work.
  2. Rainy weather always________________ me_________________.
  3. Quick! The thieves are___________________.
  4. We finally___________________ her place at midnight.
  5. How does he__________________ on so little money?
  6. She doesn’t _______________well_________________ her boss
  7. I haven’t been able to______________ to him; his line is busy.
  8. She managed to_______________ the message to her students.
  9. I’ll do the washing up when I_________________ it.
  10. I lent Mary my history book and I must _______________________it before the weekend.
  11. I can’t go swimming; I’ve just ________________a bad cold.
  12. My sister always manages to________________ doing the ironing.
  13. Please,________________ your work, children.
  14. You’ll never________________ this!
  15. We’ll have__________________ replying to all these letters by the end of the day.
  16. Do you______________ well_______________ your teacher?
  17. Don’t worry. You’ll easily_________________ your driving test.

As if/ as though

As if / As though are used interchangeably to describe how someone or something looks, sounds, tastes or behaves.

■ He acted as if 1 as though he was mad.
■ You look as though / as if you are going to faint.

Rewrite these sentences with as if / as though.

  1. George looks very excited. I think he’s won a fortune in the lottery.

_________________________________________

  1. She is so pale. She is probably ill.

_________________________________________

  1. This cheese smells awful. It’s probably gone off.

_________________________________________

Too, very, enough

Too before adjectives or adverbs suggests that it is so much that something negative comes as a result.

■ He works too slowly to have it ready in a week.

Very is an intensifier which means to a high degree, but does not necessarily imply a negative result.

■ He works very slowly.

Enough follows adjectives or adverbs but comes before nouns and is used:

a. with adjectives or adverbs meaning so much that something positive comes as a result,

■ He arrived early enough to catch the train.
■ He’s clever enough to understand.

b. with nouns meaning so much of it or so many of them that something positive comes as a result.

■ There’s enough food for everyone.

Use too, very, or enough to fill in the gaps.

  1. I have_______________________ money to go abroad.
  2. He is_________________ lazy to pass the exam.
  3. I’m not tall__________________ to reach the ceiling.
  4. Although he tried________________ hard, he didn’t pass the driving test.
  5. Working in such an environment can be ________________dangerous.
  6. It’s _________________ early to tell, but there shouldn’t be any problems.
  7. It’s an X-rated film so we’re not old____________________ to see it.
  8. The plane leaves________________ early in the morning. Should we ask for a later flight?

Future perfect vs. Future Perfect Continuous

The Future Perfect (I will have done) is used:

a. for an action that will happen before a particular time in the future or before another future action. The result of the action will come up to the point of future time which is mentioned, or up to the time of the second action,

■ I will have finished by the time you come.

b. with just to describe an action that will have been completed only a short time before the point of future time mentioned, or before the time of the second action,

■ We will have just started eating at that time.

c. with for to describe a situation that began in the past, or will begin in the future, and will still be in effect at a later time in the future.

■ They will have been married for two years this coming June.

The Future Perfect Continuous (I will have been doing) is used:

for an action which will be in progress at a certain moment of future time, but which goes backwards in time for a period of time introduced by for.

■ She will have been studying English for three years by the end of this term.

Note: By, in the context of the example above, means no later than and is a preposition. The phrase by the time is used as a conjunction to introduce time clauses.

Correct the mistakes where necessary.

1. By next month, my father will be working for thirty years as a primary school teacher.

_________________________________________

2. In May 2008,1 will have been knowing my husband for fifteen years

_________________________________________

3. Tom will have just arrived home when the football match begins.

_________________________________________

4. I will have finished the housework by two o’clock, so I’ll be able to study.

_________________________________________

5. When will you have been finishing? I’m in a hurry.

_________________________________________

6. I will have written this book for three years by this time next week.

_________________________________________

Exercise 1

For numbers 1 -11, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (✓) by the number. If a line has a word that should not be there, write the word in the box.

WEDDING ORGANISERS

1 ____________ Are you thinking of the big day? Will you have been arranged everything for

2 ____________ the ceremony and reception as well as and still kept your sanity? If things

3 ____________ seem too overwhelming for you and you’re not getting enough sleep, if all

4 ____________ the stresses of the preparations are making you feel like as though your life

5 ____________ is getting enough out of control, then you might want to contact us at

6 ____________ Wedding Organisers. We will have take care of everything for your wedding

7 ____________ and reception, from helping you too choose your wedding dress to booking the

8 ____________ church, from sending wedding invitations to the decorating the cake so that

9 ____________ you and your husband-to-be will look like the perfect couple you are.

10 ___________ There’s no need for you to look and feel exhausted and not enjoy the most

11 ___________  very important day of your life. All you have to do is find Mr Right and we’ll

take care of the rest.

Exercise 2

For numbers 12-18, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the spat the same line.

FUTURE PERFECT?

What will shopping be like in the year 2050? Will supermarkets have (12 APPEAR )……………….. by that time? Or will they have become even more complex? Some (13 RESEARCH)………………….  believe that many changes will have taken place by the year 2050 and that shopping on the whole will have become a more convenient and (14 PLEASURE)………………. pursuit. One change that will have taken place by then is the (15 INTRODUCE)……………………. of satellite radio in grocers’ where in-store radio networks will broadcast ads and store specials with music in between. Another convenience will be the (16 INSTALL) ………………. of faxes in nearly all chain stores so that customers can send their grocery lists and have goods delivered straight to their homes. And of course, we will have the extra (17 CONVENIENT)………………. of cashless shopping, in that all shops will accept credit cards or debit cards so that we won’t have to carry cash around with It seems as though technology will even have got rid of the (18 BAD) ………………… type of shoppers - pickpockets.

Exercise 3

For numbers 19 - 28, read the text below and think of the word which fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

THE ERRORS OF OUR DEEDS

The rate (19)……………….. extinction of dinosaurs was very slow compared (20)……………….. what is happening on our planet today. Current rates (21)……………….    extinction and the number of endangered animals disappearing is (22)…………………… higher than at any other time in the Earth’s long history. Dinosaurs vanished (23)…………………… the face of the earth through natural events; however, today, thousands of species are becoming extinct mainly (24)…………………..   of the increase of just one species - man. (25)………………….the last 400 years, approximately 35 species of mammal and 95 species of bird have (26)…………………… extinct. According to scientists, at least another 120 more mammals and nearly 1,000 birds (27)……………….. have disappeared by the year 2020 if man continues to dominate their world through greed, lack of thought and disregard for situations that we think are (28)………………… our control.

Exercise 4

For numbers 29 - 33, 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.

  1. It will take her four weeks to finish her English composition. (working)

She…………………………. English composition for four weeks by the time she finishes it.

  1. This flat Isn’t big enough for all of us. (too)

This flat…………………………………………….. for all of us.

  1. He looks as though he’s lost his best friend. (if)

He………………………………….. he’s lost his best friend.

  1. That detective’s speciality is to find people who have gone missing. (good)

That detective ………………………………………… people who have gone missing.

  1. The dodo is one of many species of bird that have died out. (extinct)

The dodo is one of many species of bird………………………………………………..