Unit 7 | Grammar | B2
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Unit 7 | Grammar | B2

Phrasal verbs

cut down on reduce (e.g. expenses, consumption)
cut in interrupt sb when speaking
cut...off disconnect when on the phone
(of supplies, communication) stop the flow
cut...out remove by cutting
stop eating a particular food
cut...up cut into pieces with a knife etc.

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate phrasal verb.

  1. Why has the water supply been_________________________?
  2. You smoke too much. Try to________________________ smoking
  3. ___________________ the onions and put them in the pan.
  4. Don’t _____________________ when I’m speaking.
  5. ___________________sweets if you want to lose weight.
  6. I was telling you about my dog when we were_____________________.
  7. Who’s ________________ these pictures?

Prepositions of time: at, in, on

at with exact time ■ at four fifteen
with points of time ■ at noon
with festivals ■ at Christmas
with mealtimes ■ at breakfast
with age ■ at the age of 14
in the expression at this/that time
in with months ■ in June
with seasons ■ in (the) spring
with years ■ in 1976
with centuries ■ in the seventeenth century
with parts of the day ■ in the morning/afternoon/evening
with historic periods of time ■ in the Renaissance
in the expressions in a week’s/month’s/year’s time
on

With particular days and with parts of the day when the name of the day is also mentioned

■ on Monday, on Thursday morning

with parts of the day when they refer to the day itself

■ on that morning, on a cold winter afternoon with dates
■ on the sixth of September 1991

Use at, on, in to fill in the gaps.

  1. He was visited by his lawyer___________ 23 May, 2002.
  2. He said he would be here_________ your wedding anniversary.
  3. My uncle only goes to church__________ Easter.
  4. __________ this time of day, the traffic Is quite heavy.
  5. My grandfather was killed____________ the Second World War.
  6. I enjoy doing the garden early__________ the morning.
  7. Did you say the office opened_________ 8:30 or 9:00?
  8. The house was built_______ the 1800s but has been recently renovated.
  9. If everything goes well, you can have a couple of days off ___________ the autumn.
  10. I didn’t sleep very well because somebody woke me up___________ the middle of the night.
  11. Jake has some free time __________ Monday and Thursday afternoons.
  12. The plane leaves______________ 7:00 o’clock __________ 15th July.
  13. The building should be finished some time_____________ May.
  14. The family always gets together_____________ dinner time.

The suffixes : -less and -ful

Many adjectives can be formed by adding the suffix -less or -ful to nouns.

-less means that sb or sth lacks what the noun refers to:

■ This appliance is useless. (This appliance has no use.)
■ He is a tireless worker. (He is a worker who never gets tired.)

-ful means with or having the quality of:

■ This book is very useful. (This book has a use.)
■ Green is a restful colour.

Form adjectives by adding either -less or -ful to the nouns in capitals.

  1. A baby is almost completely ___________ (HELP).
  2. How can you be so ____________ after everything I've done for you? (HEART)
  3. Next time you do this exercise, try to be more __________. (CARE)
  4. Why do you look so ___________?
    Have you got something on your mind? (THOUGHT)

Past Perfect Simple vs. Past Perfect Continuous

Use the Past Perfect Simple (I had done) to refer to an action or event that occurred before a particular time in the past when the result of that past action is related to a specific time in the past.

■ John didn’t go to the cinema with his fiends because he had seen that film.
■ I had finished my work, so I could go out with them.
■ His mother was angry because he hadn ’t finished his homework.

The Past Perfect Continuous (I had been doing) is used to refer to an action that began before a point of reference in the past and continued up to that time or stopped just before it.

■ We had been waiting for over an hour before the plane finally took off.
■ I was feeling tired. I had been working since seven that morning.
■ He was happy when he met her at the party. He had been trying to approach her for months.

Correct the mistakes.

  1. When I arrived Mary left already.

__________________________________

  1. He fainted because he hasn’t eaten anything for two days.

__________________________________

  1. I was asleep for two hours when I heard the telephone ringing.

__________________________________

  1. My mother was furious with me when I finally arrived because she was waiting for me for over three hours.

__________________________________

  1. I never flew before so I was really scared.

__________________________________

Feel, sound, taste, smell, look

The verbs feel, sound, taste, smell, and look are usually followed by adjectives.

■ That cake you made tasted delicious.
■ You sound exhausted. Why don’t you have a rest?
■ This material feels very soft.
■ Doesn’t she look beautiful?
■ Don’t these roses smell sweet?

Fill in the gaps with appropriate adjectives.

  1. How much money did you pay for this perfume?
    It smells_____________________ .
  1. This silk shirt feels________________________ .
  2. He sounded____________ on the phone.
  3. Sea water tastes_______________ .
  4. You look___________________________.
    Have you been jogging?

Exercise 1

For numbers 1-9, 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.

DIRTY DISHES

1___________  George called his mother and announced him excitedly that he had just

2___________  been met the woman of his dreams but he didn’t know what to do next. His

3___________  mother suggested that he send to her flowers and invite his new friend to

4___________  his apartment for a home-cooked meal. George thought this a great

5___________  strategy and in a week later, the woman came to dinner. His mother phoned

6___________  after their date to see how things had gone on.

7___________  ‘I was totally humiliated,’ he moaned. ‘She insisted on washing the dishes.’

8___________  ‘What’s wrong with that?’ asked from his mother.

9___________  ‘We hadn’t started to eating yet,’ George replied.

Exercise 2

For numbers 10 - 20, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

THE UNWANTED GUEST

(10)………………….  placing the rifle he had carried on his shoulder in a corner of
the room, he advanced to the (11)…………………. and without speaking, or even
glancing at me, (12)………………………..  lit his pipe and began smoking.
The dogs, after growling and snapping at the (13)………………… cat, gave me a
very (14)……………………. reception. They sat down on the hearthstone on either
side of their (15)……………………. master, (16)………………… observing all
that he did.
There was a (17)……………………… difference between the dogs. One was a bulldog
of the largest size (18)……………, an impressive and (19)………………..
brute; the other was small, deep-chested, and strong-limbed. I watched the man and his
companions with silent (20)…………………….. 		 CARE
FIRE
THINK
PITY
POLITE
SILENCE/OBEY
REMARK
IMAGINE/POWER

CURIOUS

Exercise 3

For numbers 21 - 28, read the text below and think of the word which fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

BIG FOOT

It was the end of February. A couple were sitting in their car one night, just gazing (21)………………… the stars above when they saw an unexpected sight in the beam of their car’s headlights. It had (22)…………………  stopped raining and there was no wind. They stopped looking at the stars and immediately lowered (23)………….. eyes to the front of the car. That’s when they (24)………………… Both of them stared at it until it was (25)…………………. of sight. (26)……………… a few seconds, it had crossed the road in only three or four steps. They wondered (27)……………. it was a horse or a cow, but it was too tall. When they reported their sighting to the authorities, they described it as being 3 or 4 metres tall and that they had never seen (28)……………….      like it before.

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.

29.  Peter had been caught peeping through the keyhole, so he was punished. (as)

Peter……………………………………….   caught peeping through the keyhole.

30. There's no point in advising him. He won’t listen. (pointless)

It’s………………………………………….  He won’t listen.

31.  She tried to peer through the fog but she couldn’t see the car in the distance. (make)

She tried to peer through the fog…………………………………… the car in the distance.

32.  I glimpsed him in the crowd just before he disappeared from sight. (caught)

I…………………………….. in the crowd just before he disappeared from sight.

33.  The food smelled good and it tasted delicious too. (only)

Not…………………………. good, but it tasted delicious too.