UNIT 1 : A DAY IN THE LIFE OF …


< I >: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1. A. routine B. literature C. kindness D. fifty
2. A. peasant B. appeal C. reason D. teapot
3. A. exactly B. medicine C. pretty D. become
4. A. field B. died C. ties D. pies
5. A. typical B. family C. bicycle D. cycling 6. A. scream B. death C. peasant D. ready
7. A. traveled B. stared C. landed D. seemed
8. A. technology B. teaching C. purchase D. lunch
9. A. frighten B. bridge C. pilot D. fire
10.A. pens B. books C. rulers D. pencils
< II >: Match the underlined verbs in column A with their meaning in column B:
A B
1. When did the plane take off? A. building
2. The thief ran away when the burglar alarm went off. B. move downward
3. Let’s take a break. We’ll go on when you are ready. C. made … stop burning
4. Could you get me up early tomorrow? D. leave the ground
5. She laughed and chatted happily with other women. E. talked in a friendly way
6. Did anyone see Sue getting on the bus? F. stopped
7. Suddenly the plane seemed to dip. G. getting into
8. I’ve given up trying to understand her. H. get out of bed
9. We had trouble putting up the tent in he dark. I. continue
10. Five fighters soon put out the fire. J. rang

< III >: Put the verbs in brackets in the present and the past simple tense:
I (have) __________ coffee for breakfast every day.
2. They (begin) __________ to study at this school 7 years ago.
3. It (rain) __________ very much in the summer.
4. Bad students never (work) __________ hard.
5. He (visit) ______ his friend yesterday and (find) ______ that he had been out.
6. She sometimes (buy) ___________ vegetables at his market.
7. I have not seen John for a long time. I (see) __________ him 3 weeks ago.
8. It (be) __________ very cold now.
9. I (need) ____________ some money for my textbooks.
10. Tom (like) __________ to go to the museums.
11. He (read) __________ that novel again during my last vacation.
12. I often (leave) __________ the city at weekends.
13.The sun (set)___________ in the west.
14. My friend (study) __________ English for an hour every night.
15. Honesty (be) __________ the best policy.
16. The earth (move) __________ round the sun.
17. Two and two (make) __________ four.
18. We (watch) __________ a good programme on TV last night.
19. Mary (love) __________ ice-cream.
20. I (have) __________ a little trouble with my car last week.
21. We always (do) ___________ our exercises carefully.
22. I (meet) __________ Mary last night. She’s become a very big girl.
23. She (go) __________ to school every day.
24. How long ago (he start) __________ to learn French ?
25. We seldom (eat) __________ before 6.30.
26. She (lose) __________ her handbag on the train yesterday morning.