Unit 1
Name: _______________________________________
1 How do you say these numbers and dates? Circle the
correct form (a or b).
Example 321
a three hundred and twenty-one
b three hundreds twenty-one
1 Liverpool 3–Chelsea 0 (football score)
a Liverpool three–Chelsea zero
b Liverpool three–Chelsea nil
2 01902 (phone code)
a nought one nine nought two
b oh one nine oh two
3 40–0 (tennis score)
a forty–love b forty–nil
4 7 May (date)
a the seventh of May b the seven of May
5 1999 (year)
a one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
b nineteen ninety-nine
2 Complete the table with the other parts of speech. Two
examples have been given.
Noun Adjective Verb
promise promising promise
scare __________ __________
poison __________ __________
__________ organized __________
__________ __________ entertain
__________ __________ hate
3 Mark the stress on the following words.
Example 'promise
organized development promising
playful entertain
4 Complete the sentences with a compound noun or
adjective formed from life, house, or home. Make sure
you spell the word correctly (one word, two words, or
with a hyphen).
Example I never buy potatoes from a supermarket.
All our vegetables are home-grown.
1 My children hated living abroad. They were
__________ the whole time.
2 Since they won the lottery, they’ve enjoyed a
luxurious __________ .
3 I do my grandmother’s shopping as she is
__________ .
4 Due to advances in medical science, people’s
__________ has increased.
5 We’ve finished decorating, so we’re organizing a
__________ party for all our friends.
6 I was shocked to see the number of __________
people sleeping on the streets.
(2 points for each correct answer)
5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of do, be,
or have. Some of the answers are negative.
Example Have you ever been to Japan?
1 I work in a large company, but I ____ like it very
much.
2 ____ you been waiting long?
3 It’s very hot today, ____ it?
4 I don’t understand what they ____ saying.
5 The job ____ advertised in last night’s paper.
6 You don’t see your parents very often. When ____
they emigrate?
7 ‘Have you moved house yet?’ ‘No, we ____ .’
8 A new road ____ being built through the town
centre at the moment.
6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
verb in italics. One example has been given.
have
1 We have French classes twice a week.
2 Don’t call the office at one o’clock. We
____________________ a meeting.
3 You’re so lucky! You ____________________ three
holidays already this year.
work
4 I’m a designer, but I ____________________ in the
sales department at the moment.
5 She ____________________ in London when I last
saw her.
6 He ____________________ for three different
companies since last year.
travel
7 Before she emigrated last year, she ____ never
____________________ abroad.
8 People ____________________ to the moon in the
25th century.
9 I ____________________ 5,000 miles by the end of
this month.
(2 points for each correct answer)
7 Make these sentences passive.
Example They’re repairing the bridge.
The bridge is being repaired.
1 Has someone repaired your car?
__________________________________________
2 They haven’t printed the results yet.
__________________________________________
3 They won’t tell the staff about the problems.
__________________________________________
4 They are improving the property.
__________________________________________
5 They don’t manufacture computers at that factory.
__________________________________________
6 They will advertise the new product on TV.
__________________________________________
7 They must do the work carefully.
__________________________________________
8 Translate these sentences.
1 She took the plunge and decided to emigrate about
a month ago.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
2 We all suffered from culture shock at first, but now
we feel very much at home.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
3 You’re boring me with all your questions. Go and
look it up in a book.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
4 If you’re bored, there’s plenty of housework to be
done.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
5 My life has changed a lot since I was made
redundant last year.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
6 When my father was a child, his family decided to
move abroad.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
7 When I went to London last week, I had dinner at
a brilliant restaurant.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
8 Are you being paid for working during the
holidays?
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
9 That puppy’s very cute, but it hasn’t been housetrained
yet.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
10 If they haven’t been found by 9.30, we’ll have to
organize a search party.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
