Unit One: Getting Through
Consolidation: Additional Tasks
A)-Articles:
Task One: Supply: a, an, the, or no article where necessary.
1……September is ………ninth month of ……….year.
2……….climates in Australia vary greatly.
3………opposite of "strong" is pronounced the same ……….word " week".
4………Great Britain is ………..island, ………piece of land with water on all sides.
5More than three thousand years ago, ……….Greek developed ……..civilization.
6………..man is ………most dangerous animal.
7………..tobacco contains two harmful substances: ………monoxide and
……..nicotine.
8………..invention is ……….result of ……..idea.
Task Two: Supply the, a, an or some where necessary.
I have …….book. …….book which is on my desk is mine. It is ………English
book. It is printed in England. England is ……..large country. My book is covered
with ……..blue cover that is made of plastic. In my book there are ………
interesting stories for you. Let s see! Listen to this one-It is ….. story told by
……..Irish writer.
B)-Reflexive Pronouns:
Task One: Insert in each gap the appropriate reflexive pronoun.
1-John can't shave ……………….
2-it is not always easy to amuse ……………..on holiday.
3-This refrigerator defrosts………………
4-She is looking at ………………in the mirror, now.
5-Mother to her children: "take care of …………………. "
6-The master said: "Boys, you should wash ………………….before going to bed.
7-The accident was seen by the king of England …………….
8-We enjoyed ………………….very well in the party.
9-The children lost …………………….in the forest.
10-I cut ……………….while I was shaving.
11- He said to his guest: "Serve…………………, you are at your home. "
C)-Conjunctions: (either…………or, neither ………………. Nor)
Task One: Join pairs using conjunctions in brackets.
Example: he does not eat a lot. He does not drink a lot.
He neither drinks nor eats a lot.
1-John will give you the book. John will lend you the book. (either…..or)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
2-She does not eat potatoes. She does not eat bread. (neither……….nor)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3-John will help you. Mary will help you. ( either …..or)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4-She doesn’t teach English. She doesn’t teach mathematics. (either ……..or)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
D)-Modals:
Task One: Complete with: have/has to, must, mustn’t, don’t have to, needn’t,
had to
1-It’s a fantastic film, you ………………….. go and see it.
2-I'm becoming very fat: I really ………….take some exercise.
3-I…………….. talk to her last night about her father’s death.
4-We………………….take a taxi. Tom will drive us home.
5-The British law says that children ……………stay at school until they are
sixteen.
6-You ………………….call a doctor ; I'm fine now.
7-They………………come quickly: It's life or death.
8-My father is very ill. He……………..get up.
9-We ……………wait half an hour for the bus yesterday.
10-The teachers ………………………… smoke in the classroom.
E)-Expressing the purpose
Task One: join pairs of sentences using the appropriate connector to express
the purpose.
1- a)- We have to borrow money. b)- we want to pay our bills.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………
2- a)-I took the bread out of the freezer. b)- the bread would defrost.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………..
3- a)-The student does not want to repeat the year. b)- the student works
hard.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………….
4-a)- she wants to lose weight. b)- She practises sport a lot.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………..
F)-Word-Order:
Task One: Re-order the words to get meaningful sentences.
Example: on foot / the students/ to school/ always/ go
The students always go to school on foot.
1)- visits/ my /closest/ generally/ on the weekends/me/ friend.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………….. 2)-they/ how often/ revise /do/ their lessons?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………?
3)- study /mathematics/ usually /in the morning /we.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………..4)-tells /funny stories/ often/ our
grandmother/ us/
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………………………………………………………….5)-get up /always / do / in the weekends/
early / they?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………?
6)- well-dressed / to / come / as a rule /people/ the parties.
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……………………………………………………… G)-Pronunciation:
Task One: Indicate the number of syllables of the following words:
Always – beauty – interesting – beautiful – window – information – application –
possibility
–through- pointer – keyboard –
Task Two: Indicate the stressed syllable in the following words:
Angry……………………- happy ……………………….– refuse……………………… –
forget…………………………
Protect………………………… – autumn………………………….-
summer………………………. – hungry………………………. Thirsty…………………….. –
remove…………………….. – connect………………………. – erase………………………….
