EXERCISE 5
1. What is the difference between the following verbs?
a. - to wander
b. – to wonder
2. Write the other two forms of the verbs: strike, hang, wind, creep, fly, flow, fall, fell, leave, live, weep, wear, set, sit, shoot, bet, leap, bleed, dig, dive.
3. What prepositions follow the verbs borrow and lend ?
4. Which of the following sentences is correct?
a. What do you call that in English ?
b. How do you say that in English ?
5. Complete with question tags:
a. Nobody told you that,………….
b. Everybody knows them, …………….
c. He`s doing his job,……………….
d. She`s been writing many letters,……………
e. You`d rather go,……………………
f. They`d better help me now or never,………………….
g. First time,……………..
h. She`s having a shower,………………..
i. They have got a house,………………
j. We have a shop on the corner,………………..
k. There`s hardly been any difference,…………………
l. There`s hardly any difference between the two girls,…………
m. It`s no use trying to do so,……………….
6. Choose the correct form:
a. She is looking forward to hear from him / to hearing from him.
b. He used to swim / to swimming when he was a little boy.
c. They entered the house / They entered into the house.
d. I reached the airport / I reached at the airport.
e. He is not at home now. He must have left / He should have left.
f. You`d rather go home, wouldn`t you / hadn`t you?
g. I`d rather go to the library / I`d rather to go to the library.
h. She`d rather not go home / She`d rather not to go home.
i. It`s high time you had left / It`s high time you left.
j. He was doing his homework when I entered the room / He had been doing his homework when I entered the room.
k. I wish I bought a car now / I wish I had bought a car now.
l. That`s the first time we have done our assignments / That`s the first time we did our assignments.
m. This was the second time I would do my job. / This was the second time I had done my job.
n. She would like to go on a trip. / She would like going on a trip.
o. Unfortunately, all the milk have gone sour over night / Unfortunately all the milk has gone sour over night.
p. The patient`s health is more improved / much improved.
q. Your essay is pretty good / most good.
Write the feminine pairs of the following nouns:
Drake
Nephew
Son
Bull
Stallion
Lion
Baron
Lord
Actor
Tiger
Emperor
Uncle
Are the following sentences correct?
a. The cattle is grazing in the field.
b. The police have caught the robbers yesterday.
c. Bad news don`t make people happy.
d. There are some good information in this file.
e. I suggested that Brian go back home /
I suggested that Brian to go back home.
I suggested that Brian to go back home.
f. She demanded going there.
g. That`s exactly what you would do, isn`t it?
h. I have been knowing him for a long time.
i. The USA
j. She`s a beautiful, blue-eyed girl.
k. No sooner had I spoke to him than the guests arrived.
l. Hardly had she opened the window when a little bird flew into the room.
m. They had scarcely left the party when I regretted my words.
n. Scarcely had they leaved the party when I regretted my words.
o. Little did she do about that.
p. Under no circumstances are you to leave this room now.
q. How many information have you got?
r. How much information have you got ?
