English exercises

Assignments for 16.03.23
NEF Student’s book What do you remember slide 124, Grammar /a,b Vocabulary/a,b,c,d

Grammar

a. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.

1. I don’t have a car, but I would like one.- I wish I had a car.
2. Please stop whistling. I’m trying to concentrate. — I wish he would stop whistling. I’m trying to concentrate.
3. I regret not speaking to her before she left .- I wish I had spoken to her before she left.
4. He got a good job although he didn’t have the right qualifications. — He got a good job, despite not having the right qualifications.
5. That’s the man for whom I used to work.- That’s the man I used to work with.

b. Choose a,b, or c.

1. I opened the door quietly so as not to wake my father up.
2. He still works even though he won a million pounds on the lottery last year.
3. That’s the house in which Shakespeare was born.
4. Do you realize what you’ve done?
5. That dog follows me wherever I go.

Vocabulary

a. Circle the right word.

1. That walk was exhausting. I need a good rest now.
2. I was really shocked when I read the e-mail.
3. This company has forty employees.
4. Do you do business with many foreign companies?
5. That lawyer must be very successful- he’s got so many clients.

b. Complete the missing words.

1. Will the company make a profit or loss this year?
2. The slogan for their new advertising campaign is “You’ll never find a better one.”
3. My uncle was made — and had to look for another job.
4. We are planning to launch our new product in September.
5. The bank has branches all over the country.

c. Complete the sentences with one word.

1. He has set up a new company which makes software.
2. Our local shop has been taken over by a big supermarket chain.
3. They missed the last bus, so I ended up having to drive them home.
4. There are many different kinds of pasta, such as fettucine.
5. Many English words come from French, for example royal.

d. Complete the sentence using the bold word and a prefix.

1. This word is very difficult to say. I always mispronounce it.
2. When I finish my first degree I want to get a postgraduate qualification.
3. The city center was completely rebuilt after the war.
4. We are really underpaid. We can hardly survive on our salary.
5. The actress wrote her autobiography after she retired.

Pronunciation

a. Underline the word with a different sound.

1. amusing, business, whose, misunderstand
2. colleague, logo, though, owner
3. staff, branch, launch, market
4. client, biannual, irritate, tiring
5. company, shocked, money, worried