particular particle (adverb or
preposition) are referred to here as
two-word verbs (e.g. She looked after
her elderly parents). Verbs that are
commonly used with two particular
particles (adverb + preposition) are
referred to here as three-word verbs
(e.g. He looked up to his older
brothers). These are sometimes called
'prepositional verbs' and 'phrasal
verbs'.
wh-words
A group of words (e.g. who, where,
when, how) that are used in
QUESTIONS.
wh-question
A question that begins with a
WORD (e.g.
are you going?).
yes/no question
A question that can be answered with
'yes' or 'no' (e.g. Do you like
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A d d i t i o n a l e x e r c i s e s
Present and past; simple and continuous tenses
2 & 6
1 In these texts, use one of the following tenses for the verb in brackets: present simple, present
continuous, past simple, past continuous. Where alternatives are possible, think about any
difference in meaning or emphasis.
A A: John
(not looking) well these days. Is he okay?
B: Apparently, he
(not sleep) well just now, although he usually
(sleep) really soundly.
A: Sounds like something
(worry) him.
B: Well, that's part of the problem. You
(know) that he
(work) for
Tardown, the engineers, don't you?
A: Yes, ever since he
(leave) university.
B: That's right. Well, at the moment he
(work) on a major road-building scheme
in Liverpool, so he
(drive) up there every day, which
(take) a
couple of hours each way. And on top of that, he
(suffer) from a cold and
(have) difficulty breathing.
B Concern
(mount) for the safety of two British climbers who
(miss) in
the Andes. Their three companions, all French, p) (raise) the alarm when the
climbers
(fail) to arrive back at their base camp two days ago. It
(now become) clear that a number of avalanches
(hit) the area last week, and
local experts
(blame) these on the very warm weather conditions for the time of
year.
C Alex
(work) in the accounts department when I
(become) advertising
manager at the firm. At first I p) (find) him to be very efficient, but after a while his
work
(start) to deteriorate. He
(forever lose) important documents
and
(make) excuses when there were delays. The final straw was when he
(spend) three weeks on a piece of work that should have taken only a day or so.
By the time he
(finish), I
(feel) pretty annoyed and
(complain) to the managing director.
D I
(buy) a new alarm clock the other day in Taylor's the jewellers, when I actually
(see) somebody shoplifting. I'd just finished paying for my clock and as I
(turn) round, an elderly woman
(slowly put) a silver plate into a bag
that she
(carry). Then she
(walk) over to another part of the shop
and, when she
(think) that nobody
(look), she
(put) an
expensive-looking watch into the bag. Before I
(have) a chance to tell the staff in
the shop, she
(notice) that I
(watch) her and
(hurry)
out. Unfortunately for her, two police officers
(walk) past just at that moment
and she
(run) straight into them.
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