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business competition land sight thought time war
1 If the countries do go to , many people will die needlessly.
2 As he stared at the locked door, struck him. 'Perhaps Jim has left a key with a
neighbour.'
3 We've bought near the coast and we're going to build a new house on it.
4 With the recession in Asia, is terrible at the moment.
5 Although Sarah is rich now, I remember when she worked in a restaurant washing
dishes.
6 Major complications in treating this eye disease are very rare, but these can sometimes
impair
7 The class is having for the best short story. The prize is £20 in book tokens.
8 Many people emigrated to the United States because they saw it as of opportunity.
9 The government claims that in the telecommunications industry will mean lower
prices for customers.
10 The conflict in
was that changed the Middle East for ever.
In the field, a farmer was using two horses to pull his plough, I had not seen since
my childhood.
12 I've given your proposals , but I don't think they would be appropriate in our
company.
The work has to be finished by the end of the week, so is very short.
14 He'd always wanted to work for himself, so last year he left his job at the bank and is now
running making garden tools.
Articles
UNITS 57-62
9 All the articles
and
have been taken out of these texts. Replace them where
necessary.
1 School classrooms have changed very little over last century. Walls may be a little more
colourful and chairs may be more comfortable, but school-child of 100 years ago would
have no difficulty in recognising today's classroom. There are still rows of desks, perhaps
blackboard, and shelves of books. However, these days there is something found in
classrooms that would bewilder them - computer. And it is this that is completely changing
way we learn at school, at college and in home.
2 When crime is first discovered, police often don't know who has done it or why. Usually,
though, person who has committed crime will have left some evidence of their identity at
scene such as footprint, blood, or fibres from clothing. This evidence often forms basis of
any case against suspect who police may take to court.
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Additional exercises
Space satellite does not need to be streamlined in order to fly since there is no air in space to
slow it down. However, it does need source of energy to power its electronic circuitry, so
satellite has large solar panels that convert sunlight into electricity. In addition, it is
necessary for satellite to stay in exactly right position so that its antennae face radio stations
on ground. For this reason it is equipped with gas thrusters which can move satellite into
correct orbit, high above Earth.
Determiners and quantifiers
UNITS 63-69
For each sentence do two things. In the first space, write of if it is necessary, (oi) if it is
optional, and - if you can't use of. In the second space, write an appropriate present simple
tense verb with either a plural or singular form.
1 I've got two brothers and both them to go into the navy when they leave school.
2 My children are nagging me to buy them Chokoflakes. Apparently, every packet a
free toy.
3 Some cars in the company's range more than $100, 000.
4 Each her three most recent novels on her experience teaching in universities.
5 We've been studying the symbols for some time now, but only a few them any
sense to us.
6 Not all parents bedtime stories to their children.
7 Both her parents blonde hair and blue eyes.
8 All my closest relatives in or around London.
9 I think we should have an extra day's holiday at Christmas, and I know that many my
colleagues with me.
10 I was surprised to hear that some the most poisonous spiders in the world in
Australia.
Only a few hectares of rainforest in the area.
12 Under the new electoral system each region five representatives to parliament.
13 Carbon dioxide contributes to the greenhouse effect, which many scientists causes
global warming.
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Additional exercises
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