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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 1 Unit 1 1.1 Present Simple Positive. Complete the sentences usng the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple in its positive form. Where to Go in Sydney John Stuart ___________ 1 (be) successful businessman. He ___________ 2 (live) in Sydney, the financial capital of Australia, and ____________ 3 (run) the Accolade Travel Agency in the city centre. Johns two sons, Peter and Tony, ____________ 4 (be) tour guides and they _____________ 5 (work) for their father to help him organize guided tours of Sydney for overseas clients. Peter ____________ 6 (say) that he always _____________ 7 (try) to make the trips suit to different groups of visitors. Every year we ____________ 8 (offer) twenty new interesting all-day tour versions. Most people, for example, _____________ 9 (want) to take the Regular Tour. This ____________ 10 (mean) that we usually _____________ 11 (show) them round the streets of the inner city on foot or via Monorail, which is a special sightseeing train for tourists. Then we ______________ 12 (take) them on a boat cruise around Sydney Harbour. Our clients ____________ 13 (like) this very much, and often they ____________ 14 (come) back again. Everybody ______________ 15 (watch) the Opera, the Harbour Bridge and the beautiful city skyline. But touring Sydney can be even more entertaining , because there _____________ 16 (be) also a nice Pub Crawl Tour programme for everyone who ______________ 17 (love) good fun. For a little extra money you can see pubs, clubs, night clubs and casinos in Darling Harbour, The Rocks, Star City, Kings Cross and Redfern. And Accolade Travels ______________ 18 (have) good offers for history, culture and sport lovers too. Tony Stuart, who ______________ 19 (organize) special trips to places of historical interest, ______________ 20 (say): Sydney never ______________21 (disappoint) people who ____________ 22 (be) interested in art and history. Just join us to see the first European eighteenth-century houses in The Rocks, historical ships in the Maritime museum or the galleries of Aboriginal art in George Street. The EuropeanAustralia _____________ 23 (have) a rather young culture, but at the same time it ____________ 24 (be) very colourful. You can see that all around here! And when you ______________ 25 (grow) tired of monuments and buildings, we can take you to do some surfing at the Bondi or Manly beaches or hiking up in Blue Mountains. John, the company manager and father to the two tour guides, _____________ 26 (finish) the interview about the work and the city: Sydney____________ 27 (be) so fascinating just like the whole country. People from all over the world ____________ 28 (come) here to take our tours and _____________ 29 (admire) the charm of the city . But I always ____________30 (answer) back in our very special Sydney English:This Sydney, mate. This not a one-day trip, but an all-life tour!.
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Department of languages, 2005. Sources: Taylor, Liz and Macfarlane, Mike. International Express Pre-Intermediate. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. The note applies to all pages of this work. For more details and sources see the final page.

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 1 1.2 Present Simple Negative. Read the following sentences, supply the correct form of the Present Simple positive and write the negatives as shown: Example: Peter (live) in Sydney, he ________________ (not, live) in Melbourne. Peter lives in Sydney, he doesnt live in Melbourne. 1. Australia ___________(be) a very large country, but there ________________ (not, live) a lot more than nineteen million people. 2. Tony Stuart _________________ (not, organize) regular tours, he ________________ (organize) history and sports trips. 3. Blue Mountains ________________(not, be) close to Canberra, they__________ (be) close to Sydney. 4. If you __________ (go) to Sydney, _______________ (forget, not) that you must have enough money in your bank account. 5. John Stuart _____________(like) his country, he ___________ (not, want) to move overseas. 6. The travel agency ______________ (change) the programme for tours every year and the trips _____________ (never, be) the same. 7. I _____________(not, think) that people in Sydney _____________ (like) the Americans. 1.3 Present Simple Questions: Yes/No Questions. Use the expressions in brackets to form Yes/No questions in Present Simple. CUSTOMS OFFICER Good morning, sir. _________________ 1 (you/have) anything to declare? DAVID SMITH Yes, I do. I have some chocolates, wine and spices. ________________ 2 (you/be) interested in seeing the stuff? CUSTOMS OFFICER Yes, I am. Visitors to Australia arent allowed to bring any food or drink. DAVID SMITH ________________ 3 (do/it) mean that I have to leave it all here? CUSTOMS OFFICER No, it doesnt. But you have to make an arrangement over this with the health security officer. He will give you a special permit. DAVID SMITH Fine. And _________________ 4 (I/need) a lot of money to pay for this? CUSTOMS OFFICER No, you dont. You need only five dollars. DAVID SMITH _____________ 5 (be/it) all right if I pay in US dollars? CUSTOMS OFFICER Yes, it is. ______________ 6 (be/there) anything else you want to ask about? DAVID SMITH No, not really. Thanks a lot. Bye.

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 1 1.4 Present Simple Questions: Wh-questions. For each sentence use only one of the following question words: What When Where Who Why How many/much. Then form correct questions using the words in brackets. Example: SECURITY OFFICER ______________ (bottles/wine/you/have/do)? How many bottles of wine do you have? SECURITY OFFICER Good morning, sir. ________________ 1 (I/you/for/can/do) ? DAVID SMITH I just want to ask about something. I have these chocolates and this wine here. _________________ 2 (have/I/do/money/pay/to) for a permit? I hope it isnt too expensive. SECURITY OFFICER __________________3 (from/you/are)? DAVID SMITH I am from the United States. SECURITY OFFICER ________________4 (chocolates/for/the/are)? DAVID SMITH Theyre just a present for my auntie. I only have these six pieces. SECURITY OFFICER And __________________ 5 (wine/bottles/of) are you carrying? DAVID SMITH I have eight bottles. SECURITY OFFICER Then you only need to pay five dollars. DAVID SMITH All right. ___________________6 (I/get/permit/the/do)? SECURITY OFFICER You have to wait. Leave the chocolates here and come back at half past two. DAVID SMITH _______________7 (I/wait/have/to/do)? SECURITY OFFICER This is the immigration office, sir. You have to do what you are told. 1.5 Conversations. Complete the conversations. Use the following phrases: Let me introduce you How do you do? May I introduce myself? Pleased to meet you It was very nice meeting you I look forward to seeing you again JOHN Peter, __________________ 1 to James Wakefield, the head of our department. James, this is Peter Brown, the new lawyer. Peter, this is James Wakefield. PETER ___________________ 2 JAMES Pleased to meet you, too. MR CONNALLY MR WHITE MR CONNALLY MR WHITE MR CONNALLY Excuse me, but are you Mr. White? Yes, thats right. Im Paul White. __________________? 3 Im Richard Connally. How do you do? __________________? 4

LUCY Jane, I really have to go now. My coach leaves the station at 6:00. JANE Well, Lucy, _________________ 5. Come back again next week. LUCY Sure. ____________________6

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 2 Unit 2 2.1 Verbs in the Present Continuous. Write the Present Continuous form of the verbs below. 1) hit 2) run 3) come 4) bring 5) let 6) begin 7) sit 8) sing 9) enjoy 10) make 11) travel 12) catch 13) eat 14) use 15) stay 16) prefer 17) agree 18) stop

2.2 Present Continuous Positive and Negative. Questions and Short Answers in the Present Continuous. Complete the sentences below using the correct form (positive, negative) of the words in brackets. The exercise also includes questions. Example: TOM Are you going (going/you/be) home? SHEILA No, I am not. I am going (be/going/I) to the discotheque. A)A Telephone Call CALLER Hello, this is Keith Green. Could I speak to the manager, please? SECRETARY I am afraid he _________________ 1 (meeting/have/be/a) at the moment. Can I take a message? CALLER Well... No, thank you. Could I see him this afternoon? SECRETARY He _____________________ 2 (not/be/work) in his office today. But you can see him tomorrow at 9 a.m. CALLER OK. Thank you. Bye. B) The Life of a Student MOTHER Its eleven oclock already. ____________________ 3 (Peter/homework/do/his/be/still)? FATHER ________________ 4 (he/be/yes,). MOTHER Why_____________________ 5 (be/he/work) so hard? Students _____________________ 6 (be/now/work) harder than before. Studying is not easy these days, you know. There are more books to read. MOTHER But I am sure he is very tired. And now ___________________ 7 (he/be/do) the new part-time job. FATHER Dont worry. He has to learn that life is not a permanent holiday and that he has to work if he wants to be successful before he becomes a pensioner. FATHER

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 2 C) A Business Talk ASSISTANT The investors ____________________ 8 (be/come) tomorrow at 10 a. m., sir. MANAGER ____________________ 9 (they/be/not/no,). We ____________________ 10 (be/have/them/problems/with). They (not/be/pay) ___________________11 any money for our products. Yes, sir. But let me tell you that our products are no good now. Nobody _________________ 12 (be/pay) for them these days. We have to meet these investors. There is no meeting tomorrow. _____________________ 13 (be/I/not/talk) clearly to you? ______________ 14 (be/you/yes,) But we really need the investors because people dont want to be unemployed next month. Well, you are unemployed right now. Tomorrow at 10 a. m. you ___________________ 15 (be/meet/not) anybody here.

ASSISTANT MANAGER ASSISTANT MANAGER

2.3 Present Simple and Present Continuous. Use the right tense for the verbs in brackets. Add auxiliary verbs where necessary. An Englishman in China Speaks George Hewson ____________1 (work) as an architect for the Witsushi Industries company. He normally ____________ 2 (live) in a mansion in Chelsea but now he ___________ 3 (stay) in a big hotel in Shanghai, China. He ______________ 3 work) there on the project of a new special power plant built for the Lenntovo Electronics company. In England I usually ____________ 4 draw) designs for the interiors of special industrial buildings, but in this power plant I ____________5 (deal) with the external parts. The work is just fascinating, because the Lenntovo company ______________6 (want) grass and trees all around the buildings and even on the walls. This is very expensive, but there is so much money in China these days, ___________7 (say) Hewson. And he ___________8(add):Of course, this is a very difficult job. I always ____________9 (start) work at 7 a. m. and I never ______________ (leave) the office before 8 p. m. But today I _____________10 (leave) at six there is a dinner party with the managers. Suddenly he ___________11 (look) at his watch. Sorry, I have to go now, he ____________12 (smile). Come next week to talk about China and the Chinese!

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 2 2.4 Vocabulary and Phrases. Complete the dialogue with the appropriate phrases taken from the list below. Some of them may be used more than once. Could I speak to Hold the line, please Could you give him a message, please? Im afraid hes busy at the moment RECEPTIONIST Good morning. Orient Exports, trade section. How can I help you? CALLER Good morning. This is Alice White. ___________________ 1 mister Stetson? RECEPTIONIST Of course. Ill put you through. _______________________ 2 COLLEAGUE Office 125. Sonny Howard speaking. CALLER Hello. This is Alice White. _______________________3 mister Stetson, please? COLLEAGUE Um... Im sorry. _________________________ 4. CALLER OK. ___________________________5 COLLEAGUE Of course, no problem. 2.5 Translate the following sentences and phrases into English: 1) Pracuji tu na pln vazek......................................................................................................... 2) Bratr pracuje na stenvazek.............................................................................................. 3) Mm pohyblivou pracovn dobu............................................................................................... 4) Musm dlat vdeckvzkum................................................................................................... 5) Jsem nezamstnan................................................................................................................... 6) Bt v dchod......................................................7) Bt na neschopence................................ 8) Pobrat nemocenskou.......................................... 9) Matesk dovolen.................................. 10) Domluvit si schzku............................................................................................................... 11)Mt schzku (nebo jednn)..................................................................................................... 12) Dlat zkouku......................................................................................................................... 13) Firemn centrla (sted)....................................................................................................... 14) Obrat(v obchodn innosti).....................................................................................................

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 3 Unit 3 3.1 Past Simple.Regular and Irregular Verbs. Fill in all missing verb forms. 1 Infinitive Past Simple 2 Infinitive Past Simple 3 Infinitive Past Simple 4 Infinitive Past Simple A do grow start cost swim woke report B brought go had find saw understand eat complain gave hear need C come D think E began make become F get

3.2 The Use of Past Simple. Write the correct forms of the verbs in the article. Haile Gebrselassie: A Man with Two Challenges Haile _____________1 (grow) up on a small farm in the mountains of Ethiopia. The long run to school every day _______________ 2 (help) to make him the worlds best distance runner. At sixteen years old, he _____________ 3 (run) his first important marathon. At seventeen, he _____________ 4 (go) to live with his older brother in the capital, Addis Ababa. There, he ________________ 5 (begin) training full-time. A few months later, in 1991, Ethiopia ________________ 6 (choose) Haile to run for his country. The next year, he __________________ 7 (become) the world juinior champion at 5, 000 and 10, 000 metres. The year after that, he ______________ 8 (win) again as a senior. That ________________ 9 (make) him a national hero and an international superstar. During the 1990s, he _______________ 10 (break) many records mostly his own! In 2003, at the age of twenty-nine, he still ________________ 11 (have) the power to break the two-mile world record. Early in the 1990s, Haile _________________ 12 (accept) a very different challenge. Ethiopia is a poor country, with a lot of unemployment. Haile ______________ 13 (decide) to use money from his running to help his country. He ________________ 14 (open) a caf and a construction company with his brothers. These businesses ________________ 15 (create) jobs for 300 people. He was very happy and very proud.
Direct Source: Macfarlane, Mike. International Express Pre-Intermediate: Workbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004: p. 19.

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 3 3.3 Past Simple Dialogues. Questions and Answers. Use the words in brackets to form the past simple. Don t forget to write the progressive form in some phrases. A Kind of Business SANDY _________________________ 1 (you/last/be/night/where)? I wasnt able to reach you on the phone. KEITH Really? This is very strange...._________________2(call/you/do/once/more/than)? SANDY Yes, of course. ______________________ 3 (call/I/five/times). Then someone finally ________________________ 4 (phone/answer/the). KEITH Well... Um... I __________________ (leave/cell/my) at home. And __________________________ 5 (speak/who/to/you/did)? SANDY I _________________________ 6 (speak/mother/you/to). KEITH ___________________________7 (she/tell/you/do/what)? SANDY Well, not much. But now I know that _______________________ 8 (go/you/jog/girl/some/with). Can you explain this? KEITH You know my mother, Sandy. She never says things the right way. That girl is a businesswoman and Im running a new firm with her. And we _____________________ 9 (not/go/jog/yesterday). We ______________ 10 (go/the/to/city/the). We __________________11 (visit/some/new/suppliers). SANDY Well, why _________________ 12 (do/you/go) to see your suppliers on Saturday night? And by the way what is the business about? KEITH Uh Huh... um... I dont want to talk about this now. But I can tell you that the suppliers ____________________ 13 (us/offer/discount/big/a) yesterday. SANDY Look, Keith. Dont lie to me. When we first _______________ 14 (meet) at the disco last month, you ________________ 15 (be) a bank manager. KEITH Do you think that I am a liar? SANDY Sorry, Keith. I know that the girl is a cleaning service manager. And...she is my sister. I know that the only business youre running in the evenings is cleaning the central station toilets. But at least you can make your own money. 3.4 Vocabulary. Complete the first three sentences with always one of the following words: Do, play, go. Translate the remaining items into Czech. Example: In the evenings I usually play basketball. 1) When I was younger, I often __________________ swimming. 2) Five years ago I ________________ judo, but then I stopped. It was too difficult. 3) On Sundays I always ______________ badminton with Peter in a gymnasium. 4) Ml jste pjemnou cestu do Brna?___________________ 5) Jak bylo v Londn poas?_________________________________________ 6) Jak byl V pobyt v Anglii?

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 4 Unit 4 4.1 Referring to the Future: Present Comtinuous. Complete the dialogue with verbs in the Present Continuous. Use the verbs below . fly come interview manage write meet (2x) make

A Busy Boss SCOTT Good morning. Meg. I hope you had a nice weekend. MEG The weekend was very nice. But now we have to deal with some big problems. SCOTT Yes. The division manager _________________ 1 for an inspection at 2 p.m. And the boss is away you know he __________________2 a presentation of our business strategy at the Faculty of Economics today. This is at 1. 30, so he cant be here. He cant manage the inspection. MEG But I think he can cancel the presentation. SCOTT Um... No, he cannot. It is very important. And right after that at 2. 45 - he ___________________3 the personnel director of Texoil. At 7 p. m. they _________________ 4 to Houston. MEG Oh dear. Then we can quickly book a hotel for the division manager. He can stay there and do the inspection on Wednesday. SCOTT Well... No. He is not free. On Wednesday afternoon the manager ___________________ 5 the ten new job applicants for Town Bank MEG How about Friday? SCOTT Thats no good for us. We ___________________ 6 the annual report in the morning and then we _________________ 7 our boss at 1 p. m. MEG Then I hope we _________________ 8 it today at 2 p. m. Last month the manager was very angry and he sacked five people. We must survive!

4.2 Questions in the Present Continuous. Use the words in brackets to form the questions. 1) When _______________________________ (manager/do/the/inspection/)? 2) Where_______________________________ (at 7 p. m./go/boss/the)? 3) How many job applicants ____________________(Wednesday/manager/on/talk/the/to)?

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 4 4.3 The GOING TO Future. Complete the questions with the going to form and match them with the appropriate answers. Example: 1) What kind of computer are you going to buy (buy/you)? ......... C C) Definitely I am going to have a notebook again. Tom wants to buy a car for the first time. Pat is asking about his plans with it. 1) What type of car ____________________ (get/you)? ............ 2) How often ________________________ (you/drive) it? ............ 3) How much ________________________ (the car/cost)? ............ 4) Who________________________ (the car/use)? 5) Where ______________________ (you/park) it? A) My wife and my son are going to drive it and me too. B) There is no problem with this. I have a big barn right behind the house. C) Im going to have an estate. Thats the best model for me. D) About A$ 15, 000. E) We are going to use it every day. 4.4 Translate the sentences below into Czech. 1) V sobotu ve dv hodiny odltm do New Yorku.................................................................... 2) Tu knihu si pjm................................................................................................................... 3) Podvej se na ty mraky. Urit bude pret............................................................................... 4) Petr si bude brzy kupovat nov auto........................................................................................ 5) f jde v ter rno na poradu a v poledne m pohovory s novmi uchazei. ....................... 4.5 Vocabulary. For each of the blank spaces, choose one word or phrase that best completes these extracts from telephone calls and talks in a hotel. conference facilities full-board Could I have my bill, please? Id like like to book a single room How would you like to pay? 1) Here is your receipt, sir. ______________________ 2) The ________________ in this hotel are excellent. We can have our meetings here. 3) Good morning, this is John May. ___________________ with an ensuite bathroom. 4) Id rather have ___________________, please. I never eat in pubs. 5) Is that the receptionist? _______________________ Im just about to leave. ............ ............

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 5 Unit 5 5.1 Count and Mass Nouns (Count and Non-Count Nouns. General and Specific Meaning & Elementary Items. Choose the correct forms of the nouns in the sentences below. Write the corresponding letters in the blanks as shown. Example: I really like winter B_, skiing and skating in particular. A sport B sports 1) ____ a big problem for people who live close to highways. A noise is B noises are 2) Last night I heard some soft ______ under my bed. When I woke up in the morning, there was a bat in the mousetrap! A noise B noises 3) My father has to do regular ______ to keep fit after the illness. A exercises B exercise 4) The instructor asked us to write six _______ exercises by the end of the week. A exercises B exercise 5) You can get several very cheap Spanish _____ in the supermarket lemons, oranges, apples and pears. A fruit B fruits 6) If you go shopping, walk around the market and buy some fruit just anything you like. A fruits B fruit 7) They sell a lot of Dutch and Swiss _____ in the new shop at the corner. A cheese B cheeses 8) _____ lot of proteins, but a lot of fat as well. So, be careful if you want to be slim! A cheese contains B cheeses contain 9) There is _______ on the table. You can use it to drink your beer. A glass B a glass 9) I want to give you some good _______ - dont be rude to the manager. A advice B advices 10) How many ________ have you got? A luggages B pieces of luggage 5.2 Much, Many, A lot of. Complete the following sentences. Write much, many or a lot of in the blanks. 1) There are __________ Russian books in your bookcase. Are you trying to learn the language? 2) Yes, I am. But I dont have ___________ time for studying. 3) We still have __________ salami, but there arent ___________ eggs left. Can I buy some more? 4) I drink ________ red wine, which is very healthy. All drinkers say so. 5) Peter never ate ___________ meat, and thats why he was always so thin. 6) How__________ money can you lend us? 7) Do you have ___________ problems with your computer? Its quite new, so I dont think you have __________ trouble.

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 5 5.3 Much and Many, Just/Only a little and Just/Only a few, How much and How many. Complete the conversation below with the correct item. Example: LUCY There isnt much milk left. JUDY ________1 milk is there in the fridge? I would like to cook some pancakes for dinner. MIKE Just __________.2 Shall I go and buy some? JUDY That would be great. And I think we also have _____________3 small packets of sugar, so you can get sugar as well MIKE ___________ 4 jars of honey do we have? JUDY None at all. And there isnt __________5 marmalade either. MIKE Hmmm... What about beer? We dont have ___________6 bottles, do we? JUDY No, we dont. Um.... Mike, there is ______________7 petrol in the car. Last night I bought some, but not __________8. MIKE Oh dear. Tonight we are going to have the most expensive pancakes in the world! 5.4 A, Some and Any. Complete the following dialogues with the corresponding items. Example: Can you bring me some vegetables? DAWN Do you have ______1 good Chinese food? WAITER Of course, madam. There are __________2 menus on your table. Would like to order _______3 drink now? DAWN Yes, please. Do you have ____________4 fizzy water? WAITER KYLE WAITER KYLE WAITER Would you like to order now, sir? Oh, yes. Could I just have _______5 glass of Champagne? Of course. Anything else, sir? Could I order ____________6 more spirits? No problem, sir. May I recommend _________7 brandy as ______8 starter?

5.5 Vocabulary. Cross the word that does not match the other items in a group. 1 A B C D E trout pike carp tuna venison 2 cook Fry roast boil steam 3 Cucumber gherkin cabbage lettuce prawn 4 ale beer wine juice brandy 5 beef pork mutton stew duck

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 6 Unit 6 6.1 Comparative Adjectives: One Syllable. Read the article and change the words in brackets to form comparative expressions Flying is definitely a fascinating means of transport. It is fast and comfortable. It is ____________1(good) than using highways that are always full of cars. Many people would tell you that planes are also ____________2 safe) than anything we drive on our roads or rails. And that sometimes they are _____________3(cheap) than buses. Well, let us stop here for a while. Are planes really the ideal thing? If you like flying, I say a big yes to all your arguments. But dont forget that there arent many accidents _______________4(bad) than a plane crash. Up there in the air, you can do much ______________5 (little) than any driver on the road. Also, the flight can be very unpleasant with children screaming all around you or someone snoring right next to your left ear. So remember now you can share your flight with ___________6(many) than 300 passengers in the economy class! 6.2 Comparative adjectives: as...as. Write sentences with as...as. Use the words in brackets. Example: Ryanair is not as expensive as Lauda AirRyanair/be/not/expensive/LaudaAir) 1) _________________________________ (trains/be/dangerous/planes/not). 2) _________________________________ (Boeing planes/good/Airbus planes). 3) _________________________________ (taking a coach/be/can/comfortable /never/flying). 6.3 Superlative Adjectives: One Syllable Read the sentence and change the words in brackets to form superlative expressions. The ____________1 (rich) people always fly __________2 (good) planes. They never try to find the ____________3 (cheap) tickets, they never look for ___________4 (low) prices. The rich always want to drink the __________5 (old) wine on board the____6 (new) plane. 6.4 Comparative Adjectives: two or more syllables. Use the right forms of the words in brackets to form superlatives. 1) EasyJet sells ________________ (many/expensive) tickets than SuperbAir. 2) SuperbAir services are ___________________ (little/reliable) than what you can get from EasyJet. 3) EasyJet planes are ________________ (many/comfortable) than SuperbAirs. 4) The SuperbAir company is probably __________________ (little/professional) than EasyJet.

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Homework 6 Unit 6 6.5 Write the superlative forms of the adjectives below. Use both the superlative of little and many. 1) interesting .................................. .......................................... 2) efficient 3) valuable 4) intensive 5) common ................................. ........................................... ................................. .......................................... ................................. ........................................... ................................ ..........................................

6.6 Vocabulary. Translate the following sentences: 1) Na letiti jsem el k odbavovac pepce a proel pasovou kontrolou. ________________________________________________________________________ 2) V letadle jsem uloil zavazadla do schrnky nad sedadlem a pipoutal jsem se _______________________________________________________________________ 3) Ml jsem krajn sedadlo (do uliky).

3) Letuka mi nabdla levn zbo z bezcelnho obchodu.

5) Let byl pjemn a pistn bez problm.

Sources: Taylor, Liz. International Express Pre-Intermediate: Students Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Macfarlane, Mike. International Express Pre-Intermediate: Workbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Alexander, L. G. Longman English Grammar. London: Longman Group, 1997. Thomson, A. J. and Martinet, A. V. A Practical English Grammar: Exercises 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Key to Homework 1

1.1 1. is 2. lives 3. runs 4. are 5. work 6. says 14. come 30. answer 7. tries 8. offer 9. want 25. grow 10. means 26. finishes

11. show 12. take 27. is 28. come

13. like 29. admire

15. watches

16. is 17. loves 18. has

19. organizes 20. says

21. disappoints

22. are 23. has 24. is

1.2 1. 4. 7. is, dont live 2. doesnt organize, organizes 3. arent, are

go, dont forget dont think, like

5. likes, doesnt want 6. changes, are never

1.3 1. Do you have 6. Is there 2. Are you 3. Does it 4. Do I need 5. Is it

1.4 1. What can I do for you 2. How much money do I have to pay 3. Where are you from 4. 6. Who are the chocolates for When do I get the permit 5. How many bottles of wine 7. Why do I have to wait

1.5 1. 4. Let me introduce you 2. How do you do? again 5. Pleased to meet you 3. May I introduce myself? 6. I look forward to seeing you

It was very nice meeting you

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Key to Homework 2

2.1 1. hitting 7. sitting 18. 2. running 3. 8. singing 9. eating coming 14. using 4. bringing making 5. 11. letting 6. beginning 17. agreeing

enjoying 10.

travelling (traveling) preferring

12. catching 13. stopping

15. staying 16.

2.2 1. is having a meeting 2. isnt working 3. Is Peter still doing his homework 4. Yes, he is. 5. is he working 6. are now working 7. he is doing 8. are coming 9. No, they are not. 10. are having problems with them 11. are not paying 12. is paying 13. Am I not talking 14. Yes, you are 15. are not meeting

2.3 1. 7. works want 2. 8. lives 3. says 9. is staying 4. adds 10. start is working 11. leave 5. draw 12. 6. am dealing 13. looks

am leaving

14. smiles

2.4 1. Could I speak to 2. Hold the line, please 5. 3. Could I speak to 4. I m afraid hes

busy at the moment

Could you give him a message, please?

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 2.5 1. I work full-time here. 2. My brother works part-time. 3. I work flexitime. 4. I have to do scientific research. 5. I am unemployed. 6. (to) be retired 7. be on sick leave 8. be on /pull/ sick pay 9. maternity leave 10. make an appointment 11. have a meeting 12. do/sit/take an exam 13. head offices 14. turnover

Key to Homework 3 3.1 1A. did 1B. bring 1C. went 3B cost 2C came have 1D. thought 1E . begin 2E made 1F. 2F got became 4F complained

2A grew 2B 3A started 4A swam

2D give 3D see

3C found

3E heard

3F needed

4B wake 4C reported

4D understood 4E ate

3.2 1. grew 2. helped made 10. 3. ran 4. went 5. began 6. chose 7. became 8.

won 9. 15.

broke

11. had 12. accepted 13.

decided 14.

opened

created

3.3 1. Where were you last night 2. Did you call more than once 3. I called five times 4. answered the phone 5. left my cell 6. who did you speak to 7. spoke to your mother 8. What did she tell you 9. you went jogging with some girl 10. didnt go jogging yesterday 11. went to the city 12. visited some new suppliers 13. did you go 14. offered us a big discount 15. met 16. were

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 3.4 1. went 2. did 3. play 4. Did you have a nice journey to Brno 5. What was the weather like in London 6. How was your stay in England?

Key to Homework 4

4.1 1. 6. 4.2 1. is the manager doing the inspection 2. is the boss going at 7. p. m. 3. is the manager talking to on Wednesday 4.3 1. are you going to get/C 2. are you going to drive it/E 3. is the car going to cost/D 4. is going to use the car/A 5. are you going to park it/B 4.4 1. Im flying to New York on Saturday at 2. p. m. 2. Im going to borrow that book. 3. Look at the clouds. It is going to rain. 4. Peter is going to buy a new car soon. 5. On Tuesday morning the boss is having a meeting and in the afternoon he is interviewing the new applicants. is coming 2. is making 3. is meeting 8. 4. are flying 5. is interviewing

are writing 7.

are meeting

are managing

4..5 1. How would you like to pay 2. conference facilities 3. Id like to book a single room with an ensuite bathroom. 4. full board 5. Could I have my bill, please?

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Key to Homework 5 5.1 1A 2B 3B 4A 5B 6B 7B 8A 9A 10B 5.2 1. a lot of 2. much 3. a lot of, many 4. a lot of 5. much 6. much 7. many, much 5.3 1. how much 2. a little 3. only a few 4. How many 5. much 6. many 7. just a little 8. much 5.4 1. any 2. some 3. a 5.5 1E 2A 3E 4D 5D 4. some 5. a 6. some 7. some 8. a

Key to Homework 6 6.1 1.better 2. safer 3. cheaper 4. worse 5. less 6. more 6.2 1. Trains are not as dangerous as planes 2. Boeing planes are as good as Airbus planes. 3. Taking a coach can never be more comfortable than flying. 6.3 1. the richest 2. the best 3. the cheapest 4. the lowest 5. the oldest 6. the newest

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Department of languages INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Pre- Intermediate Units 1 6 Key to Homework 6

6.4 1. more expensive 2. less reliable 3. more comfortable 4. less professional

6.5 1. the least interesting, the most interesting 2. the least efficient, the most efficient..................

6.6 1. At the airport I walked to the check-in desk and went through the passport control 2. On board the plane I put my luggage into the overhead locker and fastened my seat-belt. 3. I had an aisle seat. 4. The flight attendant offered me to buy some cheap items from the duty-free. 5. The flight was good and the landing was all right.