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A. Fill in the blanks with the given conjunctions below. (Capitalize where needed)
now that

although

because

nonetheless because of therefore

while

nor

otherwise

thus

unlike

since

both

as

1. Stephen Crane's schooling was not continuous; ---- he read all of the 19th-century English writers and
the Greek and Latin classics.
2. Medical scientists have not yet discovered what causes muscular dystrophy, an inherited disorder that
strikes nerve tissue and cripples its victim. ---- do they know what causes sudden death syndrome.
3. ---- more and more is learned about the biochemical changes that go on in the body ---- it grows older,
scientists may someday be able to modify those changes to ensure better health for the aged.
Now that, as

4. ---- the emphasis on the technical study of language and literature, Roman education was remote from
the real world and the interests of the schoolboys.
5. ---- the Greeks, who considered physical health a part of education, the church considered the human
body something to be ignored.
6. Abundance of prey can vary locally within a region. ----, whales must be prepared to move constantly
in search of the highest food densities.
7. ---- some teachers guide the natural development of the child's innate powers, others build knowledge
into the child's mind through a systematic method of instruction.
8. A greenhouse is used ---- for displaying plants and, where winters are cold, for growing plants that
would not ---- survive the seasonal change.
9. ---- its creation in 1903, the High Court of Australia has been responsible for interpreting the
constitution.
10. ---- T.S. Eliot published few poems, they have had a tremendous influence on modern poetic
technique.

B . Complete the following exercise with gerund or infinitive forms of the indicated verbs.
1. What do you want
a movie.
2. It's not so bad
(lie) is ever right.

(do) tonight? I feel like

(tell) a white lie, is it? I don't think

3. It isn't wrong
(defend) yourself, is it? I think
(defend) yourself is the right thing to do if you have a good reason.

(go) to

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4. Why did you end up

(major) in forestry? I've always loved

(be) outdoors. And I've always had trouble

(do) desk jobs.

C. Complete the following exercise with gerund or infinitive forms of the indicated verbs.
1. She decided

(move) in another city.

2. Grammarbank is one of the best websites

grammar.
3. Alicia enjoys

(practice) English

(watch) soap operas on television.

4. She refuses

(listen) to her father.

5. Students want

(get) good grades.

6. Many drivers avoid

(drive) in traffic.

7. Do you feel like

(eat) hamburger?

8. I can't imagine

(jump) out of a flying jet.

9. The president wishes

(end) the war.

10. I would love

(see) that movie. I heard it's really good.

11. Mrs. Rogala is a really good teacher. She always offers

(help) her students.

D. Complete the exercise with correct forms of the given nouns. Use each noun only one time.

attorney

beach

box

cliff

discovery

laboratory

man

match

medium

ox

piano

tooth

1. The age at which the first tooth appears differs greatly from child to child. Very occasionally, children
are born with one or more .

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2. I need some

to light the fire.

3. Studies are showing that

process information differently from women.

4. Maria needed some legal advice for her businesses, so she contacted two
5. New scientific
world.

are made every day in

6. The farmer loaded his cart with

cart was pulled by two

throughout the

of fresh vegetables to take to market. His

.

7. The north side of the island has no

for people to walk on. There are only steep
.
No one can climb theses steep walls of rock.
8. The music building at the university has 27

for students to play on.

9. People get most of their news about the world through the mass
through radio, television, the internet, newspapers, and magazines.

, that is,

E. Complete the exercise with convenient prepositions.

1. Nice

to

meet you.

2. Dont be late

school.

3. You are the new student

Portugal.

4. Are you a teacher

5. Jessica is

this school?
vacation. She is

6. What is this called

7. Look

Italy now.

English?
the flowers.

8. Adam's birthday is

July.

9. Dont run

the classroom.

F. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.

1. Compare your answers

w ith

2. This key holder is very special

your partner.
me.

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3. Kittens and mice are
4. Write

the same place.

me soon.

5. Have you got a piece

paper?

6. Whats that CD for? It is

7. Im tall

my exam.
black hair and brown eyes.

8. We have got a house

9. I come
10. Match the pictures
11. Is your house
12. Guess. What have I got
13. I have got two pens. What

a big garden.
a big family.
the names.
the country?
my hand?
you?

G. Choose the appropriate options and circle it to complete the sentences

1. We all told the boss that we wanted to have ---- salaries paid in advance but he just ignored ----.
A) ours / it
B) his / we
`C) their / our
D) we / his
E) our / us
2. When the man asked me how I had got ---- address, I told him that I was given it by a relative of ----.
A) my / me
B) his / his
C) mine / his
D) his / him
E) him / him
3. Although ---- in the room seemed to follow ---- said by the speaker, he never intended to simplify his
language.
A) no one / anything
B) anybody / anything
C) nobody / nothing
D) anyone / nothing
E) someone / something
4. I hope you will enjoy ---- at the re-union party this weekend because I won't be able to be there ----.
A) you / myself
B) yourself / mine
C) yours / oneself
D) yourself / myself
E) you / me
5. We decided to do all the cooking ---- instead of hiring a catering company for the party.
A) of our own
B) oneself
C) by ourselves
D) ours
E) each other
6. Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing ---- homework with a background of pop-music to
doing ---- in a quiet room.
A) theirs / them
B) his / its
C) them / it's
D) they / them
E) their / it
7. You and ---- brother need to take time to prepare ---- for the long journey which will start next month.
A) his / yourself
B) yours / ourselves
C) their / you
D) your / yourselves
E) her / by themselves
8. Th students watched each gesture of ---- as if their teacher were a stranger.
A) them
B) hers
C) him
D) her

E) himself

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9. Trademarks enable a company to distinguish ---- products from ---- of another company.
A) their / it
B) it / that
C) our / this
D) its / those
E) my / these
10. ---- cannot see through translucent materials, but light can pass through ----.
A) We / it
B) Anything / their
C) One / them
D) No one / its
E) Everyone / their

H. Complete the exercise with the correct forms of the phrasal verbs in the boxes.
hang up

let

down

I just

throw out

end up with

my first issue of Motorcycle Mama. I'm nobody's mama and I don't own a

motorcycle, so how did I

this subscription? Well, my neighbor's son was raising

money for his soccer team, and I didn't want to

to

get to

him

. It's easy

on telemarketers, but it's hard to say no to your friends and neighbors.

help out

watch out for

The magazine company

fall for
me through a friendship. It's one of the ways

"persuasion professionals" get us to say yes. Of course it's OK to

team. But a lot of people
these common scams.

the local soccer

scams because of similar techniques.

give back find out go along with

lay out turn down

1. When someone gives you something, you want to

something
.
This desire to return a favor can cost you money when a telemarketer announces you've won a vacation
or a new car. These offers aren't free. When people

them, they always

that there's a tax or a fee to collect the "free" prize. Since they've accepted the
offer, they feel obligated to pay. You should
These are scams-all too often people

fill out

count on

A TV actor will

put on

these offers

money and receive nothing.

turn up

pick out

a doctor's white jacket and talk about cough medicine. In a

magazine ad, a woman in a business suit will help you

the best investment firm.
Ads with fake "authority figures" are easy to spot, but there's a new Internet scam that's harder to
recognize. The scammer sends e-mails that seem to be from well-known banks. They tell you that a

NAME : _________________________________________ Date :

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problem with your account has

. Then they send you to an Internet site to

forms with your account information and password. The site seems to have
authority-it looks like a real thing. But a real bank will never ask for your information over the internet.
You can

that!

ANSWERS
A.
1. nonetheless
2. Nor
3. Now that, as
4. Because of
5. Unlike
6. Thus
7. While
8. both, otherwise
9. Since
10. Although

B. Complete the following exercise with gerund or infinitive forms of the

indicated verbs.
1. What do you want
2. It's not so bad

to do

to tell

(do) tonight? I feel like

(tell) a white lie, is it? I don't think

to defend

3. It isn't wrong
(defend) yourself, is it? I think
right thing to do if you have a good reason.
4. Why did you end up

going

majoring

And I've always had trouble

(go) to a movie.
lying

defending

(defend) yourself is the

(major) in forestry? I've always loved

doing

(do) desk jobs.

(lie) is ever right.

being/to b

(be) outdoors.

NAME : _________________________________________ Date :

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C. Complete the following exercise with gerund or infinitive forms of the
indicated verbs.
1. She decided to move in another city.
2. Grammarbank is one of the best websites to practice English grammar.
3. Alicia enjoys watching soap operas on television.
4. She refuses to listen to her father.
5. Students want to get good grades.
6. Many drivers avoid driving in traffic.
7. Do you feel like eating hamburger?
8. I can't imagine jumping out of a flying jet.
9. The president wishes to end the war.
10. I would love to see that movie. I heard it's really good.
11. Mrs. Rogala is a really good teacher. She always offers to help her students.

D. Write the correct forms of the given nouns. Use each noun only one time.
attorney

beach

box

cliff

discovery

laboratory

man

match

medium

ox

piano

tooth

1. The age at which the first tooth appears differs greatly from child to child. Very occasionally, children
teeth

are born with one or more

matches

2. I need some

to light the fire.

3. Studies are showing that

from women.

men

process information differently

4. Maria needed some legal advice for her businesses, so she contacted two
5. New scientific

discoveries

are made every day in

6. The farmer loaded his cart with

by two

oxen

boxes

laboratories

attorneys

throughout the world.

of fresh vegetables to take to market. His cart was pulled

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7. The north side of the island has no
cliffs

beaches

for people to walk on. There are only steep

. No one can climb theses steep walls of rock.

8. The music building at the university has 27

pianos

for students to play on.

9. People get most of their news about the world through the mass
television, the internet, newspapers, and magazines.

E. Fill in the blanks with convenient prepositions.

1. Nice to meet you.
2. Dont be late for/to school.
3. You are the new student from Portugal.
4. Are you a teacher at/in this school?
5. She is on vacation. She is in Italy now.
6. What is this called in English?
7. Look at the flowers.
8. Adam's birthday is in july.
9. Dont run in the classroom.

F. Fill in the blanks

1. Compare your answers with your partner.
2. This key holder is very special for me.
3. Kittens and mice are in the same place.
4. Write to me soon.
5. Have you got a piece of paper?
6. Whats that CD for? It is for my exams.
7. Im tall with black hair and brown eyes.
8. We have got a house with a big garden.
9. I come from a big family.

media

, that is, through radio,

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10. Match the pictures with the names.
11. Is your house in the country?
12. Guess. What have I got in my hand?
13. I have got two pens. What about you?

G.
1. E
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. E
7. D
8. B
9. D
10. C
H

Complete the information with the correct forms of the phrasal verbs in the boxes.

hang up
1. I just

let down
threw out

throw out

end up with

my first issue of Motorcycle Mama. I'm nobody's mama

2. and I don't own a motorcycle, so how did I

end up w i

this subscription?

3. Well, my neighbor's son was raising money for his soccer team, and
4. I didn't want to

let

him

dow n

. It's easy to

hang up

on

5. telemarketers, but it's hard to say no to your friends and neighbors.

get to

help out

watch out for

fall for

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6. The magazine company

got to

me through a friendship. It's one of

7. the ways "persuasion professionals" get us to say yes. Of course it's OK to

8.

help out

the local soccer team. But a lot of people

9. because of similar techniques.

give back

find out

back

scams

Watch out fo

these common scams.

go along with

lay out

turn down

1. When someone gives you something, you want to

2.

fall for

give

something

. This desire to return a favor can cost you money when a

3. telemarketer announces you've won a vacation or a new car. These offers

4. aren't free. When people

go along w ith

them, they always

find out

5. that there's a tax or a fee to collect the "free" prize. Since they've
6. accepted the offer, they feel obligated to pay. You should
7. these offers
8.

lay out

fill out

dow n

turn

. These are scams-all too often people

money and receive nothing.

count on

1. A TV actor will

put on
put on

turn up

pick out

a doctor's white jacket and talk about cough

2. medicine. In a magazine ad, a woman in a business suit will help you

3.

pick out

the best investment firm. Ads with fake "authority figures" are

4. easy to spot, but there's a new Internet scam that's harder to recognize.
5. The scammer sends e-mails that seem to be from well-known banks. They
6. tell you that a problem with your account has

turned up

. Then they

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7. send you to an Internet site to

fill out

forms with your account

8. information and password. The site seems to have authority-it looks like a
9. real thing. But a real bank will never ask for your information over the
1. internet. You can

count on

that!