Grammar and Vocabulary Unit 2

Grammar 4 School finished and then they were running

home.
Quantifiers: too, too much, too many, (not)
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enough 5 She was starting laughing when she heard the
1 Choose the correct option. joke.
It was too / too much hot in the cinema. _______________________________________
1 That’s far too much / too many popcorn. We Vocabulary
can’t eat all that!
2 The film was quite boring. There wasn’t Describing films
enough action / action enough. 4 Use the endings in the box to complete the
3 There’s food enough / enough food in the adjectives.
cupboards for three weeks. -ic -ing -ive
4 There are too much / too many people here.
1 shock___
We’re not going to get tickets.
2 informat___
5 Are you hungry enough / enough hungry to
3 disappoint___
have dinner now?
4 realist___
6 The ending of the book was enough / too
5 surpris___
predictable.

Verbs with -ing and to Storytelling

2 Match the sentence halves (1–5) to A–E. 5 Complete the sentences with the words.
1 She likes watching E critics director main character
2 My sister hates reading __
novelist plot setting
3 I prefer to listen __
4 I recommend seeing __ All the critics said it was an incredibly good film.
5 It started __ 1 The _______ of the film was a young man and
A novels but she has to for her English homework. woman falling in love.
B the new film with Ben Stiller. It’s very funny. 2 Steven Spielberg is a very famous film _______.
C to music when I’m on the bus, not at home. 3 Gabriel García Márquez was a famous _______.
D to rain heavily this morning. 4 The _______ for the film was in one of the
E action and adventure films. coldest places on Earth.
5 The _______ of this film is played by Brad Pitt.
Past simple and past continuous
3 The highlighted tense in each of these
Expressing preferences
sentences is wrong. Rewrite the sentences with 6 Write the words in the correct order to make
the correct tense, past simple or past sentences.
continuous.
a / prefer / I’d / comedy / see / to
Christina listened to music when her mum
I'd prefer to see a comedy.
knocked on the door.
1 at / I’d / stay / prefer / home / to
Christina was listening to music when her mum
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knocked on the door.
2 go / to / to / love / I’d / party / a
1 I was seeing a great science fiction film last
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night.
3 not / prefer / go / swimming / I’d / to
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2 Alejandro looked at his social media page when
4 like / pizza / I / really / don’t
his friend called.
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5 football / better / sounds / much / concert / a /
3 She was texting her best friend after she heard
the / match / than
the news.
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SPECTRUM 3