GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY EXERCISES UNIT 8

1 Underline the correct alternative.

1 I love / the cats, but I wouldnt like to have a / the dog.
2 A / An city Id really like to visit is the / Prague.
3 The secret of a healthy life is to walk plenty of / a lot and eat a little bit / much of everything.
4 Is that a / the girl who lives in the / a flat next to yours?
5 Ive read too much / several of his books, but not all / any of them.
6 His problem is that he eats too much / many cakes and not enough / none vegetables.
2 Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun. Use that where possible.
1 He doesnt get enough exercise,

which

2 Thats the shopping centre

3 People

explains why hes always tired.

we buy all our clothes.

use the internet for more than three hours a day can get quite stressed.

4 That was the moment

he asked me to marry him.

5 Is that the woman

daughter got married last week?

6 One of my brothers,

lives in Scotland, has invited us to his new house this weekend.

3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Use each word once.
got along on mind nosy nuisance
1 Weve

got

to know quite a few people since we moved to the village.

2 The noise of the cars at night gets

3 I get
do.

my nerves.

with most of the people at work except one

4 She was only trying to be friendly, but he told her to

5 The buses only go to town every hour, which is a bit of a

woman wants to know everything I

her own business.
when youre in a hurry.

4 Put the letters in order to complete the sentences.

1 I find wikis

(siikw) very useful when Im looking for factual information.

2 I think they met on a

(tigdna) site.

3 Ive become very interested in photography since I started using a photo

4 Which

(chsare) engine do you prefer to use?

5 Many people find social

(rgntkwineo) sites very time consuming.

6 Since I created a personal

(aogmehep), my business has improved.

5 Match the compound nouns.

1 sports

a) street

2 traffic

b) shopping

3 duty-free

c) centre

4 one-way

d) jam

5 terraced

e) shop

6 window

f) house

(gsrihan) site.

7 Match sentences 16 with responses a)f).

1 Is this a bad time?

2 Did I do something wrong?

3 What should I do if they give me a
present?
4 Sorry about that. I didnt realise you
were on the phone.
5 Is it OK if I help myself?
6 Do I need to take flowers?
a) If I were you, Id smile and thank them.
b) Can you come back in half an hour?
c) No, youd better not. Its considered a bit rude.
d) Yes, you should but not yellow ones.
e) Dont worry about it. We can sort it out.
f) Its OK. Come in and take a seat.
3 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the word in capitals.
1 Theyve been building a lot of semi- detached houses around here. DETACH
2 He isnt only a
3 The new

painter, but he also plays the saxophone. SKILL

estate will create new jobs. INDUSTRY

4 This knife is absolutely

5 Shes got the wonderful

. It doesnt cut properly. USE

to make people feel at home. ABLE

6 You obviously havent been paying him enough

. ATTEND

5 Correct two mistakes in each sentence.

1 Hes the man that his son has won the lottery last week.
Hes the man whose son won the lottery last week.
2 I dont able to come tonight because I didnt manage find a babysitter.
.
3 Shes be living abroad since the past five years.
.
4 Ive met him when we have been working in the same company.
.
5 They gave him new bike for his birthday, that he loved.
.
6 There are a few of biscuits, but there isnt no cheese.

add commas where necessary.

1 My son, who is a journalist, lives in London.

2 The video clip which you emailed was funny!
3 The children who go to the local school are singing in a concert.
4 The hospital where I was born has been closed.
5 The website which is easy to use has some cheap holidays.
6 The laptop that I bought is fantastic!
7 The caf where we had lunch is near the shopping mall.
Underline the correct alternatives.
1 An / A investment in the / knowledge always pays the best interest. (Benjamin Franklin)
2 Many of life's failures are people which / that did not realize how close they were to success when /
how they gave up. (Thomas A. Edison)
3 If I have seen / been seeing farther than others, it is because I was standing on / the shoulders of
giants. (Isaac Newton)
4 Be civil to all; sociable to many / much; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to no / none.
(Benjamin Franklin)
5 Im looking for a lot of men whose / who have an infinite capacity to not know what cant / able to be
done. (Henry Ford)
6 An / The important thing is not to stop questioning. The / curiosity has its own reason for existing.
(Albert Einstein)
Choose the correct answers to complete the text: a), b), c) or d).
In 1 a
months, David Jones, 44, from Sussex, hopes to break 2
world record. Hes planning to
spend 121 days in a room with 3
of the world's most poisonous snakes, 4
will include deadly
black mambas.
The four-month challenge will begin on April 24th. The current record is held by South African Martin
Smit, 5
is also known as Mad Martin. In Oct 2008, he 6
113 days in a room with snakes
without being bitten.
Mr Jones, 7
wife is terrified of snakes, 8
been interested in them. He decided this was the
challenge that he wanted to do. He 9
doing it to raise money for charity. 10
last person who
tried to break the record in 2009 was bitten by one of the snakes, 11
almost caused him to lose a leg.
1 a) a few b) a little c) some d) much
2 a) b) a c) the d) some
3 a) enough b) many c) all d) much
4 a) who b) that c) where d) which
5 a) that b) which c) who d) whose
6 a) s spent b) s been spending c) spent
d) ll spend
7 a) whose b) which c) who d) that
8 a) always was b) has always c) is always
d) was always
9 a) have been b) has c) was d) is
10 a) The b) A c) One d)
11 a) who b) that c) which d) and