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Name: __________________ Friday, September 25, 2020

EXERCISE 22

Vocabulary.

Underline the correct words.

1. He arrived at exactly 11a.m., (right / straight) on time.

2. What do you do in your (free / leisure) time?

3. We couldn't finish because we ran (through / out of) time.

4. If we take this short cut we'll (save / keep) some time.

5. We (damage / wasted) time sitting in a traffic jam. We should have taken the train.

6. There have been several robberies in the (past few / few past) weeks.

7. The Internet was developed in the (last / late) 20th century.

8. They're really busy. They work from (dawn / day) to dusk.

9. You'll forget all about it (when time comes / as time goes) by.

10. Can you (make / do) time to meet us this week?

Circle the correct answers.

11. Which is the equivalent of one millennium?

A. 100 years B. 1,000 years C. 1,000 milliseconds


12. Night-time is the time from …………
A. sunrise to sunset B. midnight to dawn C. dusk to dawn
13. How many hours are there between midnight and noon?
A. six B. twelve C. twenty-four
14. How many minutes are there in an hour and a half?
A. 90 B. 75 C. 60.5
15. How many weekdays are there in one week?
A. five B. six C. seven
16. "My train leaves at 2 p.m." What does p.m. stand for?
A. past-meridiem B. post-meridiem C. post-midday
17. Which format is being used when a date is written as March 28 , 2019?
th

A. American B. British C. Informal


18. Which is another way of saying six forty-five when telling the time?
A. forty-five past six B. fifteen to seven C. a quarter to seven
19. In British English, which comes first when writing the date?
A. the day B. the month C. the year
20. "Genghis Khan died in 1227 AD." This means he died 1227 years ……….
A. before now B. before Christ C. after Christ was born
Grammar.

Circle the best option.

1. The manager kept me ………. outside his office.


A. wait B. to wait C. waiting D. waited
2. They finished ………. and then they wanted ………. out for pleasure.
A. learn / go B. to learn / to go C. learning / to go D. learning / going
3. It’s not polite ………. a foreign language in front of people who don’t understand it.
A. speak B. to speak C. speaking D. spoken
4. The student denied ………. in the exam.
A. to cheat B. not to cheat C. cheating D. not cheating
5. That program was funny. It really made me ………. a lot.
A. laughed B. laugh C. laughing D. to laugh

6. I advise you ………. English at once.


A. studying B. study C. to study D. are studying
7. Would you like ………. your holiday with my family in Brazil?
A. spend B. to spend C. spending D. spent
8. I remember ………. next door to you when we were in Australia.
A. to live B. living C. live D. have lived
9. There is a very strict rule ………. smoking in bed.
A. forbid B. to forbid C. forbidding D. forbade
10. He drives so carelessly that he is sure ………. an accident.
A. to have B. having C. to have had D. having had

Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

  1. I would like (love) to be loved by everyone.

2. The portrait is thought (paint) to have been painted in 1595.

3. The student apologised for (hack) having hacked into his teacher's Twitter account.

4. She was the first woman (elect) have been elected president.

5. It's no use (try) trying to escape. This is a maximum security prison.

6. I certainly won't miss (bully: bắt nạt) being bullied by him every day.

7. You are not supposed (do) to be doing this now.

8. I'd love (see) to be seen last night's performance.

9. He denied (steal) stealing the money.

10. Convicts can choose how (execute) to be excuted either by lethal injection or by electric chair.
Writing.

Provide the correct question word needed for each answer.

Questions Answers
1. why did you buy it? Because I wanted

to.

2.when will the party be celebrated? Last night.

3.how much ? $5

4.what do you prepare for the picnic? A sandwich.

5.how do you go to school.? By bus.

6. where is statue of freedom? In New York.

7. who is standing on the stage? Jack.

8. which shirt do you like? The black one.

9.whose book is this? It’s mine.

10.how many people are there in the class? Four.

These words have more than one meaning. Write two sentences that show different meanings.

Sentence 1 Sentence 2
1. book I’m reading a good book. I booked a room at a hotel.

2. kind What kinds of music do you like My mother

3. can Can you swim I like cold

4. mean What does it mean Some people very mean they don’t like

spend money

5. flat

6. play

7. train

8. ring
a.m=ante meridium(before midday)
p.m=post meridium(after midday)

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