EXTRA PRACTICE
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G1
1
Choose the correct form.
1
I tend
to dream / dreaming
a lot when I’m away
from home.
2
Khalid really enjoys
to study / studying
literature.
3
You seem
to have / having
a high temperature.
4
You should think about
to be / being
more active.
5
I keep
to fall / falling
asleep after lunch.
6
She wants
to get / getting
a job with a TV company.
7
We’re really looking forward to
go / going
on the
boat trip.
8
What did the doctor suggest
to do / doing
?
9
The children were at a friend’s so we managed
to sleep / sleeping
in on Sunday.
10
We’re talking about
to go / going
to the new
exhibition. Do you want to come?
G2
2
Complete Janine’s list of hopes, desires and
intentions for the next year. Look at the key, then use
the correct form of
hope
,
would like
or
going to
.
üüü
= intention
üü
= desire
ü
= hope
1
I’m going to
read
A Brief History of Time
.
üüü
2
pass my final exams in June.
ü
3
save money for a summer
holiday.
üüü
4
spend the summer in France.
üü
5
watch the tennis at Wimbledon in
June.
ü
6
find a really good job after the
summer.
üü
7
be nicer to my little brother.
üüü
8
move to a different city.
ü
3
Write three sentences about your hopes, desires
and intentions for the future.
1
I hope
.
2
I would like
.
3
I’m (not) going to
.
KL1–2
4
Complete the conversation below at a job
centre with the words in the box.
fancy interested mind prefer rather
A:
So you want a job that you can do at night.
B:
That’s right.
A:
OK, well, there’s a job here as a security guard.
B:
Oh, no, I don’t
1
that. It sounds dangerous.
A:
Right. Something less dangerous … let’s see. What
about working in a call centre?
B:
Mmm, no. Boring.
A:
Well, what kind of job would you
2
to do?
B:
I don’t
3
, really, but I’m more
4
in
working outside.
A:
Outside? Do you drive?
B:
Yes, I do.
A:
OK … lorry driver?
B:
Well … I think I’d
5
drive a car …
V1
5
Complete these sentences with words and
phrases from V1.
1
When you’re in a deep sleep, you can
most
noises.
2
It’s very depressing if you have a completely
night.
3
It can be very good for you to
for half an
hour after lunch.
4
If you can’t
at first, it’s a good idea to get up
and have a hot drink.
5
I always
when I watch TV late at night.
V3
6
The underlined adjectives are all in the
wrong sentences. Correct them.
1
Playing tennis for three hours is really bored!
tiring
2
I’m always very embarrassed after a long meeting.
3
I’m sure that working in a call centre is extremely
frightening.
4
Forgetting an old friend’s birthday is very tiring.
5
Being alone in a strange town at night can be
embarrassing.
6
Children get frightened when they don’t have
anything to do.
7
I was tired and didn’t want to go to sleep after the
horror film.
8
I was so boring when I fell over in the street the
other day.
V4
7
Which activity in V4 would be good for:
1
a family who like doing things on water?
2
someone who likes stories and cultural events?
3
a couple who want to be active?
4
a teenager who likes pop groups?
5
someone who wants to learn about the past?
6
people who like good food?
V5
8
Complete the text below with the time
expressions in the box.
after some time at that moment before long
Finally suddenly
In my last year at university, I shared a small flat with a
friend. One night, I was sleeping when
1
I woke
up, feeling frightened. I didn’t know why I was feeling
frightened, but
2
, I heard a loud crash from the
living room. I waited and waited, and
3
,
I decided to find out what was happening. I went to the
living room, but I didn’t want to go in, so I stood behind
the door for ages.
4
, I stepped into the room and
switched the light on. My friend was on the floor,
asleep. I spoke to him and shook him, and,
5
,
he woke up. Then he told me that he often walked in
his sleep and fell over chairs or tables without even
noticing!
