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They're all sitting in the garden.
How fang have they been sitting there?
Drill 2 (R) That car is very expensive. I can't buy it.
That car is too expensive for me to buy.
Those cases are very heavy. The children can't carry them.
Those cases are too heavy for the children to carry.
Programme 4
Drill 3 The water is too cold to swim in.
The water isn't warm enough to swim in.
This suit is too expensive for him to buy.
This suit isn't cheap enough for him to buy.
1 The water is too cold to swim in.
2 This suit is too expensive for him to buy.
3 John is too young to see that film.
4 She is too ugly to be a film star.
5 This case is too heavy for me to carry.
6 That man is too weak to lift this box.
7 This bikini is too small for me to wear.
8 Our dog is too slow to catch that cat.
Drill 4 Is John still sleeping? hours
Yes, he's been sleeping for hours.
Is Mary still writing letters? two o'clock
Yes, she's been writing letters since two o'clock.
1 Is John still sleeping? hours
2 Is Mary still writing letters? two o'clock
3 Are you living in Scotland now? a year
4 Are you still working for the same company? I left school
5 Are they still trying to learn French? ten years
6 Are they all sitting in the garden? lunchtime
7 Is he still playing tennis? ten o'clock
8 Is John still waiting for Mary? more than an hour
Drill 5 They serve red wine here. I like red wine.
I like the red wine they serve here.
He grows roses in his garden. I love roses.
I love the roses he grows in his garden.
1 They serve red wine here. I like red wine.
2 He grows roses in his garden. I love roses.
3 We study History at school. John hates History.
4 My son writes poetry. I don't understand poet*.
5 Her husband composes. She can't stand music.
6 This firm builds modern houses. I like modern houses.
7 This group plays pop music. I adore pop music.
8 My mother makes cheese. I like cheese.
Programme 4
Exercise 1
Use Present Perfect Simple or Continuous, or Past Simple or Continuous
1 It (still rain) when I (come) in just now. It (rain) all morning.
2 I (sit) here waiting for you for nearly an hour. I (already drink) four whiskies.
3 What (you do) all this time? I (not see) you for weeks.
4 They (not work) for several days now. They (be) too ill.
5 It (not rain) for a month now. The grass is very dry.
6 They (go) to this pub every evening for the last 10 years.
7 Peter (write letters) since two o'clock. He (already write) five letters.
8 I (sleep) for the last two hours and I (not wake) up properly yet.
Exercise 2
Examples: The coffee is very hot. You can't drink it.
The coffee is too hot to drink.
The tea is cool. You can drink it.
The tea is cool enough to drink.
1 That girl is very beautiful. She could become a turn star.
2 It is very hot. You can't sit in the sun.
3 This book is very boring. I can't read it.
4 I haven't got much time. I can't help you.
5 That woman is very fat. She can't get through the door.
6 He hasn't done much work. He can't pass the exam.
7 I am very hungry. I could eat a horse.
8 My uncle has got a lot of money. He can buy an aeroplane.
Exercise 3
Add 'a' or 'the' where necessary
Peter went to (1. ...) shops in (2. ...) Oxford Street yesterday. First of all
he went into (3. ...) large department store to buy some trousers and (4. ...)
pair of (5. ...) socks. He bought (6. ...) nice pair of (7. ...) grey socks, but
he couldn't find any trousers in (8. ...) colours he likes. He likes (9. ...) dark
blue; he doesn't like (10. ...) bright colours generally. Next he went to a
supermarket to buy (11. ...) piece of (12. ...) cheese and a bottle of (13. ...)
wine. He loves (14. ...) wine, but the trouble is that he prefers (15. ...) white
wine while (16. ...) rest of his family prefers (17. ...) red wine. (18. ...) wine
he bought last week was very good but very expensive. Finally he went to the
library to borrow (19. ...) book. He often reads (20. ...) books about (21. ...)
art. Last week he borrowed a book called (22. ...) History of (23. ...) European
Architecture. This week he wants a book on (24. ...) Japanese painting.
Programme 4
Exercise 4
Examples: These ... books / children.
These are the children's books.
That ... end / road.
That is the end of the road.
1 This ... letter / my father. 6 That ... work / an hour.
2 Here ... French teacher / James. 7 This ... book / John's father.
3 That ... car / their parents. 8 It ... walk / twenty minutes.
4 There... top / hill. 9 This ... middle / town.
5 Here ... tools / men. 10 These ... papers / students.
Exercise 5
Add the appropriate form of 'make' or 'do'
Example: She is ... the housework.
She is doing the housework.
1 You must ... an effort or you will fail the exam.
2 I ... my best, but I didn't finish in time.
3 He ... a fortune by selling second-hand clothes.
4 He ... up his mind to go to Canada.
5 My flat needs painting. I'm going to ... it up next week.
6 Have you ... arrangements for the holidays yet?
7 Will you ... me favour?
8 I haven't got a big hammer. Will this small one ... ?
Exercise 6
Add the missing words
1 I am not keen... studying, but I'm sitting an exam next week, so I have to
read... all sorts of boring things I am not interested... for hours... end.
2 "Mary is pretty fond... John, but she's crazy... Peter." "What does she
think... me?"
3 ... the last moment we went to a Chinese restaurant... a change.
4 James is bored ... his work. What ... Malcolm?
5 I always worry ... money, but my wife doesn't care how much she spends
... clothes.
6 He's trying to give ... smoking, but he isn't likely to succeed. ... other
words he has no will-power.
7 We took ... tennis for a month or so, but we aren't really cut ... ... athletic
games.
8 This paper only comes ... once a week.
9 It's your own fault if you don't take a break ... time ... time. You should
take an occasional afternoon ....
10 ... my opinion he's a bore, but you can invite him if you like. It's ... to you.
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