Unit 10

 

Verb patterns • used to Infinitives Writing

• Rhymes formal and informalletters

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 erb p tte ttern rns s Infi Infini niti tive ve or -ing? Put the verb in brackets in the correct form, infinitive   with with or with tho out ta or -ing. Sometimes two forms are possible. 1enjoy walking

  wal walk) in the rain.

Would you like ta ha have ve It star starte ted d ta rainl rainlraini raining ng

  have) something to eat?   rai rain) while we were out.

1 My fa family is ttrrying go on hol olid idaay.

decide) where to

2 I d lliike

go) somewhere different for a

change. 3 1 enjoy before.

visit) places I ve n neever been to

4 But my m y ch c hildren hate S They prefer al alll da day. y.

sightsee). _

play) in a sw swimming pool

2 Choo Choosi sing ngtthe corre orrect ct form form

6 They refuse hot.

go) out on trips if iitt s to t oo

7 Last y yeear we ma managed that that su suit ited ed ev ever eryo yone ne.. 8 We decided swim swimmi ming ng po pool ol..

_

find) a ho holiday

rent) a house with a

9 A woman from a travel agency helped us ____ choose) a ni nice house. 10 When we arrived, the people next door invited us ____

have) a dr d rink with them.

11 We began talk) about next ye y ear s holiday two months ago. 12 Everyone hopes enjoy) themselves on ho hollid iday ay,, but it is isn n t alway lwayss easy easy.. 13 Mywife and 1 are st s tarting sho shoul uld d sta tay y at home. ome.

think) we

Choose the correct form of the verbo 1 He agreed st star artt I st star arti ting ng I ta st star artt tthe he job as soon as possible. 2 1 ssttopped rea ead d I ta re rea ad I re rea adi din ngmy gmy book and went to bed. 3 My teachers always expected me daing I ta da Ida well In ex exam ams. s. 4 Let me ta pay I paying I pay for the meal. You paid last time. S The dentist told me being I ta be I be mo more re care carefu full when 1bru 1brush my teeth. 6 1 a sk sked Monica buying I buy I ta buy so some me st stam amps ps.. 7 1n neever liked ga I ta ga I gaingto church when 1 wa w as a child. 8 Have you finished writing I write I ta write th that at le lett tter er yet? 9 You can t parking I ta park I park your car outside the hospital. 10 David always enjoyed play I playing I ta play football at sc scho hool ol..

Unit 10 • Sea red to death

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3 Infinitive or  ing?

III II Complete

the text with the infinitive or  ing form of the verbs in the box. read have sail

drink visit stay

relax sunbathe decide

lie

My friend and I had a problem about our holiday last

help

year.1

wanted

a lazy seaside

 1)

because 1 was tired and needed (2) (3)

. I llo ove

in th t he sun, (4)

and (5)

ice-cold beer

a good book. But Natalie likes bu b usy,

cultural holidays. She Iikes (6)

museums and

galleries. She hates (7) goes

holiday

red,

____ (9)

not

brown.

because she always The

travel

us and suggested

agent

tried

Greece. I said I d love

tú a quiet island, but of course Natalie

said she d

Iike (10)

in Athens. It was easy

what to do - we flew to Athens together,

 11)

Natalie stayed there and I travelled to the island úf Kos

4 Asking quest estions

III IJ

Ask a question with the verb in brackets and do Us Usee th thee co corr rrec ectt ten ense se..

aree ya yau u try ryin ing g to do? ((ttry) 1 A What ar

4 A My mo mother was sso o he helpful while she wa was ssttaying

B 1 m lo looking for my contact lens. Can you see it it? 2 A 1 11help you. What

with uso

me to do? (want)

B What

B Could you do the washing-up while 1 do do the cooking? Thanks. 3 A What

you to do? (te11)

A She helped me to paint the kitchen. 5 A What to do tonight? (would like) B What ab about going out fo for a meal?

B She (the doctor) told me to stay iin nb beed for a ffeew

6 A What

days.

us

to do after university? (hope)

B 1 d like to get a job in publishing.

to

5 Matching Match a line with A with a line in B. Complete the line in B with a subject and

A

used fa

B

1 My family had some lovely holidays.

fo11ow fo11 owme me everywhere everywhere..

2 1 wa was very fit when 1 w waas young.

go ev ever ery ywher wheree by bus.

3 The teachers at my school were horrible.

free freeze ze on wint winter er morn mornin ings gs..

4 My sister s room was so untidy.

fly Concorde Concorde..

5 1 ha had a dog when 1 wa was a kid.

never tidy it it at aa1 11. do a lot of exercise.

6 When 1 wa was young, we didn t have a caro 7 And we didn t have central heating. 8 My un de was a pilot for British Airways.

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to do? (h (help)

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  e used fa

hit the the pu pup pils. ls. go ca camp mpin ing g a1 a11 1over over Eu Euro rope pe..

 

6

Things used to be different

lII:iIJ Se Sent nten ence cess wi with th

us used ed ta whic which h sh show ow how how th thin ings gs were were di diff ffer eren ent. t.

Infinitives 7

Infi fin niti tiv ves after adjectives

Co Comp mple lete te the the se sent nten ence ces. s.

1 This town s so ugly.

1 hard/find a good job

It used ta be sa pretty

It s hard ta find a gaad jab

2 There are so many tourists.

2 I1surprised/see you here

There didn t use ta be any taurists

I m surprised ta see y o ou u here

3 The houses are very expensive.

3 Th This is book book/e /eas asyl ylre read ad

4 The streets are dirty.

4 lovely/see you last night

5 There is so much litter on the streets.

5 easy/make mistakes when you re learning a language 6 important/keep

6 The car parks are always full.

vocabulary records

7 I1ple leas ased ed/s /see ee you ve stop topped smo smoking ing

7 There is a lot of traffic on the roads.

8 impossible/keep the house tidy with five children 8 It s noisy at night. 9 unusual/have long h ho ot summers in England 9 We don t have a park any more.

la Now there are blocks of flats. 1 library money

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Infinitives of purpose

Match a line in A with a verb in B and a line in C. thohem hotfu seesehstm iyce. im eiterto lg anu o.l.pl b ome om shop sh oppi B eyange tsittain 11wr 1we 1w 1 w we weeau wa nn ttoeed tb otaJw ooo w rw nao aatew lerfl k omrping ehang. a nstarted. ew car. 1wro hrw n visi vi ouse. ch chan ge 1pho 1ph 1bou 1bo m o gg n hiftntotgorsome so the th me eo ybooks. tP thea th h flo eat sortswer we re ex expl n hsome tiofr g ends. t sts. o to m y AI tto d o so me frie iend o amsakplai ke

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9 How to do itlsomething to eat

(I[¡D

Match a line in A with a word in B and a line in C.

ltep aem arh k k etro rh h aIldn m inIon tev in .on?w Y orteto ,B Io etng hk antk d G  m  vh an ceion av euv n ehledrou ytesn o m tag u dteod rob m yrtiu .fseg ym 5n pll,k eyp Iam arPk nosehesbto epeltN d em o:m T ,wem a,lno k nu.p .sbn d tktonu tfIrIotIy .u o.su.id th nn o tw owgot o g lhno d eb ittlo d o m y oato ed .loeib .oIed ttahttvk tie:o

B how where who when anymoney somebody nothing something

A

 oc bul ry 1

8 A You re yawning. Are you listening

ed or  ing adjectives? Complete Carefu full

the sentences

saying?

with a word from the box.

They are not all used.

B

I am I m really what happened.

orried tired nterested ored orrYll1g surpnSll1g boring nnoYll1g ixcited nxciting teresting frightened

surprised

to what I m

_____

. I want to kn know It s just that I feel very

. I went to bed very late last night.

9 A I m going on a three-month

holiday to the Far

East. B How

  The TV pr p rogramme

was so

that I ffeell

asleep. 2

Children They re

too

Carol

_

Thank

Hello, darling.

B For me?

goodness

you rang

Where have about you

I ve ve got a pre10 s3 6ent 28 4 5 7 9 11

A Don t look so

for you.

. I often buy you

presents. B

But it isn t my birthday

5 The art exhibition

was very

. I llo oved it,

but I had to leave after three hours. My feet were killing me I find going round museums 6

7

very that someone

_ they re

will rob them.

Our financial situation is ve very _ We spend more and more, but we re re earning and less.

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art galleries and

Some people don t go out at night because _____

your exam results?

Unit 10 • Scared to death

He was furious.

11 Rh Rhym ymes es

you been? We ve been so 4 A

when you told him

Eve.

3 A Hi,Mum B

10 A Was your father B

can t get to sleep on Christmas

Lucky you

less

In the groups of three words, two words rhyme one doesn t. Circle the one which is different. war wear oot bull m lord home flower food crowd ece sung 1

ome hair law wrong p iar oung lece eood suit lower loud word come fool ear lour oad ored ool good C§

and

 

 ritin 12 Formal and informalletters

1

1 Here are two letters. Put the lines in each letter in the correct order.

January

13th

Dear Dear Re Rece cept ptio ion n

O

Monday

Dear

Alice

O

O

ould The the

O

and

you

Jim

mind

h aVlng

conversation was food delicious

a look

for me?

excellent

and

1 think 1 left a pair of brown trousers in the wardrobe of my

O

O O O O O

1 had

a wonderful

Please can find them? Thank last

you

you

room

time

let

me

for having

know

me

to

if you

stay

weekend

It was l  ovely to you agaln soon Could Thanks

you

do

see you

something

all

See

Could you possibly check if tbis is so?

s. ervice was superb and the f;00 d O dThle·IClOUS O 1h~ve lost a pair of brown trousers, which

1thmk 1left

in the wardrobe

of my roo room.

O We had a very pleasant stay. O 1look forward to hearing from you. O ~any thanks for the weekend break

that my

wlfe and 1 enj enjoyed at your hotel recently.

O We hope to visit your hotel again O 1 would like to ask you a favour. O 1 would be most grateful.

soon.

Yo Your urss sinc sincer erel ely y

for me?

a loto

Love

2 The first letter is informal, written to friends. The second letter is formal, written to a hotel. Comp mpar aree the la lan nguag agee use sed d. Could you do something for me

I would like to ask y ou ou a fav favou ourr

3 Write the reply to each letter. Explain that you looked very carefully for the trousers, but couldn t find them. Atice tice an and d Jim Jim s let ette terr

The hote tell s le lettte terr

De Dear ar Ja Jack ck

Dea earr Mr Hi Hig ggin gins

Than Thank ks for for your le lettte ter. r.

Thank you for your letter of 13 Ja Janu nuar ary. y.

Thanks a lo l oto

I wo would be ve very g grrateful

We enjoyed ... , too.

Would you mind having a lookfo kforr me

Could you possibly check if this is so

I m sorry, but 1lo 1looked everywhere 1 couldn t

, aan nd ,

Have you looked ...

?

Perhaps you ... ? Sorry 1ca 1can n t help any more.

We are delighted that ... We are sorry to inform you that ... unable to find ... We looked ... We look forward ...

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