COURSE 10

CONSOLIDATION

1 Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form.

Reporter Philip Taggart visit
s a farm wherethe sheep are super fit!
Farmers, as you may (1) ____ know _____ (know), (2) _have been having/ have
had__ (have) a hard time of it in Britain lately, and (3) __have been turning/ have turned/
are turning___ (turn) to new ways of earning income from their land. This (4)
___involves____ (involve) not only planting new kinds of crops, but also some strange ways
of making money, the most unusual of which has got to be sheep racing. Yes, you (5)
__did hear/ heard__ (hear) me correctly! A farmer in the west of England now
(6) __holds___ (hold) sheep races on a regular basis, and during the past year over 100,000
people (7) ___have turned up____ (turn up) to watch the proceedings. 'I (8) ___was passing__

(pass) the farm on my way to the sea for a holiday ,' one punter told me, 'and I (9)
__thought____ (think) I'd have a look. I (10) __did not believe____ (not/believe) it was serious,
to tell you the truth.' According to a regular visitor, betting on sheep is more interesting
than betting on horses. 'At proper horse races everyone (1 1) ___has already studied___
(already/study) the form of the horses in advance, and there are clear favourites. But
nobody (12) ___has heard___ (hear) anything about these sheep! Most people (13) __find____

(find) it difficul t to tell one from another in any case .' I (14) ____stayed___ (stay) to watch
the races, and I must admit that I (15) ___found__ (find) it quite exciting. In a typical race,
half a dozen sheep (16) __race_____ (race) downhill over a course of about half a mile.
Food (17) ___is waiting____ (wait) for them at the other end of the track, I ought to add!
The sheep (18) __run____ (run) surprisingly fast, although presumably they (19) _have not

eaten ___ (not/eat) for a while just to give them some motivation. At any rate, the crowd
around me (20) __were obviously enjoying/ obviously enjoyed___ (obviously/enjoy) their day out
at the races, judging by their happy faces and the sense of excitement .
2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do not change the word given.
a) This matter is none of your business.
concern
This matter ……… does not concern/ is of no concern to ……. you.
b) This bridge will take us three years to complete .
completed
In three years ' time …we will have completed ............................. this bridge.
c) When is the tra in due to arrive?
supposed
What…time is the train supposed to………………………………… get here?
d) Today is Liz and John 's thirtieth wedding anniversary .
ago
On this …day 30 years ago, Liz and John got ………………….married .
e) To get to work on time, I have to get up at 6.00 .
means
Getting to work on time …means getting up……………………at 6.00 .
f) Whose watch is this?
belong
Who ……does this watch belong………………………………………to?
g) Cath y hasn 't been on holida y with her sister before.
first
This ………is the first time Cathy has been…….. ...on holida y with her sister .
h) My dental appointment is for ne xt Wednesda y.
see
I have an …appointment to see the dentist on/ next……..Wednesda y.
i) This will be the team 's first m atch in the Premier League .
time
This will be the first …time the team has played (a match)…..in the Premier League.
j) The number of people who attended the fair 1 exceeded our expectations.
had
More people ….attended the fair than we had ................................. expected.
k) I didn 't receive the results of my test for a month.
before
It was…a month before I received……………………………………the results of m y
test.
l) Quite a few books are missing from the class library .
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 returned
Several members of the class ….have not returned their ........... librar y books.

3 In most lines of this text there is one extra word. Write the extra word, or put a tick if the
line is correct.
Our reporter, Sarah H radie, goes ot O tley Hall to experiencea spooky w
eekend.
There have been signs of paranormal activity at Otley Hall at various times 1 …√….
over the last 200 years time. lf tales of headless huntsmen and wailing nuns 2 …time……
don't spook you out, do get this for a ghostly tale: a young Victorian man in 3 …do…
a silver gown emerges himself from the garden, walks through the front door, 4 ..himself…
whether or not will it happens to be open, and walks upstairs with a lantern, 5 …will……
before vanishing in the library. If local folklore it is to be believed, he does 6 …it……
this without fail at midnight on 6 September every year, this is being the date 7 …is……
of the untimely death of one George Carpenter, the gardener of the hall, 8 ……√……
who met his doom in the library, had burned by his own lantern. Otley Hall 9 ……had
stands 3 miles north of the town of Rugby, England, and that is reputedly the 10…that……
most haunted house in England, a claim which few who have never visited it 11 …never…
would dispute. Even the approach to the Hall is not much a journey to be 12…much…
undertaken by the faint-hearted; at one point an executioner emerges 13 …√………
from the trees, was brandishing an axe, although it must be said that this 14…was…
practice ceases after September, when the Hall is closed to visitors. 15…√……
My own visit revealed nothing more mysterious than such gimmicks, 16 …√…
laid on for an ever-gullible flow of tourists, cameras been at their sides, 17 …been…
eager to snap their buttons at the first sign of anything even remotely 18…√…
unexplainable. But it was all having great fun, and the ghostly maze on 19…having
the final day was terrific, even if I did never get to see George Carpenter. 20 ……√……

4 Complete each sentence with one appropriate word.

a) It's ……ages……… since I last ha d a good Chinese meal .
b) Funnily eno ugh I saw Bob quite …recently ..at the sports club.
c) I've loved you ever …since ......... the first day I set eyes on you!
d) How long ….ago ........ was it that you lived in Inverness?
e) I've …yet .......... to see anyo ne who can da nce as wel l as Diana .

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f) Could you phone m e the ….moment/ minute…you arrive at the hotel so I don 't worry?
g) I promi se to get ever ything ready …. by/ for. .eight o 'clock at the latest .
h) I told Sue I …..had .......... already finis hed my essay.
i) I'm sorry you've been waiting so long , but it will be some time
....before .........Brian gets back.
g) Just sit here , would you? The doctor wi ll be wi th yo u …soon/ directly/ presently/
shortly/…

5 Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form.

a) Th is is my new car. What ………do you think……………… (you/think) of it?
b) A: Who are you?
B: What do you me an? I …live….. (live) here.
c) I ca n't find the car keys. What ….have you done/ did you do …. (you/do ) with them?
d) So rry I haven't fixed the plug. I ….was/ have been meaning (mean ) to get r ound to it,
but I just have n't found the time.
e) What …..do you do….. (you/do) on Saturdays?
f) I don 't know w hat time we 'll eat. It . …depends…………… (depends) when Helen gets
here.
g) I supp orted you at the time because I ….felt….(f eel) that you were right.
h) Peter couldn't understa nd what had been decided b ecause too many p eople ....were
talking ........ (talk) at once.
i) Jean, I'm so glad you've got he re at last. I ….have been expecting .... (expec t) you a ll day.

6 Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form.

Ask hundreds of people what they (1 ) … .plan/ are planning …(plan) to do on a certai n
day in Augus t next year, or the year after, and there (2)…will be…….. (be) only one
reply. Provided of cou rse that th e people you (3) ……ask…….. ( ask) (4) …
belong…….. ( belong) to the E lvis Presle y Fan Club . Although the King of Rock a nd
Roll (5) ……died……….. ( die) nearly two decades ago , his fans (6) ………have met/
have been meeting….. ( meet ) every year since then outside h is home in Memph is,
Tennessee , to show respect for the sin ger the y (7) …love/ loved... (love ) so much .

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Fans li ke Jean Thomas , from Catford in South E ast Lon don. Jean (8) ……has
visited…….. (v isit) Gracelands , the house where Elvis (9) ……suffered…….. (suffer)
his fatal he art attack, twice i n the past five yea rs. 'The first time I (10) ……
borrowed….. (borrow) the mone y from my Mum , as I ( 11) ……was not working…..
(not/ work) then. But two years a go I (12) ……got…….. (g et) mar ried and since then I
(13) ……have worked/ have been working….. (work) in my husban d Chris 's garage.
Chris and I (14) ……went…….. (go) together last y ear, and we (15) ……are
thinking….. (t hink) of spending two or three mont hs in the USA next year . I (16) …
have always wanted…….. (always/want) to vis it some of the places where E lvis (17)
……performed….. (perform ). Like Las Ve gas for example.' Jean says that El vis (18)
…has been….. ( be) he r obsess ion e ver since she (19) …was….. (be) ten years o ld,
and she (20) …owns….. ( own) every singl e one of his recor ds, goo d and bad.

7 Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form.

a) Sam……. hadn’t received …..( not/receive) the parce l the last time I ……………….
(speak) to h im.
b) I …was considering/ had been considering… (consider) buying a house but now I …
have changed… (change) my mind.
c) When you ….feel/ are feeling … (feel) hungr y, room service …will bring…... ..... (bring)
you whateve r you want.
d) I …found…… (find) it difficult to convince the ticket inspector that I …had lost…
(lose) my ticket , but he bel ieved me in the end.
e) Ever since I…..was…….. (be) a young child, I .....have been dying .. ....... (die) to meet
you.
f) As soon as I …have had….(ha ve) a look at the designs , I …will send…………… (send )
them to you. You 'll get them b y Friday.
g) Whatever …happens… (happen) , I ....will meet ........ (meet) you here in a w eek's time .
h) By the time you ……have finished/ finish…… (finish) getting read y, we.....will have
missed... ...... (miss ) the train!
i) Sally! I …was not expecting/ did not expect… (not/expect) to see you here! What ......are
you doing. ........ (you/do ) in New York?

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8 Decide whether each underlined phrase is correct or not. If it's incorrect rewrite the
phrase.

a) Will you be seeing Rob Jones tomorrow? I wonder if you could give h im a message
from Sall y Gordon ? …correct ……
b) I had a great tim e in the Greek Islands. We would r ent a small boat and go fishing e very
day. ……rented/ went…… .
c) Julie , hi! I've been hoping I'd see you. I've got some good ne ws! …correct… .
d) We had a ter rible time lookin g after your do g. It was const antly chasin g the cats ne xt
door. ….correct… .
e) We had a lovely time in M adrid. Every d ay we were exploring the ci ty, and in the
evening we we re going to exciting bars. ……explored/ went…………
f) The st eam engine is usually thought of as a rel ativel y modern in vention , but the Greeks
had built a kind of steam engine in ancient times. …built……………
g) I felt rather worried . It w as growing darker and colder, and there was still no sign of the
rescue helicop ter. ……correct…………
h) Don 't worr y! All we have to do i s wait here until someone will find us. ……
finds…………
i) This meat is really tasting awful! Are you quite sure it was fresh? ……tastes
really………