How Long Have You Been Living (You Live) in Saint-Petersburg?

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PART 1
GRAMMAR
1 TASK 1
Put the verbs in the correct form and rewrite the sentences using the correct word order for questions.
1. How long have you been living (you live) in Saint-Petersburg?
2. I suggest cancelling (cancel) the meeting since many people are on vacation.
3. If I were (be) you, I would give up (give up) smoking as soon as possible.
4. What are you doing (you do) at the weekend? – I haven’t made up my mind yet.
5. Do you know when the train arrives (arrive) tomorrow?
6. I have never played (never play) golf before – it’s so exciting!
7. If I had learnt (learn) English when I was young, I would have got (get) a better job last year.
8. How did you feel (you feel) yesterday afternoon?
9. What were you doing (you do) when the telephone rang?
10. I have been learning (learn) English for 10 years but haven’t learnt (not learn) it yet.
11. When I came home my brother had left (leave) and we didn’t see each other again.
12. I have known (know) her since we went to school together.

13. Excuse me, Marcia, a reporter from Vanity Fair has been calling (call) all morning- could you speak to
her now?
14. At the moment a new shopping mall is being built (be built) in the town center.
15. As soon as the film started (start) Beth realized that she had seen (see) it before.
16. If you were (be) stuck on a desert island what three things would you miss (you miss) most of all?
17. The number of working women has decreased (decrease) significantly over the last fifty years.
18. The research has already been carried out (already be carried out) for six months.
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TASK 2
Complete the second sentences so that they mean the same as the first sentences. Do not change the word
in capitals!
Example: Hotels are more expensive than motels.
THAN
Motels are cheaper than hotels.
1. ‘Where is the post office?’ –

mind
Would you mind explaining me where the post office is?
2. ‘Why did she move to Saint-Petersburg?’ –

moved
They wondered when she had moved to Saint-Petersburg .
3. That film will come out soon. I’d like to see it then.
when
I’d like to see the film when it comes out.
4. The quality isn’t as good as it used to be.

than
The quality is worse than it used to be.
5. It is not necessary to be born rich to become a millionaire.

don’t
You don’t need to be born rich to become a millionaire.
6. They last saw each other six months ago.

for
They haven’t seen for six months.
7. Sailors on the Titanic didn’t see the iceberg and 1595 people died.
died
If sailors on the Titanic had seen the iceberg, 1595 people wouldn’t have died.
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TASK 3
Make the sentences passive.
1. How soon will they complete the project? – How soon will the project be completed?
2. They manufacture components for Ford in fifteen different countries. – Components for Ford are
manufactured in fifteen different countries.
3. Have they already invited all the guests? – Have all the guests been already invited?
4. Percy LeBaron Spencer invented the microwave oven.
The microwave oven was invented by Percy LeBaron Spencer .
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PART 2
VOCABULARY
TASK 1
Choose the correct alternative and circle the answer.
1. I take ________________my grandfather. Especially in personality.
A) on B) about C) after D) from

2. I don’t have a lot __________________________________ with my sister.
A) in common B) common C) in general D) relative
3. They ________________________in a concert.
A) did B) took place C) took part D) playing

4. Can you ____________________________?
A) make me a favour B) do me a favour C) do me favour D) favour me
5. She fired the gun _____________ mistake.
A) by B) on C) at D) in
6. We __________________about everything from politics to the weather. It’s ridiculous.

A) compliment B) boast C) tell D) argue
7. I felt ____________________ about how untidy my house was.
A) embarrassing B) embarrassed C) satisfied D) confusing
8. We have very different characters, but we ____________________ well.
A) get off B) get on C) get on with D) getting

9. She was __________________a job at their head office in Moscow.
A) offered to B) offered C) promoted D) received
10. You have ______________________ for tennis.
A) an expert B) an attitude C) a focus D) an aptitude

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2 TASK 2
Complete the sentences using the words or phrases from the box.
There are more words than you can use!
sort set motivated inherited organic get to know boiling out
team on at mind awful ambitious compete fight order satisfied creative
pre-prepared discovery standby invention up hold competitive furious
1. I know someone who inherited a house when their parents died.

2. Shall we open a window? It’s boiling in here.
3. Our staff are hard-working and highly motivated. They do any work willingly.
4. Look, a problem has come up and I need to sort it out, so I can’t meet you for lunch.
5. I only eat organic food because it’s grown without chemicals.
6. We didn’t get to know our neighbours for years. We preferred to live in isolation.
7. I’ve always been competitive, so I love to win.
8. If we work as a team, we’ll get the job done faster.
9. We are going to focus on quality.
10. Those people should hold their own business.
11. When I told my boss about that huge problem, he was furious.
12. Mike is very ambitious. He wants to sell his designs all over the world.
13. More than twenty people had to compete for that job.
14. I think we need to sum up what we’ve learned.
15. We can’t use the machines here because they are out of order
16. I’m not satisfied with the way he cut my hair. It looks strange.
17. He’s one of the most creative film directors. His work is very original and exciting.
18. I don’t have time to cook in the evenings, so I buy a pre-prepared meal on the way home.
19. Don’t leave the TV on set. Turn it off when you go to bed.
20. The personal computer was the twentieth century’s best invention.
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1. How long have you been living (you live) in Saint-Petersburg?

5. Do you know when the train arrives (arrive) tomorrow?

6. I have never played (never play) golf before – it’s so exciting!

12. I have known (know) her since we went to school together.

Example: Hotels are more expensive than motels.

Motels are cheaper than hotels.

1. ‘Where is the post office?’ –

Would you mind explaining me where the post office is?

2. ‘Why did she move to Saint-Petersburg?’ –

I’d like to see the film when it comes out.

4. The quality isn’t as good as it used to be.

5. It is not necessary to be born rich to become a millionaire.

6. They last saw each other six months ago.

4. Percy LeBaron Spencer invented the microwave oven.

The microwave oven was invented by Percy LeBaron Spencer .

1. I take ________________my grandfather. Especially in personality.

A) on B) about C) after D) from

A) in common B) common C) in general D) relative

3. They ________________________in a concert.

A) did B) took place C) took part D) playing

A) make me a favour B) do me a favour C) do me favour D) favour me

5. She fired the gun _____________ mistake.

6. We __________________about everything from politics to the weather. It’s ridiculous.

7. I felt ____________________ about how untidy my house was.

A) embarrassing B) embarrassed C) satisfied D) confusing

8. We have very different characters, but we ____________________ well.

A) get off B) get on C) get on with D) getting

A) offered to B) offered C) promoted D) received

10. You have ______________________ for tennis.

A) an expert B) an attitude C) a focus D) an aptitude

sort set motivated inherited organic get to know boiling out

team on at mind awful ambitious compete fight order satisfied creative

pre-prepared discovery standby invention up hold competitive furious

1. I know someone who inherited a house when their parents died.

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