2 GRAMMAR EXTRA

INTERMEDIATE PLUS UNIT 2 4 Underline the correct alternatives to complete the

sentences.
2.1 Question forms; indirect questions 1 Can you tell/say me where I can find the post
office, please?
1 Write indirect questions using the prompts. Then
2 Do you know when does the bus leave/the bus
think of an important invention and answer the
leaves?
questions.
3 Can I ask you what time the concert starts/when
1 Could / tell / what / it / do? starts the concert?
4 Could you tell me have you seen/if you have seen
2 Do / know / how / it / work? my bag anywhere?
5 Can I ask if/who you work for?
3 Can / ask / why / it / be / important? 6 Do you know how the photocopier does work/
works?
4 Could / tell / if / it / be / a new invention?
2.2 Present perfect simple and
5 Do / know / who / invent / it? continuous

6 Can / ask / where / it / be / from? 1 Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences.
1 Jane has working really hard in the attic recently.
7 Do / think / it / have / bad points?

8 Can / tell / where / it / be / invented? 2 I’m living in this shelter for four months.

2 Write indirect subject questions using who and a 3 This is the first time they have been visiting a
verb phrase from the box. mosque.
invent the radio discover radium
design the Sagrada Familia
write Crime and Punishment 4 Mrs Howards has been working at this factory
be the first woman in space since twenty-five years.
win the 2010 FIFA world cup
1 Could
? 5 Has John been hearing the good news?
2 Can
?
3 Do 6 I know Angela my entire life.
?
4 Could
? 7 Megan and Harry have arrived just!
5 Can
?
6 Do 8 Haven’t you finished tidying the basement already?
?

3 Now match the questions with the answers a–f.

a) Antoni Gaudi b) Fyodor Dostoyevsky
c) Spain d) Marie Curie
e) Gugliemo Marconi f) Valentina Tereshkova

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2 Rewrite the sentences using the present perfect

4 non-starter / a / that’s
simple or continuous and the words in brackets.
5 that / work / might
1 My brother works in London (since 2010).

6 way / no
2 Ivan knows Olga (for six years).

7 doubts / about / I / that / have / my

3 Pol lives in Barcelona (since he was little).

8 great / that / sounds

4 Tara is a doctor (for four years).

5 Alan has the flu (since Tuesday).

Consolidation
6 I’m studying engineering (for six months). 1 Choose a), b) or c) to complete the sentences and
questions.
7 We are waiting for you (for half an hour). 1 what ‘flimsy’ means?
2 where you would like to go this weekend?
8 I like jazz music (since I was thirteen). 3 you have seen the latest Star Wars film?
4 who invented the internet?
9 Jeremy is in Thailand (for two months). 5 about the new iPhone?
6 win in a race between a lion and a tiger?
10 Eva is talking on the phone (all day). 7 Howard for his plane since 11 o’clock.
8 Lara home for six months.
9 That castle there since the 9th century.
2.3 Judging and evaluating ideas 10 I this cathedral ever since I first saw it.
1 Complete the conversations with one word in each
11 Can I go out? I’ve
12 I
finished my homework.
that your idea is practical.
gap. The first letter of each word is given.
1 A: How about we film the series in Morocco? 13 That’s a . Your idea could work.
B: That’s a p . It depends on how much it 14 That’s . We don’t have enough money.
costs. 15 I help you and you help me. How ?
2 A: We should replace the main actor with 1 a) Can tell b) Can you tell me c) Can you tell
someone else.
2 a) Do you b) Do you tell c) Do you
B: That’s o o t q . know think
There’s no one else available.
3 a) Could you b) Could you c) Can you say
3 A: Do you think we should find alternative financing? tell me if tell me
B: I’m n s t w . We 4 a) Can you tell b) Can you say me c) Can I ask you
need more time, not money.
5 a) What you b) What do you c) Can you
4 A: We’ve got to finish writing the script. know know know
B: I’ll finish it tomorrow. How d t 6 a) Who do you b) Do you c) Can you
s ? think would think would say would
5 A: Perhaps, everyone could wear black for this scene. 7 a) has waited b) waited c) has been
B: Yes! I l t s o t . waiting
6 A: Do you like Zeynep’s idea? 8 a) haven’t been b) doesn’t been c) hasn’t been
B: It h p . Perhaps he could 9 a) has been b) has been c) is being
develop it some more. 10 a) have loved b) am loving c) have been
2 Put the words in the correct order to make
11 a)
still b) yet
loving
c) already
sentences and questions.
12 a)
don’t sure b) not sure c) am not sure
1 like / you / do / idea / the?
13 a)
probability b) possibility c) potential
14 a)
not a b) a non-question c) out of the
2 that / not / about / convinced / I’m
question question
15 a) does that b) is that c) that
3 good / like / seems / really / that / a / idea sound sounding sounds

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