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Name ____________________________

Class ____________________________

4 Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation

GRAMMAR
A. Check (✓) the correct sentences. Rewrite the sentences that have mistakes.
There is at least one correct sentence.
1. By the time he was 17, Danny had been finishing college.
________________________________________________________
2. I had only been sleeping for two hours when the alarm went off.
________________________________________________________
3. He snatched the letter from my hand, but I had already been reading it.
________________________________________________________
4. had been waiting 20 minutes when Jerry called to cancel the meeting.
________________________________________________________
5. I had been changing my opinion even before I heard the lecture.
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B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.

1. I ____________ (play) football for years when I took up cricket.

2. Mr. Sayle ____________ (already, mark) all the papers before I handed mine in.

3. By the time he joined the choir, Tom ____________ (sing) for years.

4. By the time I graduated, I ____________ (already, have) lots of job offers.

5. He ____________ (work) in the garden and was very dirty when I called round to see him.

C. In each pair of sentences, there is one correct and one incorrect sentence.
Choose the correct sentences.
1. a. Do you prefer lectures to tutorials?
b. Do you rather lectures than tutorials?
2. a. I’d rather do course work than study for exams.
b. I’d prefer doing course work than studying for exams.
3. a. I’d prefer to study humanities and the arts at college.
b. I’d rather to study humanities and the arts at college.
4. a. I prefer learning things in practice to learning things in theory.
b. I’d rather to learn things in practice than learning things in theory.
5. a. Joe prefers watching how something is done than reading about it.
b. Joe prefers to watch how something is done rather than read about it.
Name ____________________________
Class ____________________________

4 Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation

VOCABULARY
D. Complete the text with the correct form of the word in parentheses.
In the past, it was easy to walk into a factory job straight from school, but not anymore. This
means that getting a good (1) ___________ (educate) is more important than ever. My family
is far from wealthy, but I managed to get a (2) ___________ (scholar) to one of the most (3)
___________ (respect) schools in the country. Now I’m making the most of my time as a (4)
___________ (study) at college, and I don’t need to worry about paying for my (5)
___________ (tutor)!

E. Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences.

1. You’ll never get down through / to doing any work if you don’t put down your phone!

2. Carla picked up / over a lot of new skills working as a volunteer in the summer.

3. I came across / with a really good book on basic economics in the library.

4. Let’s go down / through the main points you want to make in the essay together.

5. I’m not sure I can keep up through / with everyone in the math class.

F. Complete the words in the sentences. The first letter is given and there is one
space for each letter.
1. His good l_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ qualities led to his promotion.
2. I think learning is about satisfying a deep c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ about the world.
3. To work well in a team, you need to have e_ _ _ _ _ _ so you can understand how other
people feel.
4. Changing your mind isn’t a weakness—it shows you have f_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
5. I have a lot of r_ _ _ _ _ _ for teachers who do a difficult job in tough circumstances.
Name ____________________________
Class ____________________________

4 Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation

PRONUNCIATION
G. Match the words with the same sound

student respect graduate critical athletic

Example: empathy – respect

1. tutorial – ________

2. language – ________, ________

3. typical – ________

H. Underline the stressed syllable.

Example: ath|let|ic

1. re|spect|a|ble

2. stu|di|ous

3. ac|a|dem|ic

4. as|sign|ment

5. grad|u|ate

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