EXERCISES UNIT 2

➢ FUTURE

1. Match 1-5 to a-f

1. I won’t a. Yes, he Will
2. Will he be happy? b. famous?
3. Will we be c. a big house
4. He’ll buy d. No, they won’t
5. Will they be rich? e. be here tomorrow
6. When will f. She get married?

7. I won’t BE HERE TOMORROW

8. Will he be happy? YES HE WILL
9. Will we be FAMOUS?
10. He’ll buy A BIG HOUSE
11. Will they be rich? NO, THEY WON’T
12. When Will SHE GET MARRIED?

2. Are the bold words correct or incorrect?

1. Schools will be different in the future CORRECT
2. We won’t to have much money WON’T HAVE
3. Will he buy a new car? Yes, he will buy YES, HE WILL
4. She will win the match CORRECT
5. Will I need a coat? No, you won’t CORRECT
6. Will cars be different in the future? Yes, they’ll CORRECT

3. Complete the sentences with the words given:

Are aren’t is isn’t ‘m ‘m not ‘re
a. ARE…. you going to pay in cash?
b. IS…. Alex going to become a doctor? No, he ISN’T….
c. We ‘RE… going to travel around the world
d. I ‘M…. Going to buy a bike and cycle to school
e. I ‘M NOT…. Going to go out this evening. I’m tired
f. It’s raining, so we AREN’T…. Going to play football

4. Read carefully the text and answer the following questions:

a. Where are you going to get married? IN MANCHESTER
b. How are you going to get to the church? BY CAR
c. Is there going to be a wedding party? YES, THERE IS
d. What are you going to wear? A DRESS AND A VEIL….A NOTE
e. Find a word in the text that means ‘give an receive’ EXCHANGE
f. Find a word in the text that means ‘something a bride wears on her face’ VEIL
g. Find a word in the text that means ‘a party after a wedding’ A RECEPTION

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Jana and Honza live in Manchester in the UK, but they’re originally from Gdansk in Poland. Next
month, they’re going to get married.
Our families are going to fly here for the ceremony. Honza is going to come to my parents’ flat and
then, all together, we will go to church by car.
Jana is going to wear on a white dress and a veil. They’ll exchange rings, and wear them on their
right hands.
After the ceremony all the guests, the bride and the groom, are going to take a reception and do
the ‘money dance’. Guests will dance around they and put notes on their clothes! It will be fun and
it will help to pay for the wedding.
The bride and the groom are going to eat bread and salt. The bread represents earning enough
money, and the salt recognises that there will be problems in married life, which they’ll face
together.
5. A missing sentence. Read the text and find the right sentence for each paragraph

1. There probably won’t be many farm animals

2. An alternative is to have underground farms
3. Our world is changing
4. So, how will future farms be different?

(A) 3 In the future, fuel prices will increase. Unless we find a solution to this problem, it is
going to become expensive to transport crops from other countries. And if we can’t
import cheap food, we’ll need new ways to produce it locally.
(B) 4 Well, they’ll be in cities. Experts are already working on designs for ‘sky farms’.
They’ll be in tall buildings – like blocks of flats, but with thousands of plants, not people,
in them. They are going to need less space than traditional farms and they won’t be
dependent on the weather. If farmers control the environment, it will be possible to grow
crops all year round.
(C) 2 It will perhaps be possible to use underground spaces which already exist, for
example, old underground stations. If there aren’t any windows, they won’t lose heat,
and plants grow easily with artificial light.
(D) 1 Meat will be very expensive. In the cities of the future, we won’t go out for burgers –
we are going to all be vegetarians! Do you really like this idea?

➢ PASSIVE VOICE

1. Fill in the correct passive form of the verb

1) Romeo and Juliet WAS WRITTEN by Shakespeare (write)

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2) The books HAVE NOT BEEN PUBLISHED yet (not publish)

3) As soon as I got home, I realized that my wallet HAD BEEN STOLEN (steal)
4) Dinner IS SERVED between 5 and 10 p.m. every day (serve)
5) No letter HAS BEEN DELIVERED since the start of the strike (deliver)
6) The building WAS BEING TORN torn down when we got there (be)
7) Progress in many fields of science HAS BEEN MADE in the last decade (make)
8) Since last week 5 of the 7 terrorists HAVE BEEN CAUGHT(catch)
9) Taxes ARE BEING INCREASED/ WILL BE INCREASED/ ARE GOING TO BE
INCREASEED by the new government next month (increase)
10) The classroom WILL BE REDECORATED/ IS BEING REDECORATED next week
(redecorate)
11) The church WAS DESGINED by a famous architect in the 18th century (design)
12) The tunnel IS BEING REPAIRED at the moment, so it’s closed for all traffic (repair)
13) My phone HAS BEEN TAKEN. I can’t find it anywhere (take)
14) The application MUST BE SENT by Friday. (must send)
15) When we first met, I had I HAD ALREADY BEEN OFFERED a job at the bank (already
offer)
16) Olives ARE GROWN in Mediterranean countries (grow)
17) He WAS TAUGHTFrench when he spent his childhood there (teach)
18) ‘A hard days night’ WAS WRITTEN by the Beatles (write)
19) We HAVE BEEN WARNED about the hurricane for the last few days (warn)
20) Before the meeting was over all the food HAD BEEN EATEN (eat)
21) I HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN extra pay this month (already give)
22) I WAS DISTRUBED by the music so I couldn’t concentrate (disturb)
23) Aluminium IS MADE out of bauxite
24) HAVE THE PACKAGES BEEN DELIVERED yet? (the packages, deliver)
25) A UFO WAS SEEN by several witnesses yesterday evening (see)

2. Change the active sentences into passive

1) Someone took some money from my wallet
Some money was taken from my wallet
2) We will hear the sound of music from here
The sound of music will be heard (by us) from here
3) Susan will pay the bill before the first of the month
The bill will be paid by Susan before the first of the month
4) The police held him for further questioning
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He was held for further questioning

5) The plumber fixed the tap in the shower last week
The tap in the shower was fixed last week
6) People usually drink a lot of water in this restaurant
A lot of water I usually drunk in this restaurant
7) Her sister wrote a letter to me last month
A letter was written to me by her sister last month
8) Babies break toys very often
Toys are broken by babies very often

3. Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice, starting with the words given
1) The founded our school in 1904
Our school WAS FOUNDED IN 1904
2) Someone has stolen my wallet!
My wallet HAS BEEN STOLEN!
3) You won’t be able to email me while they are repairing my laptop
You won’t be able to email me while my laptop IS BEING REPAIRED
4) Have you heard? They’ve given me a place on the course!
Have you heard? I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A PLACE ON THE COURSE
5) If you hadn’t done the work, your teacher would have told you off
If you hadn’t done the work, you WOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD OFF (BY YOUR
TEACHER)
6) We had to clean his bedroom because it was very dirty
His BEDROOM HAD TO BE CLEANED BY US BECAUSE IT WAS VERY DIRTY
7) We don’t speak Chinese here
Chinese ISN’T SPOKEN HERE (BY US)
8) Will anybody feed the baby while we are in the concert?
Will THE BABY BE FED WHILE WE ARE IN THE CONCERT?
9) Plastic bags are sometimes eaten by turtles, because they look like jellyfish
Turtles SOMETIMES EAT PLASTIC BAGS BECAUSE THEY LOOK LIKE
JELLYFISH
10) Have they offered him a better job?
Has he BEEN OFFERED A BETTER JOB?
11) People say that he isn’t her real husband
He IS SAID NOT TO BE HER REAL HUSBAND/ IT IS SAID THAT HE ISN’T HER
REAL HUSBAND
12) Everybody thinks that Mary is lying about the baby
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It IS THOUGHT THAT MARY IS LYING ABOUT THE BABY/ MARY IS THOUGHT

TO LIE/BE LYING ABOUT THE BABY
13) It is believed that Osama is hidden in the mountains
Osama IS BELIEVED TO BE HIDDEN IN THE MOUNTAINS / THEY BELIEVE
THAT OSAMA IS HIDDEN IN THE MOUNTAINS
14) The government estimates that the number of working women will increase next year
The number OF WORKING WOMEN IS ESTIMATED TO INCREADE NEXT YEAR/
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE NUMBER OF WORKING WOMEN WILL INCREASE
NEXT YEAR
15) We know that dolphins are highly intelligent
It IS KNOWN THAT DOLPHINS ARE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT / DOLPHINS ARE
KNOWN TO BE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT
16) We believe that some kinds of sea animals are dying out
Some kinds of sea animals ARE BELIEVED TO BE DYING OUT / IT IS BELIEVED
THAT SOME KINDS OF SEA ANIMALS ARE DYING OUT
17) We do not know why so many dolphins die in British waters
It IS NOT KNOWN WHY SO MANYU DOLPHINS DIE IN BRITISH WATER
18) The monk seal is one of the world’s largest seals. We know that it weighs around 300
kilos
The monk seal, WHICH OS LMPWN TO WEIGH AROUND 300 KILOS, IS ONE OF
THE WORLD’S LARGEST SEALS / IT IS KNOWN THAT THE MONK SEAL,
WHICH WEIHTS AROUND 300 KILOS, IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST
SEALS
19) At sea, speedboats injure some species
Some species ARE INJURED AT SEA BY SPEED BOATS
20) My cousin was considered to be the best table tennis player in the world
It WAS CONSIDERED THAT MY COUSIN IS THE BEST TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
IN THE WORLD
4. Rewrite these sentences in active voice
1) It is considered that the number of pupils will increase in a few years
THEY CONSIDERED THAT THE NUMBER OF PUPILS WILL INCREASE IN A FEW HEARS
2) It is believed that he is a good person
PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT HE IS A GOOD PERSON
3) That book is going to be back to you (by me) tomorrow evening at the meeting
I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT BOOK BACK TOMORROW EVENING AT THE MEETING
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4) I am going to be written an essay next weekend by my sister

MY SISTER IS GOING TO WRITE AN ESSAY FOR ME NEXT WEEKEND
5) Baby turtles are eaten by large fish
LARGE SIFH EAT BABY TURTLES
6) He isn’t loved because he is very rude
IT'S RUDE AND THEY DON'T WANT IT
7) I have been offered a new job as a secretary
THEY OFFERED ME A JOB AS A SECRETARY
8) The room has been being painted in yellow
I HAVE BEEN PAINTING THE ROOM IN YELLOW
9) Kittens are sold by pet shop owners
PETS SHOP OWNERS SELL KITTENS
➢ COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

1. Complete the following sentences using the comparative and superlative form of the
adjective in brackets:
1) This computer is NEWER/ MORE NEW (new) than your computer
2) Lisa is OLDER/ ELDER (old) than George
3) George is YOUNGER (young) than Lisa
4) Lucy is THE YOUNGEST (young) in the class
5) That car is MORE EXPENSIVE (expensive) than this car
6) That car is THE MOST EXPENSIVE (expensive) in the market
7) Your car is FASTER (fast) than this car
8) Your car is THE FASTEST (fast) in the race
9) This house is BIGGER (big) than my house!
10) This house is THE GIGGEST (big) in the neighbourhood
11) I think TV series are MORE ENTERTAINING (entertaining) than books
12) My parents are LESS/MORE STUBBORN (stubborn) than I thought
13) My house is the LARGEST one in our neighbourhood (large)
14) The BEST(good) part of practising sports is stretching afterwards
15) Going out for dinner is not AS EXPENSIVE (expensive) than it was a few years ago
16) The seaside is always MORE PEACEFUL (peaceful) during the winter
17) Take this towel, it’s a little bit DRIER(dry)
18) She has always been BRAVER (brave) than her brother
19) He looks a lot THINNER (thin) than when he started studying
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20) She’s the LUCKIEST (lucky) person I know

2. Choose the correct option

1) Of all the members of the band, Mika sings the best/better

2) Elderly people usually get up earlier/the earliest than teenagers
3) You speak English more fluently/the most fluently than me
4) Which of your three brothers will leave home sooner/the soonest?
MÁS PRONTO
5) Which of your three brothers will leave home sooner/the soonest?
ANTES
6) A cheetah can run three times faster/the fastest than Usain Bolt

3. Think of three family members or friends and write three sentences using the verbs and
adverbs from the boxes and comparing their abilities.
Cook Badly
Drive Early
Get up Easily
Laugh Fast
Play Hard
Run
Sing Loudly
Work Slowly
write Well

1) ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
2) ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
3) ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. Are the bold form comparative or superlatives?

1) This is the tastiest sandwich SUPERLATIVE

2) Salads are healthier than burgers COMPARATIVE
3) Tiramisu is the best dessert SUPERLATIVE

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4) Spinach is not as bad as I thought COMPARATIVE

5) Thai food is more interesting than fish and chips COMPARATIVE
6) This is the most expensive cheese in the shop SUPERLATIVE

➢ PREPOSITION OF MOVEMENT AND PLACE

1. Fill in the gaps with IN/ON/AT as suitable

1) The curtains open …IN. the theatre

2) He was discovered by someone from the theatre while performing in plays IN
Edinburgh
3) You know I want to do everything I can-whether it’s ON stage, TV, film or radio
4) Romana says she got involved with a lot of drama productions when she was still AT
school
5) He was only IN his second year of a primary teaching degree AT Edinburgh
University that he decided to pursue a career as an actor
6) Every morning, we got up early and went to walk IN the mountains
7) Every year, many people are injured ON the roads because of bad driving
8) I am studying English AT school, and a spell IN your country would be a great
chance for me to improve
9) I think that your cinema is the best IN the city
10) I was alone AT home, my parents were AT a party and my sister was AT a friend’s
house
11) Despite spending two hours a day commuting, I prefer living ON the outskirts of
London
12) The seaside is the ideal place for a family holiday because children can swim IN the
sea as well as play ON the beach

2. Complete the gaps with the right preposition:

1) I jumped …IN ….the swimming pool

2) Every morning I go jogging …TO / ON the beach
3) I ran …ON…… the beach and ……IN…… the sea
4) The burglar jumped …OVER….. the garden fence
5) He climb …UP……. hTe ladder to clean the second floor windows
6) We drove …TROUGH / ALONG…Newcastle on the way to Edinburgh

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7) When I was a student I travelled …TROUGH / TO Germany, Poland and the Czech
Republic
8) After 6 hours of walking, we decided to go back …DOWN..the mountain
9) The little boy threw the ball at the wall, STRIGHT TOWARDS to his dad
10) Throw the paper ……ON……. The bin. Let’s have dinner at my place
11) Anne went …INTO….the park
12) He walk …DOWN…… the park
13) The bird flew …OVER… the clouds
14) I moved to London …IN. 2010. She’s gone to Paris …FOR. a business trip

3. Complete the sentences with the verbs given

climb crawl jump stand swim walk

1) Can you SWIM across the lake to the other side?

2) I dropped my pen. Can you CRAWL under the table and find it, please?
3) I needed to STAND on a chair to change the lightbulb
4) The wall isn’t very high. I’m sure you can JUMP over it
5) WALK along James Street and the station is on the left
6) Let’s CLIMB up the Eiffel Tower!

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