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Unit 5 - Language focus




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Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets.
1. Peter (meeting Paul unexpectedly in London): Hello, Paul! I (not know) �you (be) �here.
��� Paul: Oh, I (be) �here nearly two months. I (arrive) �on the 6th of January.
��� Peter: When we last (meet) �you (say) �that nothing would induce you to come to England. What (make) �you change your mind?
��� Paul: I (find) �that I (need) �English for my work and this (seem) �the quickest way of learning it.
��� Peter: You (know) �any English when you first (arrive) �here?
��� Paul: No, I (not know)��a word.
2. At 4 p.m. my neighbour (ring) �up and (say) , Is Tom with you?' Tom, her son, (spend) �most of his time in my garden playing with my children, so whenever she (not be able)� to find him she (ring) �me. I'm afraid I (not see)��him today,' I (say) . 'But my children (go) �to the beach this morning and (not come) �back yet. Perhaps he (go) �with them.'
3. On Saturday afternoon I (see) �Frederick sitting in his garden.
'I (think) �you (work) �on Saturdays,' I (say) .
'I (work) �this morning,' (explain) �Frederick, 'but at lunch time the boss (go) �off to play golf and (tell) �us all to go home. It's about time he (give) �us a whole Saturday off actually. I (work) �practically even Saturday since the beginning of the year.'
Choose the correct answers. There is more than one correct answer for each sentence.
  1. I liked the teacher _______ I had for chemistry in high school.��������� A. whom������������������ B. which���������������������� C. that������������� D.
  2. The university scientist _______ did research in the Amazon River basin found many previously unknown species of plants.
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  1. Many of the games _______ children play teach them about the adult world.
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  1. When Jason arrived in the reunion, the first person _______ he encountered was Sally Sellers, on of his best friends when he was in high school.
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  1. The children enjoyed the sandwiches _______ Mr Rice made for them.
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  1. Have you ever read any books by the author _______ the teacher mentioned in class this morning?
���������� A. whom������������������ B. which���������������������� C. that������������� D.
  1. The fans _______ crowded the ballpark roared their approval.
���������� A. who�������������������������������� B. whom��������������������� C. which���������������������� D. that������������� E.
  1. Have you ever been to York Art Gallery? It has a new exhibit _______ includes the work of several local artists.
���������� A. who�������������������������������� B. whom��������������������� C. which���������������������� D. that������������� E.
  1. The operation _______ the surgeon performed on my uncle was very dangerous.
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  1. Bricks are made of soil _______ has been placed in molds, pounded down, and dried.
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Put the verbs into the correct tenses and form in either the active or passive voice.

ANIMALS ON THE ROADS

More cars and lorries (1. drive) on our roads every year and, sadly, as a result of this, more and more wild animals (2. kill) by vehicles. Roads often (3. cross) the routes that (4. take) by animals when they are migrating, breeding or feeding. Every spring, many thousands of toads (5. kill) as they (6. make) their way to the traditional breeding ponds. All over the world, animals are victims of the road and their dead remains (7. can often see) lying on the road side. Many badgers and hedgehogs (8. hit) by cars at night as they (9. move) around in search of food. Rabbits sometimes seem (10. hypnotize) by the headlights of cars and (11. not move) quickly out of the way. Birds (12. sometimes hit) too asthey (13. fly) low over roads. (14. Can anything do) to protect these animals from the dangers of the roads? Well, in 1969, a toad tunnel (15. build) in Switzerland and was a great success. Since then, other tunnels (16. construct) elsewhere in Europe, not just for toads but for badgers and salamanders too. In Florida, where the rare Florida panther (17. live) , panther tunnels (18. build) under the highway and fencing (19. put up) beside the highway to guide the animals safely into these underpasses. Road signs warning drivers to look out for particular animals (20. often see) in the US and it (21. hope) that they (22. become) a more common sight on the roads of Europe.