Gareth King - Colloquial English - A Complete English Language Course

Glossary

expand– widen

vocabulary– the words of a language

newsagent’s– shop that sells newspapers

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range– choice, selection

daily– appearing every day

style– general appearance and effect

content– what something contains; the articles and reports that are in a paper

coverage– treatment of the news

section– part

apart from– except; in addition to

last– be enough (for someone for a period of time) fair-sized– medium to large

category– type

genre– type of writing

fiction– writing that isn’t true; stories that have been invented by the writer

Key to exercises

Unit 1

Exercise 1

2 I’m 3 Sue’s 4 Terry’s 5 They’re 6 Chris is 7 We’re 8 Stuart’s 9 My brother’s 10 CD’s

Exercise 2

2 isn’t he? 3 isn’t she? 4 aren’t they? 5 isn’t she? 6 isn’t it? 7 aren’t we?

8 isn’t it? 9 aren’t you? 10 isn’t she?

Exercise 3

2 Is Dave off work today? 3 Is it cold outside? 4 Are we in the right place? 5 Is everyone ready? 6 Are you tired? 7 Are they in the garden?

8 Are Morgan and Eddie here? 9 Is Oliver outside? 10 Is Jenny inside?

Exercise 4

2 her 3 him 4 them 5 her 6 them

Exercise 5

1 me your 2 you his 3 I their 4 you her 5 my you 6 I me

Exercise 6

1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 5 an 6 a 7 an 8 an 9 a 10 an

Exercise 7

2 Gerry 3 doctor 4 teacher 5 scientist 6 Nigel 7 Brian 8 Allison 9 policeman 10 journalist

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Exercise 8

1 the 2 the 3 the the 4 a the 5 a the 6 a 7 the 8 a 9 the 10 the a Unit 2

Exercise 1

2 We aren’t We’re not 3 I’m not (only one possible) 4 They aren’t They’re not 5 You aren’t You’re not 6 Suzie isn’t Suzie’s not 7 It isn’t It’s not 8 She isn’t She’s not

Exercise 2

2 Do you drink tea? 3 Does that bus go to the station? 4 Does she speak Spanish? 5 Do Pete and Sally speak Italian? 6 Where do you teach?

7 Where does this bus go? 8 Does Su live nearby? 9 When do Mick and Sandra leave? 10 When does the post arrive?

Exercise 3

2 Oliver doesn’t drink coffee 3 James doesn’t speak Russian 4 Jenny plays the piano 5 Stephen doesn’t play the piano 6 Jenny doesn’t wear glasses 7 James drinks coffee 8 Oliver wears glasses

Exercise 4

1 who 2 what 3 where 4 when 5 why 6 which 7 where 8 whose 9 what 10 what

Exercise 5

2 a person 3 a place 4 a time 5 a reason 6 an owner 7 a choice 8 a way/method

Exercise 6

1 correct 2 yours 3 hers 4 yours mine 5 my 6 mine

Exercise 7

2 that kind mother of his 3 some close friends of ours 4 a great idea of mine 5 those friends of hers 6 this stupid idea of theirs

Exercise 8

Henry: mineral water, cake; Dave: cup of tea; Su: mineral water, salad roll; Kath: cheese roll, cappuccino

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Unit 3

Exercise 1

2 h 3 f 4 g 5 b 6 a 7 d 8 i 9 c 10 e

Exercise 2

1 Don’t make noise here! 2 Please wait here a minute 3 Don’t be rude to customers! 4 correct 5 Please don’t throw litter 6 Open the door, could you? 7 Could you close the door, please? 8 Don’t wait for me

Exercise 3

2 of 3 ’s 4 of 5 of 6 ’s 7 of 8 of 9 ’s 10 ’s

Exercise 4

1 removing 2 writing 3 reading 4 hurrying 5 fitting 6 opening 7 flying 8 chasing 9 paying 10 asking

Exercise 5

1 ’m eating 2 reads 3 grow 4 goes 5 ’s reading 6 speaks

Exercise 6

2 Are they waiting for us? 3 Is Dave studying Law? 4 Are the children having breakfast? 5 Are Jack and Jill washing the car? 6 Is the weather improving? 7 Is this music disturbing them? 8 Am I driving too fast?

Exercise 7

2 I don’t understand you 3 Is she asking a question? 4 Do these shoes belong to Suzie? 5 Do you understand me? 6 I’m not reading the paper 7 Gerry’s reading the paper 8 We’re listening

Unit 4

Exercise 1

1 c 2 uc 3 c 4 c 5 uc 6 c 7 uc 8 c 9 uc 10 c 11 uc 12 c 13 c 14 c 15 uc 16 c 17 c 18 c 19 c 20 c

Exercise 2

1 some 2 some 3 a 4 some 5 a 6 some 7 a 8 a 9 a 10 some 11 some 12 a 13 a 14 some 15 an 16 a 17 some 18 some 19 some 20 a

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Exercise 3

1 did 2 do 3 do 4 did 5 do 6 did 7 did 8 do

Exercise 4

2 does 3 don’t 4 didn’t 5 don’t 6 did 7 doesn’t 8 do

Exercise 5

3 He’s got time 4 I’ve got enough time 5 They haven’t got enough money 6 Su hasn’t got a car 7 Have we got the tickets? 8 Fiona’s got them

Exercise 6

1 x 2 p 3 p 4 x 5 p 6 x 7 x 8 x 9 x 10 p

Exercise 7

2 I don’t think my watch is working properly 3 I don’t think the children are hungry 4 I don’t think that’s important 5 I don’t think this coffee’s very nice 6 I don’t think we’re on the right bus 7 I don’t think this bus goes to the airport 8 I don’t think you understand 9 I don’t think Henry reads books 10 I don’t think the students are listening

Exercise 8

1 can I have another one? 2 try the others 3 like another cup 4 another glass 5 prefer the other one 6 correct 7 correct 8 try the other ones 9 The other CD 10 The other car

Unit 5

Exercise 1

2 watch 3 buy 4 taking 5 catch 6 meeting 7 playing 8 phone 9 stay 10 going

Exercise 2

2 about good 3 how about no let’s 4 why we OK/all right 5 I then 6 shall not 7 how about rather 8 don’t we idea 9 how want 10 shall we all right

Exercise 3

2 Shall we go swimming? 3 Let’s organise a party 4 Why don’t we practise our English? 5 Shall we wash the car? 6 Why don’t we call in on Sam and Fred? 7 How about writing some postcards home? 8 Shall we cook an Indian meal? 9 Let’s invite James and Fiona to tea 10 Why don’t we help with the washing-up?

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Exercise 4

2 Do you like Indian food? 3 Do you like apples? 4 Would you like a cheese sandwich? 5 Would you like some soup? 6 Do you like milk in your coffee? 7 Would you like another cup of tea? 8 Would you like some more soup? 9 Do you like tea? 10 Would you like some pizza, Dave?

Exercise 5

2 Would you like some more coffee? 3 Would you like to visit the museum today? 4 Would you like to go swimming this afternoon?

5 Would you like another cake? 6 Would you like to see the menu?

Exercise 6

2 Does James like ice cream? 3 My parents don’t like fish 4 Sarah likes apples 5 Does Fiona like vegetables? 6 They like fish and chips 7 Fred and Kim don’t like sport 8 Does Pete like carrots?