Gareth King - Colloquial English - A Complete English Language Course

Exercise 7

1 correct 2 Would you like some more coffee? 3 correct 4 Do you like English food? 5 James doesn’t like hot weather 6 Do you like ice cream?

7 correct 8 Does your sister like oranges? 9 Would you like an orange?

10 Does Jerry like milk in his tea?

Exercise 8

2 playing 3 does sunbathing 4 would stay 5 doing 6 likes helping 7 like play 8 don’t working 9 do 10 would listen

Exercise 9

positive: Yes I love it, Yes I quite like it // neutral: It’s OK I suppose, I’m not bothered // negative the rest

Exercise 10

2 e 3 a 4 f 5 c 6 b

Exercise 11

2 this 3 those 4 these 5 this 6 this that 7 this 8 those 9 these 10 this that

Exercise 12

1 T 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 T

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Unit 6

Exercise 1

1 c 2 f 3 a 4 b 5 h 6 d 7 e 8 g

Exercise 2

2 He’s giving her 3 He’s buying it 4 They use it 5 He keeps them 6 He’s buying them 7 She’s picking them up 8 She’s giving him

Exercise 3

1 Let’s wait until the rain stops 2 Phone us as soon as you get back 3 Don’t forget to ring us when you arrive 4 Let’s hide the presents before the children see them 5 Could you shut the door when you leave?

6 Let’s buy some souvenirs before we go home

Exercise 4

2 when 3 when 4 as soon as 5 when 6 till 7 when 8 until

Exercise 5

2 Why don’t you pay the bill? 3 Why don’t we go to the cinema?

4 Why don’t I help you with the cooking? 5 Why don’t we watch TV?

6 Why don’t I do the washing-up? 7 Why don’t you switch channels?

8 Why don’t we ask some friends round for coffee?

Exercise 6

2 next 3 next 4 this 5 all 6 today 7 tomorrow 8 on

Exercise 7

1 for 2 with 3 in 4 of 5 with 6 at 7 to 8 with 9 about 10 on

Exercise 8

2 h 3 e 4 f 5 a 6 b 7 c 8 g

Unit 7

Exercise 1

2 it’s going to rain 3 I’m going to do the shopping 4 she’s going to eat 5 she’s going to go 6 she’s going to ride 7 he’s going to phone 8 they’re going to wash 9 I’m going to plant 10 he’s going to swim

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Exercise 2

2 Are going to am 3 Is going to is 4 Are going to they aren’t 5 Is going to he isn’t 6 Are going to they are 7 Is going to he is 8 Are going to aren’t

Exercise 3

2 It’s difficult to learn Chinese 3 It’s important to be friendly to your neighbours 4 It’s easy to ask for things in English 5 It’s stupid to set fire to your nose 6 It’s very hard for English people to learn Vietnamese 7 It’s nice to eat biscuits in front of the TV 8 It’s very dangerous to jump off high buildings 9 It’s fun to watch French films 10 It’s exhausting to read long books

Exercise 4

2 Will Amanda stay here? 3 They won’t wait for us 4 Is Dave going to be here tomorrow? 5 We’re going to show you the sights 6 The weather will get better 7 James isn’t going to forget, is he? 8 I’m not going to do my homework yet 9 Suzie won’t be there 10 Will Fred read that book?

Exercise 5

1 Are you going 2 going to do the 3 Is Kath 4 correct 5 trains are going to be 6 Is he 7 Are we 8 correct 9 I’m going 10 Is Henry

Exercise 6

2 Henry’s going to do it up 3 Could you turn it off? 4 I need to look them up 5 Could you write it down? 6 Will you fill them in? 7 We’re going to send them back 8 They’re going to knock it down 9 Tom’s trying to start it up 10 Switch them off, please

Exercise 7

1 want 2 is going 3 doesn’t like 4 Does this book belong 5 contains 6 isn’t reading 7 Do you know 8 ’s seeing 9 ’m not expecting 10 Do you see

Exercise 8

1 bring 2 take 3 bring 4 bringing 5 bring 6 bringing 7 take 8 take 9 take 10 take

Exercise 9

Liam: 1 October; Sally: 10 May; Adam: 7 December; Edward: 22

September; Monica: 8 February; Keith: 2 November; Anthea: 17 June; Greg: 10 November; Susan: 17 July; Carl: 20 March

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Unit 8

Exercise 1

2 Are they able to speak English? 3 Dave can’t come 4 Are you able to see the screen? 5 Can they walk? 6 Suzie can’t make the appointment 7 I’m not able to advise you on this 8 Are Julie and Simon able to come tonight?

Exercise 2

2 You’d better not drop it 3 I’d better clean it 4 We’d better wait for him 5 I’d better turn the light on 6 I’d better phone him

Exercise 3

2 What if the shops are shut? 3 What if the car breaks down? 4 What if the neighbours complain? 5 What if the doorman doesn’t let us in?

6 What if the waiter doesn’t understand us? 7 What if the neighbours don’t like the colour? 8 What if he doesn’t answer?

Exercise 4

1 ’m thinking 2 Are we having 3 look 4 thinks 5 ’re looking 6 don’t see 7 has 8 isn’t seeing

Exercise 5

2 to order 3 to come 4 to help 5 having 6 to lock 7 doing 8 swimming 9 to offend 10 smoking 11 seeing 12 to apply 13 paying 14 learning 15 to know 16 cooking 17 to be 18 to fly 19 to see 20 seeing

Exercise 6

1 what other food 2 the other people will 3 correct 4 correct 5 where else would 6 have another cream 7 the other one’s 8 correct 9 correct 10 anything else

Exercise 7

1 disappointed 2 interested 3 excited 4 annoying 5 exciting 6 boring 7 annoyed 8 bored 9 relaxing 10 surprised

Exercise 8

1 disappointed 2 boring 3 disappointing 4 interesting 5 bored 6 annoying 7 surprising 8 interested 9 surprised 10 annoyed

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Unit 9

Exercise 1

2 Justine’s painted the door 3 Andy and Bob have closed the shop 4 We haven’t played football today 5 We’ve organised a party for her 6 Have you watched the film? 7 Has Julie opened the window?

8 Dave hasn’t waited for us

Exercise 2

2 Simon’s not using the computer 3 Su and Kath are refusing to come 4 Are you looking for the paper? 5 Is Rosemary leaving? 6 Are the children coming in? 7 Is anyone using this cup? 8 I’m not buying any food 9 Ann’s selling her house 10 Is Jenny phoning the office?

Exercise 3

2 fell 3 stole 4 phoned answered 5 called 6 left 7 spoke 8 threw 9 watched 10 went

Exercise 4

2 They didn’t help him 3 She opened the window 4 Terry washed the car 5 Did Henry walk to college today? 6 Suzie didn’t clean her teeth 7 Did the others arrive late? 8 Did Sandra play the piano?

Exercise 5

1 ’s fallen 2 went 3 Have you seen 4 have you finished 5 phoned 6 Did you see 7 ’ve invited 8 ’s my passport gone 9 have they turned 10 Did you speak

Exercise 6

2 I had breakfast today 3 Were you late for the meeting? 4 James wasn’t ready 5 They didn’t have any money 6 The children were happy 7 Fiona was in town today 8 My brother didn’t have the money

Exercise 7

2 Were you working? 3 We weren’t watching the film 4 Dave wasn’t answering his phone today 5 Su was looking after the children 6 Were you speaking to the teacher? 7 The bus was coming round the corner 8 Were you listening to your new CD? 9 The kids were playing in the garden 10 Henry wasn’t doing his work