Gareth King - Colloquial English - A Complete English Language Course

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Exercise 8

2 was taking landed 3 broke was playing 4 fell was standing 5 saw was queuing 6 was doing dropped 7 cut was cutting 8 was looking saw

Exercise 9

1 a 2 b 3 b 4 b 5 b 6 a

Exercise 10

1 We’ve just seen 2 I’m still working 3 has never worked 4 homework yet 5 have already passed 6 I still want 7 you ever go 8 you ever been 9 university yet 10 I’ve already explained

Unit 10

Exercise 1

1 taller 2 more comfortable 3 more valuable 4 heavier 5 faster 6 more interesting 7 bigger 8 more expensive 9 more intelligent 10 sharper

Exercise 2

2 cheaper 3 more difficult or harder 4 sweeter 5 more interesting 6 earlier 7 smaller 8 quieter 9 tidier 10 wider

Exercise 3

3 Jack speaks Swedish, and Jill does as well 4 Jack doesn’t speak German, but Jill does 5 Jack doesn’t speak Arabic, and Jill doesn’t either 6 Jack speaks Welsh, and Jill does as well 7 Jack doesn’t speak Klingon, and Jill doesn’t either 8 Jack speaks French, and Jill does as well 9 Jack doesn’t speak Hindi, but Jill does 10 Jack speaks Spanish, but Jill doesn’t

Exercise 4

Gorgeous Grind – Bean Bonanza – Cafetière Combo – Froth Fantasy –

Coffee Crikey – Steam Surprise – Radical Roast – Percolator II

Exercise 5

2 use the long one 3 The ripe ones 4 The big red one 5 wear the black ones 6 A large one 7 Plastic ones 8 A hot one

Exercise 6

1 one 2 one 3 ones 4 ones 5 one 6 one 7 one 8 one

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Exercise 7

2 She’d be better off coming tomorrow 3 She’d be better off doing it with Suzie 4 They’d be better off drinking mineral water 5 We’d be better off writing them a letter 6 She’d be better off sitting next to Gerry 7 She’d be better off eating out 8 We’d be better off watching TV 9 You’d be better off shutting the window 10 We’d be better off visiting them tomorrow

Exercise 8

2 Do you feel like seeing a film in town tonight? 3 Do you feel like flying to the South of France for the weekend? 4 Do you feel like inviting some friends round? 5 Do you feel like running the London Marathon this year? 6 Do you feel like lending me ten pounds? 7 Do you feel like ordering us a pizza? 8 Do you feel like hiring a rowing boat for the afternoon?

Unit 11

Exercise 1

2 It’s just coming up to a quarter to four 3 It’s twenty to ten 4 It’s just coming up to midnight 5 It’s ten past seven 6 It’s just coming up to five to six 7 It’s just gone four o’clock 8 It’s twenty-five to three 9 It’s just gone twenty-five past ten 10 It’s half past three

Exercise 2

1 It’s a quarter to nine 2 It’s five o’clock 3 It’s five past nine 4 It’s a quarter past one 5 It’s twenty past five 6 It’s twenty-five to eleven

Exercise 3

2 Who are you writing to? 3 What is it looking at? 4 What is she worried about? 5 Who are you going with? 6 Who does he play for? 7 Who does she work for? 8 Where does he come from? 9 Who do they live next door to? 10 When have you got to be home by?

Exercise 4

1 since 2 for 3 for 4 for 5 since 6 since 7 since 8 for 9 since 10 for

Exercise 5

2 lived 3 ’s been learning 4 have you been working 5 haven’t seen 6 Have you been 7 ’ve been learning 8 have been

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Exercise 6

1 last 2 on 3 at 4 of 5 at 6 at 7 an 8 in 9 out 10 in 11 in 12 to 13 in 14 in 15 of 16 nearly 17 to 18 in 19 for 20 at

Exercise 7

1 asleep 2 afraid 3 alive 4 alone 5 aware 6 awake 7 alike 8 ashamed

Exercise 8

1 when 2 when 3 before 4 when 5 before 6 when 7 when 8 before

Exercise 9

Samantha: 6.45 cinema; Su and Shamira: 7.00 vegan restaurant; Stuart: 7.15 Indian restaurant; Helen: 7.45 theatre; Gerry: 6.30 football match Unit 12

Exercise 1

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

Exercise 2

2 Did we have to show our passports? 3 Have I got to sign the form?

4 The children have to pay 5 They had to pay by cheque 6 Did Greg have to do the work? 7 Keith and Carl have got to play a song 8 Do I have to have my picture taken? 9 Have we got to leave early?

10 Gerry had to work late

Exercise 3

2 James might be ill 3 You can’t be right 4 You must be joking!

5 It might snow tonight 6 They must like Indian food 7 This can’t be true 8 Terry might come later 9 The rain might stop soon 10 Pete can’t think that

Exercise 4

1 You can’t be serious! 2 I might phone Julie after dinner 3 It must be very hot in Australia in the summer 4 We’ve got to do the shopping 5 Did Adrian get to work late yesterday? 6 Did you have to light the fire yourself? 7 correct 8 I’ve got to get some money from the bank

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Exercise 5

2 must have broken 3 can’t have connected 4 can’t have rung 5 must have thrown 6 must have told 7 can’t have done 8 must have closed 9 must have caught 10 can’t have understood

Exercise 6

2 It’s nice to eat chocolate 3 Having injections is unpleasant 4 Getting phone bills is annoying 5 It’s fun to swim under water 6 Getting birthday presents is nice 7 Speaking colloquial English is easy 8 It’s polite to write thank you letters 9 It’s relaxing to paint pictures 10 It isn’t safe to drink the water here

Exercise 7

2 what 3 what 4 who 5 how 6 where 7 how 8 where 9 who 10 what

Exercise 8

2 how to get 3 how to work 4 where to go 5 how to fill in 6 when to be 7 where to plant 8 where to put

Unit 13

Exercise 1

1 f – I’m looking for a man who can mend cars 2 g – I need a pencil that has a sharp point 3 h – I can see a bridge that crosses the river 4 b – This is the road that leads to the town centre 5 a – This is the door that leads to the garden 6 d – I’m looking for a shop that sells cheap chocolate 7 c – Those are the children who broke the window 8 e – That’s the pilot who flew us home

Exercise 2

2 The restaurant that did the best food won a prize 3 The students who are learning Russian are very clever 4 The woman who lost her passport phoned the police 5 The train that was late was very full 6 The newsreader who sneezed on camera lost her job 7 The artist who painted the Queen refused to take any money 8 The tree that fell on our house is big 9 The fish that live in the garden pond are pretty 10 The ship that took us to the Caribbean was enormous

Exercise 3

1 remove 2 remove 3 keep 4 keep 5 remove 6 remove 7 remove 8 remove 9 keep 10 keep

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Exercise 4

2 that I saw rather boring 3 who was in hospital got better now 4 that we were listening to very loud 5 that Dave bought too short for him 6 that I was sitting on very uncomfortable 7 that we threw away rather smelly 8 that Henry cooked really delicious

Exercise 5

2 This is the office Justine works in 3 That’s the chair I was sitting in 4 This is the music we’ve been listening to all morning 5 This is the piece of paper I wrote the message on 6 This is the town we lived in for five years 7 This is the town Andy comes from 8 These are the people I told you about 9 This is the shop I got my DVD-player from 10 These are the students I came with