Gareth King - Colloquial English - A Complete English Language Course

Exercise 6

1 done 2 making 3 do 4 do 5 doing 6 do 7 made 8 do

Exercise 7

1 you done with 2 children made a lot 3 I’ve done 4 correct 5 to make a mistake 6 did 7 done 8 Let’s do the rest

Exercise 8

1 often reads 2 You’ll probably 3 correct 4 correct 5 Indian food a lot 6 weather often wet 7 Indian food at all 8 Every Saturday we go or football match every Saturday 9 correct 10 correct

Exercise 9

1 Is Henry often in the local library? or Is Henry in the local library often? 2 Is James always working in the internet café? 3 Have Tom’s brother and his wife often visited France? or Have Tom’s brother and his wife visited France often? 4 Do you usually go to the restaurant next door? 5 Does he often have to go abroad or Does he have to go abroad often? 6 Does George go to the pub every Friday evening?

Unit 14

Exercise 1

2 unreal 3 possible 4 unreal 5 possible 6 unreal 7 possible 8 unreal

Exercise 2

2 f 3 a 4 c 5 d 6 b

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Exercise 3

2 is ’ll leave 3 stand ’ll get 4 breaks down ’ll repair 5 don’t see ’ll phone 6 doesn’t hurry ’ll miss 7 ’ll be gets 8 won’t work don’t plug

Exercise 4

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

Exercise 5

1 when 2 when 3 if 4 if 5 if 6 if

Exercise 6

2 don’t rewrite 3 What did your sister leave early for? 4 don’t rewrite 5 What did the Romans invade Britain for? 6 don’t rewrite 7 don’t rewrite 8 don’t rewrite 9 don’t rewrite 10 What are you watching the ice hockey for?

Exercise 7

2 You’d be angry if they came home late 3 If you took more exercise, you’d feel healthier 4 Helen would pay the bill if she had any money 5 I’d phone the police if someone stole my car 6 I’d be surprised if she agreed to do that 7 If we left too late we’d miss the train 8 It’d be too dark if we waited till ten o’clock

Exercise 8

1 if I had enough 2 if we came tomorrow 3 if you explained the problem 4 What would you do 5 if she got the job 6 correct 7 would look better if you painted it 8 guests arrived late

Exercise 9

2 You won’t pass your English exam if you don’t work hard 3 You can’t send an email unless you’ve got a computer 4 We’ll go swimming this afternoon unless it rains 5 Start without me if I don’t phone 6 I’m going unless he comes in the next ten minutes 7 You can’t come in if you’re not a member 8 You can’t eat here unless you’re wearing a tie

Exercise 10

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

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Unit 15

Exercise 1

2 Fiona had done the shopping 3 James had written six letters 4 Simon had mended the video 5 Liz had paid all the bills 6 Justine had finished her book 7 Adam had done his homework 8 Liam had made some rolls 9 Ann had cleaned four cars 10 Brenda had ordered the pizzas

Exercise 2

2 James had gone out 3 They’d watched the film 4 He’d fed the cat 5 Had Su bought the food? 6 I’d written the letter 7 The bus had left early 8 I hadn’t worked in the office 9 Had Henry seen the doctor? 10 Had you phoned them?

Exercise 3

2 she was twenty-four years old 3 she lived in Brighton 4 she’d got two sisters 5 she’d be coming to the party 6 she’d written a poem 7 she’d just joined a yoga class 8 her favourite food was curry 9 she hoped to see me at the party later 10 she’d take a taxi home

Exercise 4

2 it was 3 he wouldn’t 4 we could 5 they were 6 she did 7 you had 8 it wouldn’t 9 we couldn’t 10 he wasn’t

Exercise 5

2 ‘It’s too late’ 3 It’ll rain later’ 4 ‘You can come along’ 5 ‘I’ve broken my arm’ 6 ‘The box is too heavy for me to lift’ 7 ‘I won’t help you’

8 ‘I can understand why you’re angry’ 9 ‘I can’t help you’ 10 ‘My computer’s broken down’

Exercise 6

1 that’s who 2 that’s where 3 that’s when 4 that’s what 5 that’s how 6 that’s how many 7 that’s why 8 hat’s where

Exercise 7

1 needn’t have 2 may have 3 needn’t have 4 can’t have 5 may have 6 may have 7 can’t have 8 can’t have

Exercise 8

1 wonder 2 wondering 3 suppose 4 wonder 5 suppose 6 wondering 7 wonder 8 suppose

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Exercise 9

2 The workers are paid by the employers 3 Are the chickens fed by Sarah? 4 Were the letters delivered by the postman? 5 This chair has been broken by James 6 The concert will be cancelled by the organisers 7 The tea was made by Su 8 Big cars are driven by rich people 9 The gardening would be done by Henry 10 Books are written by authors

Exercise 10

2 It was paid 3 It was booked 4 It’ll be done 5 It was taken out 6 They were thrown out 7 They were recycled 8 It’ll be bought 9 It’ll be filled up 10 It was eaten

Reference grammar

Spelling rules

1

drop silent -ewhe you add the endings -ed, -ing, -er, -est2

after a short stressed single vowel, double b g m n p r twhen you add the endings -ed, -ing, -er, -est3

change -yto -iwhen you add -ed, -es, -er, -est, -ly if the letter before the yis a consonant

4

add -e-to words ending in -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -zbefore you add -s

NOUNS are COUNTABLE or UNCOUNTABLE; some uncountable nouns can have a secondary countable meaning.

Countable nouns can be singular or plural – they form their plural by adding -sor -es(spelling rule 4 above applies). A few nouns have irregular plurals, for example, man/men, woman/women, child/

children, foot/feet, tooth/teeth, goose/geese, sheep/sheep, aircraft/

aircraft.

The DEFINITE ARTICLE thecan be used with both countable and uncountable nouns – it denotes a noun that is already known or has already been referred to.

The INDEFINITE ARTICLE a( anbefore vowel sounds) can only be used before singular countable nouns.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS (apart from you) have subject and object forms (nouns don’t):

SUBJECT

I

you

he

she

we

they

OBJECT

me

you

him

her

us

them

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ADJECTIVES come before the noun, or after the verb be, and do not change for singular/plural: