Unit 1 - Grammar

Exercise D, page 10
Circle the correct words.

1. Tell Harry to hurry up! We've waited / We've been waitinq for him since seven and the film is
about to start.
2. You seem / are seeming preoccupied, Joe. Is something worrying you?
3. These athletes have trained / have been training hard since the last Olympics and are read to
win gold!
4. Jasper works / is working in a bank for now, but he would much rather become a designer.
5. Has she managed / Has she been managing to get a new sponsorship deal yet?
6. I try / I'm trying my best, but I just can't solve this complex algebra problem!
7. I still haven't received / haven't been receiving the money for the competition I won.
8. According to their website, the BreezyJet flight to Rome departs / is departing every day at
nine o'clock

Exercise E, page 10
Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. The sun ________________ in the west, of course. Didn't you know that?! (set)
2. I _______________________ for my glasses all morning. Do you know where they are? (look)
3. You ______________ always ______________! You're never satisfied! (complain)
4. Wow! You're so productive. You ___________________ three reports already! (complete)
5. We _______________________ reality TV shows often, but when we do, we make fun of them. (not
watch)
6. You _______________________ here for long, have you? (not work)
7. Please don't disturb me while I _______________________; it's very annoying. (write)
8. Martha ___________________ very lately - I think she's training too hard. (not be)

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 Exercise G, page 11
Write the correct tense for each description of its uses.

We use the

1. _________________________________________ to talk about completed actions in the past, past habits

and routines, and past states.

2. _________________________________________ to talk about actions in progress at a particular moment

in the past, longer actions that were interrupted by another event, for temporary situations in the past, for
annoying past habits, and to provide background information in a story.

3. _________________________________________ for an event that happened before another past event or

for a state that continued up to a point when something else happened.

4. _________________________________________ to show that an activity or situation lasted for some time

before another past event or to show that an action was not complete.

used to & would

Exercise H, page 11
Look at the rule for used to and would. Then complete the sentences. Which sentence can have two
answers?

We use used to for past states, past habits and regular actions. We use would for past habits and regular
actions. We do not use it for past states.

1. Darek ________________ think Martians lived on Mars.

2. Life __________________ be less stressful many years ago.
3. Gary __________________ spend all his time at the gym.

Exercise I, page 11
Circle the correct words.
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Circle the correct words.

The intelligence of dogs

There are three types of dog intelligence: instinctive intelligence, adaptive intelligence, and working and
obedience intelligence. The first is a dog's ability to perform the tasks people (1) had bred / were breeding
it to do. For example, in Britain, people (2) used to / would enjoy a sport called "bull baiting" in which dogs
(3) attacked / were attacking an angry bull . Bulldogs were bred to have strong jaws so that they would be
good at this cruel sport. Thankfully, the government (4) banned / had banned the sport in 1835. Adaptive
intelligence refers to a dog's problem-solving abilities such as how to reach something it wants. Working
and obedience intelligence refers to a dog's ability to learn from humans.

Psychology professor and dog lover Stanley Coren (5) had been wondering / was wondering for some
time how to calculate this. While he (6) researched / was researching dog behaviour, he realised he could
measure how long it took different breeds to learn and obey a command. In 1994, he (7) had published /
published findings in a book, The Intelligence of Dogs. According to Coren and the obedience trainers he
(8) had consulted / was consulting, of the 110 breeds tested the 'smartest' dog was the Border Collie, and
one of the 'dumbest' was the (now) loveable Bulldog!

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