LESSON  8-­‐  KEY  (solutions)

COMPREHENSION  

1.  Read  the  text  again  and  answer  the  following  test.    

1. b)  Schedule            2.  a)  guest      3.  c)  fellowship          4.  b)  host            5.  a)  memento  

2.-­‐  Which  is  the  odd  one  out  in  the  following  groups  of  words?  

a) ankle     knee     lung(*)     heel    

b) blood     endorphins   hormones     idle(*)    
c) carbohydrates   fibre     proteins     stamina(*)    
d) dreadful   awful     fabulous(*)   terrible    
e) addiction   habit     hooked     lotion(*)    
f) advice     obsession(*)   recommendation   tip    
g) jogging   rowing     struggling(*)   surfing    

GRAMMAR  

1.  Fill  the  gap  using  the  verb  in  brackets.  Think  very  carefully  about  the  meaning  of  the  
phrase  before  deciding  whether  to  use  a  negative  or  positive  verb  form.    

a) I  wouldn't  be  angry  if  you  hadn't  eaten  my  chocolate  mousse.    
b) If  he  had  known  you  were  in  hospital,  he  would  have  visited  you.    
c) We  wouldn't  have  come  by  taxi  if  we  had  found  the  right  bus.    
d) We  would  have  visited  the  Prado  gallery  if  we  had  had  time.    
e) If  you  hadn't  been  asking  me  questions  all  the  time,  I  would  have  enjoyed  the  film.    
f) If  I  had  known  your  number,  I  would  have  phoned.    
g) If  just  one  person  had  remembered  my  birthday,  I  wouldn't  be  sad.    
h) I  would  have  understood  the  film  if  it  hadn't  been  in  German.    
i) They  would  have  come  to  see  you  if  they  hadn't  been  away.    
j) If  she    hadn't  parked  on  a  double  yellow  line,  she  wouldn't  have  got  a  fine.    
  

2.  Put  each  verb  in  brackets  into  a  suitable  verb  form    

a) If  I  had  got  a  good  job,  I  would  have  moved  to  Rome.    

b) If  she  had  told  her  father  the  truth,  he  would  not  have  annoyed.    
c) If  my  mother  had  known  about  the  problem,  she  would  have  tried  to  solve  it.    
d) If  they  had  received  the  message,  they  would  have  arrived  on  time.    
e) If  he  had  finished  his  work,  he  would  have  gone  to  the  theatre.    
f) If  I  had  lost  the  key,  I  would  have  waited  for  you  at  the  restaurant.    
g) If  Peter  had  driven  the  car,  I  would  not  have  travelled  with  him.    
h) If  my  friend  had  been  more  intelligent,  he  would  have  known  what  to  do.    
i) If  my  brother  had  called  her,  she  would  have  forgiven  him.    
j) If  my  father  had  met  my  boyfriend,  they  would  have  been  good  friends.  

3.  Complete  the  sentences  with  the  correct  form  (infinitive  with  to  or  without  to)  of  the  
verbs  in  brackets.    

Solutions  :  

a) meet    
b) to  tell    
c) help    
d) have    
e) wait    
f) to  get    
g) watch    
h) do    
i) to  go    
j) play  

4.  Complete  the  sentences  with  the  correct  form  (infinitive  with  or  without  to  or  gerund)  
of  the  verbs  in  brackets.    

Solutions:    

1. trust    
2. to  see    
3. smoking    
4. to  answer    
5. being    
6. eating    
7. be    
8. learning    
9. park    
10. giving    

 
  

5.  Complete  each  sentence  with  a  suitable  form  of  the  verb  in  brackets.    

Solutions:  

1) playing    
2) to  write    
3) to  pay    
4) buying    
5) working    
6) to  feed    
7)  to  meet    
8) taking.    

6.    Complete  the  sentences  with  the  correct  form  (infinitive  with  or  without  to  or  gerund)  
of  the  verbs  in  brackets.    

a) seeing    
b) not  to  hear    
c) Running    
d) to  do    
e) not  to  write    
f) to  go    
g) to  see    
h) not  to  stay    
i) playing    
j) being  able    

8.  Write  the  following  sentences  with  the  correct  verb  in  gerund.  

Solutions:    

1. playing              2.  becoming            3.  saying            4.  getting  up   5.  having    

9.  Complete  each  sentence  with  a  suitable  form  of  the  verb  in  brackets.    

Solutions:    

a)  using      b)  to  lend      c)  to  sell/buy    d)  to  phone  

10.  Put  the  verbs  in  brackets  into  the  gaps.  Form  a  Conditional  sentence.    

a) Had  been/would  have  played    

b) Had  gone/would  have  had    
c) Had  learned/would  have  written    
d) Had  taken/would  have  arrived    
e) Had  explained/would  have  done    
f) Had  waited/would  have  seen    
g) Had  come/would  have  arrested    
h) Had  bought/would  have  tasted    
  

EXPRESSION  

   2.  Complete  the  following  descriptions  with  the  words  given.    

Solutions  A:    

a)  of     b)  commonly      c)  to          d)  largest            e)  but        f)  other          g)  by              h)  In   i)  over    

j)  capacity  

Solutions  B:    

a)Grand      b)  very        c)  elegant     d)  Happening      e)  symbol        f)  consisting      

g)  adorned     h)ends    

3.  Form  adjectives  from  the  words  bellow  and  list  them  in  the  correct  columns.  
Remember  that  the  spelling  of  some  words  may  change.    

 
4.  Use  of  sophisticated  adjectives  when  describing  events  makes  your  description  
more  vivid.  Read  the  short  texts  and  fill  in  the  gaps  with  the  adjectives  given:  

b)  Music  Festival  

Solutions    

a)  Blinding       b)      magical     c)      spellbound  

c)  Beer  Festival    

Solutions    

Traditional     b)      enthusiastic   c)      dazzling