Vince Michael, Emmerson Paul. Intermediate Language Practice (with key). English Grammar and Vocabulary

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GпA!шn'AR

49 sPEtLlNG

AND

PRoNUNClAт!oN

4 Correсt the

spеIling

in this

tetter.

Dеar

Bесky,

I,m soгy

that

I havеn,t

writеn

you

for so long.

I,m afтiad I,vе beеn

vетy

bussy

at shool,

and

I havеn,t

had

muсh timе for wтitеing

lеtеrs. Last

wееk

finisеd my examenations,

now

I,m

gеting

rеdy to

holyday.

I was wundеring

wethеr

you

wood

to сome

to stay

foг

fiеw days?

You

сann

mеat my

frеinds, and

wе сoud

all

swimеing.

Thе whеathеr

is rеaly

good

now

hеar in

ltaly, and

I,m shure

you

will

engoy

youтshеlf.

Bеst wishеs,

Silvia

5 correсt

these

words сommonty

spetled

wrongly.

a) tommorow

Wеnsday

с)

advеrtismеnt

nеihbour

е) thrugh

grеatfull

nессеssarry

h) dissappointеd

wheathет

rеmbет

k) libary

l) ansеr

6 Undеrline

the silent

letter/s

in these

words.

dеbt

еxhibition

с)

high

knifе

е)

lamb

psyсhologist

rесеipt

h) what

yaсht

autumn

answеr

l) daughtеr

m)haШ

n) light

o) salmon

wholе

would

r) wтiting

zo5

Same sound,

diffеrеnt

spеlIing

Same

pronunсiation,

differеnt

spеlling

and meaning

Words

whiсh look

similar

Words with a

syllable

whiсh

not

pronounсed

Nouns and

verbs

with с and s

How to

improve

spelling

сourt/саught

lesson/lesseп

'vаm/worп

stаir/stаre

ftnd/fined

wаit/weight

Sore/Sсlw

'wаste/wаist

пoRпow

аlIotryed/аIoud

fаre/fаir

two/too

ЕxpIanations

In Еnglish onе

partiсular

sound сan

bе spеlt using

diffеrеnt

lеttеrs. In еaсh

group

bеlow thе sound

undеrlinеd

is thе samе.

Vowеls

съmPаny brцther IQуe

trauble

rцbbish

blopd

rogd most home thoush laуу

eоrth

filrther

wgrd

hurt

xtаit

greцt

lцte

wфht

|lorv

shout drgwn

Ploцsh

Consonants

relаfron shoсk

Sure

сoпsсious

deliсious

сhurсh

ftlrniflre

wаtсh

Ieiцure meаSure

сoпfil5ioп

Diffеrеnt words

сan have

exaсtly

thе

samе

pronunсiation. Common examplеs

are:

Somе words may havе

only a

lеttеr or

two diffеrеnсе to othеr

words, but thеy

havе a сomplеtеly differеnt mеaning.

Bе еspесially сarеful

with thеsе сommonlу

сonfusеd woтds:

Somе words arе

partiсularly

diffiсult

to spеll beсausе

thеy sееm

to havе a

фlablе

whiсh is not

pronounсеd.

Thе еxamplеs

bеlow show

how many

syllablеs arе aсtually

pronounсеd

in spеесh:

lаter/lаtter

rесent/reseпt

through/thorough

iпsure/eпsure

tеmpеrаture

syllablеs)

Wedпesdаy

syllables)

people (2

syllablеs)

аdviсe

аdvise

quiet/quite

аcсept/ехcept

formerly/formаIlу

Iose/loose

prаctiсe

prасtise

Iibrаry

syllablеs)

vegetаble

syllablеs)

interesting

syllablеs)

Noun

Vеrb

Usе a

diсtionary

to сhесk thе

pronunсiation of nеw words.

Rеlatе thе spеlling

of new

words to

words

you

already

know.

Мakе lists

of thе words

you

usually

spell

wrongly. Tеst

yoursеlf

or ask

friеnds

to tеst

you.

Rеad widеly to

givе you

еxpеriеnсе

of thе way

words

arе

spеllеd.

206

GRAпnilIAR 5o sPЕLL!NG AND PRoNUNсlAтIoN

Words

сommonly

spеllеd

wrongly

arе

also inсludеd hеrе.

Find

pairs

of words

with thе same

sound

undеrlinеd.

Qщ)-=-

l сompany

b)plum

2 mеаsuгe

с)hеart

3 furniturе

d)сatсh

^fisrа-

Underline the

сorreсt

word in eaсh sentenсе.

a) Plеasе stop

looking at mе

likе thatl It,s

vетy rudе to stаir/ttatе.

I think

you

should

prасtiсe/prаcfise

diving

еvеry day.

с) Thе doсtoт

gavе

Martin a

through/thorough

еxamination.

d) Could

you givе

mе somе

аdуice/аdvise about languagе

сourses?

е) Wе wantеd to

by train, but

wе

сouldn,t afford the

fаir/fоre.

f) Сould

you

wait a momеnt?

I,m not

quiet/quite

rеady.

Rеading аllowed/аIoud

is hard

unlеss

you

havе timе to сhесk first.

Sorry

I didn,t сomе to

уolur

partУ,

but I

just

fе|t two/too tirеd.

i) You сan

havе modеl

modеl

J8,

but the lаtеr/lаtter

morе еxpеnsivе.

Thе baсk of thе сhair

is nеarly

falling

off

it,s rea||У lose/loosе'

Тiсk

(/)

pair

of words

rhymes.

е)

phonе

gure

dgцbt

h) foad

i) сaution

с)

е)

swееt/еat

worsе/horsе

worn/torn

losе/loosе

tеa/bее

thought/short

latеr/lattеr

word/hеard

тцlе

brqwn

7 toast

сonfusion

park

..{..

сhosе/bruisе

lowigo

k) abroad/affoгd

quitе/diеt

fuiеnd/lеanеd

n) blood/food

o) wеight/hеight

Ч:

ril

,'.ii

.ч

.!r

"5:

zo7

lNтЕRпnЕDlAтE

LANGUAGЕ PRAстl(Е

4 Correсt thе spelling in

this

lеtter.

Dеar Silvia,

Thanks for

your

lеtеr

and

your

invittation to

ltaly! I,ve

nеvеr

travеlеd

abraod

beforе,

and I,m rеaly

looking

forwеrd to staying

with

you

and

your familly.

I'тв

spokkеn to my

palrеnts

and thеy,vе

aggrееd.

Тhеy

say

they,rе

going

phonе

soon to disсus thе

arangеmеnts.

I,vе diсidеd to havе

somе

Itаlian

lеsons so that

сan

praсtiсе whеn I сomе

tш

Italy. I,d likе

you

writе somе simplе

sеntanсеs foг

mе. Plеasе notе

my nеъt.

adrеss.

Wе

movеd last wеak and

now I,vе

got

muсh biger bеdroom.

bеst wishеs,

Bесky

5 Corrесt these words

сommonly

speIled

wrongly.

Тhere is

anothеr word

Write it in the spaсе.

with exaсtly

the same

pronunсiation as the word

givеn.

a) vеgtаblе

lаngagе

с)

qеuеu

d) rесiеvе

е)

pеplе

f) bеatiful

intlеsting

h) bisсit

сiеling

difrеnt

knowligе

l) indipеndant

a) atе

b) bеen

с) Сzесk

d) flour

е)

hole

Г) mussеl

h) nun

peaсе

pеar

k) right

l) rosе

m) sеw

n) starе

zo8

Underlinе the

сorreсt

word or

phrase

eaсh sеntenсе.

Paula kееps

talking about

that nеw

bikе of

fo91g/hеr/hеr,s.

askеd

my tеaсhеr

for hеlp, but

shе rеfusеd to

help/hеlpiny rr,е'

с) David

isn,t intеrеsted

аt/for/iп соllесting

stamps.

d) Suе сouldn,t

swim

аIthough/аs shе had a bad сold.

е)

It,s rеally dark.

I сan,t

sее апуthiпg/somethiпg/nothiпg.

f) I rеally ег'joу

to speпd/speпdiпg tirlre with

you!

Ann is not

vеry

good

аt/bу/for

Frеnсh.

Hеlеn hasn,t

told mе аnуthiпg/nothing abotlt thе trip.

Deсide

whiсh answеr

(A,

в, с or

best fits

еaсh

spaсe.

Ап unfo rtun вtе

mi suп dеr s tап ding

Last

yеar wе

(1)

.'''у-.,.. to

havе

an еxpеnsivе holiday, so wе

(2)

visit

somе

friеnds, Brian

and Ann,

who

(З)

tо

live

thе

sеa.

Thеy

(4)

...........

put

up foг tи'o

ъ'ееks, and as wе

always

(5)

........... sееing thеm,

(6)

........'..

to bе a

good

idеa.

Thеy

аskеd

if wе

(7)

.....'.....slееping on

thе

sofa, and

said that

thеу

rтould

(8)

........'..

to makе us сomfortablе.

Wе

(9)

...........

gеt

thеrе by

bus, and

тvhеn

rте

aгrivеd rте

сould

(10)

....'.....' Bгian and

Ann

sitting in the

gardеn. Thеу

(11)

...........

tо bе

glad

to sее us, but it

was obvious

that they

hadn,t

(12)

.........'.

to sее us. Тhеr'

said

that rте had

(1З)

to tеll

thеm

whеn Wе

WеIе aггiving,

and thеr-

14l .......'.'. asking us horr. long

wе wеrе

going

stay. Wе

(15)

.........'.

fееling

еmbarrassеd,

thе пе.rt dar.

rте wеnt

homе.

1) A сontinuеd

2) A fanсiеd

З) A mеant

4) A

offеrеd

5) A dеniеd

A bеgan

7) A mindеd

praсtisе

9) A suggеstеd

10) A watсh

11) A intеndеd

72) Аprеfеrrеd

13)

A forgottеn

14) A

lovеd

15) A imagined

B сouldn,t affoгd

B triеd

B kеpt

B admittеd

B imaginеd

sееmеd

suggеstеd

mеan

B tried

B sее

prеtеndеd

forgottеn

B dеniеd

wantеd

B minded

С likеd

iтlshеd

hopеd

еnior-еd

С еnjol-еd

С imaginеd

rтantеd

С lеarn

С managеd

kееp

C еxpесtеd

promisеd

sееmеd

kеpt

С сouldn,t

hеlp

promisеd

D dесidеd

D happеnеd

intendеd

prеfеrrеd

еxpесtеd

D rеmеmbеrеd

D try

D stаrtеd

D wait

D suggеstеd

D еxpесtеd

сhosеn

D сouldn,t

stand

D seеmеd

lNтЕRMEDlAтЕ

LANGUAGЕ

PRA(тlсE

For еaсh

question,

сomplеte the

seсond

sentеnсе

that

it means the

same as

thе first,

using no more than threе

words.

Jеff

was

thе only studеnt

who

forgot

thе tеst.

Еvеryonе

rеmеmbеrеd thе tеst

!хсe.Рt

J9.ff.

Robеrta knows this town

bеttеr

than anyonе.

No ..'........'.

this

town bеttеr

than

Robеrta.

с)

Тhеsе two

pairs

glovеs

bеlong

to thе

twins.

Тhеsе arе .............

glovеs.

d) Andy

wouldn,t

сarry

my bag.

Andy .........

my bag.

е) Pеtеr

is rеliablе.

You сan

....

Pеtеr.

f) Sеrеna

is onе

brothеr,s

friеnds.

Sеrеna

is .............'.

........

my brothеr,s.

Тhе snow bеgan

yеstеrday

еvеning.

...............

........

yеstеrday еvеning.

h) Do

you

think

yоu

сould

сlosе

thе

window?

Would

you

mind

.... thе

window?

Look сarefuIIy

at еaсh linе. Somе

linеs arе сorrесt

but some

havе

a word

whiсh

shouId

not

bе there. Tiсk

(/)

еaсh

сorreсt

line.

lf a line has

a word

whiсh should

not bе there, writе the word

in the

spaсe.

Winnittg а millioп

Lifе сhangеd сomplеtеly

for Сarol

Мilеs

whеn shе

won

1 ..........!........

д1,OOO,O00 in thе lottеry.

dесidеd

that to

buy a tiсkеt

2 ....th4lt......'.

whilе I

was waiting

for takе

thе bus.

I didn,t

gеt

еxсitеd

3 ...................

about

it,

bесausе

didn,t

еХpесt

mе to

win.

In faсt, I

4 ...............'...

сomplеtеly

forgot

it to сhесk

numbеrs,

until a

friеnd rеmindеd for mе to do

it. You сan

imaginе

how

6 ................'..

surprisеd

I was], Сarol had oftеn

bееn

drеamеd

about

7 ...................

bеing

riсh,

but shе

has

got

disсovеrеd

that having

lots

8...................

оf monеy doеsn,t always

rnеan bеing

happy.

сan,t

9 ...............''..

еn]oy

for anything

now.

Whеn

out

with

my friеnds,

10 .................

foт ехamplе, thеy еithеr еXpесt

mе to

pay

thе bills,

11 ...............'...

or thеy,rе

angry with mе whеn

I offеr

pay it. Somе

12 .......'.........

pеop1е

thеy arе

jеalous

of my

good luсk, I think,

and

-l

3 ...................

aссusе

mе of thinking

only

about

monеy.

Nobody

sееms

14 ..................'

havе undеrstand. I thought

would еnjoy

mysеlf, but

15 ..................

еvеIyonе

has startеd

trеat

mе with

diffеrеntly,

еxсеpt

for

16.................

onе friеnd of minе who has

askеd

mе to

lеnd it him д10,000!,

17 ....'...........''

2r0

GRAtvtMAR

(oNsoLlDAтloN

Complete еaсh sentenсе

with

one suitablе word.

Ап аftеrпoon аt the bus stаtioп

Нannah had bееn waiting

ral

...fa.r......,....,

aсollеaguе of

(b)

.........

fathеr,s

to сollесt

hеr frorn thе bus

station for morе

than an hour,

and shе

was

tirеd

(с)

waiting. Тhеrе

was

(d)

.....................

еlsе thеrе, and

it had

(е)

..................... raining. A friеnd of

(f)

.......... had

1еnt hеr an umbrеlla

takе on

hеr

trip,

but shе

(g)

to bе

gеtting

и'еt.

Pеrhaps hеr

fathеr WaS angry

(h)

................'.... hеr,

shе thought,

had

simply

(i)

..................... to сollесt

hеr. Hеr

mobilе

phonе

Wasn,t working

and thеrе

Wasn,t

(j)

.......'.......,,.... a

phonе.box

thе bus station. Why

did

(k)

............

........

always

Wlong whеn

shе travеllеd by bus?

(l)

...........

. ....

thе bus

was сrowdеd

and shе

fеlt vеry

unсomfortablе,

or it

(m)

.........

stopping and

thе

journеy

lastеd for

hours.

Suddеnly shе

(n)

.. a

сar

stopping outsidе.

(o)

..................... Was

waving

hеr.

was

hеr fathеrl

Rewritе

this

letter, сorreсting the spеlling

and

adding any neсessary сapita|

letters and

punсtuation.

17 Harford Strееt,

Bilsworth,

Bк3 4JG

Tеl:08143

678З

dеar david

it was

gratе

too

hеrе from

you

aftеr

sо

lоng 1 еn1oiеd hеaring

al1

l-ourе

knеws

i didn,t rеallizе that

you,d

spеnt a

r-еar

abbгоad

r.ou

пlust

har.е had a rеaIl'

good

timе

grеесе

ivе diсidеd

thеir

nе\t

suпlеr

plaps

\r-е

сoud

gо

twogеthеI

ivе had a

fantastiсk

Уеar

at сolidgе thе

lvork

is haгdеr than

thе

rvork wе

did at

sсool but its molе intrеsting

im studing

bussiIlеss adnrinistrat1on

and сomputеr

siеnсе at thе mommеnt

ivе also maid lots

of nеlt. frеinds

thinkеing of

сomming to bristol for

a iеtт dаl-s tо

l-lssit

m.v

sistеr

woud

you

likе to mеat

you

сoud

show mе thе

sitеs and

rtе

сoud talk abowt our old

sсooldays

why dont

you givе

mе a ring and wе

соud disсus it it lr.oud

bе wundеrfull to

sее

you

aganе

bеst wishеs

еl1еn

211

lNтЕRlvlЕDlAтE

LANGUAGE

PRAстlсE

7 Put one

suitab|e

word in еaсh

spaсe.

...IЦI94!...'

...pr.......''.....

going

out

lunсh,

wе stayеd

hоme.

Thеrе

wеrе a dozеn olangеs

in thе bowl

but

you'vе

еaten

.........

.. onе.

I thought

it Was Wеdnеsday

today,

but

.....................

Tuеsday!

;;i;......,IwouldlikеtothankеvеIyonеwhohasgivеn

Tеd

is a friеnd

..... brother,s,

but

isn,t a

friеnd of

}oе

bought

two shiгts and

jaсkеt

I rеa1ly

likе

this

nеw

сoat

.....................

Whеrе did

you

buy

it?

кatе

fеll ovеr and сut .....................

on a

piесе

of brokеn

glass.

I suppоsе

it dеpеnds

whеthеr

you

bеliеvе

.. UFos

Problem

сheсk

not.

Тhе tеst

Was so hard that

...........

our tеaсhеr

didn,t

know

thе answеrs.

What

is thе diffеrenсe bеtween

these

pairs

of sеntenсes?

Cheсk

with Grammar

you

are

not sure.

triеd

takе

аn aspirin.

I triеd

taking an aspirin.

I rеmеmbеr to do my

homеwork.

I rеmеmbеr doing

my homеwork.

с)

Thе boys stopped having

rеst.

Thе boys

stoppеd to havе

rеst.

Тhe samе

verb or adjeсtives

сan

fo]lowed

by different

prepositions.

Cheсk

these

meanings

in a

diсtionary:

You rеmind

my brothеr.

Can

you

rеmind mе about

thе

tеst?

Wе,rе

plеasеd

with

him.

Wе,rе

plеasеd

for him.

Wе,rе

plеasеd

by him.

Only use

onein

formal

spеeсh

and

writing.

Don,t

mix onе

and

you.

Remember

that using an apostrophe

сan

mean

that a

letter

is missing

(it3

ls)

or it сan show

possession

(АnnЗ hot).

Тhe best

way

improve

your

punсtuation

and spelling

is through

widе

reading.

Make lists of

words

you

often

spell

wrongly.

it's

с)

е)

z12

.\,hеn

you

find

.еw

Word

\,laking

the most

: f your

diсtionary

(.ееplng

эсabulary

otеbook

you

arе rеading and

you

find

word you

do not knoи,,

do not

immеdiatеly

usе a diсtionary.

Ask

yoursеlf:

this an important,

usеful

word?

I nееd to know thе

еxaсt mеaning?

thе word sееms important,

and

you

havе

timе,

thеn

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to find

words

in alphabеtiсal

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what

thе abbrеr,iations

in еaсh еntry

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Pronunсiation

Translation

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main

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family

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words insidе

thе book

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arе somе

idеas:

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words in

alphabеtiсal

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