English Comprehensive Practice

S2 1st Semester - English Comprehensive Practice (2)

Put in the missing words. Use one word only in each space with will, be going to and
present tenses.
It’s a lovely day. ____Shall____________ we go for a walk?
My birthday _______is_____________ on a Sunday next year.
My brother is engaged. He’s ______going to be/getting___________ married in June.
The meeting will be held in Hong Kong on next Monday. I’ll need the car while I ___am______there.
Martin’s got his coat on. I think he’s _________going_____________ to go out.
There’s a fireworks display tomorrow. Janet is ________going__________ to watch it.
We’re at that table in the corner. ______Will__________ you join us?
I’m seeing the boss this afternoon. But I must study this report before I _______see__________ her.
There will be drinks at the reception, but there will ______not____________ be any food.
The European heads of state are _____to____________ meet in Brussels on 3rd October.


Matching
1. Dormitory ( a )
2. Isle ( j )
3. Exhausting ( g )
4. Sip ( h )
5. Urgent ( i )

6. Curse ( c )
7. Loft( e )
8. Description ( f )
9. Curtain ( d )
10. Whisper ( b )

11. Skiing ( k )
12. Factory ( l )
13. Glamorous ( m )
14. Manicure ( n )
15. Essential ( o )

16. Contact lenses ( q )
17. Accent ( p )





a. A large room containing many beds, especially in a boarding school or university.
b. Speak quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so that only the person close to you can hear you.
c. To say a word or an expression which is not polite and shows that you are very angry.
d. A piece of material, especially cloth, which hangs across a window.
e. A space at the top of a building under the roof used for storage.
f. Something that tells you what something or someone is like.
g. Making you feel extremely tired.
h. To drink, taking only a very small amount at a time.
i. Needing attention very soon, especially before anything else, because important.
j. A piece of land completely surrounded by water.
k. the activity or sport of moving on skis.
l. a building or set of buildings where large amounts of goods are made using machines.
m. attractive in an exciting and special way.
n. treatment for the hands which involves softening the skin and making the nails look better.
o. needed in order to achieve a particular result.
p. the way in which people in a particular area, country or social group pronounce words
q. small round piece of transparent plastic which is worn on the surface of your eye to improve your sight





D. Correct the italic sentences with will, be going to and present tenses.
I am hungry. I think I have something to eat.
____________I think I will have something to eat.__________________________________________.
You say you’re getting a coach at nine. What time is it getting to London?
_____________What time does it get to London? ______________________________ ____________
Rupert looks really tired. He’s about falling asleep.
________________He’s about to fall asleep._______________________________________________
I’ll give Polly the news. I’ll tell her when I’ll see her this evening.
_____________I’ll tell her when I see her this evening. _______________________________________
We’ve arranged to go out. We meet in town later.
________________We are going to meet in town later.________________________________________
6. I’m going to Spain next week. I send you a postcard.
__________________I will send you a postcard.____________________________________________
7. I’m going to get to the airport early. I can read a book while I’ll be waiting.
________________I can read a book while I wait.____________________________________________
8. I feel a bit tired. I go to lie down.
_____________I will go to lie down.________________________________________________________
9. Why not come to the party? All your friends shall be there.
___________________All your friends will be there.____________________________________________
10. There’s been a bomb warning. No one can go into the building until the police will have searched it.
_______________________the police searches it._______________________________________________

Put in the Present Perfect or Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
You wont’ believe this, but I’ve got some tickets for the concert.
~ Oh, well done. How _____did you get__________ (you/get) them?
Of course I can ride a bike. But I _____haven’t ridden _____________ (not/ride) one for years.
Marilyn Monroe ____has been____________ (be