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Part B. Subject area: «People and Society»

Part A. Grammar focus

 

Present Simple and Present Continuous

Exercise 1. Choose a verb from the list and complete the text and put the verbs into Present Continuous.

read, sleep, eat, sail, cry, drink, run, sing, play, fish, sit

Laura 1) is sitting under a sunshade. Two boys 2) _______ round a sandcastle while their father 3) _______ a newspaper. Tom 4) _______ Coke. Two girls 5) _______ ice-cream while their mother 6) _______ along with the radio. Some boys 7) _______ football near a man who 8) _______. Jim 9) _______ On his right a baby 10) _______ Some people 11) _______ past the beach.

Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple or Present Continuous.

It 1) is (be) winter and the snow 2) _______ (fall). It usually 3) _______ (snow) in January here. Betty and James 4) _______ (play) in the garden. They 5) _______ (build) a snowman and they 6) _______ (throw) snowballs. They 7) _______ (like) the snow very much! Their mother and father 8) _______ (not/like) it. They always 9) _______ (stay) in the house when it is cold. Mother usually 10) _______ (watch) TV and Father 11) _______ (listen) to the radio or 12) _______ (read) a book. At the moment they 13) _______ (sit) in the living-room. Mother 14) _______ (write) a letter and Father 15) _______ (read) a book.

 

Part B. Subject area: «People and Society»

Phrasal verbs
ask after ask for news about
bring up look after a child until he or she becomes an adult
fall for fall in love with
fall out (with) have an argument with and stop being friends
get on (with) have a good relationship (with)
grow up become older
look down on think that you are better than
look up to admire and respect
make up become friends again after an argument
pass away die
pick on keep treating someone badly or unfairly
put down criticise, make someone feel stupid
settle down become calm after being upset, etc; stay in one place or get married and live quietly
stand up for support in an argument or fight
take aback surprise (usually in passive voice)
Word pattern
agree with/on/to sth; agree with sb; agree to do; agree that
allow sb to do; allow sth
approve of sth/doing; approve sth
ask sb sth; ask sb to do sth (for you); ask about/for sth; ask if/whether
attack sth; attack sb for sth/doing; an attack on sth/sb
ban sb from sth/doing; ban sth
convince sb (of sth); convince sb to do; convince sb that
force sb to do sth; force sb into sth/doing
independent of/from sth
let sb do sth
object to sth/doing
pretend to be; pretend to do;
pretend that
rely on sth/sb
Word formation
able Unable, (in)ability, disabled, disability
achieve Achievement
argue argument, argumentative
care careful(ly), careless(ly), (un)caring
correspond Correspondence
friend friendship, (un)friendly
happy unhappy, (un)happiness, (un)happily
jealous jealousy, jealously
kind Unkind, (un)kindness, kindly
marry marriage, (un)married
nerve nervous(ly), nervousness
obey disobey, (dis)obedient(ly), (dis)obedience
person (im)personal(ly), personality
polite impolite, (im)politely, (im)politeness
relate relative(ly), relation, relationship
willing unwilling, (un)willingness, (un)willingly

Exercise 1. Phrasal verbs. Complete using the correct form of the words in italics. You need to use one word twice.

get make put look bring fall grow

Personality

Some of us seem to be infinitely kind, while others seem to 1) _________ down on everyone around them. Some of us never forget an argument, while others 2) _________ up and forgive easily. As we 3) _________ up, our personality develops and we find that we 4) _________ on with certain people more than others. Who we are seems to have a large genetic element, but is also influenced by those who 5) _________ us up. If we 6) _________ up to our parents or other family members, we may want to be like them. On the other hand, if our parents seem to 7) _________ us down all the time and we 8) _________ out with them a lot, then perhaps we will develop quite different personalities.

Exercise 2. Phrasal verbs. Write a phrasal verb in the correct form to replace the words in italics. And any other words you need.

1) The doctor said that the old woman had died ________ peacefully in her sleep.

2) I always support ________ my brother when he gets into trouble.

3) Tony seems to have really fallen in love with ________ Vanessa.

4) Mark is such a bully and treats badly ________ the younger boys at school.

5) I was surprised ________ when Michaela said I'd hurt her feelings.

6) Richard finally met the woman of his dreams and got married and started to live quietly ________ in Australia.

7) I saw Mrs Khan in the centre of town and she asked for news about ________ you.

Exercise 3. Word patterns. Choose the correct answer.

1) The government is trying to convince people ________ the need for higher taxes.

A with С that

В of D for

2) I believe that judges should be independent ________ the government.

A to С with

В from D on

3) Local residents object ________ the new power station in their area.

A to have С of having

В having D to having

4) Do you think they should ban people ________ smoking in public places?

A from С in

В that D of

5) The MP asked ________ the prime minister was aware of the growing social problem.

A that С if

В him D what

6) Most people seem to agree ________ the newspapers'criticism of the government.

A on С with

В to D that

7) I don't think people should rely ________ the state, even if they are unemployed.

A to С on

В with D by

8) The mayor was attacked ________ public money.

A for wasting С he waste

В to waste D of wasting

Exercise 4. Word formation. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

I had a really stupid 1) _______ with my best friend the other day. It all ARGUE

started because we were talking about 2) _______ and having a family. MARRY

I said that 3) _______ is important when you are married and she said POLITE

that she thought that was rubbish and that4) _______ is much more KIND

important. Well, we were 5) ) _______ to agree and, in the end, she ABLE

left without saying goodbye. I do hope it doesn't spoil our 6) ______ FRIEND

Exercise 5. Word formation. Complete the sentences by changing the form of the word in capitals when this is necessary.

1) My best friend has a great _______ (PERSON) and everyone likes her.

2) I have a good. _______ (RELATE) with my mum and I can talk to her about anything.

3) They’ve just published a book of George Bush’s _______

(CORRESPOND) and it looks really interesting.

4) Jenny seemed_______ (WILLING) to talk about her argument with Nancy, but I eventually got the facts.

5) As I waited for Kelly to arrive at the cinema, I bit my nails __________

(NERVE).

6) Ignore what Sharon says about you. It's just_______ (JEALOUS).

7) In the past, children were expected to be very _______ OBEY).

8) Brenda blames her _______ (HAPPY) on being single, but I'm not so sure.

9) Tom knew that being chosen as class president was a real_______ (ACHIEVE).

10) Kevin's so sensitive that you have to be very _______ (CARE) what you say to him.

 

 

 




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