Vocabulary exercise – 3rd year

1 Explain the following compounds

2 Use them in your own sentences

house plant, home town, home coming, house bound, home-made, home-grown

1 Explain the following idioms

2 Use them in your own sentences

to get on like a house on fire

to bring the house down
to be as safe as houses
to hit home

Vocabulary exercise – 2nd year

Explain the following phrasal verbs (both, IDIOMATIC and LITERAL meaning) and use them in your own
sentences:

Take off
Cut off
Get on with
Run out of
Put up with (no literal meaning!!!)

2. Explain the TWO meanings of the following words (write the part of speech too!) and use them in
your own sentences:

1. train
2. nail
3. right
4. mean

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Vocabulary excercise – vocational, 2nd year

1. Spoji riječi u smislene fraze i prevedi ih:

Alarm cream 1
Car glasses 2
Traffic table 3
Credit coat 4
Sun lights 5
Ice card 6
Time park 7
Rain clock 8

2. Prevedi fraze i upotrijebi ih u vlastitim rečenicama:

1. Write poetry –

2. Take your time –

3. Stay in bed –

4. Take responsibility –

3. At the doctor's:
Prevedi slijedeće fraze na hrvatski jezik:
To have the flue –
To have swollen glands –
To have the temperature –
To have the cold –
Headache -
Toothache -

Vocabulary – linking words - 4th year

*Look at the sentence and the three words below it. Decide which word completes each sentence.
-I spent several years in Spain, ______ I never learnt to speak Spanish.

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and despite yet
-She found the job very tough. ______ she stayed at the company and was finally promoted.
And Nevertheless Though
-They went to the beach ______ the bad weather.
although and despite
-He spent several years in Finland ______ then moved to Poland.
and despite however
-He never went to university, ______ getting top marks at school.
although in spite of nevertheless
-She has recovered from the accident now ______ she still feels scared when she goes
anywhere in a car.
but despite in spite of
-Even ______ Paul's brother lives in Brazil, he has never been there.
although despite though
-She apologized for taking the car without my permission. ______ , I was still angry.
Also Despite However
-______ the bad weather, they still went ahead with the game.
Although Despite However
-Not only did he lose the business ______ he lost his house as well.
also and but

*Look at the word in brackets following each sentence. Complete each sentence by writing the
correct form of the word in the gap.
None of his_______________ ever worked. (invent)
She made several_______________ on television during her career. (appear)
The race was very________________ but he eventually won. (compete)
He said he wanted to be a________________ but he actually became a dentist. (law)
The___________ on the estate complained about the new parking restrictions. (reside)
They waited__________________ for the news. (anxious)
___________of electrical goods has increased this year. (consume)
It was a boring match, completely_____________ . (event)
The teacher warned him about his______________ . (behave)
His________________ to tobacco was very strong. (addict)
There was a small_____________ in the economy this year. (improve)
He put in a fine________________ . (perform)
There has been another decrease in the number of______________ in Britain. (marry)
The___________ of the house was very large and they decided to covert it into a studio. (base)
The police began their________________ by searching the house. (investigate)
They closed the building because it was______________ . (safe)
His_______________ was not as serious as first thought. (injure)
The house had large rooms and was very______________ . (comfort)

Vocabulary exercise – word formation 2g

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 1. MAKE NEW WORDS OUT OF BASES BY USING PREFIXES OR SUFFIXES. Where
there is no possibility, put an “x”:

PREFIX BASE SUFFIX

help
literate
rely
understand
measure
use
kind
popular
conscious

2. FILL IN THE GAPS BY ADDING OR LOSING A PREFIX OR SUFFIX TO THE WORDS

IN GAPS:

a) Jane is a very______________ (LOYALTY) friend.

b) Why do you hang out with Peter? He's so________________ (MATURE).
c) My gran doesn't like___________ (POLITE) children at all.
d) What you are saying is completely_______________(RELEVANT) to our discussion. Are
you listening at all???
e) Mr Johnson is a very_______________(RESPECT) member of our community.
f) Tom is a very _____________(SENSE) child. Be careful what you say to him.
g) U2 is one of the most ______________(SUCCESS) bands in the world.
h) You forgot the flowers for our anniversary?!! How_______________(THOUGHT) of you.

3. WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED – CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE SOLUTION:

a) ashamed embarrassed nervous

-You should be__________ of yourself!!! Lying like this all the time!
-Peter told such a silly joke at the party and no one laughed. He was so
_______________.

b) bring take fetch

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 -Jack’s __________ the cake to dinner tonight.
-Can your dog _________ a stick if you throw it?

c) alone lonely lone

-Jim has no friends at all. He’s a real ________ wolf.
-Even though Lorna has many friends she sometimes gets very ____________.

d) actually at the moment really

-“Sorry I’m late. The traffic’s awful!” “__________, we were just about to start so don’t
worry; you haven’t missed a thing”.
-I’m doing my homework ____________ so I can’t come out. I’ll join you all later.

Grammar – modals 1st and 4th year

1. Fill in the modal verbs:

1.She__________________cheated on 11. Great weather! The sea
the test (impossibility, past). _____________ be excellent (certainty,
present).
2. Peter_______________do his 12.The house_________________been
homework right away (obligation, empty for a long time (certainty,
external, present). past)
3. You_______________ smoke in here 13Sally _________________gone to
(prohibition, present). bed. She’s not answering her phone
(possibility, past)
4. ____________ I speak to Mr Jones, 14. If I go to London,
please? (permission, present) I_______________visit the Tower
(possibility, present).
5.You ____________________seen the 15.________you come to my party?
doctor (advice, past). (invitation)
6.We_____________to smoke at school 16.We____________call the police
(prohibition, past). (internal obligation, present)

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7. We_________________learn the 17.What ____________I do with this
whole text by heart (lack of obligation, box?(asking for advice, present)
past).
8. Johnny ________________ go to 18. Oh, that_____________be Peter at
bed. He doesn’t listen at all (refusal, the door (certainty based on habit,
present). present).
9. _____________ I call the police, or 19. What ____________you like to eat
not? (asking for advice, present) (offer, present)
10.I_____________ speak 3 languages 20. John _____________tell any more
when I was 25. Now I only speak lies(prohibition, present).
French (ability, past, general).

Explain the use of modality in the following sentences; denote the tense - present or
past:
1. May I come out with you tonight?
2. It may not have been Peter who lost the keys.
3. That will be the postman. He always comes at 9 o’clock.
4. You don’t have to come with me.
5. Young children must eat a lot.
6. You mustn’t drink alcohol in the Middle East.
7. Lara should go to the doctor immediately.
8. It can’t have been Tom holding Tanya’s hand! They have broken up last month.
9. I was able to speak English when I was five.
10. We ought to go now. It’s late.

VERB PATTERNS 1st and 4th year

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form:

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 1. I adore___________ (cook) for my family.
2. Tom doesn't mind___________(come) earlier tomorrow.
3. Why did I ever agree___________(work) with you?! I hate it!
4. My younger brother is learning___________(sing). He's very good.
5. Mum advised Tom___________(go) to the dentist. He's got a toothache.
6. The teacher told the class___________(open) their books.
7. Please, mum let me__________(eat) some more chocolate.
8. Just as we were getting ready to go out it started__________(rain).
9. It's impossible___________(cut) with this blunt knife.
10. It was very mean of John__________(say) that to you.
11. Is it a good idea____________(change) your mind now? Peter will be angry.
12. I remember ___________(fall) off my bed when I was three.
13. I'll never forget____________(meet) John! I was absolutely charmed!
14. I started ___________(read) when I was six years old.
15. I made Paul__________(hide) the letter. Hopefully, no one will realize it.

16. Explain the difference:

 I remember seeing him with Jenny.

 I remember to take my pills every day.

 I stopped phoning him.

 I stopped to phone mum and tell her I'd be late.

Conditional clauses – 2nd and 4th year

1. Put the verbs in the right tense/form – all conditionals:

1. French is essential for this job. Everybody speaks it. If they___________(not

know) it, they __________________ (not understand) the callers.
2. I wasn't really surprised we got lost. I knew he couldn't map-read. But, if
you________________(know) that, why ___________you __________(take) him?
3. The only thing I didn't have in London was a balcony. If I _________________(have) one, I
______________________(grow) lots of flowers.
4. Unless you come down now.....
5. If you had the car....
6. If Tom had been more careful...
7. We could have got the seats if...

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8. If I buy this jacket...
9. We'll have to go without Ann if...
10. No one bathes here. The water is heavily polluted. If you _____________________(bathe) in it,
you____________________(be) ill.
11. So many parcels and no basket! If I __________________(know) that we were going to buy so
much, I_______________________(bring) a basket.
12. This flat ________________(be) all right if the people upstairs _____________________(not, be)
so noisy.
13. If you____________(not, water) the plants, they____________(die).
14. If you___________(drop) an egg, it___________(break).
15. If it __________(freeze) tonight, the roads___________(be) very slippery.
16. I____________(will, not) wake if the alarm clock__________(not, go) off.

2. Make second or third conditional clauses for the following situations:

1. There weren’t any eggs, so I couldn’t make an omelette.

2. He doesn’t know the answer, so he can’t help us.
3. I had a headache. I didn’t go swimming.
4. Jim works hard. He has no time to spend with his family.

3. Write the wishes for the following situations:

1. I am out of work.
2. It rained the whole day yesterday.
3. I didn’t win the lottery.
4. I can’t lose weight.
5. We live in the city.

4. Make your own sentences using the following conjunctions: in case, suppose, as long as,
provided, unless and imagine