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UNIT
UNIT
EXERCISES
EXERCISES
4 0
40
4.1 Select an appropriate sentence ending and choose a wh-word to connect them, as in 1. Use each
Select an appropriate sentence ending and choose a wh-word to connect them, as in 1. Use each
a
ending once only. Ifnecessary, also add an appropriate object. (A & B)
ending once only. If necessary, also add an appropriate object. (A & B)
be made to grow straight,
I'll never forget...
YH
...bananas can
1 I'll never forget... a ® ...bananas can be made to grow straight.
should
do
...we
in an emergency.
Scientists have discovered...
2 Scientists have discovered... b ...we should do in an emergency.
DMNAHBWNYH
The crew advised...
3 The crew advised... f mMonndg c ...he wanted me to bring a ladder to the party,
...he wanted me to bring a ladder to the party.
Nobody asked...
4 Nobody asked... d ...you want to go.
.. you want to go.
I must check...
...had won the race.
5 I must check... e ...had won the race,
back.
library books
Before you go to the travel agent, decide...
are due
...the
6 Before you go to the travel agent, decide... ...we used to stay here on holiday.
...the library books are due back.
I couldn't begin to imagine...
9 OMANI 7 I couldn't begin to imagine... g ..-we-used-to-stay-here-on-holiday.
i Se Beoe
The course taught...
...I could
improve my teaching methods.
8 The course taught...
h ..1 could improve my teaching methods.
a gun.
buy
From that distance I couldn't see...
..1 wanted
From that distance I couldn't see...
...I wanted to to buy a gun.
-forget
1+ g
we used
stay
on
Holiday.
'
ILL
when
never
Here
to
Example: 1+ g ?W never forget when we used to stay Here on Holiday.
Example:
the correct or more appropriate
verb.
4,2 Underline the correct or more appropriate verb. (D)
(D)
Underline
4,2
We had to plan I decide whether to continue the journey.
1 1 We had to plan/ decide whether to continue the journey.
new job.
look
She's
been
wondering I thinking whether
a
for
to
2 2 She's been wondering / thinking whether to look for a new job.
and what the
was
The
next meeting,
committee
debating I imagining whether
its
to postpone
3 3 The committee was debating / imagining whether to postpone its next meeting, and what the
be.
consequences might
consequences might be.
Bob
for
ridiculous that
realise I know whether to take
a
moment we didn't
him
looked
so
4 4 Bob looked so ridiculous that for a moment we didn't realise / know whether to take him
seriously.
seriously.
learn I choose whether to
machines now or wait until next
replace the
The company had to
5 5 The company had to learn / choose whether to replace the machines now or wait until next
year.
year.
40.3 When Peter Miles got back from mountain climbing in the Andes he wrote a book about his
wrote
mountain climbing
back
in
Peter
Andes
a
he
the
got
book about
from
Miles
his
40.3
When
extracts.
some
mistakes you
(A-E)
are
can
find.
Here
Correct any
experiences.
experiences. Here are some extracts. Correct any mistakes you can find. (A-E)
oO
The villagers warned what the conditions were like at higher
The villagers warned what the conditions were like at higher
enough
to
food
take
In
advised
a
the
- a n d
for
week.
altitud s, and advised to take enough food for a week. In the
altitude
how
the
mo nmglly itbawed me the way how to get to the track up P
they
to
way
the
track
to
showed
me
get
manirig
y
the
very
mountain ..When
started
.
light,
snow
failing w a s
Z thanountain...When the snow started falling it was Very light,
backdown.
Soon
or
go
decide
if
on
to
couldn't
carry
I
and I couldn't decide if to carry on or go back down. Soon,
and
I
see
retrace
to
to
where
couldn't
if
go...I
wondered
however,
however, I couldn't see where to go...I wondered if to retrace
the
again...As
the
snow
steps
to
find
and
got
try
track
the
my steps and try to find the track again...As the snow got
my
heavier I began to realise whether my
heavier I began to realise whether my
danger.
was
in
Fortunately,
life was in danger. Fortunately,
life
in
the
Andes
had
years
my years in the Andes had °
my
do
in
extreme
to
what
taught what to do in extreme • * °
taught
that
knew
I
conditions.
conditions. I knew that
a
shepherd's
hut
was
could
there was a shepherd's hut •
there
this
on
side
of
the mountain I that I or know
somewhere on this side of
somewhere
mountain that I could
in,
didn't
but
shelter
shelter in, but I didn't know
was
it
miles
nearby
that
that it was nearby or miles
away...
away...
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