Page 66 - Advanced English Grammar in Use

UNIT
EXERCISES 2 8

28.1 Choose the most likely sentence ending. (A & C)
1 The company makes...
a small electric motors,
b a lot of work for charity.
2 The children in the class worked really hard. They made...
a everything they could to help.
b presents for all their brothers and sisters.
3 With recent advances in technology, we are now able to do...
a powerful computers as small as a cigarette packet.
b things we could not have dreamed of 10 years ago.
4 The local council is doing...
a nothing to help solve traffic congestion,
b changes to traffic flow in the city centre.
28.2 If possible, write a sentence with a similar meaning, using do ...ing, as in 1. If it is not possible,
write Ж. (В)
1 I'll shop after work. I'LL do the shopping...
2 She writes a lot of letters in her spare time.
3 I enjoy cooking when I've got plenty of time.
4 She said she was staying in to watch television.
5 I'll iron if you wash up.
6 Paul often goes to the local lake to watch birds.
7 He thought he might play football this afternoon.

28.3 Choose a form of do or make and one of these nouns to complete the sentences. (A & C)
arrangement contribution damage discovery research
1 The storm ..4i4-... a lot of ..AiQWMff... to the trees in our garden.
2 I'm sure we a definite to meet on Thursday.
3 When they studied the figures closely, they a startling
4 Michael always an important to our meetings.
5 We are some to try to find the origin of the name of our street.

Now complete these sentences with a form of do or make and any appropriate noun.
6 While she was skiing she hit a tree and herself a serious
7 If you give him the job you'll be him a(n) He needs some money at the
moment.
8 She was feeling unwell at the party, so she a(n) and left.
9 When Clive left school, he had to a(n) between working for his father and
going to university.
10 I tried to dissuade her from leaving her job. But it any - she handed in her
resignation the next day.
28.4 What purpose could these things have? Use would make in your suggestion, as in 1. (C)

Example 1 I ihbrk it wowUt make. л. гедЯу good bookshelf.
2 y * * * 5 3 ^ 3

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