UNIT 2 - PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words
1. A. bank B. any C. now D. money
2. A. think B. blanket C. hungry D. snow
3. A. involve B. autumn C. native D. Glance
4. A. finger B. English C. solemn D. thing
5. A. analyse B. wrong C. energy D. igorant
6. A. young B. long C. seven D. sing
7. A. miss B. minibus C. minus D. minute
8. A. warm B. army C. arm D. alarm
IL Complete the sentences with the appropriate forms of the words in parentheses.
1. Would you mind if I asked you some...............................questions? (person)
2. I’m...............................sorry for being late again. (extreme)
3. I think it`s...............................of the police to use unmarked cars. (sneak)
4. Do you agree or...............................with her? (agree)
5 All the students were..............................in making costumes. (involve)
6. Rap is a kind of music which is very popular with.......................... (teenage)
7. She was..............................ill, so she didn’t go to school yesterday. (serious)
8. Don’t put too much...............................in what the papers say. (confident)
III. Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous.
1. It (snow).............................when I (leave)............................home this morning.
2. A lot of people (wait)................................for the 7.30 bus last night.
3. He (talk)................................on the phone when I (arrive).................................
4. I nearly had an accident this morning. A car (come) ................................
towards me, but I (move)................................quickly out of the way.
5. It was a sunny afternoon and people (sit)................................on the grass in
the park. Then it suddenly (start)................................to rain.
6. Which hotel (you / stay) .................... in when you (lose)...................your passport?
7. Fortunately, I (not drive).......................too fast when the child (walk).................into
the road in front of me.
8. What (you / do)...................at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon?
IV. Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past perfect.
1. I (not watch)...............................he film because I (see)..............................it before.
2. When I got home, I (switch) .............................. on the answerphone.
Several people (leave)..............................messages for me.
3. I (not / hear)..............................the joke before; I (laugh)............................a lot.
4. When we (come)......................out of the restaurant, we saw that our car (disappear)



5. She couldn’t see the photographs very well because she (not bring) .........her glasses.
6. When we (finish).........................our meal, we (go)........................ for a walk.
7. After I (finish)................................work, I (watch)................................TV.
8. By the time he (be).................. twenty-five, he (make).....................a million pounds.
V. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.
Battle for your heart is the new film (1)...................., Hugh Grade. I’m afraid that my first (2)....................was not very favourable. Thescenes of violence are offensive (3)...................the main character, Tony is simply irritating. The audience is supposed to (4) .................. great admiration for Tony, an army officer, who is accused of cowardice (5)....................he fails to attack the village where the adorable Miranda lives with her old father. Tony (6) ...............their lives, and although the idea of marrying Tony has little attraction for her, Miranda agrees to (7) ................ out of gratitude. However, she is still in love (8).................Alex, one of the enemy army, and wants to remain faithful (9)..................him. The dialogue and acting are just as bad as the plot. (10)................ the end, I breathed a sign of relief.
VI. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. Jack left the office before I arrived.
When..............................................................................................
2. During lunch, someone rang the bell.
While I.............................................................................................
3. I havenft been to the dentist for six months.
The last time.....................................................................................
4. Vy’s son has studied Japanese for 5 years.
Vy’s son began...........................................................................................
5. He did all his work and then