Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and problems for Baccalaureate

English Grammar Practice

This section presents a series of grammar exercises from the 2022-2023 academic year, focusing on sentence completion, voice transformation, and sentence restructuring.

Sentence Completion & Vocabulary

• "Would you mind lending John a hand at tomorrow's meeting?"
• "Please, stay in your seats until the bell rings."
• "Shall we take the poster off the wall? It's outdated."
• "Emily invited some friends to her birthday dinner but everyone declined."

Active Voice Transformation

Original: "Who is Peter being tutored by in his Study Abroad Programme?"

Transformed: "Who is tutoring Peter in his Study Abroad Programme?"

Passive Voice Transformation

Original: "They are going to pay Lisa's debts as soon as the money gets through."

Transformed:

Insertion Sort Algorithm

def insertion_sort(arr) :

for i in range(1, len(arr)):

key = arr[i]

j = i - 1

while j >= 0 and key < arr[j]:

arr[j + 1] = arr[j]

j -= 1

arr[j + 1] = key

# Example usage:

arr = [12, 11, 13, 5, 6]

insertion_sort(arr)

print("Sorted array is:", arr)

Binary Search Algorithm

def binary_search(arr, target):

left, right = 0, len(arr) - 1

while left <= right:

mid = (left + right) // 2

if arr[mid] == target:

return mid

elif arr[mid] < target:

left = mid + 1

else:

right = mid - 1

return -1

# Example usage:

arr = [2, 3, 4, 10, 40]

target = 10

result = binary_search(arr, target)

if result != -1:

print("Element

Unit 9: Language Practice Solutions

Section 1: Verb Phrases and Structures (1-17)

1. got asked
2. got my hair done
3. got myself prepared
4. were held up
5. was put
6. made us complete
7. was shown
8. got interviewed
9. were you asked
10. print my reference out
11. did you get to send
12. got me to answer
13. had me confused
14. will be informed ('ll be informed)
15. have been shortlisted ('ve been shortlisted)
16. get them begging
17. is said to be ('s said to be)

Section 2: Noun Forms (1-13)

1. legislation
2. objection
3. announcement
4. dismissal
5. notification
6. resemblance
7. indication
8. renewal
9. assurance
10. reiteration
11. embarrassment
12. gratification
13. assailant

Section 3: Phrasal Components (1-8)

1. on
2. listen
3. up
4. prick
5. play
6. earful
7. heard
8. coming

Section 4: Vocabulary/Verbs (1-7)

1. boosts
2. impair
3. hampered
4. endorse
5. encounter
6. wriggle
7. exploit

Section 5: Collocations/Adverbs (1-5)

1. tendency
2. comes
3. finds
4. times
5. always

Letter

English Language Practice: Advanced Skills Review

1. Essential Collocations and Phrases

• a. They are engaged.
• b. Don't ignore.
• c. I envy you.
• d. A very nice discount.
• e. Could I borrow?
• f. They got divorced.
• g. My favorite shopping spree.
• h. If you can lend, pay back.
• i. In my budget.
• j. We have grown apart.

2. Mastering Prepositions

• Don't stare at.
• Are going to be on.
• Always depend on.
• Complaining about.
• We have run out of.

3. Gerunds and Infinitives in Use

• Keen on going.
• Have decided to buy.
• We can afford to eat.
• Smoking is a bad habit.
• We stopped to say.

4. Business and Money Idioms

• Been on another shopping spree.
• They will go out of business.
• Only just make ends meet.
• I'm going to be worth it.
• I'm not sure it will foot the bill.
• Is going to shop around.
• If you live beyond

Reported Speech

Statements

1. She said (that) he worked in a bank.
2. She told me (that) they went out last night.
3. She said (that) she was coming.
4. She told me (that) she had been waiting for the bus when he arrived.
5. She said (that) she had never been there before.
6. She told me (that) she didn't go to the party.
7. She said (that) Lucy would come later.
8. She told me (that) he hadn't eaten breakfast.
9. She said (that) she could help me tomorrow.
10. She told me (that) I should go to bed early.
11. She told me (that) she didn't like chocolate.
12. She said (that) she wouldn't see me tomorrow.
13. She said (that) she was living in Paris for a few months.
14. She told me (that) she visited her parents at the weekend.
15. She said (that) she hadn't eaten sushi before.
16. She said (that) she hadn't travelled

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• a) Velocity: The velocity of a body is its speed in a given direction.
• b) Acceleration: The rate of change of velocity over time.
  • Formula: a = (v - u) / t
  • a = acceleration in m/s²
  • v = final velocity in m/s
  • u = initial velocity in m/s
  • t = time taken in seconds (s)
• c) Uniform Acceleration: If the velocity of a body changes by an equal amount in equal intervals of time, however small the interval may be, its acceleration is said to be uniform.
• d) Variable Acceleration: When changes in the velocity of an object are not the same at equal

Passive Voice Structures

Normal Passives

• Active: The association is seeking new partners.
• Passive: New partners are being sought by the association.
• Active: They will describe no evidence of deleterious effects of exercise therapy.
• Passive: No evidence of deleterious effects of exercise therapy will be described.

Impersonal and Personal Passives

• Active: People say that English is very difficult.
• Impersonal Passive: It is said that English is very difficult.
• Personal Passive: English is said to be very difficult.
• Active: The population believed that the new government would increase taxes.
• Impersonal Passive: It was believed that the new government would increase taxes.
• Personal Passive: The new government was believed to increase taxes.

Conditional Sentences

Second

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