English Language Exercises and Vocabulary Review

ONLY A TINY MINORITY (7): tiny minority, made homeless, protect your identity, end poverty, ageing population, life expectancy, population growth. A RECENT STUDY (7): 1) truly, 2) joy, 3) essential, 4) well-established, 5) appealing, 6) property, 7) (a lazar).  MATT IS SO ORGANISED: Matt (effortless), Have you been (affordable), It is (efficient) copying, JK Rowling (first-rate), I can come over (convenient), This new gadget (appealing), For an (unbeatable) price, Marta (worthwhile). A PHRASAL VERB: a phrasal verb in the past (date back to), with a level of (standard), a person over (senior citizen), which is not (unfamiliar), a phrasal verb already (join in), happening at once (instantly). 

WITHOUT ANY END: limitless, infinity, watching privacy, row line-up, the best first rate, results efficient.A PHRASAL VERB: a phrasal verb in the past (date back to), with a level of (standard), a person over (senior citizen), which is not (unfamiliar), a phrasal verb already (join in), happening at once (instantly). MARK DOESN’T BELIEVE: Mark doesn’t (live for the moment), Emma (living happily ever after), Barbara (living in the past), I know you (live and let live), Cinderella (living their dream), I didn’t know (live and learn). THE REASON: The reason (isn’t), Helping (to be), the situation (be improved), Giles (had been warned), you look (Have you) been working out?

√CORRECT, X INCORRECT: They had delivered (they have had delivered...), It is believed √, Have you your eyes (have you had your...), Did you get √, when are you (going to have your PC repaired?), The police (reported to have found) the missing child. YOUNG PEOPLE: young people (should be taught), despite (haven’t been updated), many (are made) homeless, Margaret (had been awarded) a prize, what (can be done) to help, Caroline (had her salary stolen), what (were ancient musical instruments) like, homelessness (is expected) to rise. IN THE UK (text): 1) are put 2) be given 3) be considered 4) to be provided 5) were seated 6) are encouraged 7) are given 8) are said. IT´S A: it´s a (well-established) fact, The system (efficient), When you see (worthwhile), Three o´clock (convenient), The idea (appealing). 

REWRITE: THE GOVERNMENT: the government (the government should have acted faster), They should (money should be made available to help those who are suffering), They must (this project must be given top priority), Because we acted (Many people were prevented from dying if we hadn´t acted quickly). YEARS AGO (text): 1) were put 2) weren’t given 3) considered 4) to be provided 5) were seated 6) are encouraged 7) given 8) are said. ACTIONS: actions (should have been taken), money (should be made available), this project (must be given top priority), help (might be provided), people (would have been killed), the situation (can’t be helped). I LIKED: instantly, truly, essential, unfamiliar, line up. 

EXAMPLE PHRVB: a tiny minority/ senior citizens/ individual privacy/ life expectancy/ population growth/ an ageing population/ to be made homeless/ to end poverty/ to own property/ to protect your identity. I HAD NO MEMORY: I had no memory (I didn’t remember having been introduced to him), we had (the phone had to be repaired), it’s impossible (Italia can’t have been stolen, nobody’s been in here), I just want (want to be treated with respect), the thieves (the thieves covered their faces to avoid being recognized), he said (he denied having been paid for the information), I liked (I liked being shown around the factory), I couldn’t go (I couldn’t go to the party, but I was pleased to have been invited).

. MOST TEENAGERS WANT (text): 1) give 2) be made 3) face 4) be brought up 5) be/send to 6) be/taken care of 7) said/ often said 8) delivered 9) to have been/to remember/ forgotten 10) made. THE ROBBER: the robber (has to be caught), they’re (must be found), he (can’t be sent to prison), Jennifer (has been robbed), that (have been killed) in the accident. A SUPPLY: a supply (essential), when you (worthwhile), it was a (truly) amazing experience, the place (unfamiliar), The system (efficient). WE WERE LUCKY: 1) we were lucky (to have survived) 2) he never (being seen) again 3) everyone (to be rescued) 4) if you want (being promoted) 5) we hope (to be invited). HE HAS A BIG HOUSE: he has a big house (high life), Mayte he did (past), I don’t make (moment), it’s said (afterlife), I never (learn) my lesson.