ACTIVE GRAMMAR pref levelUNITS 23-25, 28,29-31.A. Answer the following questions.

1. Who is Roald Dahl ? ( name some of his stories, refer to his childhood and school years)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. What habits did Roald Dahl have when he was writing?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Choose the right option.1. John is always late. He never arrives on / in/ of/ from time.2. His in-laws are very kind with/ to / on / in him.3. The baby couldnt use a spoon for / to / at / on eating.4. Susans really tired at/of your behavior.5. I m not very happy about / on / at / of it.6. I wish you wouldnt always insist on/ at /of/ with sitting at the back of the cinema.7. I was really surprised at/ on/ of / off his reaction when he heard the news.8. Unfortunately hes very bad at / on / in /with maths. 9. Hes very disappointed on / at / with / off his girlfriends behavior.10. The reason on/ at / in / for his success is his humor.

C. In the following sentences, fill in the gaps with one of the following quantifiers:much, many, a lot of, most, a little, little, a few, fewD. 1. It seems to me that we haven't had assignments in English this term.2. How material can we be expected to read in one week?3. I've unfortunately had headaches already because of stress.4. Our yard looks awful this summer. There are too weeds.5. I didn't use fertilizer last spring, and that has made a difference.6. Also, I've paid very attention to how rain we've had.7. I'm afraid it's rained times this summer, and that is why the grass is turning brown and dying. Farmers are very upset. 8. How good would it do if we watered the plants ourselves? .9. of the advice I have ever received from so-called "experts" has been useless.10. They said that just help could make a big difference.11. people know as much about computers as Tomas does.12. It does us good when the banking system collapses.

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D. Put in something, someone, somewhere or anything, anyone, anywhere into the gaps.

1) I've got in my eye.

2) There is at the door.

3) We haven't heard about Peter. Is he ill?

4) Do you live near Mandy?

5) wants to see you.

6) Has seen my bag?

7) My teacher asked me .

8) Can I have to drink?

9) Don't worry. can tell you where the post-office in this town is.

10) I don't know about it.

E. Fill in with reflexive pronouns.1. My sister doesn't like very much.2. John spends hours looking at in the mirror.3. Mary is a person with lots of problems. Sometimes she even hurts .4. I like Peter, but I wish he didn't spend so much time talking about .5. Did you do this all by ?6. We enjoyed very much at the party.7. I don't like them at all. They want everything for .8. Why are you standing? Find some chairs for and sit down.9. Last week he cut with a knife.10. I answer all my letters .F. Decide whether you have to use the reflexive pronoun, the reciprocal pronoun (each other) or nothing.1. John hurt when climbing the tree. 2. Peter and Sue helped with the homework. 3. I feel much better today. 4. Did she make a cup of tea? 5. The wild monkey looked at in the mirror. 6. Brigit and Billy smiled at . 7. We're meeting at the station. 8. During the meeting, Jane and Mary were talking to . 9. I don't remember where we spent our holiday last year.

G.Put the adjectives in the correct order.1. A rectangular / old/ lovely picture._______________________________________________

2. Some English / old / valuable clothes. ____________________________________________

3. A glass/ small/ blue dish. ______________________________________________________

4. A round / French/ white/ old/ big plate. _____________________________________________

5. Italian/ expensive/ leather bag. ____________________________________________________H. Underline the correct item.1. She lives near / nearly to the school.2. I got this pen free/ freely with a magazine3. The music was so loud that I could hard/ hardly hear what he was saying.4. Roger was late/ lately for work every day last week.5. We could see the birds nest high/ highly up in the tree.6. She tried hard/ hardly but she failed.7. Shes been going out a lot late/ lately.

I. Put the adjectives in brackets into the comparative or superlative form.

1. A- Why are you crying ? B- Ive just read the ..(sad) book ever written.2. A- Kate is a lot .(pretty) Anne. B- Yes. Shes .(pretty) girl I know.3. A- Is this ladder ..(long) the other one? B- No. They look the same.4. It was by far.(expensive) coat in the shop.5. A- Thank you for your help. B- Thats ok . If you need any. (far) advice , come and see me.6. He thinks he always knows .(well) 7. Out of all my siblings, I visit my grandparents ..(often)8. My sisters laughed (loud) of all the audience.9. George drives ..(recklessly) than his brother.10. I think shes still ill. She looks even ..(bad) than last week.11. Mary doesnt make as mistakes as Jennifer. (many)12. These apples taste than ours. (good)13. She speaks than her younger brother (fast)14. The children ran than their parents. (quick)

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