Grammar Files b2 Unit 1

CEF Level B2

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Unit 1 Page 4

Unit 2 Page 8

Unit 3 Page 12

Unit 4 Page 16

Unit 5 Page 20

Unit 6 Page 24

Unit 7 Page 28

Unit 8 2

Unit 9 Page 36

Unit 10 Page 40

Unit 11 Page 44

Unit 12 Page 48

Unit 13 Page 52

Unit 14 Page 56

Unit 15 Page 60

C O N T E N T S

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Who? / What? / Which?

Ask questions with:Who

about a personWhich (+of)

about a person or thing What

about things, actions, ideas, opinions,jobs, etc

Use who and what when there is a limitless numberof people or things to choose from.

Who's your sister?What's your favourite radio station?

Use which when there is a limited choice. Which (of the girls in the picture) is your sister?

Note: Which and what, but NOT who, may be usedbefore nouns.

Which car is yours? What colour is it? Who came? but not Who girl came?

i a. They may refer to liquids (oil), things we eat (sugar),abstract ideas (news, information), natural materials(gold, cotton).

b. Some common uncountable nouns do not come underthe categories above: furniture, money, hair, luggage

ii. They have only one form and cannot normally be usedwith the indefinite article a / an or with numbers.

iii. They may come after words like the, some, any, no,much, this/that, little, my/your.

There's not much bread left.I have little information to give to you, I'm afraid.

iv. When they become the subject of the verb, the verb isin the singular.

The furniture we bought was rather expensive.v. Some nouns may be either countable or uncountable

depending on the meaning:I've bought a paper (=newspaper). butThere is some paper on my desk(=to write on).

vi. Another way to show quantity with uncountable nounsis to use words that describe them as units such as piece,bit, bar, glass, tin, packet, loaf, sheet together with of.

Ten sheets of paper.A useful piece of advice.

__________________ would you like to speak to?

__________________ department do you want, sir?

__________________ do you mean?

__________________ student answered the question?

__________________ DVD did you buy?

__________________ has been invited to the party?

__________________ does he do?

‘I got a letter from Brian today.'

‘Brian __________________?'

Fill in the gaps with who, which, what.

he / give / me / very / useful / advice.________________________________________________

news / be / really / worrying.________________________________________________

you / have / luggage?________________________________________________

there / be / fruit / but / there / be / no / vegetables.________________________________________________

money / be / in / the / drawer.________________________________________________

not / forget / to buy / two / soap.________________________________________________

there / be / egg / on / my dress.________________________________________________

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Uncountable nouns

Use the prompts to make sentences, chang-ing the verb form where necessary.

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Who

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What

He gave me some very useful advice.

This / The news is really worrying.

Do you have any luggage?/Have you gotany luggage?

There is some fruit but there aren't anyvegetables.

The money is in the drawer.

Don't forget to buy two bars of soap.

There is (some) egg on my dress.

who

Unit 1


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Unit 1 Present Continuous vs. Present Simple

Use the Present Continuous (I am doing) for:

a. an activity that is in progress now,You can't speak to John. He's having a bath.

b. temporary states,I'm living with my brother until I find a placeof my own.

c. habits which are considered annoying, together with always, forever, constantly.

You're always coming home late.

Use the Present Simple (I do) for:

a. a habitual or repeated action,She goes to school every day.

b. facts or permanent states.Water boils at 100o C.She lives in Paris.

do, does and did are used:i. as AUXILIARY VERBS:a. to form questions and negative statements

in the Simple Present and Simple Past,Doesn't/Does she like ice-cream?Her parents didn't allow her to go to the dance.

b. to form the negative imperative, Don't switch the TV off yet.

c. to add emphasis,He does know her quite well.

d. to avoid repeating a main verb. I thought they would come, but they didn't.

ii. as MAIN VERBS meaning:a. to carry out an action which is not specified

or not yet known,What shall I do?They aren't doing anything at the moment.

b. to perform a task or activity. In this case do isfollowed by the + noun / the + ing,

You do the windows. I'll do the washing up.c. to work at,

He has done all kinds of jobs in his life.d. to study for.

He did his MA at London University.

Although he is a chemist, he works as a waiter at

the moment.

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I'm afraid the hotels are costing too much and we

can't afford it.

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'Where is John?' 'I think he is talking to Susan on

the phone.'

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Are you ever visiting your brother in Australia?

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Do you often have coffee in the morning?

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Decide whether the underlined verbs are right orwrong. Correct the mistakes.

why / your / exam results / do / about / lie / to / always /me / you?____________________________________________

don't / dusting / mind / I / doing / you / if / do / the /hoovering / the.____________________________________________

tell / you / you / but / did / do / I / not / remember.____________________________________________

school / at / did / history / he.____________________________________________

panic/ not / do. sure / can / you / do / I / manage / am / to / it. ____________________________________________

afternoon / what / this / doing / you / are?____________________________________________

do / boyfriend / I / not / my / enjoys / but / abroad / travelling.____________________________________________

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Correction: he is working

Correction: the hotels cost

Correct

Correction: Do you ever visit

Why do you always lie to me about your exam results? (AUX)

I don't mind doing the dusting/hoovering if you dothe hoovering/dusting. (AUX -MV)

I did tell you but you do not remember. (AUX)

He did history at school. (MV)

Do not panic. I am sure you can manage to do it.(AUX-MV)

What are you doing this afternoon? (MV)

My boyfriend enjoys travelling abroad but I do not. (AUX)

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Unit 1

For questions 10 - 17, use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

Collecting gadgets doesn't seem to be a(n) (10) ............................ thing. There probably isn't a (11) ............................ in the land that hasn't got a drawer filled with an (12) ........................ of small devices ranging from egg separators to new and(13) ............................ mousetraps. Gadgets promise short cuts, ease, efficiency and (14) ............................ . Although they are probably the inevitable by-products of the (15) ............................ revolution, they also represent little in terms of (16) ............................ progress. When people stop using old-fashioned utensils,gadget (17) ............................ begins.

USUAL

HOUSE

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INDUSTRY

TECHNOLOGY

ADDICT

GADGET MANIA

addiction

unusualhousehold

assortment effective

freedomindustrial

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Exercise 2

For questions 1 -9, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should notbe there. If a line is correct, put a tick (3) by the number. If a line has a word that should not be there, write the word next to the number.

Arnold Schwarzenegger makes fun of his tough-guy image by is playing the world's first pregnant man. Yes, folks - Arnold pregnant. Arnold wear ina pink dress. Arnold with women's problems. Oh boy! Now what, dependingon your point of view, this is either very upsetting or really much funny.Devoted fans of Arnold's action days they are likely to be disappointed with‘Junior'. But if you enjoyed his first two comedies, this one shouldn't willcome as too much of a surprise. Directed by Ivan Reitman, this is a light, silly comedy, though be worth watching and reasonably entertaining. Maybeeven funny, if after ‘Mrs Doubtfire' you can to still laugh at a man inwomen's clothing.

F i l m R e v i e w - JUNIOR123456789

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Exercise 1


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Unit 1

WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HELPThe ozone layer (18) .......................... becoming thinner all over the world. 70% of Antarctica's ozone blanket has

already disappeared. (19) .......................... means that people, plants and animals are in more danger of suffering

(20) .......................... skin cancers and diseases. Who is (21) .......................... blame? Who is slowly destroying our

only protection against the sun's dangerous ultraviolet rays? We are.

The destruction of the ozone layer is mostly caused (22) .......................... man-made chemicals like CFCs, which

are used as coolants in refrigerators and air-conditioning systems or in sprays. Every time you (23) ..........................on an air-conditioning system manufactured with CFCs, you are (24) .......................... something to destroy the

ozone layer. Every time you spray styling foam on your hair, you are making the ozone layer a

(25) .......................... bit thinner.

But there is a bright side to this. Many chemical companies are producing less CFCs. (26) .......................... a

few years' time, the amount of CFCs in the atmosphere will have started to drop, and if countries cooperate fully

by not manufacturing more CFCs, the ozone layer will have fully recovered by the year 2050.

In some European countries, 'green' refrigerators are (27) .......................... manufactured without CFCs, which

have already replaced 50% of the market.

For questions 18 - 27, read the text below and think of the word which fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

28 Mr Smith is free at the moment. Would you like to speak to him? doing

Mr Smith ............................................................ . Would you like to speak to him?29 Just add a pinch of salt to the soup. little

Just ............................................................ to the soup.30 My father cooks dinner every Friday evening. does

My father ............................................................ every Friday evening.31 I'm having difficulty choosing between the red dress and the black dress. which

I don't know ............................................................ : the red one or the black one. 32 After having her hair dyed a few times, she noticed that she had less hair than before. much

After having her hair dyed a few times, she noticed that she didn't............................................................ before.

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little

being

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isn't doing anything at the moment.

add a little salt

does the cooking

which dress to choose

have as much hair as (she did)

For questions 28 - 32, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.

Exercise 4

Exercise 3


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