1) Complete these sentences:
e.g. We can buy ham, sausages, pork and beef at the butcher’s.
1. We can buy daffodils, lilies and tulips at the … .
2. We can buy cottage cheese, yoghurt and sour cream at the … .
3. We can buy paper clips, glue, brushes and files at the … .
4. We can buy flour, oil, vinegar and spaghetti at the … .
5. We can buy crab sticks, caviar, shrimps and tinned fish at the … .
2) Match the types of shops with their descriptions:
1. a shopping centre
2. a department store
3. a shopping outlet
4. a supermarket
5. a corner shop
a) a shop which sells the goods made by a particular manufacturer
b) an area in a city where a lot of shops have been built close together
c) a large shop (which consists only of one department) where you can find all kinds of food and household goods.
d) a large shop with a lot of departments
e) a small shop (usually on the corner of a street) that sells mainly food and household goods.
3) Choose the right words to complete the sentences:
1. He published (wide/widely) in scientific journals.
2. Nelly and Mike thought (high/highly) of the school.
3. Mr. Green’s funeral will (hard/hardly) be on Friday.
4. Her books sold fairly well, (most/mostly) to her friends and family.
5. To make sure I did everything (right/rightly), I bought a thick instruction book.
6. I’m coming! I’ve (near/nearly) finished making up.
7. She always calls me (late/ lately) at night.
8. Why did you leave the balcony door (wide/widely) open?
9. If my memory serves me (right/rightly), you are Mr. Smith.
10. We were so tired that we could (hard/hardly) talk.
4) Choose the right item:
1. I (could, managed to) wake up at 6 o’clock but it wasn’t easy.
2. (Could, May) you explain this rule again, please?
3. Mary (may, might) be in St. Petersburg now, I’m very sure.
4. (Maybe, may be) I’ll come with you.
5. She (could, might) play the violin when she was 6.
6. The dried fruit (maybe, may be) used through the winter.
7. He always says that he (can, may) skate best of all.
8. She (could, managed) to win the race and got a gold medal.
9. (Could, might) you keep an eye on my bag?
10. We (can, may) go to Thailand next summer but I doubt. We probably won’t.
5) Complete these sentences with the right prepositions (across, down with, off, over, round):
1. Outside the café we came … a woman doing a nice street performance.
2. Kate has come … a bad cold. She won’t go to the cinema.
3. An attack of faintness came … him.
4. Why don’t you come … and see us one evening?
5. I tried to pick up the bucket but the handle came … in my hand.
6. A wave of anger came … Tim and he started shouting at his friend.
7. The hook came … the wall when I was hanging up my clothes.
8. Will you come … tonight?
9. What has come …….. you? Why are you so angry?
10. The rider came …… the horse and hurt his leg.
6) Guess what word it is:
1. a product made for stiffening cloth
2. goodness and nobleness of character, it usually makes people feel respect and admiration
3. a set of clothes worn together
4. having little or no emotions or interest towards someone else
5. to move food between teeth in order to crash it
6. extremely large
7. an item of clothes worn over a shirt on a neck
8. absurd, deserving to be laughed at
9. amusing clothes worn for a special occasion
10. burial or cremation of a dead person with usual ceremonies
7) Choose the right word to complete the sentences:
1. The woman started to climb the old stairs, made of marble. (It, they) reminded her of ancient Rome.
2. –Where is my watch? – Have you lost (it, they) again?
3. Put on your best clothes. I have no doubt that (it, they) will be very nice.
4. There are many diets, how do you know (which, what) one to choose.
5. (Which, what) do they want me to do: spend the money or save it?
6. I left school and didn’t know (which, what) college to go to.
7. The tea tastes (funny, hilarious), I won’t drink it.
8. The comedy was absolutely (hilarious, ridiculous). The audience shrieked with laughter.
9. The boy took off his clothes, (laced up, unlaced) his shoes and came in.
10. Mike (unbuttoned, unbuckled) his jacket and sat down.
8) Match the verbs with their definitions:
1. to flap
2. to attach
3. to guarantee
4. to wrap
5. to borrow money
6. to exchange money
7. to lend money
a) to connect one thing to another
b) to fold cloth or paper around smth
c) to change from the money of one country to the money of another country
d) to move up and down quickly and noisily
e) to give someone your money which they will give you back later
f) to promise that something will certainly happen
g) to take money which you will give back later
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