II. Put in the correct preposition.

1. He isn’t independent ................. any means. He depends ............... his father ............... everything.

2. ............... behalf ............... the staff and students, I’d like to welcome you ............... our school.

3. Eric reminds me ............... Paul McCartney, but they aren’t related ............... each other.

4. The platform was crowded ............... people waiting ............... the train.

5. Everything can be explained. There are reasons ................ everything.

6. Will you help me ............... the introductions? I always forget who should be introduced ............... whom.

7. Wine is good ................. you, but it is expensive ................. England because there is a fairly high tax .............. it.

8. I regret telling about our plan ...............this evening

9. .............. everyone’s surprise George left the party early.

10. Is it necessary to book tickets ............... the show .................. advance?

V. Find and correct one mistake in each sentence.

1. Animals and man use the energy finding in food to operate their bodies and muscles.

2. A rock laying on the top of a cliff has potential energy and so does the cartridge in a loaded rifle.

3. People had much to learn before they became civilization

4. For about two and a half millions of years, they got their food by hunting animals and collecting roots, berries, and other products of nature.

5. The first advance toward civilization came in the 8000’s B. C., where man discovered he could get most of his food by raising livestock and growing plants.

6. The discovery made it possibility for groups of people to settle in villages as farmers and herdsmen.

7. They began to weave cloth and make potteries in their spare time.

8. William Churchill, that was Britain’s Prime Minister during World War II, was also a noted author.

9. The sisters late mother is said to have left her 50 per cent of the estate each.

10. As you may know, these data in the table concerning with the pressure and temperature are going to change, following the next experiment

VI. Choose the best answer.

1. The robber didn’t know that he was a ........................ (plain - cloth, plain - clothing, plain -clothes, plain - clothed)

2. He is indifferent.................. other people’s troubles. (at, with, from, to)

3. Several senators criticized the bill, but .................. voted against it. (nothing, neither, most, none)

4. Do you consider .................... wise to ignore him? (it, it is, it to be, it being)

5. John’s car has a flat tire................... now is to walk to the nearest telephone. (He can do that, All he can do, He can do so, That he can do)

6. ................... we have satisfied you, you have no further grounds for complaint. (Since that, Now that, Lest, In case)

7. You are really incompetent! It ................... hours ago. (should finish, must have finished, should have been finished, must be finished)

8. The football match was to have been played this afternoon. This sentence tells us that the match

......................... (was played according to plan, must be played this afternoon, was not played as arranged, may be played this afternoon)

9. ................... you don’t like her has nothing to do with the matter. (That, What, Whether, How)

10. I’ll be kind to, her ....................  she decide to leave me. (lest, in case, whereas, so as not)

VII. Finish each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but using the words given in capital letters.

1. She speaks English well. COMMAND

2. I supposed, quite wrongly, that he was your friend. MISTOOK

3. The final score in the match between Liverpool and Everton on Saturday was two all. DREW

4. On no account will I lend you $ 500. QUESTION

5. Venus was more beautiful than the other two goddesses. MOST

6. His salary is $ 1,000 more now than it was last year. RISEN

7. Dr. Jones knew everything about the disease. NOTHING

8. His health steadily improved. STEADY

9. Don’t make more mess than is absolutely necessary. POSSIBLE

10. She’s been delicate since the day she was born. LIFE

VIII. Fill the spaces in the following sentences by inserting a VERB + OUT combination.

1. When war ...............  ................. prices usually go up.

2. There were three of us in the original partnership, but Charles ..................  .................so there are only two of us now.

3. I can’t .................  ................. who it is. He is too far away.

4. The arrangement of marriages by parents is a custom that has ................. ................. nearly everywhere.

5. The wind ............  .................the first match and he had to strike another.

6. Children usually ................. ................. of their clothes before they ................. them .................

7. Nothing can ever .......... ................. the memory of that terrible experience.

8. They ................. .................at nine and arrived at twelve.

9. We haven't invited them to the party. If they ................. ................. about it, they will be furious.

10. “I’ll................. you .................,” said my host, and he accompanied me to the front door.