Assignments for 08.10.26

Exercise A

1. My German teacher says I’ve made a lot of progress this term.
2. What time are you taking the French exam tomorrow?
3. I’m not in favour of giving students lots of homework each night.
4. Being able to drive a car is a very useful skill.
5. Have we got to learn all these irregular verbs by heart?
6. Some languages, like Russian for instance, can’t have words for ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’.
7. I got a very good mark in my geography test.
8. Many people hate learning phrasal verbs, but in fact they’re not that difficult.

Exercise B

9. Simon rubbed out the wrong answer and wrote the right one.
10. Why did you rip up that piece of paper?
11. If you make a mistake, just cross it out.
12. You should look up words you don’t know in a dictionary.
13. Carol, will you read out your poem to the class, please?
14. Our teacher pointed out that we only had five minutes left.
15. Have you all written down what the homework is?

Exercise C

16. What’s the name of Dave’s driving instructor?
17. Dictionaries and encyclopedias are examples of reference books.
18. I’ve only been learning Arabic for a few months, so I’m still a beginner.
19. In maths, you have to learn to do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
20. Three of your answers were incorrect, so you got 17 out of 20.
21. Are you really going to take part in the singing competition? I admire your bravery.
22. I think every child should get a good education.
23. There’s a memorial to Albert Einstein in the town square.
24. I want complete silence, so no talking at all!
25. This maths problem is too difficult for you, so I’ll simplify it a little.

Exercise D

26. It’s the first time I’ve got all the answers right in a test!
27. The exam had already started when Jimmy finally found the right room.
28. You’d done that crossword for over an hour and you still haven’t finished it!
29. When they let us go in, we had been standing outside the exam room for over half an hour.
30. Clare hasn’t finished her homework just.
31. Have you ever been on a school trip?
32. Lizzie has been having dance classes since she was four years old.
33. Had you been learning French several years before you took your first exam when?

Exercise E

Cheating

You’re doing a history test. Your friend, who’s sitting next to you, really wants to succeed in the test. There’s a question about the First World War, which you’ve been learning for recently. You know a lot at it, but your friend isn’t really capable of answering the question properly. Your friend whispers ‘Help me!’ to you. What should you do? Should you help your friend with the question, or just continue on your own test?

Every student has to cope with this difficult situation at some point. What’s your opinion about cheating? Should you help your friend cheat in the test or not?

Exercise F

1. Do you think you get a good education at your school?
2. I’m not an expert. I’m only a beginner.
3. The police are going to give Tracy an award for bravery.
4. I’m writing in reference to your advertisement for a guitar teacher.
5. I want silence at all times during the exam.
6. Rupert is an instructor at a local extreme sports centre.
7. I’m afraid that answer is incorrect, so you haven’t won today’s top prize.
8. You don’t understand division? Look! Twelve divided by four is three. It’s easy!
9. This is really difficult to understand. Why don’t we simplify it a little?
10. Actors have to memorise a lot of words when they are in a play.

Exercise G

1. You didn’t cheat in the exam, did you?
2. We’re learning about dinosaurs at the moment at school.
3. What’s your opinion on children going to school at a very young age?
4. I think you’ve confused astronomy with astrology – they’re not the same!
5. I hope Mr Aziz doesn’t ask me a question for the book because I haven’t read it.
6. I can’t cope with all this homework I’ve got to do!

Exercise H

1. Sasha is really talented at tango dancing.
2. Our teacher wasn’t feeling well but she continued learning the lesson.
3. I know nothing about designing clothes at all.
4. I’ve been helping Dan with his homework because he couldn’t do it on his own.
5. No one is capable of learning all that in one day!
6. I really hope you succeed in finding a solution to the problem.