UNIT 13 HOBBIES – 05-3-2009 I How the -ed is pronounced? Put them in /d/, /t/, or /Id/ columns organized missed naked called occurred accomplished practised polluted watched 10 collected 11 studied 12 loved 13 stopped 14 laughed 15 discarded 16 occupied 17 marked 18 closed 19 deserved 20 faxed II Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word in the box accomplish succeed admire accompany collect discard indulge occupy classify profit She needed only one more stamp to complete her … You could spend your time … more with a good book The girl sang to the …… of a piano Drawing and singing were among her many … He never lost the …… of his students My doctor advised me to avoid … excessive in sweets and canned drinks We need something to keep the children…… in their summer holiday The books are into different categories to subject Confidence is the key to …… 10 The room was littered with …… newspapers III Choose the antonym of the underlined word There are number of things I like to in my free time A pleisure B precious C busy D idle My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play A unimpaired B unskilled C ill-educated D unqualified Now I can playa few simple tune A compound B plain C easy D complicated He advised me to practise playing the guitar regularly A unusually B commonly C freely D completely I have a modest little glass fish tank where I keep a variety of small fish A limitted B excessive C conceited D moderate I always remove the stamps before discarding the envelopes A dispensing B disposing C dumping D keeping Another hobby of mine is keeping fish A omitting B discharging C releasing D delivering I usually throw away the common stamps A distinctive B beautiful C unpopular D ordinary IV Complete the passage with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets Agatha Miller (1) (bear) on 15 September 1890 in Torquay in southwest England Better known as Mrs Agatha Christie, she (2) (write) altogether 78 mystery novels and 19 plays Very few other crime writers (3) (write) more books than this, and few (4) (become) so immensely popular Ever since she (5) (publish) her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920, her books (6) (never, be) out of print They (7) (translate) all over the world, and, perhaps surprisingly, her sales (8) (actually increase) since she, (9) (die) in 1976 For a short time after her death they (10) (fall), so it was perhaps the screen that (11) (revive) her popularity People (12) (enjoy) Agatha Christie's stories for years, and her popularity currently (13) (seem) higher than it (14) (ever be) It is not of course the first time that an author (15) (become) more popular in death than in life V Rewrite the sentences to focus attention on the underlined information Start with it + be and an appropriate wh-word or that She bought the car from Tom My secretary sent the bill to Mr Harding yesterday He already plays for national side; he only turned professional last year The film was made in Bristol We are coming to stay with Jane this weekend Columbus sailed to America in 1492 The president makes the important decisions I'm not looking forward to physics, but I'm most worried about, the statistics exam She's been seeing a doctor at Newtown Hospital, but she's having the operation in the Queen Mary Hospital 10 Caroline has been feeling a bit depressed for some time, so she booked a holiday in Amsterdam to cheer her up 11 It's not that I don't want to have dinner with you tonight; I can't come because I've got so much work to 12 I had my wallet when I went into the sports hall, so I lost it somewhere in there 13 She doesn't find learning language very easy, and she improved her Spanish only by studying very hard 14 I have had great help from my best friend Dave in doing my research, and I delicate this thesis to him 15 I don't mind her criticising me, but I object to how she does it V Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition My uncle is very good accompanying people singing his guitar My brother is fond tennis I have not been very successful playing the guitar He's keen collecting coins I usually give the common stamps to my friends She was free to indulge leisure activity like reading I don't need these papers - you can throw it John is very interested all sorts of sport I classify my books different categories 10 Books provide the reader so many facts and so much information VI Rewrite the following as indicated, making any other changes necessary 1 I don't like keeping fish My sister doesn't like keeping fish either Neither We need to make people realize that drug-taking is self-destructive What I suppose the hope of easy money tempts them I suppose it I have not experienced such a storm since I was a child Not Those children were not very well educated Those children's We expected that the report will be published shortly The report It's all his' talk of poverty that really annoys me What We only learnt the truth yesterday It People sometimes suggest that we are not all equal This makes some people very angry Any 10 If it hadn't been for your help he would be in a worse mess If you VII Give responses beginning 'No, what ', correcting what was said in the question Use the notes in brackets to help 'Did you say that Bernard was going to live in Australia?' (holiday/ Australia) 'Do you hope to sell your Picasso paintings?' (be put into/ public art gallery) 'Did it annoy you that Clare came, so late?' (not apologise) 'Did you mean to give Erica your bike?' (could borrow it/ until needed again) 'Did you watch the football on TV last night?' (get, brother/ video it/ watch tonight) 'This steak tastes delicious Did you fry it?' (put oil and soy sauce on/ grill) 'Did you buy Sue the coat she wanted?' (give/ money towards it) 'Did you fly from Sydney to Brisbane?' (hire a car/ drive all the way) 'Did you stay with Keith for the New Year?' (invite him/ my ,house instead) 10 'Did you think that I would take Mark to piano practice?' (going/ his own)