UNIT 1 Friendship
I. Choose the words which contain the sound / and
education, engineer, damage, mutual, computer, children, teach,
Christmas, machine, village, religion, hamburger, enjoy, dirty, schedule,
literature, information, question, orchestra, cheap, pleasure, feature,
imaginary, jealous, cheese, jacket, geometry, green, purchase, suggest,
instruction, essential, nature, fortunate.
/tʃ/ mutual, children, teach, literature, question, cheap, feature, cheese,
purchase, nature, fortunate
/dʒ/ education, engineer, damage, village, religion, schedule, imaginary,
jealous, jacket, geometry, suggest
II. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the word in the
box.
constant capable selfish loyal suspicion
acquaint enthusiast sympathize hospitable friend
1. His enthusiasm for music has stayed strong, throughout his 23 years in
radio.
2. He showed unswerving loyalty to his friends.
3. We all have great sympathy for the victims of the flood.
4. Intimate is very important because uncertain people cannot have a
lifelong friendship.
5. It was very unselfish of him to offer us his room.
6. We were delighted by the wonderful hospitality of the local people.
7. The wine had made him incapable of thinking clearly.
8. Playing a game with the children is a good way of getting them
acquainted.
9. Inform the police immediately if you see anything suspicious.
10. Friendships need time to develop.
III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in
brackets.
1. I didn't have enough time to finish (finish) my work yesterday.

5. noticed/ run/ him/ from/ away/ she/ home
She noticed him running away from home.
6. made/ the film/ laugh/ right from/ them/ the first few minutes.
The film made them laugh right from the first few minutes.
7. I'll/ look at/ the plumber/ have/ the central heating boiler
I’ll have the plumber look at the central heating boiler.
8. the answer/ you/ it/ work out/ clever/ of/ was
You was clever to work out the answer of it.
9. the tourists/ back/ when/ be/ the guide/ didn't/ tell/ at the coach
The guide didn’t tell the tourists when to be back at the coach.
10. hear/ enough/ the guide/ clearly/ everyone/ didn't/ loudly/ for/ speak
The guide didn’t speak loudly enough for everyone to hear.
V. Choose the correct answers.
1. Instead of buying a new pair of shoes, I had my old ones _________
a. repair b. to repair c. repairing d. repaired
2. It's possible _________ a train across Canada.
a. take b. to take c. taking d. to be taken
3. Now that we've finished painting the house, there is nothing left _______.
a. to do b. for doing c. to be done d. for being done
4. Before we leave, let's have Shelley __ a map for us so we won't get lost.
a. draw b. to draw c. drawing d. drawn
5. I can hear a cat _________ at the window.
a. scratches b. to scratch c. scratching d. was scratching
6. I think your mother should let you _________ your own mind.
a. make up b. to make up c. making up d. made up
7. The police never found the money _________ in the robbery.
a. stealing b. be stolen c. steal d. stolen
8. Do you know what made so many people _________ their home?
a. evacuate b. to evacuate c. evacuated d. be evacuated
9. _________ bread, you usually need flour, salt, and yeast.

11. This card entitles to take an extra person with you free. (freely)
12. They let me to borrow their car while they were on holiday. (borrow)
13. I explained enough for her understanding what was happening. (to
understand)
14. To see him to walk down the street, you'd never know he was blind.
(walking)
15. Most people are afraid hearing the truth about them. (afraid of)
VII. Complete each of the sentences with an appropriate preposition.
1. A selfish person is incapable of true friendship.
2. He was accused of being disloyal to the government.
3. How much time do you spend on homework?
4. Good friendship should be based on mutual understanding.
5. Do you keep in touch with any school friends?
6. Some adults have a total lack of sympathy for (towards) young people.
7. He's more concerned about (for) what people think about him than
anything else.
8. She had been briefly acquainted with him more than 20 years earlier.
9. She thought of him very often.
10. Some people take up interest with enthusiasm, but they are soon tired of
it.
VIII. Rewrite the sentence or join the pairs of sentences beginning with
the word(s) given.
1. He worked out the answer. It was clever of him.
It was clever of him to work out the answer.
2. Marie always pays her bills regularly. She's careful that way.
Marie is always careful of paying her bills regularly.
3. He was crossing the road. I caught sight of him.
I noticed him crossing the road.
4. When we finally heard that David had arrived, we were very relieved.
We were relieved to hear that David had arrived.