Lesson 2 - UNIT 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
E1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1) A. hand B. bank C. sand D. band
2) A. money B. month C. monkey D. monitor
3) A. change B. hungry C. stronger D. single
E2. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4) A. experience B. embarrass C. floppy D. embrace
5) A. idol B. video C. birthday D. imagine
6) A. cotton B. happen C. extreme D. quickly
E3. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
7) A person or thing that is loved and admired very much is the ............ (A. ideal B. idea C. idol D. Fan)
8) A short part of a film or movie that is shown separately is called a ..... (A. picture B. clip C. news D. cartoon)
9) She ..................... shyly at him and then lowered her eyes. (A. looked B. stared C. glanced D. sighted)
10) This ........... girl was disliked by the rest of the class. (A. helpful B. sneaky C. unselfish D. generous)
11) He pulled a(n).......... of 10 pounds notes out of his pocket. (A. sum B. amount C. piece D. wad)
12) I ve never fallen in such a(n) ... situation before.(A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. confused D.’
confusing)
13) The children were ........ about opening their presents. (A. interested B. fond C. keen D. excited)
14) I know from ....... that he ll arrive late. (A. knowledge B. experience C. understanding D. reality)’
15) Andrew .................... the test before so he...................... it very easy.
A. did/ had found B. had done/ found C. was doing/ found D. did/ was founding
16) You ...................... your new hat when I ...................... you yesterday.
A. were wearing/ had met B. wore/ had met C. wore/ was meeting D. were wearing/ met
17) As I .................... the glass, it suddenly ...................... into two pieces.
A. cut/ broke B. was cutting/ broke C. cut/ was breaking D. was cutting/ had broken
18) A burglar .................. into the house while we ................... television.
A. broke/ were watching B. broke/ watched C. had broken/ watched D. broke/ had watched
19) When I ............................... home, I ........................... a phone call.
A. got/ received B. was getting/ was receiving C. got/ had received D. had got/ had received
20) They ................. small cups of coffee after they ..................... dinner.
A. had drunk/ finished B. drank/ finished C. were drinking/ finished D. drank/ had finished

53) He (play)... the guitar outside his house when someone (open) ....the window and (throw) ..... out a bucket of water.
54) When I (look) ............. for my passport, I (find) ............ this old photograph.
55) As I (cross) .......... the street, I (step) ................ on a banana skin and (fall) .............. heavily.
56) He (sit) .............on the river bank fishing when he (see) ............ a man s hat floating down the river.’
57) It (snow) ................... heavily when he (wake) ........... up.
58) When I (reach) ..... the street I (realise) ................ that I (not know) ......... the number of Tom s house.’
59) I (look) ......... through the classroom window. A geometry (h×nh häc) lesson (go) ............. on. The
teacher (draw) ........................ diagrams on the board.
60) I (meet) ................................ Paul at the university. We (be) ..................... both in the same year. He
(study) ......................... law, but he (spend) ............................ most of his time practising the violin.
61) What you (do) ...........between 9.00 and 10.00 yesterday? I (clean) ......................... my house.
62) . The dentist s waiting room was full of people. Some (read) ................. magazines, others just’
(turn) ............ over the pages. A woman (knit) ...................., a child (play) ............................... with a toy car.
63) . She (work) ........ quietly at her desk when suddenly the door (open) ........ and her daughter (rush) ..... in.
64) . He (stand) ............... up, (walk) .................. across the room and (close) .................... the window.
65) . A strange man (walk) ..................... into the room. He (wear) .................... red trousers and a pink shirt.
66) . You (not meet) ............................. your sife while you (work) ................................. in England?
67) . I (see) .................you in the park yesterday. You (sit) ................ on a bench with your arm wround Tom.
68) . As soon as I (walk) ............................... into the room, he (hand) .................... me a letter.
69) . His father was really angry with him because he (listen) ........... to music while he (do) ............ his homework.
70) . Why they (not visit) ......................... me while they (stay) ...................... in London?
71) . As he (pass) ......................... the bank, a man in a mask (knock) .................. him onto the ground.
72) . What you (write) .............................. when your computer (crash) ............................?(crash: næ)
73) Jill .......................... (buy) a new car two weeks ago.
74) His hair is very short. He .......................... (have) a haircut.
75) Last night I ............. (arrive) home at half past twelve. I ............ (have) a bath and then I .......... (go) to bed.
76) .......................... (you/visit) many museums when you were in Paris?
77) My bicycle isn t here anymore. Somebody .......................... (take) it?’
78) I .......................... They .......................... just (decide) to buy a new house.
79) They .......................... (do) nothing since they .......................... (get) up.