Ingles Solution 6

Complete the sentences with the correct form of can, could or be able to and the verbs in brackets.
1) My mum insists that my brother could speak (speak) when he was only eleven months old but I don’t believe her!
2) If I had been able to speak (speak) French, I would have taken the job immediately.
3) I can’t find (not find) Gina’s number in the phone book. Do you know it?
4) I was luckythat I was able to find (find) a good job last summer
5) Have you been able to contact (you contact) Pamela yet?
6) Being able to drive (drive) means that I don’t have to depend on other people for transport.
7) If you work in a museum you must be able to answer (answer) questions about local history
8) In the future people will be able to travel (travel) above the roads as well as on them.Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box
Toddler – Elderly – Infancy – OAP – Adolescent
1) Adolescents can often be very moody
2) The technology is in its infancy at the moment, but we’ll soon be able to use it to do all manner of things
3) OAP in our area get free bus travel
4) My brother’s only a toddler and he’s always knocking thins over
5) Young peoplesometimes don’t have respect for the elderly

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in the box
COW – DOG – RAT – BEE – SNAKE – CAT – KITTEN – WOLF – WHALE
1) A pack of wolves attacked a man in the forest last winter
2) Luckily we heard the snake hissing before we stepped on it
3) The children had a whale of a time at the Theme Park
4) Dad’s in the dog house because he forgotto get mum a birthday present
5) Paul won’t come now. You’ll be waiting until the cows come home!
6) Who let the cat out of the bag?
The party was supposed to be a secret.
7) The bees buzzed loudly when we tried to go near them.
8) A lot of people I know have moved out of the city to get away from the rat race.
9) Jen’s cat has had kittens and we’re getting one at the weekend 
Write adescription of one of your neighbours. Use the writing guide to help you.

Paragraph 1: Say who the person is and how you know him/her.
Paragraph 2: Write about the person’s physical appearance.
Paragraph 3: Write about this person’s personality.
Paragraph 4: Write about any special abilities this person may have and say why he/she is an interesting person to know.

Complete the sentenceswith the correct form of can, could or be able to and the verbs in brackets.
1 I can’t find (not find) Gina’s number in the phone book. Do you know it?
2 I was lucky that I was able to find (find) a good job last summer.
3 If you work in a museum you must be able to answer (answer) questions about local history.
4 In the future people will be able to travel (travel) above the roads as wellas on them.
5 My mum insists that my brother could speak (speak) when he was only eleven months old but I don’t believe her!
6 If I had been able to speak (speak) French, I would have taken the job immediately.
7 Have you been able to contact (you contact) Pamela yet?
8 Being able to drive (drive) mean that I don’t have to depend on other people for transport.
 
Grammar
1 Completethe sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Do you think Pete and Sarah will get married (get married)?
2 I ’m playing (play) tennis with Tina at ten o’clock tomorrow.
3 The exam starts (start) at 9.30. Don’t be late!
4 The car is going to stop (stop) any minute! Listen to that noise.
5 Are you going to study (you study) languages at university?
6 Don’t worry about thewashing up. I’ll do (do) it.
2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
unless assuming the moment until
1 I’ll stay here until it stops raining.
2 Assuming he gets good results, he’ll go up to the next level.
3 I’ll tell him about the changes to the dates the moment he arrives.
4 Nathan can translate anything unless it’s very technical.
Vocabulary
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