Ingles Intermedio

II. VOCABULARY SECTION

A. Fill in the gaps with the words in the box.


a prescription / some antibiotics / take them / another appointment / a week


a) Come back if you’re not feeling better in 11 a week

b) How often should I 12 take them?

c) Here’s a prescription for 13 some antibiotics.

d) Do I need to make 14 another appointment?

e)Do I need 15 a prescription, doctor?

B. Complete the conversation with sentences a) – e) in A. Write the correct letter on the line provided.

BOB: So you think it might be an infection. 16___e___

DOCTOR: Yes, I’m going to write one. 17___c___

BOB: Thanks a lot. 18__b____

DOCTOR: Twice a day, after meals.

BOB: 19__d____

DOCTOR: No. 20___a___






III. GRAMMARSECTION

A. Rewrite these direct questions as indirect questions. Use the words/phrases in brackets.

21. Did you reply to his mail? (Could you tell me)
Could you tell me if you replied to his mail?

22. Is Argentina hot at this time of year? (Do you know)
Do you know if Argentina is hot at this time of the year?

23. Who sells maps around here? (Can you tell me)Can you tell me who sell maps around here?

24. Should I book a hotel before I go? (Do you think)
Do you think I should book a hotel before I go?

25. Why is it so expensive? (Have you any idea)
Have you any idea why it is so expensive?


B. Choose the correct words.

RITA: Andrew. If you’ve got enough time, can you put the recycling bin out?
ANDREW: There’s26hardly any / much rubbish in it.

RITA: That’s strange. Andrew! Look in the other bin! 27Much / Lots of this
stuff can be recycled.

ANDREW: But there isn’t 28 any / no paper in there. I checked.

RITA: What about glass? There are 29a lot / loads of bottles in here.

ANDREW: Sorry. You’re right. Actually, I can see 30a little / a few tins too.C. Write the sentences below in reported speech.

31. Alan: “I must talk to Sara.”
Alan said that he had to talk to Sara

32. Carl: “I’m going to be in Miami next week.”
Carl told me, he was going to be in Miami the following week.

33. Sandra: “I didn’t understand the mail.”
Sandra said, she hadn’t understood the e mail

34. Adriana: “The designs will beready on Monday.”
Adriana told me, the designs would be ready on Monday.

35. Mark: “I want to talk to Jennifer about a new project.”
Mark said he wanted to talk to Jennifer about a new project.


D. These sentences have a mistake. Rewrite them in the correct way.

36. Have you being paid for that survey yet?
Haven´t you being for that survey yet?
37. Helen is quitegood in playing the drums.
Helen is quite good at playing the drums
38. Bill is the more brilliant student in class.
Bill is the most brilliant student in the class
39. Victor’s son was bit by a shark.
Victor’s son was attacked by a shark.
40. My mum used to let me to stay up late.
My mum used to let me stay up late.

IV. READING SECTION

Read thearticle and then do the activities below.


Being a best man

“I’d like you to be my best man,” said my brother.
Even though my brother and I had always got on well and rarely argued, I was still surprised. I was only just 18. I had only been to a few weddings in my life and I was already going to be a best man. I accepted immediately – it was more evidence that I was becoming an adult. Atlast.
During dinner that evening, my mother 45 told me that best men were, of course, supposed to make speeches.
“Supposed to or have to?” I asked, feeling my heart rate 46 increasing a little. “Well, have to,” she said.
Suddenly I didn’t feel hungry any more.
There wasn’t any point in trying to 47 avoid doing it. And of course when you’re young, a) you don’t tend to worry about things for...