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I. Choose between:1. I shivered and drew the rug around me/myself. 2. I was thoroughly ashamed of me/myself.3. Nobody objected but she/her.4. It has/have to be someone like Dan and Mary.5. Ask anyone. He/She/They will tell you.6. Everyone put her/his/their pen down.7. Somebody shouted and other voices joined him/them.8. They were beside them/themselves with rage.9. His friend looked as miserable as he felt/as he felt himself.10. Each of us are/is going to the party. 11. My first pupil today is a Bulgarian like me/myself.12. Sally herself/Sally came back.13. That bicycle is my/mine own.14. I could make us/ourselves an omelette.15. If anybody asks/ask about the results, tell him/them Im not ready yet.16. Theres somebody waiting for you in the lobby. Tell him/her/them to check with my secretary first.17. Somebody has/have left his/her/their wallet on the desk.18. Nobody helped you with your luggage, did he/they?19. Does anyone/any one know where Celia lives?20. Like many self-made men, he believed anyone/everyone could make it.21. Everyone/Every one had a good time at the party.22. There arent any cakes left - theyve eaten everyone/every one.23. One always thinks/They always think other peoples lives are more important. (generalization)24. If one wishes to make himself/oneself/themselves thoroughly unpopular, one/he/they has/have merely to tell people the truth.25. The witness was suspected of having perjured him/himself.26. Every one/Everyone of the boys is/are smiling.27. One should always be polite to his/ones/ones/their bank manager.28. One/They always talks/talk about movies and books at these Wednesday meetings.29. One doesnt like/They dont like strangers round here.1. Anyone-they; 1. Somebody-him

2. Someone-them 2. Everybody-his/himselves/has

3. Everyone-they 3. Anybody-him

4. One-he/himselves

5. No-one- they

I. Correct what is wrong and explain why:1. All she needed at that moment was some cow milk.

2. He had a two-thirds share in that deal.- two third3. I cant stand my sisters-in-law husband. -sister4. Ill be at the butchers shop.5. He rules his family with an iron rod.6. I can never learn Pythagoras Theorem. 7. Jamess car is outside the house. -James8. Next week well have ten two-hours lessons.9. That sports shoe shop has closed down.10. The kid ran into the same Birmingham man.11. The train has a twenty minute delay.

12. There was a mark at the pages top.13. We need some garden chairs.14. The five meters carpet wont be long enough. - meters15. What does that road sign say?16. We bought some childrens clothes, a mans sweater, a pair of womens jeans and a womens magazine. -men17. He turned his head very slowly and looked at the back of Ann.- Annas back18. The cars door closed with a bang.

19. The five-litre can still remained unopened.

20. The nation decision seems to be to go to war.- nations 21. Look! Ive found a hens egg.

22. Ill be at Mr. Joness office.

23. Everybody admires her silk skin. silky24. Her gold hair drives everybody crazy.- golden25. Hes a real wooden head.

26. The company activities have been under close surveillance.- companies27. All wood things catch fire easily.-wooden28. Did you watch last Sundays match?

29. The five persons elevator is stuck.- person30. Do you agree with the government decision?- governmentsIII. Insert an apostrophe where necessary:1. Ive got a brother and two sisters. My brothers teacher at St Marys School was Miss Williams, and my sisters was Mrs James.

2. Miss Williams hair was grey, unlike Mrs Jamess, which was red.

3. We saw the sheeps tails disappear behind the barn as the dogs chased them.

4. Small shops prices are usually higher than supermarkets ones.

5. Can you show me where the mens lavatory is?

6. Do you really have to wear all those mens clothes?

IV. Correct the mistakes if any:1. Nearly all of the increase has been caused by inflation.

2. The whole of Europe have (has) been interested in this project. Has been3. Much of the days was spent shopping and going to restaurants. Many/were4. The whole of last year was a happy time for all of us. OK5. Most of the population is engaged in agriculture. OK6. He's a good friend of mine and all the rest of the staff here. OK7. The UK, some people say, needs more bricklayers and plumbers and less of the thousands of media studies graduates our universities produce. ???8. There is plenty of beer for each and every one of us. OK9. A good deal of students dont understand what it is all about. many10. Brush the edges of the pastry with a little of the beaten egg. OK11. Loads of money are going to be spent on building and improving playgrounds in England. is12. A great many research is thought to be of only indirect significance. Deal of13. We had loads of room. OK14. Dont worry theres loads of time.OK15. There was a good deal of oil all over the couch.???16. There is plenty of reasons why young people might want to spend three years of their life in Cambridge.???17. Less of the jewels in the shop-windows are original now. Fewer of18. Part of the farm lay close to the river bank. lays19. Some of the milk was sour. OK20. You have to do a great deal of work in order to earn a very large amount of money. very21. Quite few of them were good sopranos. A few22. You can put here a tiny quantity of sugar and it will taste just great. OK23. Each of the papers are grounded in a particular linguistic theory. Is an/ attempt24. He is man of quite a lot of experience. A man25. Unfortunately few of the news they heard were good. Few of the item26. Some of the best actors are actually very good painters. OK27. It would cost far too much to have the thing repaired.???28. The remainder of the luggage are stored at the back. is29. The remainder of the troops aboard were ordered too leave the ship. ???30. None of the money were we expected them to be. Was/ it (them)31. Although he didn't have many redeeming features, he had a certain amount of charm.

32. I'll leave the rest of the cake on the bar with some little gateau forks for the fastidious among you. ???33. Lots of good news is sometimes hard to handle. OK34. Masses of books covered every surface in the room. OK35. Plenty of producers come here every year. A number of, lots of36. Who could blame him if little of this newfound power went to his head? ???37. Its about time they got a taste of their own medicine! OK38. A great deal of workers are quite content with their place of work. Number 39. The common view is that US relations with the rest of the world would improve under Mr Obama. ???40. Each of the teachers were unhappy with the students results. was41. Enough of skull survived for archaeologists to be confident the body was that of a woman. ???42. Everyone of them is given a financial target. Each IX. Correct the mistakes if any:1. How many percents are the boys in your group? What is the percent age of2. The table was six foot long. OK3. It measures approximately 26 inch wide and 25 inch long. Inches by inches4. He was about six feet tall. OK5. My car does about thirty miles by gallon. a/ per6. It cost several thousands pounds. thousand7. Two and half hours like this and it will be well-cooked, other two hours and it will be the most delicious thing you ever tasted. A half hours/ another8. But youve got dozens of dresses. A dozen9. Were doing seventy miles in hour. Per/ an10. The glass was three-quarter full of some liquid, I dont know what liquid. guarters 11. The cake is thick (2) twenty-five centimetre (1).

12. The building is five hundred meters in length. OK13. Two dozens papers waited for the Professor to sign them. dozen14. Half the girls thought the book brilliant. Of the girls15. Their garden is 100 feet square(2) approximately. (1)16. Half of it is sheer nonsense. OK17. Half bottle of this and you wont remember your name. a bottle18. She has a child on thirteen; she cant be twenty-five. Of thirteen19. That three-year-old can really make you mad. OK20. How many feet above sea level is Roseberry Topping? ???21. How do you say that to a man at his sixties? In his sixties22. I used to ski a lot in my teens. OK23. She seems to me a woman at her late forty. In her late forties24. The over-sixty are a great, energetic generation. Over-sixties25. Schooling for under-fives should be expanded. OK26. Its at least a thousand millions years old. million27. They get minimum $ 2000 monthly each. A minimum/ of $28. It is three kilos heavy. In weight29. The pool was twenty feet deep. OK30. Very early glass made at Jarrow can be seen today reset in a window in the eighth-century church there. OK31. Four-fifths of the students were required to take additional exams. OK32. Half of your time is occupied with leisure activities. OK33. Two-thirds of the planets surface are covered with water. is34. He has 200 employees(2) roughly(1). 35. He has minimum(2) 200 employees (1).36. He has at least 200 employees. OK37. He has 200 employees at least. OK38. Ill be away for 3 hours at the most. OK39. Ill be away for at most 3 hours. OK40. Ill be away for 3 hours or under. lessI. Choose between:1. Language/ A language is unique to humans.2. We are looking for people with an experience/ experience.

3. You should study law/a law at university/ the university.4. If you go sailing you should listen to weather reports on radio/ the radio.5. Children spend too much time watching the TV/ TV.

6. The Times/ Times is a newspaper/ newspaper with long/ a long tradition.7. Before the days of the television/ television, people used to listen to radio/ the radio.

8. A train/ The train would be best; it leaves every hour.

9. She has returned to a theatre/ the theatre after an absence/ absence of five years.

10. Since they built the bridge no one uses a ferry/ the ferry.

11. Both of them found work in hospital/ in the hospital.12. Next year youll be able to go by hovercraft; theyre starting a new service. Itll be much quicker than a boat/ the boat.13. Youll have no trouble getting home; a bus/ the bus doesnt stop running till midnight.14. There are many ways for tourists to get around London. If you dont mind travelling in tunnels, take an underground/ the underground; if you like to see where youre going, sit on the top deck of a bus/ the bus; and if youre in a hurry, take a taxi/ the taxi.

15. We drive to university/ the university.16. We drove to university/ the university, opposite which there was a temple.

17. I wanted to go to university/ the university but I wanted to be an actor more.

18. Can you play a guitar/ the guitar?

19. In spring/the spring Jersey has a profusion of flowers that make the island a sea of vivid colour.20. During a day/ the day it was very hectic but at the night/ night it was desolate.

21. It was summer /a summer of intense heat.

22. I did a lot of work in Hamburg in the eighties/ eighties.

23. Have you suffered from a malaria/ malaria?

24. What is the best treatment for flu/ the flu?

25. After a while, Maria came in, her hair/ the hair freshly combed.

26. The Baron leaned forward and looked her in the face/ her face.

27. He put his hand/ the hand on the shoulder/ her shoulder.

28. Italy won a World Cup/ the World Cup in 1982.

29. Are you staying at home for Christmas/ the Christmas.

30. Wimbledon/ The Wimbledon is the most famous tennis event in the world.

31. Dont forget its Mothers Day/ the Mothers Day.

32. I can remember Easter/ an Easter when it snowed all the time.

33. Olympic Games/ The Olympic Games were restarted in Athens in 1896.

34. United Nations/ The United Nations was formed in 1945.

35. IBM/ The IBM is the world's largest computer company.

36. There have been arguments about the role of UNESCO/ the UNESCO.

37. Several countries are interested in joining European Community/ the European Community.

38. Theres John Spence / a John Spence waiting for you at the office.

39. Isnt that Richard Nixon/ the Richard Nixon? - You mean, the Richard Nixon/ Richard Nixon/ that Richard Nixon?

Ever since I have moved to London ten years ago I have wondered whether it is possible to get out on foot the way Londoners must do have done for centuries. Surely the whole city has become too inhuman a sprawl to let any of the inhabitants simply walk away?

I decided to give it a try. The most attractive way out of the city, I reckoned, would have been to follow the oldest transport route in the metropolis, the Thames. So it was that early Sunday morning I staggered out of the Tube and through the tangle of streets that lead to the Tower of London. This seemed a good place to start, as it marks the downstream end of the most interesting stretch of the river - and is perhaps Londons grandest riverside sight, for centuries the squat symbol of the brute power behind the throne of England.

Tower Bridge was bathed in glorious sunshine. I crossed it picking my way between shrieking tourists. Once on the South Bank I set off upstream. The bells of the City churches across the river pealed exuberantly, despite although most of the spires are now being obscured by bigger temples, devoted to Mammon. Locals were worshipping other gods that morning: those twin tyrants Weight Loss and Fitness.

Near London Bridge the path might could no longer squeeze between the wharves and the river. It twisted instead along some narrow lanes to the south. But the Thames Path is easy enough to follow, waymarked with an acorn symbol for its its entire 160-mile length.

By the time I returned to the river, at Southwark Bridge, and continued upstream, history seemed to lose have lost track of which direction it was flowing. First the spanking new Globe Theatre came (w.o.), all fresh thatch, timberwork and No parking signs; then the sinister bleak hulk of the derelict Bankside Power Station, awaiting resurrection as a new Tate gallery.

Among the pompous riverside office blocks rose the most ridiculous of all, the Mesopotamian ziggurat of the MI6 building, decorated by with tiers of trees, and looking hopelessly lost in the post-Empire London of the Nineties. Presiding over the muddle was my favourite of many silly statues, a former MP. Sadly, noone no one remembers that MP, William Huskinson, any more as a president of the Board of Trade; rather as the first person ever to be runned over by a train in 1836.

By that time I could had managed to reach the residential riverside, posh and expensive: the luxury flats in Pimlico. Soon had come came the quaint, higgledy-piggledy poky houses of Cheyne Walk which announced itself with a rash of blue plaques: Rossetti, Swinburn, Sir Tomas More all lived thereabouts.

[] At the end of the day I was relieved catching to catch a bus home to my poky, gardenless flat in Hackney. It might have seemed unimportant at the time, but, as I later calculated it, Id beaten my own record, when as a teenager Id walked 25 miles on a sponsored walk. It was only then that I realized with horror the significance of the dotted line on my map. I should only have walked 50 yards further and I would have succeeded to officially leave the city.

I couldnt believe I didnt hadnt worked this out earlier. A thought flashed through my mind: do the walk again? Like hell.