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Grammar revision unit 5
A. REPORTING VERBS Complete the sentences using one of the verbs
in the correct form.• advise admit agree apologize deny
invite persuade promise refuse threaten warn
Example0. ‘OK, It was me. I borrowed your car.’• Brad admitted borrowing my car.
1 ‘I won’t tell you where I was!’She ……………………………………… me where she was.
2 ‘Would you like to come and stay with me?’He …………………… me ………………… and stay with him.
3 ‘I’m sorry I didn’t phone you.’He ………………………………… for not ………… her.
4 ‘OK, I’ll drive the car tomorrow.’ Maria …………………………… the car tomorrow.
5 ‘I didn’t steal the car stereo.’ The thief ………………………… the car stereo.
CHECK ANSWERS
ANSWERS
• 1.She refused to tell me where she was.
• 2. He invited me to go and stay
• 3. He apologized for not phoning her
• 4. Maria agreed to drive the car.
• 5. The thief denied stealing the car stereo
• 6 ‘Don’t go down that road! It’s dangerous.’ Ryan ……………… us …………… down the road.
• 7 ‘Go on – have another cake!’ ‘Oh, all right.’ My mother …………… me ……………… another cake.
• 8 ‘I’ll hit you if you repeat what you said!’ Joe …………………… me if I repeated what I had said.
• 9 ‘You should eat less fat.’Clare ………………… her …………………… less fat.
• 10 ‘I will send you a postcard.’Sue ……………………………… him a postcard.
ANSWERS
6. Ryan warned us not to go down the road.
7 My mother persuaded me to have ...
8. Joe threatened me if I repeated...
9. Clare advised her to eat less...
10 She promised to send him a postcard
B. Gerund or infinitive?Put the verbs in brackets in the right form
1. The lawyer managed …………………… the case. (win)2. My husband forgot …………………… the tickets so now
we can’t go to the concert. (pick up)
3. Would you like …………… dinner at my house this evening? (have)
4. I’m on a diet. I’m trying …………………… chocolate.(give up)5. …………………… a famous pop star can be difficult. (be)
6. It’s not easy ……………… early in the morning. (get up)
7. Her parents do not let her ……… her boyfriend (see)
8. The book’s not worth ……………… – it’s boring. (read)
9. There’s no sense in …………… the gallery unless you really like modern paintings. (visit)
10. Amanda is hoping …………… her driving test first time. (pass)
» ANSWERS
ANSWERS
1. To win
2. To pick up
3. To have
4. To give up
5. Being
6. To get up
7. See
8. Reading
9. Visiting
10. to pass
VOCABULARY (1)1 Sally’s put ________ a lot of weight this year.
to on with2 My uncle works long hours so he sometimes takes a ________ in
the afternoons.dream yawn nap
3 James was so tired that as soon as he lay ________, he fell fast asleep.
down across up4 If I eat late at night, it will ________ me awake.
stay keep make5 When it’s very hot, I just sleep under a ________.
pillow sheet log6 My brother suffers from ________. He stays awake for hours every
night.insomnia jet-lag nightmares ANSWERS
ANSWERS
• 1 ON
• 2 NAP
• 3 DOWN
• 4 KEEP
• 5 SHEET
• 6 INSOMNIA
MEDIA WORDS1 If a newspaper is ________, it means that some information was
removed because it might offend people or because it might be politically dangerous.
2 If you want to find out about the weather tomorrow, listen to the weather ________.
3 You can find out what’s going to happen to you tomorrow if you read your ________.
4 The opposite of objective is ________.5 A ________ is somebody whose job is to give his / her opinion
about a play, film, book, etc.6 A ________ is the person who describes a sports event while it’s
happening on TV or on the radio.7 If you want to sell something, you might write about it in the
________ ads section of the newspaper.8 The first page of a newspaper is called the ________ page.
ANSWERS
• 1 censored • 2 forecast• 3 horoscope • 4 biased• 5 critic • 6 commentator• 7 small • 8 front
Music Words...
1 A c________ is a group of people that sing together.
2 A c________ looks like a very big violin.3 The person who directs an orchestra is called a
c________.4 If a voice sounds m________, it’s likely to send
you to sleep.5 A t________ is a man who has quite a high
singing voice.6 A s________ is an instrument you blow into,
often played by jazz musicians.
ANSWERS
• 1 choir• 2 cello• 3 conductor• 4 monotonous• 5 tenor• 6 saxophone