UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND


< I >: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1. a. language b. package c. mathematics d. marvelous
2. a. chemistry b. prepare c. receive d. degree
3. a. private b. diploma c. guide d. writer
4. a. trouble b. study c. tutor d. subject
5. a. received b. worked c. obtained d. harboured
6. a. bench b. attend c. educate d. subject
7. a. romantic b. mature c. mathematics d. humanity
8. a. breathe b. breakfast c. already d. dreamt
9. a. conditions b. husbands c. physics d. dreams
10. a. earned b. worked c. suffered d. lived

< II >: Read the passage and use the correct form of the words in brackets:
Galileo was one of the first modern (scientists)___________. He was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1564. At first he studied philosophy. But later he studied mathematics and astronomy. He was very (interested) ___________ in the way the earth and other planets (move) _________ around the sun. He found out several (important) ___________facts about our world. He also started a new way of working in science.
Galileo is (famous) ___________for his study of how things fall. He was the first person to do experiments about this problem. Before him, people thought that heavy things always fell (faster) ___________ than light things. He found out that this was not (true) _________ . He took a heavy ball and a light ball and he dropped them both from a (high) ___________ place. They fell at the same speed. This meant that (weight) ___________ is not important. This is the law of falling bodies . It is an important law for (understanding) ___________our world.
< III >: Put the verbs in brackets in the past perfect or past simple:
1. I went to the box office at lunch time, but they ____had sold______ (already / sell) all the tickets.
2. I felt very tired when I got home, so I __went________ (go) straight to bed.
3. I felt better by the summer, but the doctor warned me not to do too much. I ____had been ______ (be) very ill.
4. At last the committee were ready to announce their decision. They ____had made______ (make) up their mind.
5. “Was Tom at the party when you arrived?” “No, he _____had gone_____ (go) home”.
7. I __________ (take) the book back to the library when I __________ (read) it.
8. The house was very quiet when I ____went______ (get) home. Everybody _____had gone ____ (go) out for dinner.
9. After she ___had filled_______ (fill) the basket, she ___went_______ (go) to the check out.
10. Yesterday morning I ___remembered_______ (remember) the answer to the question Bob ____had asked______ (ask) me the night before, so I ___phoned_______ (phone) him.
11. Last night, I ___went_______ (go) to Jim’s room and __knocked______ (knock) on the door but there __was________ (be) no answer. Either he __had gone______ (go) out or he ___hadn’t wanted_______ (not want) to see anyone.
12. Angela asked me how to use the photocopier. She ___had never used_____ (never / use) it before, so she __didn’t know________ (not / know) what to do.
13. Two days ago I ___met_____ (meet) an old friend who I __hadn’t seen______ (not see) for years.
14. Karen __didn’t want_______ (not want) to come to the cinema with us because she ____had seen____ (already / see) the film.
15. When the students ___had done______ (do) the experiment, they ___wrote______ (write) a report on it.
< IV > : Choose the sentence or phrase that best completes the dialogue.
Tony : (1) ………………………………
Ann : In a house near Brighton.
Tony : (2) ………………………………
Ann : For three years.
Tony : (3) ………………………….…
Ann : The house we had before was too small. We need somewhere bigger.
Tony : (4) …………………….…
Ann :