III/ EXERCISE

I/ Join each of the following pairs of sentences with “or, and, but, so or because”

1. I told a joke. Nobody laughed.

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2. You must study harder. You will go into another class.

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3. The city suffers from air pollution. The city suffers from water pollution.

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4. I knew her family. I did what I could for her.

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5. We can’t afford energy - saving light bulbs. The light bulbs are too expensive.

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II/ Complete the sentence with the one word given below. One word can be used for more than one sentence: for/ up/ after/ on/ off/ away/ in.

1. Who’s going to look ______ the children while you’re away?

2. “Turn ______ the TV for me, will you? I want to watch the cartoon.

3. She’s looked ______ her keys everywhere.

4. Turn ______ the radio. I’m working.

5. If we go ______ littering, the environment will become seriously polluted.

6. Don’t throw these newspapers ______.

7. Could you fill ______ this form?

8. Don’t wake the baby ______. Let him sleep.

9. Don’t believe her. She’s just made ______ the story.

10. Susan took ______ her coat and put it on the sofa.

III. Complete the sentences by using the correct form of the phrasal verbs in brackets.

1. Nobody is watching the TV. ______________________________. (turn off)

2. There is always litter here. No one ever _____________________________. (pick up)

3. ‘Do you want this box? ‘No, you can _____________________________. (throw away)

4. ‘Do you know the meaning of this word?’ ‘No, have you ______________ in the dictionary? (look up)

5. Shhh! The children are asleep. Don’t _____________. (wake up)

6. It’s quite cold outside. Put on your coat! Yeah, I’m _____________ right now. (put on)

7. Have you washed up the dishes? - I’m going to _____________. (wash up)

8. I haven’t heard from my sister recently. Perhaps I should ___________ now. (ring up)

9. I wanted to buy a shirt from that shop, but when I ___________, it didn’t fit me. (try on)

10. They gave me a form and told me to ___________________. (fill in)

11. It’s quite dark. There the light! Could you please __________________. (turn on)

12. Na is under the table. She ______________________ her pen. (look for)

IV/ Choose the correct connectives in brackets:

1 - I opened the door........................................................ looked out.         (And/ but)

2 - I arrived 20 minutes early,…………… I had time for a cup of tea.        (So/ because)

3 - We looked everywhere................. , we could not find the keys.    (However/ Therefore)

4 - The bus fare is expensive.......................... , I prefer to walk.         (However/ Therefore)

5 - There were many people at the concert, we couldn’t get seats.     (so/ however)

6 - I read the book, ……………… did not understand it.                  (But/ or)

7 - We had to wait.................................................. we arrived early.       (Because/ so)

8 - I would like to go swimming.........., I have too much work to do. (However/ Therefore)

9 - I go for a walk................................. the sun is shining.        (Because/ so)

10 - Do you know his address................................? Telephone number?        (But/ or)

V/ Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form

1.     The doctor suggested that his patient (stop)…………..smoking.

2.     How about (dine)…………..out tonight?

3.     I suggest that you should (take)……………a vacation.

4.     She suggested (help)…………..our mother with the housework.

5.     Why don’t we (go)………….to the library now?

6.     She suggested that he (leave)…………now.

7.     Let’s (do)……………some reading every day.

8.     We suggested his (see)……………a doctor.

VI/ Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form to make suggestions.

1. The doctor suggested that his patient (stop)………………smoking.

2. How about (dine) …………….out tonight?

3. I suggest that you should (take) ……………..a vacation.

4. She suggested that he (leave) ……………..now.

5. I suggested (help) ………………..our mother with the housework.

6. Why don’t we (go)………………to the library now ?

7. Let’s (do) ……………….some reading every day.

8. What about (ask) ……………our teacher for help