PRE-INTERMEDIATE GROUP (Students Copy)

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1 METU/ SFL DBE Spring, 2018 Weekend Homework for Span 2, Week 1 (Language-NLL INT U 3&4) PART A. LANGUAGE PRE-INTERMEDIATE GROUP (Students Copy) EXERCISE 1. Fill the gaps in the following sentences by using for or since. 1. We have been fishing two hours. 2. They have been living in France He has been in prison a year. 4. I have been aware of that fact a long time. 5. She has driven the same car Things have changed a lot I was young. 7. The central heating has been on October. 8. The weather has been foggy early morning. 9. They have been arguing ever they got married. 10. I have earned my own living I left school. 11. He has been under water half an hour. 12. He had a bad fall last week, and then, he has not left the house. EXERCISE 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: present simple, present perfect or simple past. In some cases, present perfect continuous is also possible. 1. A: I (1) (play) football since I was 6 years old. B: Do you mean that you (2) (play) it since you (3) (come) to England? A: Oh Yes! I (4) (join) a club the day after I (5) (arrive). 2. A: Hello! I (1) (see) you for ages! Where (2) you (be)? B: I (3) (have to) to Switzerland last week. I (4) (want) to send you an e- mail, but I (5) (have) your address. A: Never mind. (6) you (have) a good time when you were there? B: Sure! 3. A: Hey, I (1) (notice) that you are left-handed! B: I (2) (be) left-handed; but my oil heater (3) (explode) yesterday and I (4) (burn) my right hand, so I (5) (use)my left hand since yesterday. A: Oh, I am sorry to hear that. 1

2 4. A: How long (1) you (be) a Star Wars fan? B: Since I (2) (be) five. I (3) (see) all the films many times. In fact, I (4) (see) Phantom Menace on DVD last week. 5. A: How long (1) you (know) Bill? B: We (2) (be) friends for a long time. For more than twenty years. A: (3) you (meet) when you were at school? B: No, we (4) (work) at the same restaurant in A: Where do your parents live? B: They (1) (live) in Cheltenham since last year. A: Why (2) they (leave) London? B: They left because my dad (3). (retire). EXERCISE 3. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Do not use modals. In 1887, Ludovic Zamenhof, a multilingual Polish oculist, (1) (publish) a book which introduced a new language under the n a m e Dr. Esperanto, w h i c h m e a n s one who hopes. Zamenhof wanted his invented tongue to become the world s second language. Although that hope (2) (be) still unrealized, nearly 6,000 devoted Esperantists the largest m e e t i n g ever from as far as Japan and Brazil (3) (be) in Warsaw in 1987 to honor Zamenhof on the 100th birthday of his language. They celebrated it with a variety of events, all in Esperanto, plus a visit to Zamenhof s hometown of Bialystok. Many people assume that Esperanto is a dying language, just a verbal experiment that (4) (work out) over the past years. In fact, t o d a y, Esperantists c a n b e f o u n d all around the world. Estimates of their total number vary widely, from 1 million to 8 million or more. Marjorie Duncan, 65, a retired Australian school teacher, believes the movement (5) (need) more young people. However, she says, they would rather drive cars or go surfing. It seems that Esperanto (6) (be) a complicated language. It has only 16 easily memorized rules of grammar no exceptions and a basic vocabulary which (7) (built) from mostly Indo-European roots. Experts claim that almost anyone can learn Esperanto in 100 hours or less. Accents always fall on the last syllable of a word. However, for some, numerous suffixes and prefixes (8) (complicate) matters. The use of Esperanto (9) (reach) its peak in the 1920s, when idealists welcomed it as one small step toward peace. Some intellectuals viewed it as a solution to the language problem, which they felt contributed to political misunderstandings. In some British schools, youngsters could study Esperanto. However, the interest died down after World War II, partly because governments (10) (support) the language, partly because English was fast becoming the lingua 2

3 franca** of business and travel. Esperantists have forced the United Nations to adopt their language, but the organization already (11) (have) six official languages. Humphrey Tonkin, president of the Rotterdam-based Universal Esperanto Association, says Esperanto is popular in lands whose languages (12) (travel) well, such as Iran, Brazil, the Netherlands and the Scandinavian countries. A large number of Esperantists (13) (find) in Japan, where the language has sometimes been used for discussions by scientists who speak different languages. China uses Esperanto to facilitate communication between speakers of its northern and southern dialects and (14) (support) an active publishing program. From People s China, a monthly magazine in Esperanto, is read worldwide. Radio Beijing s Esperanto program is the most popular program in Esperanto in the world. Many books and masterpieces of literature (15) (translate) into Esperanto up to now, including the Koran and some of Shakespeare s plays. Nevertheless, Mary Davies, an Esperantist who runs a hotel in Heysham, England, complains, We don t have any light reading for fun. When they travel, Esperantists wear lapel pins shaped like green stars that signal them as Esperanto speakers. This way, they hope that they (16) (meet) fellow Esperanto speakers. They also (17) (call up) comrades-in-conversation and exchange recording by mail. *Oculist: an ophthalmologist or optician. ** Lingua franca: common language EXERCISE 4. Fill in the blanks with the correct future forms of the verbs in parentheses. 1. I have made a decision. I (apply) for a course in business. 2. They have not made a decision yet, but they think they (probably/ leave) tomorrow morning. 3. We (meet) them outside the concert hall at 7 p.m. 4. The exam (start) at 9:40 a.m. 5. A: We have got a problem because we don t have enough people in the team. B: I have got an idea! I (ask) my friend Mike. He plays soccer. 6. A: Do you want a game of tennis next week? B: Sorry, I (go) to Jamaica on holiday this Saturday. 7. A: How do you intend to pay for it? B: I don t know. A: You could ask your father. B: Good idea. I (do) that. 3

4 8. I don t think people (use) WhatsApp in the future. 9. We have booked the taxi. He (pick) us up in the morning. 10. My parents (sell) their house and buy a boat! I do not think we can change their minds. 11. A: When do you think we (see) you again? B: I really don t know. 12. The plane (leave) at 10 a.m. EXERCISE 5. Underline the correct verb form to make first conditional sentences. 1. If the government spent/spends more money on language teaching, foreign languages won t die out. 2. If we teach languages in schools, there will still be/is still time for subjects like math or science. 3. Unless we will work/work harder today, we won t finish on time. 4. If they revise more, they will pass/passed the exam. 5. When I get/ will get to work, I will check my diary. 6. If we leave now, we will arrive/are arriving on time. 7. It won t cost/costs much if you book now. 8. You might learn more words if you study/will study more. EXERCISE 6. Write the verb in parentheses in the correct form to make first conditionals. 1. I (call) as soon as I finish my work. 2. We will eat when you (arrive). 3. Your French won t improve unless you (use) it regularly. 4. My daughter (start) work as soon as she is qualified. 5. No one will help you if you (ask) for it. 6. I (come) if I m not invited. 7. What will you say if you (see) him? 8. If the school does not offer French, where (study) it? 4

5 EXERCISE 7. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in parentheses. Do not use modals. Some people believe that if more money and resources (1a) (give) to traditional foreign language classrooms, languages such as French or German (1b) (die out). However, this does not mean that all language learning is in danger. More and more people are learning to speak with their hands. One professor at a university reports: If we (2a) (offer) American Sign Language (ASL), we (2b) (have) enough students for three courses. We cannot keep up with all the students who want to take the courses. One of the students also says, I just thought Sign Language was a beautiful language. I (3) it (pick up) easily. Another student who has slowly lost her hearing since birth was also surprised by the course. Unless colleges (4) (offer) these kinds of courses, deaf people will never really be part of society. The course also let me meet other people in the deaf community. It (5) (open up) a new world to me! However, some people (6) (criticized) the US schools that offer ASL. One reason is because some colleges (7a) (accept) it as a language if you (7b) (speak) it. A professor says: The idea that you can have a language on your hands is just very foreign. ASL also uses space, gesture and body language. However, critics reply that ASL (8) (be) equal to languages like Chinese. Dr. Lin, a professor of Chinese, comments that: If ASL (9a) is (be) equal to traditional languages, it (9b) (have) the same number of words and emotional range. In my opinion, it doesn t. But many ASL users say this is untrue. As one deaf student said: If you understand and use sign language, you will understand the world the same as in any other language. PART B. REWRITE EXERCISE 1. Rewrite the following sentences. You may need to change the verbs. 1. We started to go walking last week. We. (for) 2. They left the office 10 minutes ago. They. (for) 3. She bought that car six months ago. She. (for) 5. Neil might fail the exam, but he is allowed to take it again. If. 6. The room isn t tidy, so I cannot find my keys now. If. 5