Grammar : Verb - Subject agreement worksheet 1 (Page 69)

1. So many people ARE waiting outside.
2. The office next door WAS closed all day yesterday.
3. The print on the labels IS so small.
4. The carpet HAS so many stains on it that it NEEDS to be replaced.
5. The Trade Union members’ meeting IS downstairs in the Conference Room.
6. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor HAVE moved in the next door to us.
7. Two cars and a coach WERE involved in the motorway accident.
8. His application form for the new job, which WAS posted yesterday, HAS gone missing.
9. My neighbor PLAYS his music so loud that the walls almost VIBRATE.
10. Ricardo DOES not care whether United or City IS winning.
11. The bouquet of flowers HAS just arrived.
12. He MAKES use of the computer now, and even WRITES reports for the manager with it.

Exercise (Page 72 - 81)

Exercise 4 (page 74)
Forests

1. a. Parks in California too general
(b.) Redwood trees in California
c. The age of redwoods too specific

2. a. The land in Scotland too general
b. How trees hold earth in place too specific
(c.) Forests in Scotland

3.(a.) the importance of forests
b. Taking vacations in forests too specific
c. large forest too general

Exercise 5 (page 75)

Some Facts about Weather

1. topic : The Discover of Lightning
2. topic : Kind of Clouds

Exercise 6 (page 76)

The Use of Water

1. topic : Where drinking water comes from
2. topic : Water problems
3. topic : How to use water carefully

Exercise 7 (page 77)

Galileo Galilei

1. topic : Galileo’s interest in science
2. topic : Galileo’s first experiment about gravitation
3. topic : The disagree of Galileo’s scientific ideas

Exercise 8 (page 78)

Popular Drinks

1. topic : How to make a tea
2. topic : The dissemination of coffee
3. Orange juice is one of the most popular cold drinks

Exercise 9 (page 80)

Some Ideas about Clothes

1. (b.) Clothes can tell a lot about a person
2. (b.) Clothes have to be chosen carefully when you travel
3. (c.) Clothes today are different from clothes of the 1800s

Exercise 10 (page 81)

Chemistry in the Past

1. (b.) Chemistry lived before the 1700s
2. (a.) Robert Boyle helped build the science of alchemy
3. (b.) Antoine Lavoisier studied the size and weight of water