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REFRESHER
COURSE 2.0
Level 4
Table of content:
Exercises: Topics: Pages:
Introduction 3
2 Alphabet 5
3 Numbers 6
5 Telling time 8
6 Articles (a / an) 9
7 Plural 10
13 Past Simple 17
14 Past Continuous 18
15 Past Simple 19
16 Present Perfect 20
22, 23, 24 The Future (be going to)/ (Pres. Cont.) / (will) 26, 27, 28
27 Irregular verbs 32
31 Question tags 37
Introduction
Dear students,
Welcome to your first year at ID College and your English classes here. Before you lies the Refresher
Course. The first few weeks of this new school year we will refresh your memory about some
important grammar items. Most of these you are already familiar with but because this is the
foundation it is important to review them once more.
This reader has a lot of exercises to practice with the theoretical material your teacher will explain in
class. Take care of your reader, do the exercises, and if you have any questions make sure to ask your
teacher.
There is also a lot of interesting material on the Internet. If you would like more information or
exercise, try:
www.studiemeter.nl > Methodes > First Aid Course in English / Elementary English
http://www.anglianetwork.eu/
http://digischool.nl/engels/
Exercise 1
Write your autobiography, the story of your life so far and hand it in to your teacher.
(zorg dat je autobiografie op een los blaadje, getypt, bij de RC wordt gevoegd).
My pets
My previous schools
My hobbies
My strong points
Work together in pairs and spell your name first in ee /bie / sie and then with the
International Telephone Alphabet (A for Alpha) (Checkbook: Grammatica paragraaf 49, 50)
>> Exercise 3
1=.........ONE................................ 1e=............FIRST...........................
2=................................................ 2e=................................................
3=................................................ 3e=................................................
4=................................................ 4e=................................................
5=................................................ 5e=................................................
6=................................................ 6e=................................................
7=................................................ 7e=................................................
8=................................................ 8e=................................................
9=................................................ 9e=................................................
10=................................................ 10e=................................................
11=................................................ 11e=................................................
12=................................................ 12e=................................................
13=................................................ 13e=................................................
14=................................................ 14e=................................................
15=................................................ 15e=................................................
16=................................................ 16e=................................................
18=................................................ 18e=................................................
19=................................................ 19e=................................................
20=................................................ 20e=................................................
21=......................................... 21e=................................................
donderdag= ...............................................
3/10:____________________________________________________
22/2:____________________________________________________
25/12:___________________________________________________
8/5:_____________________________________________________
24/7:____________________________________________________
15/6:____________________________________________________
20/9:____________________________________________________
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4. Can I borrow this typewriter? Or do you use / are you using it?
5. What do the people here do / are the people here doing in the evenings?
7. A lot of people think that the Sun goes / is going around the Earth.
Exercise 10
Make the following sentences negative. (Checkbook: Grammatica paragraaf 23)
3. The name Nike comes from Nike, the Greek goddess of victory.
3. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
8. The Adidas Group is another global leader in the sporting goods industry.
8. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
9. Products from the Adidas Group are available in almost every country in the
world.
9. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
10. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
11. Adidas’ various companies produce much more than just sports goods.
11. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
12.
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10. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Exercise 12:
1. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..........
3. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Complete these sentences using the verbs in the box in the past simple.
(kies het juiste werkwoord voor elke zin en zet het in de gewone verleden tijd)
be begin buy can not find grow have to introduce open plan
reply stay not want
Exercise 14
Complete this conversation between Rebecca and her manager Martin using the verbs in
brackets in the past continuous (zet de werkwoorden tussen in de –ing vorm, verleden tijd:
MARTIN: Rebecca, I 1 … was trying … (try) to call you for ages this morning.
Why 2 ……………………………………
REBECCA: Again, I’m sorry, but as I 4 …………………………………………… (drive) from the
breakfast meeting to the office, I got stuck in traffic. I did try to call in
several times but the office number was always engaged and nobody 5
…………………………………………….. (answer) at reception.
Example: Last year, my company …was… (be) (more/less) profitable than the year before.
Exercise 16
Complete these sentences in the PRESENT PERFECT, using the verbs in brackets.
(zet de werkwoorden in de Present Perfect: have/has + voltooid deelwoord, ‘3e rijtje’).
1. The Minister of Finance …has given… small businesses a new tax break. (give)
2. The government …………………………………………………. a 0.5% reduction in interest rates.
(announce)
3. TravelJet ………………………………………………... Eagle airlines for £100m. (buy)
4. Sales at high street shops ………………………………………………….. by 10% (fall)
5. Micro Tech ……………………………………………………. the world’s slimmest laptop computer.
(launch)
6. Northern Motors …………………………… 2,000 jobs at their Oxford factory. (cut)
7. The US and China ……………………………………………….. a new trade agreement. (discuss)
8. Insurance costs ………………………………………………after the bad weather. (rise)
9. DVD sales …………………………………………………………………… a new high. (reach)
Exercise 17
Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where
necessary. (zijn de onderstreepte werkwoordsvormen goed of fout? Verbeter indien nodig).
Examples:
I’ve lost my key. I can’t find it anywhere. ….. OK ……………….
Have you eaten a lot of sweets when you were a child? …. Did you eat ……
1. I’ve bought a new car. You must come and see it. ………………………………………..
Exercise 18
Put the verb into the correct form: present perfect or past simple.
1. I don’t know where Lisa is. …Have you seen …. (you / see) her?
2. When I …………… (get) home last night, I …………… (be) very tired and
5. Mr Clark ……………………………….. (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then he resigned.
6. Molly lives in Dublin. She ……………………………………… (live) there all her life.
8. I did German at school, but I …………………………….……….. most of it now. (forget)
1. Last week I (be) …………………. very busy and I (have not) ………………………….. the time to do a
lot in the household.
5. Tomorrow some friends are coming over. I (see / not) …………………… them for ages and they
(be / never) ………………………………….. at my place before.
6. I (clean / just) ………………………………… my house so I can show them around. Now everything is
perfect.
Exercise 21
More prepositions (voorzetsels): at, for, in, by, to, under, below, above, etc.
2. I don’t think he can count .......... ten in any language. (tot)
3. Are you sure he is .......... fifty? He looks much younger to me. (boven)
10. Let’s be honest, we are .......... friends now, aren’t we? (onder)
11. She has worked .......... that office for donkey’s years. (op)
16. It’s typical .......... him to say such stupid things. (voor)
20. Do you mean that lovely girl ………… the blue dress? (met)
22. We hope to have finished this job ………… three weeks. (binnen)
25. Last winter the lowest temperature was 19 degrees ………… zero. (onder)
27. We sold our house far ………… the price we expected. (onder)
Exercise 22
Complete this conversation using the correct form of BE GOING TO and a verb from the
box. (de zinnen moeten in de toekomende tijd gezet worden; gebruik hiervoor BE GOING TO en een
werkwoord uit de ‘box’). (CHECKBOOK: Grammatica paragraaf 12)
be not be not be able to explain have to not lie not like say
SARA: Oh no. That means that the launch of the new website
He 5…………………………………………………………… it!
THOMAS: I know.
(ook de –ing vorm kan gebruikt worden om zinnen in de toekomende tijd te zetten)
FRANK: Hi Simon. What 1 … are you doing … (you/do) today? Are you free?
SIMON: Sorry, I 2 ………………………………….(go) to a meeting in five minutes. Then straight
after that I 3…………………………………………….. (give) a talk to the trainees.
SIMON: Joan 7 ……………………………………………….. (show) me the new designs. Then the
people from Palgo 8…………………………………………….. (come) for lunch. And then
the new sales rep 9……………………………………………. (take) me on some visits.
FRANK: Oh well, I’ll catch you tomorrow morning, then. What time
10……………………………………………………………… (you/start) tomorrow?
IRISH BLESSING
Read these notes for a presentation about a company’s online sales strategy.
Complete the presentation using WILL and a verb from the box.
Sometimes more than one answer is possible. (gebruik WILL (zal/zullen) en een werkwoord uit
de ‘box’ om deze zinnen in de toekomende tijd te zetten). (Checkbook: grammatica paragraaf12)
answer cover deal with focus on look at outline show sum up make
take
Exercise 25
Put the words into their correct order. (zet de woorden in de juiste volgorde)
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14. pregnant. | doctor | she | The | was | her | yesterday | told | that |
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17. can | without | coat, | catch | a | a | you | you | go | cold. | When | out |
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Example: 1. She has … often … done ………… training sessions for new staff. (often)
2. We ……………..… need to search ………….…… the old customer database. (probably)
3. ………..…….. I ………..……… am ………………… here to answer any questions you may
have. (always)
4. It’s …………………… been ……………..…….. a good year for us. Let’s hope we can
5. The company’s ………………. done ………………… well in the last three years. (actually)
staff? (sometimes)
9. ………..………….… I …………………… have three days’ holiday left this year. (only)
Exercise 29
Complete these sentences using adverbs formed from the adjectives in the box.
(maak bijwoorden van de bijvoeglijke naamwoorden in de ‘box’ en zet ze in de juiste zin)
Example:
We’ve had two progress meetings…recently…, one last week and one the week before.
1. Worsman’s Bank had a crisis and had to close within 24 hours. It all happened very …………… .
2. This document should only be circulated ……………………..…… - it’s not for outsiders to read.
3. We have to stop thinking just about Europe and start thinking ……………….…… .
4. I needed to speak to Roald in private. …………………………..., he was alone in his office.
Exercise 30
Complete these sentences using an adjective from the box in one gap and the related
adverb in the other gap. It may be the same word in both cases. (zet de bijvoeglijke
naamwoorden uit de 'box' in de juiste zin; maak het juiste bijwoord van dat bijv. n.w. en zet dat in de andere
'gap' in de betreffende zin).
bad early economical fast good hard late long normal total
Example:
1. a. We had a very …good… year last year. Congratulations, everyone!
2. a. Today is just a …………………………… day – meetings, writing reports, all the usual things.
b. We …………………………… spend our day having meetings, writing reports, all the usual things.
3. a. We apologise for the ……………………………………………. delivery of your order.
b. We apologise for the fact that your order was delivered ……………………..… .
4. a. The Zarison is a very …………………………………………….. car – it uses very little fuel.
b. The train we took to Brussels travelled very ………………………… and we were there in an hour.
6. a. I have a very ………………………..… flight tomorrow. I’ve ordered a taxi for 5 am!
b. My flight leaves very ……………………….. tomorrow. I’ve ordered a taxi for 5 am!
8. a. She did a lot of …………………………………………….. work designing the website.
9. a. The software has a ……………………………. record of crashing during periods of high demand.
b. The software is known to perform ………………..………, and it often crashes during
10. a. It wasn’t a ……………….…….. journey; we were only on the plane for 45 minutes.
b. The journey didn’t last very ……………….………; we were only on the plane for 45
minutes.
As soon as a complaint 1 … is received …, it 2 ………………………………… (log) on the system and an
acknowledgement 3 ………….…………………………….(mail) out to the customer.
Complaints 4 ………………………………….. (send) to the Complaints department.
Here they 5 ……………………………………………. (read) by a supervisor and they
6 …………………………………………………… (categorise).
Complaints 7 ………………………………….............. (pass on) to the relevant department. For example, if
the complaint is about a technical fault, it 8 ……………………………………………. (forward) to the
production department. If it concerns a delivery, it 9 …………………………………………… (answer) by the
customer service team.
Invoicing problems 10 …………………………………………………. (sort out) by sales. Our company 11
……………………………………….. (know) in the industry for our good customer relations and we try to
make sure that complaints
12 ……………………………………..(not leave) unanswered longer than six weeks.
In November 2007, Primark 1… was awarded… prizes for ‘Best New Store’ (Primark Oxford Street)
and ‘Value Retailer of the Year’.
Also, Primark 2 ………………………………………………… ‘Best Value High Street Fashion’ by GMTV and ITV
viewers.
In the financial year 2006/7, 32 new stores 3 ……………………………………………………….., including one in
London’s Oxford Street in April.
In the Oxford Street store, one million items 4 ……………………………………………………….. in its first ten
days of trading.
Since last year, five additional stores 5 …………………………………………………….. in Spain.
All of these 6 ………………………………………………. with a great amount of enthusiasm by customers and
media. For the new stores, large numbers of staff 7. …….…… .…………………………… through recruitment
programmes to match local circumstances.
Primark mainly sells womenswear, but also 25% of sales 8 ………………………………… of menswear and
childrenswear.
A strong image 9 …………………………………………………………... for the Primark brand – ‘Look Good, Pay
Less’. Many types of media 10 …………………………………………………. to create an impact upon and target
new customers.
Exercise 34
Complete the sentences using the verbs in italics in a suitable passive form.
(zet de schuingedrukte werkwoorden in de juiste vorm van the passive) The first one is an example.
1. Health and Safety training sessions … must be run … by qualified Health and Safety officers.
(must / run)
2. The item ……………………………………………………. carefully to avoid damage in transit.
(should / wrap)
3. We ………………………………………... the order yesterday but we haven’t received it yet. (promise)
1. If anyone calls, can you tell them I’ll be back after lunch.
I’m going to the doctor’s.
2. Adam has been a client of ………….. for many years now. Over that period,
he has also become one of ………..…… closest friends. (mine, my)
3. I know many people say you shouldn’t do business with ………….…. friends,
but we have managed to keep …………… business and personal relationships
separate. Most relationships – business or personal – have a few
disagreements and …………..…… has been no exception. (our, ours, your)
4. Adam and Martha are currently preparing a takeover bid for one of ..………
rival companies. I’m not sure it is a good idea, but the decision is ……………,
of course. (their, theirs)
1. The woman answered the phone. She told me you were out.
The woman who/that answered the phone told me you were out.
2. The photocopier arrived two days ago. It has already broken down.
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3. The customer telephoned this morning. She’s waiting to see you.
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5. The model was launched nine months ago. It isn’t doing very well.
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6. We need to discuss the candidates. They came for an interview this morning.
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8. We’ve decided to close two of our power plants. They are old and becoming dangerous.
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2. There are many talented women b. …………………… all employers can try to
meet.
3. There are still too many managers c. …………………... said that women shouldn’t
have a job and a family.
4. The first thing d. …which …is ‘Women in the
workplace’.
5. I remember one manager e. …………………. are not being paid as much
as men.
6. It is important to set specific f. …………………... record of employing women
targets is good.
7. We need a system of rewards g. …………………… are given to the best
employers.
8. We should congratulate employers h. ……………….……. needs to be done is to
publicise the issue.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
d
Write each of the words (this, that, these, those) in the correct place.
Near (dichtbij) Further away
Singular (enkelvoud) this
Plural (meervoud)
8. Daniel: I’ve had ………… bump on my head ever since someone threw a chair at me.
Natasha: Someone threw a chair at you? ………… wasn’t a very nice thing to do.
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