UI3_L06 - Consolidation

The following sentences include emphatic structures, but only one of them is grammatically correct.

Choose the correct option.

• The thing that annoys me the most is when people touch me when they're talking.

• The one thing drives me crazy is when people touch me when they're talking.

• What gets my nerves is when people touch me when they're talking.

Answer explanation

CORRECT - The thing that annoys me the most is when people touch me when they're talking.

INCORRECT - The one thing drives me crazy is when people touch me when they're talking. (The one thing that drives me crazy is when people touch me when they're talking.)

INCORRECT - What gets my nerves is when people touch me when they're talking. (What gets on my nerves is when people touch me when they're talking.)

Find more information about emphatic structures on page 144 of your coursebook.

The following sentences include emphatic structures, but only one of them is grammatically correct.

Choose the correct option.

• What I can't stand poor hygiene.

• The thing that drive me mad is poor hygiene.

• What bothers me the most is poor hygiene.

Answer explanation

CORRECT - What bothers me the most is poor hygiene.

INCORRECT - What I can't stand poor hygiene. (What I can't stand is poor hygiene.)

INCORRECT - The thing that drive me mad is poor hygiene. (The thing that drives me mad is poor hygiene.)

Find more information about emphatic structures on page 144 of your coursebook.

The following sentences include emphatic structures, but only one of them is grammatically correct.

Choose the correct option.

• What gets on my nerves is when people don't hold the door for the person behind them.

• What irritates is when people don't hold the door for the person behind them.

• What I find annoying when people don't hold the door for the person behind them.

Answer explanation

CORRECT - What gets on my nerves is when people don't hold the door for the person behind them.

INCORRECT - What irritates is when people don't hold the door for the person behind them. (What irritates me is when people don't hold the door for the person behind them.)

INCORRECT - What I find annoying when people don't hold the door for the person behind them. (What I find annoying is when people don't hold the door for the person behind them.)

Find more information about emphatic structures on page 144 of your coursebook.

Is the sentence below grammatically correct?

"This time next month, I'll be sunbathing by the sea."

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

The future continuous (also called future progressive) is used to talk about actions that will be in progress at a certain point in the future.

will/won't + be + present participle

Is the sentence below grammatically correct?

"A year from now, we'll living in a different city."

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

"A year from now, we'll be living in a different city."

The future continuous (also called future progressive) is used to talk about actions that will be in progress at a certain point in the future.

will/won't + be + present participle

Is the sentence below grammatically correct?

"At 10 a.m. tomorrow, I'll be talking to my psychologist."

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

The future continuous (also called future progressive) is used to talk about actions that will be in progress at a certain point in the future.

will/won't + be + present participle

Which word completes all of the sentences below?

A _____ of lightning lit up the night sky.

Did the _____ go off?

When should you _____ your lights at others?

• flash

• bolt

• blink

Answer explanation

In your course, you studied collocations such as 'flash your lights'.

Study your digital flashcards to keep expanding your vocabulary.

Which word completes all of the sentences below?

Some drivers don't give enough ______ to cyclists.

They achieved a lot in a short ______ of time.

We really do need more storage ______.

• room

• space

• period

Answer explanation

In your course, you studied collocations such as 'give enough space to cyclists'.

Study your digital flashcards to keep expanding your vocabulary.

Which word completes all of the sentences below?

The cold weather continued ______ the spring.

You shouldn't go ______ red lights.

He got her first job ______ an employment agency.

• in

• by

• through

Answer explanation

In your course, you studied collocations such as 'go through red lights'.

Study your digital flashcards to keep expanding your vocabulary.

What would you say in the response to the statement below in order to defuse the tension?

"Your service is just terrible."

• Well, that's your opinion.

• Let's agree to disagree.

• I'm sorry you feel that way.

Answer explanation

"Well, that's your opinion." and "Let's agree to disagree." would probably make the situation even worse.