USE-OF-ENGLISH SOLUTIONS INTERMEDIATE UNITS 1-2

 Read the text and choose the correct words.

Danny ¹hasn’t been drawing / didn’t draw for very long, but he’s already ²been becoming / become very good at it. He ³didn’t start / hasn’t started drawing until his family ⁴have moved / moved from Birmingham to Chester two years ago. But since then, he ⁵has been / he was a member of the Chester Community School art club.

This weekend, Danny ⁶has been drawing / has drawn a very big picture for a school art competition, but he ⁷hasn’t been finishing / hasn’t finished it yet. It’s Sunday afternoon now, and Danny is very tired because he ⁸worked / has been working on the picture all weekend.

Gap 1 is...

 Read the text and choose the correct words.

Danny 1hasn’t been drawing / didn’t draw for very long, but he’s already 2 been becoming / become very good at it. He 3didn’t start / hasn’t started drawing until his family 4have moved / moved from Birmingham to Chester two years ago. But since then, he 5has been / he was a member of the Chester Community School art club.

This weekend, Danny 6has been drawing / has drawn a very big picture for a school art competition, but he 7hasn’t been finishing / hasn’t finished it yet. It’s Sunday afternoon now, and Danny is very tired because he 8worked / has been working on the picture all weekend.

Gap 2 is...

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Danny 1 hasn’t been drawing / didn’t draw for very long, but he’s already 2 been becoming / become very good at it. He 3 didn’t start / hasn’t started drawing until his family 4have moved / moved from Birmingham to Chester two years ago. But since then, he 5has been / he was a member of the Chester Community School art club.

This weekend, Danny 6has been drawing / has drawn a very big picture for a school art competition, but he 7hasn’t been finishing / hasn’t finished it yet. It’s Sunday afternoon now, and Danny is very tired because he 8worked / has been working on the picture all weekend.

Gap 3 is...

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Danny 1 hasn’t been drawing / didn’t draw for very long, but he’s already 2 been becoming / become very good at it. He 3 didn’t start / hasn’t started drawing until his family 4 have moved / moved from Birmingham to Chester two years ago. But since then, he 5has been / he was a member of the Chester Community School art club.

This weekend, Danny 6has been drawing / has drawn a very big picture for a school art competition, but he 7hasn’t been finishing / hasn’t finished it yet. It’s Sunday afternoon now, and Danny is very tired because he 8worked / has been working on the picture all weekend.

Gap 4 is...

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Danny 1 hasn’t been drawing / didn’t draw for very long, but he’s already 2 been becoming / become very good at it. He 3 didn’t start / hasn’t started drawing until his family 4 have moved / moved from Birmingham to Chester two years ago. But since then, he 5 has been / he was a member of the Chester Community School art club.

This weekend, Danny 6has been drawing / has drawn a very big picture for a school art competition, but he 7hasn’t been finishing / hasn’t finished it yet. It’s Sunday afternoon now, and Danny is very tired because he 8worked / has been working on the picture all weekend.

Gap 5 is...

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Danny 1 hasn’t been drawing / didn’t draw for very long, but he’s already 2 been becoming / become very good at it. He 3 didn’t start / hasn’t started drawing until his family 4 have moved / moved from Birmingham to Chester two years ago. But since then, he 5 has been / he was a member of the Chester Community School art club.

This weekend, Danny 6 has been drawing / has drawn a very big picture for a school art competition, but he 7hasn’t been finishing / hasn’t finished it yet. It’s Sunday afternoon now, and Danny is very tired because he 8worked / has been working on the picture all weekend.

Gap 6 is...

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Danny 1 hasn’t been drawing / didn’t draw for very long, but he’s already 2 been becoming / become very good at it. He 3 didn’t start / hasn’t started drawing until his family 4 have moved / moved from Birmingham to Chester two years ago. But since then, he 5 has been / he was a member of the Chester Community School art club.

This weekend, Danny 6 has been drawing / has drawn a very big picture for a school art competition, but he 7 hasn’t been finishing / hasn’t finished it yet. It’s Sunday afternoon now, and Danny is very tired because he 8worked / has been working on the picture all weekend.

Gap 7 is...

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Danny 1 hasn’t been drawing / didn’t draw for very long, but he’s already 2 been becoming / become very good at it. He 3 didn’t start / hasn’t started drawing until his family 4 have moved / moved from Birmingham to Chester two years ago. But since then, he 5 has been / he was a member of the Chester Community School art club.

This weekend, Danny 6 has been drawing / has drawn a very big picture for a school art competition, but he 7 hasn’t been finishing / hasn’t finished it yet. It’s Sunday afternoon now, and Danny is very tired because he 8 worked / has been working on the picture all weekend.

Gap 8 is...

Complete the sentences with the correct past simple, present perfect simple, or present perfect continuous form.

These tennis courts are new. The school __________________ them last summer.

Complete the sentences with the correct past simple, present perfect simple, or present perfect continuous form.

  Anna’s room is a mess because she __________________ it since last week.

Complete the sentences with the correct past simple, present perfect simple, or present perfect continuous form.

  Your eyes are red, Tom. __________________ (you)?

Complete the sentences with the correct past simple, present perfect simple, or present perfect continuous form.

We’re tired because we __________________ volleyball since lunchtime.

Complete the sentences with the correct past simple, present perfect simple, or present perfect continuous form.

 There wasn’t any food in the fridge last night, so we __________________ to eat out.

Complete the sentences with the correct past simple, present perfect simple, or present perfect continuous form.

What’s America like, Matt? We __________________ (never) there.

 Complete the sentences with the nouns and adjectives below. There are two extra words or phrases.

  At the end of the match, some Manchester United fans ran onto the __________________ .

 Complete the sentences with the nouns and adjectives below. There are two extra words or phrases.

This cinema is very modern. We use __________________ equipment.

 Complete the sentences with the nouns and adjectives below. There are two extra words or phrases.

There are twenty apartments in this __________________ 

Complete the sentences with the nouns and adjectives below. There are two extra words or phrases.

 They can’t hear you inside the recording studio because it’s got __________________ walls.

Complete the sentences with the nouns and adjectives below. There are two extra words or phrases.

Our hotel had a very nice __________________ swimming pool.

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

 Keira swam... the river to the other side.

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

There are nice shops and restaurants all along / all over this street.

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

This computer game is really ... . I can’t stop playing it!

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

 Can I sit ...you? The other seats on the bus are full.

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

 He started the project two weeks ago, but he hasn’t finished yet. It’s very ... .