Focus 2 Unit 2 Vocabulary, Grammar and Use of English

Complete the sentences with the missing words. The first letters are given.

0 John wants to d o w n l o a d music to his computer.

I’d like to buy a computer: not a laptop but a d _ _ _ _ _ _         computer.

Let’s read and correct this document on s _ _ _ _ _        before we print it.

Last week I forgot my p _ _ _ _ _ _ _            and couldn’t read my emails.

How often do you u _ _ _ _ _          your Facebook profile?

If you don’t remember your u _ _ _ _ _ _ _           , click here.

Have you ever sent a text m _ _ _ _ _ _         to the wrong person?

Have you ever dropped any food on your k _ _ _ _ _ _ _            while working on the computer?

Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There are two extra words.

1 Scientists do experiments, then             [analyse , cheer, ecology, own, permanent , protect, recorded] their data and evidence.

2 Did you know most of the ice at the South Pole is              [analyse, cheer, ecology, own, permanent  , protect, recorded]? It doesn’t melt.

3 Jake used to share a bedroom, but now he has his            [analyse , cheer, ecology, own, permanent , protect, recorded] room.

4 The highest temperature ever            [analyse, cheer, ecology, own, permanent , protect, recorded]was 56.7°C on 10 July 1913, at Death Valley, California.

5 Always wear sunglasses to            [analyse, cheer, ecology, own, permanent , protect, recorded] your eyes on a sunny day.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

0 I was (be) born in 1999.

1              (you / read) books about space exploration when you were a boy?

2 My grandparents                   (not / watch) TV when aunt Helen visited them.

3 Last week I        (buy) a new mobile phone.

4                   (John / sleep) at seven o’clock yesterday?

5 Professor Thatcher             (work) at university when he had a brilliant idea.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the fist. Use the correct form of used to.

0 Albert Einstein had problems at school.

Albert Einstein used to have problems at school.

1 Mark Fisher worked as a teacher.

Mark Fisher              as a teacher.

2 I didn’t like my primary teacher because she was very strict.

I                     my primary teacher

because she was very strict.

3 My parents phoned me every evening when I was at the summer camp.

My parents                me every evening when I was at the summer camp.

4 Did you worry about your grades when you were at university?

                     about your grades when you were at university?

5 Where did you spend your summer holidays?

Where                      your summer holidays?

Choose the correct option, A, B or C to complete the text.

At the end of 2011, six brave                [astronauts   , spacecraft, chemicals] were warmly greeted by their friends and family members             [until    , while, when] they got home after one and a half years. Although they spent more than eighteen months on board, they never left the Earth. Actually, they were inside a capsule near Moscow, Russia. The men were part of an             [evidence   , experiment, environment] to see how the human body and mind react to long periods of isolation. They                 [used to spend , have spent, spent] 500 days in conditions similar to those on a trip to Mars.             [By , As soon as, During] this time they played games, exercised, socialised and did tests. People at mission control                [observed   , have observed, observe] their behaviour, as well as the effect that low gravity and less food had on them. Scientists hope that the results of this analysis will help them find a solution to problems common for space travel.

Choose the correct option to complete both sentences.

Which search _____ do you normally use?

I had to stay at home as I had a problem with the car _____.

         [site, engine, machine]

Karen is _____ a very interesting experiment in her chemistry class.

The scientists aren’t _____ research at the moment – they’re discussing the results.

            [learning  , making, doing]

Henry looked _____ the information he needed online.

Early this morning, the sound of a motorbike woke me _____.

     [up, on, into]

When will the science competition _____ place?

Do you _____ sandwiches with you to school?

     [have, take, make]

I couldn’t call you because my mobile _____ dead.

Before I _____ on holiday, I looked for hotels online.

     [did, went, left]

Please _____ sure you turn off all the lights before you go to bed.

My sister’s new friend will never _____ a good impression on our mother.

       [be  , have, make]