Complete with: pickled, peel, dark, grated, 1 overcooked, pinch, rare, bar, sparkling, litre. 1 I can't stand .... vegetables because I hate vinegar. If you add ..... of salt, it will taste better. 3 Can I have a glass of ..... water? Would you like a .... of chocolate? 5 I'd like my steak...., please. 6 Alan drinks a..... of milk every day. 7 The vegetables were ....and the meat was tasteless. 8 Can you ..... the potatoes, please? 9 Have you ..... the cheese? 10 / prefer ..... chocolate to the milk or white varieties. 2 Complete the sentences with words derived from the words in bold. 1 I .... fish. I don't like the way it smells. LIKE 2 Dad can't find his glasses. I think he has .... them.® PLACE 3 Don't trust Alex. He's very ..... HONEST Heavy traffic is one of the bigge.... of living in a city. ADVANTAGE 5 I'm not saying I like junk food, don't ..... me. UNDERSTAND 3 Complete the sentences with the Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. 1 Sheila..... (go) to the bazaar. She'll be back in an hour. 2 3 You look ssweaty!.... (you/work) out? How much .... (Helen/spend) on her English books? ® 4 The house smells wonderful! .... (Mum/bake) a cake? 5 How long..... (Tom/save) to buy a new PC? Robbin .... (never/be) abroad. 7 He .... (work) very hard recently. He needs some time off 8 We..... (not/buy) all our Christmas presents yet. 9 Joy... (clean) the house since 9 o'clock. Can you give her a hand? 10 ..... (you/ever/eat) Thai food? 4 Complete the gaps with the correct particles. 1 The police officer went ..... the bank robber. 2 This cheese is a strange colour. It must have gone ...... 3 The price of Christmas decorations has gone ..... since last year. 4 How long can an animal go..... food? 5 She's gone ....a lot since her accident.

Here are the completed answers. 1) Complete with the given words - I can't stand pickled vegetables because I hate vinegar. - If you add a pinch of salt, it will taste better. - Can I have a glass of sparkling water? - Would you like a bar of chocolate? - I'd like my steak rare, please. - Alan drinks a litre of milk every day. - The vegetables were overcooked and the meat was tasteless. - Can you peel the potatoes, please? - Have you grated the cheese? - I prefer dark chocolate to the milk or white varieties. 2) Complete with words derived from the bold words - I dislike fish. I don't like the way it smells. (LIKE → dislike) - Dad can't find his glasses. I think he has misplaced them. (PLACE → misplaced) - Don't trust Alex. He's very dishonest. (HONEST → dishonest) - Heavy traffic is one of the biggest disadvantages of living in a city. (ADVANTAGE → disadvantages) - I'm not saying I like junk food, don't misunderstand me. (UNDERSTAND → misunderstanding) 3) Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous - Sheila has gone to the bazaar. She'll be back in an hour. (go) - You look sweaty! Have you been working out? (work) - How much has Helen spent on her English books? (spend) - The house smells wonderful! Has Mum baked a cake? (bake) - How long has Tom been saving to buy a new PC? (save) - Robbin has never been abroad. (be) - He has been working very hard recently. He needs some time off. (work) - We haven't bought all our Christmas presents yet. (not buy) - Joy has been cleaning the house since 9 o'clock. Can you give her a hand? (clean) - Have you ever eaten Thai food? (eat) 4) Complete with the correct particles - The police officer went after the bank robber. - This cheese is a strange colour. It must have gone off. - The price of Christmas decorations has gone up since last year. - How long can an animal go without food? - She's gone through a lot since her accident.