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Cambridge Target Score TOEIC 2nd Edition

2011-09-24T11:35:00.001+07:00

Title : Target Score Student's Book, A Communicative Course for

TOEIC® Test Preparation, with 3 Audio CDs, Test booklet

and Answer key.

Author(s) : Charles Talcott and Graham Tulllis.

Publisher : Cambridge University Press.

Language : English.

Pages : 176.

Format : PDF and MB3.

Target Score Second edition is a preparatory course for the new TOEIC® Test (Test of English for International Communication ®). Revised for the new TOEIC® Test, this Second edition also provides effective, classroom-friendly lessons for active, communicative English.

The Student's Book comes packaged with 2 Audio CDs, plus a Test Booklet with Audio CD and Answer Key. Each unit focuses on one of the principal, recurrent themes of the TOEIC ® Test. Learners undergo thorough exam familiarization through revise and review tests structured as a mini-TOEIC® Tests after every three units. All seven parts of the TOEIC® Test are represented and complete answers and explanations are found in a detachable Answer Key in the back of the Student's Book.

Arco's Preparation for TOEFL Test

2011-09-23T21:24:00.000+07:00

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Arco's Preparation Course For TOEFL TEST will give you a lot of TOEFL Practices. There are six practices and each practice consists of Listening Comprehension, Structure and Written Expression, Reading Comprehension.

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Longman Student CD ROM For the TOEFL Test - Paper Test

2011-08-16T10:52:00.000+07:00

Longman Student CD ROM For the TOEFL Test - Paper Test will help us practicing TOEFL TEST (Paper Based Test). It is a good source for students who would like to have a TOEFL Paper Based Test and increase their TOEFL Score.

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Advanced Grammar in Use, 2nd Edition (CD-ROM)

2011-08-10T15:54:00.000+07:00

Title : Cambridge Advanced Grammar in Use CD-ROM

Level : Advanced

Author(s): Martin Hewings

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

ISBN-10 : 0521614031

Date : 2005, 2nd Edition

Size : 219 Mb

Format : .iso

Language : English

Recommended! A fully updated version of the highly successful Advanced Grammar in Use - extra practice is also available on a new interactive CD-ROM to accompany the book. Advanced Grammar in Use Second edition is a fully updated version of the highly successful grammar title. This new revised edition focuses specifically on the complexities of grammatical choices that advanced students need to appreciate. It also includes a comprehensive Basic Grammar Reference so students can easily review their understanding of language areas they have previously studied. This new edition, with answers and CD-ROM makes it ideal for self-study. The exciting and substantial CD-ROM offers even more practice of the grammar at this level.

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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary, 2nd Edition (CD-ROM)

2011-08-10T15:21:00.002+07:00

Title : English Vocabulary in Use Elementary CD-ROM

Author(s) : Michael McCarthy and Felicity O'Dell

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

ISBN : 978-0521136204

Date : 2010, 2nd Edition

Size : 206 Mb

Format : .exe

Language : English

The CD-ROM includes interactive games as well as hundreds of practice exercises, providing further practice for every unit, audio recordings, customizable tests and a built-in dictionary. You can even record your voice and listen back to practice pronunciation.

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List of Text Types

2011-08-07T17:33:00.001+07:00

Text Types is an important knowledge for students, especially students in Secondary Schools and college. Teachers and Lecturers also need to know and learn about text types. Below is thirteen types of text.

Descriptive

Narrative

Analytical exposition

Hortatory

Argumentation

Procedure

Report

Recount

News Item

Spoof

Discussion

Review

Explanation

Essential Grammar in use collection

2011-08-07T17:27:00.000+07:00

This collection of Essential Grammar in Use books will help you learning a lot about grammar.

The collection consists of:

Essential Grammar in use (Elementary edition)
Essential Grammar in use (Intermediate edition)
Essential Grammar in use (Advanced edition)
English vocabulary in use (Elementary edition)
English vocabulary in use (Intermediate edition)
English vocabulary in use (Advanced edition)

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TOEFL Exercise 3 (Structure Questions)

2011-08-07T17:10:00.000+07:00

The TOEFL Exercise 3 below focuses on problems about Noun Clause Connector, Noun Clause Connector/Subject, Adjective Clause Connector, Adjective Clause Connector/subject.

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1. Air near the equator ____ a faster west-to-east motion than air farther from the equator.

(A) to have

(B) it has

(D) having

2. About 4000 B.C., humans discovered that ____ obtained from special rocks called ores.

(A) metals could be

(B) the ability of metallic

(D) could metals be

3. ____ quickly after an animal dies.

(A) In the degradation of DNA

(B) Degrading DNA

(D) For DNA to degrade

4. ____ aerodynamic design has contributed greatly to reducing resistance to motion.

(A) Improved

(B) It improves

(D) They improve

5. The southern part of Florida is much warmer in the winter than the northern part, so more _____ to the south.

(A) flocking tourists

(B) touring flocks

(D) tourists flock

6. The Moon’s gravity pulls water on the near side of the Earth toward the Moon, and this is what _____ tides to occur.

(A) the cause

(B) causes

(D) the cause of

7. ____, they pick up fragments of rock which become frozen into the base of the ice.

(A) Glaciers move

(B) Glaciers moving

(D) As glaciers move

8. The tape measure first evolved from ____ used by the Egyptians.

(A) the chains measure

(B) the chains are measured

(D) the measuring chains

9. A typical Atlantic hurricane starts as a low pressure system near _____.

(A) Africa coasts

(B) coast to Africa

(D) Africa has a coast

10. It is not clear whether the subdivisions of the neocortex _____ units.

(A) individual

(B) are individual

(D) individually

11. Modern humans, who first appeared about 600,000 years ago, _____ Homo sapiens.

(A) calling

(B) were called

(D) they were called

12. The first writing _____ evidence of is on Mesopotamian clay tablets.

(A) we

(B) that we

(D) that we have

13. _____ drought-resistant plants which store water in fleshy tissue.

(A) Succulents are

(B) Succulents

(D) Succulents which are

14. Benjamin Kabelsky, whom ____ as Jack Benny, was a famous comedian in vaudeville and on radio and television.

(A) most people’s knowledge

(B) most people know

(D) the knowledge of most people

15. _____ that hunted other animals tended to have very narrow, sharp, curved claws.

(A) For dinosaurs

(B) Dinosaurs are known

(D) Like dinosaurs

16. The first eyeglasses had convex lenses for the aged who ____ farsighted.

(A) had become

(B) they had become

(D) it became

17. Chimney Rock, ____ 500 feet above the North Platte River, has eroded considerably in the last two centuries.

(A) stands

(B) is standing

(D) which stands

18. _____ that accompany recurring bouts of severe depression reduce bone density.

(A) It changes hormones

(B) Hormonal changes

(D) The change in hormones is

19. Willa Cather is an author _____ for her evocative and memorable vision of frontier prairie life.

(A) whom readers

(B) the praise of readers

(D) whom readers praise

20. Mars’s tiny moon Phobos is a small mountain of rock that _____ from the asteroid belt by Mars’s gravitational pull.

(A) was probably captured

(B) it probably

(D) probably the capture

21. _____ is famous as the home of the U.S. Naval Academy.

(A) Annapolis

(B) Because of Annapolis

(D) Because Annapolis

22. Some scientists think _____ be a planet but a moon of Neptune.

(A) that Pluto does not seem.

(B) not Pluto

(D) that Pluto might not

23. With _____ of sophisticated oil lamps, elaborate tools were made to cut the wicks.

(A) appeared

(B) the appearance

(D) it appeared

24. Fort Union was the site of what ____ principal fur-trading post on the upper Missouri River.

(A) the

(B) being the

(D) it was the

25. Since _____ commercial risk, it has to appeal to a large audience to justify its cost.

(A) the face of the movie

(B) moving faces

(D) to face a movie

26. A current of water known as the Gulf Stream comes up from the Gulf of Mexico, and then ____ the North Atlantic toward Europe.

(A) it crosses

(B) crossing

(D) crosses it

27. Systems ____ the two symbols 0 and 1 are called binary number systems.

(A) use

(B) they use

(D) using

28. Genes, _____ the blueprints for cell construction, exist in tightly organized packages called chromosomes.

(A) are

(B) they are

(D) which are

29. The Earth’s atmosphere consists of gases _____ in place around the Earth by the gravitational pull of the planet.

(A) held

(B) hold

(D) the hold

30. Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated with a number of composers including Jerome Kern, whom _____ in writing the musical Show Boat.

(A) joined

(B) was joined

(D) joining

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Present Simple Tense

2011-05-31T21:45:00.001+07:00

Present Simple Tense is used :

1. to talk about general statement of fact

Example:

1. The sun rises the east and sets in the west
2. The world is round
3. The blood is red
4. Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen

2. to express habitual or everyday activity

1. I get up at 7 o'clock everyday
2. The nurses lokk after the patients in the hospital
3. The bank opens at 9 P.M everyday
4. They work for 56 hours every week.

How To Make Questions!

A. Wh-Questions

Example:

1. A: What time does your father get up?

B: He gets up at 5 A.M everyday.

2. A: Where does your brother work?

B: He works in a hospital

3. A: Who do you usually play football with?

B: I usually play football with my classmates.

4. A: How do the students go to school?

B: They go to school by school bus.

5. A: Which sports do you like; swimming or jogging?

B: I like swimming

B. Yes/No Questions

Example:

1. A: Do you go to work everyday?
     B: Yes, I do. I go to work around 6. 30 in the morning

2. A: Does your sister speak three languages?
    B: No, she doesn't. Speak two languages; English and Italian

3. A: Do the childen play scrabble everyday?
    B: No, they don't. They play it once a week.

4. A: Does he read the newspaper everymorning?
    B: Yes, he does. He likes reading sports news.

C. Negative

Example:

1. I don't go to office on Sunday
2. My unce doesn't wash his car every week
3. The nurses don't look after the patients all day long.
4. Do you check your health frequently? No, I don't check it very often.

Remembers:

1. Most Verbs are added by S

speak - speaks
plays - plays
eat - eats
work - works , etc.

2. If the verbs have - S, -CH, - SH and -X endings, the verb is added by ES.

Kiss - Kisses
Watch - wacthes
Wash - washes
Fix - Fixes

Undestanding and Using English Grammar Free download

2011-05-26T21:26:00.000+07:00

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Fundamental of English Grammar Free Download

2011-05-26T07:22:00.004+07:00

Fundamental of English Grammar is a MUST book that should be owned by students of English, English Teacher, English Lectures and those who like studying English. The book which is created by Betty Scrampfer Azar explains a lot about Grammar from simple things, such as Present Simple Tense until Noun Clause.

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Study English Grammar in Use online

2011-05-25T13:33:00.004+07:00

English Grammar in Use is one of the most famous and best grammar book. The book, which is created Raymond Murphy, explains quite a lot about Grammar.

The book can be purchased in many bookstores around the world. You can also download in Internet, too. If you don't have the book and feel lazy to download it, you can Study it online in www.englishgrammarinuse.net.

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2011-05-22T13:26:00.002+07:00

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TOEFL Exercise 2 (Structure Questions)

2011-04-09T20:22:00.003+07:00

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1. A spacecraft is freed from friction ____ launched into space.

(A) it

(B) it is

(D) after it is

2. ____ with their surroundings, or they hide in crevices for protection.

(A) Lobsters

(B) Lobsters blend

(D) Because lobsters blend

3. _____ a ball-and-socket joint, the elbow is a simple hinge joint.

(A) While the shoulder

(B) While the shoulder is

(D) The shoulder

4. A car has several sections with moving parts, ......... of those parts is essential.

(A) good lubrication

(B) well lubricated

(D) and well lubricated

5. Bears cannot see well _____ small eyes.

(A) bears have

(B) because having

(D) because of bears

6. _____ at the Isthmus of Panama, so animals were able to migrate between North and South America.

(A) A land bridge existed

(B) When a land bridge existed

(D) With a land bridge

7. ...........mostly made of granite, it also contains some human-made materials.

(A) The Empire State Building

(B) The Empire State Building is

(D) Although the Empire State Building is built

8. Pressure differences make the eardrum vibrate _____ the ear.

(A) enters the sound waves

(B) as sound waves

(D) as sound waves enter

9. An optical microscope magnifies as much as 2,000 times, but an electron microscope ..........as much as a million times.

(A) magnifying

(B) it magnifies

(D) magnify it

10. If scientific estimates are accurate, ___ _ with the Earth about 20,000 years ago.

(A) the Canon Diablo meteorite collided

(B) the collision of the Canon Diablo meteorite

(D) colliding the Canon Diablo meteorite

11. _____ of the Pueblo Indians centered on intensive agriculture.

(A) The economic activity

(B) Because the economic activity

(D) When the economic activity

12. In popular terminology, any long snowstorm with ____ is called a blizzard.

(A) the amount of wind is large

(B) a large amount of wind

(D) very windy

13. Nuclear power can be produced by fusion, _____ produced by fission.

(A) it can also be

(B) it can also

(D) and it can also

14. _____, igneous rocks may be changed into gneisses.

(A) The temperature is high

(B) If the temperature is high

(D) If high temperature

15. In 1905, Henry Flagler _____ his plans to extend his Florida East Coast Railway out across the sea to Key West.

(A) it was announced

(B) announcement

(D) announced

16. The sound ____ from a vibrating object will be high or low depending on the number of vibrations.

(A) Comes

(B) it is coming

(D) coming

17. During the late 1880s, urban streetcars were electrified through ______ large motors.

(A) they used

(B) used

(D) when they used

18. _____ almost 274 square miles, but 96 percent of the park is under water.

(A) Although Biscayne National Park encompasses

(B) Biscayne National Park encompasses

(D) Biscayne National Park

19. Legislation _______ in 1916 and 1917 gave the Wilson administration authority to intervene in the national economy if it proved necessary.

(A) it was passed

(B) was passed

(D) passes

20. Because a family of birds set up housekeeping in Joel Chandler Harris’s mailbox when the birds were in need of a place to stay, ______ the Wren’s Nest.

(A) the home is named

(B) so the home is named

(D) the home’s name

21. Today, the true story of _____ at Little Bighorn remains a mystery.

(A) Happened

(B) it happened

(D) what happening

22. For more than a decade, ____ that certain species are becoming scarce.

(A) the warnings of bird-watchers

(B) warn the bird-watchers

(D) a warning for bird-watchers

23. Early in the eighteenth century, Halley accurately predicted when ____ of 1682 would return.

(A) the comet

(B) was the comet

(D) had the comet

24. No single factor explains why _____ vary so greatly among individuals.

(A) aging affects

(B) the effects of aging

(D) the aging effect

25. Lack of clarity about ____ the party in the coming year will be removed at the party’s convention.

(A) will lead

(B) lead

(D) who will lead

26. We do not ____ the bow drill was first developed for woodworking or fire making.

(A) whether it

(B) know whether it

(D) sure whether

27. Minute Man National Historical Park is a monument to where _____

(A) the beginning of the Revolutionary War

(B) in the beginning of the Revolutionary War

(D) the Revolutionary War began

28. Tests on the colors of cars were conducted at the University of California to determine _____ the safest colors for cars.

(A) which

(B) which were

(D) how were

29. The National Institute of Dental Research estimates _____ in fluoridated areas have about 25 percent less tooth decay than children elsewhere.

(A) for school children

(B) school children’s

(D) that for school children

30. The process of photosynthesis explains how ____ able to use the energy in sunlight to manufacture foods from the simple chemicals in air and water.

(A) green plants

(B) green plants are

(D) with green plants are

Source: TOEFL Exercise 2

TOEFL EXERCISE 1 (Structure Questions)

2011-04-09T20:20:00.002+07:00

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1. Mark Twain _____ the years after the Civil War the “Gilded Age.”

(A) called

(B) calling

(D) his calls

2. Early ____ toes instead of hooves on their feet.

(A) horses

(B) had horses

(D) horses having

3. ______ grow close to the ground in the short Arctic summer.

(A) Above tundra plants

(B) Tundra plants

(D) For tundra plants

4. In 1867, ____ Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million.

(A) purchased the United States

(B) to purchase the United States

(D) the United States purchased

5. Between 1725 and 1750, New England witnessed an increase in the specialization of _____.

(A) occupations

(B) occupies

(D) it occupied them

6. The large carotid artery ____ to the main parts of the brain.

(A) carrying blood

(B) blood is carried

(D) blood carries

7. _____ radio as the first practical system of wireless telegraphy.

(A) Marconi’s development

(B) The development by Marconi

(D) Marconi developed

8. In 1975, the first successful space probe to ____ beginning to send information back to Earth.

(A) Venus

(B) Venus the

(D) Venus it was

9. The two biggest resort _____ Arkansas are Hot Springs and Eureka Springs.

(A) in

(B) towns in

(D) towns are in

10. NASA’S Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center _________ control center for the Mercury Gemini, and Apollo space flights.

(A) it was at the

(B) it was the

(D) the

11. The first _____ appeared during the last period of the dinosaurs’ reign.

(A) flowers are plants

(B) plants have flowers

(D) flowering plants

12. The earliest medicines _____ from plants of various sorts.

(A) obtaining

(B) they obtained

(D) they were obtained

13. Simple sails were made from canvas _____ over a frame.

(A) a stretch

(B) stretched

(D) it was stretched

14. Pluto’s moon, Charon, _____ in a slightly elliptical path around the planet.

(A) moving

(B) is moving

(D) in its movement

15. Techniques of breath control form an essential part of any _____ program to improve the voice.

(A) it trains

(B) train

(D) training

16. Robert E. Lee ____ the Confederate army to General Grant in 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse.

(A) surrendered

(B) he surrendered

(D) surrender

17. The pituitary gland, _____ the brain, releases hormones to control other glands.

(A) found below

(B) it is found below

(D) finds itself below

18. At around two years of age, many children regularly produce sentences _____ three or four words.

(A) are containing

(B) containing

(D) contains planet.

19. Multinational companies ________ it increasingly important to employ internationally acceptable brand names.

(A) finding

(B) are finding

(D) they are finding

20. The cornea is located under the conjunctiva, on ______ of the eye.

(A) the part is exposed

(B) exposed the part

(D) exposes the part

21. _____ first settled the Hawaiian Islands between A.D. 300 and 750.

(A) The Polynesians

(B) The Polynesians arrived

(D) It was the Polynesians

22. In 1066, a bright comet _____ in the sky attracted much attention.

(A) was appearing

(B) appears

(D) appearing

23. In some daguerreotype cameras, _____ through a hole in the back of the box.

(A) the objects view

(B) the object was viewed

(D) viewed the object

24. In the Stone Age, stone tools _____ with other rock materials.

(A) polishing

(B) they polished

(D) were polished

25. The first steamship to cross the Atlantic ____ Savannah, in 1819.

(A) was the

(B) it was the

(D) in it the

26. The Earth’s plates meet each other at cracks in the Earth _____ faults.

(A) were called

(B) calls

(D) it was called

27. The first plant-like organisms probably _____ in the sea, perhaps 3 billion years ago.

(A) life

(B) living

(D) it was living

28. In male pattern baldness, ______strongly influences the degree of hair loss.

(A) heredity

(B) inherited

(D) heredity has

29. In Watch the Skies, Curtis Peebles ______attempt to explain America’s belief in flying saucers.

(A) makes a fascinating

(B) making a fascinating

(D) fascination made a

30. The irregular coastline of _____ a succession of bays and inlets, with the hook of the Cape Cod peninsula in the southeast.

(A) Massachusetts

(B) Massachusetts is

(D) Massachusetts on

Source: TOEFL Exercise 1

Used To (Past Habit)

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Used To refers to something that you regularly did in the past but you don't do anymore.

The forms of Used To are as follows:

Example:

When I was a kid, I used to be very messy, but now I'm very neat.
I used to have a logt of hobbies, but now I don't have any free time.
I didn't use to collect anything, but now I do.
I used to be really into fashion, but these days I'm not interested anymore.
I never used to play sports, but now I like to keep fit.
I never used to worry about money, but now I do.
I didn't use to follow politics, but Now I read the newspaper everyday.
When I was younger, I used to care a lot about my appearance. Now, I'm too busy to care how I look.

Latihan soal will dan be going to / Exercise of Will and Be going to

2011-03-17T18:31:00.003+07:00

Previous Material: Will and Be going To

Complete the conversation with appropriate forms of be going to or will.

A: Have you made any vacations plans?

B: Well, I've decided on one thing - I ...............go camping.

A: That's great! For how long?

B: I ............................... be away for a week.

I only have five days of vacation.

A: So, when are you leaving?

B: I'm not sure. I ................probably leave around the end of May

A: And where.............you................go?

B: I haven't thought about that yet. I guess I .................go to one of the national parks.

A: That sounds like fun.

B: Yeah. Maybe I ........................... go hiking and do some fishing.

A: ...............you.................rent a camper?

B: I'm not sure. Actually, I probably...................rent a camper - its' too expensive.

A: ...............you....................go with anyone?

B: No, I need some time alone.

I .......................... travel by myself.

Answer Key:

• Am ........going to
• Am ........going to
• Will
• Are..... going to
• Will
• Will
• Are...... going to
• Won’t
• Are .......going to
• Am .......going to

Will and Be Going To

2011-03-07T18:17:00.009+07:00

Will and Be Going to are both used to talk about future activities.

1. Will

Will is used to talk about activities that haven't been planned or arranged to do.
Will is used to talk about prediction activity in the future.

Forms:

Subject + Will + base form of verb + adverb of time (tomorrow, next week, etc)

It usually uses some expression, such as I think, I guess, I am not sure, Maybe, Probably

Example:

1. A: What are you going to do next week?

B: I don't know, but I think I will go to Bali next week.

2. A: Where are you going tomorrow?

B: I don't know. Maybe I will go Tokyo

3. A: Who are you going with?

B: I will probably go alone because my wife is busy.

4. A: Are you going to attend the meeting tonight?

B: I don't because I guess I will take my wife to the hospital.

5. A: When are you going to visit your grandparents?

B: I am not sure, but I think I will visit them next month

2. Be going to

Be going to is used to talk about the activity that you have planned/arranged to do.

Forms

Subjects + be + going to + base form of verbs + objects + adverb of time (tomorrow, next week,
next month, etc)

Example:

1. Jill : What are you going to do next weekends?

Bob : I'm going to visit my relative's house in Jakarta

(Bob had already planned to visit his relative's house before Jill asked him questions. He is 100% certain about visiting his relative's house next weekends)

2. A: How long are you going to stay in their house?

B: I have told them that I'm going to stay for one week.

3. A: Are you going there alone?

B: No. I'm going to visit them with my little sister.

4. A: What are you going to do there?

B: Well, I really miss their cookings, so I'm going to try their cookings first and then visit around the city

5. A: What are you going to bring?

B: I am not going to bring many things, just some t-shirts, two pairs of jeans, my cellphone and ipod.

Next: Exercise of Will and Be Going To

Example of simple past tense

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1. A: ………you………….(go) out on Friday night?

B: No, I …………. I……………(invite) friends over,

And I ………………(cook) dinner for them.

2. A: How………….you…………..(spend) your last vacation?

B: I……………….(have) a party. Everyone………………..(enjoy) it, but

The neighbors…………….......(complain) About the noise.

3. A: What…………..you…………(do) last night?

B: I…………(go) to the new Tom Cruise film. I…………… (love) it

4. A: …………you…………(do) anything special over the weeknd?

B: Yes, I……………. I…………(go) shopping.

             Unfortunately, I……………..(spend) all my money. Now I’m broke

   5. A: Where ......they .........(make) the campaign?
   B: They ...........(create) it in the hotel.

   6. A: .......her mother........ (fry) nice food last night?
   B: No, .................... She bought it.

   7. A: Which ones ...........you prefer to spend the holiday; mountain or beach?
   B: I ....................(prefer) mountain because I can inhale fresh air.

   8. A: When .......your manager prove your presentation?
   B: Well, He .........(prove) it last week and .......(sign) it yesterday.

   9. A: ........the birds ..........(eat) the food yesterday?
   B: Yes, ................ They .....(have) it all.

  10. A: Whom........you visit last month?
   B: I ..............(visit) my relatives in London and ............(go) back to this country last night.

Present Perfect exercises

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After reading about Present Perfect Tense, now you can do the exercises below:

I. Complete the sentences below.

Henry (not have) .................... a holiday since last year.
You (take) ......................Joana out to dinner recently.
They (stay) .......................... at the same hotel every year for three years.
I (just receive) ....................... this letter
My father (be) ............................... busy lately
Mary (make) ................................. some dresses.
I'm sorry. I (forget)......................... the title of the book.
My brother (be) ......................... in the United States for three years
She (read) ............................... all the workds of Shakespeare.
They (visit) ............................. Bandung City many times.

II. Change the sentences below into Present Perfect Tense sentence using For and Since.

    Example:

    I never see him
    I saw him in 1990                (Since)
    I have never seen him since 1990

Harry doesn't write to Alice now. He stopped writing to her when she moved to Singapore (since)
He doesn't eat meat. He stopped eating it five years a go (for).
I don't take a bus to work. I bought a car (since).
He is a Sales Manager. He was promoted two years a go (for).
I gain a lot of weight. I stopped exercising (since).
She wears jean. She left school (since)
The company is out of business. It stopped the operation about a year a go (for).
My mother likes sewing. She began sewing in 1987 (since)
He drives the same old car. He started driving it five years ago (for)
I am a teacher in this school. I garduated from college (since).

Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistic

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Longman Dictionaryof Language Teaching and Applied Linguistic is a good resource book for students.

The book, which was created by Jack C. Richards and Richard Schmidt, has 606 pages.

Specifically written for students of language teaching and applied linguistics, it has become an indispensible resource for those engaged in courses in TEFL, TESOL, applied linguistics and introductory courses in general linguistics.

Nearly 3000 detailed entries, from subject areas such as teaching methodology, curriculum development, sociolinguistics, syntax and phonetics.
Clear and accurate definitions which assume no prior knowledge of the subject matter
helpful diagrams and tables
cross references throughout, linking related subject areas for ease of reference, and helping to broaden students' knowledge

Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistic

Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency

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Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency discusess a lot about Grammar and Vocabulary.

The book consists of 15 units and each unit discusses grammar and vocabulary. It also provides unit practice and exam practice for each unit.

There are 286 pages in black and white color and pdf form.

Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and proficiency

Longman English Grammar Free Download

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Longman English Grammar is a good grammar book from Longman. This book discusses a lot about grammar and has 319 pages.

It covers almost all types of grammar:

1. English Tenses

2. Kinds of Preposition

3. Degrees of Comparation

4. Word Orders

5. Gerund

6. Compound Sentences and many more.

Longman English Grammar

Simple Past Tense

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Form:

Positive : S + V2* + O + Last night/Two days a go/Yesterday*

Negative : S + Did + Not + V1 + O + Last night/Two days a go/Yesterday*

( didn't )

Interrogative : Did + S + V1 + O + Last night/Two days a go/Yesterday*?

Usage:

The simple past tense indicates that an activity or situation began and ended at particular time in the past.

Example:

I travelled to Madrid last year
They did not (didn't) go to work two days a go
She saw a nice movie yesterday afternoon.
I cleaned my car last friday.
Did you talk to your classmates last night?

Wh - questions:

What/When/Where/Who/Why/Which/Whom/How + Did + S + V1 + O?

     Example :

    1. A: What did you do last night?
        B: I went to a bookstore and bought some boooks

    2. A: Who did you go with?
        B: I went there a lone

    3. A: Why did you buy the books?
        B: I bought them because I need them for my paper.

   4. A: Which bookstore did you go to?
       B: I went to James Bookstore

   5. A: How did you go there?
       B: I went there by motorcycle

(*) Adverb of Times with:

Last.... : Last night, Last week, Last month, Last year, Last Monday and others
....ago : two days ago, a year ago, two hours ago. But, not Sunday ago or Friday ago.
Yesterday..: Yesterday morning, Yesterday afternoon. But, not Yesterday night (yesterday night is Last night)

(*)V2 : Verb 2 (Regular and Irregular verbs)

Regular Verbs

         Verb1 Verb 2

   Play    Played
   Watch    Watched
   Listen    Listened
   Answer Answered
   Respond Responded

           For complete list of regular verb, click here

Irregular Verbs.

          Verb 1                              Verb2

           Go                                    Went
           See                                    Saw
           Eat                                     Ate
           Drink                                 Drank

For complete list of irregular verb, click here.

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