2. Theme
• Office issues
• Financial issues
• Sales and marketing
• Business transactions
• Schedules
Grammar issues
• Verb tense
• Verb form
• Subject-verb agreement
• Pronouns
• Prepositions
Vocabulary issue
Word families (related
words)
Parts of speech
Transportation Tourism
Dining out
Entertainment Weather
Transition words
Comparative adjectives
Adverbs
Time clauses
Conditionals
3. The reading passages
include a variety of types
like those you might see in
common business or
everyday contexts. They
May be of the following
types
• E-mails
• Letters
• Memos
• Instructions
• Notices
• Articles
• Advertisement
4.
5. S. singular + V. singular
Anna reads book.
S.plural + V.plural
Anna and Ed read book.
8. [abstract, food, subject, field, weather, language, sport,
activity, category]
Be treated as singular noun
water sugar bread dust sand hair
reading jogging scrabble chess skateboarding
advice possibility reputation laziness importance
family staff team army crowd
government club gang band committee
14. A lionfish is a swimming paradox. It is
painted in fierce hues of orange and white
but it has an almost melancholy expression.
It has fearsome venomous spines sticking out
of its back, but elegant fan-shaped fins
protruding from its side.
And although it floats with an indolent air, it
is actually an active and skilled predator—one
that hunts in teams using surprisingly
sophisticated tactics.
15. A lionfish is a swimming paradox. It is
painted in fierce hues of orange and white
but it has an almost melancholy expression.
It has fearsome venomous spines sticking out
of its back, but elegant fan-shaped fins
protruding from its side.
And although it floats with an indolent air, it
is actually an active and skilled predator—one
that hunts in teams using surprisingly
sophisticated tactics.
16. "Our observations show that large loads of
plastic fragments, with sizes from microns to
some millimeters, are unaccounted for in the
surface loads," says Cozar, who teaches at
the University of Cadiz in Spain, by e-mail.
"But we don't know what this plastic is doing.
The plastic is somewhere—in the ocean life,
in the depths, or broken down into fine
particles undetectable by nets."
17. "Our observations show that large loads of
plastic fragments, with sizes from microns to
some millimeters, are unaccounted for in the
surface loads," says Cozar, who teaches at
the University of Cadiz in Spain, by e-mail.
"But we don't know what this plastic is doing.
The plastic is somewhere—in the ocean life,
in the depths, or broken down into fine
particles undetectable by nets."
18.
19. Many environmental analyst recommend that nations
reduce their ______ on non-renewable energy source.
A. Dependently
B. Dependence
C. Dependent
D. Depend
29. Infinitive Verb V.1 (Present) V.2 (Past) V.3 (Past
participle)
V.ing
(continuous)
do Do/does did done doing
be Is/ am/ are Was/were been being
have Have/ has had had having
walk Walk/ walks walked walked walking
32. Gerund Infinitive
function as nouns and
are created from verb
ending in -ing
Can appear at the
same position with
noun
frequently used as
nouns and also as
adjectives or adverbs
usually made up of the
word to and the
present tense of a verb
36. 1. Alan can’t stand _________ on trains. (riding/
to ride)
2. Mr. Harris enjoys _________ people out to
dinner. (inviting / to invite)
3. In the old days, gentlemen challenged their
rivals _______. (fighting / to fight)
4. As the famous saying goes, there’s no use
______ over spilt milk. (crying / to cry)
5. Jim stopped _________ his shoelace. Wait for
him. (tying / to tie)
37. 6. My wife always volunteers ___________ cakes
PTA meetings. (baking / to bake)
7. Don’t waste my time ___________ about your
salary. (complaining/ to complain)
8. Eva is having trouble _________ on the exam.
(concentrating / to concentrate)
9. Please allow me ____________ your Facebook
page. (joining / to join)
10. You won’t forget _________milk on your way
home, will you? (picking up /to pick up)
45. Tense Form or Aspect
Present
V.1
Past
V.2
Future
will + V. infinitive
Simple tense
V
Continuous tense
V. to be + V.ing
Perfect tense
V. to have +V. 3
Perfect continuous te
nse
V. to have + been +
V.ing
46. Tense
Aspect
Present Past Future
Simple S + V.1 S + V.2 S + will + V. infinitive
Continuous S +is/am/are + V.ing S + was/were + v.ing S+ will+ be + V.ing
Perfect S + has/have + V.3 S+had+V.3 S+ will + have + V.3
Perfect
Continuous
S + has/have + been +
V. ing
S+ had + been + V.ing S+ will + have+ been + V.ing
47. Subject of sentence is not the performer but is the
receiver of the action
V. to be + V.3
Harry ate (v.2) six shrimp at dinner. (active)
At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by Harry. (passive)
Sue changed the flat tire. (active)
The flat tire was changed by Sue. (passive)
I will clean the house every Saturday. (active)
The house will be cleaned by me every Saturday.
(passive)
48. Tense
Aspect
Present Past Future
Simple active S + V.1 S + V.2 S + will + V. infinitive
passive S+ is/am/are + v.3
Continuous active S +is/ am/are + V.ing
passive S + is/am/are + being +
v.3
Perfect active S + has/have + V.3
passive
Perfect
Continuous
active S + has/have + been + V.
ing
passive