LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Key 11.11A-11.13E

10.7 Do' as a full verb

10.7A Forms and uses of 'do' as an auxiliary and
as a full verb

Write 1 :
11 2g 3j 4h 5k 6d 7a 8f 9m 10c 11e
12b 13i

Write 2:
I What are you doing? 2 ... she never does the
washing up 3 No, don't do that 4 What is that
flowerpot doing ...? 5 do the/their washing
6 ... when you've done that 7 How does he do it?
8 he doesn't do any reading 9 What have you done?
10 What are those suitcases doing ...? 11 I've been
doing a bit of gardening 12 What's that car doing ...?
13 I've already done so.

10.7B 'Do' and 'make' compared
do: one's best, business with someone, an
experiment, research, one's hair, something
for a living, an impression (= imitate),
somebody a service.
make: an appointment, an arrangement, an attempt,
a noise, something for a living, progress,
an impression (= impress), a journey, a
fortune, war.

Possible answers
1 You should always try to do your best.
2 I must make an appointment to see the dentist.
3 We do a lot of business with your firm.
4 We did a very interesting experiment in chemistry
today.
5 I Ve made an arrangement to meet him on
Thursday.
6 Mary does research into the causes of acid rain.
7 Mr Stuart does my hair once a fortnight.
8 I made several attempts to start the car before I
phoned the garage.
9 Don't make a noise\ We don't want to wake the
children.
10 What does Tom do for a living? - Tom makes toys
for a living.
II Janet has made excellent progress this term.
12 He does very funny impressions of famous people.
She has made a good impression in her new job.
13 Will you do me a service and take this to the post
office?
14 He has just made a journey to the village where he
was born.
15 You can make a fortune in the antiques business
these days.
16 The Persians were always making war against the
Greeks.

10.7C Context

1 did 2 don't 3 do 4 do 5 done 6 made

7 doing 8 do 9 make 10 do

11 Modal auxiliaries and related verbs

11.1 The two uses of modal verbs

11.1A The first use of modal verbs (1 )

1c 2f 3d 4a 5b 6e

11.1В The first use of modal verbs (2)

Must is not possible in the following:

2 have had to 4 had had to 5 had to

6 haven't had to 7 having to

11.1С The second use of modal verbs

1 certain 2 very uncertain 3 fairly certain

4 almost certain 5 fairly certain 6 almost certain

7 fairly certain 8 very uncertain 9 almost certain

11.1D Context

1 May/Can 2 must be 3 am 4 must have

5 couldn't 6 can't 7 must/can 8 have had to

9 haven't been able to 10 can/may

11.2 Uses of modals (etc.) to express ability

and inability

11.2A Expressing present and past ability: 'can'

and 'be able to'

lean 2 can't 3 can 4 could/was able to ... can

5 Can ... can't 6 couldn't 7 could/was able to/

managed to 8 was able to/managed to 9 couldn't/

wasn't able to 10 were able to/managed to

11.2B 'Can/could' with verbs of perception: 'I can

see'

1 Can you see 2 I can smell 3 I could understand

4 Could you understand 5 I can't see 6 I couldn't

understand

11.2C Ability in tenses other than the present and

the past

1 will be able to 2 haven't been able to

3 would have been able to 4 had been able to

5 will be able to 6 being able to 7 be able to

8 had been able to

11.2D 'Can/could' in place of 'is often' and 'was

often'

1 The sea can be 2 She can be 3 She could be

4 It can be 5 He could be