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    This document provides an IELTS foundation course handout on grammar, reading, and listening exercises. For grammar, it covers using "there is/are" to talk about what can be found in a town, forming questions, and adding "-s" or "-es" to verbs. The reading section is about the history of the London police and asks questions about details. Finally, it indicates that a listening passage will be about a travel agency and contains short answer questions.

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    IELTS FOUNDATION COURSE

    HANDOUT 2

    I. GRAMMAR

    A Use there + the correct form of be to say what we can and cannot find in the town of
    Smallwood.
    (a cinema:) There's a cinema.
    (a river) There isn't........... a river.
    (restaurants: 10) There are ...... ten restaurants.
    1 (a castle:) …………………..a castle.
    2 (baker's shops: 2)……………………………. two baker's shops.
    3 (a zoo:) ………………………………….. a zoo.
    4 (banks: 6)………………………………….six banks.
    5 (a luxury hotel:)………………………..... a luxury hotel.
    6 (a theatre)……………………………….a theatre.
    7 (newsagents: 6)………………………..six newsagents.
    8 (many tourists) ………………………………..many tourists.

    B Write questions by putting the words in brackets () in the correct order.


    (thirsty - you - are) Are you thirsty?
    1 (a teacher - you - are) …………………………………………………………?
    2 (they - bored - are) …………………………………………………………?
    3 (is - afraid - he) …………………………………………………………?
    4 (she - tired - is) …………………………………………………………?
    5 (are - you - how) …………………………………………………………?
    6 (cold today-it-is) …………………………………………………………?
    7 (she - Spanish - is) …………………………………………………………?
    8 (they – from London – are) …………………………………………………………?

    C. Add -s or -es to the verbs in the sentences if it is necessary. If it is not necessary, put a tick
    (v) in the gap.
    He works....... in a bank.
    They live ..... in France.
    1 I watch TV every day.

    2 They go on holiday in August


    3 She go ........ to work by car.
    4 He speak .... Italian and French.
    5 The film finish ..... at ten o'clock.

    1
    6 She do her homework every night.
    7 We start work at half past eight.
    8 We play ....... tennis every weekend.

    II. READING Read the information about the history of the London Police and answer these
    questions.

    EXAMPLE
    0 In 1700, there were
    A policemen everywhere
    B policemen only in London,
    C no policemen in London

    1 In 1700, the man who protected the streets were paid


    A a lot
    B a little
    C nothing
    2 300 years ago, many people
    A came to live in London.
    B wanted to leave London.
    C had big houses in London
    3 people did not leave their houses because
    A the city was not clean
    B they had no money
    C they were afraid
    4 The Bow Street Runners
    A stole money

    2
    B stopped people stealing.
    C paid people to steal

    5 in 1800, there were


    A enough policemen
    B not enough policemen.
    C too many policemen

    6 of the first 3000 Metropolitan policemen,


    A al of them rode horses.
    B some of them rode horses.
    C most of them rode horses.

    7 Today, police officers who work with horses are paid


    A more than their colleagues.
    B the same as their colleagues
    C half as much as their colleagues

    III. LISTENING

    You will hear some information about a travel agency

    Listen and answer questions

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