GRAMMAR CHECK 1. Complete this passage using the correct past forms of the verbs in parentheses. One test group (to consist) of thirty-one subjects who (to give) 46 different aromas to assess, such as peppermint, pizza, parsley, buttered popcorn, orange, and chocolate and a variety of combinations. Blood pressure of each subject (to measure) after inhalation of the various scents. According to the study the following foods significantly (to increase) blood flow and blood pressure in the participants: Lavender and Pumpkin Pie, Doughnuts and Licorice, Pumpkin Pie and Licorice. While none of the aromas (to decrease) blood flow, all aromas (to have) some health enhancing effect, some more than others. Some participants (to respond) most to strawberry, older people (to experience) the greatest health and mood enhancement with vanilla, lavender, and oriental spice. Read the passage and complete it with the correct verb form (Present Simple, Present Progressive, Active and Passive Voice). We can commonly (to identify) four basic taste sensations: sweet, sour, bitter and salty. Certain combinations of these tastes along with texture, temperature, odour and the sensations from the common chemical sense (to produce) a flavor. It is flavour that (to let) us know whether we (to eat) peanuts or caviar. Many flavours (to recognize) mainly through the sense of smell. If you hold your nose while eating chocolate, for example, you will have trouble identifying the chocolate flavour, even though you can (to distinguish) the food’s sweetness or bitterness. This is because the familiar flavor of chocolate (to sense) largely by odour. So is the well-known flavour of coffee. This is why a person who (to wish) to fully savour a delicious flavour, for example, an expert chef who (to test) his own creation, will exhale through his nose after each swallow. BUILDING VOCABULARY 3. a) Group the following words according to whether they describe the sense of taste or smell, or both. Brain, papillae, tongue, throat, smell, odour, nerves, organs, salty, sweet gas, sniff, bitter, buds, smoke, olfactory, sour, nose, bumps, fragrance.
2) The bus arrives/is arriving in Odessa at eight o'clock in the evening.
3) The Harrods stay/are staying in a luxurious hotel as present.
4) Helen usually cooks/is cooking breakfast at 7 o'clock.
5) Pam moves/is moving to a new flat in three days.
6) In a new film "Alice in Wonderland"Alice wins/is winning the final battle and saves/is saving the inhabitants of the country from the powee of the Red Queen.
7) Henry picks/is picking me up at eight o'clock tomorrow.
8) Skill comes/is coming with practice.
9) Monica always argues/is always arguing with me!
10) Today we go /are going to the Museum of Fine Arts.
11) My friend lives/is living in a private house.
12) At the end of the book the main character explains/is explaining everything to his girlfriend and they go/are going on a journey together.
13) This plant produces/is producing office furniture.
14) The Johnsons visit/are visiting us next Sunday.
15) You always wear /are always wearing dirty shoes!