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REVISION TEST
(15) ________ (write) to him but he moved and I (16) ________ (not have) his new address. A Well, what about dinner on Friday? B That's fine. What time? A Is 8 o'clock OK? I (17) ________ (ring) Brian yesterday to check the day, and I (18) ________ (ring) him again tomorrow to check the time. B Well 8 o'clock is fine for me. I (19) ________ (come) at about 8 and I (20) ________ (bring) a bottle of wine. A See you on Friday then! Exercise 3 Countable and uncountable nouns
Underline the uncountable noun in the following pairs of words. Example cheese/egg
1. English/you/start/did/learning/when? ________________________________________ 2. tennis/often/play/how/does/she? ________________________________________ 3. do/doing/what/at/you/like/weekend/the? ________________________________________ 4. weekend/do/what/you/would/to/this/like? ________________________________________ 5. dictionary/why/got/you/haven't/a? ________________________________________ 6. much/put/my/coffee/sugar/how/did/in/you? ________________________________________ 7. phoned/doing/John/when/what/you/were? ________________________________________ 8. sandwiches/make/is/who/to/going/the? ________________________________________ 9. radio/listening/does/enjoy/to/mother/the/ your? ________________________________________ 10. live/Anna/where/was/child/a/did/when/ she? ________________________________________ Exercise 2 Tenses and verb forms
In the following conversation put the verb in brackets into the correct tense or verb form. Example A Why did you go (go) to the seaside last weekend? B Because we like sailing (sail).
Put a, an, the or nothing into each gap in the story. Example I had dinner with the Queen.
My Aunt Vanessa is (1) _________ artist. She lives in (2) _________ beautiful old cottage by (3) _________ sea and she paints (4) _________ small pictures of wild flowers and birds. She doesn't like leaving (5) _________ cottage, but once (6) _________ year she travels by (7) _________ train to London and has (8) _________ tea with me at (9) _________ Savoy Hotel. At the moment I'm quite worried about her because she's in (10) _________ hospital, but I'm sure she'll be better soon. I'm going to visit her next week.
A (1)________ you ________ (know) Brian Bailey? B Yes, I (2)________ (meet) him two years ago while I (3)________ (work) in Germany. (4)________ he still ________ (live) there? A Yes. He does. He (5) ________ (live) in Frankfurt. He (6) ________ (have got) a good job there but at the moment he (7) ________ (work) in London. He's here for a few days and I'd like (8) ________ (invite) him and you for dinner. Can you (9) ________ (come)? B Yes, I hope so. I'd love (10) ________ (see) Brian again! When I was in Germany we (11) ________ (see) each other quite often because his office was near the school where I (12) ________ (teach) and so we sometimes (13)________ (have) lunch together. I always enjoyed (14) ________ (talk) to him. I wanted
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Exercise 5 Description
Below there are three dialogues. Put one of the words in the box into each gap.
funniest like
A I started a new job today, working in an office. B Really! How did it go? A It was OK. I was a bit nervous. B What are the other people (1) _________? A They're very nice. They seem (2) _________ than the people in my old job, and the job is much (3) _________ interesting. B You worked in a shop before, didn't you? A Yes. Working in an office is better (4) _________ working in a shop, I'll tell you! That was the (5) _________ job I've ever had. I hated it. C We went out for a meal to Luigi's last night - you know, that new Italian restaurant. D Mm, I know. What (6) _________ it like? C It was (7) _________ best Italian meal I've ever had, and it wasn't as expensive (8) _________ Giovanni's, so I think we'll go there again. D Yes. Giovanni's used to be the (9) _________ popular restaurant around here, but then it started getting very expensive. C And the service isn't (10) _________ good as it used to be. D What did you have? C Paul and I both had veal, but mine was cooked in wine and herbs, and it was (11) _________ than Paul's. But he liked it. D It sounds great. E Have you read John Harrison's (12) _________ book, "Going Round the World?" F No. (13)_________s it like? E I think it's the (14) _________ book he's written. I laughed out loud all the way through. F I didn't like "The Truth and the Light", the one that came out last year. E Neither did I. This one's much (15) _________. F Can I borrow it?
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hear/if/I/news/any/you/I/phone/will ________________________________________ pay/as/you/I/back/soon/can/I/as/will ________________________________________ you/feel/stop/better/if/will/you/smoking ________________________________________ car/Peter/enough/when/he/buy/a/has/will/ money ________________________________________ problem/help/I/you/have/you/a/will/if ________________________________________
Exercise 8 Questions
Write questions about the words in italics. Example Somebody broke the window. Who broke the window?
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They already had their dinner. They've already had their dinner. Opposites
Exercise 12
tidy poor
quiet miserable
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Jane _______________ happier if she _______________ a more interesting job. Her boss might __________________________. If she _______________ a car, she __________________________ to work by bus. If she _______________ live above a restaurant, she _______________ it easier to sleep.
Exercise 13
Here are 20 verbs. 10 are regular and 10 are irregular. Write in the Past Simple and Past Participle for the irregular verbs only.
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Exercise 11 Continuous
In the following pairs of sentences only one is correct. Tick () the correct one.
Base form appear bring climb fall feel forget improve invent know let lose manage pass pick speak
Past simple
Past Participle
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Exercise 14 Prepositions Put the correct preposition into each gap. 1. I've been reading a story ______ two girls who travelled round the world.
Exercise 16 Used to or the Past Simple Look at the profile of the singer, Andy Goodchild. Complete the sentences, using used to where possible, or the Past Simple. Example He used to live with his parents in Leeds. He had his first guitar when he was six. Factfile on Andy Goodchild Andy's highly successful solo career began in 1984. He now lives in London with his wife, Suzy, and their daughter, Trixie. Andy tells us about his background. 1959-80 1965 1970-80 1971-75 1976-83 1980 June 1981 1982 1983 1984 August 1985 1. 2. 3. Lived in Leeds with my parents My first guitar! Bradford School Wrote songs with a friend called Keith Played in pubs and clubs Started going out with a girl called Mandy Number one record, "She's mine" Toured the United States Broke up with Mandy Went solo Pop festival in Los Angeles
He _____________________________ Bradford School. He _______________________ football for the school. He _______________________ songs with a friend called Keith. He _______________________ with
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The Forwards. The Forwards _____________________ in In 1981 he _______________________ a number one record. He __________________ with a girl called Mandy. The Forwards __________________ the
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Andy ________________________ in 1984. He ________________________a pop festival in Los Angeles the following year.
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