Re Saree Co Revision Exercises I Choose the correct item. 4.How long ..... Cs... here? 18.“Have you ever been to China?” A)you live 8) do you live "V0, Vooccsccseoee bos there in 1990." C)have you lived D) are you living | A)have gone 8) went 2 [help you with the cooking? | C)havebesngoing =D) hava been A)Will 5) Am 16. How long have you worked here?” “By the end of ©)Shall D) Have © the month bosses - here for three years.” AA)" work B) 'mgoing to work 3.He denied......... the money. : : sage Elian tien C)'li have been working D) 'llbe working C)take D) having taken 17. We'll need some cola for the party.” , ovvecseesnes vs. Some.” 4. She gers for 12hours betore she fished i ‘A)had been working 8) has been working C)\ve already bought 0) had bought C)is working D) has worked ~ 18."Ineed to give a message to Susan.” 8.When Iwas a child | .........running every day. 4s esos et a ancy le enoons A)have gone B) used to go eee aso C)was going D) had gone Lees Ses nabs seein , 19. “Have you ever met a famous person?” " 6.What ....... at 10 o'clock ast night? 19. "Yave you ever ear Canksotaee A)have you done 8) were you doing C)have you been doing D) had you done = LNs C)meet D) have been meeting Tee haan lel the offioss as 5 | 20."These shoes aren't at all comfortable. A)yet 8) before aia ee oie hac © SYou SOULE «oss csseesseeesseessve them’ A)have bought B) to buy 8. They will have finished secs: Bo'¢lock, —-_-C) bought D) buying — oe 21. What's wrong with Lynda?” y "SHE ooo ccccecseeveseess problems at work lately.” 9. 1'm afraid | tocome tothe party. A)hasbeenhaving —_B) will have A)don't go B) won't C) was having D) ‘ll be having ana et 22. What's Pam doing?” “She seems .........20...." 10. We went into town some new clothes. A) to be working B) working A)to buy 8) for buying C)to have worked 0) to work. E}ta have bought D):buying 23. *How long have you been working here?” 11.We'd rather «.... cesses t0 bed early lastnight, “occ eceseeessessese 6 months.” AA)to have gone B) to.go A) Since B) For C)going D) have gone ©}From D) Ago 12. Remember ............ the door when you leave. 24. I can't stand this any longer!” A)to lock B) lock “Calm down. There's no point upset.” Chlocking D) have locked A)to get 8) get 13.*You look slimmer.” “Yes, | ce f2kilos” in getting D) to getting A)had lost 8) lost 25."How long does it take you to write a novel?” C)have been losing OD) have lost “By December | on this one for 3 years.” 14."1m having trouble wit this exercise.” A)will work B) will have been working “Don't Worry. Pcs sssss YOU." C)will be working ) am going to work A)have helped 8) am going to help C)helped D) ‘helpa Revision Exercises I Choose the correct item. John Jones is a 45-1) ... year (in/at/on) university and 3) child. He loves 4) to sell the things he has bought 7) (years/years'/year) -old antique dealer. He studied History of Art 2) (has collected/’nas been collecting/collected) things since he was a (buying/buy/ave bought) antiques and 5) found) some good bargains so far. The only problem is that he finds it 6) (itfeecause/while) he likes them all. One day last week he came (found/nad found/has (suctvtoo/enough) hard 8) (into/across/at) the most beautiful antique wooden trunk he had 9) (already/everinever) seen. As he was 10) (fetch/bring/take) the trunk to his shop. When the driver 12) (invon/at) a hurry he told his driver to 11) (arrived/ reached/got) the shop, he 13) (needn't/couldn't/mustn’t) find a place to put the trunk so he left it by the front door. 14) (AVIn/By) that moment an old man came 15) (spoViook/search) around. When he saw the trunk, he asked for 17) (before/that/when) the door opened and a furious lady 19) just then 18) (into/at/by) the shop to 16) : (it's/eacty its) price. It was (broke into/entered/got) the shop. “Don't touch that trunk!", she screamed. “It belongs 20) (infto/at) me.” Rephrase the following sentences using the words in bold type. 1. I've never heard this group before. first It’s the first time I've (ever) heard thie group. 2. She hasn't written to me for a long time. since 3. This is the worst food I've ever eaten. never 4.1 haven't been to the cinema for months. last 5. When did you leave school? how 6. They took only one day to paint the house. it 7. It’s exciting to climb mountains. climbing Fill in the correct preposition or adverb. .. for Christmas? 1. When do schools break .... up an important clue 2. The detective came quite by chance. 3. War broke Germany in 1939. 4, She ignored the ringing telephone and carried her work. 5. After leaving London we headed between Britain and Oxford, 10. Have you heard the school and 6. Someone broke stole the computers. 7. There was so much noise that | couldn't concentrate my work, 8. Can | borrow some money : you until tomorrow? 9. Although I'm bad crosswords, Hove doing them the earthquake in Italy? Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. Sammy Milton 1) .../s not. (not/be) very clever. He 2) (walk) along the beach one day when he 3) (trip) over something and 4) (fall) on the sand. He 5) (notlook) where he was going. "What 6) (be) this?" he said, picking up the object he 7) (trip) over. I 8) (neverlsee) anything like it before." It was, in fact, a very old oil lamp, and as he 9) (fiy) out of it. "You 11) said the genie. "Now you may have three wishes.” "Great" said Sammy who 12) (want) a bottle of lemonade that never 14) suddenly 10) very thirsty. "I 13) (rub) it, a genie (ustrelease) me from the lamp!" (feel) (run out).”Revision Exercises | "No problem," said the genie, and 15) (produce) one instantly. Sammy picked up the bottle and 16) (drink) all the lemonade in one go. Magically, the bottle 17) (fill itself up again. Sammy drank all that, and exactly the same thing 18) (happen) again. "That's amazing!" he said. "Thanks very much!" "You still 19) (have) two more wishes young man.” "That's easy,” said Sammy. "I 20) (have) two more of these bottles of lemonade!" Put the verbs in brackets into Past S., Past Perf., Past Cont. or Past Perf. Cont. Sally Deedes 1) ...was walking. .. (walk) home late one night. She 2) (be) to a dinner party at her friend’s house. The city streets 3) (be) empty and it 4) (rain) slightly. She 5) (look forward) to getting safely home to bed because at dinner her friends 6) (talk) about a dangerous murderer who 7) (escape) from prison the week before. Her friend Mark 8) (offer) to walk home with her but, as she 9) (live) only a mile away, she 10) (tell) him that she would be OK. She was about halfway home when she 11) (hear) footsteps behind her. She 12) (stop) and 13) (turn) around, but she couldn't see anyone and the footsteps 14) (stop) as well. When she continued on her way the footsteps 15) (start) again. She 16) (begin) to feel afraid. She started to run. The footsteps 17) (get) closer. Suddenly she 18) (feel) a hand on her shoulder and she 19) (scream) in terror. “Sally! Sally! i's me, Mark.” He tried to explain that he 20) (be) worried about her and 21) (decide) to follow her home, But Sally 22) (can/not) hear a word because she 23) (already/taint). Read the numbered lines and correct the mistakes in the spaces provided. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (A. 1. James Tibbs was travelling on a train ff his way to a job on 2. interview in the city centre when he realise with horror that 3.he was on the wrong train. He was knowing he would be late 4. for the interview and wouldn't get the job. He has thought how 5. silly he had been when suddenly the train screeched to a halt. 6.A lady which was sitting opposite him fell off her seat onto the 7. floor. James helped her get up and picked up her things which lie 8. on the carriage floor. The train set off again. The women 9. thanked him and they began talk. James was telling her about his 10. job interview after she suddenly burst into laughter. James 11. was very confusing. The lady explained that her husband was 12. the boss of the company where his interview is to have been. 13. James was relaxing at home the other day when the telephone 14. rang. It was the lady husband. He was calling to offer him the job. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. One day a little Indian boy 1) ... was sitting... (sit) outside his wigwam. He 2) (wonder) how the Indians 3) (choose) their children’s names. He 4) (decide) to go and ask the Indian Chief. “Well,” 5) (explain) the Chief, “we 6) (love) nature and when a new baby 7) (be) born, we 8) (look) around and we 9) (choose) a name from what we 10) (see), like Flowing Waterfall, Bright Star, Running Bull and so on. 11) (you/understand)?" “Yes, chief,” the little Indian boy said. ‘Why 12) (yourbe) so interested in this, Two Dogs Fighting?”, the Chief asked.