REVISION 1 year – grammar Sue Thomas is a fashion designer. She 1) ... has been making....

(make)
clothes ever since she 2) ………….(be) a young girl. She 3) ………………………….
TENSES
(get) her first job in a clothes factory when she was sixteen. She 4)
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense : …………………… (sew) buttons onto a shirt one day when she 5)…………………..
(have) a brilliant idea for a design. After she 6) …………………. (speak) to her
Tom Wilson 1) .... is.... (be) an explorer. He 2) ………….(be) to nearly every bank manager, she got a loan and she 7) …………...…….(open) her own little
country in the world, but the most exciting time he 3) …………………………. workshop. Now she 8) …………………………. (make) lots of money. Next year
(ever/have) was when he 4) …………………… (go) to the Congo jungle. A she 9) ………………….. (open) a shop which will sell all her own designs. She
magazine 5)………………….. (ask) him to retrace the route of a famous 10) ………………… (sell) clothes to a lot of famous people, including film stars
explorer who 6) …………………. (disappear) in the 1920's. As he 7) and singers, and she 11) …...................... (think) she will be very rich soon.
……………….(follow) a small river he got separated from his guides. He
4.Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense :
8) …………………………. (go on) alone, hoping he 9) ………………….. (find) them,
but instead he 10) ………………… (encounter) a group of natives. He 11) Kevin Adams 1)....................(love) trains. He first 2)........................(see)
…............... (stay) with them for several days and 12) …………………….. (find one when he was four years old and he 3) ..............................(think) it was
out) that a very old woman 13) ……………………(actually/meet) the famous great. He 4).........................(go) to a different railway station every week
explorer. She 14) …………… (know) how he 15) …………………………….(die). and 5).........................(write down) the engine number of every train he
Tom 16) ………………………….(become) very friendly with the natives and sees. He 6)............................(do) this since he was eight. By the time he
now he 17) …………………………… (plan) to go back and see them again. He is was fifteen he 7).............................(collect) over 10.000 different engine
sure they 18) …………………………………..(welcome) him back numbers in various counties. Once, while he 8).............................(stand) in
a station in Cheshire he saw something very unusual.
2.Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense : He9)............................(wait) for over an hour for a train to go by when
When Francis Lee was a boy he 1) ............................. (want) to be an suddenly he 10)..............................(see) a very old steam train coming
astronaut. He 2) ……........…….(watch) TV one day in 1969 when he 3) down the track. It 11).............................(not/stop) at the station and, as it
……………………. (see) Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. Since then he 4) was passing, Kevin noticed that all the passengers 12)...................(wear)
…………….......……… (always/dream) of doing the same. Every night when it old-fashioned clothes. When he told the station guard about this, the poor
for hours and 6) ……………..........……. (imagine) himself walking around on man turned pale. He said that no steam train 13).....................(pass)
it. At the moment, however, he 7) ……………….(work) as a night-watchman through that station for years, and that the last one 14)....................
at a meat factory. He 8) …………………………. (do) the same job since he left (crash), killing everyone on board.
school fifteen years ago, but he still hopes that one day his dream 9) 5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense :
……….............…….. (come) true. He 10) ………………… (hear) that in the 21 st
century they 11) …................... (sell) tickets to fly to the moon. For this Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997, scientists, politicians and
reason he 12) …………….............(save) half of his wages every month for the theologians 1) .......................................... (discuss) the question of
past two years. whether or not the cloning of human beings 2) ..........................................
(should/allow). If cloning does become a reality one day, it 3) ....................
3 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense : (raise) many questions. Many scientists want cloning 4) ............................
(be) legalised. They believe that if it 5) ..................................... (be) legal to
clone human beings, it 6) .................................... (be) possible to create a
superior race. Many childless couples also wish the government ____________________________________________________________
7) ....................................... (allow) cloning. If this 8) ............................... ________________________
(be) the only way for you to have a child, you might agree with them too.
Rewrite the following passage in the Passive.
PASSIVE
My uncle painted this picture. Someone has offered him a lot of money
Rewrite the following passage in the Passive. for it. He will deliver the painting tomorrow. When they give him the
money, he will tell them the truth. He painted it one night while he was
Somebody has stolen a bus from outside the school. Some children saw
sleepwalking!
the thief. The police are searching for the bus now. They will use the
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children’s descriptions to catch the thief.
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Rewrite the following passage in the Passive.
Rewrite the following passage in the Passive.
Our school is organizing a contest. The teachers will choose the best
Some people saw a UFO in the sky above London last night. They reported
project about the environment. The students must include pictures and
it to the police. The army sent a helicopter to look at it more closer. The
drawings in their projects. The students will also have to do all the writing
UFO shot the helicopter down and killed both men in it. People have given
themselves. The school will give the winner a set of encyclopaedias.
photographs of the UFO to the police. Experts are looking at them now.
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Rewrite the following passage in the Passive. ____________________________________________________________
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Someone broke into a local jewellery shop yesterday. The owner had just ____________________________________________________________
locked up the shop when a robber with a gun threatened him. The robber
told him to unlock the shop and give him all the diamonds in the safe. Conditionals Exercise 1
Then the robber tied him up. The police have organized a search for the
How could you rewrite the following sentences using the suggested
robber. They hope they will find him in a few days. Doctors are treating
alternative conditional words? Example as long as I’ll go if you go too
the owner of the shop for shock.
____________________________________________________________ Answer: I’ll go as long as you go too.
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As long as 1. You should put more paper in the photocopier tray. That way
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you will not have any problems.
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____________________________________________________________ 2. Do not include that book in the reference list unless you have used it in
the main text.
Otherwise Only if

3. If lectures are boring students will not want to attend. 2. Don’t vote unless you like this person.

Provided that Otherwise

4. If you include all the correct references you will not be plagiarising. 3. You can only do the quiz if you have access to the Internet.

Providing that Provided that

5. If you have already answered the first question, you can do the second 4. This experiment is likely to succeed if we follow all the steps correctly.
question.
Providing that
Supposing
5. As long as I have all my data I will finish my thesis next year.
6. She will graduate next year if she passes all her courses.
Supposing
Unless
6. If you are interested in language you could study linguistics.
7. Don’t take this course if you are not ready to study statistics.
Unless
When
7. The students have an excellent attitude to their studies, but they will
8. If we read the results carefully we are more aware of the limitations in drop the subject next year if it is not interesting.
the study.
When
Whenever
8. Nothing can compensate for the lack of data, if you consider the matter
9. We always have to wear goggles if we enter the lab. carefully.

Whether or not Whenever

10. They will invest in the project even if it does not make a lot of money. 9. I always become confused if I read the guidelines for using the printer.

Whether or not

Conditionals Exercise 2 10. People can participate in the study even though they are not enrolled
in this course.
(This is similar to Exercise 1 but has different sentences.) How could you
rewrite the following sentences using the suggested alternative
conditional words?
Conditionals Exercise 3
As long as
How can you express these ideas using conditional constructions? You
1.The research will continue if there is enough funding. may use I or you in your sentence, and choose the tense you prefer.
Would any of these conditional sentences work, and mean the same, with
a word other than if? Possible answers are given after each question, 8. You went to the lecture. I’m sure you saw him. You can’t have avoided
together with a reference to a number from the conditionals chart which seeing him.
gives more detail about the type of conditional used.
9. I always feel much happier when the sun is shining.
Example 1
10. I’m not sure whether I’ll ever meet a billionaire. Perhaps they give
I don’t know whether I’m going to Australia. Let’s suppose I go. What can I money to people who ask them for it. Maybe I could ask them for
do there? $10,000.

Answer: If you go to Australia, you can stroke a kangaroo. 11. I wish the library was open right now. I want to borrow a book.

or If I went to Australia, I could see the Sydney Harbour Bridge. 12. Every time we finished an online quiz, we celebrated by having a
coffee.
or Supposing you go/went to Australia, you can/could visit a wildlife park.
13. It is true that oil floats when you put it in water.
Example 2 I wish the weather was good. I want to go to the beach.
14. I can’t play the violin, but the ability to play it would make me very
Answer: If the weather was good, I would go to the beach.
happy at the moment.
or Supposing the weather was good, I would go to the beach.
RELATIVE CLAUSES
or Providing that the weather is good, I will go to the beach.
Rewrite the following pairs of sentences by combining them into a single
or As long as the weather is good, I will go to the beach. sentence using an appropriate relative clause. Ensure the meaning is
preserved, and vary the use of relative pronouns (who, whom, whose,
which, that, where, when).
1. I have a degree but I didn’t do any work. 1. The scientist conducted groundbreaking research. Her findings
2. How can I get experience in speaking English? were published in a prestigious journal.

3. I know I have to enrol in a course. What happens when I have enrolled? 2. The gallery exhibits works of contemporary art. Many of these
works challenge societal norms.
4. I wanted to learn Japanese when I was younger, but I did not have the
opportunity. Years later, I was offered a university scholarship in Tokyo, 3. The conference will take place next month. It will focus on
and I wanted to go. I didn’t go, though, because I couldn’t speak Japanese. sustainable development strategies.

5. I hope I won’t fail my end of semester exams. How can I make sure I 4. The novel received critical acclaim. It explores the intricacies of
pass? human emotions.

6. My friend may arrive before I get home. In that case, please ask her to 5. The law firm has a reputation for excellence. It specializes in
ring me. corporate law.

7. I’ve always wanted to study in Australia, and they tell me I can go if I 6. The lecturer has published numerous articles. His expertise lies in
win a scholarship. Do you think that’s true? environmental science.
7. The documentary provides an in-depth analysis of climate change.
It won several awards.

8. The team has been working tirelessly. Their efforts have led to
significant advancements in technology.

9. The philosopher's theories have influenced many thinkers. They