BACH REVIEW 24-25

General Review
1.Complete the sentences with the correct time expressions below.
by this time • while • yet • usually • in a few weeks • at this time • now • last
month • by the time
1.We are going to visit you …………………… .
2.Who are you calling …………………… ?
3.He moved into his own flat …………………… .
4.I haven’t finished the book …………………… .
5.People were taking videos …………………… we were performing.
6.…………………… his postcard arrived, he had been home for a week!
7.…………………… tomorrow, we’ll be hiking.
8.I …………………… cycle to school. How do you get there?
9.…………………… next week, we will have received our exam results.

2.Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. There
may be more than one possible answer.
Try Something New
While you were coming to school today, 1. …………………… you …………………… (think)
about the year ahead? It’s a natural thing to do as school begins again. Many of you
probably hope the year ahead 2. …………………… (include) things such as better marks
than you
3. …………………… (receive) last year. But what about new experiences? They’re
important as well, but too many people – even teens – often get stuck in a routine. One
way to break a routine is to try one new thing every day or every week. The possibilities
are endless, from tasting a food you 4. …………………… never …………………… (eat)
before to trying a new hobby or sport. Trying new things can help you discover more
about your interests and abilities, and can even help build self-confidence. Try it for a
month and see what happens. Maybe you’ll feel like the 17-year-old blogger who wrote,
“Before the month ended, I 5. …………………… already …………………… (decide) to keep
on doing one new thing a day.” 6. …………………… you …………………… (like) this idea?
Then I hope that right now you 7. …………………… (start) to think of things you 8.
…………………… (try) in the next few days. It will be interesting to see what you 9.
…………………… (do) by the end of the month!

3.Complete the sentences with a suitable verb. Use present, past, perfect or
future tenses.
1. Don’t call me before 9 o’clock. I ……………………………… the match.
(watch)
2. They ……………………………… this bridge in 1900. (build)
3. ……………………………… you ……………………………… your book
report tonight? (write)
4. People ……………………………… to Mars by 2050. (fly)
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 5. It was fun trying ice-skating. I ……………………………… never
……………………………… it before.(try)
6. It ……………………………… too long since I did something fun. (be)
7. She ……………………………… for the bus when she texted me. (wait)
8. My friend rarely ……………………………… violent films. (watch)

4.Rewrite the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Do not
change the
meaning of the original sentence. Make any necessary changes and add
additional words.
1 She disagrees with us. (think)
.................................................................................................................
2 I’m still thinking about it. (make / decision)
.................................................................................................................
3 Yesterday was the first time they invited me to their home. (never / visit)
.................................................................................................................
4 So what’s your opinion? (think)
.................................................................................................................
5 I’ve been here since 7.00 in the morning. (wait)
.................................................................................................................
6 We were in the middle of dinner when they arrived. (eat)
.................................................................................................................
5.Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 I’ll tell my father the good news the moment
he ........................................................................ (call) me.
2 The tickets are sold out. I wish we ................................................................ (buy) some
last week.
3 My car is dirty. I’m going to ................. it ................................................................. (wash)
tomorrow.
4 Where are you? We ............................................................... (wait) for half an hour.
5 I ....................................................... (think) about Sheila all day when she suddenly
appeared.
6 Sean doesn’t eat enough. He would look better if he ................................................ (not
be) so thin.
7 Why ......................................... everything ...................................................................
(sell) at half price today?
8 What a noise! I wish the neighbours ..............................................................................
(shout) like that.
9 The dogs are outside. The door ..................................................................... (must / leave)
open.
10 I ....................................................... (not eat) that cake if I had known there was
margarine in it.

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6.Complete the text. If there is no verb, use a relative pronoun.
For several months, a German Shepherd puppy named Gavel lived at the Australia police
dog academy in Queensland, 1 ............................. he was being trained to fight crime.
Gavel was a puppy 2 ..................................... family already had five police service dogs,
so his breeders claimed that he 3 ................................................................. (be) a great
success.

However, his trainers soon realised that they 4 ................................. (should not / take)
the dog. They explained that they 5 .................................................... (have to / fire) him
because he 6 ...................................................... (be) too friendly to catch criminals.
At that point, the Governor of Queensland suggested 7 ................................. (bring) the
adorable dog to live with him at the Government House. He promised 8 .........................
(give) Gavel a new job in his magnificent home, greeting tourists and official guests. The
Governor’s spokesman recently said that since his arrival, the dog 9 ........................
(bring) great joy to visitors and staff alike. Clearly, there are times 10 ..................... it’s
actually worthwhile to fail. For Gavel, success in the original job would have meant a lot
of hard work and a much less luxurious lifestyle!