End of year grammar and vocabulary review

Comparatives and Superlatives

Write the correct comparative or superlative from the adjective in
brackets.
1.
It rained all day. It was definitely the
(bad)

day of the holiday.

2.
The roads in London are
(busy)

than the roads in Scotland.

3.

guards in London. (friendly).

The Beefeaters are the

4.
The Crown Jewels are
(expensive)
5.

Buckingham Palace is the

6.

Going by bike is

7.

Big Ben is

8.

You can meet the

than my earrings.
sight in London. (good)
than by bus. (dangerous)
than Sues house. (big)
people in Hyde Park. (cool)

9.
The bells in the clock tower are
(loud)
10. The

than my CDs.

street for shopping is Oxford Street. (good)

Prepositions
Choose the correct preposition to go in each space, use in on or at.
___ 8 o clock

____20th May

___ midnight

____two hours

___ Monday

____ summer

___ 2013

____ time

___ the morning

____vacation

___ the weekend

____night

The future

Fill in the gaps with the correct future tense, will, be going to, or present
continuous.
1.The train

at 11:45. (to leave)

2.We
have)

dinner at a nice restaurant on Saturday. (to

3.I think

in the mountains tomorrow evening. (to snow)

4.On Sunday at 8 o'clock I

5.They

my friend. (to meet)

to London on Friday evening. (to fly)

6.Wait! I

you to the station. (to drive)

7.The English lesson

8.I

at 8:45. (to start)

my sister in April. (to see)

9.Look at the clouds - it

in a few minutes. (to rain)

10.Listen! There's someone at the door. I

(to open)

the door!!.

Question tags
Write the correct question tag using the correct tense.
1.She is collecting stickers,

2.We often watch TV in the afternoon,

3.John and Max don't like maths,

4.Peter played handball yesterday,

5.Mary didn't do her homework last Monday,

6.He can buy a new car,

7.Kevin will come tonight,

8.I'm clever,

?
?

Present Perfect with for and since

1. They have lived in Madrid
2. He has been in prison
3. He has known the information
4. Conditions have changed a lot

1972.
four years.
a long time.
we were children.

5. Our teacher has been very ill

6. I haven't eaten anything

last month.
twenty-four hours.

7.. I have been trying to fix this old fashioned car

8. One of my friends has been teaching in Tokyo
I haven't met him since last year.

hours.
three years.

First conditional
Complete the sentence.
1.If we wait here,
2.If the weather does not improve,
3.They will go to the party if
4.They wont pass their exam
5.If I eat all this cake,
6.I will go the supermarket if

Some, any and none.

Translate the following sentences into English
1.Vi algunos zapatos que me gustaron en la tienda.
2.Puedo tocar tres instrumentos. Sabes tocar alguno?
3.Algunas manzanas en el bol estn pasadas.
4.Me queda algo de leche en la nevera.
5.Han comprado harina?
6.Encontraste libros nuevos? - No, no haba ninguno.
7.Tienes algo de dinero?

Translate the following words

1.the average

3.a lesson

2.a campsite

4.to pick (someone) up

5.a wallet

8.un red social

6.un traje

9.retrasarse

7.una encuesta

10.la instalacion

Use the following words in a complete sentence.

1.keep in touch with
2.get on well with
3.to look after
4.to hang out
5.to argue with
6.to be a pity
7.from..until
8.to be looking forward to something
9.to be crazy about
10.to fail