1.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must
use between three and eight words, including the word given.

a. It’s almost a year since I stopped smoking.

up
I…………………………ago.
b. Nobody has had sight of the boat for two days
last
The boat………………two days ago.
c. Immediately we finish this, we’ll join you.
minute
We’ll ……………….finish this.
d. Ronaldo’s goal is the most extraordinary I’ve ever seen.
yet
I’ve …………………..an extraordinary goal as Ronaldo’s.

2. Correct any sentences that are unacceptable.

a. By the time he is fifty, he will live in this country for half his life.
b. It’s a surprise party and they won’t know anything about it until they
got here.
c. By the time we will have finished, everybody will have eaten and
drunk as much as they can.
 3.Read the text below. Use the words given in CAPITALS at the end of the
text to form a word that fits in the blanket spaces.
If next May (0) newly promoted United are to avoid (1)………..back to the
league they have just escaped, they will have to do something about the
(2)………that has plagued their performances for most of this season. They will
also require real (3)……….from their senior players to nurse along the more
(4)……………..members of the squad.
Their most(5)………need however , is an injection of funds that will allow them
to (6)……………….a defense that has been (7)……….slack in recent months. The
harsh reality is they will also need an (8)……….more (9)…………….goalkeeper if
they are to provide any real (10)……….for the Premiership’s big boys.

0- NEW
1-RELEGATE
2-CONSISTENT
3-LEADER
4-EXPERIENCE
5-PRESS
6-STRONG
7-BELIEVE
8-FINITE
9-RELY
10-COMPETE

4. Underline the appropriate adjective or adverb.

a. They drove under a low/lowly bridge.
b. She has travelled wide/widely.
 c. Make sure you’re here at seven o’clock sharp/sharply.
d. She love him dear/dearly.
e. We’ll be there short/shortly.
f. Three-toed sloths live deep/deeply in the Amazon forest.

5. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.

a. The boys were playing games when it ………………………. raining .

was starting/ started/ had started

b. You were watching TV when I ……………………… for my exam.

prepared/ am preparing/was preparing

c. The phone ………………………. while I was cooking dinner.

ring/ rang/was ringing

d. How long ……………………… a social activist?

have you been/ are you/ were you

e. We …………………….. each other for a long time.

knew/ are knowing/ have known

f. We ……………………… nothing from all the wars in history.

are learning/ have learnt/learnt

g. I ………………………… well for the exam.

prepared/have prepared/ had prepared

h. I ……………………….. well for the exam, yet I failed.

prepared/have prepared/ was preparing

i. I looked around but I ……………………. anyone.

didn't find/hadn't found/don't find.

j. She threw a glass at me, but ……………………

was missing/missed/ had missed.