Instituto Superior San Nicolás de Bari

Traductorado e interpretariado en inglés

English Grammar III

FINAL EXAM

Name: Date: 09/11/2020

THEORY

Please, answer the following questions briefly.

1) What is reported speech?

2) How many types of conditional sentences are there? Choose one and explain its structure and use.

3) What is a relative clause? Which are the types of relative clauses?

4) What is the use of Emphasis and Inversion?

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PRACTICE

1) Turn the sentences into the direct or the indirect speech. Try to use an appropriate introductory
verb when turning sentences into reported speech.
a) ‘Could you open the door for me, please?’ Cynthia asked Sam .

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b) Loren denied having damaged the car.

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c) ‘You lied to me,’ Mike told Joe.

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d) Our teacher asked if Zoe was there that day.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

e) Julie claimed to have met George Clooney.

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f) ‘No, I won’t do your homework for you,’ she said to me.

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g) ‘Don’t drive too close to the car in front’, said the driver instructor.

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h) ‘Where are your parents?’ Uncle Jim asked us.

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i) His mother said to him, ‘No, you can’t go to the concert.’

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j) ‘Yes, you may stay out late on Saturday,’ said Dad.

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k) ‘I’m sorry I ruined your shirt,’ Liam told Louis.

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l) He promised that he would pay me back one day.

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m) The instructor said, ‘This is how you open the parachute.’

 n) The theatre manager announced that the show was starting.

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o) Simon begged his parents to let him go to the disco.

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2) Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form.

a) I’m afraid that Jones is a hardened criminal. If we……………………………………………………

(not/punish) him this time, he……………………………………………………… (only/commit) more

crimes.

b) It’s always the same! If I…………………………………………………… (decide) to leave the office

early, my boss……………………………………………………..(call) me after I left!

c) Thanks to Dr. Stuart, I’m alive! If it………………………………………………………… (not/be) for

her, I………………………………………………………… (be) dead for certain.

d) I’m sorry I can’t lend you any money. You know that if I……………………………………………(have)

it, I ……………………………………………………. (lend) it to you.

e) Now we’re lost! If you…………………………………………………(write down) Martha’s directions,

this……………………………………………..(not/happen).

f) Why don’t we emigrate? If we……………………………………………………..(live) Ingland, at least

the weather…………………………………………………….. (be) better.

g) Don’t be afraid. If you………………………………………………………… (touch) the dog,

it………………………………………………………… (not/bite).

h) In those days, if you………………………………………………………… (have) a job,

you…………………………………………………………(be) lucky.

3) 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.

a) I’d love to be able to go with you to the cinema.

Wish I……………………………………………………………………….go with you to the cinema.

 b) I’d rather you didn’t stay long at the meeting.

Better It………………………………………………………………………stay long at the meeting.

c) Do you ever regret not going to university?

Wish Do you ever……………………………………………………………to university?

d) I’d rather not go by plane.

Prefer I’d………………………………………………………………………..go by plane.

e) I’ve had enough of your constant complaining!

Wish I……………………………………………………………………………complaining all the

time!

f) John doesn’t know all the answers, though he pretends to.

Acts John ……………………………………………………………………...all the answers.

4) Choose the correct option.

Will human beings ever live on other planets?

A we have become accustomed to the idea of space travel, and in films and fiction it seems

B space travel is inevitable, it appears unlikely that human beings will ever get any further than

Mars, our nearest neighbor. C films we make about apace travel, the fact is that it remains

technologically challenging, and extremely expensive. D the distances involved are immense;

any voyage outside our solar system would take hundreds of years using current technology. E

human beings went into space, they would have problems of how to eat and breathe, and their spaceship

would have to carry vast amounts of fuel F cover the distance. Even Mars is G

far away that it would take about six months to get there. H the distance between Earth and Mars

varies, astronauts would have to wait for nearly two years l they could return using the shortest

journey time. J it could cost as much as $100 billion, a manned mission to Mars is planned for

some time between 2010 and 2020.

a) A Since B Although C So

b) A the moment B since C as though

 c) A Although B Considering C No matter how many

d) A Since B In order that C So

e) A Wherever B Although C Before

f) A even though B in order to C as if

g) A so B as C after

h) A So B Wherever C As

i) A when B since C before

j) A As if B Even though C So that

5) Complete each sentence with two to five words, including the word in bold.

a) He forgot to lock the door. This was very careless of him.

which He forgot to lock the door ……………………………………………………………… of

him.

b) Drivers parking in this area will be fined.

Who Drivers …………………………………………………………………………..will be fined.

c) Carol is very smart. She owns this shop.

who Carol, ………………………………………………………………. , is very smart.

d) This is Mark. His mother is a teacher.

whose This is Mark ……………………………………………………………a teacher.

e) She introduced me to all her friends. This was very nice of her.

which She introduced me to all her friends ……………………………………………..

of her.

f) The woman driving that car is a famous journalist.

Who The woman………………………………………………………………………is a famous

journalist.

g) The photograph published in that magazine was not genuine.

Which The photograph…………………………………………………………………in that magazine

was not genuine.

 h) The only thing she hasn’t eaten is the cabbage.

Everything She ……………………………………………………………… the cabbage.

i) He really had a good time at school today.

Himself He really …………………………………………………………………………………..

today.

j) The shop sent me another person’s order by mistake.

Someone The shop sent me ………………………………………………………………….

by mistake .

6) Rewrite the sentences using reduced relative clauses.

a) The woman who is serving the tea is my aunt.

…The woman serving the tea is my aunt…

b) The glacier which is next to the mainland is moving quickly.

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c) The woman who is talking about climate change is a professor from the USA.

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d) The car which was sold yesterday morning was a rare Rolls Royce.

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e) Anyone who is interested in the environment should read this book.

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f) The boy who is wearing a hat is Nicholas.

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g) I thought the man who was walking down the street was my neighbor.

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7) Rewrite the sentences using the word/phrases given.

a) She had barely woken up when the telephone rang.

Barely…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
 b) I haven’t seen such beautiful mountains anywhere else.

Nowhere else……………………………………………………………………………………………………

c) If I were you, I would get a cat.

Were……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

d) The policeman didn’t realize that the thief had already escaped.

Little………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

e) He hasn’t had an ice cream since last summer.

Not since…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

f) She not only broke the glass, but she cut her hand.

Not only………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

g) We have seldom seen such a well-kept garden.

Seldom…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

h) They have never stayed in such a wonderful hotel before.

Never before…………………………………………………………………………………………………….

8) Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
a) I don’t know who is going to pay for the damage.

Who___________________________________________________________________________

b) The union representative called the strike.

The person ____________________________________________________________________

c) I really can’t stand lukewarm food.

What __________________________________________________________________________

d) In the end Martha went to the police.

What __________________________________________________________________________

e) I think you must have seen a ghost.

It _____________________________________________________________________________

f) I think you must have seen a ghost.

It __________________________________________________________________________

g) Dickens used to live around the corner.

 The place ______________________________________________________________________

h) I baked a cake for my mother’s birthday.

It __________________________________________________________________________

9) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets.

a) The…artist… got…………………………… reviews from the critics. (art, impress)

b) His…………………………… was proved thanks to the……………………… of an eye-witness

who testified that he had not been party of……………………….. (Innocent, present, violent)

c) You must be very…………………………… as this substance can be……………………………

(care, harm)

d) The police placed great…………………………… on the…………………………..they discovered.

(important, evident)

e) Lots of…………………………… find…………………………… in this…………………

part of town. (tour, accommodate, peace)

f) She is………………………… that her…………………………….investments

were…………………….. as she is now a very…………………………… woman and

owns……………………………. properties throughout the country. (luck, finance, success, wealth,

number)

10) For each question, fill the space in the sentence using the base word given in bold at the end.
The required word may be a noun, adverb, adjective or verb and it may be either positive or
negative.
a) Though he'd read  _____________ on the subject of ancient Egypt, he couldn’t answer a
single question.
extend
b) Caffeine and other similar  _______________ shouldn't be taken shortly before going to bed.
stimulate   
c) Would it be  ____________ for you if I asked you to pay by credit card?
Convenient
d) Young people often have a creative and _____________ side to them that they lose as
they grow.
invent
e) This letter is just to let you know how much we appreciated the  ______________ of the
donation that you made.
generous
f) The hit TV series 'Friends' was ________________ called 'Six Of One'.
Origin
g) You've made a lot of wild accusations against Betsy, but is any of it _____________ ?
Proof
h) ______________ children are not permitted to enter the shop without an adult.
Company