REVIEW FOR MID-TERM EXAM

GERUNDS OR INFINITIVES?

A Right or wrong? Correct the mistakes.

1 I expect to have finished the report by Friday afternoon.

2 It’s no use sitting around talking about it. We need actions not words.

3 Your remarks offended me. I will not put up with speaking to like that.

4 We would love to be able to stay longer in Bangkok but it just wasn’t possible.

5 She’s very narrow-minded so it’s difficult for her understanding your point of view.

6 I wasn’t aware of having been introduced to her before.

7 There’s no point to invite George because he never goes to parties.

8 Having studied abroad will certainly be an advantage when you come to apply for a job.

9 What’s that noise? Someone seems to try to open the door.

10 We enjoyed the holiday, but would rather have stayed two weeks instead of just one.

B Complete the second sentence with a gerund or infinitive so that it means the same as the
first.

1 We can’t get a taxi because we don’t have enough cash.

We don’t have enough cash _________________________ a taxi.

2 It won’t do you any good to feel guilty about what happened.

It’s no good _________________________ guilty about what happened.

3 He was fed up with his wife telling him what to wear.

He was fed up with _________________________ what to wear by his wife.

4 It would have been better if the director had informed me personally.

I would rather _________________________ by the director in person.

5 He’s unsure about what he should do after he graduates.

He’s unsure about what _________________________ after he graduates.

6 It is thought that the police are searching the whole area.

The police are thought _________________________ the whole area.

7 She was the first female prime minister.

She was the first woman _________________________ elected prime minister.

8 I’m concerned that I haven’t been contacted yet.

I’m concerned about _________________________ yet.

VERB + OBJECT + INFINITIVE OR GERUND

C Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the infinitive (with or without to) or the
gerund.

1 I’m afraid I can’t let you ___________________ (check in) until I see proof of identity.

2 Any student who fails will be made ______________________ (retake) the test.

3 My dad would always make us ______________________ (do) our homework before watching
TV.

4 It shouldn’t take you more than five minutes ______________________ (get) here.

5 We’ve arranged for Jake ______________________ (attend) the meeting.

6 I really dislike people ______________________ (stop) me in the street to ask for money.

7 Any task that involves my mother ______________________ (use) a computer makes her panic.

8 We strongly advise guests ______________________ (leave) their valuables in the hotel safe.

9 Henry reminded everyone ______________________ (not arrive) late for the welcome tour.

10 Fortunately her injury won’t prevent her from ______________________ (take) part in the
competition.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

D Re-write the sentences using the word in bold.

1 Had we been aware of the situation, we would have changed our plans. if

2 You can borrow my laptop provided you look after it. condition

3 I’m going to the party. It doesn’t matter if I’m invited or not. whether

4 If you hadn’t found your passport, what would you have done? supposing

5 The exam will be fine as long has you do enough revision. providing

6 I’m in favour of contact sports providing nobody gets seriously injured. long

7 I would never wear fur, however cold it was. even

8 You can go out tonight as long as you’re back by midnight. provided

E Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the verb in brackets.

1 If Simon ___________________________ such a demanding job, he wouldn’t get so stressed.

(have)
2 You ___________________________ to use your mobile unless you charge the battery first. (be
able)

3 I wouldn’t have woken you up if you ___________________________ (snore).

4 If you ___________________________ to class yesterday you won’t know about the next exam.
(come)

5 ________________ you _______________ your car more often if you could afford it? (change)

6 We’d be starving by now if we ___________________________ something before we left home

(eat)

7 Lily ___________________________ us by now if she wasn’t having a good time. (call)

8 We ___________________________ the bank so much now if we hadn’t asked for such a big
mortgage. (owe)

ADJECTIVES + PREPOSITIONS

F Match the sentence halves and write the missing prepositions in the gap.

1 His parents are very proud ______________ a the idea of negotiating the contract.

2 Many people are not keen ______________ b fashion magazines and buys 2 or 3 a week.

3 New Yorkers are famous for ______________ c their spouses financially.

4 My sister is obsessed ______________ d his achievements at university.

5 They said they were not open ______________ e the depressing stories in the news.

6 Full-time housewives may be dependent ______________ f being friendly to tourists.

7 Many people are fed up ______________ g self-catering holidays because they don’t
like having to cook on holiday.

PREFIXES

G Complete the sentences with a word from the list with a negative prefix.

competent continued hospitable literate

official personal rational

1 The climate on that island is so ___________________________ that nothing can live there.

2 Adults who were ___________________________ used to sign their name with a cross.

3 He’s extremely upset, so his behaviour may be ___________________________.

4 I refuse to go to that restaurant again because the staff are completely

___________________________.

5 I can’t get new parts for my car because they’ve ___________________________ that model.

6 I hate big hotel chains because they are so ___________________________.

7 Rumour has it that she’s going to resign, but the reports are ___________________________.

PERMISSION, OBLIGATION and NECESSITY

H Cross out the verb that is NOT possible in the sentences.

1 We need to / We’ve got to / We can check out before 12, or the hotel will charge us for
another night.

2 When we were children, we couldn’t / shouldn’t / weren’t allowed to stay out late.

3 I should have / must have / ought to have packed some warmer clothes. I’m freezing!

4 You mustn’t / aren’t supposed to / don’t have to walk dogs on this beach, but many people
do.

5 Some members of my family couldn’t / needn’t / weren’t able to attend our wedding because
it was held abroad.

6 I mustn’t / needn’t / don’t have to study tonight because my exams are over.

7 We ought to / We’re allowed to / We’d better look in on your mother this weekend. She hasn’t
been well.

8 We didn’t need to / didn’t have to / couldn’t ring the bell because the door was open.

9 You can / should / ought to see a doctor about that cough.

PHONES AND TECHNOLOGY

I Read the definitions and write the word or phrase in the space provided.

1 _____________________________ to end a telephone conversation by putting the receiver

down.

2 _____________________________ to move information on a computer or phone screen

up or down in order to read it.
3 _____________________________ to connect somebody to someone else by phone.

4 _____________________________ to put electricity into a piece of equipment such as a

battery so that it is stored there.
5 ____________________________ a phone connection that uses wires carried on poles or
under the ground, in contrast to a mobile phone.
6 ____________________________ to remove a device from an electricity supply.

7 ____________________________ to speak more loudly.

8 ____________________________ to enter your password when you start using a computer

9 ____________________________ to buy more credit for calls on your mobile phone.

10 __________________________ to stop a phone connection so you can’t continue to speak.

KEYWORDS FOR FILM AESTHETICS

Match keywords on the left with the definition on the right.

KEYWORD DEFINITION
a) the expressive use of editing to confer symbolic and
mise-en scène
metaphorical meanings onto the filmed events
b) editing in such a way that when a character looks off-
screen, we cut to the object the character is looking at and
continuity editing
that object is shown from the character’s optical vantage
point
c) a shot of longer than average duration
Eyeline match

d) the process of filming, of translating mise-en-scène into

Deep focus
film
photography
e) a type of shooting that keeps several planes of the shot in
point-of-view focus at the same time (foreground, medium ground,
cutting background), allowing several actions to be filmed at the
same time
f) those who argue that film makers can present a unique – a
realists specifically filmic – vision of the world, made possible by
film’s specific properties (editing, etc.)
g) editing so that a character in one shot glances at something
montage off screen (out of the frame) and a cut reveals the object the
character is looking at
h) If a character exits the shot from the right of the screen,
mise-en-shot they enter the next shot from the left of the screen (and vice
versa)
Match-on-action i) what appears in front of the camera – set design, lighting
cut and character movement, etc.
j) a series of techniques that enable the spectator to create
Directional
a coherent picture from the shots presented on screen
continuity
k) the cut from one shot to another occurs when an action is
formalists being performed, in which the action is continued from one
shot to the next
l) those who argue that, by means of its automatic mechanical
long take recording of events, film imitates perfectly our normal visual
experience of reality