REVISION WORKSHEET 11th FORM

1. Complete the following text with the given words:

self-image packaged advertisers persuades target consume objects

advertising consumerism fulfillment

1. ………………………………….. has become the religion of our time with 2. ………………………….. at its service. In,
fact, advertising often turns people into 3. ………………………………… . Women and men’s bodies are 4.
………………………. and used to sell everything. With these perfect creatures our 5. ………………………………. is
deeply affected. 6. …………………………… spend enormous amounts of money on psychological research and they
use this knowledge to 7. …………….. children, to encourage all people to 8. …………………… even more. The
consumer culture 9. …………………… us not only to buy more but to seek our identity and 10. ……………………
through what we buy, to express our individuality through our choice of products.

2. Fill in the gaps with the suitable word families.

Most of the methods of persuasion are (1) _______________ (perfect) (2) _______________ (accept) but it’s
worth being (3) _______________ (awareness) of them when you go (4) _______________ (shop). It soon became
(5) _______________ (apparently) in the 1950's, when Britain introduced (6) _______________ (commerce) on
television and (7) _______________ (advertise) were being flashed into our homes every fifteen minutes, that many
other forms of persuasion were not such a good idea. There was a need to (8) _______________ (development) a
set of advertising standards and a code of practice to (9) _______________ (protection) the public from (10)
_______________ (scrupulous) 'persuaders'.

3. Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect
Continuous).

1. My sister _______________________________ (do) an email exchange with a student from France.

2. They _______________________________(write) emails since last summer.
3. She _______________________________ (invite) her friend to come to Portugal in the summer.
4. Nevertheless, Jean (that’s her friend’s name) _______________________________(study) a lot lately and he
doesn’t know if he will be able to come.
5. I _____________ also _____________(create) an account at Cyberfriends.com. My
mother___________________ (tell) me that I spend too much time online and that’s true!
6. At last my students are interested in something! They _______________________ (ask) questions about how a
friendship website works and they seem to be enthusiastic about the idea of having a classroom account.
7. Some schools _______________________________ (create) projects of writing emails to epals in different
countries, in order to improve their language skills.
8. Even my mother _______________________________ (write) to an epal. However, she hasn’t got a reply yet.

4. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.

a) We rushed to the station but the train ________________________________ (just/ gone).

b) When I got to the concert hall, they wouldn’t let me in. I ____________________________ (forget) my ticket.
c) We _________________________________ (travel) all day before we got to Madrid.
d) My friends __________________________________(not / drink) alcohol before they went to that club.
e) ______________________________________ (Maria / drive) for many hours when that accident happened?
f) I didn’t have an umbrella, but that didn’t matter. The rain ___________________________ (stop).
5. Rewrite the sentences so that they keep the same meaning.

a) Although her father had a negative opinion on the subject, she didn’t give up.
Despite her _________________________________________________________________________________
b)The work was difficult but at least it was interesting.
In spite of ___________________________________________________________________________________
c) In spite of being late, Nick didn’t seem in a hurry to leave.
Although ___________________________________________________________________________________
d) Everyone thought that Emma should accept the offer, but she turned it down. (nevertheless)
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e) As the road was under water, the police closed it to traffic.(therefore)
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f) Pam has a dog. Don has a dog too (Both…)
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g) Mary couldn’t lift the stone and Joe couldn’t either (Neither…)
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h) I spent 6 years at Secondary School and then I went to University (After…)

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i) She finished writing her book and then published it (When…)

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j) Bill had no money left at the end of his holiday (By…)

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k) We arrived late at the wedding. The ceremony had began before we arrived (By the time…)
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l) The alarm went off in the middle of her phone conversation (While…)
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m) There was a terrible traffic jam. He arrived on time (Although …)

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n) He searched everywhere, but he couldn’t find the ticket (Although...)

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o) Most animals survived the hard winter (Even though…)

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p) Despite the age of the house, we managed to sell it (Although…)

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q) Although he has an English name, he is in fact German (Despite…)

r) Although her friends advised her not to do it, she would not listen (Despite…)
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s) Although MN is very famous in Spain, she isn’t widely known abroad (In spite of…)
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t) We lost the match although we were the better team (Despite…)

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u) He is extremely rich, but very mean (In spite of…)

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v) Mrs. Jones is 70, but she still goes for a run every day (In spite of…)
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w) She accepted the job. The salary was very low (Despite …)
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x) I didn’t drink that much last night. I had a terrible hangover this morning (Despite…)
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y) He came from a poor family. He became rich (In spite of …)

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6. Put the verbs in brackets in the GERUND or in the INFINITIVE (with or without “to”).

1. Mark can _____________________ (play) tennis very well.

2. I’d rather ______________________ (visit) my friend Anna than my friend Peter. Anna is very funny.

3. My brother denied _____________ (eat) my chocolate mousse. Maybe his hamster ate it.

4. I tried _____________ (understand) but I just couldn't.

5. In the end I gave up _____________ (try) to persuade her.

6. Charlie was pretending _____________ (be) a chicken.

7. They chose _____________ (stay) in a cheap hotel but spend more money on meals.

8. We like Galicia so much that we keep _____________(go) back there.

9. He deserves _____________ (be) severely punished.

10. When we visit my aunt, they expect me _____________ (be) on my best behaviour.