REVISION

I. Complete the sentences with the past simple, past continous or past perfect form of the verbs
in brackets.
1. Matt (live) _____________ in Greece for two years before he (move) _____________ to Italy.
2. The patient (die) _____________ while the doctors (perform) _____________ the operation.
3. I (be) _____________ happy to see Matha because we (not see) _____________ each other since
last Christmas.
4. Mary (clean) _____________the windscreen when she (notice) _____________a crack in the glass.
5. By the time Alex (finish) _____________ his studies, he (be) _____________ in London for over
eight years.
6. As I (cross) _____________ the street, I (catch) _____________ sight of an old friend of mine in a
restaurant.
7. The hotel was full, so I (be) _____________ glad that we (book) _____________ in advance.
8. As soon as the people (hear) _____________ the trumpet blast, they (shout) _____________ a loud
war cry.
9. What (you/ read) _____________ when I (interrupt) _____________ you last night?
10. I (want) _____________ to help with the washing up, but Sandra (already/ do) _____________ it.
11. They (watch) _____________ a film in the cinema so they (not realise) _____________ it (snow)
_____________ outside.
12. First I (tidy) _____________ the flat, then I (sits) _____________ down and (have)
_____________ a cup of coffee.
13. _____________(you/ ever/ visit) London when you (live) _____________in England?
14. The neighbors (call) _____________ the fire department when they (see) _____________ the old
house go up in flames.
15. Nobody (come) _____________to the meeting because Angela (forget) _____________to tell
them about it.
II. Fill in the blank with/ without a relative pronoun.
1. Can you give me back the money _____________ I lent you last month?
2. They complained about the wrong goods _____________ were sent to them.
3. This is Susan _____________ husband works in the sales department.
4. The advice _____________ Sam gave me was quite senseless.
5. Monday is the day _____________bills have to paid.
6. The secretary showed me the cabinet _____________ important documents are filed.
7. Enter the address of the person _____________ you want to forward the message to.
8. Elsa seemed like the kind of woman _____________ happiness came almost naturally.
9. What is the name of the woman _____________ used to read the news on Channel 9?
10. His refusal to tell her the truth is the reason _____________ she is so angry with him.
III. Write the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. The English language is charaterized by its grammatical _____________. (SIMPLE)
2. These jobs are often part-time and can be scheduled _____________. (FLEXIBILITY)
3. She took an advanced course to build up a _____________ in written and spoken English.
(FLUENT)
4. I can’t read sheet music, because I only learned to play the violin through _____________.
(IMITATE)
5. Canada is an offically _____________ country, with two offical languages: French and English.
(LINGUAL)
6. The word “politics” is _____________ from a Greek word meaning “city”. (DERIVATIVE)
7. Because of its global spread, English has several different _____________around the world.
(VARY)
8. English is the _____________ international language of the 21st century. (DOMINATE)
9. He decided to master Spanish and took an _____________ course in Mexico. (IMMERSE)
10. He spoke heavily _____________ English because he lived in New Jersey throughout his later
life. (ACCENT)
IV. Combine the two sentences using defining relative clauses.
1. Can you show me the room? Meetings are held in that room.
- Can you ___________________________________________________________________
2. What would you do with the scholarship? You were offered it this month.
- What _____________________________________________________________________
3. I don’t really like the woman. She is in charge of the Marketing Department.
- I don’t ____________________________________________________________________
4. I have never met the man. He gave me a lift this morning.
- The man ___________________________________________________________________
5. Scientists are working with stem cells. Stem will revolutionize medicine.
- Scientists ___________________________________________________________________
6. Most of the books are still popupar today. I read them as a child.
- Most of the books ____________________________________________________________
7. We won’t forget the day. We went Justin Bieber’s concert that day.
- We ________________________________________________________________________
8. The book is about Gagarin’s flight to the space. Mr Henry gave it to me.
- The book ___________________________________________________________________
9. I want to introduce you to Mrs Black. Her husband is a software engineer at Google, Inc.
- I want ______________________________________________________________________
10. The Nation Air and Space Museum has been renovated. We visited it last year.
- The Nation Air and Space Museum _______________________________________________
V. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first.
1. You can easily form a relationship with some people.
- There are some people _________________________________________________________
2. It hate Nancy because she always plays trick on me in front of my classmates.
- If __________________________________________________________________________
3. This is the most useful English lesson we’ve ever had.
- we’ve never had a _____________________________________________________________
4. If you don’t practice speaking English regularly, you can’t improve your speaking skills.
- Unless ______________________________________________________________________
5. The singer is staying in a penthouse suite that is situated on the top 2 floors, 45th and 46th.
- The penthouse suite ____________________________________________________________
6. “ How has the English language changed over the decades, Jim?” Mary asked.
- Mary asked ___________________________________________________________________
7. We have decided that your contract will not be renewed.
- It ____________________________________________________________________________
8. Revising for exams takes up all my time at the moment.
- I’m busy ______________________________________________________________________
9. When they arrived at the police station, they were taken to an interview room.
- On ___________________________________________________________________________
10. We could look for the information about the history of English on the Internet.
- How __________________________________________________________________________