PREPARATION FOR THE SECOND WRITTEN TEST

I Complete the words in the sentences.

1 The trip to New York was great – I had the t _ _ e of my l _ _ e!
2 A lot of families go to m _ _ s at the church every Sunday morning.
3 Jan is an only child – she doesn’t have any s _ _ _ _ _ _ s.
4 The p _ _ _ st gave a blessing at the end of the ceremony.
5 I like q _ _ _n _ little backstreets in Venice.

II Complete the sentences with the Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Simple or
Past Perfect Continuous form of the verbs.
1The boss ________________ (talk) to clients on Skype for hours, so she ________________
(want) a break.
2 He______________ (leave) the party while the others _________________ (have) dinner.
3 She _____________________ (never / want) to get married until she ___________ (meet)
Phillip.
4 I apologised, but Joe ___________ (say) he ____________________ (not / wait) long.
III Write relative pronouns (who, which, whose, where). Put them in brackets ( ) if they can
be omitted
1 First-borns, ……….. are used to being given responsibility, make great leaders.
2 This is the lady ……………. I told you about.
3 The person ……………… car is parked over there can’t be a very good driver.
4 That’s the hotel …………….. we stayed last year.
5.She can be sometimes stubborn,…………… gets on my nerves.
IV Complete the second sentence with a reduced relative clause or join the sentences using a
relative clause
1 The teams that are playing in this match are both good.
The teams ______________________ are both good.
2 Children who are praised at home do better at school.
Children ______________________ do better at school.
3 I travelled to Newcastle. I was born there in 1996.
_________________________________________________________________________
4 Our neighbours are called Paul and Joanna. Their daughter is in my class.
_________________________________________________________________________
V Word formation

1. Most countries have ______________ (differ) traditions to celebrate journey into

___________ (adult).
2. Every child needs _______________ (encourage) from their parents.
3. Left-handers tend to choose _______________ (create) professions.
4. He admired his _______________ in the mirror.( reflect)