Name:....................................

7th. A
Date:......................................

DECEMBER EXAM

1. TENSES:
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

VICTORIAN BRITAIN
When Queen Victoria ......................(die) in 1901, she ............................
(reign) for 63 years. During her reign many great scientific
discoveries ................................(make) and the population of
Britain ........................(rise) from 18 million to 40 million. The British
Empire.............................(grow) to become the largest empire the
world.................................(ever - know) and by then it .........................(include) a
quarter of the world’s people. During her reign Britain .........................(enjoy) a
time of peace and prosperity and .......................
(not - fight) in any major war since the battle of Waterloo in 1815. No
one .............................. (suspect) that the First World War, in which so many
young men .......................................(kill) some 13 later.

2. CONDITIONAL SENTENCES:
Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

1. If you would have bought it last week, the price didn’t have go up.
2. If you have been feeling unwell you would go to see the doctor.
3. If I were born rich I hadn’t needed to work.
4. If you’d let me know that you arrived I’d meet you at the airport.
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3. REPORTED SPEECH:
Rewrite the following passage as reported speech. Use different “verbs
of reporting” where possible.

My friend Susan spoke to me on the phone last Wednesday and said: “I

won’t be able to see you next week, I had a call from my brother ten minutes
ago. I’ve heard from him that my grandfather will be arriving here at the end of
this week and this will be the first time I’ll have seen him since he went to New
Zealand in 1988. I hope you don’t mind but I’d like to postopone our meeting
from next week to the week after.”
4. PASSIVE VOICE:
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb (passive)in
brackets.

1. Last night my favourite TV programme (interrupt).........................................by

special news bulletin.
2. The “b” in “comb” (not - pronounce).................................................It is silent.
3. A: When (your bike - steal)...................................................?
B: Two days ago.
4. A new house (build)...............................................next to ours next year.
5. The morning paper (read) .....................................by over 200.000 people
every day.

3. REGRETS:
Complete the sentences using an expression with “I wish”

1.It took me three days to get to Chicago by bus. I wish.......................................

2. I have to walk up three flights of stairs to get to my apartment. I

wish ........................................................
3. I’d like to go camping this weekend. I wish the weather...................................
4. I miss my family. I wish...............................................................
5. The kitchen is a mess this morning as I didn’t wash the dishes last night. I
wish................................................................