Revision Exercises I

Revision Exercises I

[85) Choose the correct item.

1.How long .... С here?

A) you live B) do you live

C)have you lived D) are you living

2. I help you with the cooking?

A) Will B)Am

C) Shall D) Have

3. He denied ……….the money.

A) to take B) to have taken

C)take D) having taken

4. She……….. for 12 hours before she finished

everything.

A) had been working B) has been working C) is working D) has worked

5. When I was a child I running every day.

A) have gone B) used to go

C)was going D) had gone

B) before

D) already

8 o'clock. B) by the time

D)by

to come to the party. B) won't D) can't

some new clothes. B) for buying

D) buying

6. What …………at 10 o'clock last night? A) have you done B) were you doing C)have you been doing D) had you done

7. He hasn't left the office…. A) yet

C)just

8. They will have finished A) until

C) since

9. I'm afraid I…….. A) don't go C)won't be able

10. We went into town …. A) to buy

C)to have bought

11. We'd rather …………..to bed early last night. A) to have gone B) to go

C) going D) have gone

12. Remember ………..the door when you leave. A) to lock B) lock

C) locking D) have locked

13. "You look slimmer." "Yes, I ………12 kilos." A) had lost B) lost

C)have been losing D) have lost

14. "I'm having trouble with this exercise." "Don't worry. I ………………….you."

A) have helped B) am going to help

C) helped D) 'II help

15. "Have you ever been to China?"

"Yes, I ………….there in 1990."

A) have gone B) went

C) have been going D) have been

16. "How long have you worked here?" "By the end of the month I ……..here for three years." A) 'II work B) 'm going to work

C) 'II have been working D) 'II be working

17. "We'll need some cola for the party." "I ……………..some."

A) buy B) will have bought

C)'ve already bought D) had bought

18. "I need to give a message to Susan."

"I ………………her at the office this afternoon."

A) see B) have seen

C) 'II have seen D) 'II be seeing

19. "Have you ever met a famous person?"

"Yes, I …………….Maria Callas once."

A) have met B) met

C)meet D) have been meeting

20. "These shoes aren't at all comfortable."

"You shouldn't ……………….them."

A) have bought B) to buy

C) bought D) buying

21. "What's wrong with Lynda?"

"She ………….problems at work lately."

A) has been having B) will have C)was having D) 'II be having

22. "What's Pam doing?" "She seems ……. A) to be working B) working C) to have worked D) to work

23. "How long have you been working here?"

“ ……………………..6 months."

A) Since B) For

C) From D) Ago

24. "I can't stand this any longer!"

"Calm down. There's no point ……………upset."

A) to get B) get

C) in getting D) to getting

25. "How long does it take you to write a novel?"

"By December I …………on this one for 3 years."

A) will work B) will have been working

C) will be working D) am going to work

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86 Choose the correct item.

John Jones is a 45-1) year (years/years'/year) -old antique dealer. He studied History of Art 2)…. (in/at/on) university and 3) ….(has collected/has been collecting/collected) things since he was a child. He loves 4) …. (buying/buy/have bought) antiques and 5) ……(found/had found/has

found) some good bargains so far. The only problem is that he finds it 6) ……(such/too/enough) hard

to sell the things he has bought 7) (if/because/while) he likes them all. One day last week he came 8) ….(into/across/at) the most beautiful antique wooden trunk he had 9) …. (already/ever/never) seen. As he was 10) …(in/on/at) a hurry he told his driver to 11) … ….(fetch/bring/take) the trunk to his shop. When the driver 12) ….(arrived/ reached/got) the shop, he 13) ……(needn't/couldn't/mustn't) find a place to put the trunk so he left it by the front door. 14) .... (At/In/By) that moment an old man came 15) …(into/at/by) the shop to 16) (spot/look/search) around. When he saw the trunk, he asked for 17) ….(it's/each/ its) price. It was just then 18)…. (before/that/when) the door opened and a furious lady 19) ….(broke into/entered/got) the shop. "Don't touch that trunk!", she screamed. "It belongs 20) …(in/to/at) me."

87 Rephrase the following sentences using the words in bold type.

1. I've never heard this group before.

first It's the first time I've (ever) heard this group

2. She hasn't written to me for a long time.

since

3. This is the worst food I've ever eaten.

never

4.I haven't been to the cinema for months. last

5. When did you leave school?

how

6. They took only one day to paint the house.

it

7. It's exciting to climb mountains.

climbing

88 Fill in the correct preposition or adverb.

6. Someone broke the school and

stole the computers.

7. There was so much noise that I couldn't concentrate my work.

8. Can I borrow some money

you until tomorrow?

9. Although I'm bad …………………….. crosswords,

I love doing them.

10. Have you heard the earthquake in Italy?

1. When do schools break . up... for Christmas?

2. The detective came an important clue

quite by chance.

3. War broke between Britain and

Germany in 1939.

4. She ignored the ringing telephone and carried her work.

5. After leaving London we headed …..Oxford.

89 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

Sammy Milton 1) . \e not (not/be) very clever. He 2) (walk) along the beach one day when he 3) … (trip) over something and 4) … (fall) on the sand.

He 5) … (not/look) where he was going. "What 6) … (be) this?" he said, picking up the object he 7) … (trip) over. "I 8) … (never/see) anything like it before." It was, in fact, a very old oil lamp, and as he 9) … (rub) it, a genie suddenly 10) … (fly) out of it. "You 11) … (just/release) me from the lamp!" said the genie. "Now you may have three wishes." "Great" said Sammy who 12) … (feel) very thirsty. "I 13) (want) a bottle of lemonade that never 14) (run out)."

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"No problem," said the genie, and 15) … (produce) one instantly. Sammy picked up the

bottle and 16)… (drink) all the lemonade in one go. Magically, the bottle 17) … (fill)

itself up again. Sammy drank all that, and exactly the same thing 18) … (happen) again.

"That's amazing!" he said. "Thanks very much!" "You still 19) … (have) two more wishes young man."

"That's easy," said Sammy. "I 20) … (have) two more of these bottles of lemonade!"

90 Put the verbs in brackets into Past s., Past Perf., Past Cont. Or Past Perf. Cont.

Sally Deedes 1) was walking (walk) home late one night. She 2) … (be) to a dinner party at her friend's house. The city streets 3) … (be) empty and it 4) …. (rain) slightly. She 5) … (look forward) to getting safely home to bed because at dinner her friends 6) (talk) about a dangerous murderer who 7) … (escape) from prison the week before. Her friend Mark 8) … (offer) to walk home with her but, as she 9) … (live) only a mile away, she 10) … (tell) him that she would be OK. She was about halfway home when she

11) … (hear) footsteps behind her. She 12) … (stop) and 13) … (turn) around, but she couldn't see anyone and the footsteps 14) … (stop) as well. When she continued on her way the footsteps 15) … (start) again. She 16) … (begin) to feel afraid. She started to run. The footsteps 17) … (get) closer. Suddenly she 18) … (feel) a hand on her shoulder and she 19) … (scream) in terror. "Sally! Sally! It's me, Mark." He tried to explain that he 20) … (be) worried about her and 21) … (decide) to follow her home. But Sally 22)… (can/not) hear a word because she 23) … (already/faint).