- •87 Rephrase the following sentences using the words in bold type.
- •88 Fill in the correct preposition or adverb.
- •89 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •90 Put the verbs in brackets into Past s., Past Perf., Past Cont. Or Past Perf. Cont.
- •91 Read the numbered lines and correct the mistakes in the spaces provided. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick
- •92 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •190) Choose the correct item.
- •191 Choose the correct item.
- •192 Rewrite the following passage in the Passive.
- •193 Rephrase the following sentences using the words in bold type.
- •194) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •195) Fill in: can, would, could, or will.
- •197) Fill in the correct preposition or adverb.
- •198) Read the numbered lines and correct the mistakes in the spaces provided. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (s).
- •199 Use Gavin's thoughts to write conditionals then identify the type.
- •1. If I hadn't been curious, I wouldn't have come to investigate this strange spaceship.
191 Choose the correct item.
Johnny Starrstruck is one of the 1) most (most/more/much) famous actors in Hollywood today.
Recently, Johnny 2) … (wins/has won/had won) 7 Oscars and he now earns over 6 million dollars 3) … (per/the/for) film. However, Johnny hasn't always been 4) … (so/such/such a) rich. He was born 5) (in/on/at) Siberia where his father worked as a carpenter. Johnny's family 6) … (moved/had moved/was moving) to America when Johnny was five 7) … (year/years/years') old. He went 8) … (in/at/to) school in America and 9) …. (until/when/ before) he left school he worked as an insurance salesman. A Hollywood director saw Johnny 10) … (in/at/on) a beach in California and asked 11) … (him/he/his) to star in a film about
12) … (surf/surfing/to surf). Since then Johnny 13) … (has made/made/will have made) 15 films. He 14) …(has bought/bought/will buy) a house in Beverly Hills and he has a yacht in Hawaii. Next week he 15) … (gets/shall/is getting) married 16) … (with/to/for) Sylvia Sunshine, the Australian singer. They won't be able to have a honeymoon 17) … (because/for/in order) Johnny 18) … (is starting/ started/will start)
work on a new film the day after the wedding. 19) … (On/In/At) Christmas they will fly to Australia to visit 20) … (Sylvia's/Sylvia/Sylvias') family.
192 Rewrite the following passage in the Passive.
People from the village of Puddle held a meeting last night after somebody discovered a large object in the local park. Nobody has identified it yet. The villagers have called in experts. They'll examine the object on Sunday. People believe that it could be a spaceship from another planet!
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193 Rephrase the following sentences using the words in bold type.
1. They stayed up all night because they wanted to see the comet.
order They stayed up all night in order to see the comet
2. Could you explain this to me?
mind
3. It's possible that she won't ring after all.
may
4. People say that he was treated unfairly.
said
5. It wasn't necessary for you to send us a cheque.
needn't
6. If you don't remember his number, how can you phone him?
unless
7. The day was so wet that I stayed at home.
such
8. This is the school I studied at.
where
9. It is not possible that he has spent so much money.
can't
10. You should get some house insurance because you may be burgled.
case
11. His remark was irritating.
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12. How gracefully that horse jumps!
so ………………………………………
13. When did you get back from France?
since
14. It's too hot to work in the garden.
cool
15. Someone should have told her about it.
been told
16. John's father made him pay for the damage.
was made