Card № 12
Put in the correct form of the word in the brackets
The ______ ( good ) team won the match.
The better team won the match.
There are only two ways to the market. which is the ______ ( short ) way ?
We usually eat ______ ( much ) than he does, but he eats ______ ( often ) than we do.
He is the ______ ( experienced ) teacher in the school since he has been there for twenty years.
He has always had the ______ ( good ) of everything.
It is raining ______ ( heavily ) now than it did last night.
A tiger is not as ______ ( large ) as an elephant. The mouse is probably the ______ ( small ) of all four-footed animals.
He is ______ ( accurate ) and can work ______ ( fast ) than all the other workers in the firm.
English is an ______ ( easy ) language to learn than Chinese, while Russian is said to be the ______ ( difficult ) language of all.
I weigh 40 kilograms; Joe weighs 55 kilograms; and Bob weighs 65 kilograms. I am ______ ( light ) than Joe. Joe is ______ ( little ) heavy than Bob. Bob is the ______ ( heavy ).
He may be ______ ( fat ) than I am, but he is certainly not so ______ ( healthy ) as I am.
Card № 13
Put in the correct tense of the verb in brackets.
I ______ ( borrow ) a book from the library last week. I ______ ( not return ) it because I _____ ( not finish ) reading it yet.
They ______ ( eat ) groundnuts when I went into the garden. They ______ ( offer ) some to me but I ______ ( not take ) any.
We ______ ( hope ) that Andrew would arrive on time; but after we ______ ( wait ) for almost three hours he still did not turn up.
We ______ ( go ) to the library now. ______ you ______ ( come ) with us ?
Fannie ______ ( read ) for more than an hour before she realized that she ______ ( forget ) to cook lunch.
Mrs Leung ______ ( prepare ) to go to market when the telephone ______ ( ring ). The caller ______ ( have ) a message for her. He ______ ( say ) that her son had met with an accident and ______ ( be ) in hospital.
"Roy ______ ( get ) the ball, ______ ( look ) around for a team mate and ______ ( catch ) sight of Ferdinand. He ______ ( pass ) the ball to Ferdinand, who in turn ______ ( kick ) the ball to Shane."
"Doctor, I ______ ( not feel ) well the past few days and I ______ ( not have ) much sleep either," the patient said.
When they come, I ______ ( tell ) them what I ______ ( think ) of their suggestions.
Nowadays a lot of children ______ ( know ) how to swim. Some ______ ( take ) lessons while others ______ ( learn ) by themselves.
Card № 14
Put in 'need', 'must' or their negative forms.
We have enough chairs in here; you ______ bring in any more.
You ______ eat those mushrooms; they are poisonous.
You ______ attend the forum, but he ______ as he is one of the speakers.
You ______ see that film. You will find it very educational.
You ______ buy the tickets as I have a few complimentary passes.
The invigilator said that we ______ take any books into the examination hall.
You ______ study hard. You ______ neglect your studies.
They ______ have paid for the damage. The fault was not entirely theirs.
Those whose names are called ______ come for practice today. The rest of you, who are not chosen, ______ come.
She ______ pay a month's rent in advance before she can take the room.
Card № 15Decide whether the sentences are written in Active or Passive. The verb forms are printed in bold.
They often listen to music. -
She is reading the newspaper now. -
These cars are produced in Japan. -
Alan teaches Geography. -
German is spoken in Austria. -
Lots of houses were destroyed by the earthquake in 1906. -
Henry Ford invented the assembly line. -
The bus driver was hurt yesterday. -
You should open your workbooks. -
Houses have been built. -
Card №16
Make sentences in Reported speech
Shesaid, "Goupstairs."
Shetoldme __________.
"Close the door behind you," he told me.
Hetoldme __________.
"Don't be late," he advised us.
He advised us __________.
4. "Stop staring at me," she said.
She told him __________.
5. "Don't be angry with me," he said.
He asked her __________.
6. "Leave me alone," she said.
She told me __________.
7. "Don't drink and drive," she warned us.
She warned us __________.
8. "John, stop smoking," she said.
She told John __________.
Card № 17
Put in the correct Present Tense form of the verb in brackets.
No one ______ ( listen ) to him because what he ______ ( say ) ______ ( not make ) any sense.
A series of burglaries ______ ( have ) taken place in the neighborhood during the past month. The police ______ ( be ) hot on the tracks of the thieves.
It ______ ( appear ) that no one ______ ( be ) at home. Where ______ ( have ) everybodygone ?
_______ ( have ) any of you got a pen-knife ? The one I have ______ ( be ) too blunt.
Western-style food ______ ( be ) what every lodger here ______ ( eat ) for breakfast. However, the menu for lunch and dinner ______ ( vary ) according to the day of the week.
Neither you nor she ______ ( be ) to participate in the festival. Work ______ ( come ) first and both of you ______ ( have ) to complete it before anything else ______ ( be ) done.
The ocean-liner, with its passengers and crew, ______ ( be ) tossed about by the turbulent waves that ______ ( be ) higher than the liner itself. All radio contact ______ ( be ) lost and any hope of immediate rescue ______ ( be ) gone.
Neither those boys nor that girl ______ ( be ) willing to go. All of them ______ ( say ) they _____ ( have ) more urgent matters to attend to.
Many a person ______ ( have ) attempted to do the same thing but failed. Intelligenceandnotmerestrength ______ ( be ) thedecidingfactor.
The boys, as well as their sister, ______ ( be ) going hitch-hiking. Each of them _____ ( have ) a knapsack where all their things ______ ( be ) kept.