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REVIEW THE FIRST TERM Exercise 1: Put the correct verb
1 I ……….(eat) my breakfast in the kitchen every day These boys often ……….………(play) football at weekends It ……… (rain) in the winter
4 She ……….(go) to school three days a week My little boy often ……… …………(watch) cartoon film She ……… (study) English very well
7 My father often ………(play) tennis in the morning Ann ……… (speak) German very well
9 …… to India? (she ever be) 10 I …….him last Monday (meet) 11 She ……….yet (not wake up)
12 I ……….her since last Thursday (not meet) 13 Bob ………well last night (sleep)
14 I …… a letter from her two days ago (get) 15 They ……….in Germany (already arrive)
16 When we arrived , the dinner ……….…….(already begin) 17 She ………… …… (cry) after he ………… ……….(go)
18 They ……….… (tell) us we were too late The train ……….… (leave) 19 When I ………… ….(get) to the theatre , the play …….… ….(already start) 20 John was not at home He ……….……… …(go) away
21 The house was very quiet Everybody ……….….(go) to bed 22 They ……… (not go) home until they finished their work
23 We ……….……….(just turn off) the lights when we heard someone at the door 24 Everyone ……… (eat) dinner by the time we ………(get) to the dining-room 25 We ………… (ask) the poster where he ………… …(put) our luggage 26 He ………(do) nothing before he saw me
27 He thanked me for what I ……… (do) 28 I ………(be) sorry that I had hurt him
29 After they had gone, I ………(sit) down and ……….(rest) 30 He ……… (die) after he ……… (be) ill a long time 31 Our present teacher ……… … (live) in this city all of his life 32 This boy ……….(not / finish) his homework yet 33 I ……… (speak) to him about your work several times already 34 ……….…you ……….…… (ever travel) to China before ? 35 he ……….….(receive) a letter just a few minutes ago 36 I ………(not / see) John recently 37 It’s the third time you ……….……….(lose) your key 38 This is one of the best books I ……….(ever read)
39 You ……….……….(put) your book on my desk last night
Exercise 2: Choose the correct word between brackets The rich (is / are ) ………… not always happy The poor (is / are )………not always unhappy The dead never ……….( return / returns )
10 The lazy can never ……….( succeeds / succeed ) 11 The young ( have / has ) ………the future in their hand
Exercise 3 : Use “WHICH” to combine each pair of sentences 12 John is always late for class This annoys the teacher
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13 People today put advertisements on TV or in newspapers This makes it possible to produce more things to sell
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14 He passed the exam with high grades This made everybody in the family pleased ……… ………
15 We have lost her phone number This makes it difficult to contact her ……… 16 Jane couldn’t come to my birthday party This made me feel sad ………
17 She has promised herself to be on time to work everyday That is a good idea ………
(2)……… ……… 19 She usually comes to work on time That pleases her boss ……… 20 A dictionary is a book This gives you the meaning of words ………
Exercise 4: Supply either “BECAUSE or BECAUSE OF” as appropriate.
1 It was difficult to deliver the letter ……….…the sender had written the wrong address on the envelope We decided to leave early ………… ……….the party was boring
3 Rescue attempts were temporarily……… …the bad weather They visited their friends often ………they enjoyed their company Paul can’t go to the football game ………his grades
6 Marcella was awarded a scholarship……….her superiors scholastic ability Nobody ventured outdoor ……… the hurricane warning
8 We plan to spend our vacation in the mountains ………… the air is purer there We have to drive around the bay ……… the bridge was destroyed in the storm 10 The chickens have died ……….the intense heat
Exercise 5: Replace the underlined words by the words in parentheses. 11 D e s p i te her dislikes coffee, she drank it to keep herself warm
→ Although ……… 12 Mary will take a plane, e v e n thou g h she dislikes flying
→ In spite of ……… 13 I n s pite of Lan’s sadness at losing the contest, she managed to smile → Although ……… 14 We took many pictures t hou g h the sky was cloudy
→ Despite ………
15 D e s p i te her poor money, the old woman told interesting stories to the children → Even though ………
16 T hou g h he has been absent frequently, he managed to pass the test → In spite of ……… 17 Nancy told me the secret d e s p i t e having promised not to so → Though ………
18 We plan to buy a ticket for the drawing a l t ho ug h we know we will not win a prize → Even though ………
19 I n s pite of the high prices, my daughters insist on going to the movies every Saturday → Even though ……… ………
20 He ate the chocolate cake e v e n thou g h he is on a diet
→ In spite of ……… 21 We went out i n s p i t e of the heavy rain
→ Although ……… 22 D e s p i te his injured foot, he managed to walk to the nearest town → Although ……… 23 E v e n thou g h we live on the same street, we hardly ever see each other → Despite ………
24 They are always happy a l t hou g h they have very little money → In spite of ……… 25 Rice grows well here b e c a u s e of the warm and wet climate → Because ……… 26 She didn’t go to school b e c a u s e she was seriously ill
→ Because of ………
Exercise : Read situations and write the conditional sentence for each one. Drive carefully or you will cause accident
If ……… Be quiet or you’ll wake the baby up
If ……… I don’t have free time, that’s why I can’t go to see him
If ……… She never drives fast so she seldom meets accident
If ……… He loses all his money because he isn’t careful
If ………
6 I cannot go to the beach with you this weekend because I have a date with my old classmates
If ……… The weather is fine so we can go out for a walk
(3)8 Because Simon doesn’t live near his mother, he can’t visit her often
If ……… 9.Unless she listens carefully , she will make some mistakes
If ……… 10 Why don’t you come here for lunch ?