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TRANSFORMATION WRITING Choose the sentence which has the closest, meaning to the original one Lan suggested going out for dinner a Lan said, "Why don't we go out for dinner?" b Lan said, "Do you want to go out for dinner?" c Lan said, "Must we go out for dinner?" d Lan said, "Will you go out for dinner?" "I'm sorry I can't help you," Peter said to me a Peter promised to help me b Peter approved of helping me c Peter regretted not to help me d Peter regretted not helping me "It is a surprising gift Thank you very much, Mary," said Mr Pike a Mr Pike promised to give Mary a surprising gift b Mr Pike thanked Mary although she did not really like gift c Mr Pike thanked Mary for the surprising gift d Mr Pike congratulated Mary on the surprising gift Peter promised to pick Mary up at 10 o'clock a Peter said, "Mary, I will pick you up at 10 o'clock." b Peter said, "Mary, I am sorry for not picking you up at 10 o'clock." c Peter said.' "Mary, I am too busy to pick you up at 10 o'clock." d Peter said, "Let's pick Mary up atl0 o'clock." "If I were you, I would take a break," Tom said to Daisy a Tom wanted to take a break with Daisy b Tom advised Daisy to take a break c Tom suggested not taking a break d Tom wanted to take a break, and so did Daisy I did not come to your party due to the rain a If it did not rained, I would come to your party b It was the rain that prevented me from coming to your party c Even though it rained, I came to your party d Suppose it did not rain, I would come to your party They got success since they took my advice a They took my advice, and failed b If they did not take my advice, they would not get success c But for taking my advice, they would not have got success d My advice stopped them from getting success Unless you come on time, we will go without you a Come on time or we will go without you b Come on time, we will go without you c Because of your punctuality, we will go without you d Without jour coming on time, we will go Thanks to her high grades at university, she is offered the position a If she had not got high grades at university, she would not be offered the position b It was her high grades at university which offer her the position c If she had not got high grades at university, she would not have been offered the position d Without her high grades at university, she is not offered the position 10 I am very interested in the book you lent me last week a The book is interesting enough for you to lend me last week b It was the interesting book which you lent me last week c The book which you lent me last week is too interesting to read d The book that you lent me last week interests me a lot 11 Optimists believe that life will be far better than it is today a Optimists cannot tell any differences between today life and future life b It is believed by optimists that there will be no changes for life in the future c Optimists believe that today's life is not as good as it will be d Optimists believe that we will have a worse life in the future 12 In spite of his poverty, he led a devoted life to the revolutionary cause a He could not devote his life to the revolutionary cause because of his poverty b If he had not been so poor, he could have devoted his life to the revolutionary cause c Poor as he was, he leg a devoted life to the revolutionary cause d He led a devoted life to the revolutionary cause, but he was so poor 13 They did not let me in because I was not a member of the club a They invited me although I was not a member of the club b They did not allow me to enter because I was not a member of the club c They invited me to the clubs as if I had been a member d They asked me to get out of the club because I was not a member 14 Can you account for your strange behavior? a Does your strange behavior make anybody surprised? b Can you please stop behaving strangely? c Can you give a good explanation for your strange behavior?' d Is your strange behavior only for me? 15 Most bosses cannot put up with irresponsibility a Irresponsibility is what most bosses are trying to find b Most bosses cannot tolerate irresponsibility c Irresponsibility is a must to please most bosses d Without responsibility, most bosses will not offer you a job 16 You must never take your helmet off while you are riding a motorcycle a If you are riding a motorcycle, you needn't wear a helmet.' b When you are riding a motorcycle, wearing a helmet is not a must c You needn't wear a helmet whenever you are riding a motorcycle d Helmets must be worn at all times when you are riding a motorcycle 17 John was not here yesterday Perhaps he was ill a John needn't be here yesterday because he was ill b Because of his illness, John should have been here yesterday c John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here d John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not here 18 I think Tom needs to see a doctor His cough is terrible a With that terrible cough, Tom ought to see a doctor b Although his cough was terrible, I think Tom needn't see a doctor c Tom must have got a terrible cough and he needs to see a doctor d Tom did not see a doctor due to his terrible cough; 19 I took a sweater but it was not necessary a I needn't have taken a sweater b It was too necessary for me to take a sweater c I should have taken a sweater d I must have taken a sweater 20 If I were you, I would take the train instead of the bus a You should have taken the train instead of the bus b You should take t4e train instead of the bus c I advise you to take the bus d You must have taken the train instead of the bus 21 "To Build a Fire", , was first published in 1908 a a short story by Jack London, he was an American author, b a short story was written by Jack London, an American author, c a short story by Jack London, an American author d a short story by Jack London, an American author, 22 The story is about a man, , suffered extreme weather conditions a traveled to camp in Yukon during the winter and he, and his dog b traveling to camp in Yukon during the winter and he, together with his dog c he traveled to camp in Yukon during the winter so he, with his dog d who traveled to camp in Yukon in the winter so that he, together with his dog 23 The man managed to build a fire to keep himself and the dog from freezing a so he could not keep the fire in flame because he ran out of matches b and he was unable to keep the fire in flame, therefore he ran out of matches c but he could not keep ,the fire in flame and then ran °!It of matches d as he could not keep the fire in flame and because of this, he ran out of matches 24 , the man felt panic and even considered killing his dog to keep himself warm, but he failed a Because it got colder and colder b Although it got more and more cold c If only it had got colder and colder d As though he had got colder and colder 25 The man fell down and died in' the snow a His dog which smelt the death and left away b As his dog smelt the death and left away c His dog smelt the death and so leaving away d His dog smelt the death and left away TRANSFORMATION WRITING Choose the sentence which has the closest, meaning to the original one Lan suggested going out for dinner a Lan said, "Why don't we go out for dinner?" b Lan said, "Do you want to go out for dinner?" c Lan said, "Must we go out for dinner?" d Lan said, "Will you go out for dinner?" "I'm sorry I can't help you," Peter said to me a Peter promised to help me b Peter approved of helping me c Peter regretted not to help me d Peter regretted not helping me "It is a surprising gift Thank you very much, Mary," said Mr Pike a Mr Pike promised to give Mary a surprising gift b Mr Pike thanked Mary although she did not really like gift c Mr Pike thanked Mary for the surprising gift d Mr Pike congratulated Mary on the surprising gift Peter promised to pick Mary up at 10 o'clock a Peter said, "Mary, I will pick you up at 10 o'clock." b Peter said, "Mary, I am sorry for not picking you up at 10 o'clock." c Peter said.' "Mary, I am too busy to pick you up at 10 o'clock." d Peter said, "Let's pick Mary up atl0 o'clock." 10 "If I were you, I would take a break," Tom said to Daisy a Tom wanted to take a break with Daisy b Tom advised Daisy to take a break c Tom suggested not taking a break d Tom wanted to take a break, and so did Daisy I did not come to your party due to the rain a If it did not rained, I would come to your party b It was the rain that prevented me from coming to your party c Even though it rained, I came to your party d Suppose it did not rain, I would come to your party They got success since they took my advice a They took my advice, and failed b If they did not take my advice, they would not get success c But for taking my advice, they would not have got success d My advice stopped them from getting success Unless you come on time, we will go without you a Come on time or we will go without you b Come on time, we will go without you c Because of your punctuality, we will go without you d Without jour coming on time, we will go Thanks to her high grades at university, she is offered the position a If she had not got high grades at university, she would not be offered the position b It was her high grades at university which offer her the position c If she had not got high grades at university, she would not have been offered the position d Without her high grades at university, she is not offered the position 10 I am very interested in the book you lent me last week a The book is interesting enough for you to lend me last week b It was the interesting book which you lent me last week c The book which you lent me last week is too interesting to read d The book that you lent me last week interests me a lot 11 Optimists believe that life will be far better than it is today a Optimists cannot tell any differences between today life and future life b It is believed by optimists that there will be no changes for life in the future c Optimists believe that today's life is not as good as it will be d Optimists believe that we will have a worse life in the future 12 In spite of his poverty, he led a devoted life to the revolutionary cause a He could not devote his life to the revolutionary cause because of his poverty b If he had not been so poor, he could have devoted his life to the revolutionary cause c Poor as he was, he leg a devoted life to the revolutionary cause d He led a devoted life to the revolutionary cause, but he was so poor 13 They did not let me in because I was not a member of the club a They invited me although I was not a member of the club b They did not allow me to enter because I was not a member of the club c They invited me to the clubs as if I had been a member d They asked me to get out of the club because I was not a member 14 Can you account for your strange behavior? a Does your strange behavior make anybody surprised? b Can you please stop behaving strangely? c Can you give a good explanation for your strange behavior?' d Is your strange behavior only for me? 15 Most bosses cannot put up with irresponsibility a Irresponsibility is what most bosses are trying to find b Most bosses cannot tolerate irresponsibility c Irresponsibility is a must to please most bosses d Without responsibility, most bosses will not offer you a job 16 You must never take your helmet off while you are riding a motorcycle a If you are riding a motorcycle, you needn't wear a helmet.' b When you are riding a motorcycle, wearing a helmet is not a must c You needn't wear a helmet whenever you are riding a motorcycle d Helmets must be worn at all times when you are riding a motorcycle 17 John was not here yesterday Perhaps he was ill a John needn't be here yesterday because he was ill b Because of his illness, John should have been here yesterday c John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here d John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not here 18 I think Tom needs to see a doctor His cough is terrible a With that terrible cough, Tom ought to see a doctor b Although his cough was terrible, I think Tom needn't see a doctor c Tom must have got a terrible cough and he needs to see a doctor d Tom did not see a doctor due to his terrible cough; 19 I took a sweater but it was not necessary a I needn't have taken a sweater b It was too necessary for me to take a sweater c I should have taken a sweater d I must have taken a sweater 20 If I were you, I would take the train instead of the bus a You should have taken the train instead of the bus b You should take t4e train instead of the bus c I advise you to take the bus d You must have taken the train instead of the bus 21 "To Build a Fire", , was first published in 1908 a a short story by Jack London, he was an American author, b a short story was written by Jack London, an American author, c a short story by Jack London, an American author d a short story by Jack London, an American author, 22 The story is about a man, , suffered extreme weather conditions a traveled to camp in Yukon during the winter and he, and his dog b traveling to camp in Yukon during the winter and he, together with his dog c he traveled to camp in Yukon during the winter so he, with his dog d who traveled to camp in Yukon in the winter so that he, together with his dog 23 The man managed to build a fire to keep himself and the dog from freezing a so he could not keep the fire in flame because he ran out of matches b and he was unable to keep the fire in flame, therefore he ran out of matches c but he could not keep ,the fire in flame and then ran °!It of matches d as he could not keep the fire in flame and because of this, he ran out of matches 24 , the man felt panic and even considered killing his dog to keep himself warm, but he failed a Because it got colder and colder b Although it got more and more cold c If only it had got colder and colder d As though he had got colder and colder 25 The man fell down and died in' the snow a His dog which smelt the death and left away b As his dog smelt the death and left away c His dog smelt the death and so leaving away d His dog smelt the death and left away TEST FOR CONDITIONAL SENTENCES (3) and TENSES I/ rewrite the following sentences, beginning with the suggestion He didn't prepare for the interview, so he didn't get the job - If We came home from our holiday early because we ran out of money - Had _ I can't take much exercise because I don't have enough free time - If The house didn't burn down because the fire brigade came immediately - had The men were wearing protective clothing, so they were all quite safe -if People don't realise how important it is to conserve energy, so they nothing about it - had _ There isn't any truth in her allegations, so I won't resign - were The wind is blowing hard so I won't take the boat out for a ride - if _ Nick can't find the way because he hasn't got a map -were _ II CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER If I have to fly, I would get very nervous, so I usually drive Two days ago, the weather forecaster warned us that a tornado is coming If I will have to make a difficult decision, I always discuss it with my friends Marie Curie a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 a awarded b was awarded c had awarded d had been awarded you work harder, you are going to pass your exams a If b Unless c Although d Because This computer isn't capable running this software a for b of c in d on here since 1976 when her parents moved from New York a She's lived b She's living c She lived d She'd lived If it , we'll have the party outside a wouldn't lain b doesn't rain c didn't rain d won't rain If you want to go skiing in the south, to Black Mountain a you go b you'll go c go d went 10 When the firework off, the dog away a had gone/ ran b went/ had run c went /ran d went/was running PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PERFECT I Put the verbs in the past perfect or past simple I went to the box office at lunch time, but they (already/ sell) all the tickets I felt very tired when I got home, so I (go) straight to bed I felt better by the summer, but the doctor warned me not to too much I (be) very ill At last the committee were ready to announce their decision They (make) up their mind 'Was Tom at the party when you arrived?' 'No, he (go) home.' Sorry I'm late The car (break) down on my way here I (take) the book back to the library when I (read) it The house was very quiet when I (get) home Everybody (go) out for dinner After she (fill) the basket (go) to the check out 10 Yesterday morning I (remember) the answer t the question Bob (ask) me the night before, so I (phone) him 11 Las night, I (go) to Jim’s room and (knock) on the door but there (be) no answer Either he (go) out or he (not want) to see anyone 12 Angel asked me how to use the photocopier She (never/ use) it before, so she (not/ know) 14 Karen (not want) to come to the cinema with us be cause she (already/ see) the film When the students (do) the experiment, they what to 13 Two days a go I (meet) an old friend who I (not see) for years (write) a report on it II Choose the correct form of the verbs A young man walked into a supermarket in Southampton and (1) put/ had put a few items of food in a basket He (2) chosen-had chosen a time when not many people (3) shopped/ were shopping in the store He (4) found / had found a checkout where no one else (5) had waited/ was waiting When the cashier (6) checked/ had checked the goods, the man (7) gave/ was giving, her a £10 note When she (8) was opening/ opened the till, the man quickly (9) snatched/ had snatched ail the money from it and (10) ran/ had run, out of the store before she (11) had realized/ realized what (12) was happening / happened At the time the security guard (13) stood/ was standing at the Other end of the store When staff (l4) checked/ had checked the records in the till, they (15) had found/ found that the thief (16) took / had taken only £4.37 As he (17) left/ had left the £10 note behind, the operation (18) cost/ had cost him £5.63 III Choose the correct answers 'Was Tom there when you arrived?' `Yes, but he .home soon afterwards’ a goes b went c had gone d were going Before Jennifer won the lottery, she any kind of contest a hasn't entered b doesn't enter c wasn't entering d hadn't entered 'Who was the woman in red dress? Did you know?` ‘No I " who she was I her before a didn't know/ hadn't seen b didn't know/ hasn't seen c hadn't known/ hadn't seen d don't know/ hasn't seen Did you say that you here only three days ago? a were coming b had come c have come d come By the time he arrived at the party, all his classmates a has left b left c was leaving d had left When I was a child .the violin a I was playing b I had played c I play d I played It's two years .Joe a that I don't see b that I haven't seen c since I didn't see d since I saw The man sitting next to me on the plane was nervous because he before a hasn't flown b didn't fly c hadn't flown d wasn't flying They in Scotland for ten years Now they live in London a lived b have lived c has been living d had lived As soon as Laura the house, it started to rain a has left b was leaving c had left had been leaving Sorry we're late, we the wrong turning a had taken b were taking c took d are taking We in New York for ten years and then we here in 1987 a have lived/ moved b lived / moved c lived/ had moved d had lived / moved When Martin the car he took it out for a drive a had repaired b has repaired c repaired d was repairing We them before the reception yesterday a haven't met b hadn't met c didn't meet d wouldn't meet Karen didn't want to come to the cinema with us because she the film a has already seen b already had seen c had already see d saw TEST FOR CONDITIONAL SENTENCES (2) If I wings, take an airplane to fly home a have/ won't have to b had/ wouldn't have c have/ will have to d had/ didn't have to 'Here's my phone' number 'Thanks, I you a call if I some help a will give/ will need b would give/ needed c give/ need d will give/ need If we .serious about pollution, we more money on research a had been/ spent b were/ had spent c were/ would spend d are/ will spend Sea water is salty If the oceans .of fresh water, there plenty of water to irrigate all of the deserts in the world a consisted/ would be ` b consisted/ were c would consist/ could be d consist/ will be If someone into the store, smile and say, 'May I help you?' a comes b came c will come d would come .you, I would think twice about that decision It could be a bad move a If I am b Should I be c Were I d If I had been 'Would you like some cake?' 'No, thanks If I cake, I fat.' a ate/ will get b ate/ would get c mould eat/ could get d am eating/ will get 'Why are you sitting in the dark?' `Let's just say that if I my electricity bill last month, I ……… in the dark now.' a paid/ wouldn't be b paid/ won't be c had paid/ wouldn't have been d had paid/ wouldn't be Nigel hasn't got satellite TV, so he can't watch the game If a Nigel has satellite-TV, he can watch the game b Nigel has got satellite TV, he would able to watch the game c Nigel had satellite TV, he could watch the game d Nigel would have satellite TV, he could watch the game Throw a stone into water and it sinks If a you threw a stone into water, it would sink b stone is thrown into water, it may sink c you will throw a stone into water, it sinks d you throw a stone into water, it sinks 10 'It's pity the lake wasn't frozen yesterday.' `Yes, it is if it _froze we …… skating a had been/ could have gone b was/ could go c would be/would have gone d would have been; had gone II If necessary, correct these sentences If Jack had been honest, he would return the money The video pauses if you press this button If she would have really wanted to see me, she would have come earlier 11 If I had suddenly announced that the holiday was cancelled, the children had objected If Claire will continue to work hard, she should pass the exams easily Steve would have been attacked if I hadn't come along I'd be able to visit Jim first thing in the morning if I stay in Manchester overnight Speak to Jane if you wanted to book a room If you know what it was going to be like, why did you come? 10 You'd be surprised if I told you how much this cost