EXAM. 17th August 2010.

1. Change these sentences. Use the information in brackets.

1. Mary and Paul will marry next year. (TO BE GOING TO NEGATIVE)

2. Has Susan’s mother visited New York? (PRESENT SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE)

3. Peter didn’t forget my address. (PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE)

4. Their neighbour had watched the film. (PRESENT PERFECT INTERROGATIVE

5. I can’t speak French. (FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE NEGATIVE)

2. Make sentences using the words available.

1. Peter’s car/not start/yesterday morning.

2. Angel/not paint/his bedroom/next week.

3. I/live/in Barcelona/since/I/get married.

4. What time/the train/arrive/to Don Benito/?

5. You/ever/make/a chocolate cake?

3. Put the verb in brackets in the correct form, gerund or infinitive.

- You must remember (call) at the bank on your way home because we need (order)
some traveller's cheques.

-Could you stop (type) for a moment? I need (concentrate) on this letter.

-I hope you haven't forgotten (telephone) the garage because the car badly needs
(service).

-We could try (make) a dash for the car if it would only stop (rain) for a moment.
-I'm sure you won't regret (buy) the house, even though it needs (paint) and (decorate).
4. Fill the gaps with either don't have to or mustn't in the correct form.

1 Sally! You ___________ say rude words like that!

2 Tommy! You ___________ pick your nose in class. It's really disgusting.
3 You ___________ finish the exercise now. You can finish it at home.
4 James ___________ go to church if he doesn't want to.
5 You ___________ drive so aggressively. You'll end up killing someone.
6 Helen ___________ make racist comments. It makes her seem really ignorant.

5. Put in must or can’t.

-You’ve been travelling all day. You… be tired.
-That restaurant…be very good. It’s always full of people.
-That restaurant… be very good. It’s always empty.
-I’m sure I gave you the key. You… have it. Have you looked in your bag?
-You’re going on holiday next week. You…be looking forward to it.

6. Complete the sentences with the correct verbal tense.

1. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months
ago. When I return to Australia, I ................... (study) for nine months and
I ......................... (be) in England for exactly one year.

2. Sam ................... (arrive) in San Diego a week ago.

3. Samantha ................. (live) in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she .... (live)
there when the Berlin wall came down.

4. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan;
however, their culture (disappear, virtually) by the time Europeans first (arrive) in
the New World.

5. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John ................. (sleep).

6. It ........................(rain) all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go

to the beach.

7. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we................. (wake) up

tomorrow morning, the sun .................. (shine).

8. I have not traveled much yet; however, I .................(visit) the Grand Canyon and
San Francisco by the time I leave the United States.

9. I ......................(see) many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt.

Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite
small.

10. Joseph's English ........................ (improve, really), isn't it? He ................... (watch)
American television programs and .................... (study) his grammar every day
since he first arrived in San Diego. Soon he will be totally fluent
7.Change the sentence into Passive.
My brother allows his children to go to the cinema tonight.

8. Change into Active.

It was said that Peter had married Julia last month.

9. Join the sentences. Use a Relative Pronoun.

Peter was travelling to New York last week. His surname is Smith.

10. Make a conditional sentence.

Arthur didn’t like Susan’s cake. Susan made a cake with too much sugar.

11.Change this sentence into Reported Speech.

“What about having a picnic next weekend?”, Jane said.

12. Change this sentence into Direct Speech.

My mother asked Thommas to switch off the lights when she had left her house, but he
apologized and he explained that he wasn’t going to stay at home all day.

13. Rewrite this sentence using a Modal verb.

It is likely that Peggy wins the competition.

14. Rewrite this sentence into Past perfect simple interrogative.

I can’t remember your name.

15. Complete the sentence with the correct verbal tense.

Sebastian....... (arrive) at Susan's house a little before 9:00 PM, but she....... (be,
not)there. She........ (study, at the library) for her final examination in French.

16. Complete the sentence with the correct adverb in the correct place.
My mother doesn’t play football on Sundays. (ago/usually/since)

17. Change this sentence into Future perfect simple negative.

Angela washes her hair with cold water.
18. Join the sentences. Use a relative pronoun.
Mary and her boyfriend live together in Barcelona. They met there last year.

19. Use a modal verb to complete the sentence.

Arthur ........... (can’t/doesn’t have to/mustn’t/couldn’t/needn’t/shouldn’t) attend to the
meeting yesterday morning.

20. Gerund or infinitive.

I don't remember (take) my wallet out of my bag, but I must have done when I stopped
(buy) petrol.

21. Rewrite this sentence using the Present Perfect.

Mary last saw Peter two years ago.
EXAM. 19TH August 2010
1. Choose the correct option

- Mattilde .... apply for the job, because she ......

a) don't/can't b) didn't/couldn't c) doesn't/couldn't

- Would you mind ..... me some coins, please?.

a) lending b) lend c)to lend

- I haven't eaten such a good cake since I last...... at home.

a) have been b)was c) were

- Mary ....... that computer to home yesterday morning.

a) bought b)bringed c) brought

- What time ..... the train ......?. At half-past eight.

a) does/leave b)will/leave c) do/leaves

2. Change the structure of these sentences.

- Have you seen my book?. (PRESENT PERFECT NEGATIVE).

- I didn't want to go to the zoo, because I didn't like animals. (PRESENT SIMPLE
AFFIRMATIVE).

- There are many bedrooms in this hotel. (PAST SIMPLE INTERROGATIVE).

-Where are you staying next holidays?. (FUTURE SIMPLE INTERROGATIVE

- They haven't written to you. (PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS).

3. Complete the sentences using the correct verbal tense of the verbs in brackets.

-Why……..(you/do) that ?. Because I wanted.

-I……….(can)not speak French when I was in France.
-Students…..(not wear) any school uniform nowadays.
-When………(your friend Silvia/come)?. Tomorrow morning.
-My brother…….(play) the piano for a long time.
-I……..(just phone) but there……(not be) anybody at home.
-If she…….(ask) me, I would tell it her.
-I think we ………(be) in Barcelona at about ten in the morning.
-It ……….(rain) very hard when we ……..(go) out.
-You should not make so much noise. The children…….(sleep).
4. Use your own ideas to complete these sentences.
-If you took more exercise, you’d feel better.
-I’d be very angry if ……………….
-If I didn’t go to work tomorrow,……………………
-Would you go to the party if………………………
-If you bought some new clothes,……………………..

5. Write the questions to which the underlined words are the answers.
-Christopher is going to London by train.
-The Smiths have got three cars.
-Janet works at the surpermarket.
-Andrea is learning English because she will need it in her job.
-The film was really romantic.
-The meeting will take place next Tuesday.

6. Choose the correct modal verb.

1. She looks pretty sick - I think she ________ go to a doctor. (can/must)

2. You've been driving all day - You ________ be exhausted! (must/should)
3. You ________ smoke so much. It's bad for your health. (can’t/shouldn’t)
4. Hey I'm lost - ________ you help me? (should/can)
5. You have such a beautiful voice - You ________ sing for us! (should/can)
6. I know he speaks five languages, but ________ he speak Arabic?(should/can)
7. That looks very expensive. It ________ have cost a fortune! (must/should)
8. I ________ believe that you failed your test! (can’t/shouldn’t)
9. I'm on my way. I ________ be there in about 10 minutes. (can/should)
10. I'm sorry - I ________ afford that. (shouldn’t/can’t)

7. Complete the sentences using the correct Relative Pronoun: which, who, where, whose,
when. Omit the pronoun when it may be possible.

1. Have you seen my purse, ............. has twenty-five euros, from Italy?
2. I forgot your address at the office ............ I was working all morning.
3. Rachel is going to buy a new house next year ............ she has been able to sell the old
house.
4. My new computer, ............ Peter brought yesterday, has broken down.
5. Don’t move the books .......... I was using at university, please!
6. Do you always study for the exam, ......... you are going to do next day, four or five
weeks before?

8. Join the sentences using a relative pronoun.

1. My last novel wasn’t very interesting. Paul had lent it me the previous week.
2. The newspaper has disappeared. You took it to the office.
3. Our neighbours have gone to live to another city. The weather is warmer there.
4. Have you understood all the exercises?. I explained them to you.
5. We don’t know the name of the person. The police are questioning it.
6. The car looked very futuristic. It won the race.
EXAM. 23rd August 2010.
1. Change the sentence into Reported Speech.
“ Would you like to have dinner with my family and I tonight?” Anne asked to James.

2. Change the sentence into Direct Speech.

Mary ordered Tom not to drive the motorbike before taking the licence.

3. Change the sentence into Present Perfect Continuous Negative.

I write two letters to my cousin during the summer.

4. Change the sentence into Interrogative.

My best friend wasn’t walking along the street while I was driving my car.

5. Choose the correct adverb. Write it in the correct position.

Their neighbour hasn’t gone to Paris ten years. (always/since/for/while/when)

6. Change the sentence into Passive.

People will lend Arthur a new house for the following week.

7. Change the sentence into a conditional.

Arthur can go to the cinema. Mary invites Arthur.

8. Change the sentence into Present Continuous Affirmative.

Will you visit your grandparents next week?

9. Choose infinitive or gerund to complete the sentence.

I can’t stand .......(wait) for my friend at the school entrance, because she always
forgets ..........(greet) me.

10. Make a relative sentence.

The teacher won’t attend to classes next week. I will have an exam then.

11. Make a question for the following answer.

Because we can’t go on playing football on Sundays.
12. Function.
Explica que María podría cocinar espaguetis la semana que viene.

13. Change these sentences into a Conditional sentence.

My boss couldn’t go to the meeting. His secretary didn’t remember telling it him.

14. Change this sentence into negative.

Peter’s friend could have learnt French.

15. Change this sentence into a Causative one.

The painter is going to paint my sister’s bedroom.

16. Complete the sentence with the correct verbal tense.

Although, Susan ..... (already ge) married the previous year, she and her husband ....
(not find) any house they liked yet.

17. Complete the question with a correct question word.

.... is that bike? Mine.

18. Join the sentences using a relative pronoun.

I didn’t like Martha’s boyfriend, ....... was wearing a lot of piercings.

19. Complete the sentence with the correct Conditional Conjuction.

He wouldn’t have answered so fast, ......... he had known the question before.

20. Complete the sentence with the correct Personal Pronoun.

My father works in the library. .... is a librarian. .... goes to the library on foot.

21. Function.
Pregunta a tu amigo cuánto tiempo lleva estudiando informática. Él te responde que
desde que tenía 18 años.
22. Complete the sentence with a Modal verb.
I advised to Mary that she .... not eat so many sweets, because she .... have dental
problems.
EXERCISES
1. Finish the sentence.
If I had got enough money,..............................

2. Complete the sentence with the correct Verbal tense.

By the time of the inaugaration, we all .................(finish) the project.

3. Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in bracket.
..........(behave) unpolitely is not a good way of keeping a job.

4. Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in bracket.
Megan meant .... (get) the job before .... (go) on holidays.

5. Complete the sentence with the correct adverb. Write it on the right position.
I have parked the car at the entrance. (ago/yet/just/often)

6. Complete the sentence with the correct verbal tense.

Jack rang while you were out. Oh dear! If I .... (know) he was going to ring I ...(stay)
at home.

7. Complete the sentence with Since or For.

The windows haven’t been cleaned .... weeks.

8. Make a question for the following answer.

We were talking about Margaret.

9. Complete the sentence with Some or Any.

Have you .... idea who could have borrowed your bicycle?

10. Complete the sentence with the correct verbal tense.

He said he would give me a ring as soon as he ........ (reach) Paris.
11. Change the sentences into Reported Speech.
“Jack’s parents have asked me to supper tomorrow night”, said Ann. “What shall I wear?”
“I should wear something warm, dear,”said her mother. “It’s a terribly cold house”.
 12. Change the sentence into Direct Speech.
He said that he thought my electric iron was unsafe and advised me to have it seen to.

13. Complete the sentence with the correct Verbal tense.

Ann .... (think) the garage ... (be) empty, and .... (turn) off the lights. “Hey!” .....
(shout) Paul from under the car. “I’m sorry, Paul”, .... (say) Ann, “I .... (not know)
you.... (be) there”.

14. Change the sentence into Future Continuous Interrogative.

Mary is asking Peter about the date of the party.

15. Change the sentences into a Conditional one.

She is very shy; that’s why she doesn’t enjoy parties.

16. Function.
Explica que cuando llegastéis a Londres, hacía demasiado frío y no pudistéis salir del
hotel.

17. Change the sentence into Passive.

They didn’t look after the children properly.

18. Complete the sentence with Infinitive or Gerund.

Would your children mind .... (keep) quiet for a moment? I’m trying .... (fill) in a form.

19. Make a Causative sentence.

The teacher had prepared an exam for the students.

20. Function.
Comenta que se decía que Laura no había perdido el tren.
21. Join the sentence with the correct Relative pronoun if it is necessary.
Peter’s boss had told him to send a parcel, .... was very heavy, to a new customer the
previous week .... the customer had called the boss .... was really interested in the
business.
EXERCISES
1. Complete the sentences with the correct verbal tense.
1. My daughter never .... (write) tome so I never ... (know) what she ... (do). ....(your
son/ write) to you, Mrs Smith?
2. How long ... (you/be) in your present job? I ... (be) there for six months. And
what ..... (you/ do) before that? Before that I .... (work) for Jones and Company.
3. Our committee is trying to raise money to buy a new lifeboat. By the end of the
year we ... (send) out 5,000 letters asking for contributions.
4. He .... (give) me back the book, .... (thank) me for lending it to him and .... (say)
that he .... (enjoy) it very much; but I .... (know) that he .... (not read) it because
most of the pages .... (be) still uncut.