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FINAL EXAMINATION
Contained existed found
GRAMMAR II has allowed have been digging
has produced
has been trying has been have been found
have unearthed perished has discovered
1-Complete the description of the film, using the
walked were discovered
correct form of the verbs in brackets, either
present simple or continuous.
Palaeontologists in New Mexico (1)………………….the
remains of at least one dinosaur from the late
Jurassic period. The palaeontologists, from Canada,
(2)…………….in a formerly unexplored part of the
Morrison Formation – a vast fossil bed – for the last
eight months. Early last week one of the
group(3)………………a section of rock which
(4)……………….a number of bones from one, or
possibly more, large herbivorous dinosaurs. Since
then, the group (5)……………to release the bones from
the rock and piece them together. The
palaeontologists believe that the bones may form a
whole dinosaur family. It is possible that the whole
family (6)……………while trying to protect the young
from predators.

According to Bryce Larson, the group´s leader, the

bones are from a large brachiosaurus. These animals
(7)……………..approximately 150 million years ago and
are counted amongst the largest dinosaurs that ever
(8)……..the Earth. Other brachiosaurus remains
(9)……………….in the Morrison, but these latest bones
are very large and may prove to come from the
largest dinosaur anyone (10)……………to date.

For a long time the Morrison Formation

(11)…………….one of the most productive fossil beds
in the world. Since the first bones (12)…………….there
2- Use the past simple or past continuous. in 1877, it (13)……………tones of material. The
Morrison, more than any other fossil

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bed,(14)……………us an insight into the late Jurassic
period in North America. It seems that the latest find
could reveal even more about the giants of the
Jurassic.
3- Choose the correct words in italics. If both
options are correct, choose both.
1 I always take a basic medicine kit on holiday if / in
case you fall ill.
13 I was born in 1985, but I wish I was / had been
alive in the 1960s. I love the music and fashion from
that period.
14 I wish you stop / you´d stop shouting . I´m not
deaf, you know.
4- Choose the correct words in italics . if both
options are correct, choose both.

2 If you pay for a full year´s membership in advance,

then / that you are untitled to a twenty percent
discount on spa treatments.

3 The show´s next week. What are we going to do

unless the tickets turn up / if the tickets don´t turn up
in time.

4 If / When you press the ‘record´ button , the green

light comes on.

5 If the museum will charge / charges for entry, a

lot of people won´t be able to use it.

6 There will be / is a riot if the police don´t

establish control over the crowd.

7 If you were / Were you to listen more carefully,

you might understand a little more.

8 If I were you, I´d ask / I asked for a full refund.

9 Had we known about the state of the hotel, we

would never book / have booked it.

10 The king of Belgium didn´t attend the royal

wedding. If he had / hadn´t been there, he would 5 -Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
have witnessed a marvellous spectacle.
1 I can´t see you tomorrow afternoon. I
11 If Janice had married Nils last year, she´d be living ………………… a check-up at the dentist´s.
/ have lived in Gothenburg now.
A ´ll have B ´m having C have
12 If flights to Cyprus weren’t / aren´t so
2 The train´s very late. I ………….. my appointment.
expensive these days, they might have gone there
for their honeymoon last spring.
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3 Don´´t worry, the copier always makes that noise. A I will have been finishing work B i´ll
It ……………….. in a minute. have finished work C i´m finishing work

A ´s going to stop B stops C ´ll stop 12 You won´t have to wait for long . They
…………… it within the next few minutes.
4 I ……………….. that job – the pay isn´t good enough.
A ´ll have repaired B have repaired
A don´t think I´ll take B don´t think I´m C repair
taking C think I´m not taking
13 According to the website there are three flights
5 I fancy a snack. I think ………… myself a tomorrow. The earliest ………………. At 7.30 a.m.
sandwich.
A is going to leave B leaves C will
A I´m making B I´ll make C I make have left
6 It´s rather cold in here. ………….. turn on the 14 Jack sent an email. I´m afraid he ………….. on
heating? Saturday.
A Will I B Am I going to C Shall I A isn´t coming B won´t come C doesn´t
7 Come to the back door at 7.35 exactly. …………… come
for you . 15 I ………….you as soon as I hear any news.
A i´m waiting B I wait c i´ll be waiting A phone B ´ll phone C ´ll have phoned
8 I´m afraid we can´t tell you anything yet. The 16 Don´t open your present until
board of directors ……………………. An official we……………………there.
announcement tomorrow.
A ´ll get B ´re getting C get
A is make B will be making
C makes 17 They ……. Going to build flats here but the
builder went out of business.
9 Excuse me, Prime Minister, ………………..a
statement about the crisis this evening? A have been B will been C were

A Are you making B Do you 18 As a condition of this contract you …………..

make C Will you making report a lost or stolen card within twenty – four
hours.
10 By the end of August ………………….. on the new
bridge for over eighteen months. A are to B will to C be to

A they´ll have been worked 19 Hurry up! They …………….. the doors.
B they´ll been working C they´ll have
been working A ´re about close B ´re about to close C
about of closing
11 You can come round at six . …………….. by then.

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20 I………….. the accounts to be ready by Friday at 1- I can type twenty-five a) prediction

the latest. words a minute. ___
2- You should do as b) permission
A) have expected B) ´m going to expect you're told. ___
C) expect c) ability
3- You needn't wait.___
5a-Put in am, can, can't, couldn't, have had to, d) no obligation
4- It will rain soon.____
haven't been able to, may, must, must be or must 5- You may leave now if
e) total obligation
have. you want to. ____
6- You must be quiet.
f) duty
_____

6- Put in the correct forms,active or passive, of the

verbs in brackets.

7- Choose the correct words in italics. If both options

are correct, choose both.In one case both are
5b- What do these sentences express? Match A grammatically correct but only one is appropriate.
and B.

A B

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8- What is the difference or connection

between…?

1. Past continuous and Past Simple

2. Past simple and Present Perfect
3. Past simple and Past Perfect
4. Future simple and Future continuous