REPASO INICIAL 4º ESO

Seminario/Área: Lenguas modernas. Inglés CURSO 2012-2013

TENSES. FILL THE GAPS WITH 'HAVE' OR 'HAS'.

1. I ______________________ answered the question.

2. She _________________ opened the window.
3. They _________________ called us.
4. You ________________ carried a box.
5. It _____________ rained a lot.
6. We ____________washed the car.
7. He _____________ closed the window.
8. Jenny _____________ locked the door.
9. The girls ____________ visited the museum.
10. John and Sophie ___________ helped in the garden.

CHOOSE EITHER THE PRESENT PERFECT OR THE PAST SIMPLE.

1. How long _______________ to the cinema this month? (you/be)

2. Why ___________________________ to the cinema last month? (she/go)
3. I _________________ my first school. (like)
4. _________________________to Russia? (you/ever/be)
5. _______________ to Moscow when you were in Russia? (you/go)
6. Freddie Mercury ______________an interesting life. (have)
7. Clint Eastwood _________________ the main character in that film in 1975. (be)
8. I ______________John today. (not see)
9. But I ________________ him yesterday. (see)
10. _______________he ever ________ Japan? (visit)

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FILL THE GAPS WITH THE VERB IN BRACKETS USING EITHER THE PAST
PERFECT OR THE PAST SIMPLE TENSES.

1. By the time we got to the cinema the film __________( start), so we missed the first
five minutes.
2. When I rang the bell there was no answer. The neighbour told me that they
___________( go out) about half an hour ago.
3. I saw Casablanca for the first time last night. I _____________ ( see) it before.
4. I feel fat. I _____________( have) a huge lunch.
5. I spent a week in Miami recently. I ______________(not be) there before.
6. There was so much to see in Toledo. I _____________( plan) to see everything but
there wasn't enough time.
7. If I ______________ ( know) about the concert, I would have gone.
8. If you _____________ ( take) my advice, it wouldn't have happened.
9. We would have had an argument, if she _______________( mention) politics.
10. If you ____________( park) there, you wouldn't have got a parking fine.
11. They found the body on a building site. It ____________( mutilate "in the
passive!").
12. She told me she_______________( buy) a new car.
13. When he arrived, Eve wasn't there. She _____________( leave) about five minutes
before.
14. When we arrived in Spain, they __________________( lose) our luggage. We only
had to wait to two days to get it back though, and they delivered it to the house.
15. When I ______________( get back), nobody had done the washing up. I was
furious.

PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THEIR CORRECT TENSE. CHOOSE PRESENT

PERFECT OR SIMPLE PAST.

1. We ________ (own) this TV set since 1968, and it still works!

2. He ________ (wear) these boots to go hiking yesterday.

3. The children ________ (drink) all the orange juice! We'll need to get some more.

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4. The Titanic ________ (sink) in 1912.

5. He ________ (cry ) when his girlfriend left him, but he's OK now.

6. I _______ (buy) some new shorts, but I don't think I like them. Maybe I'll take them

back.

7. Juno ________ (never/ eat) bacon in her life! She's a true vegetarian.

8. Dolphins ________ (live) in BC waters for millions of years, and are still common

today.

9. I ________ (lose) my binder yesterday, but my brother found it this morning.

10. This wine ________ (be) in the cellar for 15 years. When we take it out it will taste

beautiful.

COMPLETE USING: YET, STILL, ALREADY, JUST, FOR, SINCE, EVER, ...

1. Have you finished your homework____________? That was quick!

2. Is your grandmother ____________alive?
3. She hasn't decided what to wear for the party_____________.
4. We are late. The film has ______________started.
5. I haven't seen that film _____________.
6. I have ______________seen it twice.
7. I have _______________been to China, but I would like to go.
8. Have you _____________seen a famous actor or actress?
9. They have lived there ____________they were born.
10. We were in the camping ____________a week and then moved to a hotel.
11. Has Mary arrived____________? Not____________.
12. I've _________________told you. They are _________doing the exam and you
cannot go in.
13. Look, George has ___________arrived, you can ________talk to him.
14. I have _____________seen anything like that. It's incredible.

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING SINCE OR FOR.

1. She's lived here ___ 1975.

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2. He's been in London ___ five days.
3. They haven't been used ___ many years.
4. She's been working ___ nine this morning.
5. I haven't eaten ___ hours.
6. It has been raining ___ ages.
7. India has been independent ___ 1947.
8. They have been married ___ October.
9. How many years is it ___ you graduated from junior high school?
10. We have been waiting ___ twenty minutes.

COMPLETE USING: MUCH-MANY

1. How _____ apples did you buy?

2. How _____ do you weigh?
3. How _____does it cost to fly to America?
4. How _____ brothers and sisters do you have?
5. How _____ times a day do you brush your teeth?
6. How _____ was your computer?
7. How _____ photos did you take?
8. How _____ water did he drink?
9. How _____ people did you invite?
10. How _____ mistakes did you make on the test?

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE - QUANTITY WORDS

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING: MANY/ MUCH/ A LOT OF/ A GREAT

AMOUNT OF / A LITTLE / LITTLE / A FEW / FEW / SOME AND ANY :

1. There were too ______ people in the disco. It really was overcrowded.
2. The shop decided to close early because there weren't ______ customers.
3. How _____ items of luggage do you have, Sir?
4. This is not an awful ____ questions, is it?
5. How _____ hours of community service was the man ordered to do?

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6. Eastbourne really does have _____ sunshine, compared with most other British
towns.
7. I phoned the hospital but they couldn't give me _____ news.
8. The teacher gave us _____ pieces of good advice about the examination.
9. The policeman couldn't give us _____ information about our brother's whereabouts.
10. He didn't have _____ time but he managed to finish the job.
11. I'm sorry but I really don't have a great _____ time.
12. With the money he was given for his birthday, he was able to buy _____ CDs.
13. You can see quite _____ swans on the lake in Princes Park,
14. At first, I didn't understand _____ of what people said to me.

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING TOO OR ENOUGH AND THE ADJECTIVES

GIVEN IN BRACKETS :

1. This computer is (slow) __________________to do this calculation.

2. Elaine is (old) ___________________ to enter here.

3. This suitcase is (heavy) _________________to carry.

4. It isn't (sunny) ____________to sunbathe.

5. Are you (tall) ____________to reach that shelf?

6. You're (young) ________________to drive.

7. You aren't (old)_______________ to drive.

8. That sweater is big, it's (big) _____________for you.

9. The garden isn't (big)_____________ to play football.

10. This coffee is (strong)______________ for me.

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING WILL OR GOING TO+ INFINITIVE. YOU

NEED TO ADD A SUBJECT IN SOME OF THE SENTENCES :

1. There's no paper in the printer. Oh, isn't there? __________ get some.
2. I've seen her will and __________ leave everything to her dog.
3. __________ give you £10 for the CD if you like.

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4. __________ please tell me the truth?
5. I can't come to the party, __________ to London on Saturday.
6. I'm going to be late, I'm afraid. OK, __________ wait for you.
7. The window has broken! I know, __________ repair it!
8. He telephoned to say that he __________ come.
9. I don't know what __________ say to her.
10. If you wear the blue one, __________ wear the red one.

PASSIVE VOICE. TURN THE SENTENCES INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE.

1. People returned many books to the library last night.

2. Someone took that book from her desk.

3. Someone stole my car yesterday.

4. The reporter wrote an article about pollution.

5. The dog bit the tall little boy.

6. The newspapers reported the event immediately.

7. We could hear the sound of music.

8. A lightning struck the house.

9. We buy 4 books every month.

10. The teacher sends a lot of exercises everyday.

11. They sent me nothing.

12. They brought us papers to sign.

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13. I took the report to Mrs Samuels.

14. The villagers called her a witch.

15. The secretary writes 3 letters.

16. The manager promised us a full explanation.

17. People in Chile speak Spanish.

18. Did the boy score a goal?

19. Somebody speaks German there.

20. They don’t sell stamps in bookshops.

21. They arrested her for shoplifting.

22. You made me very happy.

23. The Queen considered him a genius.

24. Who wrote “Hamlet”?

25. They play football in my school.

26. I bought 3 pens last week.

27. Electricity causes a lot of pollution.

28. People waste a lot of paper.

29. She buys books once a month.

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30. She does her homework every day.

MODAL VERBS. USE MUST OR HAVE TO.

1. It is forbidden. You ______ do that.

2. You ______ ask my permission. You can do what you want.
3. You ______ speak to the driver when the bus is moving. It's dangerous.
4. Help yourself to anything you want. You ______ ask.
5. You ______ park here. There is a double yellow line.
6. Pay me back when you can. You ______ do it immediately.
7. It's optional. We ______ to go if you don't want to.
8. I'll tell you a secret. You ______ tell anybody else. Promise?
9. Whatever you do, you ______ click with the right mouse button or the program will
crash.
10. Be on time. You ______ be late or we will leave without you.
11. He's a millionaire. He ______ work but he does because he enjoys it.
12. I like Saturdays because I ______ go to work.
13. This is very important. You ______ forget what I said.
14. The train is direct. You ______ change trains.
15. I ______ wear a suit at work on Fridays. It's 'dressing down day".
16. In athletics, you ______ start before the gun is fired.

RELATIVE SENTENCES.

DECIDE WHETHER THE RELATIVE PRONOUN IS NECESSARY OR NOT.

1. This is the picture that Jane painted.

2. Do you know the man who is speaking on the phone?
3. We ate the sweets which my mother had bought.
4. Is this the boy who plays the piano?
5. This is the house that was broken into.

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COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE CLAUSE.

1. Catherine and Sue are two girls (like dancing)

2. My mobile phone is something (be very important to me)
3. Anthony is a friend of mine (live in Boston)
4. West Side Story is a musical (be very famous)
5. An airport is a place (planes land)

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH: WHO, WHICH OR THAT.

1. That man is the writer_____________ wrote a best- selling novel

2. Here is the CD ___________ you thought you had lost.
3. A professor is someone ________________ teaches in a university.
4. The only present _____________ I didn’t like was the gold belt.
5. A meteorologist is someone _________ knows about the weather.
6. This is the book ______________ I wrote to you about.
7. Anybody _________________ wants to join the drama society must sign up now.
8. This is the shop ______________ is so expensive.
9. Ciro’s was the best club ___________ I have ever been to.
10. The tower _________ blew down in the storm was over 100 years old.

PUT WHO OR THAT ONLY IF NECESSARY.

1. The match _______ we saw was so boring.

2. Did I tell you about the people ____________________ live next door?
3. The horse _____________ won the race belongs to an Irish woman.
4. I love the ice cream __________ they sell in that shop.
5. The book ______________ I`m reading is about jazz.
6. We´ ll go to a restaurant _________________ has a children´s menu.

FILL IN EACH BLANK USING A RELATIVE PRONOUN. PAY ATTENTION TO NON-

DEFINING CLAUSES. USE WHO, WHICH, WHERE, THAT :

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1. The books, __________ I'd ordered over the internet, took nearly three weeks to
arrive.
2. The books _______________ I'd ordered from a bookshop arrived the following
week.
3. My parents, ________ were born in the north of England, moved to London to find
work.
4. The man ________ lives upstairs is always playing music when I'm trying to get to
sleep.
5. The building _____________I live in was built in the 1920s.
6. The building __________ I live was built in the 1920s.
7. The car's making a funny noise again,____________ means we'll have to get
someone to look at it.
8. The employee to __________ you refer is no longer working for this company.
9. Do you remember the name of the man ______________car you crashed into?
10. Have you any idea ___________they were arguing about?
11. The hotel ______________ we stayed was very good for the price.
12. The woman __________is sitting at the desk is Mr Winter's secretary.
13. I cannot remember the reason ___________ he wanted us to leave.
14. Jane, ____________ mother is a physician, is very good at biology.
15. She didn’t see the snake __________ was lying on the ground.
16. Do you know the shop ________ Andrew picked me up?

COMBINE THE SENTENCES USING RELATIVE CLAUSES WITHOUT RELATIVE

PRONOUNS :

1. The girl is a singer. We met her at the party.

The girl

2. We bought a car last week. The car is blue.

The car

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3. The bananas are on the table. George bought them.

The bananas

4. We watched a film last night. It was really scary.

The film

5. I have to learn new words. They are very difficult.

The new words

6. The pen is on the desk. It is blue.

The pen

7. This is the new president. We all voted for him.

This is

8. I met a Finnish tourist. He lives in Helsinki.

The Finnish tourist

9. I know the man. He is going to marry my friend.

I know

10.John bought a new DVD player. It was made in Korea.

The new

11.The palace stands outside the town. It was built 200 years ago.

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 The palace

12.I have one black cat. His name is Blacky.

I have

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES. PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THEIR

CORRECT TENSE :

1. If I had time, I __________________ ( go ) shopping with you.

2. If you _____________________ ( speak ) English, you will get along with them
perfectly.

3. If they had gone to England, they _______________ ( visit ) London.

4. If she _________________ ( come ) to see us, we will go to the zoo.

5. I would have told you if I _____________ ( know ) the truth.

6. Would you mind if I ______________ ( open ) the window?

7. If they __________________ (ask ) me, I wouldn't have said no.

8. Unless she _________ ( study ), she won´t pass this subject.

9. Will she go to the cinema if he _________ ( invite ) her?

10. You would be in trouble if you ________________ ( not study ) .

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