REVISION 1ST BACHILLERATO
1. VERB TENSES. Put the verbs in the right tense in the active or passive voice
1.When we ………………………………. (arrive) home, we ………………………………… (find) out that one of our windows ……………………………………… (break).
2. Hurry up, please! Dinner ………………………………………….. (serve) now and if you …………………………… (not/hurry), it ……………………………… (be) cold.
3. A meeting ……………………………………….(hold) in the village hall once a week, but last week the board of directors ………………………………… (put) it off because the CEO …………………………………….. (have) a baby.
4. A: Scientists ………………………………………. (just/prove) that there is no life on Mars.
B: How ……………………………………………. (they/reach) to such a conclusion?
A: Well, high-tech satellites …………………………………………….. (send) into space not long ago and the images they ………………………………. (take) ……………………………………… (show) that there was nobody there.
A: ………………………………………………….. (you/think) there …………………………………… (ever/be) life there?
B: Research ………………………………………… (do) at the moment so maybe we ………………………….. (be) able to live on Mars in a very near future.
5. Nowadays many beautiful old buildings …………………………………….. (replace) by modern ones. If this replacement ………………………………….. (not/control), it ………………………………. (not/be)very long before a city ………………………………. (lose) its character.
6. A: By the time I ……………………………. (be) 24, I …………………………………….. (take) my university degree.
B: What ……………………………………………………. (you/do) at this time in ten years’ time?
A: I …………………………………………………..(save) people’s lives in an underdeveloped country.
7. PREPOSITIONS OF TIME. Fill in the blanks with the right preposition
1. I met him …………………………… the war ……………………. He was helping the wounded soldiers in the battlefield. HE was captured …………………… the first day and was in prison …………………… the rest of the war. He thought about escaping …………………….the time.
2. I hope to see you …………………… March. I will be in Basle ……………………. Friday 1st ………………. Wednesday 26th. I will be busy ………………….. the day but perhaps we could meet …………………….. Friday night or ………….. the weekend as I won’t be flying back ………………….. Sunday. If not, we may see you ……………. Easter.
3. What’s the plan, then? I won’t be able to tell you exactly. I know what Joan thinks. ……………………………I get home, I will ring her. ……………………………………. She gives me an idea of what she wants, I’ll let you know.
4. ……………………………. I reach the top, the snow will have covered the base camp.
5. I’ll let you know …………………….. Friday (not later than that).
8. Rewrite the following sentences.
1. I prefer swimming to riding a bike.
I’d rather ……………………………………………….
2. Mary doesn’t want her daughter to wear such short miniskirts.
Mary would prefer…………….
Mary would rather……………….
3. It’s the first time I have ever met a celebrity.
I ……………………………..
4. We last went to Scotland ten years ago.
We (not)………………………….
It’s ………………………………….
5. They say that people found a lot of gold in Galicia during the Roman occupation.
It …………………
A lot of gold ……………………..
People ……………………………….
6. Colin didn’t ask me out, so I got very depressed.
If only…………………………….
7. I fell into the river once. I remember ………………….
8. It is very late. We should really go now. It’s high time……………….
9. If you smoke a lot of cigarettes a day, your health will get bad.
The ……………….
10. Justin has got a lot of fans because he is good-looking and sings very well.
If………………………….
11. It’s not crowded. It’s not commercialized. (neither… nor)
12. You can rent an apartment. You can stay in a two-star hotel. (either…or)
13. First I left school. Then I went to Italy for six months to study architecture.
After……………………
14. Men did a lot of damage. The bartender will now have to replace tables and two chairs.
(result) (two different ways)
(reason) (two different ways)
15. She didn’t have many friends, so she joined a club. (purpose) (2 different ways)
16. He had made the chair. I sat on it. (relative clause) (two different sentences)
17. Sally West has been killed in a car accident. Her work for the deaf made her famous. (relative clause)
18. He warned her in advance. She crossed the frozen lake and fell into the freezing water.
Despite……………………………….
19. Trains in Italy are cheaper than in Britain.
Trains in Britain (not)………………………………….
20. Why don’t you join a youth club?
IF ………………………………
9. REPORTED SPEECH. Change into reported or direct speech
1. ‘I didn’t have a chance to introduce myself last week. You must be Bella Swan,’ Edward said.
‘Yes, you are right. I am Bella Swan and I have just moved here from Phoenix.’
2. ‘I am sorry I didn’t go to your party two days ago,’ they said. ‘Don’t worry. It’s all right. We missed you a lot actually’, she said.
3. Paul suggested speaking to the manager.
4. The guide warned us not to walk on the grass.
5. ‘What has happened to Mrs Harris?’ Mary said. ‘She was taking a nap after lunch when suddenly the phone rang. She stood up, felt dizzy and fainted.
6. She advised him to listen carefully to her instructions or he would not know how to work the electrical appliance.
7. ‘Don’t forget to post my letter, Alex,’ said Julie. ‘I will post it on my way to the office tomorrow morning,’ Alex replied. ‘thank you so much,’ Julie said.
8. ‘Write your name clearly at the top and then take down these points as I call them out,’ the teacher said to his pupils.
9. ‘Did Michelle question you about my whereabouts last Friday? What did you tell her? Is she asking more questions tomorrow?’ James said.
10. ‘Do you believe me or do you still think I am lying? The suspect said.
10.PASSIVE/ACTIVE VOICE. Change into the active or the passive voice
1. The Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti died at his home in Modena aged 71. Doctors had diagnosed Pavarotti with pancreatic cancer last year. The Maestro fought a long tough battle against the disease which eventually took his life. People believe that Pavarotti brought opera to the people.
2. They say Einstein’s interest in science began at the age of five when somebody gave him a compass as a present and at school it was clear that his ability in mathematics was extraordinary.
3. They will award Samuel a scholarship.(2)
4. They can’t have told her such an awful lie.(2)
5. Somebody sent Dave lovely Christmas cards.(2)
6. Are they repairing the street this month?.No, they are going to start the road work in two months’ time.
7. Was the novel published by Hansen and Bros?
8. _A crime has been reported recently. 50,000 pounds have been robbed from the local bank by professional bank robbers. Fortunately, a witness has seen it all and he is being questioned in New Scotland Yard.
11. GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES
A) Tomorrow we have decided (go) to Rome and then we're planning (visit) Venice for a few days. After that we've arranged (stay) in France for a few weeks, but I hope (get)
back before the end of the month.
Though I promised (keep) ( write),I don't know if I will be able (do) it until we get to Paris and they let me (have) my own room. My parents make me (finish) my homework before (go) to bed, so I don't have much time (write) either. I've tried (hide) myself in museum cloakrooms , but I am not used to (write) in such bad conditions, that is why my writing looks so bad, I'm sorry.
Now we are in Berlin. It seems (be) a lively and interesting city. We are sitting in a restaurant and we have asked the waiter (bring) the menu, though I'm thinking about (ask) for a cup of tea only because I'm so sad, I miss (be) with you so much. I hope (be) strong enough (resist) tomorrow's excursion. We will probably start (drive) towards old eastern Germany early in the morning, since they say there are a couple of extraordinary things (see) somewhere called Leipzig
B)
1. Mrs Brown threatened (call) the police
2. We were so used to (live) in cold weather that we were always hot in other places.
3. Don't forget (close) gas before leaving.
4. The teenager denied (steal) the car in the car park.
5. Many people enjoy (travel) abroad for the summer.
6. Though very quietly, they were heard (go) upstairs
7. Jeff never talks about (leave) his job.
8. We were the first (arrive) but the seats were taken.
9. I talked to Andrew and advised a doctor (see/use a personal pronoun)
10. I will never forget (dance) waltz on the ship.
11. I'm not very interested in (take) that test. I'd sutrely fail it.
12. Whay don't you let me (explain) to you.
13. We stopped (have) a drink and then kept on moving (move)
14. We meant (get) to the station before noon, but couldn't.
15. Living abroad means (adapt) yourself to other culture
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