Repetition for Diploma Exam ChW
1. The Present
2. The Past
3. The Future
A. going to-future
· a plan (thought about before the moment of speaking)e.g. I am going to study medicine
· a future action that will certainly happen (there is evidence, there are signs)
e.g. She is pregnant she is going to have a baby
B. Present Continuous
· a definite arrangement for the future (sth that is already organized)I am meeting a friend of mine today.
C. Present Simple
· Future actions that are given by a timetable or a programme.e.g. The train leaves at 7 o'clock.
· After time clauses (when, as soon as, until, before etc.)
e.g. Give me a ring as soon as you arrive in Paris
D. will-future
· decision made at the moment of speakinge.g. "I have got a headache." "Wait a minute I'll get you an aspirin."
· a future fact (an action that cannot be influenced)
e.g. You will see the valley from the top of the mountain.
She will be twenty next year.
· a speculation about the future (after think, suppose, believe, perhaps, probably etc.)
e.g. I think he will win the competition.
· In the main clause of an if-sentence
e.g. He will earn a lot of money if he gets the job.
4. The Reported Speech
5. Active and Passive
6. Conditional Sentences
7. Modals (auxiliary verbs)
What modal verbs do you know? / can, must, should, might, may etc.What are the 4 characteristics of a modal verb? / 1) no third person s
2) no do/does/did in questions an negatives
3) they are always followed by a verb in the infinitve
4) there are no tenses!! (exception could)
What are the forms that can be used instead of can and must? / can = be able to / be allowed to
must = have to
What is the difference between mustn’t and don’t have to (needn’t)? / mustn’t = nicht dürfen
don’t have to = nicht müssen
What are modal verbs of probability? / 1) He must be in love. (must have been)
2) He could be in love. (could have been)
3) He might be in love. (might have been)
4) He can’t be in love. (can’t have been)
8. Adverbs and Adjectives
9. Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
14. Relative Pronouns
· If the relative pronoun is not the subject of the relative clause, it can be left oute.g. This is the man (that/who) I mean
· There is no comma in front of a relative pronoun (exception: if the relative clause is a non-defining relative clause - eingeschobener Teilsatz)
· If you refer to a full clause, then you have to use “which” (He is always late, which is very annoying)
11. Quantifiers
German / countable nouns / uncountable nounsviele / many (a lot of) / much (a lot of)
wenig(e) / few / little
ein paar / ein wenig / a few / a little
beide (allgemein) / both (both men)
einige, ein paar / some (positive sentences)
any (questions and negatives)
alle (allgemein) / all (all workers)
alle (limited number) / all the (all the workers of this factory)
10. Verb patterns
Verbs + -ing / verbs + to +inf. / verbs + sb +inf.like
love
enjoy
prefer
hate
can't stand
don't mind
finish
look forward to
adore
suggest
keep
carry on
can’t help
fancy
avoid
feel like / want
would like
agree
decide
hope
manage
promise
refuse
want
learn
choose
need
help / let
make
12. Question tags:
He is happy, / isn’t he?He isn’t happy, / is he?
He played football, / didn’t he?
He plays football, / doesn’t he?
13. s-genitive / of-structure
15. Pronouns
16. Word order
17. The definite article
No article!!! (the)1. A noun that is used in a general sense (Music is very popular, water is very important, vegetables are healthy, she is afraid of death)
2. School, prison, church, hospital, bed (when we are not speaking about a particular one or the building)
3. Ways of travelling (by car, train, bus etc.)
4. Most names of lakes and mountains (Lake Geneva is very nice, Mount Everest is very high). Exception: “the Matterhorn”.
5. A street or a road (She lives in Oxford Street)
1. The Tenses (present, past and future)
A. The Past: Fill in the gaps using either the past simple, the past continuous, the past perfect or the present perfect.
1. What time ……………………….. (you, have) breakfast this morning? - At half past eight, but I ……………………….. (not have) anything to eat since then.
2. Mr Count ……………………………… (work) as a bank manager for twenty-five years. Then he ……………………………… (retire) and ……………………………… (go) to live in the country. He ……………………………… (live) there for seven years now.
3. I ……………………….. (lose) my keys. ……………………….. (you, see) them? - Yes, I ……………………….. (see) them on the kitchen table last night.
4. He kept looking at her, wondering where he ……………………………… (see) her before.
5. He ……………………………… (clean) his gun when it suddenly ……………………………… (go) off and ……………………………… (kill) him.
6. Sarah was upset because Jim ……………………………… (not telephone).
7. As I ……………………………… (cross) the road I ……………………………… (step) on a banana skin and ……………………………… (fall) heavily. I ……………………………… (still, lie) on the road when I ……………………………… (see) a lorry approaching. Luckily the driver ……………………………… (see) me and ……………………………… (stop) the lorry in time.
8. The police never found where he ……………………………… (hide) the money.
9. Mr Brown ……………………….. (break) his leg in January. He ……………………….. (not, be able) to go out since then.
10. Last winter there ……………………….. (be ) only a little snow, but this winter we ……………………….. (not, have) any snow at all.
11. My tooth ……………………………… (break) when I ……………………………… (eat) a nut.
12. ……………………………… (you, play) football when the thunderstorm began?
13. Mr Henderson is not at home. He ……………………….. (go) to see some friends.
14. ……….……………………….. (you, ever, be) to Scotland? - Yes, I ……………………….. (be) there six years ago.
B. Mixed Tenses: Translate the following sentences.
1. Ich werde am Montag mit John Tennis spielen.
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2. Meinst du, dass Harry die Prüfung bestehen wird?
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3. Falls es regnen wird, werden wir zu Hause bleiben.
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4. Sie wird mich anrufen, sobald sie in London ankommen wird.
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5. Seit wann leben die Eltern von Tom in New York?
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6. Als der Lehrer in das Klassenzimmer kam, hörten die Schüler Musik.
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7. Ich muss nach Hause laufen. Jemand hat mein Fahrrad gestohlen.
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8. Nachdem ich meine Hausaufgaben gemacht hatte, schaute ich fern.
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2. Reported Speech
A. Complete the following sentences.
1. She told him: "Shut the door!"
She told him ………………………………………………………………………….
2. He said: "I am going home."
He said (that) …………………………………………………………………………..
3. Sam asked her: "Do you have 20 pounds?"
Sam asked her ………………………………………………………………………….
4. She said: "I was biking yesterday."
She said (that) ………………………………………………………………………….
5. He was told: "Fill in the form!"
He was told ………………………………………………………………………….
6. She said: "I am doing my homework.
She said (that) ………………………………………………………………………….
7. They asked me: "Did Paul lose the match?"
They asked me ………………………………………………………………………….
8. He told her: "Don't call me before 7 o'clock!
He told her ………………………………………………………………………….
9. They wanted to know: "When is your birthday?"
They wanted to know ………………………………………………………………………….
B. Transform these German direct speech sentences into English reported speech sentences. Use a suitable introductory verb in the past.
1. John: Beeile dich und vergiss nicht die Türe zu schliessen.
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2. Harry: Ich lebe seit drei Jahren in England.
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3. Sarah: Bist du zur Hochzeit eingeladen?
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4. Larry: Mein Onkel ist vor fünf Jahren an Krebs gestorben.
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5. Sarah: Möchtest du dem Klub beitreten?
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6. Sally: Meine Eltern schauten fern, als ich nach Hause kam.
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7. Pat: Seit wann spielst du Golf?
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8. Sue: Ich kann von seiner Erfahrung profitieren.
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3. Active and Passive
A. Transform the active sentences into passive sentences and the passive sentences into active sentences.
1. People should send their complaints to the head office.
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2. Somebody accused me of stealing money.
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3. John’s company is building a new road around the city.
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4. This letter has been written by my cousin.
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5. The employer will offer Anne the job.
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B. Fill in the gaps with the correct form in the passive.
1. I ………………………………...... (often / ask) for her address.
2. He ………………………………...... (offer) a new job last week.
3. She ………………………………...... (ask) about the accident by the police at the moment.
4. This novel ………………………………...... (write) by Hemingway.
5. Their purse ………………………………...... (steal) yesterday night in the disco.
6. Mice ………………………………...... (catch) by cats every day.
7. English ………………………………...... (speak) all over the world.
8. This fight ………………………………...... (forget) in a few years' time.
9. I ………………………………...... (never / beat) at badminton so far.
10. Her new book ………………………………...... (publish) next month.
4. Conditionals
A. Fill in the forms with the correct form of the verb.
1. We won’t stay indoors if the weather ………………………………. (be) fine.
2. I ………………………………. (tell) you if you asked me.
3. She would feel better if she ………………………………. (eat) less.
4. If she ………………………………. (explain) him the situation he would have understood it.
5. If we miss the train we ………………………………. (take) a taxi.
6. She ………………………………. (give) you an answer if you had asked her more politely.
7. If he won a lot of money he ………………………………. (fly) to Paris.
8. If you had asked me I ………………………………. (tell) you.
9. If I am at home I ………………………………. (watch) the movie.
10. If we ………………………………. (eat) too much we will get fat.
11. If Jack meets Tom he ………………………………. (tell) him the truth.
12. His sister would have been glad if you ………………………………. (phone) her.
13. The Millers ………………………………. (move) to the seaside if they had had children.
14. If Nelly rides her bike more carefully she ………………………………. (have) fewer accidents.
15. If they take their medicine they ………………………………. (feel) better.
16. If Jack ………………………………. (come) to my party I would have danced with him.
B. Conditional Sentences. Try to form if-sentences.
1. I didn’t learn all the topics for the exam we had yesterday. As a consequence I was nervous and panicky.
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2. I watched television all day. I didn’t do my homework.
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3. I can’t go out with you because I have this terrible headache.
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4. I hope he will win the match. I am sure we will have a great party.
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5. I really can’t come to your party tomorrow evening because I have to work.
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6. I am not going to marry you because we have absolutely nothing in common.
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5. Modals/Auxiliary Verbs
A. Fill in the most suitable modal verb.
1. George has travelled a lot. He ………………. speak many languages.
2. I can hear you quite well. You ………………. shout.
3. I´m not sure where I go for my holidays but I ………………. go to Italy.
4. She ………………. ride her bike at night without lights. It's forbidden.
5. She ………………. not eat so much chocolate because it's bad for her figure.
6. It's later than I thought. I ………………. go now.
7. Talk to Ann about your problems. I'm sure she ………………. help you.
8. You ………………. hoover the carpets, Carol has already done it.
9. You ………………. be tired because you have worked very hard.
10. He ………………. come to my party because he is ill.
11. It's not very important. You ………………. do it now. You ………………. do it tomorrow.
12. ………………. you speak many languages?
13. I don't know what I'm doing this weekend but I ………………. go to London.
14. Smoking is very unhealthy. You ………………. stop it.
15. You have got plenty of time. You ………………. not hurry.
16. You ………………. have a passport to visit most foreign countries.
17. Friday is a holiday. So I ...... work.
B. Put the modal verbs into the tenses.
1)
Present simple: They must work harder.
Past simple: They ………………………..………. work harder.
Will-Future: They ………………………..………. work harder.
2)
Present simple: We can help you in the garden.
Past simple: We ………………………..………. help you in the garden.
Will-Future: We ………………………..………. help you in the garden.
3)
Present simple: She can invite friends.
Past simple: She ………………………..………. invite friends.
Will-Future: She ………………………..………. invite friends.
B. Fill in the most suitable modal verb in the past or in the future.
1. When I was a child I often ...... help my mother and I ...... go out on Saturday evening.
2. I think that I ...... speak English quite well in two years.
3. I ...... speak Spanish really well when I lived in Barcelona.
4. You ...... disturb your sister while she is working.
5. You ...... park your car in front of this building. It is forbidden.
6. Joe ...... work very hard last year.
6. Adjectives and Adverbs/Comparisons
A. Adjective or adverb: Fill in the gaps.
1. Melanie ate her lunch very ...... (quick). She knew the meeting was ...... (important) and she didn’t want to be ...... (late)
2. Sophie lived in Thailand for several years. She speaks Thai ...... (fluent = fliessend) and she knows the culture ...... (good)
3. The exam was ...... (extreme) difficult. But I had studied ...... (hard) and so I passed it ...... (easy).
4. The young girl sings ...... (good) and her performance was ...... (surprising) ...... (good).
5. My father is a ...... (famous) musician.
B. Fill in the gaps with a suitable adjective or adverb.
1. Tom is ...... than Mark.
2. She plays the piano ......
3. Lions are ...... than tigers.
4. I can’t understand what he says. He should speak ......
5. She is the ...... person I know.