Sisters of NazarethSchool-Haifa

9th grade

Name:______Date: March. .2010

Part 1:

Tenses

Fill in Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive, Past Perfect or Past Simple

  1. That dog ______(bark) all day and all night. The noise ______(get) me mad. I can't concentrate on anything since the dog ______(start) barking.
  1. Recently, scientists ______(try) to help sea turtles in Florida that ______(suffer) from a disease that cuses 1993 before she ______(move) in with them the growth of tumors on the body. a
  1. People all over the world ______(watch)Hollywoodmovies for many years. The first films had no sounds and they ______(stay) for 15 years. In 1927, the first film with a sound track ______(appear).
  1. She ______(visit) her relatives once in2002.
  1. Miriam ______(climb) the Matterhorn, ______(sail) around the world and______(go) on safari in Kenya by the time she turned twenty-five.
  1. It is already 5:00 PM and I ______(sit) here for over an hour. If you do not get here in the next five minutes, I am going to leave.
  1. Bruce ______(work)for that computers' company for more than six years and he ______(work) in almost every department.
  1. I ______(see) many pictures of the pyramids before I ______(go) to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small.
  1. Before I (go) ______to London, I (not/ enjoy)______learning English.

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Part 2:

Relative Clauses

A) Complete the following sentences using the suitable relative pronoun (who, which, that, whom, whose, when, where or why):

1. 8 o'clock is the exact time ______we chat every day.

2. My mom is the person for ______I am ready to do everything.

3. She got the phone number ______she needs for such cases.

4. She is the friend______I trust the most.

5. I liked the man ______son graduated yesterday.

6. I saw her in the same restaurant ______we used to meet at.

7. Show me the picture ______Dan liked the most.

8. Fred is the boy with ______Mark plays all the time.

9. This is the house ______owner works for Intel Company.

10. This is the reason ______I didn't tell you the truth.

B) Combine the following sentences by using the second sentence as a relative clause:

  1. Shakespeare is a famous writer and poet. He wrote Romeo and Juliet.

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  1. The car didn't tune up. It ran out of gasoline.

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  1. I talked to the boy. His brother hit my son.

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  1. We are talking about the decision. It is very difficult to make.

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  1. The song is sung by Michael Jackson. We are listening to.

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Good Luck and Lots of Success