KEY TO ADVANCED LANGUAGE POINTS (REVISION EXERCISES)

SECTION A

1. stopped
hasnt worked
2. Have you seen
3. Have you been fighting
4. moved
would / could
5. arrived
realized
had forgotten
6. didnt quite catch
did you say
leaves /is leaving / was leaving

SECTION B

1. leaves
2. ll be lying
3. Will be remembered
4. ends / has ended---- ll probably have destroyed
5. ll make (spontaneous decision)
6. s going to fall in (prediction based on evidence)

SECTION C

1. He is said to have opened a Swiss bank account to escape from country.

2. It is believed that he is living in the USA.
3. Whether (or not) the real criminals have been brought to justice is not known.
(OR NOT can also be left at the end of the sentence)
4. The windows needed cleaning.
5. Can you say what wants doing?
6. The situation requires careful handling as its very delicate.

SECTION D

1. Had you explained the situation to me, I wouldnt have put my foot in it.
2. Should the President be defeated, there will have to be a new election.
 3. If you were to explain the situation to him, Im sure he would understand. (OR If you
explained)
4. But for the rain the picnic would have been a success. (BUT FOR means something like
WITHOUT)
5. If it hadnt been for the help from the bank, we couldnt have bought the house.
6. Unless there are (any) problems, the shuttle will blast off on Thursday.

SECTION E

hadnt invited
would like/would have liked
could
would stop
went
stopped

SECTION F

1. Never have I seen such brilliant acting.

2. Not only does John play the piano but he is also a good photographer.
3. Hardly had we left the building when it caught fire.
4. Not until ten years later did they find out the truth.
5. Only under exceptional circumstances will prisoners be allowed to work.
6. Not even after I had explained it three times did he understand what I meant.

SECTION G

1. He denied having said that.

2. She urged me to take up jogging.
3. The manager admitted that this hadnt been commercially a good year.
4. He reminded Sue to ring the lawyer.
5. The salesman persuaded me to buy the car saying how wonderful it was. OR The
salesman persuaded me that the car was wonderful so I decided to buy it.
6. The opposition leader blamed the government for the economic problems. OR
put the blame on the government for the economic problems. Or blamed the
economic problems on the government.

SECTION H

1. We neednt buy OR We dont need to buy

2. in France and had to go..
3. You mustnt touch
 4. After a long struggle I was able to open it / I managed to open it / I succeeding in
opening it (SPECIFIC ABILITY IN THE PAST)
5. We didnt need to call the doctor
6. afraid it might rain / afraid it was going to rain

SECTION I

1. to misunderstand (To-Inf, as we have WOULD)

2. being hit
3. not to get up
4. being killed
5. taking
6. causing / having caused
7. going
8. coming --- to believe
9. to open --- phoning
10. to look (Infinitive of purpose)

SECTION J

1. X ----------comma before WHICH

2. OK
3. X ---- a village in which OR where
4. OK
5. X ----- comma before WHERE
6. X ---- who couldnt speak
7. X ---- without commas OR who / whom but not that
8. X----- with commas
9. OK
10. X ---- add a comma after true
11. X ---- That is the dog that I saw in the street OR That is the dog I saw in the street
12. OK

SECTION K

1 the 7- 10 the 13 - 16 the 19 the 22 -

2- 5- 8 the 11 - 14 - 17 the 20 - 23 the
3- 6 an 9 the 12 The 15 the 18 a 21 a