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Revision for English Exam

Grammar
Simple present or present progressive

Susan: Jan, are you doing______________ (you do) anything special now ? If not, what about a short
interview?

Jan: Fine. ______I am not doing ________________(I do) any more work today, so let’s talk.

Susan: Well, Jan, you’ve finished, but with all that bad weather, you’re badly behind schedule.
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_____________Does that often happen _____(that often happen)?

Jan: No, it doesn’t happen ______________ (it not happen) very much, at least, not his badly,
thank goodness. But of course. Things do not usually goes ______________ (things not usually go)
exactly to plan, and something often goes_________________ (something, often go) a bit wrong. So
always add_______ (I always add) a little extra time to the schedule.

Susan: But not four days!

Jan: No, and of course, I am thinking__________ (I think) about the next step now. I have to get
back on schedule with other projects as well.

So when are you returning_______________ (you return) to London? Tomorrow?

Jan: Yes, we are leaving_________________(we leave) early in the morning. And we are
starting________________ (we we start) work on editing in the afternoon.

Susan: Are you editing_______________ (you edit) the whole thing yourself?

Jan: No, ______I don’t usually do__________ (I not usually do) much of the editing work these
days. My assistant, Lucas is very good. He generally does________________ (he generally do) most
of that part of our work.

Susan:

Jan: Several! And I am going_______________ (I go) to a luchtime meeting tomorrow to discuss

the most important one. It’s going to be a series of programs about food around the world.

Susan: You certainly don’t waste any time!

 Complete the text with the right tense of the verb in brackets:

Currently Vanessa Ramirez ___is Working___________(work) as the food and restaurant journalist
for the International Times. Vanessa ___comes___________(come) from Mexico but
_moved_____________ (move) to the United States in 1988, where she ___studied___________
9/16 (study) journalism. She ______has lived________ (live) in Los Angeles since 1994 and ______has
worked_____(work) on several newspapers at different times. Vanessa ___married____________
(marry) the chef, Claude Blanc, three years ago. He ____owns_____(own) two restaurant already and
_________is opening_______ (open) his third next month. Vanessa ________knows______(know)
the world of international food and drink very well and ____________has built up______(build up)
good contact with many people in the industry. unfortunately, she ___doesn’t like____________
(not like) traveling very much. She __________researched___________(research) a cooking
programme for local TV last year. Now she ________is looking________(look) for new opportunities
and ______wants________(want) to do more consultancy work for TV.

Write complete sentences using the comparative forms of the adjectives:

 Pernilla’s Spanish used to / much fluent/ it is now

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Pernilla’s Spanish used to be much less fluent that it is now
_________________________________________________

 Her home town, Malmo,/ much small/ Madrid.

Her home town, Malmo is much smaller than

Madrid_________________________________________________

 She feels that Madrid/ a lot lively/ Malmo.

She feels that Madrid is a lot livelier than Malmo

_________________________________________________

 Nightlife back in Sweden/ much active/ in her new home.

Nightlife back in Sweded is much more active than in her new home
_________________________________________________

Complete with one word

1. He’s not as clever ____as__ he thinks he is.

6/10 2. It’s _____the_____ best book I’ve read for a long time.
3. The journey took longer ____than______we expected.
 4. I think it was the saddest film I’ve __ever__seen.
5. Is Texas the biggest state ___in__the USA.
6. He’s the _____most_____selfish person I’ve ever met.
7. Your watch is the same____as___mine.
8. My father speaks ___more___quickly than I do.
9. We don’t go swimming __as___often as we did before.
10. Her brother’s about 10 and she’s a year younger than____him_____ .

Language and Communication

Complete the conversation using the phrases in the box.

Did you have any problems finding us? How do you do?

I’m Lucy Lang, Mr. Herbert’s assistant. You must be Ms. Philips.

Lucy: Er, excuse me____ You must be Ms. Philips ___________________

Jan: Yes, that’s right.

Lucy: Hello. __ I’m Lucy Lang, Mr. Herbert’s assistant.

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Jan: _________ How do you do?

Lucy: Mr. Herbert is expecting you, so would you like to come this way?
Jan: Thank you.

Lucy: __ Did you have any problems finding us?

Jan: No, not at all. You see, I’ve been here several times before.

Complete the conversation using the phrases in the box.

could you… Yes, I’ll do that…

Would you mind very much… I’m not sure that I want to do that.

shall I … Yes, if you could.

May: Right, the next thing.__________ could you

5/5 ____________pick up your ticket and travel money from my assistant Magda?

Sarah: __ Yes, I’ll do that

 ___________________right after this meeting. Oh, and by the way, ________ shall I
_____________take anything out to Guatemala for you, letters, for example?

May: ______ Yes, if you could.

__________I’ve got several things here.

Sarah: Fine.

May: And now, I’ve got something else to ask. _ Would you mind very much
____________________ changing your role and becoming our part-time administration officer out
there?

Sarah: This is a surprise! Mmm…_ I’m not sure that I want to do that ______________________

May: Please think about it. You see, our previous administrator has had to return to Canada
suddenly, and we need someone with management experience to do the job, and you would be
ideal!

Sarah: Well, all right, I’ll try it for a while, but I still want to dig! OK?

May: Yes, of course. Thank you so much!

Language and vocabulary

Fill in the blanks with the right word:

provide efficiently developed offer

links fares services allow

Since 1997 three multi-airline alliances have _______developed_______ . The smallest alliance in

terms of number of airlines is Oneworld with 11 airlines. This alliance ____links______national giants
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American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and Qantas. Next, with 13 airlines, is SkyTeam

which links Delta, with AirFrance/KLM, Korean Air and Aero Mexico, amongst others. Finally with 23

airlines there is Star Alliance which includes United Airlines, Lufthansa, ANA of Japan and Air New

Zealand. All of them claim that their alliance ____offer __________ travelers with better

______services________including more staff, greater rewards, easier check-in and smoother

transfers. ‘All of the alliances _______allow_________the business traveler to move through the

world more easily and more ______efficiently________’ says Nathan Harvey, an Airline industry
writer. ‘Thanks to better connections and shared services the airlines are able to

____provide__________more departure times and cheaper ______ fares ________’.