REVIEW TWO

I. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. People ……are…using…..(use) up the fuels that were made…
(make) more than 300 million years ago before the time of the dinosaurs. Once they …are
gone………………(go) they are gone…………………(go).
2. Fossils……have provided……. (provide) a great impetus to the industrial revolution that……
took….…… (take) place in the twentieth century. However, the irrational consumption of fossil
fuels……have led…… (lead) to several problems all over the world.
3. Although coal ……has been used……. (use) in different parts of the world since long time ago,
its potential uses…had not been.….. fully…explored… (not explore) . Once coal….…began.… ….
(begin) to replace wood as a fuel, inventors ……found…….
(find) many ways that coal …could be used……………(can / use) as a source of energy. This time
of exploration and invention started a period in history called the Industrial Revolution.

4. Because of improving technology, the world ……will continue………… (continue) to get

more efficient in energy use, and that …will have………….……………(have) an impact on
greenhouse gases in the next years.
II. Complete the sentences using RELATIVE PRONOUNS. ( where, that, which, who, what,
when, why…)
1. There isn't any way to be absolutely sure.....where........new oil and natural gas reserves are
located, so petroleum engineers need to collect clues as to ....what..................... lies deep beneath
the earth's surface. 
2. A Christmas tree is a system of valves....that..........controls the amount of oil .......which........... is
allowed to flow the surface. It directs the oil into the storage tanks ...........where............ it is kept
until it is shipped to its next destination.
3. However, fossil fuels are non-renewable, .which......... means that one day they will be all gone.
4. The layers of rock in .....which...............hydrocarbons are formed are called source rocks.
5. Most of the fossil fuels found today were formed millions of years before the first dinosaurs.
Fossil fuels, however, were once alive. They were formed from prehistoric plants and
animals .........that............lived hundreds of millions of years ago.
III. Change these sentences into the passive voice and in the correct form.
1. When will the paleontologist make a special study of fossils? (ACTIVE VOICE)
(¿?)… When will a special study of fossils be made by the paleontologist? (PASSIVE VOICE)
2. The driver is not going to drive 50kms to go from Santa Cruz to Montero tonight.
(+) 50kms ARE GOING TO BE DRIVEN by the driver to go from Santa Cruz to Montero tonight.
(-)…50kms ARE not GOING TO BE DRIVEN by the driver to go from Santa Cruz to Montero
tonight.
3. Oil tankers transport oil in large quantities through long-distance pipelines.
(¿?)Is oil transported by oil tankers in large quantities through long-distance pipelines?
(-) Oil is not transported by oil tankers in large quantities through long-distance pipelines.
4. Various schools, hospitals, restaurants and buildings use natural gas for cooking and water.
(¿?)Is natural gas used by Various schools, hospitals, restaurants and buildings for cooking and
wáter?
(+) Natural gas is used by Various schools, hospitals, restaurants and buildings for cooking and
water.
(-)…Natural gas is not used by Various schools, hospitals, restaurants and buildings for cooking
and water.
5. The general manager gives a promotion to the drillers and roustabouts every year.
(¿?) Is a promotion given by the general manger to the drillers and roustabouts every year?
(+) A promotion is given by the general manger to the drillers and roustabouts every year
(-) A promotion is not given by the general manger to the drillers and roustabouts every year
6. The paleontologist´s driver takes us to the oil company on Mondays.
(¿?)…Are we taken by the paleontologist´s driver to the oil company on Mondays?
(+) We are taken by the paleontologist´s driver to the oil company on Mondays.
(-)…We are not taken by the paleontologist´s driver to the oil company on Mondays.
7. In general, pumping can economically recover about 30 percent of the oil trapped.
(+) About 30 percent of the oil trapped can economically be recovered by pumping.
(-) About 30 percent of the oil trapped can not economically be recovered by pumping.
8. The general manager received an e-mail before his meeting with the owners of the company.
(¿?)…Was an e-mail received by the general manager before his meeting with the owners of the
company?
(+)…An e-mail was received by the general manager before his meeting with the owners of the
company.
(-)An e-mail was not received by the general manager before his meeting with the owners of the
company.
9. The oil and natural gas industry is looking for alternative energy to meet the growing need for
energy. 
(+)Alternative energy is being looked for by the oil and natural gas industry to meet the growing
need for energy. 
(-)…Alternative energy is not being looked for by the oil and natural gas industry to meet the
growing need for energy
10. The president of Bolivia privatized the gas natural sector in 1994 and re-nationalized in 2006
after popular protests during the 2005 Bolivian gas conflict.
(+)…The gas natural sector was privatized in 1994 and renationalized in 2006 by the president of
Bolivia after popular protests during the 2005 Bolivian gas conflict.

REVIEW THREE

I. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the parenthesis.

1. If you were her boss, what.....would you do........................................? (do)
2. If she hadn't gone to Camiri, she ...would not have met.... her husband. ( meet)
3. If I.had not arrived at the airport so late, I would not have missed my flight. (arrive)
4. I would not have told..............you if I hadn't thought it was important. (tell)
5. If I were you, I .would go..... to the beach instead of going to work. (go)
6. If you buy one uniform, you ... will have........ the second one free. (have)
7. If you come tonight, I.will make chicken and chips. (make)
8. If we did not visit the encampment, we would not write...a good report.(write)
II. Complete the sentences.
1. (0) If you press that button, the machine starts to work.
2. (2) If there was no oil in Camiri, oil companies would not work and would not exist oil engineers.
3. (2) If my boss sent you on a training course, he would get another worker.
4. (3) If I had forgot the safety rules,I would have hurt me.
5. (3) If you hadn’t hired those two workers, the other workers would have been with a lot of work.
6. (1) If the stores are empty of things to buy, I will go to buy things at the markets.
7. (3) If the wind had been so strong, It would have fallen trees
8. If a worker had an accident, I would call an ambulance.
9. If there were harmful gases in the area, people would…use masks.
10. If we don´t have enough reserves, we will not have money.
11. If natural gas can´t be found, we won´t have reservoirs in the future.
12. If things were different in your life, I would not get married.
III. Give some advice to these problems
1. The students don´t give good exams.
They should study harder.
2. A man, who is your relative, stole an engine from a company.
I should report him with the supervisor.
3. Your best friend failed two subjects last semester.
He should register again and study harder the next semester.
4. Most of the natural reserves of natural gas field will run out.
We have to take care of our natural reserves.
5. Natural gas causes less damage to the environment than petroleum or coal.
We should find more ways to use it.
6. Greenhouse gases cause global warming and climate change.
We should stop contaminating the earth.
7. Bolivia is a raw material exporter selling gas.
We should use this raw material creating new products to export.
IV. Change these sentences into the passive voice.
1. The teacher must give students enough time to finish their exams.
(+)……………………………………………………………….......................…………………
……………………………………………………………….......................……………………..
2. The workers should finish the work before they leave.
(¿?)…Should the work be finished by the workers before they leave?
……………………………………………………….......................……………………..
3. They could have sold those engines easily.
(-) Those engines could not have been sold by them easily.
4. People could make a project to save the world.
(¿?)…………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. You won´t give the money to the workers at the end of the year.
(¿?)…Will the money be given to the workers by you at the end of the year?

6. The driller should have asked for a higher salary to have a better life style.
(-)…A higher salary should not have been asked for by the driller to have a better life style.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………….......................……………………..
7. Someone must have spudded in the well.
(+)……………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. The general manager had sent an e-mail before he went home.
(¿?)…………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………….......................……………………..
9. We are going to give the result of the survey to the oil company tomorrow
(-)……………………………………………………………………………………………………
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V. Conditionals: Order the ideas and make sentences using conditionals.
1. geologists / study/ the rock composition of a given area /they / find / new places to get oil and
gas (0)
.......…………………………………………………………...........……………...........................
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2. the sea level / rise / the planet / get hotter.(1)
……………………………………………………………….......................……………………..
.......…………………………………………………………...........……………..........................
3. you / be / safe in an accident / you / wear / your seatbelt.(2)
……………………………………………………………….......................……………………..
.......…………………………………………………………...........……………..........................
4. Juan / save/ all his money/ he / be able to go/ on holiday to the U.S.A.(3)
.......…………………………………………………………...........……………...........................
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VI. What do these signs mean?

Write the description of the safety signs.

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