Revision 2

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

(1) It’s nice to be back in Bucharest. This is the second time I…(come) here.
(2) (you /be)….. here last year with your family?
(3) I …(feel) this fabric now. Don’t you think it ... (feel) very soft?
(4) It ... (rain) for two hours.
(5) They…(live) in Sweden before they went to Canada.
(6) How was your holiday in Italy? ….(you/visit) Rome?
(7) You look so tired. You … (work) too hard these days.
(8) When I ….(jog) yesterday someone stopped me and asked what time it …(be).
(9) …(the students/wear) uniform in our school?
(10) One summer afternoon in New York in 1875, while his wife (prepare)____ dinner, Mr.
Gamin (leave)_______ his house to buy some tobacco.
(11) .He … (be) so selfish today and I don’t understand why. He is not this kind of man.
(12) ‘What (you do) ______________________ when the rain started?’ We entered the house.
(13) What time … (this bank/close)?
(14) She (always talk)____ on the phone when I want to take a nap’
(15) At the moment I (stay) ______________________ at a friend’s house.
(16) While I (walk) ____ to the bus-stop, I realised I (leave) ____________ the cooker on?
(17) ‘Where (you go) _______________ ?’ ‘To the shops. Do you want to come with me?’
(18) They … ( to understand) now what the teacher is saying.
(19) ‘What (you do) __________ when the rain started?’ ‘We were playing football.’
(20) ‘Where (you spend) ______________________ your holidays?’ ‘Usually in France.’

2. Each of the following sentences contains one error. Write the correct sentence on your
answer sheet.

1. The police here is very helpful.

2. When have you arrived here?

3. Can you give me an advice?

5. He’s eyes are the colour of the sky

6. I don’t know where the money is, have you seen them?

7. Steve worked harder than he has ever worked before.

8. Susan knows us for a long time.

9.John is being seeing his dentist tomorrow.
10.The sooner you come back the fastest we start the game.

3. Choose the correct answer (10X1=10p)

1. I live in Barcelona, but my __________ town is Madrid.

a) birth b) home c) native d) origin
2. You need a passport to cross the ______between Mexico and the United States.
a) edge b) line c) border d) rim
3. There’s a fantastic _______from the top of the Empire State Building!
a) view b) sight c) appearance d) look
4. Carl wasn’t good at mountain climbing as he’s afraid of ________
a) highs b) higness c) heights d) height
5. Rachel is mad ___________the Eurovision Song Contest.
a) fromb) against c) for d) about
6. It’s ___________ time you learned how to swim.
a) big b) tall c) high d) far
7. I got a new baseball________ yesterday.
a) stick b)club c) racket d) bat
8. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is, _____ average, about 149 million kilometres.
a) by b) on c) from d) in
9. Researchers have _____________ to the conclusion that your personality is affected by your
genes.
a) come b)got c) reached d) arrived
10. It’s not easy to ________ the difference between fact and opinion.
a) make b) do c) say d) tell