REVISION WORKSHEET – TEST 2 10th form

1. Fill in the gaps with the suitable word families.

Canada

While Canada is the second largest country in the world, the a)__________________________ (major) of its
population live close to the USA border. The country is b)_____________________________ (fame) for its
c)___________________________(wealthy) of natural d)____________________________ (beautiful) but can also
be proud of its high academic standards.
Canada welcomes thousands of overseas students every year, attracted by its assortment of
e)____________________ (friend), lively and multicultural cities.
You could spend between one and three years studying a full-time Masters degree - or ‘grad' programme, as it's
known. In return for your time, money and hard work, you'll get a f)______________________ (global) recognised
qualification.
An g)______________________________ (impress) four Canadian universities make the top 100 of the  Times
Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016.
While you'll need to factor in the cost of administration and application fees, tuition is less expensive than in the
UK. What's more, a number of scholarships and bursaries - for example the International Tuition Award - are
h)_______________________________ (availability) to international students. While Canada might not be the
cheapest destination in terms of living costs, the country i)____________________________(regular) features
highly in standard of living indexes.
English is just one of two official languages in Canada. However, you're j)____________________ (likely) to need to
speak the other, French, if your study destination is outside of Quebec.
If you plan to stay in the country for longer than six months, you'll need a study permit.

2. Complete the sentences with the Simple Past or the Present Perfect of the verbs in brackets.

a. He ________________________________________(graduate) from high school last year.

b. They______________________________________________(already/ learn) a lot of new English words.
c. My new schoolmates___________________________________________( just/arrive).
d. ___________________________________________( you/ever/read) any English book?
e. She_______________________________________(buy) all these sport clothes on last summer sales.
f. My family _____________________________________(live) in Dover since I _________________________
(be) a schoolboy.
g. We _____________________________________( fly) to Brazil last month.
h. The boys___________________________________________(not/ finish) the homework yet.

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 3. Choose present perfect simple or present perfect continuous.
a) _____________________________________ (they/ arrive) already?
b) _______________________________________(run) 200 metres today.
c) I __________________________________________ (clean) all morning – I’m fed up.
d) How long ______________________________________ (you/ know) Simon?
e) I _____________________________________ (drink) more water recently and I feel better.
f) He ____________________________________ (eat) six bars of chocolate today.
g) The students ________________________________ (finish) their exams. They’re very happy.
h) The baby’s face is really dirty. What ______________________________________ (he/do)?
i) Iona is exhausted these days. She _____________________________________ (work) too hard recently.

3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives to form gradual increase.
a) My uncle grew _________________________________________ (fat) over the years.
b) As Microsoft grew, Bill Gates got _______________________________________ (rich).
c) The balloon got _______________________________ (big) and then burst.
d) Things are getting _______________________________________ (expensive).
e) This book gets _______________________________ (interesting) with every chapter.

f) My job gets ________________________________(hard)  every year. 

g) The market for tablets is becoming _______________________________ (competitive) all the time. 

h) My dad's eyesight is getting _______________________________(bad). He can hardly see a thing, these

days. 
4. Rewrite the sentences using the double comparative.
a) As he got older, he became more and more bad-tempered.
The _________________________________ , the________________________________________________.
b) He worked hard. He felt very bad.
The ____________________________________________________________________________________.
c) When we think of the exam, we get more and more excited.
The _____________________________________________________________________________________
d) As this road gets busier, it becomes more and more dangerous.
The _____________________________________________________________________________________.
e) When you get near to the Equator, the temperature becomes high.
The _____________________________________________________________________________________.
f) When I write fast, my writing becomes illegible.
The_____________________________________________________________________________________.