PULSE BASICS UNIT 9

GRAMMAR

Revision
Tense review
1 Match the words in bold in sentences 1–10 with grammar areas a–j.

1 If I hadn’t finished school, I wouldn’t have got a good job.

2 Yesterday I realized I’d left my mobile phone at home.
3 I’ll never forget that day!
4 My brother used to be very good at sports.
5 I’ve never performed in front of an audience before.
6 We’ll be leaving early in the morning.
7 If I wasn’t sick, I’d go to school today.
8 ‘I’m doing an exam,’ he said.
9 I couldn’t remember the answers to all the questions.
10 He was told to put the pen down immediately.
a) present continuous
b) present perfect
c) past perfect
d) used to
e) past passive
f) future simple
g) future continuous
h) modals
i) second conditional
j) third conditional

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Gerunds and infinitives
2 Complete the exam instructions with the words in the box.

cheating looking talking to ask to write writing

1 Remember ______________________________ your name clearly at the

top of the paper.
2 Do not start ______________________________ at the questions until you
are told to do so.
3 During the exam, ______________________________ is not allowed.
4 If you need ______________________________ a question, you should
raise your hand.
5 Do not look at anyone else’s exam paper apart from your own.
______________________________ will be punished!
6 At the end of the exam, put your pen down when the supervisor tells you to
finish ______________________________.

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Conditionals
3 Match sentence beginnings 1–6 with endings a–f.

1 If I was famous,
2 If Sarah had come yesterday,
3 If I had known you were coming,
4 I’ll cook some pasta
5 I won’t see you tomorrow
6 You’d understand more
a) she would have met Daniel.
b) if I’m hungry.
c) I wouldn’t like fans following me all the time.
d) if you listened in class!
e) I would have prepared something nice.
f) if you leave early.

Reported speech
4 Complete the reported speech sentences.

1 ‘I cleaned your room,’ said mum.

My mum said that ______________________________.
2 ‘We’re going to the cinema!’ said Mary.
Mary said that they ______________________________.
3 ‘I do martial arts after school,’ said Josh.
Josh said that ______________________________.
4 ‘I’ve taken the wrong turn,’ the woman said.
The woman said that ______________________________.
5 ‘I’ll give you my tablet!’ my sister said.
My sister said that ______________________________.

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Verb tenses
5 Underline the correct answer.

What is Mensa?
Mensa (1) is / will be a society for very clever people! You’re only allowed to
join Mensa if you (2) had / have a very high IQ – higher than 98% of the
population.
Dr Lancelot Ware, from England, and an Australian called Roland Berrill (3)
were starting / started the society in Oxford in 1946. The Second World War (4)
had just finished / just had finished when Ware (5) did meet / met Berrill on a
train and they (6) started / were starting talking about the subject of intelligence
testing. Berrill and Ware, who (7) were studying / was studied at the University
of Oxford at the time, had the idea of creating an organization to bring intelligent
people together and encourage research into the subject of intelligence.
Since it began, Mensa (8) are attracting / has attracted members from all over the
world who come from many different backgrounds and age groups. Today there
(9) are / is about 110,000 ‘Mensans’ in more than 40 countries!
If you (10) want / will want to join Mensa, it’s simple. Anyone of any age,
background and nationality can apply. You (11) has / have to take an intelligence
test first, though!

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The passive
6 Rewrite the sentences in the active or passive voice.

The actors were welcomed by thousands of fans.

Thousands of fans welcomed the actors.
1 The students will give the presentation.
The presentation ___________________________________________.
2 The teachers tell the new pupils what to do.
The new pupils ____________________________________________.
3 The younger children won’t take the exam.
The exam ________________________________________________.
4 They didn’t change the design of the test
last year.
The design of the test _______________________________________.
5 The exam will be taken by thousands of students this year.
Thousands of students _______________________________________.

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