1. USE THE WORDS TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL SENTENCE.

USE ALL
AND ONLY THE WORDS IN THE BOXES WITHOUT CHANGING
THEIR FORM:
1. We / the / exhibition / art / visited / yesterday.
2. English / speaks / Laura / fluently
3. the / truth / me / told / the / children /
4. her / necklace / left / aunt / me / my
5. parks / are / no / there / here/
6. this / university / in / are / students / there / 10.000
7. not / please / the / feed / the / animals / do
8. stole / someone / my / car / yesterday
9. all / the / world / over / are / trying / authorities / today / different / approaches
10. feel / better / the / medicine / makes / him
11. go / a / to / tonight / I´d / rather / pub/
12. the / let / children / to / circus / go / the / they
13. think / the / book / made / me
14. they / smoke / here / us / let / will ?
15. people / alcohol / the / buy / ordered / to / authorities / not
16. more / we / take / to / responsibility / have
17. monastery / peace / visitors / and / find / silence / the / at
18. his / the / got / driver / car / repaired
19. elephants / work / help / hard / do / farmers

2. Join these sentences using an appropriate CONNECTOR. Do not use and,

but or because. Make changes if necessary:

1. The family institution is essential for the human being. Nobody can live without
it.
2. She didn´t pass the exam. She studied hard.
3. The concert was cancelled. It was raining all the afternoon.
4. The dress had a small stain on it. I bought it.
5. We forgave him. He was very rude to us.
6. I have finished reading all my library books. I ´ll have to borrow some more.
7. I turned on the light. I could see more clearly.
8. The traffic in the cities is heavy. The authorities are trying to improve the rail
system.
9. He has his faults. He is a very good person.
10. He works hard. He is usually short of money.
11. Martin is going to buy a large car. He has a big family.
12. I asked her to stay. I had something important to tell her.
13. They live near us. We see them quite often.
14. I was not tired. I went to bed.
15. I will give my ball to my neighbours. Their children will be able to play with it.
16. I hate flying. I often travel by car.
17. I stood on the box. I could see the top of the shelf.
18. He went to the office early. He wanted to talk to his boss.
19. She went to the sideside. She needed a rest.

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3. JOIN THE SENTENCES USING A relative pronoun. MAKE CHANGES IF
NECESSARY:

1. Sheila is away from home a lot. Her job involves a lot of travelling.
2. The new stadium will be opened next month. It can hold 90,000 people.
3. Gasglow is the largest city in Scotland. My brother works there.
4. We went to Sandra’s party. We enjoyed it very much.
5. Ann is my friend. She lives next door.
6. I went to see the doctor. He told me to rest for a few days.
7. Jane works for a Company. It makes shoes.
8. I could not move my car. It had no petrol.
9. We were given a lot of information. Most of the information was useless.
10. They gave me four bad tyres. One of them burst before I had driven four miles.
11. The man was sitting at the desk. I had come to see this man.
12. The bed has no mattress. I sleep on this bed.
13. Peter has just left the school. His brother works there.
14. This is Mrs.Jones. Her son won the championship last year.
15. I was sitting on a chair. It suddenly collapsed.
16. Mr. Smith said he was too busy to speak to me. I had come specially to speak
to him.
17. I missed the train. I usually catch this train.
18. The car had bad brakes. We were in this car.
19. She climbed to the top of the mountain. There was a marble monument.
20. George owned a house. The house collapsed at midnight. George is an
insurance agent.

4. CHANGE THEM INTO THE ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE:

1. They painted slogans on the walls outside.

2. They could change the plans for the new motorway.
3. All those ugly buildings could be knocked down.
4. I came here because I wanted someone to teach me German.
5. Someone is following me.
6. The prince is said to own three Rolls Royce.
7. Someone usually shows passengers how to use a life jacket at the beginning
of the flight.
8. The criminal couldn’ t be caught by car, so a helicopter was used.
9. We consider this is a bad time to sell antiques.
10. The witness will be allowed to sit down by the judge.
11. She was made to surrender her passport.
12. Liverpool is said to play better than any other team.
13. The butler is known to have stolen the jewels.
14. Our letters used to be opened during the war.
15. People say that the actress won two Oscars.
16. I have been robbed!!
17. The building had to be demolished.
18. I was never warned against drugs.
19. Parliamentarians are discussing a new law.
20. You may see elephants working in the countryside.

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5. Form NOUNS NOUNS ADJECTIVES

1. Elegant 1. Rob 1.Colour

2. Intelligent 2. Disappear 2.Amuse
3. Weak 3.Invent 3.Interest
4. Fluent 4.Fly 4.Accept
5. Obedient 5.mean 5.Rain
6. Creative 6. refuse: 6. Music
7. Ill 7.Feel 7.Luck
8. Lonely 8. Discuss 8.Success
9. Adolescent 9. Marry 9. Fun.
10. Sad 10. Educate 10.Peace.

6. GIVE a QUESTION for the underlined word:

1. It takes 5 minutes to reach the underground.

2. He has just finished a journey.
3. The danger was very real.
4. Peter comes from a family of artists.
5. He might come tomorrow
6. You should have asked your teacher
7. Hamlet was written by Shakespeare
8. He will be joining us soon.
9. David owns the car over there.
10. Tim ‘ s son took the car.
11. Peter reserved a table for seven o’ clock.
12. I belong to the squash club.
13. I sold the car because it was causing problems.
14. Next year, our construction company is going to build a luxury hotel on a
tropical island.
15. The castle was built in 1066.
16. Only six per cent of women work as teachers.
17. This dictionary cost fifty dollars ten years ago.
18. The law did all the forbidding.
19. Predators depend on animals.
20. The toys cost two pounds.

7. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH A SUITABLE preposition:

1. Elena is interested ____ the idea _______developing the bay into a tourist
resort.
2. What’s the matter ______ you? I ‘m tired ____ your moods.
3. Scientists still haven’t found a cure _______ Aids.
4. The teacher explained the problem _________ the pupils, who were not aware
______ the reasons________ the strike.
5. Are you ready____ your driving test? You look a bit worried ________it!
6. The train arrived _________ Paris quite late in the evening.
7. Third world countries depend ______ foreign aid to develop their economics.
8. Nicolas isn’ t keen _______ going to university even though he was
successful______ his entrance exams.
9. Why don’t you listen _______ what IBM saying instead of laughing _______
me?
10. It didn’ t seem serious __________ first sight!

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11. They insisted ___________ finishing the game despite the rain.
12. Be polite __________ the new neighbours!
13. They finally apologize ________ the delay
14. Who is responsible _________ this mess?
15. Are you angry __________ what happened?
16. I am not vey good _________ repairing things.
17. I wrote ___________ Joanna last week
18. I have applied __________ a job at the factory
19. I usually go to work _________ train
20. He accused me _________ being selfish