6TH SENIOR – EXTRA REVISION

Hi mom!
How are you? I hope everything is great in Greece. Sorry for not writing to you sooner, but I ……………………………. (be) really busy
since I started studying for my finals. Now I am taking a break because I ……………………………… (sit) at my desk for hours.
Fortunately, by the end of this week I ………………………... (finish) all my finals. I’m so exhausted. Besides, something terrible
………………………… (happen) to me yesterday. While I …………………………. (walk) back to my dorm in the campus, I realized that I
……………………….. (leave) my laptop in the classroom. When I got to the classroom, it wasn’t there! I called the police
immediately. They told me that my laptop ……………………. (steal) by another student but they …………………………. (not find) this
person yet. If my laptop doesn’t appear by the end of this week, I ……………………………….. (buy) a new one. Luckily, Mark has a
laptop and he …………………………….. (not use) it so I use it sometimes.
I hope to see you soon! A big hug!
Alex

I 1. .......................... (be) a fan of soap operas for years. I 2. .............................. (always watch) my favourite show three times a
week. In fact, until about a week ago, I 3. .......................... (never / miss) a single episode. Last Saturday, while I 4. ........................
(sit) in front of the TV, the electricity suddenly 5........................... (go off). After waiting for about an hour, I finally phoned the
telephone company. “What 6. .......................... (happen)?” I asked them. “When 7. ............................ (we / have) electricity
again?” The man I spoke to said it 8. .......................... (take) a while to fix the problem. So I 9. .......................... (not watch) my
favourite soap opera that day. Strangely enough, I 10. .......................... (not watch) it since. Suddenly, there are so many other
things to do!

Sue Thomas is a fashion designer. She 1) ... ………….... (make) clothes ever since she 2) ………….(be) a young girl. She 3)
…………………………. (get) her first job in a clothes factory when she was sixteen. She 4) …………………… (iron) a dress one day when
she 5)………………….. (have) a brilliant idea for a design. After she had spoken to her bank manager, she got a loan and she 6)
…………....…….(set up) her own little workshop. Lots of clothes 7) ………………..(produce) in her workshop. Now she 8)
…………………………. (earn) lots of money. Next year she 9) ………………….. (open) a shop which will sell all her own designs. She 10)
………………… (sell) clothes to a lot of famous people, including film stars and singers, and she thinks she will be very rich soon.

A 16-year-old teenager, who 1 _______________ (describe) by his mother as a “good boy”, pleaded guilty to stealing thousands
of dollars worth of goods from a department store in Springfield on Friday, November 10th.
He 2 _____________ (leave) the building with jewelry, designer clothes, and electronic goods.
The boy 3 _____________ (question) by the police on previous occasions for a number of other shoplifting offenses, though
nothing on such a large scale as this offense. The judge at Southampton Crown Court said the teenager had chosen that
particular store because he 4 _______________ (think) it was an easy target.
The prosecutor told the court that the robbery 5 ____________ (take place) at around midday on Friday November, 10th, when
the defendant 6 _____________ (capture) on video entering the store wearing a baggy black overcoat and chunky sneakers.
Security cameras 7 ______________ (show) the boy taking items from the shelves. He then 8 ______________ (conceal) them in
his coat and bag. The boy initially denied stealing any of the things, but later admitted what he 9 _____________ (do). His father
then took him to a police station, where he 10 ________________ (confess). The boy 11 ________________ (leave) the store with
his overcoat and one large bag stuffed with stolen goods and then went home, and 12 _________________ (continue) with his
life as if nothing 13 ________________ (happen). A week or so later, when his father 14 _______________ (look) for something in
his son’s room, he noticed the booty hidden under the boy’s bed. It was at that point that he 15 ________________ (contact) the
police.

Ever since Dolly the sheep 1) ………………………(clone) in 1996, scientists, politicians and theologians 2) ……………………………….
(discuss) the question of whether or not the cloning of human beings 3) ………………………………… (should/allow). In the past many
attempts 4) …………………………..(make) to clone mammalians species but If human cloning does become a reality one day, it 5)
………………………………….. (raise) many questions.
Nowadays, many scientists want cloning 6)……………………………………. (be) legalised. They believe that if it 7) (be) legal to clone
human beings, it 8) ……………………………..(be) possible to create a superior race. Many childless couples also wish the government
9) ……………………………….(allow) cloning. If this 10) ...............................(be) the only way for you to have a child, you might agree
with them too.

I (1-fly) ___________________ to London, but I (2-not know) __________________ the right check-in desk. I asked a BA flight
attendant, who (3-pass) ___________________ and she told us. We waited in the queue with our cases on a trolley. I (4-notice)
_____________________ the man in front of us. He had no cases, only a small bag. When we got to the desk I showed our
passports and tickets. I asked for a non-smoking seat but the man at the desk said there was no smoking on any flights these
days. Then we (5-give) __________________ our boarding cards. He said we were early and our flight didn’t have a gate number
yet. We went through passport control and showed our passports and boarding cards, and then I saw that man again. The man
who (6-be) _______________ in front of us at the check-in. He smiled at me. “(7-you / take) __________________________ my
bag through for me?” he asked. “I (8-go) ___________________ to the restroom, I’ll be back in a minute.” “No,” I said. “Sorry.”
 Later, after we (9-land) ______________________ at our destination, I saw that the man (10-arrest) _____________________
at customs.

A giant oarfish 1 _______________ (discover) dead off the coast of the island of Catalina, Southern California.
The monster creature 2 _________ (measure) 5.5 meters in length. It 3 _________ (find) by a marine biologist who 4 _________
(snorkel) close to the shoreline. Oarfish 5 _________ (see) only very rarely because they inhabit depths of up to 900 meters
beneath the sea. The scientist said that it 6 _________ (take) a group of ten strong, young people to drag the gigantic corpse out
of the sea and onto the beach. Initially, the scientific community _________ (intend) to freeze the fish, but it ___________ (be)
too large to fit in the refrigerator. So they decided that pieces of the fish _________ (split) between three different research
institutes local to the area. The program director in Catalina said the skeleton could 10 _________ (displayed) in the local natural
history museum.

Last month a woman in Daytona Beach, Florida ______________ (hand) over $400 for what turned to be a square piece of wood
with a piece of glass stuck to the front. When the man, 39- year- old Torrance Canady, who ___________ (have) a long criminal
record ___________ (catch) by the police, several more fake Apple products ___________ (find) in his car. There were two
MacBooks that ______________ (make) from wood and were covered in silver tape. An apple logo had been cut in the middle,
and a Best price tag stuck on the back. Canady ___________ (insist) that he _____________ (not know) the computers were
fake and said he ______________ (buy) them in a nearby town for his girlfriend. He ___________________ (charge) with selling
fake electrical equipment and he _____________ (spend) the next 30 years in Volusia County jail.

Sentence transformation:
1. In the past people believed that the earth was flat. (TO)
2. People think that carrots are good for the eyesight. (TO)
3. Doctors consider stress as one of the main causes for depression. (TO)
4. I am certain that Lily broke the window. (must)
5. It is impossible that Lily passed that test. (can’t)
6. I am not sure but maybe Lily went to the party. (might)
7. I didn’t tell Mike the truth. Now he is angry with me. (IF)
8. Jane feels relieved now. She could find a solution for her problem. (IF)
9. I don’t understand why the teacher gave us so many activities. (What)
10. I really like English because it is an international language. (thing)
11. I don’t know where my phone is. (What)
12. In the past I didn’t like talking about politics. (thing)
13. I hardly ever do exercise during the week. (DO)
14. I rarely studied for the final tests last year. (DID)
15. Rachel has never been to Argentina. (HAS)
16. I feel frustrated because I am terrible at doing these activities.
17. John didn’t see the robber’s face so he didn’t call the police.
18. I didn’t know her name because I hadn’t seen her before.

Ask questions to Dr. Lloyd:

a. _________________________________________? I have been working as a doctor since I got my degree in medicine.
b. ___________________________________________? I used to travel a lot in the past but I stopped after Mrs. Barton’s crime.
c. ___________________________________? I was walking in the streets in Australia when I suddenly bumped into Amy Barton.
d. ________________________________________? If I hadn’t met Amy Barton in Australia, I wouldn’t have discovered the truth.
e. ________________________________? I think that by the time I am 65 I will have retired and I will be living in Las Palmas.
f. ______________________________? Telling stories at dinner parties has really changed me because asking guests to make
different hypothesis shows me their personality and how clever they are.

1. Dr. Lloyd is writing a letter to Mrs. Marple. Write the verbs in the correct form:
Dear Mrs. Marple:
How have you been? Have you solved any other crime recently? I hope you tell me all about it in your next letter. Well, I
_______________________ (send) you this letter to let you know more about Amy Barton’s life. The reason why I
______________________ (not write) to you recently is because for the last three weeks I ___________________ (investigate)
Amy Barton’s family.
I had an interview with Amy’s father the other day. While I ___________________________ (talk) to him I discovered that
Amy’s younger sister ________________________ (diagnose) with cancer when she was very little and she
_______________________ (treat) by the best doctors in Melbourne. Sadly, the family ran out of money and they couldn’t pay
for the treatment anymore. Actually, Amy ______________________ (work) in many different places before she decided to
commit the crime. Her father usually ___________________ (visit) her grave and he still ____________________ (not believe)
that she did such a horrible thing to get the money for her sister. Luckily, with the money received from Mary Barton, by the end
of this year Amy’s sister ______________________ (finish) her treatment and hopefully she will be cured. Well that’s all for
now, I still have to process all the information I got. I hope to see you in the next dinner party.