Review 1st Trimester

PRESENT SIMPLE /PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Ted: Hello Dad, Im in Birmingham. It _______________ (pour) with rain and I _______________
(not/have) any money.
Bob: What ____________you_____________(want) me to do about it?
Ted: Could you come and pick me up?
Bob: Ted, you________________ (always /ask) me to do this! I______________ (get) tired of it.
Ted: Please, Dad. I am tired and hungry. My evening classes__________________(start) at 7.00 and I
have to be on time. Cant mum come and get me?
Bob: The Smiths ______________________ (visit) us tonight and she ________________ (be) busy in
the kitchen. She _________________________ (bake) a cake at the moment.
Ted: Please, Dad. I __________________ (ask) you to do this for me one last time. The success of my
presentation tonight ____________________ (depend) on you.
Bob: OK. Ill be there in half an hour. But this is the last time. I _____________________ (mean) it.

PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS

Simon __________________ (walk) home from work one day when he ____________________(notice)
something shining on the pavement on the other side of the road. A car ___________________(come)
down the road, so he waited until it had driven past, then he____________________(cross) over. When
he________________(get) to the other side he saw that it was a shiny gold coin! He _______________
(look) around to make sure no one______________________ (look), then he _____________________
(bend) down to pick it up. Imagine his surprise when he______________________ (not/can) move it! He
___________________ (be) just about to give up when he ________________________ (hear) a
strange sound behind him. Someone ____________________ (laugh) at him, but he couldnt see who
it_________________ (be). Two little boys___________________(hide) behind a hedge, laughing at
anyone who tried to pick up the coin they had stuck to the pavement with glue.

PRESENT AND PAST TENSES

Vanessa Horrocks ______________________ (watch) TV in her flat when she ____________ (hear) a
strange noise in the bathroom. She ________________ (go) to the bathroom and she ______________
(see) a two-metre python in the toilet. The snake _______________ (try) to get out of the toilet, so she
__________________ (run) out of the bathroom. Then, she ___________________(call) Fred, the
building manager and he _____________ (catch) the snake. Now, Vanessa often __________________
(feel) nervous when she __________________ (use) her bathroom. Building manager Fred Murray said:
pet pythons sometimes ___________________(escape) from their owners. We ____________ (look)
for this pythons owner now. At the moment, it _________________ (live) in a cage in my flat

MODALS
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words
01. It is already nine Oclock. I _________________ be at work.
can - must - may
02. She did badly at the English test. She __________________ revise her lessons better.
might - is able to - ought to
03. Last night I was alone at home so I ______________ prepare dinner myself.
should - had to - can
04. They _______________ win the competition. They are always practicing.
Are able to might mustnt
05. Dont make too much noise. You_________________wake the baby.
might - must - should
06. I __________________ find my keys anywhere. I wonder where they are.
shouldnt - mustnt - cant
07. Everybody wants to see that film. It _________________ be very interesting.
can - must - neednt
08. You _______________ help me if you dont want to.
have to - may - dont have to

Complete the sentences with the words in the box:

Should (x2) / have to / dont have to / neednt / mustnt (x2) / can

You _________________________ walk on the grass. Look at the sign.

I think you _____________________ do your homework now so you _____________ come to the
cinema with me later on.
I want to look for a cheap flight to Italy. Whish website __________________ I use?
Do you _______________________ be 18 to join this gym?
We _______________________ go to school tomorrow its a public holiday.
She is extremely rich. She _________________ go to work.
The boys ___________ play this sort of game. It is dangerous.

PRESENT PERFECT
Put the following verbs in present perfect
arrive close die leave marry stop

England footballers. back in Britain alter their match in Rome.

Singer Alex Haverty..his long-time girlfriend Katy Bowen.
Charles Blackstock, member of Parliament for east Chilbury,. at the age of 57.
Once again, bad weather..the tennis final at Wimbledon.
The foreign MinisterLondon for a two-day visit to Berlin.
Heavy snowhundreds of roads in Scotland.

Make present perfect questions with how long and answer the questions with for or since.
You / be/ in this country .........................................................................................
Twelve years .........................................................................................................
Mary / have/ her job ...............................................................................................
September 2005 ....................................................................................................
You / know / Mike ..................................................................................................

Use the words in the box to complete these statements correctly:

Yet / just / already / recently / ever / for / lately / never / still / since
1. We have written a letter _____________.
2. Pablo has ___________ cut a piece of paper.
3. Lorena and his son have ______________ talked to me.
4. Lindsay ________ hasnt come to the party.
5. I havent gone to Costa Rica __________.
6. Have you ___________ cooked lasagna?
7. I havent seen you _________ 2009.
8. They have worked at INA ______ 3 months.
9. Jose has studied at UCR ______ five year.
10. Victors run _______ he was a child

Complete the diary with the correct words:

Meet / Should / Already / Be x 2 / swim /arrive / never / have / speak
Sunday 12th July Next Saturday, I (1) ___________ going to Tenerife! Ive (2) _______ to Spain
before, but Ive (3) ___________ been to the Canary Islands. Everyone in my family is really tired /
excited.
Wednesday 15th July My best friend Laura (4) ___________ been to Lanzarote. She says its very hot
and she thinks that I (5) ___________ take a lot of sun cream. Good advice! Im going to pack my
suitcase tomorrow / yet.
Saturday 18th July (6) We have ___________________! There are a lot of young people, but I havent
(7) _______________ to anyone yet. Theres a great swimming pool. I love _________________ there!
Tuesday 21st July Ive (8) ____________ a boy called Carlos. Hes older than me, but hes very nice /
organized. I think this is going to be (9) a bit / a pretty good holiday!

Circle the correct words.

Im really lucky because I shouldnt / dont have to wait for school to talk to my best friend. My best
friend is my sister, Karen, and we share a bedroom. However, we have some rules. I mustnt / dont
have to borrow her clothes and she has to / doesnt have to ask me when she wants to listen to my
music. We both mustnt / have to keep our things tidy. We have one more rule. Because Karens older
than me, she doesnt have to / mustnt go to bed when I do but when she comes to bed, she doesnt
have to / mustnt wake me up if I Im asleep! Luckily shes really kind, so she never does. I should / dont
have to be more like her!

Lately / Two weeks ago, I was on holiday in the Pyrenees. I was walking / walked in the mountains with
my family when / while there was a terrible storm. It was the worst storm Ive ever seen. It started raining
after lunch and it was / were colder than in England! Later, enormous hailstones began to fall from the
sky. We decided to find a place where it was safe. There was some / werent any houses near, although
/ so we walked to the next village. We were waiting for the storm to end when an old woman was coming
/ came out of a house. She invited us to wait inside. The storm continued for / since three hours. During
the afternoon, the old woman has given / gave us some hot tea and a lot of delicious biscuits. We
couldnt / shouldnt speak her language, but she was really friendly. Later, when the storm ended, we
were returning / returned to our campsite.

Correct the mistakes

1. When he arrive at the hotel yesterday, he sign the guestbook.

2. Mr. Williams come to New York last year.

3. My father don't like to ski.

4. My mother buys a new pair of gloves last week.

5. He havent already starting to write the book.

6. There are two mouses.

7. How many child do you have?

8. George can drive very good.

9. This is a umbrella.

10. I has just finish my breakfast.

QUICK REVIEW
Order of adjectives: opinion / size / age / colour / noun Make a sentence

Adverbs of degree:

Verbs with -ing / -to: Write in the right column the following verbs: enjoy / appear / cant stand / miss /
prefer / would love / dont mind / would like / decide / recommend / agree / learn / want / seem / hate /
promise / would prefer / dislike
-ing -to

So, although and because

I was hungry _____________ I ate a sandwich.
He's tired _____________ he went to bed late.
We missed the bus ______________ we walked home.
______________ it was cold, we went swimming.
_______________ it's a sad film, I like it.
I left the party ________________ it was boring.

What follows -ing or infinitive

What about? / How about?
Lets / Shall we? / We could
Im happy to
Why dont we?
Complete the text. Use the following words:
Have / just / have x 3 / not have / there / are / eaten / swum
Hi Lee,
Im (1) _______________ a great time here in Italy. We (2) _______________ visited Rome, and
tomorrow we (3) _______________ going to Milan. Ive (4) _______________ bought this postcard from
a shop near the beach. Its very hot today! Ive (5) __________ in the sea, and Ive (6) ______________
a lot of ice cream. I (7) _______________ met any other English people. Everybody is Italian, French or
German. But (8) _______________ are some nice Italian girls on our campsite.
Have you (9) _______________ a good summer? I hope it (10) _______________ been sunny in
England!
See you, Tom

Circle the correct words.

Before mobile phones, there was / were two-way radios in taxis, police cars and ambulances, but users
cant / couldnt connect to the phone network. In 1910, Lars Ericsson installed / was installing a phone in
his car. He stopped / was stopping at different places while he travelled / was travelling across the
country. Then he connected / was connecting his phone to the national telephone network with long
wires. The first real mobile phone system started / was starting in 1956, in Sweden. Today, people use /
are using mobile phones every day.

Todd Endris often goes / is going surfing in his free time. One day last summer an enormous white shark
attacked / was attacking him while / when he is surfing / was surfing at Marina Beach. Todd hit / was
hitting the shark on the nose, so / but it didnt release / wasnt releasing him. He got / was getting
desperate while / when suddenly six dolphins attacked the shark and Todd escaped. Two surfers helped
Todd to the beach and call / called an ambulance. Todd was / were in hospital for a long time, but he
recovered. After a shark attack most people are frightened and dont / didnt want to go surfing again,
but not Todd. What does he do / is he doing at the moment? Surfing , of course!