GRAMMAR REVIEW

They have lived in this town ____________ 1998.

A.- SINCE B.- AT C.- BETWEEN

If Peter doesn’t stop worrying about his wight, he ________________ (become) too thin.

A.- BECAME B.- WILL BECOME C.- WOULD BECOME

If the team ________________ (play) better, they would have won the competition.

A.- PLAYED B.- WILL PLAY C.- HAD PLAYED

You __________________ go on a diet without talking to a doctor first.

A.- SOULD B.- MAY NOT C.- MUSTN’T

George, _________________ wife always shops at Carrefour, hates going shopping in big
department stores.

A.- WHOSE B.- WHO C.- WHERE

Only the most “interesting” crimes ______________ (report) by the media.

A.- REPORTED B.- ARE REPORTED C.- HAVE REPORTED

Man will inevitably damage the environment.

The environment will ____________________________________________________

This group will evaluate the size of the problema and will try to develop solutions.

If this group evaluates ____________________________________________________

This is a group of experts. They are integrated into the UNO.

This is a group of experts ____________________________________________________

The expert said: It will always be necessary to maintain a balance.

The expert said that ____________________________________________________

Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

Let’s go to the pizza restaurant which Tony Works.

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You don’t have to drive without a licence.

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Choose the correct verb tenses:

Why didn’t you leave a message? If you HAVE LEFT / HAD LEFT a message, I WOULD CALL /
WOULD HAVE CALLED you back.

Change this sentence into the passive using the new beginning:

They will serve the children a snack soon.

The Children… ____________________________________________________

Combine the sentences with a relative.

Mark is taking flying lessons. He is 18 years old.

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Write the sentence in the passive.

These students must answer all the questions.

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Rewrite the sentence beginning with the word provided.

She didn’t receive the message, so she didn’t pone back.

If…____________________________________________________

Change the question into reported speech.

“Where have you seen my wife?” He asked Mary.

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Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.

She will give us a ring as soon as she _____________ (get) home.

The kitchen _________________ (be) dirty because they hadn’t cleaned it for weeks.

Rewrite the following sentences starting with the word given:

Albert’s drawing isn’t as good as Gerard’s

Gerard’s drawing is _________________________________________________

I’m not very tall. I don’t play basket well.

If I _________________________________________________

She said: “Are you coming to the party on Friday?”

She asked him _________________________________________________

They came to live in New York two years ago.

They have _________________________________________________

Smoking is forbidden in hospitals.

You _________________________________________________
Although the weather was horrible, we went skiing.

In spite of _________________________________________________