REVISION EXERCISE NAME. DATE. READING COMPREHENSION A.- Read the following text and do the comprehension activities. 1
1.- Indicate whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Justify your answers. a.- Unfortunately, energy-saving homes are not very common. _ b.- People who live in big cities can t recycle. _ c.- The author is not interested in recycling things so that they can be used again. _ 2.- Answer these questions in your own words. a.- Why do you think it is difficult to have an energy-saving house in a big city? b.- How does recycling help preserve natural resources? c.- How did the writer feel when he visited the energy-saving house? d.- What does the writer want us to be aware of? 3.- Find words or phrases in the text with similar meanings. a.- kept _ b.- human waste material or water used in a home. c.- pieces of material from unwanted clothing.. d.- you add it to the soil in order to grow plants better.. e.- people who live in cities.. f.- asked oneself.. g.- throwing away carelessly. h.- protects.. GRAMMAR A.- Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets. 1.- Kevin (not wash) the car last weekend because he (not have) time. 2.- She (learn) a great deal about plants and animals while she (live) up in the tree. 3.- Paparazzi (take) photographs of her while she (lie) on the beach. 4.- Mark (yawn) while the teacher (explain) the French Revolution. 2
5.- I (see) Jane at the conference on the environment, but she (not see) me as she (listen) attentively. 6.- (you start) to worry when you (hear) the news? B.- Complete the text. Use the correct form of the Past Simple or Past Continuous. Yesterday, a Bristol man (watch) a football match on TV, when he (hear) a strange noise outside. He (open) the front door and went outside to investigate. While he (stand) outside, the door (shut) behind him. He (not have) a key and it (rain). He (decide) to break a window to get in. Ten minutes later, as he (climb) through the broken window, the police (arrive). C.- Write the questions for the underlined words. 1.- The baby was crying because he was angry. 2.- It took them two hours to get there. 3.- Scientists travelled to the island to study the environmental situation. 4.- His father taught him to distinguish the different species of plants. 5.- The teacher told Marta off because she was talking all the time. 6.- The police arrested the arsonist immediately. D.- Put the words and phrases in order to make questions. 1.- doing / were / last night / you / what 2.- having / were / you / a bath 3.- tennis / yesterday / was / he / evening / playing 4.- they / about / were / talking / what 5.- was / you / she / studying with / yesterday E.- Look at the pictures and write two simultaneous actions in the past. Choose verbs from the box. Sing swim play (2) read shop jog Rain sleep laugh watch climb up 3
1.- 2.- 3.- 4.- 5.- 6.- F.- Correct the mistakes in the sentences. 1.- He studied English when he was at university. 2.- I no saw the basketball match last night. 3.- When did they made him captain of the team? 4.- He wined his first Olympic gold medal when he was nineteen. 5.- You do any sport yesterday? 6.- They didn t knew that he was the local tennis champion. VOCABULARY A.- ADJECTIVES OF CHARACTER. Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box. polite rude cheerful hard-working lazy sensible 1.- A waiter must be to customers all the time. 2.- Zoe s too to get a summer job. She prefers to stay in bed. 3.- You should smile a bit more and look more. 4.- You must be, you will start work at 7 and not finish till 4. 5.- I was very to you. I m sorry. 6.- That was a crazy thing to do. Why can t you be more? 4
B.- THE WORLD OF WORK. Complete the sentences. Use the words from the box. career earn pay apply interview qualifications manager training 1.- I ve got a job but I don t much. They only me 6 an hour. 2.- What s the name of the of the restaurant? I want to for a job there. 3.- The first question they asked me at the was, What have you got? I told them I hadn t passed any exams. I didn t get the job. 4.- My sister doesn t just want a temporary job that doesn t get her anywhere. She wants a real. At the moment she s at college studying for her exams because she wants to get lots of. C.- COMPOUND ADJECTIVES. Complete the sentences with the correct adjectives from the box. part-time well-behaved best-selling world-famous high-tech last-minute 1.- He is a very young man. He s always very polite. 2.- It s a really office. There are computers everywhere. 3.- I m. I only work three days a week. 4.- This is the second CD they ve produced this year. They must be millionaires. 5.- They won the match with a goal just before the end. 6.- Ronaldo is a footballer. D.- COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS. Write these nouns in the correct column. window example information iron furniture day weather animal pencil bread cup rubber hospital money newspaper water job paper luggage table COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE 5
E.- Complete these sentences with: a / an / some without a word. or leave the blank 1.- Would you like cup of tea? 2.- Susan s got green eyes. 3.- If you go to the supermarket, buy sugar and dozen eggs. 4.- He became actor when he was only 20 years old. 5.- You don t need passport to visit countries. 6.- What nice weather! F.- Match. 1.- A bottle of advice 2.- A box of milk 3.- A loaf of wine 4.- A packet of furniture 5.- A piece of biscuits 6.- A glass of bread 7.- A piece of matches G.- LINKING WORDS. Combine the sentences. Use so, after, although or because. 1.- The café was full. We went to the café next door. 2.- I didn t go out. I had a headache. 3.- Paul went ice-skating. He finished his homework. 4.- He isn t English. He speaks English very well. 5.- She wanted to win the match. She trained every evening. 6.- I decided to buy the trainers. They were expensive. H.- PREPOSITIONS. Choose a preposition to complete the following sentences. 1.- Susan works from 8 a.m. 5 p.m. a. with b. to c. at 6
2.- We always have a big celebration Christmas Day. a. in b. at c. on 3.- I met Sharon the bus stop. a. on b. in c. at 4.- It was raining when we arrived London. a. to b. at c. in 5.- We were walking the street and looking at the shop windows. a. in b. along c. to 6.- We are building a new workshop the back of the garage. a. under b. in c. at 7.- They rushed the house because it was on fire. a. out from b. out of c. offside 8.- They gave me a beautiful present my wedding anniversary. a. for b. in c. at I.- ABSTRACT NOUNS. Form abstract nouns from these adjectives and put them in the correct column. aware creative aggressive adolescent beautiful extravagant private curious deficient dangerous dark accurate dead regular prosperous blind abundant confident strong violent -ness -ity -ance -ence -cy -irregular WRITING A.- Translate the following sentences into English: 1.- Ella iba conduciendo al trabajo cuando oyó la noticia en la radio. 2.- La última vez que ví a Carol, ella estaba entrenando para el maratón de Londres. 3.- Qué estabas haciendo cuando empezó la clase? 4.- Esta ropa deportiva está muy bien de precio. Las zapatillas son realmente baratas. 5.- El equipo de fútbol perdió el partido aunque ellos jugaron realmente bien. 6.- El estaba enfermo, por lo tanto, no fue a correr. 7
7.- No construyeron una planta de energía nuclear debido a la oposición de los ecologistas. 8.- Estábamos haciendo la compra cuando vimos la manifestación en la plaza. 9.- Cuando salí esta mañana, estaba lloviendo. 10.- Encontraste tu cartera en la tienda? No, al final de la calle. 11.- Phil vio un delfín en la costa mientras el estaba nadando en el mar. 12.- Viajamos a través del Atlántico al final del año. 13.- La casa estaba en lo alto del árbol, a 55 metros del suelo. 14.- Hiciste deporte ayer No, no pude. Estuve muy ocupado. 15.- El le hizo una foto a ella, mientras ella jugaba al fútbol. B.- Imagine that you went to the Bahamas last summer. Write a letter to a friend telling him/her about the photograph someone took of you there. Remember to include: - where you went. - a description of the place - what was happening when the photo was taken. - what you did during your stay there - who you met - what special things happened - how you felt C.- Write a biography of 80-100 words about the sports star Alex Crivillé. Use the notes below and some linking expressions. Use this paragraph plan: 1.- Early life 2.- Main achievements / events. 8