REVISION WORK FOR THE WRITTEN TEST

Grammar: Relative Clauses / Verb Tenses / If- clauses / Conjunctions

Grammar/ Writing Part 1

A. Decide which verb tense is right and write in front of each sentence if it
expresses:
a) probable situation b) an instant decision
a statement of fact about the future

c) prediction based on a present situation

e) a future plan/intention

d)

1. School will be/is going to be/is being different in 20 years time.

2. A: Do you have plans for tonight? B: yes, we will see/ are going to see/are seeing an
exhibition.
3. Look at his sad eyes! He ll cry/is going to cry/s crying.
4. If it rains, we will stay /are going to stay/m staying at home.
5. My car has just broken down. I ll have / m going to have/m having to go by bus to
work.

B. Complete the sentences using the Past Perfect or Past Simple.

1. When Harry ____________________ (arrive) home his mother ___________________
(just/find) a pack of cigarettes in his bedroom.
2. After Harrys parents ___________________(know)
__________________ (decide) to punish him.

he

was

smoker,

they

3. He_____________________ (not/think) about the dangers of smoking before he

___________________ (start).
4. He finally _________________ (give up) smoking after he ____________________ (be)
addicted to cigarettes for two years.

C. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
1. I havent talked to my uncle John for three months.
The last time ______________________my uncle John was three months ago.
2. Despite all her problems, she can live with dignity.
Although __________________________, she can live with dignity.
3. He is a drug addict, so he doesnt have many friends.
If he werent a drug addict, ________________________ many friends.
4. People have complained about the noise. They live in flats.
People ______________________________ have complained about the noise.
5. Steve Arch won first prize in the competition. His parents live in the USA.
Steve Arch, ____________________________, won first prize in the competition.