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Revision sheet
Grammar
Do as shown:
1. I was playing football at 7o’clock in the morning. ( yesterday)
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2. I did my homework and they did the washing up at the same time. (While)
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3. It rained. I opened the window. (when)
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4. He was working with his computer all morning . ( Ask a question )
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5. (She/ read) a book when ( you/ see) her? ( correct the verbs)
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6. They didn’t eat candies when they were young. (Rewrite using used to)
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7. She ____ ( wear) her dress when everyone _____ ( compliment) her. ( correct the verbs)
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8. A) When Lana was looking in her school bag , was she finding her pencil sharpener?
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B) I didn’t look when I was hitting my head. ( Correct the mistakes)
9. She was packing , taxi arrived. ( As we…….)
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10. She went to the gym every Friday. ( would)
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Choose the correct options.
1. I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.
2. When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last
question.
3. They used to / would think about what will they be in the future.
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4. I felt really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was
breaking my elbow.
5. Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for
lunch.
6. I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there
was a virus.
Complete the following text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Last year I (provide) ________________ first aid for the first time when I (be)
________________ in Reading to visit a friend of mine. We ( sit) ________________ in John’s
garden when we suddenly (hear) ________________ a squeal of tires and a bang. Then there (be)
________________ a lot of shouts and cries. I immediately (know) ________________ what (go
on) ________________. I (rush) ________________ through the garden gate, and when I (reach)
________________ the car, I ( see) ________________ two injured persons: the driver (sit)
________________ behind the steering wheel, and blood (run) ________________ from a
wound to his head; his wife (lie) ________________ on the ground beside the open left-hand
door.
Some neighbours or passers-by (help) ________________ her, so I (open) ________________
the other door and carefully (drag) ________________ him out of the car and (put)
________________ him in a side position. I (talk) ________________ to him and (try)
________________ to stop the blood with a paper hanky when the ambulance (arrive)
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Vocabulary
Do as shown.
1. You have to have such a lot of patience when you’re …………….with kids.
Complete with a verb.
2. We’ll think about a present for her and see what we can ………………
Complete with a phrasal verb
3. Do you know who’s taking …………….. the restaurant?
Complete with a preposition
4. The company couldn’t afford to pay more than the ………............
Complete with an adjective
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5. We set up camp halfway to the pointed top of a mountain.
Replace the underlined with one word
6. She is looking for a …………………. place to stay. Until finds a suitable flat.
Give the antonym of the word in bold.
7. New staff have a week’s ……………..in how to use the system.
(training, experience, internship)
Choose the correct alternative
8. Negative aspects of something.
Give one word
9. Most people find job interviews pretty ………………. (Stress)
Complete with the correct form of the word given
10. sHaardz.
Unscramble the word
11. job/ Travelling /a / me/ of /the /definitely/ perk/ for/is.
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Put the sentence in the correct order
12. I don’t like you hanging around …………….. with your friends – why don’t you invite
them in?
Complete with an adverb
13. She became depressed after being laid off from the factory.
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Give a synonym for the word in bold.
14. Flexitime/overtime.
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What is the difference between the two words?
