CONSOLIDATION PRACTICE TOP NOTCH 2 UNITS 7 9

FUNCTION
Describing art
Liking and disliking

LANGUAGE TOPICS
The passive voice
Statements and questions

Unit 9

Describing computers and

their functions

Unit 10

Expressing thanks, certainty,

and personal values

Comparisons with as... as

The infinitive to talk about
purpose
Possessive pronouns
Factual and Unreal conditionals

Unit 8

VOCABULARY
Words to describe art: wood, clay,
silver, gold, stone, cloth, glass,
vase, be inspired by, influenced by,
Fascinated by
Moved by, and interested in,
Describing New technologies: pix,
click on, pull down, scroll up-down,
attachment, log on-out,
Charge, undercharge, doublestandard, old-fashioned

EXERCISES
Fill in the blanks to change each active voice sentence into a passive voice sentence:
EX: Henry Miller wrote that book. --> That book was written by Henry Miller.
1. The president gave John an award. -->
John ___________________ an award by the president.
2. Everyone saw them. -->
They ___________________ by everyone.
3. The police brought him here. -->
He ___________________ here by the police.
4. The firefighters saved the women. -->
The women ___________________ by the firefighters.
5. All the students understood the explanation. --> The explanation ___________________ by all the students.
6. Mrs. Richardson filed two complaints. -->
Two complaints ___________________ by Mrs. Richardson.
7. That man stole my wallet. -->
My wallet ___________________ by that man.
8. Everyone knew them. -->
They ___________________ by everyone.
9. A snake bit him. -->
He ___________________ by a snake.
10. Thomas and his brother built that house.
That house ___________________ by Thomas and his brother.
WRITE QUESTIONS USING THE PASSIVE VOICE WHICH WOULD BE THE TRIGGER FOR THE ANSWERS IN
THE EXERCISE ABOVE
EX: That book was written by Henry Miller -> who was that book written by?
1. ____________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________________
7. ____________________________________________________
8. ____________________________________________________
9. ____________________________________________________
10 ____________________________________________________
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative form of the adverb (in parentheses):
EX: He is singing more loudly than the other singers. (loudly)
1. He arrived much___________________ than expected. (early)
2. He walked ___________________ than the rest of the people. (fast)
3. They called us ___________________ in the afternoon. (late)
4. My mother and my sister talked ___________________ than the other guests. (loudly)
5. He hit his arm ___________________ than before. (hard)
6. The Spanish athlete ran ___________________ than the other runners. (fast)
7. Jim threw the ball ___________________ than Peter. (far)
8. We answered all the questions ___________________ than the other students. (well)
9. Our new teacher explains the exercises ___________________ than our old teacher (badly)
10. The new mechanic checked the car ___________________ than the old mechanic. (thoroughly)

Fill in the blank with the either the comparative form or superlative form of each adverb, as required:
EX: Tom sang more loudly (more loudly/the most loudly) than the other kids.
1. He lives (farther/the farthest) than Peter.
2. He lives (farther/the farthest) out of all of us.
3. He lives (farther/the farthest) than the rest of us.
4. Jim drives (faster/the fastest) than most people that I know.
5. Jim drives (faster/the fastest) of all my friends.
6. Frank welcomed us (more warmly/the most warmly) than his wife did.
7. Frank's wife cooks (better/the best) out of anyone I know.
8. Frank's wife cooks (better/the best) than anyone I know.
9. Which of these three girls dances (better/the best)
10. Which of these two girls dances (better/the best)
Look at the chart comparing two televisions, complete the sentences using (not) as as use adverbs:
almost, quite, just and nearly.5 = better 0 = worse
Weight
Ease to use
Monitor screen quality
Software package
Speed
Price

HP
3 kilos
3
5
5
4
4

DELL
3.5 kilos
3
4
3
3
5

1, The quality of the HP monitor is _____________________________ (good) the quality of the DELL Monitor
2. The HP computer is _________________________________ (expensive) the DELL computer
3. The DELL computer ___________________________________ (easy to use) the HP computer
4. The HP computer is ___________________________________ (fast) DELL computer
5. The software package that comes with the HP computer is _______________________________________
(good) the one that comes with DEL computer
6. DELL is _________________________________________ ((heavy) HP computer
Complete the sentences using TO or IN ORDER TO in a logic way
1. I will buy the new HP computer __________________________________________________________
2. My sister has a scanner ________________________________________________________________
3. We usually use our mobile phones ________________________________________________________
4. Mark e-mailed me _____________________________________________________________________
5. People use the Internet _________________________________________________________________
6. Rose usually shops on line ______________________________________________________________
Choose whether each sentence requires a possessive adjective or a possessive pronoun:
EX: That car is not his. It's mine. (possessive pronoun)
OR That's my car. (possessive adjective)
1. She's not his friend, she's _______________________ (my/mine).
2. Robert didn't drink his own coffee. He drank _______________________ (her/hers).
3. That is one of _______________________ (hers/her) friends.
4. His neighborhood is safe, while _______________________ (my/mine) neighborhood isn't.
5. His neighborhood is safe, while _______________________ (my/mine) isn't.
6. Did _______________________ (your/yours) mother call?
7. I don't know _______________________ (them/their) very well.
8. I don't know _______________________ (them/their) daughter very well.
9. I talked to _______________________ (my/me) grandmother for three hours last night.
10. I think I got my notes mixed up with _______________________ (your/yours).
11. Is that your notebook or _____________________ (my/mine)?
12. I don't like _____________________ (their/theirs) apartment.
13. That's not my problem. It's _____________________ (yours/your).
14. Your car is green, while _____________________ (my/mine) is black.

15. Isn't _____________________ (their/theirs) son older than you?

16. A friend of _____________________ (our/ours) called.
17. A friend of _____________________ (her/hers) brother's called.
18. He's _____________________ (our/ours) doctor.
19. That's _____________________ (our/ours) house, not theirs.
20. Is he a friend of _____________________ (your/yours)?
Choose which option is better to complete each sentence
1. If you _________ greasy food, you will become fat.
2. If your sister goes to Paris, she _________ a good time.
3. If he _________ that, he will be sorry.
4. If I leave now, I ________ in New York by 8:00 PM.
5. You ________ on your test if you don't study.
6. They won't know the truth if you ________ them.
7. If I bake a cake, ________ have some?
8. If he ________ you, will you answer the phone?
9. If you don't go to the party I ________ very upset.
10. If you get a haircut you ________ much better.
11. If my grandfather were younger, He _________ so many things.
12. If I _________ more money, I would buy a new car.
13. If she had an umbrella, she _________ wet.
14. If we ________ a car, we would get there in 30 minutes.
15. I ________ more careful if I were you.
16. If animals could talk, I wonder what they ________?
17. If she ________ harder, she would make more money.
18. If he changed jobs, He ________ much happier.
19. If it wasn't raining, we ________ to the beach.
20. You wouldn't feel so tired if you ________ more.

a) eat
a) has
a) will do
a) will arrive
a) won't do well
a) won't tell
a) will you
a) will call
a) am
a) will look
a) wouldn't forget
a) would have
a) wouldn't get
a) would have
a) would be
a) said
a) will work
a) will be
a) would go
a) will sleep

b) will eat
b) will have
b) does
b) arrive
b) don't do well
b) don't tell
b) do you
b) calls
b) will be
b) look
b) didn't forget
b) had
b) didn't get
b) had
b) were
b) would say
b) worked
b) would be
b) will go
b) slept