FFS first year REVIEW

1. Which adjectives can be used to describe the different kinds of food?

Some food will go in more than one column.

Meat fish vegetables bread cheese milk

eggs fruit

Burnt Fresh Mild Mouldy Raw Ripe

Rotten Sour Stale Strong Tender Tough

2. Use the words of exercise 1 to complete the gaps of the following

sentences.

a) I can't eat this steak. It's far too ________.

b) This milk tastes a bit ________. It's been in the fridge for over a week.
c) The bananas are still quite green. They're not ________ yet.
d) What's that horrible smell? It smells like ________ eggs.
e) It's great being able to buy such ________ fresh fish from the market.
f) You can use ________ bread to make breadcrumbs.
g) I'm not keen on trying that blue cheese. It looks ________.
h) Children usually prefer ________ cheese to strong ________ cheese.
i) ________ vegetables contain more vitamins than cooked ones.
j) The chef cooked the meat slowly until it was ________.
k) Oh, no! The sausages are ________. I forgot to take them out of the oven.

3. Rewrite the following second sentences so that they have a similar to

the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word
given. You must use between two and five words, including the word
given.

a) I'd prefer to eat at home instead of going out.

RATHER
I'd prefer to eat at home _____________________________________ out.
b) I didn't order a dessert because I was already full.
EATEN
I _____________________________________ so I didn't order a dessert.
c) My father recommended trying this restaurant.
TOLD
My father _____________________________________ this restaurant.
d) Our team lost the match because the other team were stronger.
AS
Our team lost the match because they _______________________________other
team.
e) 'I'm sorry, Madam, the fish has all gone now.'
LEFT
'I'm sorry, Madam, there is _____________________________________ now.'
f) 'I suggest you have the fish,' the waiter said to me.
ADVISED
The waiter _____________________________________ the fish.
g) There weren't enough eggs to make pancakes for breakfast.
 FEW
There ____________________________________ eggs to make pancakes for
breakfast.
h) They only had a little money to spend at the supermarket.
MUCH
They _____________________________________ money to spend at the
supermarket.

4. Read this conversation between two students. Fill in the gaps with the
words of the box:

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Max: I'll be so glad when it's the end of (1) __________.

Alex: Will you?Aren't you enjoying your (2) __________?
Max: I am. But there have been so many (3) __________ to do. I don't
mind doing the (4) __________ but I find writing difficult.
Alex: Why don't you talk to your (5) __________? Mine is really helpful.
Max: I have and she has been very kind. We always have several (6)
__________ before we have to start writing. And I have quite good
(7) __________ so I haven't done too badly.
Alex: It's not long now and we'll have finished.
Max: Yes, after three years' studying we'll have a (8) __________ in
psychology. Then we have to find a job!

5. Make the verbs below into nouns by adding one of the following
suffixes: -ation, -ence, -ment or -ance. Write them in the correct
column.

Announce disturb develop imagine

perform arrange
cancel differ depend insure
exist prepare

-ation -ence -ment -ance

6. Complete these sentences with the appropriate words from exercise 5.

Use the plural form if necessary.
a) There were lots of train __________ today because of the bad weather.
b) Bryony is good at writing stories because she has such a vivid __________.
c) It is a good idea to buy travel __________ when you go on holiday.
d) People didn't know of the __________ of the planet Uranus until Herschel
discovered it in 1871.
e) There were a number of letters of complaint about the __________ to people's
sleep caused by night flights from the nearby airport.

7. For each pair of sentences, decide whether they mean exactly the
same. After that, translate them into Spanish or Catalan.
 a) It was such a sad film I couldn't stop crying at the end.
_______________________________________________________________________
The film was so sad I couldn't stop crying at the end.
_______________________________________________________________________
b) My father says I'm too young to have a motorbike.
_______________________________________________________________________
My father says I'm very young to have a motorbike.
_______________________________________________________________________
c) She's been given so much advice that she doesn't know what to do.
_______________________________________________________________________
She's been given too much advice.
_______________________________________________________________________
She's been given enough advice.
_______________________________________________________________________

8. So, such, too, enough: fill in the gap with a suitable word, or choose
the correct option.
a) Giselle's _________ good she could be a professional.
b) She plays _________ well (that) she could be a professional.
c) There were _________ footballs (that) I didn't know which one to choose.
so much
such
so many
d) Which expression substitutes "so many" in the previous sentence?
so much
such a lot of
such many
e) Mozart is so/such/such a good player!
f) They are so/such/such a good students!
g) "It's hot today." Rephrase it in three different ways using:
so: __________________________________________
such: ________________________________________
too: _________________________________________
h) Which of the three previous sentences you've made CAN'T be continued with
"that"?
So happy that I feel like having an ice cream.
Such happiness that I feel like having an ice cream.
Too happy that I feel like having an ice cream.
i) It's _________ hot today _________ us _________ go to the beach.
Too
to
for
j) Which of the following sentences has a negative meaning?
This room is so big!
This room is too big!
k) Our teacher gives us too much/too many/too homework.
l) How can you substitute "too much" in the previous sentence for an
expression containing "such"?
Our teacher gives us such homework/many homework/a lot of homework.
m) Order this sentence: TICKET / I'VE / TO / MONEY / GOT / BUY / ENOUGH
/ THE
n) Order this sentence: ENOUGH / TEAM / I'M / BE / THE / NOT / TO / IN / GOOD

o) Observing the two previous sentences, we notice that "enough" comes

before/after nouns and before/after adjectives.
p) "It wasn't warm enough for me to go swimming." Re-write it using "too".
It was ________________ go swimming.
q) "He's too short to be a basketball player." Re-write it using "enough".
He isn't________________basketball player.
9. Multiple choice exercises:
http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.too.i.htm
http://baladre.info/english/sedaviwebfront/tooenoughmuch.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/sosuchexercise.htm
http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/b1_intensifiers.htm

10. Choose the right option:

1. She is ________ girl!
such clever / so a clever / such a clever / so clever
2. It was _________ last night that I couldn't sleep.
such a hot / so a hot / such hot / so hot
3. 450.61 a night for a hotel? That's ________!
such expensive / such an expensive / so expensive / so an expensive
4. He was _________, he could run 5 miles in 30 minutes.
so fast runner / so a fast runner / such fast runner / such a fast runner
5. The train was ________, it went from Shanghai to Beijing in only 10
hours.
so fast / such fast / such a fast / a so fast
6. The ocean in Los Angeles is usually ________.
such cold / such a cold / so cold / cold so
7. I can't believe that John stole that woman's purse. He was always
________.
so good boy / such a good boy / such good boy / a such good boy
8. This restaurant has _________ of food, that it's hard to decide what to
order.
such selection / such a selection / a so selection / so selection
9. How could you say ________ to your mother?
so awful thing / such awful thing / such an awful thing / a so awful thing
10. She's _______ gorgeous girl!
so a / so / such / such a

11. Complete the following sentences with a suitable form of the

verb in brackets.
a) If you ____________ (to come) with me, I ______________ (to do) the shopping
with you.
b) Walter______________ (to help) his mother in the garden if she __________(to
read) him a story this evening.
c) If it ______________ (to rain), I _____________ (to stay) at home.
d) Our teacher______________ (to be) happy if we ______________ (to learn) the
poem by heart.
e) If they ______________(to have) enough money, they ______________(to buy) a
new car.
f) We ______________ (to pass) the exam if we ______________ (to study) harder.
g) If Pat ______________ (to repair) his bike, he ______________ (can) go on a
bicycle tour with us.
h) She ______________ (to get) 100 pounds if she ______________ (to sell) this old
shelf.
i) If I ______________(to be) you, I ______________(to invite) Jack to the party.
j) If the weather ______________ (to be) fine, the children ______________(to walk)
to school.
 12. Choose the correct option:

1. If I [was/were/have been] you, I [would apologize/will apologize/apologized] to

her right away.
2. If I [run/ran/will run] into her, I [told/will tell/would tell] her that you're looking
for her.
3. If you [do/did/will do] that again, I [will call/have called/would have called] the
police.
4. He would never have asked her out on a date if she [hadn't kissed/didn't
kiss/will not kiss] him first.
5. If you [were/are/will be] her, what [would you do/did you do/do you do?]
6. If she [hadn't gone/hasn't gone/will not go] to England, she [would not
meet/did not meet/would not have met] Orlando Bloom.
7. If it doesn't start snowing, we [won't go skiing/wouldn't go skiing/don't go
skiing] this evening.
8. If you had saved some money earlier, you [would not have been/will not
be/are not broke] right now.
9. If I [didn't arrive/hadn't arrived/would not arrive] at the airport so late, I
[would not have missed/will not miss/didn't miss] my flight.
10. If you [buy/bought/will buy] one t-shirt, you [will have gotten/would get/get]
the second one free.

13. Complete the following sentences:

a) If the sun ______________(to shine), we ______________(to walk) to the town.
b) If my friends ______________(to come), I ______________(to be) very happy.
c) If she ______________(to earn) a lot of money, she ______________(to fly) to New
York.
d) If they ______________(to go) to the disco, they ______________(to listen) to loud
music.
e) If you ______________(to wait) a minute, I ______________(to ask) my parents.
f) If I ______________(to come) home earlier, I ______________(to prepare)dinner.
g) If we ______________(to live) in Rome, Francesco ______________(to visit) us.
h) If Tim and Tom ______________ (to be) older, they______________(to play) in our
hockey team.
i) If he ______________(to be) my friend, I ______________(to invite) him to my
birthday party.
j) If Susan ______________(to study) harder, she ______________(to be) better at
school.
k) If they ______________(to have) enough money, they ______________(to buy) a
new car.
l) If we ______________(to hurry), we ______________(to catch) the bus.

14. Choose the correct option on the following sentences:

a) If I [listen/listens/will listen] to classical music, I [write/writes/can write] good
poems.
b) Lisa [look/looks/must look] after her baby brother if her father [go/goes/will
go] jogging.
c) If you [take/takes/will take] the train, you [arrive/arrives/should arrive] in
 Sheffield before 8pm.
d) The girls [hurry/hurries/should hurry] if they [book/books/haven't booked]
the tickets yet.
e) If Phil [do/does/will do] that, Sophia [scream/screamed/will scream.]
f) If they [aren't/won't be/be] not careful with the spelling of the new words,
they [get not/won't get/can get] a good mark.
g) You [get/got/can get] orange if you [add/adds/will add] yellow to red.
h) I [lend/lent/can lend] Emily my car if she [need/needs/will need] it.
i) If she [find/finds/will find] my dictionary, she [give/gave/must give] it back to
me.
j) John [buy/buys/might buy] a new monitor if his mother [give/gives/will give]
him 100 Euros.
 15. Complete each phrase with a noun from the uncountable or the
countable box.

Countable Uncountable
Books, cards, clothes, shoppers, tools Glass luggage, meat, paper, rice
1. An item of _____________ 6. A pane of _____________
2. a crowd of _____________ 7. a bundle of _____________
3. a set of _____________ 8. a sheet of _____________
4. a pile of _____________ 9. a slice of _____________
5. a pack of _____________ 10.a grain of _____________

Use the following words from the box to fill in the gaps of these uncountable
nouns:

speck plank drop block

slice
1. A _____________ of bread 4. a _____________ of wood
2. a _____________ of ice 5. a _____________ of dust
3. a _____________ of oil

16. Complete the table with the words that belong in each group.

Accomodation Advice Cheese

experiment glass hair
information journey leisure
meat scenery time
coffe luck experience
hobby traffic homework
luggage vegetable
Always countable Can be countable or Always uncountable
uncountable

17. Fill in the gaps with a, an, the, or (for no article).

Pancake recipe
You need 100 grams of flour, ______ egg, a little milk, and 25 grams of butter.
Beat ______ egg with ______ flour Add ______ milk until the mixture is runny. Heat
______ butter in ______ frying pan. Pour ______ 25 grams of ______ mixture into
______ pan. Cook for one minute. Turn ______ pancake over and cook a little
longer.
Serve hot, with ______ sugar and ______ lemon juice.

18. Fill in the gaps with the words in brackets. Add a or the if
necessary.
a) We've got some important visitors flying in from _____________ next week.
Can you meet them at _____________? (West Indies, Birmingham Airport)
b) Ferdinand spent his holiday sailing across _____________ from _____________ to
_____________. (Mediterranean, Naples, Corsica).
c) My brother's idea of a holiday is trekking across _____________ or exploring
_____________. Personally, I'd rather explore _____________ and do some
shopping! (Sahara, Andes, Paris)
 d) Have you met Cora's new boyfriend? He's _____________ from _____________.
(ski instructor, Switzerland).
e) What _____________! Our train broke down near Ely and we had to get a bus
from there to _____________ and then wait hours for the next train. (terrible
journey, Peterborough station).
19. Correct the mistakes in this email.

Dear Monique,

We had great trip to the France last weekend. We went to little hotel that you
recommended and it was very pleasant. Foods at the hotel weren't so good, as
you warned us, but we strolled down to city centre on Saturday evening and had
lovely meal there. In fact, we ate so much for the dinner that we didn't want a
breakfast on Sunday!
Thanks again for the advice and informations. Now I must unpack and do the
washings.
Here is photo of the hotel to remind you.

See you soon.

Love,
Freda

20. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to

the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word
given. You must use between two and five words, including the word
given.
a) The hotel staff had permission to use the tennis courts on Mondays.
PLAY
The hotel staff were _______________________________ on Mondays.
b) Alison loves to buy presents for her grandchildren.
PLEASURE
Alison _______________________________ presents for her grandchildren.
c) My boss advised me which computer I should buy.
GAVE
My boss _______________________________ choosing a computer.
d) Can you tell me precisely how much money was stolen?
EXACT
Can you tell me _______________________________ that was stolen?
e) The customs officer checked every garment in my luggage.
ITEM
The customs officer checked every _______________________________ in my
luggage.
f) I can't talk for long because I have to be at school very soon.
ABOUT
I can't talk for long because I _______________________________ school.
g) We've een standing in this queue for an hour and we still have another hour
to wait.
WAITING
By the time we get to the front of the queue we _____________________________
two hours.
h) Although Toby keeps his room tidy he seldom cleans it.
EVER
Toby keeps his room tidy _______________________________ cleans it.