1. Someone invented the television in the USA.

.................................................................................................................. (active - passive)

2. Who wrote this book?

..................................................................................................................? (active -passive)

3. Queen Elizabeth is richer than King Juan Carlos.

King Juan Carlos is not ........................................................................................... .

4. We bought our DVD player two years ago.

We ............................................................................. 2 years.

5. I moved to this house in 1990. I still live here.

I .................................................................................. 1990.

6. My friend Hannah is so happy! She is going to New York next month and she is waiting for it to

happen

My friend Hannah is looking .New York

next month.

7. Some years ago I was a smoker but my doctor told me to stop. And I did!

I..but my doctor told me to stop.

8. My bedroom is too small for all my books.

My bedroom is not .................................................... for all my books.

MISSING WORDS
Use one word in each blank to complete the sentences.

1. Ask him to phone me as soon .............................. possible.

2. She .............................. 50,000 pounds a year.
3. How often do you go to a disco? ............................ a month.
4. I .......................... to be very shy, but I am OK now.
5. Would you like .............................. more soup?
6. Id like a single room ............................... 2 nights.
7. The toilets are ................................. the left.
8. Thats very kind .............................. you.
9. Women live ............................... than men.
10. Buses leave the airport .................................... 15 minutes.
11. What is the weather ................................ today?
12. A civil servant is a person .................................. works for the government.
13. I .................................. my husband at a party 20 years ago.
14. Shes got ................................ dark hair.
15. Take ................................. your clothes and go to bed.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Choose the correct option.
1. I am bored. There is ............ to do.

a) something b) anything c) nothing d) nowhere

2. You can find WINSTON .................. .

a) everywhere b) anybody c) nothing d) somewhere

3. I .......... the last bus home yesterday.

a) lose b) lost c) missed d) forgot

4. A chemists is a place .............. you can buy aspirins.

a) which b) where c) who d) that

5. Wait ........ me at the bus stop.

a) at b) for c) on d) from

6. I am sorry. I dont agree ........... you.

a) at b) with c) on d) in

7. Whose book is it? It is ......... .

a) my b) their c) mine d) her

8. What time does the train arrive ...... the station?

a) in b) to c) on d) at

9/10. Go ............ the forest and .......... the bridge.

a) across b) above c) through d) in

a) above b) over c) through d) on

1. ................ I have a sandwich, please?

a) Will b) Would c) Shall d) Could

2. He drives ............ than my sister.

a) faster b) more fast c) fast d) more fastly

3. She paints ......... than the teacher.

a) badlier b) worse c) worst d) more badly

4. She is the .......... singer in the country.

a) more popular b) popularest c) best popular d) most popular

5. Get ......... the bus in Oxford Street.

a) out of b) off c) from d) down

TENSES
Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

1. When I ..........................................................(clean) the house yesterday I .......................................

(find) some old letters.
2. ...........................................................( you ever have) a passport when you were a child?
3. Jaime lives in Venezuela; he .......................................................... (never see) snow.
4. I ...........................................................(like) a holiday but there is too much work in the office at the
moment.
5. If I ..........................................................(get) rich one day , I ................................................... (buy)
myself a Rolls Royce.
6. We ....................................................... (not eat) out very often but tonight
we ................................................. (try) a new Chinese restaurant.
7. ................................................( not offer) the job to Tim. Hes a lazy worker.

REPHRASING
Rewrite the sentences so that they mean the same as the sentences given.
1. When did they build this cathedral? (active-passive)
.........................................................................................................
2. People drink a lot of coffee in Brazil. (active-passive)
..........................................................................................................
3. "What is your name" he asked Susan.
He asked ...........................................................................................
4. "My secretary booked the tickets last week" he said.
He said..............................................................................................
5. "It'll only take me 5 minutes to take a shower" she said.
She said............................................................................................
6. Tokyo is noisier than Helsinki.
Helsinki is not .................................................................................

7. I got married 12 years ago. I am still married.

I ........................................................................................................12 years.
8. Betty started working as a model in 1997. She is a model now.
Betty ............................................................................................1997.