A. Complete the sentences to form either a first or a second type conditional clause. 1-) She isn t here.

If she .. (be) here, I .. (tell) her the news. 2-) Give me Peter s letter. If I .. (see) him, I .. (give) it to him. 3-) I have to work about 80 hours a week, so I m very busy. But if I .. (have) any spare time, I .. (take up) a sport like golf. 4-) If I .. (be) taller, I .. (can) be a policeman, but I m too short. 5-) If you .. (have) any problems, let me know and I .. (come) and help you straight away. 6-) What noisy neighbours you ve got! If my neighbours .. (be) as bad as yours, I .. (go) crazy. 7-) She .. (marry) him if he .. (ask) her to, but she knows he won t. 8-) Please hurry. If we .. (not / leave) immediately, we .. (be) late. B. Rewrite the following sentences. 1. Kate isn t old enough to make her own decisions.(too) . 2. He started watering the flowers half an hour ago and he is still watering them.(been) . 3. Ben is 1.98m so he can become a basketball player.(enough) . 4. Dan hasn t finished painting the fence yet.(still) . 5. Let s have a party this Saturday.(why)

C. Put the adjectives in brackets into the comparative or superlative form by adding any necessary words. Dear Marie, I m writing to tell you about Merryville s Country Fair which took place last weekend. It was .. (big) event of the year! There were . (many) people at the fair than there were last year. People were selling . (nice) ornaments and . (wonderful) arts and crafts I had ever seen. I bought a beautiful hand-woven rug. It is . (big) and much . (thick) the old one I have. Luke found an unusual painting and we decided to buy it and hang it in our living room. It looks . (good) the old picture we had there. Although it was getting really cold as it got dark, people stayed to listen to the band which was playing . (fantastic) dance music I ve ever heard. As we watched the band perform, we ate . (delicious) toffee-apples I ve ever had in my life!

And guess who this year s winner of

. (large) pumpkin contest was! My grandad! . (good) this

I hope you ll be in town for next year s fair. I ve heard that it s going to be year s! Take care, Suzanne D. Circle the correct answer for each gap. A After four years in government, what have done? Look at the state of the country: there isn t .. money for pensions, there s .. unemployment, and .. children are failing at school. Our problem is that we have had very .. time to repair the damage that your government did before us. .. people were happy with the Education system when you were in government? .. ! Nonsense! You don t know what you re doing! And .. people in your own party are now saying that, too. You say you haven t had ..? I say you don t have .. ideas! We have .. of ideas, and they re working! .. years ago our economy was getting worse; not any more. We have very .. unemployment now, compared to when you were in government. The people of this country are .. intelligent to believe your ideas again. Really? Well, I think very .. of them will be convinced by your arguments. The problem is that your party spends .. time insulting the government, and not .. time thinking of new ideas. Thank you very much, gentlemen I m afraid we have .. more time today

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

no / enough too many / too much a lot of / a lot few / little How much / How many any / none much / a lot of enough time / time enough any / no plenty / many a few / a little few / little

A B

13. 14. 15. 16.

enough / too few / little too much / too many / enough

17.

any

/ no

E. Complete the following with too, too + to, enough, not enough, or too much, too many, little, few as appropriate. Dear Tom and Wendy, I am writing to answer your questions about life in New York. In fact this is quite hard to do, because my opinions keep changing. My apartment is nice, but the rent is very high. Luckily, I earn a good salary, and I can afford it. The main problem is that the apartment just is (1) big .. . I had to sell about half my furniture because I didn t have (2) .. room for everything. I can t invite people for dinner because the kitchen is (3) .. small .. eat in. Luckily, the apartment has a lot of windows, so all my plants are getting (4) .. light. I live very close to a subway station; it only takes me a couple of

minutes to get there. However I never take the subway to work because it s (5) You wouldn t believe it!

.. crowded.

There are just (6) .. people crammed like sardines, and you can t breathe because there is (7) .. air. I haven t had the courage to ride my bike yet because there s just (8) .. traffic. Mostly I walk everywhere, so the good news is that I am getting (9) .. exercise! Despite all this, there are lots of wonderful things about living here. There are (10) .. museums and art galleries to keep me happy for years! However at the moment, I have (11) .. time to enjoy them because my job is driving me crazy. It s impossible to get all the work done because there are (12) .. projects and (13) .. people work on them. As a result I am (14) .. busy to make new friends and meet people. I don t sleep (15) .. ,and so I m always tired. Worst of all, I don t even have (16) .. time to stay in touch with friends like you! Nevertheless, I m certain things will get better soon! Why don t you come and visit? That would really cheer me up! Love, Mary F. Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets in the ing form, the to-infinitive, or the infinitive without to. Dear Mary, I want (say) .................... thank you for (invite) .................... us to your birthday party. I was happy (meet) .................... the new people there. After the party we managed (get) .................... to the station on time and (catch) .................... the last train to London. Last Saturday Tom and I went to the country. We had a wonderful weekend there. I loved (drive) .................... through the countryside and we often left the car (walk) .................... on the narrow roads. I believe that (walk) .................... is a good way of (keep) .................... fit. We enjoyed (pick) .................... blackberries and flowers on the way to a small village. In the small village, which is near the river, we met our friends, Tim and Sally. They were having a picnic by the river. They invited us (have) .................... a meal with them. They suggested our staying with them, but we couldn t, as we had to drive home before dark. The weather was very good and the sun didn t stop (shine) .................... all day. Tom likes (live) .................... in a big city, but I d rather live in a small country village. I hate (be) .................... in crowds and (hear) .................... noise, so leaving the quiet village made me (feel) .................... sad. It was very late in the afternoon when we decided (go) .......................... back home. While we were leaving the village, my car suddenly broke down and it made us (stay) .......................... there that night. Tom didn t like the hotel rooms, but I didn t mind (sleep) .......................... in an uncomfortable room.

The next morning we called a mechanic for the car, and we managed (arrive) .......................... home before lunch. Anyway we are looking forward to (hear) .......................... from you, and hope (see) .......................... you soon. Best wishes, Jane

G. Complete the text using Present Perfect, Past Simple, Simple Future or Simple Present tense active&passive. NOW & THEN Employers point out that clerical staff ten years. .(become) dependent on calculators for the last

There are fears that governments (not/do) enough yet to ensure that in minutes. Clerks who ..(spend) all day copying and checking calculations in the past are now freed from these tasks. 20 years ago few people ..(realize) that computers were about to become part of our daily lives. This period of time .(see) enormous changes in business, public administration and education. Jobs which .(take) weeks to complete in the past, are now carried out in offices easily. The soft hum and clicking of word processors (replace) the clatter of type writers recently. School-children (already/become) as familiar with hardware and software. Yet, their parents usually .(prefer) pencils and books. Computerisation of public records (enable) the government departments to analyse needs of citizens in detail so far. Life has improved in some aspects but not totally. Many jobs ..(disappear) in recent years because intelligent machines (take) over the work. We ..(be/not) sure about if our personal information (keep) secret or not. People wonder if the spread of computers .(bring) us many problems in the future or not.

H. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct tense active or passive. A nine-year-old boy ............. (take) to hospital after he ............. (knock) down by a car last Saturday. The accident ............. (happen) while the boy ............. (play) football in a park with his friends. He ............. (run) out into the road to fetch his ball. I m very sorry for the boy. I ............. (drive) for 15 years, this is the first time I ............. (have) an accident. I ............. (never/ forget) it says the driver. David Knight, the boy s father, said I think, the driver ............. (be) drunk and he ............. (go) too fast. But I ............. (blame) the authorities. We ............. (ask) them to provide a safe play area for our children many times. Perhaps they ............. (take) some action soon. If the new wall ............. (build) around the play area in the next two weeks, the children playing there ............. (be) safe.

I. Put each verb in brackets into a suitable tense. Last week my parents decided to move. We ............. (move) to the country, my father ............. (announce) one evening. I ............. (sell) this house, and we ............. (live) on a farm. So last week we ............. (load) all our possessions into two hired vans, and for the last few days we ............. (try) to organise ourselves in our new home. Yesterday, for example, my three brothers and I ............. (start) painting the downstairs rooms. Unfortunately, while I ............. (mix) the paint, one of my sisters ............. (open) the door. She didn t know that we ............. (be) in the room. So instead of painting the walls, we ............. (spend) all morning cleaning the paint off the floor. But worse things ............. (happen) since then. This morning when I ............. (wake up) water ............. (drip) through the ceiling next to my bed. We ............. (spend) today so far repairing the roof. It s not all bad news, though. The school in the village nearby ............. (close) two years ago, and my parents ............. (not find) another school for us yet. J. Underline the correct participle. On Saturday, I took my children to the circus. I thought I would have a boring / bored time, but actually I was quite astonishing / astonished by the amazing / amazed acts. We were stunning / stunned by the acrobats. They balanced on top of each other with incredible ease. We were really impressing / impressed by their performance. The children found the lion-tamer s act exciting / excited. I felt terrifying / terrified when he put his hands into the lion s mouth, but the children were amusing / amused and they clapped loudly. A magician performed many incredible tricks; it was fascinating / fascinated to watch him make various objects disappear and reappear. The children were more interesting / interested in the elephant act. When the huge animals came into the arena, the audience cheered. The elephants were well-trained and their tricks were entertaining / entertained. Some children from the audience were invited to ride on the elephants back. My children were disappointing / disappointed when they were not chosen, but their disappointment faded when the clowns took the centre ring. It was quite a captivating / captivated show. By the time we got home we all felt exhausting / exhausted.