FINAL TEST REVISION

REVISION.0-9. 4^TH BILINGUAL

1.-If he ……………………………. (buy) a lottery ticket that morning, his life would have changed. COMPLETE

2.-Unless someone ………………………….. (claim) the prize by 11 pm, the money will be put into the good causes fund. COMPLETE / REWRITE USING “IF”

3.-Give me your address, in case I visit Barcelona. REWRITE USING A MODAL VERB

4.-If you ……………………….. (be) so hard on her, she wouldn’t have burst into tears like that. COMPLETE

5.-I wouldn’t be surprised if you ……………………………..(end up) in a ditch, the way you’re driving.

6.-Last year the prices in this shop were lower. REWRITE WITH “CHEAP”. This year the prices…

7.-I think this exercise is easy. REWRITE WITH “DIFFICULT”. This exercise is …………………………………… I thought.

8.-“Why don’t we go to the concert?” Peter said. REPORTED SPEECH WITH “SUGGESTED”

9.-They left for London. REWRITE WITH A PHRASAL VERB, “SET…”

10.-Mary told Sarah to stop working so hard. CHANGE TO DIRECT SPEECH  

11.-“Don’t use your mobile phone here.” The teacher asked the student. CHANGE TO REPORTED SPEECH

12.-Jill told Marin: “Don’t forget to turn the radio off when you go to bed.” INDIRECT SPEECH WITH “REMINDED”

13.-In the near future, scientists ……………………………….. (work) on the moon. VERB TENSE

14.-Last night Peter …………………. (go) rigid with fear as he ………………. (realise) someone …………………… (come) in his garage. VERB TENSES

15.-“Who is the first on the list?” The new teacher asked. CHANGE TO REPORTED SPEECH

16.-Jim is good at maths. His father is an engineer. JOIN USING A RELATIVE PRONOUN

17.-The test was on Tuesday. I was ill that day. JOIN USING A RELATIVE PRONOUN

18.-This is my friend Sam. He knows how to windsurf. JOIN USING A RELATIVE PRONOUN

19.-I like him. He is so interesting. REWRITE USING “SUCH”

20.-………………. (control) the traffic is not an easy task. CORRECT VERB FORM

21.-He doesn’t really mind……………………… (wait) outside. CORRECT VERB FORM

22.-I always listen to music ………………………. (relax). CORRECT VERB FORM

23.-……………… (invent) things is fun but it is difficult ……………….(make) money from inventions. CORRECT VERB FORM

24.-¿Tiene el ticket the compra? TRANSLATE

25.-¿Te apetece salir otra noche? TRANSLATE

26.-¿Dónde se nos permite aparcar?

27.-Since he was 12. WRITE A QUESTION

28.-He is tall and handsome. WRITE A QUESTION

29.-Tom’s. WRITE A QUESTION

30.-Hace siglos que no veo a tu hermana. La última vez que quedamos fue hace tres meses. TRANSLATE

31.-My brother …………………………(dream) of going to work abroad since he finished university. VERB TENSE

32.-We ……………………………..(finish) cleaning the house by the time the guests arrived.

33.-“Don’t eat that cake now!” He warned me. REPORTED SPEECH

34.- My father is going to give me a guitar for my birthday. (2 PASSIVE SENTENCES)

35.-A new hairdresser has cut my hair. CAUSATIVE FORM

36.-They didn’t go to London, so they didn’t visit their friends. REWRITE WITH A CONDITIONAL SENTENCE

37.-People say my friends are very noisy. CHANGE TO TWO IMPERSONAL FORMS

38.-“Will you come back tomorrow?” My grandma asked me. REPORTED SPEECH

39.-It is possible that a student from my class won the singing contest. REWRITE USING A MODAL VERB

40.-I didn’t revise enough for the test and now I regret it. REWRITE USING A MODAL VERB

FINAL EXAM. GENERAL REVISION

Here you have two documents to revise all the grammar: 

REVISION.4THBILINGUAL

B1.TRANSFORMATIONS



FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO TRANSFORM THESE SENTENCES: 

1. The last time I saw him was in 2001. (Rewrite starting with “I haven't _________”.

2. It isn't necessary to bring skis as they are included in the package. (rewrite using a modal)

3. Tom said to his wife, "I will be playing tennis when you arrive." (reported speech)

4. “Jack is coming to visit us next weekend.” Mark told his parents. (reported speech)

5. Maurice didn't come to the meeting yesterday. Perhaps he was ill. (rewrite using might)

6. I think Tom needs to see a doctor. His cough is terrible. (rewrite using a modal verb)

7. "Why don't we take a holiday?", said Peter. (reported speech with suggested)

8. “Don’t forget the concert starts at 8 o’clock.” Marta told Peter. (reported speech with reminded)

9. She has probably found a new job. (rewrite with a modal verb)

10. They finished the project in time for the presentation. (passive) (future perfect-interrogative)

11. They have given him all the information. (negative-affirmative) (2 passive)

12. Peter wasn't charged with an offense when the police caught him stealing the first time. (active / passive)

13. Can you accompany Sarah to the party? (change to future-interrogative)

14. She wasn't responsible for the accident. (present perfect-interrogative-affirmative)

15. No arrests had been made, and no one had claimed responsibility. (active / passive)

16. A group of eight senators planned to introduce a proposal on Tuesday. (present continuous-negative-interrogative)

17. A quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck near Iran’s border with Pakistan. (present perfect interrogative)  (past simple-interrogative)

18. An amendment to an old treaty between the United States and Mexico will send more water down to restore native habitat and local and migratory wildlife. (passive) (past simple-interrogative)

19. Critics were quick to point out irregularities in the study. (future simple-interrogative) (past perfect-negative) (future simple-negative)

20. Most residents in assisted-living centers suffer from multiple ailments.  (present simple-interrogative) (past simple-negative) (future continuous-affirmative)

21. Supporters of the newly elected Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, are celebrating  victory on the streets of Caracas. (passive) (past simple-interrogative)

22. For decades, the members of Spain’s royal family were treated with profound deference by the public, politicians and the media. (active) (present perfect-interrogative)

23. Thousands of people demonstrated against the monarchy in central Madrid on Sunday. (future continous-interrogative) (past perfect-interrogative)

24. Spanish regional governments gave Iñaki Urdangarín lucrative contracts to organize sports events.  (present perfect-interrogative) (2 passive)

25. The judge in the case also subpoenaed Mr. Urdangarin’s wife, Princess Cristina. (passive) (passive-future simple)

FINAL REVISION

FINAL REVISION

Vocabulary:
-Money and luxuries. A bank account.
-Music: types, describing music styles.
-Commerce.
-A business project.
-A job application  and a job interview.
-Inventions.
-Technology.
-Personality adjectives.
-Relationships (verbs)
-Problems
-Verbs + preposition
-Collocations: communication
-Reporting verbs

Grammar:
-Present simple / present continuous
-Past simple / past continuous.
-Past simple / Present perfect (and yet, already, just, for, since, ago)
-Tenses to express future: future will, present simple, present continuous, be going to, future perfect, future continuous.
(more practice of the future perfect or future continuous)
-Introduction to past perfect.
-Quantifiers (some, any, a lot of)
-Comparative and superlatives.
-Questions with all the verb tenses. Object/subject questions.
-Phrasal verbs.
-The use of modal verbs and rephrasings.
-Reflexive pronouns.
-Passive sentences. Sentences with double object. Causative form. Impersonal structures.
-Relative pronouns. Linking sentences using relative pronous. Relative adverbs.
-Gerunds and infinitive.
-Like + verb-ing / would like + infinitive
-too, so, such.
-Conditional sentences and rephrasing.
-Past perfect.
-Reported speech.

Practical English: Make sure you are able to...
-Describe a photo.
-Greet people and ask for and give personal information.
-Make suggestions.
-Make an appointment.
-Return a product.
-Describe an object.
-Invite and make excuses.
-Ask about rules.

Writing: 
-Informal emails and letters.
-Opinion and discussion essays.
-Telling news and narrate a past event. Reporting information.
-Book and film reviews.
-A formal letter.

In your "Use of English test" you will have: 
-Write questions.
-Complete with the correct verb tense.
-Complete with infinive or gerund
-Different rephrasings:
           -Comparative and superlative
           -Verb tenses
           -Gerund and infinitive
           -Rewrite using a modal verb
           -Change to passive or active
            -Change to causative form
            -Rewrite using a conditional sentence, etc.
-Link two sentences using a relative pronoun.
-Change from direct to reported speech or vice versa.
-Vocabulary (translation, definition, fill in the blanks)


I wish you luck!

OUR GRANDPARENTS TOLD US...

Do you often sit down and have a quiet chat with your grandpa and grandma? This activity will provide you with the opportunity to visit your grandparents or phone them. The aim is to find out relevant information about their lives to share in the classroom. 

• First, go through the questions. 
• Then select those that most attract you. Feel free to add any other questions you have in mind. 

• Next, interview your grandpa or grandma. 

• Write an essay reporting his or her answers. 
• Finally, write a comment including the most emotional, striking or interesting things they told you.

Life Interview. Questions

1.-What year were you born? On what date? Did your parents tell you anything about the day you were born?

2.-Where were you born?

3.-Why were you given the first (and middle) name(s) that you have?

4.-What’s the most vivid memory of your chilhood?

5.-What was the apartment or house like that you grew up in? How many bedrooms did it have? How many bathrooms?

6.-Can you describe the neighbourhood you grew up in?

7.-Tell me about your parents. Who was stricter: your mother or your father?

8.-How many brothers and sisters do you have? When were they born? What memories do you have of each of them from when you were growing up?

9.-What do you remember about your grandparents?

10.-Did you have any pets?

11.-What were you like as a child? Shy? Extrovert? Naughty? A good boy/girl? What did you like to eat? What were your favorite toys or games?

12.-What did you use to wear?

13.-Did you get any pocket money? How much? Did you spend it right away, or save it? What did you buy?

14.-What kind of school did you go to? Were you a good student? What was your favorite subject or your least favorite? Who were your friends? Who was your favorite teacher and why?

15.-Did you have any heroes or role models when you were a child?

16.-How did you spend your summer holidays? What were your favorite summer activities?

17.-What was the best gift you remember receiving as a child?

18.-What did you want to be when you grew up?

19.-What big world events do you remember from the time you were growing up?

20.-What inventions do you most remember?

21.-What’s different about growing up today from when you were growing up?

22.-When you were a teenager, what did you do for fun? Did you have a favorite spot to “hang out”? What time did you have to be home at night? Did you ever get into any trouble?

23.-What did you like to wear? How did your parents feel about the way you talked and what you wore?

24.-When did you learn how to drive? Who taught you? What was your first car like?

25.-What did you do when you finished school?

26.-What was your first job? What did you like or not like about it?

27.-How did you meet your spouse? What did you like about him/her?

28.-What do you remember about me when I was born and was a child?

29.-Do you have any hobbies or special interests? Do you enjoy any particular activity? What’s your typical day like now?

30..-If you could have three wishes, what would they be? If you won 1 million euros tomorrow, what would you do with the money? If you had the power to solve three or four problems in the world, what would they be and why?

REPORTED SPEECH PRACTICE

When we report someone’s words we can do it in two ways. We can use direct speech with quotation marks (“I work in a bank”), or we can use reported speech (He said he worked in a bank.)

In reported speech the tenses, word-order and pronouns may be different from those in the original sentence.

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
Present Simple	Past Simple
Play "He's American," she said.	Play She said he was American.
Play "I'm happy to see you," Mary said.	Play Mary said that she was happy to see me.
Play He asked, "Are you busy tonight?"	Play He asked me if I was busy that night.
Present Continuous	Past Continuous
Play Dan is living in San Francisco," she said.	Play She said Dan was living in San Francisco.
Play He said, "I'm making dinner."	Play He told me that he was making dinner.
Play "Why are you working so hard?" they asked.	Play They asked me why I was working so hard.
Past Simple	Past Perfect Simple
Play "We went to the movies last night," he said.	Play He told me they had gone to the movies the night before.
Play "Greg said, "I didn't go to work yesterday."	Play Greg said that he hadn't gone to work the day before.
Play "Did you buy a new car?" she asked.	Play She asked me if I had bought a new car.
Past Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous
Play "I was working late last night," Vicki said.	Play Vicki told me she'd been working late the night before.
Play They said, "we weren't waiting long."	Play They said that they hadn't been waitinglong.
Play " He asked, "were you sleeping when I called?"	Play He asked if I'd been sleeping when he called.
Present Perfect Simple	Past Perfect Simple
Play "Heather said, "I've already eaten."	Play Heather told me that she'd already eaten.
Play "We haven't been to China," they said.	Play They said they hadn't been to China.
Play "Have you worked here before?" I asked.	Play I asked her whether she'd worked therebefore.
Present Perfect Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous
Play  "I've been studying English for two years,"he said.	Play He said he'd been studying English for two years.
Play " Steve said, "we've been dating for over a year now."	Play Steve told me that they'd been dating for over a year.
Play "Have you been waiting long?" they asked.	Play They asked whether I'd been waiting long.
Past Perfect Simple	Past Perfect Simple (*NO CHANGE)
Play "I'd been to Chicago before for work," he said.	Play He said that he'd been to Chicago before for work.
Past Perfect Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous (*NO CHANGE)
Play She said, "I'd been dancing for years before the accident."	Play She said she'd been dancing for years before the accident.

Nota: Cuando hablamos de algo que no ha cambiado (que sigue siendo cierto) o de algo en el futuro, no es necesario cambiar el tiempo verbal.

• Ejemplos:
• Play
  "I'm 30 years old," she said. → She said she is 30 years old.
• Play
  Dave said, "Kelly is sick." → Dave said Kelly is sick.
• Play
  "We are going to Tokyo next week," they said. → They said they are going to Tokyo next week.
• Play
  "I'll cut my hair tomorrow," Nina said. → Nina said she is cutting her hair tomorrow.

Modal Verbs (Los verbos modales)

El tiempo verbal cambia en el estilo indirecto también con algunos de los verbos modales.

Nota: Con "would", "could", "should", "might" y "ought to", el tiempo no cambia.

Direct Speech	Indirect Speech
Will	Would
Play  "I'll go to the movies tomorrow," John said.	Play John said he would go to the moviesthe next day.
Play  "Will you help me move?" she asked.	Play She asked me if I would help her move.
Can	Could
Play  Debra said, "Allen can work tomorrow."	Play Debra said Allen could work the next day.
Play  "Can you open the window, please?", he asked.	Play He asked me if I could open the window.
Must	Had to
Play  "You must wear your seatbelt," mom said.	Play My mom said I had to wear my seatbelt.
Play  She said, "You must work tomorrow."	Play She said I had to work the next day.
Shall	Should
Play  "Shall we go to the beach today?" Tom asked.	Play Tom asked if we should go to the beach that day.
Play  "What shall we do tonight?" she asked.	Play She asked me what we should dothat night.
May	Might/Could
Play  Jane said, "I may not be in class tomorrow."	Play Jane said she might not be in classthe next day.
Play  the boy asked. "May I use the bathroom, please?" the boy asked.	Play The boy asked if he could use the bathroom.

Nota: A continuación tienes una tabla donde puedes observar los cambios que sufren las expresiones de tiempo cuando usamos el estilo indirecto.

Direct Speech	Indirect Speech
today	that day
tonight	that night
this week/month/year	that week/month/year
tomorrow	the next day
next week/month/year	the following week/month/year
yesterday	the day before/the previous day
last week/month/year	the day/month/year before o the previous day/month/year
now	then/at that moment
Otros cambios
here	there

Requests and commands are formed using the "to-infinitive" in statements and "not + to-infinitive" in negative statements. If we report somebody's commands, we use the verb told. If it's a request, the word used in the main clause is usually asked.

• He asked me to close the window.

Commands

• Go to bed!
• He told me to go to bed.

• Don't go to bed!
• He told me not to go to bed.

Requests

• Could you buy some eggs?
• She asked me to buy some eggs

• Don't buy any eggs please.
• She asked me not to buy any eggs.

FOLLOW THE LINKS TO PRACTISE:

Statements

Questions

More questions

Commands

Mixed