GRAMMAR REVIEW BACHILLERATO
1.Complete the sentences with the correct form
of
the verbs
in brackets.
1.
She ……………………… (feel) better after she ……………………… (take)
her
medicine last
night.
2. I
……………………… (think) that Brad ……………………… (travel)
to
Italy
now.
3. I
……………………… (not hear)
the
phone last night because
I
………………………
(sleep).
4.
Yesterday,
I
……………………… (run into) Jim.
I
……………………… (not see) him
in years.
5.
They ……………………… (not know) what they ……………………… (want)
to
study this
year.
2.Complete the passage with the correct form
of
the verbs
in brackets.
Stunt people
1.
……………………… (perform) dangerous actions
in
films. They frequently
2.
………………………
(endanger) themselves
in
order
to
bring spectacular scenes
to the
screen. However,
a lot is
done
to
protect
them.
An
early example was
in a
1928 film when Buster Keaton
3.
……………………… (perform) one
of the most
famous early stunts.
The
front
of a
house
4.
……………………… (fall)
on
him, but Keaton
5. ………………………
(escape) injury.
Set
designers carefully
6.
……………………… (measure)
the
dimensions
of the
house
so
that
it
crashed down around Keaton, and not
on him.
These days, technology
7.
……………………… (make) stunts much safer. Digital special effects
are
used
to
make high-speed
car
chases and fiery explosions
8.
……………………… (look) dangerous without putting
the
stunt person
in
harm’s way. However, not
all
stunt people appreciate
the
new, high-tech
tools.
……………………… (take)
the
thrill
out of the
stunt.
I 10.
……………………… (prefer)
to do
stunts without
any
special
effects.”
3.
Complete
the
dialogues with the correct form
of
the verbs
in brackets
I A: 1.
……………………… you ……………………… (see) Sue
lately?
B: She 2.
……………………… (go)
on
holiday
to
Turkey last
week.
A:
Really? Sue
3.
……………………… (not
be) on
holiday
for ages.
B: I 4.
……………………… (hear) from her last week.
She 5.
……………………… (have)
a
wonderful
time!
II A: I 6.
……………………… (try)
to
phone you yesterday,
but no
one answered. What
7. ………………………
you ……………………… (do)
at
about
6 o’clock?
B: I 8.
……………………… (lift)
weights.
A:
Really? When
9.
……………………… you ……………………… (take
up) weightlifting?
B:
Not long ago.
I 10.
……………………… (train)
for a
competition these
days.
4.Complete the passage with the correct form
of
the verbs
in brackets.
Although
I 1.
……………………… (know)
for
years that exercise
is
important,
I 2.
……………………… (not have)
time
to go to a
gym every day. Then
a
friend told
me
about
a
great new computer game,
Wii Fit, that
3.
……………………… (help) people
get fit at
home!
He
told
me
that after
he4.
……………………… (try) this
game,
he 5.
……………………… (stop) going
to his
gym! The next day,
I 6.
……………………… (buy)
Wii Fit.
There
are
about
40
activities and
the
game’s special graphics
7.
……………………… (help) you
to do the exercises
correctly.
Wii Fit8.
……………………… (combine) fitness with fun,
so
when
I 9.
……………………… (read) that
Wii
Fit10.
……………………… (sell)
at a
current rate
of 90
copies
per
minute,
I
wasn’t
surprised.
5.
Complete
the
passage with the correct form
of
the verbs
in brackets
When
we 1.
……………………… (move)
to
our new house
by the
sea,
I
was eight years
old.
Even before
that,
I 2.
……………………… (spend) every summer
on a
boat.
My dad 3.
……………………… (teach)
me to sail before I
4.
……………………… (learn)
to
ride
a
bike
so I 5.
……………………… (know) how
I
wanted
to
spend
my
time
at our
new house
– I 6.
……………………… (plan)
to get my
own boat and
sail it
every day, which
is
exactly what
I did.
Now, when
I 7.
……………………… (look back)
on my
childhood,
I
realise how lucky
I was to
grow
up by the
sea.
I still 8.
……………………… (love)
sailing
