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REVISION EXERCISE
NAME _________________________________________________.
DATE __________________________________________________.
READING COMPREHENSION
A.- Read the following text and do the comprehension activities.

1.- Indicate whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
Justify your answers.
a.- Unfortunately, energy-saving homes are not very common.
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b.- People who live in big cities cant recycle.
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c.- The author is not interested in recycling things so that they can be used again.
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2.- Answer these questions in your own words.
a.- Why do you think it is difficult to have an energy-saving house in a big city?
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b.- How does recycling help preserve natural resources?
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c.- How did the writer feel when he visited the energy-saving house?
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d.- What does the writer want us to be aware of?
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3.- Find words or phrases in the text with similar meanings.
a.- kept __________________________________________________________.
b.human
waste
material
or
water
used
in
a
home
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c.- pieces of material from unwanted clothing.
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d.- you add it to the soil in order to grow plants better.
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e.- people who live in cities. __________________________________________.
f.- asked oneself. __________________________________________________.
g.- throwing away carelessly __________________________________________.
h.- protects. _______________________________________________________.

GRAMMAR
A.- Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous of the
verbs in brackets.
1.- Kevin ________________________ (not wash) the car last weekend because
he ___________________________ (not have) time.
2.- She ______________________ (learn) a great deal about plants and animals
while she ________________________(live) up in the tree.
3.- Paparazzi _________________________ (take) photographs of her while she
__________________________ (lie) on the beach.
4.Mark
__________________________
(yawn)
while
the
teacher
__________________________ (explain) the French Revolution.

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5.- I ________________________ (see) Jane at the conference on the
environment, but she _______________________ (not see) me as she
________________________ (listen) attentively.
6.- ___________________________ (you
start) to worry
when you
______________________ (hear) the news?
B.- Complete the text. Use the correct form of the Past Simple or Past
Continuous.
Yesterday, a Bristol man ___________________ (watch) a football match
on TV, when he _____________________ (hear) a strange noise outside.
He ______________________ (open) the
front door and went outside to
investigate. While he _______________________ (stand) outside, the door
_______________________ (shut) behind him. He _______________________
(not have) a key and it _________________________ (rain).
He ____________________ (decide) to break a window to get in. Ten minutes
later, as he ______________________ (climb) through the broken window, the
police ____________________ (arrive).
C.- Write the questions for the underlined words.
1.- The baby was crying because he was angry.
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2.- It took them two hours to get there.
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3.- Scientists travelled to the island to study the environmental situation.
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4.- His father taught him to distinguish the different species of plants.
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5.- The teacher told Marta off because she was talking all the time.
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6.- The police arrested the arsonist immediately.
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D.- Put the words and phrases in order to make questions.
1.- doing / were / last night / you / what
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2.- having / were / you / a bath
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3.- tennis / yesterday / was / he / evening / playing
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4.- they / about / were / talking / what
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5.- was / you / she / studying with / yesterday
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E.- Look at the pictures and write two simultaneous actions in the past.
Choose verbs from the box.
Sing
Rain

swim
sleep

play (2)
laugh

read
watch

shop
climb up

jog

1.2.3.4.5.6.-

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F.- Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

1.2.3.4.5.6.-

He studied English when he was at university.

I no saw the basketball match last night.
When did they made him captain of the team?
He wined his first Olympic gold medal when he was nineteen.
You do any sport yesterday?
They didnt knew that he was the local tennis champion.

VOCABULARY
A.- ADJECTIVES OF CHARACTER. Complete the sentences. Use the words in
the box.
polite
rude
sensible

cheerful

hard-working

lazy

1.- A waiter must be ___________________ to customers all the time.

2.- Zoes too _____________________ to get a summer job. She prefers to stay in
bed.
3.- You should smile a bit more and look more _______________________.
4.- You must be _____________________, you will start work at 7 and not finish
till 4.
5.- I was very ______________________ to you. Im sorry.
6.- That was a crazy thing to do. Why cant you be more ____________________?

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B.- THE WORLD OF WORK. Complete the sentences. Use the words from
the box.
career
manager

earn
pay
training

apply

interview

qualifications

1.- Ive got a job but I dont ___________________ much. They

___________________ me 6 an hour.
2.- Whats the name of the ______________________ of the restaurant?
I want to ____________________ for a job there.

only

3.- The first question they asked me at the _______________________ was,

What ______________________ have you got? I told them I hadnt passed any
exams. I didnt get the job.
4.- My sister doesnt just want a temporary job that doesnt get her anywhere. She
wants a real __________________. At the moment shes at college studying for
her exams because she wants to get lots of _______________________.
C.- COMPOUND ADJECTIVES. Complete the sentences with the correct
adjectives from the box.
part-time
world-famous

well-behaved
high-tech

best-selling
last-minute

1.- He is a very ____________________ young man. Hes always very polite.

2.- Its a really ____________________ office. There are computers everywhere.
3.- Im _____________________. I only work three days a week.
4.- This is the second ______________________ CD theyve produced this year.
They must be millionaires.
5.- They won the match with a _____________________ goal just before the end.
6.- Ronaldo is a __________________ footballer.
D.- COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS. Write these nouns in the
correct column.
window
day
cup
water

COUNTABLE

example
weather
rubber
job

information
animal
hospital
paper

iron
pencil
money
luggage

furniture
bread
newspaper
table

UNCOUNTABLE

E.- Complete these sentences with: a / an / some

without a word.

or leave the blank

1.- Would you like ___________________ cup of tea?

2.- Susans got __________________ green eyes.
3.- If you go to the supermarket, buy _________________ sugar and
________________ dozen eggs.
4.- He became ___________________ actor when he was only 20 years old.
5.- You dont need ________________ passport to visit ________________
countries.
6.- What ___________________ nice weather!
F.- Match.
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.-

A
A
A
A
A
A
A

bottle of
box of
loaf of
packet of
piece of
glass of
piece of

advice
milk
wine
furniture
biscuits
bread
matches

G.- LINKING WORDS. Combine the sentences. Use so, after, although or
because.
1.- The caf was full. We went to the caf next door.
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2.- I didnt go out. I had a headache.
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3.- Paul went ice-skating. He finished his homework.
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4.- He isnt English. He speaks English very well.
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5.- She wanted to win the match. She trained every evening.
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6.- I decided to buy the trainers. They were expensive.
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H.- PREPOSITIONS. Choose a preposition to complete the following

sentences.
1.- Susan works from 8 a.m. ____________ 5 p.m.
a. with
b. to
c. at

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2.- We always have a big celebration ______________ Christmas Day.
a. in
b. at
c. on
3.- I met Sharon _____________ the bus stop.
a. on
b. in
c. at
4.- It was raining when we arrived _____________ London.
a. to
b. at
c. in
5.- We were walking _____________ the street and looking at the shop windows.
a. in
b. along
c. to
6.- We are building a new workshop ____________ the back of the garage.
a. under
b. in
c. at
7.- They rushed _______________ the house because it was on fire.
a. out from b. out of
c. offside
8.- They gave me a beautiful present _____________ my wedding anniversary.
a. for
b. in
c. at
I.- ABSTRACT NOUNS. Form abstract nouns from these adjectives and put
them in the correct column.
aware
creative
extravagant private
dark
accurate
blind
abundant

-ness

-ity

aggressive
curious
dead
confident

-ance

-ence

adolescent
deficient
regular
strong

-cy

beautiful
dangerous
prosperous
violent

-irregular

WRITING
A.- Translate the following sentences into English:
1.- Ella iba conduciendo al trabajo cuando oy la noticia en la radio.
2.- La ltima vez que v a Carol, ella estaba entrenando para el maratn de
Londres.
3.- Qu estabas haciendo cuando empez la clase?
4.- Esta ropa deportiva est muy bien de precio. Las zapatillas son realmente
baratas.
5.- El equipo de ftbol perdi el partido aunque ellos jugaron realmente bien.
6.- El estaba enfermo, por lo tanto, no fue a correr.

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7.- No construyeron una planta de energa nuclear debido a la oposicin de los
ecologistas.
8.- Estbamos haciendo la compra cuando vimos la manifestacin en la plaza.
9.- Cuando sal esta maana, estaba lloviendo.
10.- Encontraste tu cartera en la tienda? No, al final de la calle.
11.- Phil vio un delfn en la costa mientras el estaba nadando en el mar.
12.- Viajamos a travs del Atlntico al final del ao.
13.- La casa estaba en lo alto del rbol, a 55 metros del suelo.
14.- Hiciste deporte ayer No, no pude. Estuve muy ocupado.
15.- El le hizo una foto a ella, mientras ella jugaba al ftbol.
B.- Imagine that you went to the Bahamas last summer. Write a letter to a
friend telling him/her about the photograph someone took of you there.
Remember to include:
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where you went.

a description of the place
what was happening when the photo was taken.
what you did during your stay there
who you met
what special things happened
how you felt

C.- Write a biography of 80-100 words about the sports star Alex Crivill.
Use the notes below and some linking expressions. Use this paragraph
plan:
1.- Early life
2.- Main achievements / events.