UNIT 1 REVISION

1 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate adjective:

careful helpless harmful painless tasteful hopeless powerful thoughtless

1 John is a very careful driver.

2 What he said was really thoughtless. He did not mean it.

3 That old lady was helpless the other day.

4 Who is the most powerful public figure in your country?

5 Don’t do anything harmful to them!

6 When it comes to Mathematics, I am a hopeless case!

7 Is that injection painless?

8 I like this piece of furniture. It shows a tasteful and attractive design.

2 Use these adjectives in your own sentences:

thrilled disappointed uninterested terrifying delighted discouraged

3 Complete the sentences. Use Present or Past Simple, Present or Past Continuous, Future
Simple or infinitive forms:

1 I am doing (do) my homework at this moment. I will go (go) out later.

2 Are you (you / be) interested in visiting that museum?
3 We were talking(talk) while children were playing (play) outside.
4 When did it happen(happen)? In 2011?
5 Are you (you / be) sure that it happened then?
6 A: What are you doing (you / do) now? B: I am writting(write) an email.
7 They aren’t working (not work) today. It’s (be) a holiday!
8 Were you (you / be) absent last week?
9 What are they doing (do) right now?
10 You need to be(be) there on time.
11 Yesterday, when we saw (see) him, he was trying (try) to tell us something.
12 Tom won’t be (not be) at work tomorrow, he is flying to Paris.
13 It is (it / be) true that he wants to become (become) a doctor?
14 The people were not standing (not stand) outside when I went out(go out) last night.

15 We will be joining (join) you for drinks soon.

4 Use the appropriate form of the verb BE:

Good afternoon! How are you (you / be) today? I hope you are (be) fine. Right now ‘m not (not be) so
fine because my teacher gave me a lot of homework to do. Yes, you are(be) right; I ‘m (be) a student.
No, I ‘m not (not be) a student of science. I study at Teacher Education Faculty. My subjects are (be)
interesting. And it ‘s not (not be) boring at all. Some students say that English is (be) too difficult. Some
of them are (be) better at Mathematics. Oh, before I forget, my name ‘s (be) Ana. I ‘m (be) from Serbia.
I was (be) living here since I was born. The climate isn’t (not be) very cold in winter. Our summers can
be(be) very hot. Last summer, we were (be) in Greece for our holiday. It was (be) wonderful.
5 Use the appropriate prepositions:

1 We live in Belgrade.

2 Would you like go to the cinema tonight?

3 We are on holiday next week.

4 There is a bridge over the river.

5 I am playing tennis on Sunday.

6 Her birthday is on 27th November.

7 His birthday is in May.

8 My friend has been living there for a year.

9 I will have finished this by Saturday.

10 I am looking for you!

6 Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in each provided space:

My next-door neighbour has a very unusual appearance(APPEAR). He has long hair with a

part (PART) in the middle and usually wears an old pair of jeans and a

striped (STRIPE) shirt. His clothes are very unsuitable (SUIT) for working in a bank, but that is what he
does! Unless he undresses (DRESS) when he gets to work and changes his clothes! His clothes are
usually filthy and I sure he never washes them or takes them to the cleaners(CLEAN).

7 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the

given word and do not change its form. Use between two and five words, including the given word:

1 I needed a drink of water, so I stopped running. TO

I stopped running to drink water.

2 I think it would be a good idea to take the train. TAKING

I am thinking of taking the train.

3 Don’t forget the lights when you leave. OFF

Don’t forget to turn off the lights when you leave.

4 Please see that you post all the letters. TO

Please don’t forget to post all the letters.
5 If you refuse his offer, you will lose your job. MEANS
Refusing his offer means losing your job.

8 Use these words in your own sentences:

information news advice evidence stuff

furniture knowledge fun importance music
UNIT 2 REVISION

1 Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct tense: Present Simple, Past Simple or Future Simple:

1 Last year my sister _______ (take) five exams at university.

2 Fred _____________ (return) from Denmark in two weeks.

3 I _______________(not drink), but occasionally I _________ (enjoy) a glass of red wine.

4 We ____________ (call) him an hour ago, but he ____________ (not answer) the phone.

5 No matter how hard John _______ (try) not to be late every day, he never _______________

(succeed).

6 Our new neighbours ____________ (sell) their old house in 2015.

7 His wife often ______________ (buy) new clothes and he _____________ (not know) how to stop
her.

8 Mary _________________ (not work) in this office tomorrow. The boss _______ (fire) her yesterday.

2 Write the Past Simple forms of the verbs in the box:

Infinitive Past
think cry
begin teach
cut wash
leave stay
bring send

3 Write questions that will match the provided answers. Sometimes, more than one question is
possible:

1 _____________________________________________ No, I didn’t. He made the cake.

2 _____________________________________________ They’ll arrive around midnight.

3 _____________________________________________ She speaks seven languages.

4 _____________________________________________ Yes, the shop is round the corner.

5 _____________________________________________ My brother bought it.

6 _____________________________________________ We went there with my cousins.

7 _____________________________________________ Yes, she knows the truth.

8 _____________________________________________ They left because they were in a hurry.

4 Circle the answer that you think is correct:

1 I don’t need no one/anyone to help me with this gadget.
2 Lisa has any/none of these skills.

3 Tonight I’m not going anywhere/nowhere.

4 We asked them for advice, but they said nothing/anything. 5

You can finish this exercise in any/no time at all.

6 Does anybody/nobody know the answer to this question?

5 Use the following collocations in sentences of your own:

boat restaurant river bank historical site lovely scenery

sightseeing tour sandy beach thick forest living in the country(side)

6 Put the words in brackets in the correct form:

If you want to be healthy, never forget the (important) _______________ of physical (active)

______________. You can go to a local (fit) __________ club or workout at home. For people who are
more (adventure) ______________, there is always mountaineering or hiking and the (excite)

______________ is guaranteed! Furthermore, they can enjoy the (nature) ______________ beauties
and the (fascinate) ____________ scenery.

If you are too busy and never seem to have time for keeping fit, we have some (practice) ___________

advice for you as well. When you leave your home to go to work, resist the (tempt) ______________ to
drive your (comfort) _____________ car or go by bus. Take a walk to your office instead. It’s (relax)

____________, (enjoy) ___________, and helps relieve any (anxious) ______________ you may feel.

7 Make the following words negative by adding appropriate prefixes or suffixes:

friend

important

legal

relevant

hope

practical

agree

proper

active

respect

responsible

polite

connect
8 Write your own sentences by using the following words or expressions only once:

employment salary

job career

work to fire someone

UNIT 3 REVISION

1 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate adjectives:

trustworthy sociable unreliable confidential comfortable intolerant helpful impatient

1 I didn’t feel very _______________ in her friends’ company, to be honest.

2 Thank you, Sandra. Your advice was really _______________, as usual.

3 Have you invited Leo to the party? He is a very _______________ and fun person.
4 Is Daniel a _______________ person? Can we share secrets with him?

5 What I will tell you now about them is strictly _______________, please don’t tell anyone.
6 Don’t be so _______________! It’ll end in just a few minutes.

7 Sam often promises things, but then doesn’t do them. Isn’t he an _______________ manager? 8
She hasn’t forgiven him yet. She’s quite _______________ when he makes mistakes.

2 Work in pairs. Talk about friendship using these verbs:

make confide in quarrel share socialise rely on keep

3 Complete the sentences. Use Present Perfect Simple or Continuous and Past Perfect Simple or
Continuous:

1 Oh, I love this game! I __________________ (not play) it for years.

2 How long _______________________ (you / wait) here? Not too long, I hope.

3 He realised what he _______________ (say) only after his classmates started laughing.
4 It _______________________ (rain) for days when we set off towards the mountains.
5 That’s the best book I _______________________ (ever / read) in my life.

6 The kids _______________________ (sleep) since we got back from my parents.

7 Who _______________________ (arrange) the food and drinks before the guests arrived?
8 Lisa _______________________ (not finish) her lunch yet. She’ll call you back.

9 Children, how many examples _______________________ (you / write) so far?

10 I _______________________ (never / feel) so bad about it before.

4 Use the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets to complete the text. You will need the verb
HAVE for each predicate:

Mike! Look what our daughter _________________ (do). Can you believe it? She _________________
(make) a castle from the building blocks, all by herself. Isn’t it beautiful? It seems our child

_________________ (have) a flair for creative work. But we both _________________ (have) it when
we were kids, didn’t we? Mike, you once said your dad _________________ (teach) you how to make
model planes even before you went to school. But you _________________ (never / show) me any of
those. ____________________ (you / still / have) them? Maybe our son _________________ (have)
similar talents. If he sees your model planes, he might wish to make them himself. It’s useful and it’s
fun. Besides, he ____________________ (already / say) a few times these days that he is bored. And I
think he ____________________ (waste) much of his free time recently anyway. That would be a nice
activity for him for a change. Don’t you agree?
5 Replace the underlined phrases with suitable single words:

Peter and I were sharing the same room on the student campus. That’s how we became very close
friends and ever since then, our relationship hasn’t changed. Actually, it has become a true and solid
relationship worthy of friends. I respect him a lot because he is good and someone you can always rely
on. If there is something that we don’t really see eye to eye on, we never say bad words to each other,
but we discuss the issue in an open way. For lifelong relationships, we must have friends who are open
and worthy of our trust.

6 Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in each provided space:

When you have (1) _________________ (ONE) as a friend, you normally want this person to be happy.
Our friends hope to get (2) _______________________ (ENCOURAGE) and support from us, especially
if they are faced with (3) __________________ (STRESS) situations. Sometimes, we may feel (4)

___________________ (COMFORT) about giving them advice, but isn’t that (5) ___________________

(EXACT) what they expect us to do? And if you are (6) truly ___________ (FRIEND), you will do that, no
matter what.

7 Complete the sentences with the appropriate prepositions or adverbs from the box:

recently after last month for ago past three months before since

1 We have been best friends ______________ our primary education.

2 I haven’t seen Zoe ______________ quite some time now.

3 They lived abroad ten years ______________.

4 He had signed the document ______________ he sent it to the financial department.

5 I’ll go out with them ______________ I have finished my work.

6 Have you been to any theatres or cinemas ______________?

7 We didn’t see your friends when we were in the club ________________.

8 I’ve been working on this for the ________________.

8 Put the verbs in brackets in the appropriate form. Use Past Simple or Present Perfect:

_________________ (you / ever / be) a member of some special or unusual club? Many years ago,
when Alex first _________________ (start) collecting the toys from the Kinder Surpsise eggs, it

_________________ (seem) to be just her new interesting habit. But after a while, it
_________________ (turn) into a serious hobby. She _________________ (keep) collecting the toys,
and even _________________ (exchange) them with other collectors whenever they met. Since then
on, it _________________ (become) her true passion. Actually, there seem to be quite a lot of adults
with the same hobby. When I was younger, I often _________________ (think) that it’s silly, but now,
when I see how carefree they are, I quite approve of the idea.