REVISION
I How do we say these dates?
E. g. 10th June 2015 – The tenth of June two thousand and fifteen.
1 11TH January 2010
2 1st August 1992
3 31st November 1983
4 20th April 1911
5 14th September 2000
II Use appropriate possessive adjectives instead of the personal
pronouns in brackets.
E. g. They do (they) homework after school.
They do (their) homework after school.
1 Mary likes (she)…..dog.
2 (It) …..name is Bobby.
3 (He) ....favourite hobby is tennis.
4 (I) ......friend and I want to go to Paris.
5 (We) ....teacher is patient and fair.
III Use personal pronouns instead of the underlined words.
E. g. Open the window, please.
Open it, please.
1 I am writing a letter to my friend, John.
2 Look at Mary.
3 You must wash your hands.
4 Help Mary and me.
5 Help your brother with the homework.
IV Put the verbs in the correct tense (the Present Simple or the Present
Continuous).
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4
5
Quiet please! I (write) a test.
She usually (walk) to school, but today she (go) by bike.
Every Sunday we (go) to see my grandparents.
He often (go) to the cinema.
I (not / do) anything at the moment.
V Put the sentences into the Past Simple. (Don't forget to revise the
irregular verbs in your notebook.)
My grandfather (have) a very exciting life. When he was young, he (live) on
a farm in the country. His parents (raise) cattle, and he (look) after the
cows. When he was eighteen, he went to university, where he (study)
Philosophy. He also (play) the trumpet in a jazz band. When the war started,
he (try) to join the Air Force, but he (end) up in the Navy. In the Atlantic, a
German torpedo (rip) a hole in the side of his ship, and the ship sank. Only
five men (escape). They (sail) in a lifeboat back to England. Then he
(meet) my grandmother, and they (marry) after only three weeks. He says
now that he (want) to marry her very quickly in case he (die) in the war.
VI Use the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in
brackets.
1 A cheetah is ............ than a horse. (fast)
2 Susan’s hair is .............. than Betty’s. (short)
4 June is................ than May. (hot)
5 Table tennis is ................. than tennis. (easy)
6 French is ........... than English, but Chinese is the ................. language.
(difficult)
7 “Airforce One" is the ................ film I have ever seen. (interesting)
8 No, I don’t think so. "Contact" is ................ than "Airforce One".
(interesting)
9 Hot dogs are .................. than hamburgers. (good)
VII Write the adverbs.
Adjectives
bad
beautiful
noisy
nice
careful
happy
good
terrible
hard
loud
fast
slow
easy
horrible
awful
Adverbs
badly