General Revision Units 1-5 1 Underline the correct form. In some sentences there may be more than one choice. 1 Kevin Richardson is a South African animal behaviourist who specialises / is specialising / has been specialised / is specialised in lions, leopards and hyenas. 2 We haven’t had / haven’t got / don’t have / haven’t a TV for years. 3 Tom is really fed up now, he waits / has waited / has been waiting / is waiting all day. 4 You look angry. Have you been arguing / Did you argue / Do you argue / Are you arguing with Sheila again? 5 I can’t stand Vera, she always shows off / is always showing off / has always been showing off / has always showed off. 6 The man in this picture holds / has been holding / is holding / has held a flashlight in his right hand: I think there’s just been a black out. Units 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 2 Underline the correct form. In some sentences there may be more than one choice. 1 I would be / used to be / was / have been very shy as a boy, though I had a few close friends. 2 The thieves broke into the building easily because everybody watched / had watched / was watching / have watched the solar eclipse. 3 A Were you meeting / Did you meet / Have you been meeting / Have you met my friend Bob yet? B Yes, he had been / has been / was / was being at the cinema with us last Saturday. 4 I’ve been feeling / I’ve felt / I felt / I’m feeling sad since Karen left. I hope to see her soon. 5 We’re celebrating because it’s been 25 years since we were married / have married / got married / are married. 6 He passed all the tests even though he wasn’t studying / hadn’t studied / didn’t study / hasn’t studied much. Units 8, 9 3 Underline the correct form. In some sentences there may be more than one choice. 1 I think you are finding / will find / are going to find / will be finding Sandy at the library. 2 I’m so excited: by this time tomorrow we will travel / are travelling / will be travelling / will have travelled to Paris! 3 The play will start / starts / is starting / is going to start at 4.30 p.m. tomorrow so why don’t we meet in front of the theatre at 4.15? 4 I will see / am seeing / am going to see / will have seen my friends in town at 5 p.m. You could join us there. Units 10, 11 4 Underline the correct form. In some sentences there may be more than one choice. 1 Although Tom studies hard / hardly studies / studies enough / enough studies he always gets excellent marks. 2 He’s probable / unlikely / unlike / impossible to get here in time for the beginning of the show. 3 He quickly ran / fastly ran / ran quick / ran fast away when he heard the shot. 4 You’ll have to work harder / hardly work / work more hard / work more hardly if you change job. 5 I bought a nice velvet blue / nice blue velvet / velvet nice blue / blue velvet nice jacket at the new store on the corner. 6 Try this delicious Italian red / red delicious Italian / Italian delicious red / delicious red Italian wine! 7 I do rarely / don’t often do / seldom do / don’t never do the sudoku puzzle in the newspaper. 8 I have still / still have / have still got / still have got to finish this exercise.
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