I. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.
compete distribute transmit space post
courteous transfer subscribe deliver satisfy
1. All mail were suspended during the strike.
2. It's only common to thank someone when they help.
3. Do you wish to take out a full twelve-month to the journal?
4. We offer a wide range' of goods at very prices.
5. If you are with our service, please write to the manager,
6. This ticket is only used by the person who bought it. It is not
7. Fax has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts over distances.
8. White walls can give a feeling of
9. The newspaper is free.
10. How much was the on that letter?
II. Write all the pronouns possible to complete each sentence. Write Ø if the sentence is correct
without adding a pronoun.
1. We talk about the party Sarah wants to organise for my birthday.
2. To get to Frank's house, take the main road bypasses the village.
3. The paintings Mr Flowers has in his house are worth around £100,000.
4. Mrs Richmond, is 42, has three children,
5. Don is a friend I stayed with in Australia.
6. She was probably the hardest working student I've ever taught.
7. Stevenson is an architect designs have won international praise.
8. The Roman coins, a local farmer came across in a field, are now displayed in the National
Museum.
9. Dorothy said something I couldn't hear clearly.
10. There was a little we Gould do to help her.
11. He received a low mark for his essay; was only one page long.
12. We need to learn from companies trading is more healthy than our own.
13. Professor Johnson, I have long admired, is visiting the University next week.
14. The man I introduced to you last night may be the next president of the university.
15. These walls are all remain of the city.
III. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition.
1. We take great pride offering the best service in town.
2. This post office is equiped advanced technology transaction.
3. What is the Messenger Call Service used ?
4. Let us take care your postal and telecommunication needs for now and ever.
5. We subscribe all the main medical journals.
6. This computer isn't capable running this software.
7. She seemed satisfied the results.
8. She was fiercely proud family traditions and continuity.
9. I was useful them because I could speak French.
10. I am living away my family and my relatives.
IVFill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box.
represents fueled oversee alarming lost imported
establish reduced covered sought derived cleared.
The rate at which the deforestation of the world is proceeding is (31) In the 1950
approximately 25 percent of the earth's land surface had been (32) with forests, and less than
twenty-five years later the amount of the forest land was (33) to 20 percent. This decrease from
25 percent to 20 percent from 1950 to 1973 (34) an astounding 20 million square kilometers of
forests. Predictions are that all, additional 20 million square kilometers of forest land will be (35)
by 2020.
The majority of deforestation is occuring in the tropical forests in developing countries, (36)
by the developing countries' need for increased agricultural land and the desire on the part of
developed countries to import wood and wood products. More than 90 percent of the plywood
used in the United States, for example, is (37) from, developing countries with tropical rain
forests. By the mid-1980s, solutions to this expanding problem were being (38) , in the form of
attempts to (39) an international regulatory organization to (40) the use of tropical
V. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verb in the list.
endanger scatter coexist pollute devastate
discharge prohibit survive protect capture
1. Many birds didn't the severe winter.
2. Animals shouldn't be for recreation arid entertainment.
3. The health of our children are being by exhaust fumes.
4. The factory was fined for chemicals into the river.
5. The explosion a flock of birds roosting in the trees.
6. Laws have been introduced to killing endangered animals,
7. The air in the city is heavily with traffic fumes.
8. The government should do more to the environment.
9. It is possible for local wildlife to with industry.
10. Western India was by a huge earthquake.
VI. Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in the box.
exhaust release alternate research relate
supply renew pollute harm finite
1. Coal, gas and oil are ______ forms of energy that can not be replaced after used.
2. The nuclear plant provides a fifth of the nation's energy ______.
3. Solar energy is not only plentiful and ______ but also clean and safe.
4. Increased consumption will lead to faster ______ of our natural resources.
5. Electricity companies were criticized for failing to develop ______ energy sources.
6. Oxygen from the water is ______ into the atmosphere.
7. Fossil fuels will be exhausted within a ______ short time.
8. How to make full use of these sources of energy is a question for ______ all over the world.
9. These pesticides are environmentally ______.
10. Water power provides energy without ______.
VII.Replace the relative clauses by an infinitive or infinitive phrase.
1. He was the first man who left the burning building.
_____________________________________________________
2. The last person who leaves the room must turn out the lights.
_____________________________________________________
3. The child is lonely; he would be happier if he had someone that he could play with.
_____________________________________________________
4. Here are some accounts that you must check.
_____________________________________________________
5. My brother is the only one who realized the danger.
_____________________________________________________
6. The Queen Elizabeth is the largest ship which has been built on the Clyde.
_____________________________________________________
7. We had a river in which we could swim.
_____________________________________________________
8. She said that she wasn't going to buy any cards; she hadn't anyone to whom she could send cards.
_____________________________________________________
9. Neil Armstrong was the first man who walked on the moon.
_____________________________________________________
10. The fifth man who was interviewed was entirely unsuitable.
_____________________________________________________
11. I wish we had a garden that my children could play in.
_____________________________________________________
12. I have some homework that I must do tonight.
_____________________________________________________
13. Have you brought a book that Kevin can read?
_____________________________________________________
14. She is the only woman who was appointed to the board.
_____________________________________________________
15. The floor is dusty but I haven't got a brush that I can sweep it with.
_____________________________________________________
VIII.Change all of the adjective clauses to adjective phrases. Use the participles.
1. Only a few of the movie that are shown at the Gray Theater are suitable for children.
_____________________________________________________
2. The couples who live in the house next door are both college professors.
_____________________________________________________
3. A knuckle is a point that connects a finger to the rest of the hand.
_____________________________________________________
4. Antarctica is covered by a huge ice cap that contains 70 percent of the earth's fresh water.
_____________________________________________________
5. Only a small fraction of the eggs that are' laid by a fish actually hatch and survive to adulthood.
_____________________________________________________
6. Our solar system is in a galaxy that is called the Milky Way.
_____________________________________________________
7. None of the pedestrians who were walking up and down the busy street stopped to help the elderly
man who was slumped in the door way.
_____________________________________________________
8. Food that passes from the mouth to the stomach goes through a tube which is called the esophagus.
_____________________________________________________
9. Animals that are born in a zoo generally adjust to captivity better than those that are captured in
the wild.
_____________________________________________________
10. The children attended a special movie program that consisted of cartoons that featured Donald
Duck and Mickey Mouse.
_____________________________________________________
11. The Indians who lived in Peru before the discovery of the New World by Europeans belonged to
the Incan culture.
_____________________________________________________
12. I was awakened by the sound of laughter which came from the room which was next to mine at the
motel.
_____________________________________________________
IXComplete the sentences with -ing, -ed, being + -ed or to-infinitive form of these verbs.
build drive educate elect flow travel introduce need
print say ten off give write win appear
1. The man ______ the bus is my brother.
2. I went to a reunion for students ______ in the physics department during the 1980s.
3. As my aunt told me what she thought, I felt like a schoolboy ______ by his headmaster.
4. There is a sign on the gate ______ 'Entry forbidden'.
5. Emma Thompson is the most famous actress ______ on stage here,
6. Across the river were some of the deer ______ into the park in the 19
th
century.
7. Rivers ______ into Baltic Sea are much cleaner now than ten years ago.
8. New Zealand was the first country ______ women the vote.
9. The booklets ______ as we speak will be on sale later this afternoon,
10. Anyone ______ further information can see me in my office.
11. The guest on our show is the youngest golfer ______ the Open.
12. Mary O'Brien, the Democrat ______ to the council only last week, has resigned.
13. We live in a house ______ in 1906.
14. Any passengers ______ to Cambridge should sit in the first two carriages of the train.
15. Melanie was the only person ______ a letter of thanks.
X.Change the adjective clauses to adjective phrases.
1. We visited Madrid, which is the capital of Spain.
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2. Astronomy, which is the study of planets and stars, is one of the world's oldest sciences.
_____________________________________________________
3. Jasmine, which is a viny plant with fragrant flowers, grows only in warm places.
_____________________________________________________
4. Arizona, which was once though to be a useless desert, is today a rapid growing industrial and
agricultural state.
_____________________________________________________
5. Simon Bolivar, who was a great. South American general, led the fight for independence early in
the 19
th
century.
6. Few tourists ever see a jaguar, which is a spotted wild cat that is native to tropical America.
7. Nero, who was Emperor of Rome from AD 54 to 68, is believed to have murdered both his mother
and his wife.
8. In hot weather, many people enjoy lemonate, which is a drink that is made from lemon juice,
water, and sugar.
9. My uncle Elias, who is a restaurant owner, often buy fish and shellfish from boats that are docked
at the local pier.
10. Honolulu, which is best known to the travelers for Waikiki Beach, has consistently pleasant
weather.
XI.Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
1. She refuse to answer, which was disappointing.
Her _________________________________________________
2. I have not seen a more wonderful building anywhere.
Nowhere _____________________________________________
3. It is disappointing that we haven't heard from Molly.
We are _________________________________________________
4. 'Well done, I'm so glad you've passed your exam."
I congratulated ___________________________________________
5. Somebody really ought to look into this problem further.
This problem _____________________________________________
6. Nobody has paid for the tickets, have they?
The tickets _______________________________________________
7. If I hadn't examined the photograph myself, I would have thought it was a fake
Had ____________________________________________________
8. Tom arrived late and started complaining.
Not only _________________________________________________
9. Smuggling pets is a serious offense, because there is a danger of rabies.
Because of _______________________________________________
10. I wish I could play tennis really well.
I'd like ___________________________________________________