8174 grammar revision 3 5 tasks for intermediate upperintermediate level 30 minutetest with key

Task 1 – CAUSATIVE: Choose the correct forms of the verbs.
1) This great joke ___ me ___.
a) made – to laugh

b) make - laugh

c) make – laughed

d) made - laugh

c) got - buy

d) got – to buy

c) have – had - baked

d) have – had - bake

c) makes - been

d) made – to laugh

2) Emma ___ her sister ___ some flowers.
a) gets - bought

b) had – to buy

3) Where ___ you ___ this cake ___?
a) did – have - bake

b) did – have – to bake

4) The teacher always ___ us ___ quiet.
a) makes - be

b) made - been

5) Whose father ___ Mr Thompson ___ off the television.
a) have - switched

b) will have - switch

Task 2 – Write the correct from of the verbs in the
brackets. Use Present Perfect, Present Perfect
Continuous or Past Simple.
1) Henry ______ already ______________. (to shave)
2) We _____________ vegetables in the garden last
year. (to grow)
3) ________ you ______________ a horse since you
______________ your leg? (not / to ride, to break)
4) How long ____ Tom ___________ in the car? (to sit)
5) Patrick ______________ the walls of my room light
green when I ___________ 16. (to paint, to be)
6) The Lees __________________ in this house for ten
years. They _________________ to Los Angeles last
month. (to live, to move)
7) I ____________________ 1,400 kms this week. (to
drive)
8) How many books _____ your uncle ____________?
(to read)
9) Shakespeare _____________ several sonnets. (to

write)
10) Mr Taylor ____________________ in the garden
since 8 am. (to dig)
Task 3 – IF CLAUSE: Rewrite the
sentences into conditional ones.
Look at the example.

e.g.: We ran out of milk. You didn't buy any. - If you had bought
some milk, we wouldn't have run out of it.

1) I didn't get up in time. I missed the bus.
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2) Lock the door after arriving home.
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3) Greg didn't buy some bread. He can't have dinner.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
4) It's rainy. We want to go to the playground.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
5) Luke is planning to write a book. He needs some
inspiration.
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__________________________________________

c) have - switch

d) will have - switched

Task 4 – Rewrite the sentences into
active voice.
1) The CD player has been bought
recently.
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
2) Nobody is being examined now.
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___________________________________________
3) I'm sure my son can be taught English.
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___________________________________________
4) Were you brought some fan letters?
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___________________________________________
5) She isn't usually seen by Tim in the disco.
____________________________________________
___________________________________________

Task 5 - Change these sentences
to direct speech.
e.g.: She told Chris not to open that
door.  'Don't open this door,
Chris.'
1) My sister asked me to bring her a cup of tea.
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____________________________________________
2) Peter asked Daisy why she hadn't called him the day

before.
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____________________________________________
3) Sarah said to the children they were going to visit the
zoo the next Friday.
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4) Sam wondered whether his test would be too difficult
to answer.
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____________________________________________
5) Nigel said to me he had met Charles in the disco.
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SOLUTION
Task 1
1) D
2) D
3) C
4) A
5) B
Task 2
1) Henry has already shaved.
2) We grew vegetables in the garden last year.
3) Haven't you ridden a horse since you broke your
leg?
4) How long has Tom been sitting in the car?
5) Patrick painted the walls of my room light green

when I was 16.
6) The Lees lived in this house for ten years. They
moved to Los Angeles last month.
7) I have driven 1,400 kms this week.
8) How many books has your uncle read?
9) Shakespeare wrote several sonnets.
10) Mr Taylor has been digging in the garden since 8
am.
Task 3
1) If I had got up in time, I wouldn't have missed the
bus.
2) If you arrive home, lock the door.
3) If Greg had bought some bread, he could have
dinner.
4) If it wasn't rainy, we would go to the playground.
5) If Luke has some inspiration, he'll write a book. OR
If Luke had some inspiration, he would write a book.

Task 4
1) Someone has bought the CD player recently.
2) The doctor is examining nobody now.
3) I'm sure someone / a teacher can teach my son
English.
4) Did the postman bring you some fan letters?
5) Tim doesn't usually see her in the disco.
Task 5
1) 'Bring me a cup of tea, please.'
2) 'Why didn't you call me yesterday, Daisy?'
3) 'We are going to visit the zoo next Friday,
children.'

4) 'Will my test be to difficult to answer?'
5) 'I met Charles in the Disco.'