GRAMMAR REVISION EXERCISES

Please write your name! Choose the correct answer and write it into the gap. 1. Water freezes (be freezing / is freezing / freezes) at a temperature of 0°C .2. In some countries it is (there is / is / it is) dark all the time in winter.3. In hot countries people wear light clothes to keep (for keeping / to keep / for to keep) cool.4. In Madeira they have good (the good / good / a good) weather almost all year.5. Most Mediterranean countries are warmer (more warm / the more warm / warmer) in October than in April.6. Parts of Australia don't have any (the / some / any) rain for long periods.7. In the Arctic and Antarctic there is (it is / there is / it has) a lot of snow.8. Climate is very important in most ( most of / most / the most) people's lives.9. Even now there is little (little / few/ less) we can do to control the weather.10. In the future we'll need (we'll need / we are needing / we can need) to get a lot of power from the sun and the wind. Choose the correct answer and write it into the gap. 11. Pele is perhaps the most (most / the most / the more) famous footballer in the world.12. He was (had been / is / was) born in 1940.13. His mother didn't want (not want / wasn't wanting / didn't want) him to be a footballer.14. But he used (used / ought / had used) to watch his father play.15. His father made him (made him to / made him / would make him to) practise every day.16. He learned to use both his left foot and (or his left foot or / and his left foot and / both his left foot and) his right foot.17. He got the name Pele when he was only ten (had only ten years / was only ten / was only ten years).18. By 1956 he had joined (has joined / joined / had joined) Santos and ha scored in his first game.19. In 1957 he was picked (has been picked / was picked / was picking) for the Brazilian national team.20. The World Cup Finals were in 1958 and Pele was looking forward to playing (to play / to playing / to be playing).21. But he hurt his (this / the / his) knee in a game in Brazil.22. He thought he wasn't going to (isn't going to / couldn't / wasn't going to) be able to play in the finals in Sweden.23. If he hadn't been (hadn't been / weren't / wouldn't be) so important to the team, he would have been left behind.24. But he was such a (a such / such a / a so) brilliant player, they took him anyway.25. And even though (even though / even so / in spite of) he was injured he helped Brazil to win the final. Choose the correct answer and write it into the gap. The history of the World Cup is 26. quite a (quite a / a quite/ quite) short one.Football 27. has been (has been / is being / was) played for 28. over (above / over/ more that) a hundred years, but the first World Cup competition 29. was not (did not be / was not / was not being) held until 1930.Uruguai 30. had won (could win / were winning / had won) the Olympic football final in 1924 and 1928 and wanted 31. to be(be / being / to be) World Champions for the third time. Four teams entered from Europe, but with 32. little (a little / few / little) success. It was the first time 33. that (which / that / when) professional teams 34. had played (are playing / would play / had played) for a world title.It wasn't until four years 35. later (later / more / further) that a European team succeeded 36. in winning (to win / in winning / at winning) for 37. the (the / a / its) first time. The 1934 World Cup was again won by 38. the (a / the / one) home team, 39. which (what / this / which) has been the case several times since then. The 1934 final was 40. between (among / between / against) two European teams, Czechoslovakia and Italy. Italy, 41. who (which / that / who) won, went on 42.to win (to win / winning / to have won) the 1938 final. Winning successive finals is something that 43.was not(is not / was not/ has not been) achieved again until Brazil did 44. it (these / them / it) in 1958 and 1962.If Brazil 45. had won (would have won / would win / had won) in 1966 then the authorities would have needed to 46. have (have / let / make) the original World Cup replaced. But England stopped the Brazilians 47. getting (to get / getting / get) a third successive win. An England player, Geoff Hurst, scored three goals in the final and won it almost 48. by himself (by his own / on himself / by himself).1966 proved 49. to be (being / as being / to be) the last year that England 50.would (would / will / did) even qualify for the finals till 1982, though they got in as winners in 1970. Choose the correct answer and write it into the gap. Many 51. people (persons / people / peoples) nowadays believe that everyone should learn to use computers. The majority of children in the UK 52. have (have / has / are having) access to a micro-computer. There are more computers per head in England than 53. anywhere else (anywhere else / somewhere else / anywhere other) in the world.Learning a computer language is not the same 54. as (as / like / than) learning a real language. Most people start off with 'Basic, 55. which (who / what / which) is the easiest to learn.Children seem to find computers easy, but many adults aren't used to 56. working (work / the work / working) with microtechnology.There aren't 57. any (no / any / some) easy ways of learning to program a computer. The only was to become really proficient is to practise a lot 58. on your own (on your own / by your own / on your self). You can pick up basics quite quickly if you 59. are willing to (want to / would / are willing to) make an effort.Most adults feel it would be easier if only they 60. had started (would have started / would start / had started) computer studies earlier.Some people would just 61. rather (rather / prefer / better) not have anything to do with computers at all. A lot have resigned themselves to never even 62. knowing (know / knowing) how a computer works.Microtechnology is moving so fast that hardly 63. anybody (anybody / nobody / no one) can keep up with it all. It's no use 64. trying (in trying / to try / trying to learn about computers just by reading books. Everyone has 65. difficulty in learning (difficulty in learning / difficulties to learn / it difficult to learn) if they can't get 'hands-on' experience. Below is a letter written to the 'advice' column of a daily newspaper.Choose the correct answer and write it into the gap. Dear Marge,66. I am writing (I am writing / I will write / I should write) to you because I 67. don't know (am not knowing / don't know / know not) what to do. I'm twenty-six and a teacher at a primary school in Norwich where 68. I've worked (I'm working / I've worked / I work) for the last five years.When I 69. had been (was / have been / had been) there for a couple of years, one of the older members of staff 70. left (would leave / left / had been leaving), and a new teacher 71. was (would be / became / was) appointed to work in the same department as me.We 72. worked (worked / have worked / should work) together with the same classes during her first year and had the 73. opportunity for building (opportunity for building / possibilities to build / chance to build) up a good professional relationship. Then, about eighteen months after 74.arriving (she has arrived / to have arrived / arriving) in Norwich, she decided to buy 75. her own (her own / herself / her a) house.She was tired of 76. living (to live / live / living) in rented accommodation and wanted a place 77.of her own (by her own / of her own / of herself). At about the same time, I 78. was given (was given / have been given / gave) notice by the landlord of the flat 79. I was living (what I was living / that I had lived / I was living) in and she asked me if I 80. would like (liked / had liked / would like) to live with her. She 81. told (said / told / explained) me that by the time she 82. had paid (would pay / would have paid / had paid) the mortgage and the bills 83. there (it / there / they) wouldn't be 84.a lot (a lot / many / few) left to live on. She suggested 85. we should (us to / we should / we may) share the house and share the costs. It seemed like a good idea, so after 86. we'd agreed (we'd agreed / we could agree / we agreed with) all the details 87. that (what / that / who) needed to be sorted out, we moved into the new house together.At the end of this month 88. we'll have been living (we have lived / we have been living / we'll have been living) together for a year and a half. It's the first time 89. I've lived (I live / I'm living / I've lived) with anybody before, but 90. I might have guessed (I should guess / I might have guessed / I'd have guessed) what would happen. I've fallen in love with her and now she's been offered another job 200 miles away and is going to move. I don't know what to do. Please give me some advice.Yours in shy desperation,Steve Look at the following examples of question tags in English.He is getting the 9.15 train, isn't he?She works in a library, doesn't she?Tom didn't tell you, did he?Someone's forgotten to switch off the gas, haven't they.Choose the correct tag and write it into the gap. 91. Steve's off to China, isn't he (has he / hasn't he / isn't he)?92. It'll be a year before I see him again, won't it (won't it / won't we / shan't it)?93. I believe he's given up smoking, hasn't he (isn't he / don't I / hasn't he)?94. I'm next on the list to go out there, aren't I (am not I / are I / aren't I)?95. No doubt you'd rather he didn't stay abroad too long, wouldn't you (shouldn't you / wouldn't you / hadn't you)?96. He's rarely been away for this long before, has he (is he / hasn't he / has he)?97. So you think he'll be back before November, do you (shall he / will he / do you)?98. Nobody's disagreed with the latest proposals, have they (did he / has he / have they)?99. We'd better not delay reading this any longer, had we (should we / did we / had we)?100. Now' hardly the time to tell me you didn't need a test at all, is it (did you / is it / isn't it)?