WC LEVEL 19
REVIEW
CEVAZ
1. Add suitable TAG QUESTIONS to
the following sentences.
1) That's
the best solution, _______________?
2) Nobody
failed the exam, _______________?
3) Everybody's
coming to the wedding, ______________?
4) Let's
meet at the Irish pub, _______________?
5) We
never see that actor any more, _______________?
6) It's
hardly surprising, _______________?
7) There's
nothing anyone can do, _______________?
8) Somebody
must have Tom's phone number, ______________?
9) Let's
go for a walk, _______________?
10) It's never too late ,
_______________?
11) There
wasn't enough paper in the printer, _____________?
12) If
he spoke better English he would look for a job abroad, _______________?
13) They've
already sent you the invitation, ________________?
14) We
should invite them to our party, ______________?
15)
You had to sell some shares, __________________?
2. Rewrite the following sentence to make
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES. They can be RESTRICTIVE or NON-RESTRICTIVE.
1) The
Amazon River is perhaps the longest river in the world. It contains a fifth of
the world's river water.
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2) What's
the name of the book? You want me to read it.
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3) The
Taj Mahal is the most famous building in India. It was built in memory of the
emperor's third wife.
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4) The
hotel we stayed in. The hotel was very expensive.
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5) The
Beatles recorded in the 1960's. They are the most influential pop band of the
twentieth century.
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6) The
meeting was cancelled. This surprised a lot of people.
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7) I
rent a house. It is very small.
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8) Norm's
brother is getting married this weekend. Norm is giving a speech at the wedding
reception.
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9) They
met in New York. They fell in love and got married there.
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10) I
went to England with Tony. He had never been there before.
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11) Last
night we had Japanese food. I love it.
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12) That's
the boy. His mother works in the post office.
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13) The
businessman was very rich. I saw him last night.
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14) Once
a year, I visit Toronto. I grew up there.
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15) The
man smoked forty cigarettes a day. He died of a heart attack.
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3. For each sentence below,
decide if the adjective clause (in bold) is RESTRICTIVE (R) or NONRESTRICTIVE
(NR).
1) Students
who have young children are invited
to use the free daycare center. ____
2) I
left my son at the campus daycare center, which
is free to all full-time students. ___
3) John
Wayne, who appeared in over 200 movies,
was the biggest box-office attraction of his time. ___
4) I
refuse to live in any house that Jack
built. ____
5)
Melanie, who was born in a boxcar
somewhere in Arkansas, grows homesick every time she hears the wail of a
train whistle. ___
6) My
new running shoes, which cost more than
a hundred dollars, fell apart during the marathon. ___
7) I
lent some money to Earl, whose house was
destroyed in the flood. ___
8) The
thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey
their children. ___
9) A
physician who smokes and overeats
has no right to criticize the personal habits of his patients. ___
10) The
beer that made Milwaukee famous has
made a loser out of me. ___
4. Complete the sentences with
the correct INDEFINITE or DEFINITE ARTICLE A / AN /THE. Use X when NO ARTICLE is
needed.
1)
Can you play ____ musical instrument? I play _____ piano and ______ guitar.
2) Do
you own _____ guitar? Someone left ______ old guitar sitting on the table.
3)
These days, _____ apples are really expensive. And _____ lettuce costs a
fortune! Why do ______ fruit
and _____ vegetables cost so much?
4)
Diana thinks ______ creativity and _____ innovation are something you can't
teach, but I disagree.
5)
Dr. Preston told me that ______ pronghorn is the fastest land animal on the
planet, but I think he was wrong. I'm pretty sure ______ cheetahs are faster.
6) The
environmentalist argued that ______ clean air should be _____ universal
"human right". He discussed the effects of ______ pollution on ______
human health.
7)
Cheryl thinks _____ cats make the best pets, but I think _____ dogs have more
personality.
8) The
documentary discussed whether ______ cat was domesticated in ancient Egypt or
in an earlier period. I have ____ cat, so I was very interested in _____ program.
9) I
wish I could play ______ violin. I love string instruments like ______ violins
and _____ cellos.
10) I
read that ______ bristlecone pine is the longest living tree in the world. And
I also read ______ sequoias are the biggest trees in the world. Amazingly, both
trees are found in California!
5. Read the following paragraphs.
Fill the gaps with 'a', 'an', 'the' or 'X' (no article)
1) Frank Crawford is ______ American citizen.
He is also ______ FBI agent (and has ______ ID card to prove it) whose qualifications
include ______ M.A. and ______ Ph.D. - and he has ______ I.Q. of 160. Because
his father was ______ M.P. in ______ England and his mother, ______ Italian,
worked as ______ G.P. there, Frank often sees things from ______ European
perspective. He strongly supports ______ idea of ______ united Europe. He was
recently in London for ______ one-day conference on ______ organized crime, and
he gave ______ speech which lasted ______ hour. (You can get ______ copy of his
speech by sending ______ s.a.e. to ______ address below.) When in London he
always stays at ______ hotel in ______ Holland Park, near ______ Oxford Street,
where he always eats ______ onion sandwich for ______ breakfast. When Frank inherited ______
fortune from ______ uncle recently, he used it to found ______ university and
buy ______ x-ray machine for ______ hospital.
Abbreviations:
M.A.: Masters of Arts
I.Q.: Intelligence Quota
M.P.: Military Police or
Member of Parliament
G.P.: General
Practitioner (Family Doctor)
s.a.e.: Stamped addressed
envelope (a prepaid envelope with the address written on it)
2) There
was ______ collision between ______ car and ______ cyclist at ______ crossroads
near ______ my house early in ______ morning. ______ cyclist was taken to
______ hospital with ______ concussion. ______ driver of ______ car was treated
for ______ shock. ______ witnesses say that ______ car was going at ______
seventy miles ______ hour.
3) My
aunt lived on ______ ground floor of
______ old house on ______ River Thames. She was very much afraid of ______
burglars and always locked ______ house before she went to ______ bed. She also
took ______ precaution of looking under ______ bed to see if ______ burglar was
hiding there.
6. Complete the sentences by stating
conditions with “only after”, “only if”, “provided that”, ‘as long as”, “otherwise”,
“unless”, “even if” (you can use each expressions more than once.
1) You
shouldn't change lanes ___________ you signal first.
2) A
driver may change lanes ____________ it is safe to do so.
3) You
shouldn't change lanes ___________ you signal first.
4) A
driver may change lanes ___________ it is safe to do so.
5) A
driver should park in a handicapped space ________ the driver has a special
permit.
6) When parking, a driver should park between
the marked lines. __________, he will take up two spaces.
7) ___________
he plays piano, I go for a walk.
8) It'll
be worth our while to continue producing large quantities ____________ we
continue to market and promote the product. Otherwise, we should slow down
production.
9)
___________I hadn't said that to her. She's not speaking to me now.
10) I'll
lend you the book ___________ you promise to give me it back next week.
11) The
vaccine has saved tens of thousands of children who would _________ have died.
12) We're
going skiing next week _____________ there's enough snow.
7. Complete the sentences with
one of the words or phrases from the list.
point out witty
insight fixated faulty scarce
dwindle cranky will power
1) All
of us are feeling the pressure plus you have a new baby and a _________ husband
who isn't helping you a bit.
2) While
Oliver is positive about the use of radioactive metal, he does ________ there
are dangers.
3) She
beamed another brilliant smile, and it took all his _________ to leave her to
see one of his least favorite people.
4) Thousands
of years hadn't given him much __________ into a woman's way of thinking, but
this he knew without a doubt.
5) British
farmers of long experience look back to 1874 as the last of the really good years,
and consider that the flourishing days of British agriculture began to _______
at about that time.
6) He
was well known in fashionable circles, where his ________ conversation and his
pleasant manners made him a favorite.
7)
“My eyes were __________ on his playful, deep-set brown eyes” (Bernard Lown).
8) Good water is everywhere so
________ that but for the rain preserved in cisterns the country would be
mostly uninhabitable.
9) I
need you to take me to a travel agency so I can arrange to go home, she said
with exaggerated slowness to make sure he understood despite her __________
translator.
