MATURITA REVISION C With KEY
MATURITA REVISION C With KEY
KEY:
1. Supply articles where necessary :
1. I’ve been dreaming of a holiday in the Hawaii Islands for years. (a group of islands)
2. My wife is away on business in South America. (own name, no general noun such as “state, republic etc.)
3. Go straight ahead to the church, then turn left.
4. John was the only person I talked to at the party.
5. There’s been an accident. Call the police.
6. They went to an island in the Pacific.
7. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
2. Write these sentences in plural:
a. This farmer is going to sell that sheep.
These farmers are going to sell those sheep (sheep has the same form in singular and in plural)
b. A politician should never follow his own interest.
Politicians should never follow their own interests
c. His wife has brought up the child all by herself.
Their wives have brought up the children all by themselves.
3. Countable and mass nouns. Fill in many, much, a little, a few,little, few:
1. It’s very quiet in my area. There isn’t much traffic. (uncountable)
2. He couldn’t give me much information. (uncountable)
3. There’s a lot of research to be done, because very few experiments have been carried out so far. (countable)
4. He is not popular. He’s got only a few friends. (countable and after “only” you always write “a few”, not just
“few”)
5. Hurry up! We’ve got little time. (uncountable)
6. I last saw Tom a few days ago. (countable)
4. Modal verbs
A) Write these sentences in the future:
1. I must go to work. I will have to go to work.
2. She didn’t have to read this book. She won’t have to read this book.
3. Children mustn’t speak in lessons. Children will not be allowed to speak in lessons.
B) Write these sentences in the past tense:
1. He can speak English well. He could speak English well.
2. They shouldn’t work so much. They shouldn’t have worked so much.
3. Must they learn a lot ? Did they have to learn a lot?
5. I failed the final test last week. If I had studied hard, I would have passed.
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11. Infinitive or gerund?
1. We can’t afford to have a holiday this year..
2. He remembers going to the seaside when he was a child.
3. I am sorry I forgot to post your letter.
4. He saved up 1,000 for a holiday by working as a tourist guide.
5. He used to get up early when he was much younger.
6. She is thinking of moving to America, where she could earn more money in a private hospital, but would prefer to
stay/staying in this country if possible.
7. Let me speak, otherwise you will make me cry.
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13. Use the words provided after the passage to complete:
LEISURE
Before our first trip, the leader of the camp gave us a brief talk. ‘If anything alarming happens, ‘he said, ‘don’t, on
any account, run away. There is a man with a gun to defend us and you just need to do exactly what I say.’
We kept his advice in mind in our expeditions.
One night there was a wonderful howling and screaming of hyenas, followed by a great roaring of lions. In the
morning we saw a group of vultures less than a mile away, and our leader thought that we should investigate in
case they were gathering over a dead body.
We set out and, before going very far, we found the body of a buffalo which had obviously been killed the night
before . Our leader, who was interested in the lions, said the lion must still be very near, because the vultures
were waiting in the nearby trees, and not eating the body. He was soon proved right: we just managed to catch
sight of a golden back disappearing behind some bushes. Most of our walking was less alarming than this. We
walked all day and, when 20) we wanted, we drove by night with a spotlight.
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