Doan Thi Diem Secondary School English 9

Name:…………………………………….Class:………………….Date:………………………
GRAMMAR REVIEW 1
GRAMMAR FOCUS
1. Revision of Tenses 4. Reported Speech.
2. Prepositions. 5. Word formation.
3. Passive Voice
I. Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in the brackets.
1. They (just/ phone) ………………….
have just phonedto say that they (not/ come) …………..……..
haven't come back till
Friday.
2. She (learn) ………………….
learned has forgot
English at school, but she (forget) …………….….. most of it.
3. When he (come) …………………
came there yesterday, we (have) ……………………
were having dinner.
4. Listen to those people! What language they (speak) ……………………………..
are speaking .
5. - A: The party last Saturday evening was wonderful. Why (you/ not join) …………………
didn't you join
us?
- B: I (have) ………………
had to be on duty.
6. Mary (not/ wear) ……………………
didn't wear her glasses at the time, so she (not/ notice)
……………………. was driving .
what kind of car the man (drive) ………………..
didn't notice
7. Harry (not/ look) ……………………
hasn't looked well since he (go) ……………..
went on a diet.
8. It’s nice to be back here in London. This is the second time I (come) ………………
had came here.
9. We (climb) ………………….. over the wall as soon as it (get) …………….. dark yesterday.
10. Since his wife (die) ……………………,
died he (take) ……………………..
has taken to smoking a lot.
II. Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous?
1. They (already/ speak) ………………………………..
have already spoken to me.
2. How long (you/ wait) …………………………
have you been waiting here?
3. The children (sleep) …………………………
have been sleeping for three hours. It’s time to wake them up.
has been writting the novel for 2 years but she (just/ finish)
4. She (write) …………………….
………………..half
has just finished of it.
5. I’m really fed up. It …………………………
has been raining (rain) all weekend.
6. Julia Molina (play) ……………………..
has been playing the piano since she was five, but she (never/ play)
(7)………………………..
has never played professionally. That will change on Monday, when Julia makes her
first CD for a big recording company. For the last two weeks, Julia, from Bristol, (stay)
(8)………………..…
stayed in a hotel in London, and (9) ……………………
has been practising(practise) for ten hours a
ate
day. “It’s really strange”, she said, “I (10) ………………………(eat) in the hotel restaurant
every day, and I (11) ………………….…
only left (only/ leave) the hotel two or three times!” Julia is
very excited: “This is my big chance - I (12) ………………………(wait)
have been waiting for something like this

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all my life”. Her mother is not so happy. Julia is so busy that she (13) …………………….
hasn't had (not/
have) time to phone her mother!
III. Put the following statements into Passive Voice.
1. She has just bought a new house.
a new house has just been bought
……………………………………………………………………………………………
2. They have sold their car due to a big debt.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
thier car has been sold due to/because of/ a big debt
3. They hold a meeting in the village hall once a week.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
a meeting is held in the village hall once a week
4. He didn’t know about the detail of his father’s will./ di chúc/
……………………………………………………………………………………………
the detail of his father's will wasn't known about
5. They owed a lot of money to the bank.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
a lot of money was owed to the bank
6. You can buy videos like this one anywhere.
Videos like this one can be bought anywhere
……………………………………………………………………………………………
7. Someone has to write the history of the European Community one day.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
the history of the European Community has to be written one day
8. When we arrived home, we found that someone was breaking one of our windows.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
...., we found that one of our windows was being broken
9. They have taken the boy injured by a car to the hospital.
The Boy injured by car have been taken to the hospital.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
10. We do not allow children under sixteen to see that film.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
children under sixteen are not allowed to see that film
IV. Put the following questions into Passive Voice.
1. Have you cleaned all the doors and windows?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
have all the doors and windows been cleaned ?
2. Does he take his children to school every day?
Are his children taken to school everyday ?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Will Ms. Fonda deposit all the money in your bank?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
will all the money being deposit by MF in your bank?
4. Is she writing a letter upstairs?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
is a letter being written upstairs ?
5. Did Peter return the radio to the shop yesterday?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
Was the radio returned to the shop by Peter Yesterday ?
6. What is she doing over there?
What is being done by her over there ?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
7. Which girl is he looking for?
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which girl is being looking for by him ?
8. Who did you meet at the party yesterday?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
Who was met at the party by you yesterday?
9. What type of clothes does Jack often wear?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
What type of clothes is often worn by Jack
10. Who will the director appoint to be his assistant?
……………………………………………………………………………………………
who will be appointed to be the director's assistant
IV. Change the following sentences into indirect speech.
1. I said to him: “Stay at home”
……………………………………………………………………………………….
i told him to stay at home
2. The teacher said to the children: “Don’t makes noise in class”
……………………………………………………………………………………….
The teacher told the children didn't make noise in class
3. “I will go to China next year”, Minh said.
Minh said to went to China next year
……………………………………………………………………………………….
4. They said: “We are learning English now”.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
they said that they were learning English at that time
5. “Do you like classical music?”, he asked me.
he asked me if i liked classical music?
……………………………………………………………………………………….
6. The man asked her: “Where are you from?”
……………………………………………………………………………………….
the man asked her where she was from ?
7. Mary asked: “Who will open the box for me, Tom?”
……………………………………………………………………………………….
Mary asked Tom who would opened the box for her
8. He said: “My friend is a doctor here”.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
he said that his friend was a doctor here
9. “What is your mother doing now?”, the man asked me.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
The man asked me what my mother was doing at that time
10. The old man asked me: “Can you help me?”
……………………………………………………………………………………….
the old man asked me for help
V. Supply the correct form of the words in the brackets.
1. Do you know what his job is? Yes, he is a ………………………
musician (MUSIC)
2. …………………..,
Traditionally men had to jump into flames to prove their strength. (TRADITION)
3. His poetry is …………………..
inspired by beautiful girls he meets in his life. (INSPIRATION)
4. What was the ……………………….
major cause of inflation? (MAJORITY)
symbolize
5. The statue of Liberty ………………….. the spirit of Americans. (SYMBOL)
6. The girl in the short black skirt looks very ………………………..
fashionable . (FASHION)
VI. Fill in each space with a correct preposition.
1. Her parents were very proud …………………..
of her when she got the scholarship.
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2. This suit is different ……………
from the one I saw yesterday.
3. The passage is written ………………….
of English.
4. Vietnamese women usually wear ao dai, sometimes ……….. for work, and especially …………
of
special occasions.
5. They named their daughter …………………
by their favorite singers.
6. Famous designers often make their own styles ……
of clothes …….their
to own labels ………..
of
them.
VII. Rewrite the following sentences.
1. Peter keeps forgetting his homework.
→ Peter is ..........................................................................................................
always forgetting his homework
2. I would like you to help me put the chairs a way.
→ Do you mind.................................................................................................
helping me to
3. Please don’t make any noise; I'm very tired.
→ I'd rather …………………………………………………...........................
not to hear any noise; i am very tired
4. This is the best computer I have ever used.
→ I have never ………………………………………………….......................
tried the better computer
5. He hasn’t chatted with his classmates through the internet for ages.
→It's ages ………………………………………………………………..........
since the last time he chatted with his classmates through the internet
6. We haven't seen her since we left university.
→ The last time ……………………………………………..............................
i saw her was the time when we left uni
7. If only I had enough money to buy that car.
→ I wish ………………………………………………………………………..
i had enough money to buy that car
8. Did they return those books to the library?
→ Were…………………………………………………………………………
those books returned to the library ?
9. They usually wore jeans when they were young.
→ They used ……………………………………………………………………
to wear jeans when they ....
10. I'm on the tenth page of the letter I'm writing
→ So far I ............................................................................................................
have written ten pages of the letter i'm writting.

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