history
hypothetical conditional: past
active versus passive
periods of time
collocations with come, give, have and make
100

Complete the words in these sentences.

The government was removed during the rev_____.

revolution

100

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

If Xiulin _____ (not help) us, we _____ (not finish) the project on time.

hadn't helped; wouldn't have finished

100

Rewrite the sentences using the passive.

We sell chairs and tables here.

Chairs and tables _____.

are sold here.

100

Choose the correct alternative.

There was a big party to celebrate the new millennium / fortnight / seventies.

millennium

100

Cross out th word which is not possible.

The team came first / by car / well.

well

200

Complete the words in these sentences.

1 The change to farming communities was history's greatest tur_____ p_____.

2 Rich countries should help poor countries in their economic dev_____.

1 turning point

2 development

200

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

They _____ (go) for a picnic if it _____ (not rain).

would have gone; hadn't rained

200

Rewrite the sentences using the passive.

They don't produce coffee in England.

Coffee _____.

isn't produced in England.

200

Choose the correct alternative.

I stayed for the eighties / a generation / a decade, arriving in 1989 and leaving in 1999.

a decade

200

Cross out th word which is not possible.

I listened while Sam gave directions / a discussion / instructions.

a discussion

300

Complete the words in these sentences.

1 Because people lived close together, the disease quickly spr_____.

2 In the fight to cure cancer, the result of this research is a great adv_____.

1 spread

2 advancement

300

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

If I _____ (study), I _____ (not fail) the test.

had studied; wouldn't have failed

300

Rewrite the sentences using the passive.

They are building a new school.

A new school _____.

is being built.

300

Choose the correct alternative.

In the first part of July , we spent an era / a fortnight / the century in Greece, on holiday.

a fortnight

300

Cross out th word which is not possible.

William made project / progress / a mess in his art class. 

project

400

Complete the words in these sentences.

1 She was one of the most important people in the women's mov_____.

2 The personal computer was the twentieth century's best inv_____.

1 movement

2 invention

400

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

My wife _____ (tell) me if she _____ (have) a problem.

would have told me; had had

400

Rewrite the sentences using the passive.

Someone assassinated the President.

The President _____.

was assassinated.

400

Choose the correct alternative.

She worked in the same school for nearly an age / the nineties / a quarter-century.

a quarter-century

400

Cross out th word which is not possible.

1 I had a dream / homework / good time last night.

2 My ability to speak French came naturally / forward / back to me.

1 homework

2 forward

500

Complete the words in these sentences.

1 The invention of the wheel provided the fou_____ for most machines.

2 The 3,000-year-old body found in the mountains was a great dis_____.

3 In the debate about climate change, we haven't made much pro_____.

1 foundation

2 discovery

3 progress

500

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 If Thierry _____ (not score) that goal, we _____ (not win).

2 What _____ (you/do) if you _____ (miss) the plane?

1 hadn't scored; wouldn't have won

2 would have you done; had missed

500

Rewrite the sentences using the passive.

1 Samuel Beckett didn't write Ulysses.
Ulysses _____.

2 No one has told us anything about the exam.
We _____.

1 wasn't written by Samuel Beckett.

2 haven't been told about the exam.

500

Choose the correct alternative.

1 War was a way of life for grandfather's generation / decade / age.

2 I grew up in a century / an era / the nineties.

1 generation

2 the nineties

500

Cross out th word which is not possible.

1 She's going to give a talk / me a call / problem today.

2 The company has to make a profit / money / decision.

3 She sometimes has progress / trouble / a break while doing her homework.

1 problem

2 money

3 progress

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