Inter I - Revision

How long...?

100

I'm cooking now.

How long have you been cooking?

200

I'm looking for a job.

How long have you been looking for a job?

300

I'm going out with Rob.

How long have you been going out with Rob?

400

It's raining

How long has it been raining?

500

My brother knows Marie.

How long has Your brother known her?

What's the missing word?

100

We can't ________ to go on holiday this year, so we're staying at home.

afford

200

Can I ________ _______ credit card?

pay by

300

Why are you _________ your money on things you don't really need?

wasting

400

Our neighbour ____________ a beautiful house in the country when her aunt Jane died.

inherited

500

I've asked my bank for a _________ because I want to buy a new house.

mortgage

Strong adjectives

100

A: Is the water cold?

B: Yes, _____________

it's freezing

200

A: Is the bedroom small?

B: Yes, _____________

it's tiny

300

A: Are the children hungry?

B: Yes, ______________

they're starving.

400

A: Was she happy with the present?

B: Yes, _____________

she was delighted.

500

A: Is the book interesting?

B: Yes, ______________________

it's fascinating.

Present perfect simple or Present perfect continuous

100

I ___________ the same haircut for years. (TO HAVE)

'VE HAD

200

Helen ____________ down the Amazon River for six weeks. She’s managed to complete the challenge successfully. (TO KAYAK) 

HAS KAYAKED

300

Henry ___________ for two hours straight. He _______ four lessons so far. 

(TO STUDY)

HAS BEEN STUDYING  /  HAS STUDIED

400

I ______­­­­­____ for Jane since midday, but she  _________ yet. (TO WAIT / TO ARRIVE) 

'VE BEEN WAITING / HASN'T ARRIVED 

500

A: Jim, why don’t you take some time off? You ____________ too hard lately. Take a short holiday. (TO WORK) 

B: Yeah, I know. I ______________ a holiday to Spain. (ALREADY / TO BOOK) 

'VE BEEN WORKING  /  'VE ALREADY BOOKED

Surprise

100

Travelling by bus is ___________________ than travelling by plane. (EXPENSIVE)

LESS EXPENSIVE

200

There was so much noise outside that I wasn’t able to sleep.

If __________________. 

If there hadn't been so much noise outside, I would have been able to sleep.

300

William doesn’t speak ____________ as I do. (LOUD)

AS LOUDLY

400

The children had made a mess in the kitchen when I got home.

A mess _______________________________.

A mess had been made in the kitchen when I got home.

500

1. Nobody asked me to rewrite the composition.

I ______________________________.

2. “Lucy is going to arrive tomorrow at 7.00,” Eli said.

Eli told ____________________

1. I wasn't asked to rewrite the composition.

2. Eli told me that Lucy was going to arrive the next day at 7.00.