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Kent School of English - Extra practice for final examinations

Level: Junior 3

Language dimension

1- These are the stages of producing a magazine. Rewrite them in Passive Voice.
(PRESENT)

1.-Students choose the subject. ______________________________

2.-Someone writes an article about sports. ______________________________
3.-Someone reads and checks the article ______________________________
4.-Other students design the page ______________________________
5.-Another student draws the pictures ______________________________
6.-The girls take the photographs. ______________________________
7.-They scan the pictures ______________________________
8.-They put the pictures in the pages. ______________________________
9.-They send the disc to the printer. ______________________________
10.-Finally they sell the magazine. ______________________________

2- Complete the sentences in Passive past tense. ( PAST)

1.-The famous painting of the Mona Lisa ____________________________in 1956
(damage)
2.-In 79 AD, the Roman city of Pompeii____________________________ by a
volcanic explosion (destroy)
3.-The London Eye_ ________________________________in 1999. (build )
4.-Princess Diana ________________________________in an accident in 1997 (kill).
5.-In 1969, the first moon landing _______________________on TV (see).
6.-In Ancient Greece, the Olympic flame ______________________________into the
Olympic Stadium by a Greek athlete. (carry)

3- Read the different structures for LET and BE ALLOWED TO, then do the
exercises.
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* LET

If we have permission from someone to do something, we use "let". The construction is:

let someone do something.

Again, we don't use "to" in the infinitive.

Examples:

My mother lets me stay out till midnight on a Saturday.

Let me go! I promise I won't tell anyone.

* ALLOW TO

It is used very often in the passive. In this way, the person given the permission is made
the subject of the sentence.

AM / IS / ARE + ALLOWED TO + VERB

You're not allowed to smoke in this room.

They're not allowed to get married yet. Their parents say they are too young.

Complete the sentences using “let or be allowed to”:

1- You (not) _____________________ park here.

2-My parents _____________________ me go to concerts.
3- A: Are you coming on the camping trip with us?
B: No, I ______________
4- Dad __________ me use his car all weekend
5- Put that cigarette out, please. You _____________smoke in here.
6- My mean brother refuses to ___________ me use his computer.
7- Sssh! You _______________ talk in the library.
8- Come on! _________ me have a go.

4- First conditional: use the verbs in brackets

1. If she ………………. a prize, Mary ………………. very happy. (win, be)

2. If John ………………. this weekend, we ……………….to the theatre. (come,

go)

3. If Ann ……………….to me, I ……………….you what she says. ( write, tell)

4. My father ……………….Susan if she ……………….for the broken

window. (forgive, pay)
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5. Jack ……………….a lot better if he ……………….smoking. (feel, stop)

6. If Bob ……………….some money, we ……………….him some. ( need, lend)

7. If Mark ……………….to the instructions, he ………………. what to do. (listen,

know)

8. If it ………………., we ……………….at home. (rain, stay)

9. If you ……………….more exercise, you ………………. healthier. (take, feel)

10. If I don't ………………. , I ………………. the train. (get up, miss)

5- Read carefully and then do the exercises.

From the past into the present perfect

Past: The last time that composer wrote music was last year.

Present perfect: That composer hasn't written music since last year.

From the present perfect into the past simple

Present perfect: We haven't seen Rose for five days.

Past: The last time we saw Rose in town was five days ago

Rewrite using the structures above.

1. The last time I went to the cinema was last Sunday.

…………………………………………………………………………………………
2. The last time Mr Thomas had the flu was three years ago.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
3. The last time I was on holiday was last summer.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
4. The last time I got up at four o'clock was 2 months ago.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
5. The last time the sun shone was Saturday afternoon.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
6. The last time I drove a lorry was 20 years ago.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
7. The last time Ann won the lottery was when she was twenty.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
8. The last time I went to the USA was in 1999.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
9. The last time my brother slept in a hotel was eight days ago.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
10. The last time I fell off my bike was last winter.
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………………………………………………………………………………………….
11. The last time I saw an accident was on 7 January.
…………………………………………………………………………………………

12. The last time I broke a plate was ages ago.

………………………………………………………………………………………….
13. The last time my colleague lost her keys was yesterday.
………………………………………………………………………………………….
14. The last time he read a novel by James Joyce was two years ago.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
15. The last time I did an exam was one year ago.
…………………………………………………………………………………………

6- Should and had better.

a- Choose the correct word.

1- You should / shouldn’t try and get enough sleep.
2- You should / shouldn’t worry. It isn’t good for you.
3- You ought to / shouldn’t keep your friends waiting when you meet each other.
4- You ought to / shouldn’t concentrate on what you’re doing.
5- You should / shouldn’t drink plenty of water.
6- You had better / shouldn’t apologise to your mother immediately.

b- Match the questions (a–f) below with the sentences (1–6) in exercise 1.

I get very thirsty when I’m in the gym. What should I do?
I shouted at my mother today and now I’m sorry. What should I do?
I keep on making mistakes with my homework. What should I do?
I’m always tired and sometimes I fall asleep in school. What should I do?
My friends are angry because I’m often late. What should I do?
I’ve got an important exam but I feel very nervous. What should I do?

c- Complete the short dialogues with the words in the box. Use each word only once.

had better / should / shouldn’t

Cindy: I know you like Ben. When are you going to tell him?
Alice: I don’t know. I’m too shy. What do you think I (4) do?
Cindy: Well, you (5) tell him now before someone else asks him out.
Alice: What if he says ‘No’?
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Cindy: You (6) worry about that.

had better / shouldn’t

Ed: Hey! You (7) do that. You’ll get in trouble.

Stella: Don’t worry. You (8) concentrate on what YOU
have to do.

7- Past Simple tense. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the simple past or
negative simple past.

Yesterday I _______ (leave) early for school. I ________ (take) the bus like I usually
do, instead I ________ (walk). It ________ (be) a sunny morning and I ________
(enjoy) being outside.

My first class ________ (be) Math. I ________________ (understand) the lesson, so I

________________ (ask) the teacher for help. She _______________ (teach) me how
to do the problems, and I think I understand now.

For lunch I ________ (eat) soup with my friends. My friend Rachel _________ (have)
any soup, because she doesn’t like it. She __________ (eat) a sandwich.

8- Look at the comic strip and write a short story.( 85 words)

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