Christmas Grammar Work
Christmas Grammar Work
Christmas grammar work for Bachillerato LOGSE Students – 2nd year - Teacher: Juan M. Rubio
1.- Complete the sentences with the PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS or PAST PERFECT;
some verbs can be passive.
a) At 9 o’clock, the lesson …………… (begin) but most students …………….………… (not turn up) yet.
b) While I ………………. (wait) at the bus stop, it …………….. (start) to rain.
c) My friend Carol ……………….. (call) me for help while I ………………. (do) my homework.
d) We ………………. (walk) to school when a car ……………. (run over) a girl. The car …………………
(steal) by a thief earlier in the day.
e) When the team ………………. (score) another goal, the fans ………………. (cheer).
f) The waiter ……………….. (serve) a customer when the robbers ………………… (break) into the
restaurant.
g) When the alarm ………………… (ring), I ……………….. (jump) out of bed.
h) Last summer, we ……………….. (go) to see the house where we …………………….. (live) as
children.
2.- Complete the sentences with PAST SIMPLE, PRESENT PERFECT or PAST PERFECT:
3.- Complete the paragraph with PAST SIMPLE, PRESENT PERFECT or PAST SIMPLE:
When J.K. Rowling (a) ……………………. (publish) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
in 1997, she (b) …………. (be) a poor, unknown autor. Until then, noone (c) ……………….
(hear) of her, or of Harry Potter. But it (d) …………….. (not take) long for both to become
famous. Rowling (e) ………………. (get) the idea of a book about a wizard school while she (f)
………………. (travel) on a train to London. By the time she (g) …………….. (arrive) in
London, she (h) ……………………. (already/invent) most of the characters. The book was a
huge success. In 1998, it (i) ……………….. (reach) America, and by October 1999, Harry Potter
(j) ………………… (sell) over 13 million copies worldwide. They are still very popular.
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4.- Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the PRESENT
PERFECT SIMPLE, PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT SIMPLE,
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS or FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE.
1.- It was midnight. I ........................................ (read) for 7.- I ..................................... (not drive) for long when I ran
over four hours. No wonder I was feeling tired. out of petrol.
2.- I .................................. (save) for my trip for two years. I 8.- Frank had to beg for money because
can’t wait to leave. he ........................... (spend) all his money.
3.- ........... we ........................... (study) all the grammar in 9.- I ................ (not eat) since the morning. I’m starving.
the syllabus by the end of this year? 10.- She doesn’t deserve a holiday.
4.- I was late for the lesson. The She .................................... (not work) hard recently.
teacher ......................................... (already/give) the test 11.- He was not told that he ...................................
when I got to class. (already/accept) for the new job, so he spent a few
5.- He had to postpone his trip because anxious days waiting for the reply.
he .............................. (not save) enough money yet. 12.- Robert ............................... (have) a very successful
6.- By the time you receive this letter, life. He is now a famous film producer.
I .......................................... (return) home.
5.- Using the information given, complete each sentence with a suitable verb. Use the PAST
PERFECT SIMPLE or CONTINUOUS.
a) Maggie worked in the garden all afternoon. Then she took a hot bath.
Maggie took a bath because she ...........……..................... in the garden all afternoon.
b) Graham went for a walk. In the woods he saw some rare birds. When he got home he wrote a letter to the local
newspaper about them.
Graham wrote to the local newspaper about some rare birds which he ......…........... a few hours
before.
c) Rebecca came top in the final examination. Her father bought her a car as a reward.
Rebecca’s father bought her a car because she .............………........ top in the final exams.
d) Henry came home from work early. He cooked lunch. His family were very impressed.
Henry’s family were very impressed to discover that he .......…..... already ............................. .
e) I lost my watch. We were looking for it for hours. Eventually, my son found it. I was very pleased.
I was very pleased when my son found my watch because we ...........…….................. for it for hours.
f) Bruce tried to mend a broken window. He cut his hand. He went to hospital.
Bruce went to hospital because he ...……........ his hand while he was trying to mend a broken
window.
6.- Complete the gaps with the right word from the box:
a) Are you sure you can ................... the rent of that flat? How much are you paid every month?
b) When you were a child, your parents used to take ............ of all your needs. INVEST
c) How much money do you want to ................ in buying a computer? Is it worth spending so much money AFFORD
on it?
SAVINGS
d) ................. which has been carried out recently shows that young people in Greece aren’t in a hurry to
leave home. DESIRE
e) Lisa felt the need to ................... her wings. Besides, she didn’t want to share a room at home with her RESEARCH
sister.
RISE
f) She has got a strong .................. to move into a flat of her own.
SPREAD
g) He is certain that the value of his flat will .................... within the next three months.
h) Don’t spend all your ......................... on that car. You’ll need the money to pay for the computer . CARE
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7.- Choose the correct word in each sentence:
a) I was very annoying/annoyed with her for coming late to our meeting.
c) She is such a bored/boring person. She tells the same stories over and over again.
d) When you choose a flatmate, it’s advisable to pick someone you spoil/get along well
with.
8.- Complete the story with one of the words below. You may need to change the form of some of
the words:
TURN UP Few of us realise how hard it is for a (1) ………………. to make sure that the
PAY ATTENTION details (2) ………… consistent in a scene where the same (3) ………… is refilmed.
FILM-MAKER It is not surprising that occasionally a mistake (4) ……………… . Luckily, most
PREVIOUS people don’t (5) ………………. to them at all. For example, how many people
FEAR noticed that in Coming to America, during a scene late in the film, there is (6)
LEAVE ……………… a dog sitting on the piano seat? The director made a point of (7)
REMAIN
………….. the piano open. The father gets up and then there is a cut back to the (8)
ALMOST
…………... scene of the dog, but now the piano is shut and the keys aren’t showing.
ENSURE
SUPPOSEDLY
(9) ……………. how much effort goes into making a film, it is (10) ………….
SHOT impossible to (11) ……………… perfection. As Salvador Dalí said, “Have no (12)
NO MATTER …………….. of perfection. You’ll never reach it.”
9.- Complete the gaps with the right tense of the verb, active or passive:
a) If you hadn’t been so late for work, you g) He lives in a small house. It ………………..
………………………….………….. (not ……………… (build) about forty years ago.
sack). h) I realised that I
b) I was so worried about my garden while I ………………………………………………
was in hospital, but I have very good (follow) at that moment.
neighbours. When I got home, I i) Sorry about the noise –the road
………………………. (realise) that all my ……………………………… (mend) at this
plants …………………………………. moment.
(water) regularly.
j) By next Tuesday, I think that everything
c) Last night, the manager of the Ridgeway …………………………………… (do) properly.
Hotel ………………….. (hold) at gunpoint.
When he tried to stop the thieves, he k) He noticed that all his money
……………….. (shoot) in a leg. Nearly ……………………………………………………
$10000 …………………. (take) from the . (steal).
hotel safe. l) When I met him, he
d) I’m afraid I can’t lend you my camera. It ……………………………… (work) as a waiter
………………………….. (repair) this week. for a year or so.
e) When did you discover that the money m) London …………………….. (change) a lot since
………….……………… (disappear)? we first ……………………… (come) to live
here.
f) This morning, I ……………………. (keep)
waiting by the manager for half an hour. n) Halfway to the office Paul turned round and
………………….. (go) back home because he
……………………. (forget) to turn the gas off.
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10.- Write these sentences in another way using the PASSIVE VOICE; begin in the way shown:
a.- They didn't pay her the money. a.- She ........................................
c.- Janet's colleagues gave her a nice present. c.- She .........................................
d.- Nobody told me that George wasn’t coming. d.- I ...........................................
e.- Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. e.- .............................................
f.- I think they should have offered Tom the job. f.- I think Tom ................................
g.- Did they show you what to do? g.- ........ you ...............................?
h.- Liverpool beat Machester 3-0 yesterday. h.- .............................................
i.- Informers will provide the police with a few hints.
i.- A few hints .................................
j.- We have to advise Brian how to do his work.
j.- Brian .......................................
11.- Change the following sentences into the PASSIVE VOICE (Remember to leave out the agent
of the action when not necessary)
a.- Someone should teach Zapatero some English before everyone realises the
truth.
Zapatero ...........................................................................
..
b.- Somebody saw the criminal and then, a neighbour phoned the police. (2 verbs)
The criminal .......................................... and
then, .......................
c.- Did Aznar tell any lies about the Madrid attacks?
....................................................................................?
d.- Does alcohol affect all Spanish teenagers?
....................................................................................?
e.- Do you suppose your brother could have sent such an e-mail?
Do you
suppose ......................................................................?
f.- They often use a computer to do that job nowadays.
.....................................................................................
g.- If they had money to spare, they would spend it on facilities for patients.
If they had money to
spare, .............................................................
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13.- Join the following sentences using a relative pronoun. Leave out the pronoun if possible.
a.- I’ve got a friend. His cousin has become a famous singer.
I’ve got a
friend ...........................................................................
......................................................................................
.......
I visited
the ...............................................................................
This is the
car .............................................................................
e.- Mark’s flat is on the first floor. It’s not very small.
......................................................................................
.......
f.- The village has become a popular resort. We spent our honeymoon there.
......................................................................................
.......
......................................................................................
.......
......................................................................................
.......
i.- San Marco is not far from my home. San Marco is not very cheap.
......................................................................................
.......
14.- Complete the gaps with the right relative pronoun. Sometimes, the pronoun could be left
out.
a.- He opened the drawer in ………. the money was h.- This is the restaurant ………… my sister works.
hidden. i.- You should come over tomorrow, ……….. I’ll have
b.- I’m friendly with Johnny Collins, ……….. father is more time to help you.
our family doctor. j.- Here is a photo of my home, ……….. I have lived
c.- Do you remember the day ………. we first met? my whole life.
d.- The tennis club ………. I belong to is in this k.- Tell me about the girl ………. mother is a famous
neighbourhood. politician.
e.-Joe Harris, ……….. has been mayor for twenty l.- This is the professor ………… course is the most
years, has been re-elected again. interesting I have ever studied.
f.- The new film ………. everyone is talking about is m.- The film ………… I wanted to see has just been
very frightening. released.
g.- Alejandro Sanz’s new album, ………… came out n.- He’s the Italian boy ………… is staying with John’s
last week, is very good. family.
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o.- That’s the solution ………… I suggested q.- I enjoy parties ………… go on till dawn.
yesterday. r.- I like meeting people ………… have travelled
p.- We’ve got a basement ………….. we store old widely.
furniture.
15.- Join the following ideas using a RELATIVE PRONOUN. Make any changes if necessary. Remember
to leave out the pronoun if possible.
a.- Two Indians sold the bombers a mobile phone. That phone was part of an unexploded bomb.
Two
Indians ..............................................................................
b.- The Spanish police also suspect of another Moroccan. The police are still seeking that Moroccan.
c.- Carlos Sobera became well-known a couple of years ago. Carlos Sobera’s new quiz show is also very
successful.
......................................................................................
.
d.- Lesley got her body pierced in a piercing practitioner. No one had ever heard of him.
e.- Bush doesn’t consider Zapatero a good friend. Zapatero has never supported Bush.
Zapatero .............................................................................
...
f.- Was Zapatero a surprising candidate? Some socialist leaders expected him to lose.
Was Zapatero
a .........................................................................?
16.- Complete the gaps with one verb from the box in the right tense:
17.- Fill the gaps in the sentences, using the words given.
a) If I had more money, e) If you wanted to buy someone a really good
……………………………… (you/marry) me? present, what sort of thing ………………………
b) He wouldn’t help you if (you/look for)?
………………………………. (he/not like) you. f) You’d have a lot more friends if …………………….
c) ………………………. (you/find) the machine is (you/not be) so mean.
quite simple to operate if you look at the g) How …………………… (you/feel) if you were in
manual. my position?
d) ……………………………….. (your parents/not h) Would you change your job if ……………………..
be) proud if they could see you now. (you/can)?
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i) If ………………………….. (they/not treat) me m) If you lost your job, ……………………………
well, I will be very miserable. (you/regret) it.
j) I’ll get you a list if ……………………… n) ………………………………. (you/go) to the party if
(you/be) interested. you had been invited?
k) If I decide to apply for that job, o) Dave and Veronica wouldn’t have split up if he
……………………….. (you/give) me a ……………………… (not cheat) on her.
reference letter? p) If you had been more careful, you
l) What would you do in case ……………………….. (not hurt) your leg.
…………………………….. (you/fail) your
driving test?
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.....................................................................................
....
d.- "Don’t attack Syria just because you think you’re superior to anyone!" President Bush was
told.
......................................................................................
....
a.- Turn this sentence into the ACTIVE VOICE: Thousands of Kurdish people weren’t respected by
Saddam’s regime.
......................................................................................
....
b.- Give a question for the underlined words: Almodovar accused Aznar’s government of
planning a coup.
......................................................................................
....
c.- Join the following sentences with a linker (Do not use AND or BUT) Make any changes if
necessary: Zapatero considers himself a pacifist. Zapatero has never been in favour of the war .
......................................................................................
....
d.- Rewrite this sentence without changing its meaning. Begin as indicated : Although
Aznar wasn’t the PP candidate, he was punished by voters for his support of the war.
In spite of
..................................................................................
e.- Rewrite the following sentence without changing its meaning. Begin as indicated:
Some Islamis groups are too violent to understand the pain that they have caused in Spain.
Some Islamic groups
aren’t ...............................................................
h.- Give a question for the underlined words: 11 million people expressed their anger on
Spanish streets.
......................................................................................
....
i.- Give a question for the underlined words: Bin Laden has been threatening
America since he stopped working for the CIA.
......................................................................................
....
j.- Rewrite the following sentence without changing its meaning. Begin as indicated:
Thailand isn’t as dangerous as Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is...............................................................
k.- Turn the following sentence into DIRECT SPEECH: President Putin pointed out that he
would never tolerate that a few terrorists forced their country to surrender.
..................................................................................
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ANSWERS
Exercise 2 Exercise 5
a) graduated / hasn’t found a) had been working
b) have been / have known b) had seen
c) had moved / had attended c) had come
d) met / have lived d) had already cooked lunch
e) Had you eaten e) had been looking
f) hasn’t arrived f) had cut
g) haven’t seen / moved
Exercise 6
h) had found
a) afford
Exercise 3 b) care
a) published c) invest
b) was d) research
c) had heard e) spread
d) didn’t take f) desire
e) got g) rise
f) was travelling h) savings
g) arrived
Exercise 7
h) had already invented
a) annoyed
i) reached
b) hopeless
j) had sold
c) boring
Exercise 4 d) get along
1) had been reading e) tight-fisted
2) have been saving
Exercise 8
3) Will we have studied
1) film-maker
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2) remain j) Brian has to be advised how to do his work.
3) shot
4) turns up
Exercise 11
a) Zapatero should be taught some English
5) pay attention
before everyone realises the truth.
6) supposedly
b) The criminal was seen and then, the police
7) leaving was phoned (by a neighbour).
8) previous c) Were any lies told by Aznar about the Madrid
9) no matter attacks?
10) almost d) Are all Spanish teenagers affected by
alcohol?
11) ensure
e) Do you suppose that such an e-mail could
12) fear have been sent by your brother?
f) A computer is often used to do that job
Exercise 9 nowadays.
a) wouldn’t have been sacked g) If they had money to spare, it would be spent
b) realised / had been watered of facilities for patients.
c) was held / was shot / were taken
d) is being repaired Exercise 12
e) had disappeared a) Will the attacks on the commuter trains be
forgotten?
f) was kept
b) All forms of terrorism are going to be fought
g) was built by Zapatero even though Bush’s war on terror
h) was being followed wasn’t supported by his party.
i) is being mended c) Rajoy was thrown out of power because
Aznar is blamed for the bloodshed in Madrid.
j) will have been done
d) Too many innocent people were hurt and
k) had been stolen killed in the bomb attacks.
l) had been working e) Was any evidence hidden by Aznar’s
m) has changed / came government?
n) went / had forgotten f) A woman cannot be forced to wear any
religious symbol which is considered a sign of
Exercise 10 oppression.
a) She wasn’t paid the money. g) Nothing was done by the popular government
to prevent the attacks and they were blamed
b) A fortune is owed to our company. for so much terror.
c) She was given a nice present by her
colleagues. Exercise 13
d) I wasn’t told that George wasn’t coming. a) I’ve got a friend whose cousin has become a
e) Hamlet was written by Shakespeare. famous singer.
f) I think Tom should have been offered the job. b) The fans cheered the player who scored a
great goal.
g) Were you shown what to do?
c) I visited the city where I grew up.
h) Manchester was beaten 3-0 by Liverpool
yesterday. d) This is the car (that) I want to buy.
i) A few hints will be provided to the police (by e) Mark’s flat, which is not very small, is on the
informers). first floor.
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f) The village where we spend our honeymoon b) doesn’t arrive
has become a popular resort. c) won’t refund
g) John, whose sister is my best friend, is a gym d) would you work
instructor.
e) didn’t complain
h) It is a new sport (which) I know absolutely
nothing about. f) reach
i) San Marco, which is not very cheap, is not far
from my home. Exercise 17
a) would you marry
Exercise 14 b) he didn’t like
a) which c) you’ll find
b) whose d) your parents wouldn’t be
c) when e) would you look for
d) (that) f) you weren’t
e) who g) would you feel
f) (that) h) you could
g) which i) they don’t treat
h) where j) you are
i) when k) will you give
j) where l) you failed
k) whose m) you would regret
l) whose n) would you have gone
m) (that) o) hadn’t cheated
n) that / who p) wouldn’t have hurt
o) (that)
p) where Exercise 18
q) that / which a) Most young voters wouldn’t have decided to
vote for Zapatero if they hadn’t wanted to
r) that / who punish Aznar’s government.
b) If Zapatero kept his electoral promise, gay
Exercise 15 couples could adopt children.
a) Two Indians sold the bombers a mobile pone c) Zapatero wouldn’t refuse to talk with ETA if
which was part of an unexploded bomb. the abandoned violence.
b) The Spanish police also suspect of another d) Most Chinese people would know enough
Moroccan that they are still seeking. about AIDS if more money were spent on
c) Carlos Sobera, whose new quiz show is also AIDS education.
very successful, became well-known a couple e) Young Arab men wouldn’t become suicide
of years ago. bombers if they were taught not to hate Israel.
d) Lesley got her body pierced in a piercing f) All those rumours on Diana’s death wouldn’t
practitioner (that) no one had ever heard of. have started if she hadn’t written a note
e) Was Zapatero a surprising candidate (that) accusing Prince Charles of her death.
some socialist leaders expected to lose? g) AIDS wouldn’t be reaching so many African
countries if everyone did something to fight
Exercise 16 AIDS.
a) missed
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h) The Madrid attacks would have been
prevented if the Spanish police had paid
enough attention to the clues.
i) Victoria Adams could trust Becks if lots of girls
weren’t always chasing him.
Exercise 19
a) Chinese doctors fighting SARS said that it
had been the first time that a virus was
striking their country so strongly.
b) Everybody wondered why the Columbia had
broken apart if nobody had noticed anything
strange.
c) Moratinos wanted to know if the United
Nations was an old-fashioned organization
which needed to be redefined.
d) President Bush was told not to attack Syria
just because he thought he was superior to
anyone.
Exercise 20
a) Saddam’s regime didn’t respect thousands
of Kurdish people.
b) Who accused Aznar’s government of
planning a coup?
c) Zapatero considers himself a pacifist.
Therefore, he has never been in favour of the
war / Zapatero has never been in favour of
the war because he considers himself a
pacifist.
d) In spite of not being the PP candidate, Aznar
was punished by voters for his support of the
war.
e) Some Islamic groups aren’t peaceful enough
to understand the pain that they have caused
in Spain.
f) He had taken his car that night.
g) About
h) What did 11 million people express on
Spanish streets?
i) How long has Bin Laden been threatening
America?
j) Afghanistan is more dangerous than
Thailand.
k) President Putin pointed out, “I will never
tolerate that a few terrorists force our country
to surrender”.
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