These review exercises will be effective to help you pass your final exams. 4th year students should know the answer to all of them; perhaps 3rd year students will find some of them a bit complicated...but everything is possible if you try hard!!


1. Put the verbs in the right form:

1. The plane _________! (just/land)
2. A lot of Ford cars __________in Spain. (make)
3. I don´t think there ________another world war. (be)
4. She phoned me when I __________the dinner. (cook)
5. I _________an old friend last night for dinner. (meet)
6. We´ll be late if they _________soon. (not arrive)
7. I don´t like ________the kitchen. (clean)
8. I´d like ________rich and famous. (be)
9. I´m very tired. I _________over four hours hundred miles today. (drive)
10. Our friends _________us at the airport tonight. (meet)
11. Where´s Robert?. __________a shower?. (have)
12. I´ll tell Anna all the news when I ________her. (see)
13. I´m hungry. I _________something to eat. (have)

2. Complete these comments about smoking with CAN / CAN´T; MUST;
SHOULD / SHOULDN´T.

1. I _________understand why people smoke. It tastes horrible.
2. If people get ill from smoking, they _______pay for the treatment. Why
_______I pay more taxes for it?.
3. Smokers _________have to go outside to smoke. Employers_________provide
places for them to smoke.
4. I´m sorry, sir, but you _________put the cigarette out. You ________smoke here.
It´s a non-smoking area. If you want to smoke you ________go outside.
5. The government _________ban smoking completely so that we _______
all breathe clean air.
6. Why ________anyone else decide whether I ________smoke in my
own home?. It´s ridiculous.

3. Express these situations using a second conditional.

1. They don´t go abroad. They´re afraid of flying.
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2. Frank doesn´t read a lot. He can´t find the time.
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3. I feel embarrased at parties. I don´t know what to say.
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4. Peter is overweight. He eats too much.
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5. Sarah doesn´t study hard. She hates school.
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6. The office is cold. People leave the door open.
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7. I can´t translate this. I don´t speak Japanese.


4. Complete the adjectives with –ed or – ing .

1. When I am __________ (depress- ).
2. If people are __________ (confus- ).
3. It was a __________ (depress- ) film.
4. I get quite ________ (annoy- ).
5. Some people find it very ___________ (relax- ).
6.It was the most ________ (embarras- ) experience.
7. I was so __________ (tir- ).
8. My job is very _________ (excit- ).
9. We thought it would be more _________ (interest- ).


5. Write the phrases for each situation.

1. You´re in a hotel. You need to get up tomorrow at 7.00 a.m.
What do you say to the receptionist?.
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2. You want to know the price of some jeans.
What do you say to the shop assistant?.
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3. You´re in Oslo. You don´t speak Norwegian.
You want to find the station. What do you say?.
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4. You´re in a restaurant with a friend in London. You want to pay.
What do you say to the waiter?.
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5. You want to phone your parents. They´re going to pay for the call.
What do you say to the operator?.
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6. Translate these phrasal verbs. Use your dictionary if necessary.

1. look after = ____________
2. take back = ____________
3. get on with = ___________
4. turn on = _____________
5. fill in = ______________
6. take off = _____________
7. fill up = ______________
8. top up = ______________
9. take out = ____________


7. Complete with a verb.

1. I always _________a suit to work.
2. If you don´t take a map, you´ll get __________.
3. When I speak German I often _________mistakes.
4. You need to ________exercise every day.
5. Could you ________me some money until tomorrow?. I didn´t have time to
go to the bank.
6. Film stars ________ a lot of money.

8. Put in the present perfect or past simple of the verbs in brackets:

1. The last time I ________(go) to Brighton was in August.
2. I´d like to meet a ghost, but I _____________(never/see) one.
3. I´ve finished my homework, I___________(do) it before tea.
4. And the race is over! And Micky Simpson__________(win) in a record time!.
5. Janet _______(be) very ill three years ago.
6. We moved here in 1993. We _________(be) here a long time now.


9. Complete the sentences: for and since:

1. You should wash the car. You haven´t washed it ___________ ages.
2. I think I´ll ring my girlfriend. I haven´t rung ________ the weekend.
3. Let´s watch a video, shall we? We haven´t watched one ________ quite a while.
4. Shall we play tennis? We haven´t played __________our holiday.

10. Correct these sentences.

2. It was peaceful, and the birds were sing.
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3. I washed my hair when the phone rang.
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4. It taked ages to get home.
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5. As I was looking at him, the man was suddenly running away.
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11. Complete the conversation. Put in the correct form of the verb. You may need
will or would:

1. If you like, _______________(I/book) a table for Thursday at our favourite
restaurant.
2. I suppose ________________(it/be) a disaster if you missed the train.
3. If __________________(you/think) more of your friends than you do of me,
you can forget the whole thing.
4. If you were interested in my feelings, _________________(I/not/get)
into a bad mood.


12. Some of the sentences are correct, and some have a word which shouldn´t be there. If a sentence is correct, put a tick (V). If it´s incorrect, cross the
unnecessary word out of the sentence and write the correct one:

1. I´ve got the least powerful computer in the world.
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2. London is more bigger than Birmingham.
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3. Silver isn´t as expensive as gold.
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4. Indian food is the nicer than Chinese, I think.
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5. I feel much better now, thank you..
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6. You´re taller than he is.
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7. The weather is getting hotter and more hotter.
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8. The longer you wait, so the harder it´ll be.
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13. Put a verb into the correct form, “to.......” or “-ing.” :

1. When I´m tired, I enjoy ____________ television.
2. It was a nice day, so we decided ______________for a walk.
3. I´m not hungry. I don´t mind ____________for a minute.
4. I wish that dog would stop ______________. It´s driving me mad.
5. I´m still looking for a job but I hope _______________something soon.
6. We were hungry, so I suggested _______________dinner early.
7. When I was a child I hated _______________to bed early.
8. I would love _________________to your wedding but I´m afraid it isn´t
possible.

14. Complete the sentences with must or have to (in the correct tense):

1. In Britain many children ___________wear uniform when they go to school.
2. When you come to London again, you ___________come and see us.
3. Last night Don became ill suddenly, we ________________call a doctor.
4. Whatever you do, you ____________study hard, I hope all my students
pass my exam.
5. You __________be quiet, the baby is asleep.
6. I´m sorry, I couldn´t come yesterday. I ____________work late.

16. Prepositions of place:

1. Rachel was lying _______the grass reading a book.
2. It´s my holiday next week. I´m going _______London.
3. There was a big crowd __________the shop waiting for it to open.
4. That man is an idiot. He pushed me ________the swimming – pool.
5. I went _____the Chemist´s just now, but I didn´t notice if it was open.
6. David hurt himself. He fell ______his bike.
7. The sheep go out _________hole in the fence.

17. Adjectives. Write the opposites:

1. Dirty ______________________
2. Crowded ______________________
3. Narrow ______________________
4. Lazy ______________________
5. Talkative ______________________
6. High ______________________
7. Friendly ______________________
8. Shy ______________________
9. Stupid ______________________
10. Interested ______________________

18. Put the verbs into the present simple, present continuous o present perfect:

The story of Richard´s day ________(show) the stress of modern life, but
Richard could do a lot to help himself. In the first picture he ____________
(get) ready to go and see Mr. Patel. He _________(have) a busy day so far.
He ________(be) to three meetings and he _________(make) several
phone calls. He_________(hurry), because he ________(not want) to be
late and he only _______(have) half an hour to get there. Then, just as he
________(leave) the office, the Managing Director _______(call). What
_______Richard_________(do)? He ________(take) the call and then he
________(blame) the Managing Director because he´s late. But it isn´t the
Managing Director´s fault. He´s late and Mr. Patel is already waiting. Then
an accident _______(happen), because Richard________(not concentrate)
on the road.

19. Complete these sentences using the correct form of the verb have to +
one of these verbs: Do get up go go pay shave wait work

1. I´m not working tomorrow, so I _____________________early.
2. The car park is free – you ______________________to park your car
there.
3. I went to the bank this morning. There was no queue, so I
_____________________.
4. Sally is extremely rich. She_________________________.
5. We´ve got plenty of time. We____________________________ yet.
6. Jack has got a beard, so he ___________________________.
7. I´m not particularly busy. I´ve got a few things to do but
I______________________them now.
8. A man was slightly injured in the accident but he
_______________________to hospital.

20. Circle the correct answers:

1. John and his / her / their wife have gone to Greece.
2. Ann´s lost his / her / its keys.
3. That´s not me / my / mine coat.
4. This coat is me / my / mine.
5. Their house is much bigger than ours / our / my.
6. Who / Who´s / Whose is this bag?.
7. That dog has hurt it´s / its / their ear.
8. They´ve taken my car: They / Their / Theirs isn´t running.
9. It is / We are Tuesday.
10. Peter´s here with his / her / their two sisters.
11. Its / It´s / They are five o´clock.

21. PREPOSITIONS. Put in from / to / at / in.

1. Let´s go _________the country this weekend.
2. She spends hours ________the bathroom.
3. Shall we drive _______Scotland or go by train?.
4. We flew directly _____Berlin _______Tokyo.
5. What time do we arrive _____Paris?.
6. After six days´ walking, they got _____a river.
7. I saw Annie standing _____the bus stop.
8. When we arrived _____her house she had already left.

22. PREPOSITIONS. Put these words and phrases in the correct columns:
In on at no preposition


The weekend tomorrow afternoon ten o´clock Easter
two days ago my birthday Tuesday
the afternoon 7.15 Wednesday morning
1922 Wednesday 9th May tonight
the seventeenth century next week
last year this evening Christmas Day
yesterday midnight September night
10th January the 1960s summer

23. Write sentences using a relative pronoun (who, that, which).

1. On holiday I met a boy. He taught me how to waterski.
________________________________________________________
2. Travis is a pop band. They have had several hits.
________________________________________________________
3. My parents gave my brother a bike. He really loves it.
________________________________________________________
4. Did you bring the book?. I gave it to you last week.
________________________________________________________
5. Jack is a friend, I met him on holiday last year.
________________________________________________________
6. Eva is a very kind woman. She doesn´t say a bad word about anyone.
________________________________________________________

24. Complete the advertisement and letter with these words and phrases. Use the
verbs in the correct form.
Look for / build / training / reference / apply for / take part in / protect / provide / take up / look after / work / build up

A) The Youth Volunteer Protect needs volunteers to ___________different projects
abroad this summer. Would you like to help to ___________ the rainforest in South
America, ___________ a new school in Africa or _____________ sick children in
Asia?. Basic __________ in relevant skills will be provided, plus accommodation
and an allowance. Write to Susie Banks at the address below. Please
___________the name of someone who can give us a _____________for you.

B) Dear Ms. Banks,
I´m writing to ________________a place on the Youth Volunteer Project this summer.
When I leave school next year, I would like _______________ a career in nursing. I
__________ an opportunity to find ____________ with children and to
_____________some experience before I start a course. Your project in Asia sounds
very interesting.
I am enclosing a reference from my Head Teacher, Mr. Smith.
Yours sincerely,
Jenny Green.

25. First Conditional. Correct the mistake in sentences 1 –8. All the sentences
contain one mistake.

1. If Richard will finish his homework by eight o´clock, he will go out tonight.
2. If it´s summy tomorrow, we go to the beach.
3. If we will get a dog, will you look after it?.
4. If Jack doesn´t drive more slowly, he fails the driving test.
5. If Judith doesn´t find her car keys in the next ten minutes, she has to take the bus to
work.
6. Will you go to the football match on Saturday if it won´t rain?.
7. Sophie goes to work tomorrow if she feels better.
8. I won´t come with you tomorrow if my brother will visit me.
9. If we get back late from the concert tonight, we are very quiet.

26, Put these sentences into the passive. Leave out any words you don´t need.

1. We speak French and English here.
__________________________________________________________
2. Someone repaired the car last week.
__________________________________________________________
3. They make the best cakes in Germany.
__________________________________________________________
4. They sell computer games in bookshops now.
__________________________________________________________
5. The reporter wrote the article in a hotel in Croatia.
__________________________________________________________
6. They build the aeroplane engines in Chicago.
__________________________________________________________
7. Someone robbed the bank in our town last week.
__________________________________________________________

8. The authorities planted new trees in the parks after the storm.
__________________________________________________________


27. Put too or enough into each of the following sentences.

1. The red wine was cold; it was almost frozen.
2. We had soup as a starter and it wasn´t hot.
3. There wasn´t bread and the waiter wouldn´t bring us any more.
4. There was salt in the pasta.
5. I asked for the meat to be not well – done.
6. They had put garlic in the sauce.
7. The bill was expensive.
8. We didn´t have money to pay.

Every year, in late May or early June, Catholic brotherhoods and many people from all over Andalucia, Spain and beyond, travel to Huelva in their "carriolas" (covered wagons), on their horses or on foot and arrive in Almonte to pay tribute to the Virgin del Rocío, housed in her own church. The pilgrimage takes place over the weekend before Pentecost Monday, the seventh weekend after Easter.
Nowadays, each of the brotherhoods has its own house in El Rocío, with stables, as well as its own chapel, with its name displayed at the front. Its members and their friends and families eat and sleep here during the pilgrimage weekend, singing, dancing and praying together.


In the early hours of Pentecost Monday, the Virgin is brough out of her chapel journeys around the town, visiting all the hermandades' chapels, for the rest of the day. Popularly known as La Blanca Paloma (the White Dove), she is an object of massive veneration in Andalucia.


Here you have a video about the procession. For those from abroad, I know it could be difficult to understand, like faith itself. Anyway, not everything can be explained in this life.

The Internet helps you find information about anything and also meet people from all over the world. I´ll give you a clear example; today I´ve received an e-mail from Robert Illes, a musician who loves rock and has shown me part of his last project, Another Black Season. I´d like to thank him for visiting my blog releasing one of his videos.

Thanks a lot, Robert!!





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I was quite surprised this morning when my students told me that they hadn´t ever heard about the band U2...

Well, U2 are an Irish band formed in Dublin in 1976. Their members are Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Barry Mullen Jr. Bono has long been involved in a variety of causes outside of U2. He travelled to Ethiopia, Central America, has toured as part of the Amnesty International benefit tour, he campaigned with Greenpeace, drew attention to the conflict in Bosnia, he has tried to end AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa and cancel Third World debt, etc. All these initiatives have earned Bono numerous honours and awards and has at least two nominations on separate occasions for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Here you have their song "I still haven´t found what I´m looking for." You´ll find many sentences with present perfect tense in them.

3º ESO

The Titanic story, even now after so many years, fascinates people. Here you´ll be able to read about the tragedy and find out new details. You also have a link to see the ship now, deep in the Atlantic ocean. Breathtaking...


On Wednesday, April 10, 1912, the Titanic set sail for America from Southampton, England. Aboard were not only some of the richest and most influential people of that century, but also the poorest emigrants from Europe and the Middle East, looking for a better life in America.
Although she planned to reach New York the following Wednesday, by April 16 the entire world was shocked to find that this majestic ocean liner had sunk.
At eight o'clock on April 14, many of the passengers were having dinner. The weather was clear and calm. After dinner they were spending their time playing cards, listening to the orchestra and dancing, some others were asleep. At about 11:40 the Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank. Only 705 people were rescued, 1,523 people drowned or froze in the icy cold water. Her desperate call gave coordinates to be 41o46' N, 50o 14' W at the time of the catastrophe. The Titanic sank 1000 miles east of Boston, Massachusetts, and 375 miles southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland.







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z7REEnwKOQ

Messi was born on 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Argentina. His paternal family comes from the Italian city of Ancona, where his ancestor, Angelo Messi, emigrated to Argentina in 1883.He has two older brothers named Rodrigo and Matías as well as a sister named Maria Sol.At the age of five, Messi started playing football for Grandoli, a local club coached by his father Jorge.In 1995, Messi switched to Newell's Old Boys who were based in his home city Rosario. At the age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency.Primera División club River Plate showed interest in Messi's progress, but did not have enough money to pay for the treatment, as it cost $900 a month.Carles Rexach, the sporting director of Barcelona, had been made aware of his talent as Messi had relatives in Lleida, Catalonia, and Messi and his father were able to arrange a trial.Barcelona signed him after watching him play,offering to pay for the medical bills if he was willing to move to Spain.His family moved to Europe and he started in the club's youth teams.

He made his official debut for the first team in a friendly match against Porto on 16 November 2003.Less than a year later, Frank Rijkaard let him make his league debut against Espanyol on 16 October 2004, becoming the third-youngest player ever to play for Barcelona and youngest club player who played in La Liga.When he scored his first senior goal for the club against Albacete on 1 May 2005, Messi was 17 years, 10 months and 7 days old, becoming the youngest to ever score in a La Liga game for Barcelona until 2007 when Bojan Krkić broke this record, scoring from a Messi assist. Messi said about his ex-coach Rijkaard: "I never forget that Rijkaard has launched me. That he gave me confidence as I only sixteen, seventeen years was."

I really like this song, because it cheers me up when things go wrong. I hope you like it!




Tell me all your wishes
I am here to make them true, don't wonder
You don't have to rub a lamp
'Cause I'll take care of you

Nobody knows, nobody knows
Nobody knows, nobody knows

Tell me what you think I'm one of your kind
You know a girl like me is difficult to find
I bet you've never seen nothing like this before
I bet you've never met someone who loved you more

You know that I'm a witch and I can read your mind boy
Where do I have to sign
I'm on a board

My new resolution is to trust you
My business to love you until you've had it
I'm not gonna miss out on the good stuff
The grass is much greener with us on it

Better than to sail on the Mediterranean Sea
Better than to get a fancy Gucci dress for free

Don't think it over
Think it over
Don't think it over
Think it over

Totally up to you what you do with me
I'm gonna make it up to us and you will see
Don't have to prove it, it is written in your eyes
Tonight you'll be the winner I will be the prize

You know that I'm a witch and I can read your mind boy
Where do I have to sign
I'm on a board

My new resolution is to trust you
My business to love you until you've had it
I'm not gonna miss out on the good stuff
The grass is much greener with us on it

Watch my body get lower
As low as it can go
All the boys will follow
I'll show you something you don't know

Watch my body get lower
As low as it can go
All the boys will follow
I'll show you something you don't know

Cause I know what you want
And I like that

My new resolution is to trust you
My business to love you until you've had it
I'm not gonna miss out on the good stuff
The grass is much greener with us on it

My new resolution is to trust you
My business to love you until you've had it
I'm not gonna miss out on the good stuff
The grass is much greener with us on it

It´s been a hard and long day for me today, however here´s the entry about Europe, guys ..."better late than never."
I´ve received many interesting e-mails from you about Europe and I ´ve designed an entry with some of the information that you´ve sent me.
Thank you all for your effort!!


THE EUROPEAN FLAG (Antonio C. 4º A)

The European flag is formed by twelve golden stars placed in circle on blue bottom. It was designed by Arsène Heitz, a painter of Strasbourg. The number of stars does not have anything to see with the number of members states. There are twelve stars because the number twelve is traditionally the symbol of the perfection, the complete thing and the unit.

EUROPEAN CURRENCIES (Ana M. 4º B)

The euro is the official currency of sixteen of twenty-seven member states of the European Union. The states, known collectively as the Eurozone, are Germany, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta and Portugal. The currency is also used in five other European countries, both official and non-agreed form and thus is in daily use by about 327 million Europeans. Over 175 million people worldwide use the euro coin set, including more than 150 million Africans.




EUROPEAN MONUMENTS (David P. 4º B)

May 1st is also called May Day. On this day, people celebrate the coming of summer with different customs that express happiness.

On May Day, people used to cut down young trees and stick them in the ground in the village to mark the arrival of summer. People danced around the tree poles in celebration of the end of winter and the start of the warm weather that would allow planting to begin. Maypoles were kept from one year to the next. The tallest maypole is said to have been erected in London on the Strand in 1661; it stood over 143 feet high.

Nowadays, people perform various maypole dances and schools practice skipping round the pole for weeks. The result should be a beautiful plaited pattern of ribbons round the pole, but it is not easy...