Using the word given in each bracket and other words to complete the second sentence so
that it has the same meaning as the first. You must use between two and five words. DO NOT
CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN IN CAPITAL. (10 points)
1. Shall we have dinner together tonight? (ABOUT)
 How _______________________________________ tonight?
2. If you don’t lend us some money, we won’t be able to go to the theatre. (UNLESS)
 we won’t be able to go to the theatre _____________________________________some money.
3. June doesn’t like staying up late and Terry doesn’t, either. (NOR)
 Neither ________________________________________staying up late.
4. I was surprised when I discovered the truth (FIND)
 I was surprised ___________________________________the truth was.
5. They say the ice in Antarctica is getting thinner all the time. (SAID)
 The ice in Antarctica _______________________________________ getting thinner all the time.

11. "Don't forget to go to the supermarket after work", he said.

reminded

He __________________________________________________the supermarket after work.

12. “ If I were you, I would go by taxi, Richard.” She said.

advised

She ______________________________________________go by taxi.

13. “Where will you go tommorow?” She said to her classmate.

asked

She__________________________________________________go the following day.

14. “Have you had a good time last weekend?” Peter said to me.

whether

Peter__________________________________________a good time last weekend.

15. “What time did you leave the office yesterday?” the police said to him.

asked

The police _____________________________________________the office the day before.

3. Passive voice

1. They say the ice in Antarctica is getting thinner all the time.

Said

The ice in Antarctica ____________________________________________getting thinner all the time.

2. A newly qualified dentist took out Mr Dupont’s tooth.

Had

Mr Dupont _________________________________________________by a newly qualified dentist.

3. A famous architect designed Dr Smith’s house for him.

Had

Dr Smith____________________________________________________a famous architect.

4. There are Spanish and French traslations of the book.

Been

The book ______________________________________________into Spanish and French.

5. Someone is going to redecorate the kitchen for us next month.

Have

We are going _____________________________________________next month.

6. They say the fashion model was discovered by her agent while working at a restaurant.

Said

The fashion model is __________________________________ by her agent while working at a restaurant.

7. A very friendly taxi driver drove us to the town.

Driven

We ________________________________________________ a very friendly taxi driver.

a. Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning.

1. It was so late that nothing could be done

    It was too....

2. Bill is going to write to me. I will tell you all his news

   .. when................................

3. She didn't say a word as she left the room.

   She left the room ...

4. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test

    As long as .............................................

5. They never made us do anything we didn't want to do

    We .....................

6. It 's a pity I didn’t take my doctor's advice.

    I wish...................................................

7.  They made him wait for two hours.

    He was ........................................

8. It took us 3 hours to open the door.

    We .............................................

9. A train leaves at 7 o'clock every morning.

    There is ......................................

10. During dinner, the phone rang.

    While I ...........................

b. Change these sentences into passive voice

1. I'll ask some one to paint my house blue.

2. I don't like people laughing me at my mistake.

3. Did anyone see you come in ?

4. I want you to leave me alone.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 8.

  At 7pm on a dark, cold November evening, thousands of people are making their way across a vast car park. They're not here to see a film, or the ballet, or even the circus. They are all here for what is, bizarrely, a global phenomenon: they are here to see Holiday on Ice. Given that most people don't seem to be acquainted with anyone who's ever been, the show's statistics are extraordinary: nearly 300 million people have seen Holiday on Ice since it began in 1943; it is the most popular live entertainment in the world.

  But what does the production involve? And why are so many people prepared to spend their lives travelling round Europe in caravans in order to appear in it? It can't be glamorous, and it's undoubtedly hard work. The backstage atmosphere is an odd mix of gym class and workplace. A curtained-off section at the back of the arena is laughably referred to as the girls' dressing room, but is more accurately described as a corridor, with beige, cracked walls and cheap temporary tables set up along the length of it. Each girl has a small area littered with pots of orange make-up, tubes of mascara and long false eyelashes.

  As a place to work, it must rank pretty low down the scale: the area round the ice-rink is grey and mucky with rows of dirty blue and brown plastic seating and red carpet tiles. It's an unimpressive picture, but the show itself is an unquestionably vast, polished global enterprise: the lights come from a firm in Texas, the people who make the audio system are in California, but Montreal supplies the smoke effects; former British Olympic skater Robin Cousins is now creative director for the company and conducts a vast master class to make sure they're ready for the show's next performance.

  The next day, as the music blares out from the sound system, the cast start to go through their routines under Cousins' direction. Cousins says, The aim is to make sure they're all still getting to exactly the right place on the ice at the right time - largely because the banks of lights in the ceiling are set to those places, and if the skaters are all half a metre out they'll be illuminating empty ice. Our challenge,' he continues, 'is to produce something they can sell in a number of countries at the same time. My theory is that you take those things that people want to see and you give it to them, but not in the way they expect to see it. You try to twist it. And you have to find music that is challenging to the skaters, because they have to do it every night.

  It may be a job which he took to pay the rent, but you can't doubt his enthusiasm. “The only place you'll see certain skating moves is an ice show,” he says, “because you're not allowed to do them in competition. It's not in the rules. So the ice show world has things to offer which the competitive world just doesn't.” Cousin knows what he's talking about because he skated for the show himself when he stopped competing - he was financially unable to retire. He learnt the hard way that you can't put on an Olympic performance every night. “I'd be thinking, these people have paid their money, now do your stuff, and I suddenly thought”, "I really can't cope. I'm not enjoying it". The solution, he realised, was to give 75 per cent every night, rather than striving for the sort of twice-a-year excellence which won him medals.

          To be honest, for those of us whose only experience of ice-skating is watching top-class Olympic skaters, some of the movements can look a bit amateurish, but then, who are we to judge? Equally, it's impossible not to be swept up in the whole thing; well, you'd have to try pretty hard not to enjoy it.

According to paragraph 1 the writer is surprised to see that although Holiday on Ice is popular ____________.

A. people often prefer other types of show

B. most people consider it as a holiday

C. few people know someone who has seen it

D. people prefer to see a film, the ballet, or the circus

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence printed before it, begin with the given word(s) or phrase.

1.You should review your lessons for the exam.

It’s time_______________________________________________________________

2. That man used to work with me when I lived in New York.

That’s ________________________________________________________________

3. What a pity they close the shops at lunch-time.

I wish ________________________________________________________________

4. We like ice-cream but we don’t have it everyday.

Although _____________________________________________________________

5. When did you start working in that factory?

How long _____________________________________________________________

6. Oil was slowly covering the sand of the beach.

The sand________________________________________________________________

7. “Where is the station car-park?” Mrs. Smith asked.

Mrs. Smith asked _________________________________________________________

8. He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport.

He regretted _____________________________________________________________

9. I advise you not to buy that car.

If ______________________________________________________________________

10. Why don’t you ask her yourself?

I suggest that _____________________________________________________________

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence printed before it, begin with the given word(s) or phrase.

1.You should review your lessons for the exam.

It’s time_______________________________________________________________

2. That man used to work with me when I lived in New York.

That’s ________________________________________________________________

3. What a pity they close the shops at lunch-time.

I wish ________________________________________________________________

4. We like ice-cream but we don’t have it everyday.

Although _____________________________________________________________

5. When did you start working in that factory?

How long _____________________________________________________________

6. Oil was slowly covering the sand of the beach.

The sand________________________________________________________________

7. “Where is the station car-park?” Mrs. Smith asked.

Mrs. Smith asked _________________________________________________________

8. He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport.

He regretted _____________________________________________________________

9. I advise you not to buy that car.

If ______________________________________________________________________

10. Why don’t you ask her yourself?

I suggest that _____________________________________________________________

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence printed before it, begin with the given word(s) or phrase.

1.You should review your lessons for the exam.

It’s time_______________________________________________________________

2. That man used to work with me when I lived in New York.

That’s ________________________________________________________________

3. What a pity they close the shops at lunch-time.

I wish ________________________________________________________________

4. We like ice-cream but we don’t have it everyday.

Although _____________________________________________________________

5. When did you start working in that factory?

How long _____________________________________________________________

6. Oil was slowly covering the sand of the beach.

The sand________________________________________________________________

7. “Where is the station car-park?” Mrs. Smith asked.

Mrs. Smith asked _________________________________________________________

8. He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport.

He regretted _____________________________________________________________

9. I advise you not to buy that car.

If ______________________________________________________________________

10. Why don’t you ask her yourself?

I suggest that _____________________________________________________________

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence printed before it, begin with the given word(s) or phrase.

1.You should review your lessons for the exam.

It’s time_______________________________________________________________

2. That man used to work with me when I lived in New York.

That’s ________________________________________________________________

3. What a pity they close the shops at lunch-time.

I wish ________________________________________________________________

4. We like ice-cream but we don’t have it everyday.

Although _____________________________________________________________

5. When did you start working in that factory?

How long _____________________________________________________________

6. Oil was slowly covering the sand of the beach.

The sand________________________________________________________________

7. “Where is the station car-park?” Mrs. Smith asked.

Mrs. Smith asked _________________________________________________________

8. He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport.

He regretted _____________________________________________________________

9. I advise you not to buy that car.

If ______________________________________________________________________

10. Why don’t you ask her yourself?

I suggest that _____________________________________________________________

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence printed before it, begin with the given word(s) or phrase.

1.You should review your lessons for the exam.

It’s time_______________________________________________________________

2. That man used to work with me when I lived in New York.

That’s ________________________________________________________________

3. What a pity they close the shops at lunch-time.

I wish ________________________________________________________________

4. We like ice-cream but we don’t have it everyday.

Although _____________________________________________________________

5. When did you start working in that factory?

How long _____________________________________________________________

6. Oil was slowly covering the sand of the beach.

The sand________________________________________________________________

7. “Where is the station car-park?” Mrs. Smith asked.

Mrs. Smith asked _________________________________________________________

8. He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport.

He regretted _____________________________________________________________

9. I advise you not to buy that car.

If ______________________________________________________________________

10. Why don’t you ask her yourself?

I suggest that _____________________________________________________________

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 8.

  At 7pm on a dark, cold November evening, thousands of people are making their way across a vast car park. They're not here to see a film, or the ballet, or even the circus. They are all here for what is, bizarrely, a global phenomenon: they are here to see Holiday on Ice. Given that most people don't seem to be acquainted with anyone who's ever been, the show's statistics are extraordinary: nearly 300 million people have seen Holiday on Ice since it began in 1943; it is the most popular live entertainment in the world.

  But what does the production involve? And why are so many people prepared to spend their lives travelling round Europe in caravans in order to appear in it? It can't be glamorous, and it's undoubtedly hard work. The backstage atmosphere is an odd mix of gym class and workplace. A curtained-off section at the back of the arena is laughably referred to as the girls' dressing room, but is more accurately described as a corridor, with beige, cracked walls and cheap temporary tables set up along the length of it. Each girl has a small area littered with pots of orange make-up, tubes of mascara and long false eyelashes.

  As a place to work, it must rank pretty low down the scale: the area round the ice-rink is grey and mucky with rows of dirty blue and brown plastic seating and red carpet tiles. It's an unimpressive picture, but the show itself is an unquestionably vast, polished global enterprise: the lights come from a firm in Texas, the people who make the audio system are in California, but Montreal supplies the smoke effects; former British Olympic skater Robin Cousins is now creative director for the company and conducts a vast master class to make sure they're ready for the show's next performance.

  The next day, as the music blares out from the sound system, the cast start to go through their routines under Cousins' direction. Cousins says, The aim is to make sure they're all still getting to exactly the right place on the ice at the right time - largely because the banks of lights in the ceiling are set to those places, and if the skaters are all half a metre out they'll be illuminating empty ice. Our challenge,' he continues, 'is to produce something they can sell in a number of countries at the same time. My theory is that you take those things that people want to see and you give it to them, but not in the way they expect to see it. You try to twist it. And you have to find music that is challenging to the skaters, because they have to do it every night.

  It may be a job which he took to pay the rent, but you can't doubt his enthusiasm. “The only place you'll see certain skating moves is an ice show,” he says, “because you're not allowed to do them in competition. It's not in the rules. So the ice show world has things to offer which the competitive world just doesn't.” Cousin knows what he's talking about because he skated for the show himself when he stopped competing - he was financially unable to retire. He learnt the hard way that you can't put on an Olympic performance every night. “I'd be thinking, these people have paid their money, now do your stuff, and I suddenly thought”, "I really can't cope. I'm not enjoying it". The solution, he realised, was to give 75 per cent every night, rather than striving for the sort of twice-a-year excellence which won him medals.

          To be honest, for those of us whose only experience of ice-skating is watching top-class Olympic skaters, some of the movements can look a bit amateurish, but then, who are we to judge? Equally, it's impossible not to be swept up in the whole thing; well, you'd have to try pretty hard not to enjoy it.

Which of the following is the writer's conclusion of Holiday on Ice?

A. It is more enjoyable than Holiday on Ice.

B. It is hard to know who really enjoys it.

C. It is difficult to dislike it.

D. It requires more skills than Olympic ice-skating.

IX. Choose the correct verb ( say or tell)

a. They ( say/ tell) that they 're going to London to see Frank

b. Mark ( said/ told) us all about his holiday in Jamaica

c. The teacher ( said/ told) the class a funny story

d. Did you ( say/ tell) Sally is coming with us?e. "Don't ( say/ tell) lies! ( said/ told) Jame angrily.

f. How old were you when you learned to ( say/ tell) the time?

g. I can't understand what they're ( saying/ telling) to each otherh. I hate speaking in public. I never know what to ( say/ tell)

i. Jane always ( says/ tells) me her secrets

j. " Do you think anyone saw us?" She ( said/ told) nervousl