53. The picnic ………… because Peter has just had a traffic accident.

            A. will cancel              B. will be cancelling                C. will be cancelled     D. will have cancelled

54. Everybody agrees that no more staff …………. .

            A. should employ        B. should not be employed    C. will not be employed    D. will be employed

55. A pilot is a person ………… flies a plane.

      A. who                                    B. he                                        C. which                      D. whom

56. The boy ………… eyes are brown is my friend.

      A. which                     B. whose                                 C. whom                     D. who

57. The house, ………… he bought in 2000, is being repaired at the moment.

      A. where                     B. that                                     C. which                      D. what

58. He arrived late, ………… was annoying.

       A. it                            B. that                                     C. what                       D. which

59. Yesterday I met your brother, … had taken us to the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York before.

       A. that                                    B. who                                    C. whose                     D. whom

60. Shall we start working ………. our project “Equal opportunity in education?”

            A. on                           B. out                                      C. at                            D. in

combine each pair of the following sentences using the words/phrases in brackets

1A serious road accident happened there was a traffic chaos yesterday(CAUSED)

2I had to get the mop.I spilled my juice(since)

3he walked slowly.he has a bad leg(because of)

4A peacock will spread his feathers he will attract a felmale(so)

5the cyclone has come.many thousands of deaths(resulted in)

6Don't eat too much sugar.It creates health problems(lead to)

7the weather was bad. that's why our departure delayed(because of)

8there was damage to our property because of the fire(resulted in)

9They haven't reply our invitation so far.i think they are not coming(since)

10the road condition is poor there has been sevearl accidents(caused)

Rewrite sentences
1.Paul said"Our class took part in a picnic by a river bank last Sunday"
-Paul said
2.Nhi has just completed the project about the land pollution
-The project
3.In spite of the heavy traffic, they went to work on time
-Although
4.We collected gar bage on the beach and then rested and had lunch
-After
5.I came in.He was playing the piano
-When
6.Mai said"We were tired yesterday so we didn't come to the party"
-Mai said
7.Did they build the temple of literaturf a long time ago
-Was
8.The wather is hot so the students don't go out to play
-If
9.She is a more fluent English speaker than me
-She speaks
10.Mr.Long said" My car was broken so I came to work late yesterday"
-Mr.Long said
11.When I was in primany school, I often walked to school
-I used
12.Jenny phoned to her pareats and then went to bed
-Before

-

1.              Because there was a traffic accident, I went to school late.

>> Because of……………………………………………………………………………………

2.              Because there is a shortage of meet, we had to live on beans.

>> Because of……………………………………………………………………………………

3.              Because there was a lack of water, many trees died rapidly

.>> Because of……………………………………………………………………………………

Exercise 1: Decide the underlined parts are gerund (G) or present participle (P).

I’ve just heard that there’s been a major accident that has all of the traffic tied up. If we want to get to the play on time, we’d better avoid taking the high way.

______________________________________

Did you ever finish designing the office for that new client of yours?

______________________________________

It was their 25th wedding anniversary last week.

______________________________________

My sister was cleaning the floor when the telephone rang.

______________________________________

My brother is fond of pointing out my mistakes.

______________________________________

Explain the situations with your own words. Use the correct present perfect simple form with because and just.

My left ski is broken...

My left ski is broken because I've just had an accident.

1. The team is celebrating ................................……..

2. I haven't got any money now ...........................……….

3. My room is tidy .........................................…..

4. He looks frightened ............................................……

15. Peter ............................his homework when the phone ............................

a. had just finished / rang

b. had just finished / had rung

c. just finished / rang

d. just finished / had rung

16. We .............................them before the reception yesterday.

a. haven’t met

b. hadn’t met

c. didn’t meet

d. wouldn’t meet

17. The man got out of the car,....................round to the back and opened the boot.

a. walking

b. walked

c. walks

d. walk

18. They ...........................…………..in Scotland for ten years. Now they live in London.

a. had lived

b. would live

c. lived

d. live

19. The man looked familiar. I ..................…………… him somewhere before.

a. saw

b. had seen

c. had saw

d. have seen

20. When I was a child, I .........................………………..the violin.

a. played

b. play

c. had played

d. has play

21. We cleaned up the room as soon as the guests………………….

a. had left

b. has left

c. left

d. were leaving

22. My girls friend arrived after I ……………… for her about half an hour.

a. was waiting

b. had waited

c. has been waiting

d. have waited

23. ……………… to rain before you woke up this morning?

a. Did it begin

b. has it begun

c. Had it begun

d. Would it begin

24. My daughter saw an elephant this morning but she………… one before.

a. had never seen

b. has never seen

c. never see

d. never had seen

25. When we.........................the bill. we left the restaurant.

a. had paid

b. were paying

c. paid

d. had been paying.

26. We…………….Doris since last Sunday.

a. don't see

b. haven't seen

c. didn't see

d. hadn't

27. We ………………………….English this time last week.

a. learned

b. were learning

c. have learned

d. had learned

28. Glenda ……………… extremely hard when she was a student.

a. worked

b. has worked

c. was working

d. had been worked

29. My father …………..for that company from 1995 to 2005.

a. was working

b. has worked

c. had worked

d. worked

30. The child…………………..before the doctor arrived.

a. died

b. had died

c. has died

d. was dying

31. 'Who was the woman in red dress? Did you know?`

‘No. I..........." who she was. I.............. her before.

a. didn't know/ hadn't seen

b. didn't know/ hasn't seen

c. hadn't known/ hadn't seen

d. don't know/ hasn't seen

32. By the time he arrived at the party, all his classmates......................

a. has left

b. left

c. was leaving

d. had left

33. It's two years...............Joe.

a. that I don't see

b. that I haven't seen

c. since I didn't see

d. since I saw

34. The man sitting next to me on the plane was nervous because he................. before.

a. hasn't flown

b. didn't fly

c. hadn't flown

d. wasn't flying

35. They................... in Scotland for ten years. Now they live in London.

a. lived

b. have lived

c. has been living

d. had lived

36. As soon as Laura ..................... the house, it started to rain.

a. has left

b. was leaving

c. had left

d. had been leaving

37. We .......................... in New York for ten years and then we ...........here in 1987.

a. have lived/ moved

b. lived / moved

c. lived/ had moved

d. had lived / moved

38. John F. Kennedy was the first president of the United States ........................

a. born in the twentieth century

b. was born in twentieth century

c. born on the twentieth century

d. to be born in the twentieth century

39. Karen didn't want to come to the cinema with us because she ............. the film.

a. has already seen

b. already had seen

c. had already seen

d. saw

40. When he returned home, he found the door………………… .

a. unlocking

b. unlocked

c. to be unlocked

d. have unlocked

41. I couldn't cut the grass because the machine…………. a few days previously.

a. broken down

b. has been broken

c. had broken down

d. breaks down

42. When boarding the plane, many passengers were annoyed because they ………… waiting in the airport for three and a half hours.

a. are

b. were

c. have been

d. had been

43. Yesterday morning I got up and looked out of the window. The sun was shining but the

ground was very wet. It………………….

a. rained

b. has been raining

c. had rained

d. have been raining

44. Sorry we're late, we ...................... the wrong turning.

a. had taken

b. were taking

c. took

d. are taking

45. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It .................everything in its path.

a. destroyed

b. was destroyed

c. had destroyed

d. has destroyed

46. When we.........................the bill. we left the restaurant.

a. had paid

b. were paying

c. paid

d. had been paying.

47. When the firework....................off, the dog....................away.

a. had gone/ ran

b. went/ had run

c. went/ ran

d. went/was running

48. Martina Hingis................. her first tennis racket at the age of two

a. picked up

b. has picked up

c. had picked up

d. was picked up

49. By the time she was twelve, she ............ on a career.

a. had already decided

b. already has decided

c. had already decided

d. already decided

50. Before Jennifer won the lottery, she..............any kind of contest.

a. hasn't entered

b. doesn't enter

c. wasn't entering

d. hadn't entered

15. Peter ............................his homework when the phone ............................

a. had just finished / rang

b. had just finished / had rung

c. just finished / rang

d. just finished / had rung

16. We .............................them before the reception yesterday.

a. haven’t met

b. hadn’t met

c. didn’t meet

d. wouldn’t meet

17. The man got out of the car,....................round to the back and opened the boot.

a. walking

b. walked

c. walks

d. walk

18. They ...........................…………..in Scotland for ten years. Now they live in London.

a. had lived

b. would live

c. lived

d. live

19. The man looked familiar. I ..................…………… him somewhere before.

a. saw

b. had seen

c. had saw

d. have seen

20. When I was a child, I .........................………………..the violin.

a. played

b. play

c. had played

d. has play

21. We cleaned up the room as soon as the guests………………….

a. had left

b. has left

c. left

d. were leaving

22. My girls friend arrived after I ……………… for her about half an hour.

a. was waiting

b. had waited

c. has been waiting

d. have waited

23. ……………… to rain before you woke up this morning?

a. Did it begin

b. has it begun

c. Had it begun

d. Would it begin

24. My daughter saw an elephant this morning but she………… one before.

a. had never seen

b. has never seen

c. never see

d. never had seen

25. When we.........................the bill. we left the restaurant.

a. had paid

b. were paying

c. paid

d. had been paying.

26. We…………….Doris since last Sunday.

a. don't see

b. haven't seen

c. didn't see

d. hadn't

27. We ………………………….English this time last week.

a. learned

b. were learning

c. have learned

d. had learned

28. Glenda ……………… extremely hard when she was a student.

a. worked

b. has worked

c. was working

d. had been worked

29. My father …………..for that company from 1995 to 2005.

a. was working

b. has worked

c. had worked

d. worked

30. The child…………………..before the doctor arrived.

a. died

b. had died

c. has died

d. was dying

31. 'Who was the woman in red dress? Did you know?`

‘No. I..........." who she was. I.............. her before.

a. didn't know/ hadn't seen

b. didn't know/ hasn't seen

c. hadn't known/ hadn't seen

d. don't know/ hasn't seen

32. By the time he arrived at the party, all his classmates......................

a. has left

b. left

c. was leaving

d. had left

33. It's two years...............Joe.

a. that I don't see

b. that I haven't seen

c. since I didn't see

d. since I saw

34. The man sitting next to me on the plane was nervous because he................. before.

a. hasn't flown

b. didn't fly

c. hadn't flown

d. wasn't flying

35. They................... in Scotland for ten years. Now they live in London.

a. lived

b. have lived

c. has been living

d. had lived

36. As soon as Laura ..................... the house, it started to rain.

a. has left

b. was leaving

c. had left

d. had been leaving

37. We .......................... in New York for ten years and then we ...........here in 1987.

a. have lived/ moved

b. lived / moved

c. lived/ had moved

d. had lived / moved

38. John F. Kennedy was the first president of the United States ........................

a. born in the twentieth century

b. was born in twentieth century

c. born on the twentieth century

d. to be born in the twentieth century

39. Karen didn't want to come to the cinema with us because she ............. the film.

a. has already seen

b. already had seen

c. had already seen

d. saw

40. When he returned home, he found the door………………… .

a. unlocking

b. unlocked

c. to be unlocked

d. have unlocked

41. I couldn't cut the grass because the machine…………. a few days previously.

a. broken down

b. has been broken

c. had broken down

d. breaks down

42. When boarding the plane, many passengers were annoyed because they ………… waiting in the airport for three and a half hours.

a. are

b. were

c. have been

d. had been

43. Yesterday morning I got up and looked out of the window. The sun was shining but the

ground was very wet. It………………….

a. rained

b. has been raining

c. had rained

d. have been raining

44. Sorry we're late, we ...................... the wrong turning.

a. had taken

b. were taking

c. took

d. are taking

45. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It .................everything in its path.

a. destroyed

b. was destroyed

c. had destroyed

d. has destroyed

46. When we.........................the bill. we left the restaurant.

a. had paid

b. were paying

c. paid

d. had been paying.

47. When the firework....................off, the dog....................away.

a. had gone/ ran

b. went/ had run

c. went/ ran

d. went/was running

48. Martina Hingis................. her first tennis racket at the age of two

a. picked up

b. has picked up

c. had picked up

d. was picked up

49. By the time she was twelve, she ............ on a career.

a. had already decided

b. already has decided

c. had already decided

d. already decided

50. Before Jennifer won the lottery, she..............any kind of contest.

a. hasn't entered

b. doesn't enter

c. wasn't entering

d. hadn't entered