Units 7 9 Review Answers 4s73e

English V REVIEW 1. Rewrite the sentences using the given words. Use between three and five words. Include the word given. a. Josh can sing Italian songs very well. Brilliant He is BRILLIANT AT SINGING Italian songs. b. Kyle was upset as he couldn’t win the competition. Able to Kyle was not ABLE TO WIN the competition. c. Brenda could come to the conference on time. Managed to Brenda MANAGED TO COME to the conference on time. d. Although I was exhausted, I went to a party. Despite I went to a party DESPITE BEING exhausted. e. She had lived in Paris for years, even though she didn’t speak very good French. Although ALTHOUGH SHE HAD LIVED in Paris for years, she didn’t speak very good French. 2. Choose the correct word /phrases. a. Late at night you can hear the loud noise of a tornado/thunder during a storm. b. The heat wave/ tsunami is a period of unusually hot weather that lasts for a long time. c. A landslide /a hurricane destroyed thousands of houses and closed the main road with huge rocks. d. It has been raining for weeks and now there are floods /droughts in different regions. e. We couldn’t make it to the top of the mountain because a blizzard/a thunder had covered our truck the night before. 3. Make sentences to describe imaginary situations. (Second conditional) a. b. c. d.

If Jane found her plane ticket, she wouldn’t buy another one. Unless the Internet existed, you wouldn’t have a thousand friends. If she lived alone, she would be more independent. If there was a drought, animals would not survive.

4. Fill in the gaps using ONE word. Last weekend I read a story about a woman whose sister had taken part in a demonstration near my neighbourhood. So far, nothing new because it is so common to see people everywhere protesting against the local Mayor’s policies. The authorities have not made an effort to initiate the dialogue. Therefore, most of citizens are looking forward to going on strike.

5. Change these sentences into IVE VOICE. a) They repair our car every month. Our car is repaired every month. b) A chef observes the waiter’s performance every night. The waiter’s performance is observed every night. c) The doctor is writing a new prescription for Mrs Kenton. A new prescription for Mrs Kenton is being written by the doctor. d) The nurse is taking the children to another ward. The children are being taken to another ward by the nurse. e) The farmers have cut down hundreds of trees by the lake. Hundreds of trees by the lake have been cut down by farmers. f) They redecorated the living room in two weeks. The living room was redecorated in two weeks. g) The doctor called off the meeting due to the staff’s complaints. The meeting was called off by the doctor due to the staff’s complaints. h) They have sent a patient to the operating theatre. A patient has been sent to the operating theatre. i) They say they have reduced the levels of pollution in the city after a process. They say the levels of pollution in the city have been reduced after a process. j) A group of kids have found a silver box full of dolls in the backyard. A silver box full of dolls has been found by a group of kids in the backyard. k) The police has arrested some protesters at the train station. Some protesters have been arrested by the police at the train station.