English Department
3rd Prep.
Sheet ( 1 )
Mid-Year Revision
Grammar Revision
Correct the verbs between brackets:-
( A )
1-……………………………………(ever - you - fly) to America? Kevin is lucky – he 2-…………………………… (can) visit his cousin Amy Baxter last year. Yesterday, while Kevin 3-………………………… (read) a book, his mother 4-…………………………..(come) in and gave him a letter from Amy. He read:" Hi, Kevin, I hope you 5-…………………………..(not forget) me yet. 6-………………………….(you - remember) how much fun we 7-……………………………(have) last year?
What 8-…………………………………(do - you) since then? Well, let me tell you the chaotic story of my trip to the Poconos. I 9-……………………(want) to spend a nice weekend with my friend Jane. She 10-………………………… (live) in Manhattan for some months now. "I´m sure we 11-………………………….(have) lots of fun," Jane said while I 12-………………………………(unpack) my things. "If the weather 13-………………..(be) fine tomorrow we 14-…………………… (go) on a trip to the Poconos." " I think this is a fantastic idea," I 15-…………… (agree). “I to climb the highest mountains." When we 16-…………………………. (drive) along Interstate 95 the next day we 17-…………………… (notice) a red light in Jane´s mother´s car. "I think, if we 18-………………………………… (want) to reach the Poconos we 19………………………………(need) some help first", Jane´s mother said. "I 20-……………………………………(read - never) the handbook, so I
21-…………………………………(not have) any idea what´s wrong." We 22-………
…………………..(leave) the expressway and soon saw the sign of a car repair garage. The mechanic quickly 23-……………………. (check) the car and smiled. "Lady," he said, "I
24-…………………………... (see) this problem many times before. I´m sorry, but a mechanic is not what you need. If you 25-………………………………(not fill) up the tank, you 26-……………………………….(get - never) to the Poconos."
(B)
1. A: You seem energetic! B: Really, I (exercise)……………………….. for some time.
2. A: What (you, do) ………………………………………..when the robbery took place?
B: I (change) ……………………………………a light bulb that had burnt out.
3. Mike (use)………………………………. the same PC for more than three years. He is
thinking of upgrading it.
4. If it (snow) ………………………….tomorrow, we (go) ……………………….skiing near
Vesuvis.
5. This is the second pill I (take)………………………………. to make me sleep.
6. Sami started his business in Spain three months ago. When he returns to Türkiye next
July, he (spend)………………………………. nine months there.
7. Mary (not, call)……………………………. me since she (leave) the city.
8. Karen (live)……………………………… in Hong Kong for more than two years. In fact,
she (live)……………………………………. there when the political takeover occurred.
9. By the time the police (arrive)………………………… , the robbers (run)………………………… away.
10. The book writes that the Maya tribes founded an advanced civilization in the forests of
the Yucatan; nevertheless, their culture (disappear)………………………………….. by
the time Europeans first (arrive) …………………………………in the New World.
11. Hey.. Be quiet! The boss (come)…………………………………….. .
12. It (snow) ………………………………………..all day. I hope it stops by noon because I wish to go to
the market.
13. Listen Ed, I don't care whether you (miss)…………………………………. the bus this morning. You
(be)………………………..…. late for meetings too many times. This is my last warning.
14. We are fed up with storm and those dark clouds! We expect, when we (wake) …………..
……………………up tomorrow morning, the sun (shine)………………………… .
15. When Hasan arrived at the cafe, I (wait)……………………….. forhim for half an hour.
16. I (not, hear) ………………………………….of the pyramids before I went to Egypt.
17. During the past 50 years, traveling (become)…………………………. much easier and very
comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) ……………………………two or three months to cross
Africa by wagon. The trip (be)……………………… very rough andoften dangerous. Things
(change) …………………………a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly
from Ankara to Tokyo in a matter of hours.
18. Your English (improve)……………………. . You (watch) …………………… ………television programs and
(study) ………………………grammar every day since you first arrived in London. It is apparent
that you will be fluent very soon.
19. When Ted (arrive)……………………………… home last night, he discovered that Hilary (prepare)
……………………………..a beautiful candle-lit dinner.
20. Do not forget that if you (need)…………………………….. tocontact me sometime next week, I
(stay) ………………………………at the Hilton in Istanbul.
( C )
( D )
( E )
( F )
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