WRITING. The 8th form. The 2nd term.

Match the sentences with the tenses.

Match the beginnings of the sentences to the correct endings to make logical conditional sentences.

Choose the correct tense form to complete the sentence.

1. Some time ago, an interesting discovery ...                 [used to be made, was made, had to be made, has been made, is made]by archaeologists on the Aegean Island of Kec.

2. These days, people who ... manual work, often receive far more money than clerks who ...                           [are doing / are working, have done / have worked, are doing / are working, were doing / were working, do / work] in offices.

3. James Bond always drank champagne in the novels although he ... to wine by the time he ... it to the silver screen.                            [switched / was making, switched / had made, has switched / has made, had switched / made, was switching / would make]

4. Tim was very upset yesterday because he ... that he ... his wallet.                      [realised / will lose, had realised / lost, realised / had lost, realises / loses, has realised / lost]

5. The injured ... to the ambulance while the people ... around the crime scene.                                   [have been taken / gather, were taken / would gather, were being taken / were gathering, would be taken / had gathered, have been taken / gathered]

6. It was six o’clock and he ... bored because he ... for two hours.                        [was / was waiting, had been / had waited, is / has been waiting, was / is waiting, was / had been waiting]

7. A few years ago, it ... that certain cells of the human body never ... .                       [has been found / died, had been found / dies, is found / died, was found / dies, was found / die]

8. She last drove a car three years ago. Since she ... an accident, she ... a car for three years.                               [had / hasn’t driven, has / hasn’t driven, had had / didn't drive, has had / hasn’t been driving, had had / hasn’t driven]

9. Since they ... acting, they ... in three plays, a television commercial and two TV dramas.                              [begin / have performed, began / have performed, begin / are performing, began / have been performing, began / had been performing]

10. Over the years I ... several articles and two books on animal-intelligence experiments and the controversy that ... them.                                  [will write / will be surrounding, wrote / has surrounded, have written / surrounds, am writing / is surrounded]

Which is right?

1.     [The, -]Everest was first climbed in 1953.

2.     [the, -]Milan and     [the, -]Turin are cities in     [the, -]north of Italy.

3.     [The, -]Africa is much larger than     [the, -]Europe.

4. Last year I visited     [the, -]Mexico and     [the, -]United States.

5.     [The, -]Southern England is warmer than     [the, -]north.

6.     [The, -]Thailand and     [the, -]Cambodia are in     [the, -]southeast Asia.

7.     [The, -]Chicago is on     [the, -]Lake Michigan.

8. Next year we’re going skiing in     [the, -]Swiss Alps.

9.     [The, -]UK consists of     [the, -]Great Britain and     [the, -]Northern Ireland.

10.     [The, -]Seychelles are a group of islands in     [the, -] Indian Ocean.

11. I’ve never been to     [the, -]South Africa.

12.     [The, -]River Volga flows into     [the, -]Caspian Sea.

Complete the text using the correct active or passive form.

Fiat             [was started, started] by a group of Italian businessmen in 1899.
In 1903, Fiat              [produced, was produced] 132 cars. Some of these cars               [exported, were exported] to the United States and Britain. In 1920, Fiat             [started, was started] making cars at a new factory at Lingotto, near Turin. There was a track on the factory roof where the cars             [tested, were tested] by technicians. In 1936, Fiat launched the Fiat 500. This car            [called, was called] the Topolino - the Italian name for Mickey Mouse. The company grew, and in 1963 Fiat              [exported, was exported] more than 300,000 vehicles. Today,Fiat is based in Turin, and its cars          [sold, are sold] all over the world.

Write questions to the underlined words.

1. The book was written by Agatha Christie.                                

2. It was written at the end of the 18th century.                     

3. It's a detective story.                                

4. The plot is thrilling and unpredictable.                                     

5. Richard Wagner was best known for his four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen.                                        

6. All four Beatles were born in Liverpool, England.                                  

7. Anything that makes sound could be a musical instrument.                                    

8. The electric guitar is popular with Rock musicians.