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REVISION OF UNIT 1 : A DAY IN THE LIFE OF …
I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1/ Ask and answer questions about your daily routine, using the cues below.
A. action B. trip C. way D. habit
2/ I drink some cups of tea, have a quick breakfast and then lead the buffalo to the field.
A. strong B. fast C. mighty D. powerful
3/ I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
A. 10 minutes B. 15 minutes C. 20 minutes D. 30 minutes
4/ I continue to work from a quarter past eight till 10.30.
A. keep away B. keep back C. keep down D. keep on
5/ During my break I often drink tea with my fellow peasants and smoke local tobacco.
A. men B. women C. person D. people
6/ Then I go home, take a short rest and have lunch with my family at 11.30.
A. break B. relaxation C. while D. time
7/ We finish our work at 6 pm, sometimes much later.
A. now and then B. lately C. recently D. and so on
8/ We have done everything as planned.
A. programmed B. thought C. said D. mentioned
9/ The police want to discuss these recent racist attacks with local people.
A. say to B. tell about C. speak of D. talk to
10/ It takes me 30 minutes to prepare.
A. get ready B. make easy C. keep clean D. be good
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the present and the past simple tense:
- I (have) __________ coffee for breakfast every day.
2. They (begin) __________ to study at this school 7 years ago.
3. It (rain) __________ very much in the summer.
4. Bad students never (be) __________ hard - working.
5. He (visit) ______ his friend yesterday and (find) ______ that he had been out.
6. She sometimes (buy) ___________ vegetables at his market.
7. I have not seen John for a long time. I (see) __________ him 3 weeks ago.
8. It (be) __________ very cold now.
9. I (need) ____________ some money for my textbooks.
10. Tom (like) __________ to go to the museums.
11. He (read) __________ that novel again during his last vacation.
12. I often (leave) __________ the city at weekends.
13.The sun (set)___________ in the west.
14. My friend (study) __________ English for an hour every night.
15. Honesty (be) __________ the best policy.
16. The earth (move) __________ round the sun.
17. Two and two (make) __________ four.
18. We (watch) __________ a good programme on TV last night.
19. Mary (love) __________ ice-cream.
20. I (have) __________ a little trouble with my car last week.