Answer Key
Answer Key
Answer Key
1. What an … situation! Are they always having a fight about every little thing?
a. annoyed b. annoying
2. I was extremely … to see that the baby knew how to handle a spoon.
a. amused b. amusing
3. I am …. , I have stayed indoors for many days, let’s go out and see a film.
a. bored b. boring
4. The book was so … that I didn’t have any patience and finished it last night.
a. captivated b. captivating
5. You are … because you haven’t been explained what had really happened there.
a. confused b. confusing
a. concerned b. concerning
a. disgusted b. disgusting
8. Seeing them there was too … for me, I should have listened to your advice.
a. depressed b. depressing
a. excited b. exciting
a. fascinated b. fascinating
a. interested b. interesting
12. The teacher seemed … when the principle interrupted him yesterday.
a. irritated b. irritating
13. Listen to this song, don’t you think it is …? It belongs to Claude Barzotti.
a. relaxed b. relaxing
14. My parents have always been … with my results at school.
a. satisfied b. satisfying
15. The girl was … when her brother tore away the head of her favourite doll.
a. shocked b. shocking
16. I am … you managed to come, you said you were busy when I called.
a. surprised b. surprising
17. It is … to see how many people are killed in car accidents every day.
a. terrified b. terrifying
18. I had a very … day last Monday, going shopping and looking for the best wedding dress.
a. tired b. tiring
TENSE REVIEW
1. Complete each paragraph with one set of verbs, using the present simple or present
Continuous:
know / look / not be / repair / use be / be / have / say / tell /be / live / look / move /
resemble
A. My computer (1) IS BEING very irritating right now. Every time I TELL (2) it to save
something, it (3) SAYS. . .. . . it (4) HAS no space in its memory, which (5) IS ridiculous.
B. Whales and dolphins (6) LOOK like fish, but they (7) ARE mammals that (8) LIVE in the ocean
and (9) MOVE through water in ways that (10) RESEMBLE the movements of a dog rather than
those of a shark.
C. Man: Excuse me. I (11) AM LOOKING for Mrs Adamson, but she (12) ISN’T in her usual
classroom. (13) DO you KNOW .where she is?
Woman: Oh, they (14) ARE REPAIRING. her classroom ceiling this week so she (15) . .IS USING..
. . . . . . the library as her classroom.
2. Complete each paragraph with one set of verbs, using the past simple or past continuous.
A. We (1) WERE LISTENING to music when one of the neighbours (2) CAME to the door and (3)
SAID she couldn’t sleep because we (4) WERE MAKING too much noise.
B. Someone (5) into Barbara’s office and (6) BROKE INTO her computer yesterday afternoon
while she (7) WAS TEACHING her history class. No one (8) SAW the thief.
C. Because he never (9) EXPLAINED anything very clearly, none of us (10) UNDERSTOOD what
the science teacher (11) WAS TALKING ABOUT about most of the time.
D I’m sorry. I (12) DIDN’T GET here on time and I (13) MISSED the beginning of your
presentation, but I (14) WAS WONDERING if you might have an extra handout left.
3. Complete this dialogue with these verbs in the present perfect or past simple.
ask – be (×2) – have – make – not call – not eat – not know – not seem – say – tell
It’s Monday afternoon. Ron is at home, phoning Sue at the office where they both work.
Sue: Well, hello! Where (1) HAVE you BEEN all day? The boss (2) ASKED me this morning
where you (3) WERE, but he (4) . DIDN’T SEEM to be looking for you or anything.
Sue: I (6) . TOLD him that I (7) DIDN’T KNOW. Are you okay?
Ron: I’m sorry I (8) DIDN’T CALL you this morning. I (9) HAVE HAD . the flu since Saturday. I
(10) HAVEN’T HAD anything for two days and it (11) MADE me feel really weak. But I’ll
probably be there tomorrow.
4. Choose an ending (a–d) for each beginning (1–4) and add these verbs in the past perfect or
past simple.
4 Ashley could have done much better (. . .) d they still . . . . . . . . . . . writing their
reports
5. Complete this text with the most appropriate forms of the verbs, using will, be going to.
I was standing at the bus stop reading my horoscope in the newspaper. It said, ‘You (1) . . . . . . .
. . .. . . . . . . . . . . good moments and bad moments today.’ I looked up and saw the bus coming.
Then I realized it (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . because it was already full. ‘Oh, no,’ I thought. ‘If
I (3) . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . walking fast, I (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . late for my first class!’ I
had just started walking when a car pulled up beside me and one of my classmates leaned out.
‘Hey Jean, get in, we (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . you a lift.’ It’s amazing how the bad moments
(6) . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . the good moments feel so much better.
6. CHOOSE THE WORD OR PHRASE THAT BEST COMPLETES EACH SENTENCE.
1 I think Mr. Wilson ___________________ in this school since 1990 or maybe earlier.
2 I stopped watching the game before the end, but I thought we __________________.
a had won b have won c have been winning d will have won.
3 That’s very sad news. If ___________________ sooner, I would have tried to help.
7. Prepositions of Time
Use the prepositions in the box to complete the sentences (if necessary): at in on for since
1. The meeting is ___AT _ half past two ___IN__ the afternoon __---___ next Monday.
3. The Second World War began __IN___ September 1939 and ended 1945.
4. This house dreadfully gets cold __IN___ winter, especially nights. We nearly froze to
5. Oxford has been a centre of learning __FOR___ more than a thousand years.
6. It's our fifth anniversary next month. We got married ____IN_ 1966 ___ON__ 17th of
September.
8. Come round ___AT__ Iunch time and have something to eat. You haven't eaten
10. We normally start lunch _____ about two ___IN__ the afternoon ____AT_ weekends.
8. ADJECTIVES+PREPOSITION:
12) It's great you got that job - you should be proud ______OF_____yourself.
VERBS + PREPOSITIONS
1. It’s so noisy – I can’t concentrate __ON___ my homework. 2. Don’t worry – I’ll pay
__FOR___ the tickets. 3. The car belongs __TO___ my father, so I don’t think we can use it. 4. I
borrowed a pen __FROM___ my classmate. 5. I’ve been waiting __FOR___ the bus for more
than twenty minutes! 6. Julie: “What time shall we eat dinner?” Gill: “It depends __ON___
John – we’ll eat when he gets home”. 7. When we arrived ___AT__ the cinema, the film had
already started. 8. Please explain this problem ___TO__ us. 9. She was listening __TO___ the
radio when the doorbell rang. 10. John worries _ABOUT____ his exam results all the time.
10. He isn't worried whether he passes or fails, so he doesn't care ___ABOUT_____ the exam.
13. The police are still looking __FOR______ the seven-year-old boy who disappeared from his
home last week.
15. If you don't want to eat that sandwich, throw it __TO___the birds. They'll eat it.