Doan Thi Diem Secondary School English 9

Name:…………………………………….Class:………………….Date:………………………
GRAMMAR REVIEW 1
GRAMMAR FOCUS
1. Revision of Tenses 4. Reported Speech.
2. Prepositions. 5. Word formation.
3. Passive Voice
I. Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in the brackets.
1. They (just/ phone) …………………. to say that they (not/ come) …………..…….. back till
Friday.
2. She (learn) …………………. English at school, but she (forget) …………….….. most of it.
3. When he (come) ………………… there yesterday, we (have) …………………… dinner.
4. Listen to those people! What language they (speak) …………………………….. .
5. - A: The party last Saturday evening was wonderful. Why (you/ not join) …………………
us?
- B: I (have) ……………… to be on duty.
6. Mary (not/ wear) …………………… her glasses at the time, so she (not/ notice)
……………………. what kind of car the man (drive) ……………….. .
7. Harry (not/ look) …………………… well since he (go) …………….. on a diet.
8. It’s nice to be back here in London. This is the second time I (come) ……………… here.
9. We (climb) ………………….. over the wall as soon as it (get) …………….. dark yesterday.
10. Since his wife (die) ……………………, he (take) …………………….. to smoking a lot.
II. Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous?
1. They (already/ speak) ……………………………….. to me.
2. How long (you/ wait) ………………………… here?
3. The children (sleep) ………………………… for three hours. It’s time to wake them up.
4. She (write) ……………………. the novel for 2 years but she (just/ finish)
………………..half of it.
5. I’m really fed up. It ………………………… (rain) all weekend.
6. Julia Molina (play) …………………….. the piano since she was five, but she (never/ play)
(7)……………………….. professionally. That will change on Monday, when Julia makes her
first CD for a big recording company. For the last two weeks, Julia, from Bristol, (stay)
(8)………………..… in a hotel in London, and (9) …………………… (practise) for ten hours a
day. “It’s really strange”, she said, “I (10) ………………………(eat) in the hotel restaurant
every day, and I (11) ………………….… (only/ leave) the hotel two or three times!” Julia is
very excited: “This is my big chance - I (12) ………………………(wait) for something like this

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all my life”. Her mother is not so happy. Julia is so busy that she (13) ……………………. (not/
have) time to phone her mother!
III. Put the following statements into Passive Voice.
1. She has just bought a new house.
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2. They have sold their car due to a big debt.
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3. They hold a meeting in the village hall once a week.
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4. He didn’t know about the detail of his father’s will.
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5. They owed a lot of money to the bank.
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6. You can buy videos like this one anywhere.
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7. Someone has to write the history of the European Community one day.
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8. When we arrived home, we found that someone was breaking one of our windows.
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9. They have taken the boy injured by a car to the hospital.
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10. We do not allow children under sixteen to see that film.
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IV. Put the following questions into Passive Voice.
1. Have you cleaned all the doors and windows?
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2. Does he take his children to school every day?
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3. Will Ms. Fonda deposit all the money in your bank?
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4. Is she writing a letter upstairs?
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5. Did Peter return the radio to the shop yesterday?
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6. What is she doing over there?
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7. Which girl is he looking for?

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8. Who did you meet at the party yesterday?
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9. What type of clothes does Jack often wear?
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10. Who will the director appoint to be his assistant?
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IV. Change the following sentences into indirect speech.
1. I said to him: “Stay at home”
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2. The teacher said to the children: “Don’t makes noise in class”
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3. “I will go to China next year”, Minh said.
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4. They said: “We are learning English now”.
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5. “Do you like classical music?”, he asked me.
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6. The man asked her: “Where are you from?”
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7. Mary asked: “Who will open the box for me, Tom?”
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8. He said: “My friend is a doctor here”.
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9. “What is your mother doing now?”, the man asked me.
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10. The old man asked me: “Can you help me?”
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V. Supply the correct form of the words in the brackets.
1. Do you know what his job is? Yes, he is a ……………………… (MUSIC)
2. ………………….., men had to jump into flames to prove their strength. (TRADITION)
3. His poetry is ………………….. by beautiful girls he meets in his life. (INSPIRATION)
4. What was the ………………………. cause of inflation? (MAJORITY)
5. The statue of Liberty ………………….. the spirit of Americans. (SYMBOL)
6. The girl in the short black skirt looks very ……………………….. . (FASHION)
VI. Fill in each space with a correct preposition.
1. Her parents were very proud ………………….. her when she got the scholarship.

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2. This suit is different …………… the one I saw yesterday.
3. The passage is written …………………. English.
4. Vietnamese women usually wear ao dai, sometimes ……….. work, and especially …………
special occasions.
5. They named their daughter ………………… their favorite singers.
6. Famous designers often make their own styles …… clothes …….their own labels ………..
them.
VII. Rewrite the following sentences.
1. Peter keeps forgetting his homework.
 Peter is ..........................................................................................................
2. I would like you to help me put the chairs a way.
 Do you mind.................................................................................................
3. Please don’t make any noise; I'm very tired.
 I'd rather …………………………………………………...........................
4. This is the best computer I have ever used.
 I have never ………………………………………………….......................
5. He hasn’t chatted with his classmates through the internet for ages.
It's ages ………………………………………………………………..........
6. We haven't seen her since we left university.
 The last time ……………………………………………..............................
7. If only I had enough money to buy that car.
 I wish ………………………………………………………………………..
8. Did they return those books to the library?
 Were…………………………………………………………………………
9. They usually wore jeans when they were young.
 They used ……………………………………………………………………
10. I'm on the tenth page of the letter I'm writing
 So far I ............................................................................................................