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REVISION EXERCISE for 1º Bachillerato >>>
76. Insert the second sentences
into the first ones by means of RELATIVE CLAUSES:
1. That is the boy. I borrowed
his motorbike last Saturday.
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2. Southampton is a busy sea
port. It is on the south coast of England.
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3. Jimmy Connors was once
married to Chris Evert.He was a very famous American tennis player.
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4. Apolo XI was the spaceship.
It took Armstrong and Aldrin to the moon.
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5. Last year I had to read the
book. You are looking at it now.
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77. CONDITIONALS. Put the vers
in brackets into their correct tense and fill in the gaps (...) with these words: IF
/ WHEN /
PROVIDED THAT / UNLESS /
AS LONG AS
1. I am going to Rome next
week. ................ I (BE) __________ there, I (SEE)______________ the Colisseum.
2. .................... we
(GO) ____________ now, we (MISS) ____________ the train.
3. I (HELP) ____________
....................... I (FINISH) _____________ first.
4. .............. she (HAVE)
_____________ a ticket, she (GO) _________________ to the concert.
5. Albert sr.(PLAY)
________________ with you tomorrow
morning .............. Albert jr. (NOT
EAT) ______________ every three hours.
12. She recalls her wedding was ............. (A more bigger
B much more big C
the most biggest D much bigger)
13. Most weddings in England ............. in church.
(A used to perform B
used to be performed C are used to perform
D were used to being performed)
14. But now there are ................ before. (A
more than B as much as
C fewer than D lesser than)
15. ............... people go to Registry Offices. (A Although B
Unless C When
D Instead)
16. Even on Sundays, fewer people go to .............. church than before. (A
the B a
C -- D that)
17. English couples don't give ............ rings at weddings. (A
each other B the other
C themselves D those two)
18. .............. the bride a ring. (A The man gives only B The only man gives C Only to the man gives D Only the man gives)
19. ............ rice and confetti at the married couple is a custom in England. (A Throwing
B When you throw C To throw D Having thrown)
20. This is
.................. assure happiness and prosperity for them. (A
perhaps B supposed to
C to make D so to)
