REVIEW EXERCISES

REVIEW OF INTERCHANGE 2 (Material elaborado por la Prof. Viviana Giménez)
Review Unit 1

- What are the Simple Past forms of these?

AM      ARE    IS

What is the infinitive of this verb? TO ...........

- What are the Simple Past forms of these?

MOVE
TAKE

* Conclusion: “move” is a .................... verb because the ending is ......... “Take” is an ....................verb. You never know the Simple Past form of an .................... verb, except when you study it! If you forget, you can find it in the ....................column.

- Other examples of verbs like “move”:

- Other examples of verbs like “take”:

- These are examples, using the past of BE, of:
An affirmative sentence:
A negative sentence:
A yes/no question:
A short answer (affirmative and negative):
A wh- question:
- These are examples, using the past of any other verb except BE, of:
An affirmative sentence:
A negative sentence:
A yes/no question:
A short answer (affirmative and negative):
A wh- question:

* How can you express a habitual action in the past? Complete, with the two possibilities you have for the second blank.

When I .................... (be) a child, I ....................(collect) comic books.

* Conclusion: I can express habitual action in the past with ....................+ infinitive, or with the ....................tense.

Discussion questions: Discuss the following questions with your partner. 1. Where were you born? 2. Did you grow up there or did you move? 3. Did you use to collect anything? 4.Were you a good student in elementary school / high school? 5. What were your favorite subjects? (for eg., Math, History) 6. What subjects didn’t you like? 7. What did you use to play when you were a child? 8. What clothes did you use to wear when you were a teenager? 9. Who was your hero when you were a child? 10. What was your favorite possession when you were a kid?
Review of Unit 2

Countable or uncountable nouns? Put them in the right group:

police officers – pollution – noise – public transportation – subways – subway lines – parking – parking space – parking spaces – parking garages - traffic – traffic jams – cars – highways – street lights - crime

- Use the following words with TOO MANY/TOO MUCH, FEWER/LESS, MORE and ENOUGH to talk about the problems in your city.

Review of Unit 3

WISH

We use WISH+ .................. when we are not happy about a present situation.  For example:

I wish I ..................(have) a bigger apartment.

I wish life .......................(*be) easier.

*After wish, the plural form of this verb is always used

We use WISH+ .................. when we want something to happen or when we want somebody to do something.  For example:

I wish my parents .......................... (stop) worrying about me so much.

Review of Unit 4

Put the verbs in the correct tense.  Then, circle the correct answer in the rule below.

Marianne: .................................(ever-try) feijoada?
Lee: Yes, I .......................... I ..........................(eat) that last month when I .....................
(visit) Rio.
Marianne: ..........................(you-like) it?
Lee: Yes, I ..........................(think) it ..........................(be) delicious!



Circle the correct answer:
Use the Simple Past / Present Perfect for actions that are finished in the past at a definite time in the past. Use the Simple Past / Present Perfect for events when time is not mentioned, understood or finished.

Right or wrong?
1. I have never eaten Korean food.
2. I didn’t try ceviche when I was in Peru.
3. Have you ever eaten fried bananas?
4. I never tried Thai food.
5. I went to a vegetarian restaurant last night with some of my friends.
6. Have you been on a diet this year?
7. Have you been on a diet last month?

Review of Unit 5
Read the conversation below and underline the future forms.

Sheila: What are you going to do this summer?
Nadine: I don’t know. I suppose I’ll just stay home. Maybe I’ll drive to the beach on weekends.
Sheila: Well, why don’t you come to my parents’ beach house? My sister and I are going to travel there next week.
Nadine: Are you serious? I’d love to go!
Sheila: I should probably ask my parents first. I’ll call them right now to check.

Use ............................. for possible plans and sudden decisions. Use ........................
for plans.

Necessity or suggestion? Use the following modals: must, need, ‘d better (=had better), ought, have, should (in the affirmative or negative).

1. If you travel to the US, you .............. take your passport.
2. You .............. bring a camera when you visit the Iguazu Falls.
3. You ..............to take your credit card if you want to rent a car.
4. If you travel to another country, you ..............to try the local specialties.
5. You ..............buy a raincoat before you visit the rainforest.
6. You ..............to take your passport if you are from Argentina and visit Brazil.
7. You.............. avoid drinking water. You ..............buy bottled water instead.

* Think of some advice for tourists visiting Argentina, using must, need, ‘d better (=had better), ought, have, should (in the affirmative or negative).

Review Unit 6

* What requests can you make using these verbs and these nouns?

turn off – put away – take off – hang up – take out – let out – turn on – throw out –

your books – those old newspapers – the cat – the stereo – your sweater – the phone – the garbage – the computer – the dog – your jacket – the TV

*Now, make requests to your partner.  He/she answers in a positive manner: Eg.
Ok, I’ll.....
or in a negative way:
Sorry, I can’t...............now.


Review Unit 7

* What do you use this for?
The internet – your cell phone – the DVD player – a pocket calculator – your pendrive


* What are these used for?
satellites – robots – ATM’s – CD’s – computers

Unit 8

A. Complete the following chart with information about Holidays and Celebrations in Argentina. Then, compare with a partner. Can you now add or change anything in your chart? Do you have information that your partner doesn’t have?

Holidays and Celebrations:
Date:
What do we celebrate?
What do we do to celebrate?
Any special food, drink or gifts on this occasion?


Now, which one is your favorite holiday or celebration? Why?

B. Complete the following: In Argentina . . .

January and February are the months . . .
May 1st is the day . . .
August 17 is a day . . .
A girl’s 15th birthday is a time . . .
When people get married, . . .
After a couple has a baby, their friends and family . . .
Before the bride and the groom leave the church, . . .

Unit 9: Time contrasts

Lots of things .................... (change) in technology in the last few years. We .................. (see) many developments since the internet ....................(start). For example, if you ....................(think) about communications, you ....................(understand) it very clearly. Before the Internet, people ....................(write) letters and ....................(use) the landline phones much more often than they ....................(do) nowadays. About twenty years ago, many people ....................(have) the habit of writing letters and they ........................... (spend) a lot of money on telephone calls when their friends and family .................... (be) far. Today, there.................... (be) many computer programs to connect you with friends and family and you .........................  (spend) nothing or almost nothing. And in the future, things ....................(be) even more convenient than today. I predict we ....................(not-need) a machine to communicate with each other. You .................... (think) of a person and it ....................(be) possible to send them a telepathic message.

Put the following time expressions in the right category:

in the last (past) few years - a few years ago – since 1990 - before (there was/were) (the automobile) (shopping malls) (the Internet) - fifty years ago – in the past – next year - nowadays – now – soon – in fifty years – in the future – in the next twenty years - these days – today – for 5 years -

Time expressions that indicate that an action . . .
. . . started in the past and continues now:

. . . is in the past:

. . . is in the present:

. . . is in the future:

Conditional sentences
Right or Wrong?

1. If you eat less, you will feel better.
2. If you will eat less, you feel better.
3. You will feel better if you eat less.
4. You feel better if you will eat less.

Conclusion: in Conditional Sentences, I can use...

If + Simple Present, and ........., ................ or ...................


Review of UNIT 10

A. At Work...Use the following verbs in the correct form and complete with your own information regarding your preferences at work: commute – eat lunch out - make mistakes – talk on the phone – sit in long meetings - solve other people’s problems – study languages - travel – use a computer – work long hours - work on weekends – work with a group or team

I like
I enjoy
I’m good at
I’m interested in
I don’t mind
I really don’t like
I can’t stand
I hate

Now, read your preferences to your partner. Use short responses to agree or disagree

B. Personality traits. What personality traits do you need to be a good professional in your area? What personality traits are really bad if you want to be a good professional in your area? Choose some and explain your answers to a partner.

bad-tempered – creative – critical – disorganized – efficient – forgetful – generous – good-tempered - hardworking – impatient – inefficient - level-headed – moody – organized – patient - punctual – reliable – strict – unreliable –

Review of Unit 11

A. Rewrite, using the words in parenthesis.

1. Woody Allen directed the film “Manhattan”. (by)
2. People in Switzerland speak French, German and Italian. (are)
3. Neruda wrote many beautiful poems. (written)
4. Rice is grown in Korea. (Koreans)

B. Which ones of the original sentences in exercise A were Passive and which ones
Active Voice?

Complete this to explain why:
In Passive Voice, you change the focus of the sentence. The subject / object becomes the subject / object. For example, you say “Don Quixote was written by Cervantes”. Or “My car was manufactured in Germany”. So, we use the Present or............... (or the tense you need) of the verb TO....... and the..................column for the Passive Voice.

Review of UNIT 12
Past Continuous or Simple Past?

1.I ................... (watch) TV last night when I .................. (get) your phone call.
2. While my parents .....................(make) dinner yesterday my brother and I....................
(arrive) unexpectedly.
3. My sister .....................(hear) a big, loud noise downstairs while she .....................(take) a shower alone last night.
4. I .....................(wait) in line at the supermarket when suddenly the cashier ................. (close) and I .....................(have) to move to another, longer line!

Choose the correct option:
In the exercise above, we use Simple Past / Past Continuous for an action in progress in the past; and Simple Past / Past Continuous for a completed action.

Review of Unit 13

Complete, using “that”, “which”, or “who” and adjectives to give your opinion on the following:

Johnny Depp is an actor . . .
Madonna is a singer . . .
“The Lion King” is a movie . . .
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” is a book . . .
Steven Spielberg is a director . . .

Review of Unit 16

Write an example about...

*a request someone made to you recently.  For example:

My doctor: Stop smoking!

Now, put it into reported speech:

My doctor told me TO STOP smoking.

*a statement someone said to you.  For example:

My mother: I’ll arrive on Wednesday at 5pm.

Now, put it into reported speech:

My mother said she would arrive on Wednesday at 5pm.