The Learnet Séries

1. English Advanced - Review
1 - Are these conditional sentences correct? If you think they are, choose
"TRUE".
1. If he didn't know what to do, he would have asked us.
True False
2. Unless she comes soon, we'll be late for the first performance.
True False
3. Tell him to go to his room if he arrives late.
True False
4. I'd love to be able to swim if I'm not afraid of the water.
True False
5. Go quickly if you want to buy that last pair of shoes.
True False
6. I'll tell him the news if I'll see him.
True False
7. If you ring the emergency services, help arrives quickly.
True False
8. If you go to Dallas in August, you get hot weather.
True False
9. If she hadn't gone to university in Paris, she wouldn't be able to speak French so
well.
True False
10. If she will go to university next year, we will have the house to ourselves.
True False
11. If I hadn't gone to that interview, I wouldn't have got the job.
True False
12. I'll do the cooking if you buy everything we need.
True False
13. If Andorra were a bigger country, it won't be so famous.
True False

2. 14. He'll call you if he will find a phone. Don't worry.
True False
2 -Put these words into the correct order to make third conditional sentences.
The first word in each question is "if". Don't forget to include all punctuation!
1. 7.30 / for / I / . / would / I / work / bus, / have / hadn't / the / if / caught / late / been
2. known / be / you / if / so / angry, / you'd / I / have / wouldn't / told / . / I'd
3. built / the / wouldn't / it / better, / have / building / been / if / had / . / collapsed
4. have / they / would / my / if / . / you, / happy / met / sisters / been / had
5. . / the / had / rained / have / it / for / river / hour, / if / would / flooded / another
6. have / money / the / . / you / given / I'd / if / earlier, / you / I / seen / would
7. have / in / to / if / would / I'd / live / I / . / to / speak / able / gone / Paris / been /
French,
8. we / we / if / bed / extra / prepared / have / could / you / had / were / known / the / . /
coming,
3 - You have to fill each space with either the past continuous, past perfect
simple or past perfect continuous. Don't use contractions.
1. I was exhausted at the end of the exam. I (write) for over two hours.
2. When thieves stole my favourite leather jacket, I was really upset. I
(have) it for over ten years.
3. Please step out of the car, Mr. Jones. Do you realise you (drive) at
over 90mph?
4. We didn't really want to go and see the musical again. We (already
see) it twice - so we said "no" and we went to a restaurant instead!
5. I arrived over an hour late to the office and everyone was working. Actually, they
(work) for over two hours on the new project and I felt really guilty.

3. 6. The kitchen was full of steam when we arrived. Joan was in the kitchen and she
(cook) a huge meal for everyone at the party.
7. It was a bit embarrassing to arrive at their house and find Mary looking so sad. I
think she (cry) before we got there.
8. No-one even noticed when I got home. They (all watch) the big game
on TV.
4 - Are these reported questions Correct or Wrong?
1. Can you tell me what time the last performance does start?
Correct Wrong
2. He wanted to know if I was coming or not.
Correct Wrong
3. Please tell me what you mean by your last remark.
Correc Wrong
4. She asked me how often are we hungry.
Correct Wrong
5. Dan asked me what time the train left and how long it would take.
Correct Wrong
6. She asked if I have been to France last year.
Correct Wrong
7. I want to know can you borrow bowling shoes here?
Correct Wrong
8. My mother can't remember if she ordered a large pizza or not.
Correct Wrong
5 - First, read Jack's itinerary for tomorrow. Then, for each sentence,
choose either Future Continuous or Future Perfect to complete it. Look at
the example.

4. 8.00
8.30
9.30
11.00
1.00
3.00
7.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
Leave Home
Arrive at Airport
Plane Leaves For Paris
Arrives in Paris
Meeting Starts
Meeting Finishes
Business Dinner
Leave Restaurant
Arrive at Hotel
Go to Bed
Example. At 8am, he will be leaving home. (leave)
1. By 8.30am, he at the airport. (arrive airport).
2. At 9am, he his plane (wait).
3. At 9.30am, he for Paris (leave).
4. At 10am, he to Paris (fly).
5. At 11.10am, he (arrive) in Paris.
6. At 1.30pm, the meeting (start).
7. At 7.50pm, he his dinner (eat).
8. At 10.15pm, he (leave) the restaurant.
9. At midnight, he (sleep).
6 - Which of these sentences is correct? Choose "true" if you think it's alright
and "false" if you think there is an error.
1. Despite that Harold wasn't the fastest runner, he won the race.
True False
2. There were not many people at the party, but it was really enjoyable.
True False
3. Despite not feel too good this morning, I went to work.
True False
4. It's an old radio. Although, it works really well.
True False

5. 5. Although Gary worked for weeks on that assignment, he got a terrible mark for it.
True False
6. Despite my thick overcoat, I felt cold while at the stadium watching the game.
True False
7. In spite of the fact that I lay on the beach all day, I am as white as I was before!
True False
8. I performed confidently at the interview. Despite, I didn't get the job.
True False
9. Even though Rosa and Marcello had a huge row last night, they seem very happy
today.
True False
10. In spite to speak English well, they asked me to take a course at the university.
True False