This document contains a review of grammar activities for 2nd year secondary school students (2o ESO) at a bilingual center. It includes exercises on vocabulary, questions about a reading from the book "All About USA", and grammar covered in the following exercises. The exercises cover topics like present simple vs continuous, question forms, past simple, verb+ing forms, past continuous, conditional sentences, modal verbs, and more. Students must pass all three sections (vocabulary, reading questions, grammar exercises) to complete the review successfully.

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EL EXAMEN CONSTARÁ DE:
- Vocabulario
 Routines
 Feelings
 QuestionWords
 Pronouns
 Television
 Appearance
 Character
 Too/enough
 Travel
 Weather
 Sports (places and equipment)
 Life events
 Adjectivesof opinion
 Technology (verbs and gadgets)
 House parts
 Appliances andhome objects
 Conjunctions
 Time prepositions
- Preguntas sobre el librode lectura “ALL ABOUTUSA”
- Gramáticacontenidaen los ejercicios acontinuación
SE DEBEN SUPERAR LAS TRES PARTES
Estos ejerciciosy sus textos del final debenentregarse el díadel examen
Susana MartínMuñoz

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1. Complete with PRESENT SIMPLE or CONTINUOUS.
My brother and I usually (go) __________ to a disco on Saturdays,but this weekend we (stay) __________ at home. Our
cousin (visit) ______________ us from Canada atthe moment and he (not like) ______________ dance music.It’s OK
because I (play) ________________ football on Sunday morningand I (not want) ________________ to be tired. 2.
2. Complete the questions and shortanswers with the PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
1. (they/play) Do they play sport? Yes, they do.
2. (she/come) Is she coming to the party tomorrow? No, she isn’t.
3. (you/wear) _____________ your new shirttonight? Yes, __________.
4. (she/get up) _______________ early at weekends? No, __________
5. (you/know) ___________ the answer to this question? No, __________.
6. (they/walk) __________________ to school today? No, __________.
7. (he/meet) ____________________ us later? Yes, __________.
3. Complete the sentences with the PAST SIMPLE.
1. We (not go) __________ shoppingyesterday afternoon.
2. She (put) __________ the letter in the envelope.
3. He (be) __________ late, so he (take) __________ a taxi to the station.
4. Ana (not believe) _____________ my story.
5. Jack (tell) __________ me a funny joke yesterday.
6. _____ they ________ (win) the football match lastSaturday?
7. (be) _______ the weather bad yesterday?
8. We (stay) __________ at home and (watch) __________ some videos.
9. I (not clean) __________ my bedroom, so my mother (not be) __________ very happy.
10. (visit) ______ you _______ your best friend?
4. LOVE / LIKE / ENJOY / HATE + Verb-ing. Complete the sentences with the verbs in –ing form. buy / cycle/ do / read /
write / cook
1. I enjoy __________ in the countryside.I’ve got a mountain bike.
2. I love__________ detective stories.They’re really exciting.
3. I enjoy __________. I make dinner for the family atweekends.
4. I hate __________ the housework. It’s so boring.
5. I love__________ clothes.I spend all my money on them!
6. I don’t like__________ letters. I prefer usingthe phone.

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5. Complete the conversation with the PAST CONTINUOUS form.
Mother: What were you doing yesterday afternoon?
Sam and Jo: We (watch) ______________ TV.
Susan:I (read) __________.
Mother: _______ John _____________ (do) his homework?
Susan:No, he __________. He (play) ______________ computer games.
John: I _______________ (not play) computer games. I _________________ (do) my homework.
Susan,what _______ you _______________ (read)?
Susan:A school book! I (study) __________________.
Mother: Be quiet! Don’t argue. And what ______ your father ___________ (do)?
Susan:He ________________ (sleep)!
6. PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS. Choose the correct option.
1. They heard/were hearingstrangenoises whilethey were walkingpastthe old house.
2. I walked/was walkinghome when I sawa car accident.
3. Kate was waitingfor me when I arrived/was arrivingatthe cinema.
4. Whileshe cycled/was cyclingto school,itstarted to rain.
5. It was snowingwhen I got up/was getting up.
6. WhileI did/was doingmy homework, the phone rang.
7. We were runningwhen Ben broke/was breakinghis leg.
8. He was falling/fell asleep whilehe was watching TV.
9. I didn’tlisten/wasn’tlisteningwhen the teacher gave us our homework.
10. It wasn’t snowing/didn’tsnow when they left home.
7. Complete the questions with the PAST SIMPLE or CONTINUOUS.
1. What (you/do) __________________ lastnight? I watched a video.
2. We went to Lisbon lastmonth. Where (you/stay) ______________________?
3. Why (they/wear) ________________________ those clothes yesterday? They were goingto a party.
4. (it/rain) ____________________ when you left the cinema? Yes. We got very wet!
5. How (she/cut) ____________________ her finger? She was peeling potatoes.
6. Why (the teacher/shout) _____________________ at James? Because he wasn’t listeningto her.
7. What (you/do) ________________________ when she phoned? Not much.

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8. FIRST CONDITIONAL. Complete the sentences.
1. If the computer game (be) ________________ too expensive, I (not buy) ________________ it.
2. If you (give) ________________ me 5€, I (go) ________________ to the shops for you.
3. We (make) ________________ dinner if you (do) ________________ the washingup.
4. Mum says thatif I (not tidy) ________________ my bedroom, she(not lend) ________________ me the car.
5. They (miss) ________________ the filmif they (not leave) ________________ now.
9. Write FIRST CONDITIONAL sentences.
If / it/ stop / raining/ we / climb / that / mountain.
If / John / score/ a goal / they / win / the / match.
I / not / wait / for you / if / you / be / late.
If / Kate / not come / to the party / Mark / not be happy.
They / have / a great time / if / they / go / to New York.
10. SECOND CONDITIONAL Complete the Conditional Sentences by putting the verbs into the correct form.
1. If we (have)______________ a yacht, we (sail) _____________________ the seven seas
2. If he (have) _______________ more time, he (learn) _________________ karate.
3. If they (tell) _______________ their father, he (be) _________________ very angry.
4. She (spend)_______________ a year in the USA if it(be)___________ easier to get a green card.
5. If I (live) _______________ on a lonely island,I (run) _________________ around naked all day.
6. We (help) ______________ you if we (know) _________________ how.
7. My brother (buy) ______________ a sports car if he (have) _______________ the money.
8. If I (feel) _______________ better, I (go) __________________ to the cinema with you.
9. If you (go) ______________ by bike more often, you (be / not) _______________ so flabby.
10. She (not / talk) _________________ to you if she (be) ________________ mad at you.

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11. THIRD CONDITIONAL. Complete the Conditional Sentences by putting the verbs into the correct form
1. _________________________________ (you/buy) those shoes if they had been on sale?
2. If you ____________________________ (tell) us about the concert we would have
3. I wouldn't be angry if you _____________________ my chocolatemousse. (to eat)
4. If he had known you were in hospital,he_____________________ you. (to visit)
5. We wouldn't have come by taxi if we _____________________ the right bus. (to find)
6. We would have visited the Prado gallery if we _____________________ time. (to have)
7. If you hadn'tbeen askingme questions all thetime, I _____________________ the film.(to enjoy)
8. If I _____________________ your number, I would have phoned.(to know)
9. If justone person had remembered my birthday,I _____________________ sad.(to be)
10. I would have understood the filmif it _____________________ in German. (to be)
11. They _____________________ to see you if they hadn't been away. (to come)
12. If she _____________________ on a double yellow line,shewouldn't have got a fine. (to park)
13. If I'd known you were coming, I _____________________ a cake. (to bake)
14. If she _____________________ the shed unlocked, they wouldn't have stolen her bike. (to leave)
15. If you had told me about the concert, I _____________________. (to go)
16. The storm _____________________ a lot of damage if it had come this way. (to do)
17. The holidays would havebeen great if the weather _____________________ better. (to be)
12. Use SHOULD / SHOULDN´T/ MUSTN´T/MUST
1. We _______________________ invite the Nortons to our party. They are nicepeople
2. Young children _____________________ stay at home on their own
3. The doctor told Charliethathe _______________________ drink too much alcohol
4. You ______________________ forget his birthday again
5. My mum thinks I ______________________ spend so much money on clothes
6. The teacher told me: “You ____________________ get up earlier becauseyou are late again”
7. You _______________________ cross thestreet when the traffic lights arered
8. You ______________________ wear warm clothes when it´s cold outside
9. You _______________________ stay in bed when you areill
10 . You _________________________ brush your teeth three times a year

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13. Decide which type of modal verb goes with each sentence and then fill thegaps with HAVE TO/ MUST /MUSTN´T .
When you see NEGATIVE, the modal verb must be in a negative form.
1. If you want to loseweight, you ............................. eat pasta,potatoes, white bread or white rice. NEGATIVE
2. It's alright.You ............................. come to Muriel's wedding if you don't want to. NEGATIVE
3. Stupid boy! You ............................. play with matches! NEGATIVE
4. You haven't heard from Eleonora for ages. Maybe you ............................. give her a ring.
5. You ............................. remember your passport.Otherwisethey won't let you on the plane.
6. The weather forecastsays this weekend will befine. We ............................. go on a picnic.
7. You ............................. go there on your own. It's extremely dangerous. NEGATIVE
8. You ............................. come if you don't feel likeit. NEGATIVE
9. You ............................. take lifeso seriously.Relax a bit.NEGATIVE
10. Orange juicein cartons has no goodness in it at all.You ............................. make it yourself.
11. You ............................. drink and drive.NEGATIVE
12. These instructions aredifficultto follow.They ............................. to explain things better
14. Change into the passive. Write BY only if it´s necessary:
1. The teacher marked all the homework ________________________________________________________
2. Where will your company send you next year? __________________________________________________
3. The news about the war worried Josephine _____________________________________________________
4. His parents educated him ___________________________________________________________________
5. Do you use these computers? ________________________________________________________________
6. They didn´t inviteme to their party ____________________________________________________________
7. When did Bell invent the telephone? ___________________________________________________________
8. That dog will biteyou _______________________________________________________________________
9. Your brother opened your birthday present ______________________________________________________
10. The students didn´t pass the exams ____________________________________________________________
11. Somebody recorded our conversation __________________________________________________________
12. Does anybody answer the telephone? __________________________________________________________
13. The tourists visittheEiffel Tower every year _____________________________________________________
14. A thief stolethe expensive sculpture____________________________________________________________
15. They will repair my puncture in the garage_______________________________________________________
16. She doesn´t collectstamps ____________________________________________________________________
17. I will study a different languagenext year ________________________________________________________
18. Did you break your brother´s new CD? ___________________________________________________________
19. They won´t open a supermarket in this town ___________________________________________________ ___
20. Does your father build houses? _________________________________________________________________

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READING COMPREHENSION 1
Queen of the Sky
Next autumn the biggest passenger planein the world - the Airbus A380 - is goingto make its firstpublic flight.
The planeis enormous - it's nearly 35 metres high and 75 metres long. To give you a better idea of its size,try imagining
ten buses placed on top of each other for nearly an entire football field (a field measures 90 metres)! The wings on the
Airbus arelong enough to park 70 cars on!There arealso 500 kilometres of cables.
When itis full,the Airbus will carry 853 passengers - that's over 300 more than today's jumbo jets. Insidethe plane
there's goingto be lots of spacefor people to relax and travel in comfort. There arealso goingto be cinemas,bars,
shops,and even a gym with showers!
The new super-planehas Rolls Royceengines, which are very quiet, so it isn'tgoingto causeas much noisepollution as
ordinary planes.
The Airbus A380 is goingto take holidaymakers between London Heathrow and Changi airportin Singapore.
1. Read the text and answer the questions.
a) Is the Airbus A380 bigor small?
b) Is the planegoing to be comfortablefor passengers? Why/ why not?
2. Read the text again and decide if the sentences are true or false.
a) The Airbus flights started lastautumn.
b) There is a football field on the plane.
c) There are parkingspaces in the plane.
d) Jumbo jets carry more passengers than the airbus.
e) People can watch films on the plane.
f) The engines don't make much noise.
3. Vocabulary. Find the opposites of these words in the text.
a) smallest
b) last
c) very small
d) empty
e) outside
f) noisy
4. WRITING. Describe one trip you have enjoyed a lot

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READING COMPREHENSION 2
CLOCKS
Clocks areused to measure time. Clocks areused to show the time. Clocks areused so that people can agree on the
time.
People use clocks to measure units of time that areshorter than natural units.Natural units arethe day, the month, and
the year. The sun rises atthe beginning of each day.The moon is new at the beginningof each month. The sun appears
at the same placein the sky at the beginning of each year.
The clock is a very old invention. Sundialswere used in ancienttimes. Sundialswork by measuringshadows thatare cast
by the sun.
Candleclocks were used a very longtime ago. Candle clocks work by measuringthe time ittakes for the wax to mel t.
Hourglasses aresimilar to candleclocks becausethey also measurethe time it takes for something to happen.
Hourglasses work by measuringthe time it takes for sand to pour through a small openinginto a glass.
Mechanical clocksappeared in the 13th century in Europe. They work with a system of moving gears. The gears always
move at the same speed.
Pendulum clocks work with a swingingweight. The swingingweight is called a pendulum. The pendulum makes the clock
parts move.
Now people typically usemechanical clocksor digital clocks.Digital clocks shownumbers on a screen. The numbers
represent the time.
Some people use auditory clocks.Auditory clocks uselanguageto tell the time aloud.
Computers also useclocks.Computers use internal clocks in order to work properly.
In today’s world, clocks areeverywhere –– in homes, schools,offices,and public places. Many people livetheir lives
accordingto the clock.People go to work and return home accordingto the clock.School days startand end according
to the clock.Airplanes takeoff and land accordingto the clock.It is fun to imaginea world without clocks!
QUESTIONS:
1. Accordingto the passage,which of the followingstatements is/aretrue?
A) The clock is people’s oldestinvention.
B) Sundials were the firstkind of clock thatpeople invented.
C) Mechanical clockscontain gears
2. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A) Why clocks areused
B) How sundialswork
C) How hourglasses aresimilar to candleclocks
D) What types of clocks havebeen invented
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3. What is an auditory clock?
4. auditory most closely means
A) related to machines
B) related to numbers
C) related to hearing
D) related to moving parts
E) related to the sun
5. Why are clocks so important in our world?
6. How did the firstclocks work?
WRITING: What is the most important invention for you ?
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READING COMPREHENSION 3
THE WHITE HOUSE
The White House is the home and officeof the President of the United States.
The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington,D.C.
The firstpresidentto livein the White House was John Adams. He moved into the White House in 1800. Now President
Barack Obama lives in the White House.
An architectnamed James Hoban made the plans for the White House. Hoban won a design contest held by Pierre
Charles L’Enfant. L’Enfant was the main architectfor the capital city of Washington,D.C.
The White House was builtbetween 1792 and 1800.It was builtof limestone and painted white. Duringthe War of
1812,the British Army set fireto the White House. President 10 James Madison moved out whilethe house was rebuilt.
In 1817, James Monroe moved into the White House.
At first,people called the buildingthe “President’s Palace.”However, becausekings and queens livein palaces,
“President’s Palace”was not a good name for the house. PresidentTheodore Roosevelt gave the buildingthename it
has today – The White House.
QUESTIONS
1. Accordingto the passage,which of the followingstatements is/aretrue?
I) All the Presidents of the United States have lived in the White House.
II) The White House was painted white to cover up marks left from the fire.
III) James Madison was Presidentof the United States duringthe War of 1812.
A) I only
B) II only
C) III only
D) I and II only
E) II and III only
2. What happened duringthe war of 1812?
3. palace most closely means
A) office
B) castle
C) home
D) building
E) tower
4. What did James Hoban win?

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5. WRITING: Describe your ideal house
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