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1. ASTS EXERCISE GRADE XII

Choose the words from the following box to complete the text!

poor                                                refused                            demanded                      agreed               powerful

wicked                                            appeared                         safe                                 married             special

Once upon a time, there was a (1). _____ boy named Aladdin who lived with his mother. One day, a (2). _____ man pretending to be Aladdin's uncle asked for his help to find a (3). _____ lamp in a hidden cave. Aladdin (4). _____ and was given a magic ring by the man.

Aladdin found the lamp in the cave, but when he tried to leave, the man (5). _____ the lamp before helping him out. Aladdin (6). _____, and the man trapped him inside the cave. Scared, Aladdin rubbed the magic ring, and a genie (7). _____, offering to grant three wishes.

Aladdin wished to be free from the cave, and the genie took him home. When Aladdin’s mother cleaned the lamp, another more (8). _____ genie appeared, able to grant any wish. With the genie’s help, Aladdin became rich and (9). _____ a princess.

Although the wicked man tried to steal the lamp, Aladdin was always one step ahead. In the end, Aladdin and his wife lived happily ever after, keeping the magic lamp (10). _____.

2. Decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE!

1. Aladdin lived in a big palace with his family before meeting the wicked man. (T/F)

2. The wicked man pretended to be Aladdin's uncle. (T/F)

3. Aladdin found the magic lamp in a small village. (T/F)

4. The wicked man trapped Aladdin inside the cave. (T/F)

5. Aladdin used the magic ring to summon the genie. (T/F)

6. The genie granted Aladdin three wishes. (T/F)

7. Aladdin's first wish was to have a beautiful palace. (T/F)

8. Aladdin's mother discovered the second genie by cleaning the lamp. (T/F)

9. The wicked man successfully stole the lamp from Aladdin. (T/F)

10. Aladdin and his wife lived happily ever after. (T/F)

Exercise is used for expression congratulations, wishes and hope.

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY TEST

I - Choose the correct answer (14 points)

1. Thomas Edison, ____________ was American, invented many things, including the light bulb.

A. which                    B. who                        C. was                         D. that

2. My MP3 player is better than __________!

A. you                         B. your                       C. yours                      D. mine

3. "What happened to the old postman?"

- "He ____________ to a new neighborhood to work".

A. has sent                  B. was send                C. was sent                 D. sent

4. This job is much ____________ than the last one!

A. hard                       B. hardest                   C. harder                    D. more hard

5. Our company is moving into a ____________ building next week.

A. larger                     B. largest                    C. more large             D. most large

6. What’s the ___________job you’ve ever had?

A. most good             B. best                        C. better                      D. good

7. Those towns ____________ you were looking at in Gaul are small.

A. who                        B. where                     C. which                     D. whom

8. The women ____________ I gave the money were glad.

A. to whom                B. to who                    C. for whom               D. for that

9. I know a boy ____________ name is John.

A. who                        B. whose                    C. whom                    D. that

10. This is the place ____________ we have tea.

A. what                       B. where                      C. which                    D. that

11. The house ____________ in the storm has now been rebuilt.

A. destroyed              B. destroying              C. which destroyed    D. was destroyed

12. The man ____________ at the blackboard is our teacher.

A. stood                     B. stands                     C. standing                 D. to stand

13. Gold ____________ in California in the nineteenth century.

A. was discovered        B. has been discovered     C. was discovere       D. they discovered

14. If I ____________ 20 years younger, I ____________ her.

A. were/would love   B. am/will love                 C. were/ loves      D. had/would love

II - Change the verbs in the brackets (10 points)

1. My bike ________________ (steal)! Call the police!

2. “The longest fish in the contest was eighteen inches long.”

- “It ________________ (catch) by Thelma Rivers.”

3. “What ____________________ (you do) when you saw the man?”, the police officer asked.

4. Do you think Curtis ___________________ (win) the car race tomorrow?

5. It’s the first time I ___________________ (get) all the answers right in a test!

6. Watch out, or you __________________ (fall) off the boat!

7. The exam ___________________ (already start) when Jimmy finally found the right room.

8. I’m tired because I ___________________ (work) since eight this morning.

9. I broke my leg when Tony and I ___________________ (practice) for the school sports day.

10. I ______________________ (travel) around the world one day.

III - Finish the following sentences without changing the meaning of the sentences printed before them. (10 points)

1. I usually get up earlier than my wife.

=> My wife __________________________________________________________________ .

2. You drink too much coffee, that’s why you can’t sleep.

=> If you ____________________________________________________________________ .

3. I’ve never played this game before.

=> This is the first time _________________________________________________________ .

4. He hides the broken cup in the drawer.

=> The broken cup ____________________________________________________________ .

5. The new words are very difficult. I have to learn them. (use “which”)

=> The new words ____________________________________________________________ .

6. Mary’s coat is more expensive than Kate’s.

=> Kate’s coat ________________________________________________________________ .

7. My mother is retired. She has decided to learn Chinese. (use “who”)

=> My mother ________________________________________________________________ .

8. I’m not good at persuading people. (use “Wish”)

=> I  ________________________________________________________________________ .

9. I missed the bus yesterday. I still went to school on time. (use “Although”) =>__________________________________________________________________________ .

10. Lucy came down with a flu last week. She didn’t go to work yesterday. (use “because”) =>__________________________________________________________________________ .

IV. Fill in the blank with one word (15 points)  and make 3 compound sentences, 3 complex sentences using the words given. (6 points)

1. Have a talent ________

2. _______ the exam(s) with flying colors

3. Be a _________ learner

4. Miss/meet the ___________

5. Get __________ in heavy traffic

6. Have a healthy and balanced _______

7. Fall _____ with

8. Strike up a _______________

9. Have a lot ______ common

10. _______ my own business

11. Have good promotion ________________

12. Get _______ shape

13. Have a heavy ___________

14. ___________ a work-life balance

15. Earn a _________ salary

Listen to the song and decide true or false

Put the verb into the correct form.

Complete the sentences

I wish + auxil.verbs

Past tenses

B2 Narrative tenses, used to, would

Future

B2 Future forms – expressing future time

B2 Other ways to express future – be about to, be due to, etc.

B2 Future in the past

Modals, the imperative, etc .

B2 Modal verbs – permission, obligation, prohibition, necessity

B2 Speculation and deduction – modal verbs and expressions

B2 Verbs of the senses

B2 Get – different meanings

Conditionals, if, wish, etc.

B2 All conditionals – mixed conditionals, alternatives to if, inversion

B2 Mixed conditionals – If I were you, I wouldn’t have done it

B2 Wish, rather, if only, it’s time – unreal uses of past tenses

B2 Unless, even if, provided, as long as, etc. – other expressions in conditionals

Passive

B2 Distancing – expressions and passive of reporting verbs

B2 Passive verbs with two objects

-ing and the infinitive

B2 Verb + object + infinitive/gerund – verb patterns

B2 Gerunds and infinitives – complex forms

Articles, nouns, pronouns, and determiners.

B2 Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns

B2 Generic pronouns – common-gender pronouns

B2 Compound nouns and possessive forms

B2 Possessive ’s with time expressions – Two hours’ walk

Relative clauses, relative pronouns and adverbs

B2 Relative clauses – defining and non-defining

there and it

B2 There and it – preparatory subjects

Auxiliary verbs

B2 Have – auxiliary or main verb

B2 Ellipsis and substitution

Adjectives and adverbs

B2 Inversion with negative adverbials – adding emphasis

Conjunctions and clauses

B2 Clauses of contrast, purpose, reason and result

B2 Discourse markers – linking words

B2 Participle claus

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Word order

B2 Cleft sentences – adding emphasis

Complete the text with one word in each gap.

I’ve never 1been interested in having the latest gadgets, but Mark is just 2                opposite. He’s
a real geek and 3               recently taken to playing Warzone with his online friends. He 4               to spend most evenings with me but now he 5               usually disappear for hours on end! I think I’m getting used to 6                more time on my own, but I do now 7                that I hadn’t bought him a new laptop for his birthday. I 8                 hardly seen him since then! Mind you, I’ve taken up salsa and have 9                lots of ‘real’ people! I’m hoping that will 10                all the difference.
 

Correct two mistakes in each sentence.

1 Paul was has never pulled his weight around the house and is usually finding found on the sofa.

2 If you are liking good local food, you should going to Pedros’ Bistro.

3 I would get to Berlin at 10a.m. provide there are no delays at the airport.

4 As the children, we would going fishing in the lake close to our family home.

5 Do you mind me to ask you as if you get more than thirty days paid holiday a year?

6 Where have you been? I’d been waiting for hours! I wish you tell me you were going to be late!

 

Underline the correct answer, a), b) or c).

1 Fortunately, no one    c    injured in the fire.

a) was being         b) will being          c) was

2 The concert was called off because too few tickets            sold beforehand.

a) had been          b) have been        c) were being

3 Mark gets to work late            he leaves before the rush hour begins.

a) as long as         b) providing          c) unless

4 I don’t think Maria            go travelling next year.

a) will                     b) might                c) is likely

5 We            live by the sea before we moved here.

a) were used to     b) got used to       c) used to

6 I wish Lisa            more time working instead of texting friends.

a) would spend    b) might spend     c) spends

7 Rob hates            told he’s in the wrong.

a) being          b) to being                    c) to have been

Practice of using of conditionals and wishes

Wishes and regrets

spelling practice on learned activities and wishes for the future

wish content

Learning about how to express congratulation, hope, and wish

The exercise is used for accomplishing "congratulation, wish and hope".

Watch the video and do the tasks

Congratulation, hope and wish

Drag the words in their correct shape.