General revision

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Revision exercise

Let's practice with other common questions of the PAU tests. We refer to the grammar question, which, as you know, may be of different types.

1. Tense and sentence structures.

Write the following sentence in the forms and tenses asked in the chart: "An estimated quarter of Earth's population uses the services of the Internet."

 

Tense and form Answer
Negative interrogative  
Future simple
 
Interrogative of the Present Perfect  
Negative of the Past Simple
 
Interrogative  

2. Passive voice.

Turn the following sentences into the passive voice.

a. The Internet carries a vast array of information resources and services.

b. The Internet has enabled or accelerated the creation of new forms of human interactions through instant messaging

c. An estimated quarter of Earth's population uses the services of the Internet.


3. Direct/Indirect or reported speech.

Turn the following sentence into the reported speech: "After visiting Melbourne Park and enjoying the fantastic visit to the courts where the Australian Open is held, Paco feels like visiting one of the most famous universities in Melbourne" (The narrator said...)


4. Relative clauses.

Join the following pairs of sentences by means of a relative clause. Remember to decide if they are defining or non-defining.

a. Paco visited all the courts at Melbourne Park. It is in the north of the city.

b. He was helped by a guide. The name of the guide was Phillip.

c. He got astonished when he saw the Rod Laver Arena court. Rafa Nadal was training there.


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Read the paragraph below and fill in the missing words. You can choose from:

HOMEPAGE URL
SEARCH
BOOKMARKS
HYPERLINKS
CONNECTION
WORLD WIDE WEB DOWNLOAD
CLICKING
FILES
SURF
BROWSER

The , or WWW is a network of documents that works in a hypertext environment, that is, using text that contains links, to other documents.

The , web pages, are stored in computers, which act are servers. Your computer, the client, uses a web , a special programme to acces and them. The web pages are organized in websites, groups of pages located on the Web, maintained by a webmaster, the manager of the website.

To or navigate the Web and access web pages or websites, you need a computer with an Internet and a web browser. After you have launched it, you must type the website address or .

To find interesting sites you can use engines, where the website information in stored. Some web portals are also good starting points.

The most significant websites addresses can be stored in your computer using the or favourites function in your browser.

Web pages usually have a starting page or , from where you can navigate by your mouse on hyperlinks in texts or images.

Adapted from Professional English in Use 

  

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Compound words

Add at least three more compound words to each list

Example: OUToutlook - outcast, outdoors, outcome

DOWN download
FAR faraway
FIRE firefighter
FOOT football
HARD hard-working
LONG long-life
UNDER undercover
SEA seaside
SUN sunburn
WOOD woodpecker