DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Grammar

DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Grammar & Usage Review Test 1 Part A Part B http: //www. aristo. com. hk 1

DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Grammar & Usage Grammar Practice In this article, some of the verbs are incorrect. Decide if the underlined verbs are correct. The first two have been done for you. P. 62 http: //www. aristo. com. hk 2

DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Grammar & Usage The Olympics (1) had changed the lives of (1) has changed _______ (2) _______ (3) to find _______ many people in China. For security guard Z. Zhang, the final burst of fireworks over the Bird’s Nest Stadium for the closing ceremony (2) pointed him towards a new career. The 19 -year-old Henan native came to Beijing (3) found a job before the Games got underway. P. 62 http: //www. aristo. com. hk 3

DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Grammar & Usage ‘I wanted to do something for the Olympics, ’ (4) had been _______ (5) _______ ‘I thought I might (6) made some contacts (6) make _______ during the Games, which would help me (7) find/to find _______ Zhang said. As he (4) is a security guard for years before he came to the capital, he tried (5) to look for the same kind of job. finding a good job after the Games were over. ’ P. 62 http: //www. aristo. com. hk 4

DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Grammar & Usage Zhang (8) has left secondary school in 2006. (8) left _______ To earn a living, he (9) took a job as a security (9) _______ guard. He decided (10) being a volunteer for (10) to be ______ (11) was ______ I (12) have met many foreigners and I was (12) met ______ able to (13) practising my English. ’ (13) ______ practise the Olympics. ‘It (11) is hard work being a volunteer, ’ Zhang concluded, ‘but it was worth it. For one thing, P. 62 http: //www. aristo. com. hk 5

DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Grammar & Usage After the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the smiling Olympic volunteers are no longer around. Security on the streets and subway Teacher’s notes stations is also not as tight. ‘But the real change is not something you can (14) see, ’ (14) ______ (15) ______ said Zhang. ‘The real change is in the way people (15) think. ’ P. 62 http: //www. aristo. com. hk 6

DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Grammar & Usage Read the following news report, then fill in each blank in the conversation between Linda and Carol with ONE word. The first one has been done for you. P. 63 http: //www. aristo. com. hk 8

DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Grammar & Usage T wo firemen died in the line of duty while saving residents trapped in a blaze at Cornwall Court in Mong Kok. The Fire Services Department is investigating why they died from apparent smoke inhalation, even though both were wearing full protection gear. Days after the blaze, colleagues of the deceased and members of the public were still visiting the scene of the fire to pay tribute to them. Many were in tears while burning incense and paying their respects. ‘They sacrificed themselves to save people, ’ a 15 -year-old Secondary 3 student said. ‘They are true heroes, ’ a man named Tsui said. ‘They will live on in our memories. ’ ■ P. 63 http: //www. aristo. com. hk 9

DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Grammar & Usage Linda Where are you going, Carol? Carol I’m (1) Alex at Mong Kok at six. Linda Are you (2) shopping? Carol No, we’re going to Cornwall Court, the building where a fire (3) out last (1) meeting ______ (2) going ______ (3) broke ______ Sunday. Teacher’s notes Linda Why? Do you know someone who (4) ______ lives there? P. 63 NEWS REPORT http: //www. aristo. com. hk 10

DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Carol Grammar & Usage No, we’re going there to pay tribute Teacher’s notes (5) ______ lives burning building (6) safety? (6) to ______ Linda Can I come (7) you? (7) ______ with Carol Of course. to the two firemen who lost their (5) while leading people from the P. 63 NEWS REPORT http: //www. aristo. com. hk 13

DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Linda Grammar & Usage You know RTHK had a call from a resident of the building. She tearfully recounted how the two firemen (8) her and her mother (9) (8) rescued ______ the burning building. The firemen (9) from ______ gave them their oxygen masks and as a result, lost their lives. P. 63 NEWS REPORT http: //www. aristo. com. hk 16

DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Carol Grammar & Usage Yes. Other survivors also told reporters that the firefighters who (10) to their rescue shared their (10) ______ came (11) deserve ______ oxygen masks with them. Those brave firefighters (11) our deepest respect. P. 63 NEWS REPORT http: //www. aristo. com. hk 18

DEVELOPING SKILLS Set B Review Test 1 Linda Grammar & Usage They certainly do. I read in the newspaper that the Fire Services Department and the government will (12) funerals with full honours (12) hold ______ (13) ______ buried (14) pay ______ for the two men, and they will be (13) Carol at Gallant Garden. It’s good that so many people have come to the site of the tragedy to (14) their last respects. P. 63 NEWS REPORT http: //www. aristo. com. hk 20