REVISION FOR GIFTED STUDENTS- GRADE 10

GRAMMAR + SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

I. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES
1. Anna: “Did he plead guilty?”
Tommy: “Well, he admitted ____________the crime”
A. to being B. to having committed C. committed D. to have
committed
2. ____________________________, you would have succeeded in your business.
A. If you listened to my advice B. Were you to listen to my advice
C. Had you listened to my advice D. As long as you listened to my advice
3. He asked me ______ the book I borrowed from the library.
A. If I found B. If I had found
C. whether I have found D. whether I found
4. My new glasses cost me _______ the last pair I bought last month.
A. more than three times B. three times as much as
C. more three times than D. as much three times as
5. You work very hard. I’m sure you’ll have no _______ the exam.
A. difficulties of passing B. difficulty passing
C. difficulties to pass D. difficulty to pass
6. A man ____________ was talking about how unfair the law is
A. arrested for smoking marijuana
B. arresting for smoking marijuana
C. he was arrested for smoking marijuana
D. to arrest for smoking marijuana
7. ____________ seemed a miracle to us.
A. His recover after so soon B. That he recovered so soon
C. His being recovered so soon D. When he had recovered so soon
8. ________________ the Christmas shopping season begins.
A. That is after Thanksgiving B. After Thanksgiving it is
C. It is after Thanksgiving that D. It is Thanksgiving that
9. They are having their house______ by a construction company
A. to paint B. painting C. being painted D. painted
10. He started computer programming as soon as he left school.
A. No sooner had he started computer programming than he left school.
B. Hardly had he started computer programming when he left school.
C. No sooner had he left school than he started computer programming.
D. After he left school, he had started computer programming.
11. The _________ you say, the ___________ services you get.
A. fewer/ less B. fewer/ fewer C. less/ less D. less/ fewer
12. In the living room, there is _______________ vase.
A. high yellow beautiful wooden B. beautiful high yellow wooden
C. wooden high yellow beautiful D. beautiful high yellow wooden
13. I don’t know French, but I’ll _________________.
1
 A. get Tom to translate it B. have it translate
C. have Tom to translate it D. make it translated
14. It turned out that we ______ rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours .
A. hadn’t B. should have C. mustn’t D. needn’t have
15. Under no circumstances______________or exchanged.
A. goods will be returned B. goods should be returned
C. can goods be returned D. are good being returned
16. A number of students ________ for a rise since last year
A. asked B. have asked C. ask D. has asked
17. Despite its successful ______ reforms, this country is still a developing one.
A. economizing B. economical C. economic D. economics
18. These letters ______ at the moment. You can do the typing tomorrow.
A. needn’t have typed B. need to type C. needn’t be typed D. need typing
19. Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one ______ the most.
A. that influences farmers C. farmers that is influences
B. why farmers influence it D. it influences farmers
20. She joined the local tennis club, ________ were at least 60.
A. most of its members B. most whose members
C. most of whose members D. most members
II. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS :
1. I haven’t seen Peter for a long time. I will _________ him this weekend.
A. call for B. call in C. call off D. call on
2. Her husband treated her badly. I'm surprised she _________________ it for so long.
A. put up with B. put off C. put through D. put up
3. Remember to ____________ the campfire before you leave.
A. put off B. put down C. put out D. put up
4. You’d better ___________ animal fat if you want to lower your cholesterol level.
A. cut down with B. cut off with C. cut out on D. cut down on
5. The doctor told him to keep ________ sweets and chocolate to lose weight.
A. at B. back C. up D. off
6. _________ entering the hall, he found everyone waiting for him.
A. On B. During C. With D. At
7. I don’t think he will get ________ the shock in such a short period of time.
A. off B. out C. over D. away
8. I don't think anyone understood what I was saying at the meeting, did they? I totally failed to get my point
______.
A. around B. along C. across D. about
9. The taxi drew _________ at the gate promptly at 6 o’clock.
A. up B. along C. outside D. over
2
10. Never _______________ off till tomorrow what you can do today.
A. put B. set C. do D. turn

III. WORD FORMS :

PART 1: Supply the correct form of the word provided in brackets in each sentence
1. I find her story about UFOs hardly _______________. (BELIEVE)
2. This is really __________________ news. (MARVEL)
3. They may be travelling in space and examining ____________ beings. (HUMANITY)
4. Somewhere in space there could be other ________________ beings. (THINK)
5. Don’t be frightened. This is just an __________________ story. (IMAGINE)
6. I hate him because of his __________________. (HONEST)
7. The development of synthetic fabrics has brought new challenges and new opportunities to
challenges and new opportunities to ________________ engineers. (CHEMISTRY)
8. Women are now more and more _______________ and can earn their own living. (DEPEND)
9. The exact origin of universe remains a _________________ . (MYSTERIOUS)
10. The earthquake is one of the most natural ______________ that we have experienced. (DISASTROUS)

Answer:
1. believable 2. marvelous 3. human 4. thinking 5. imaginary
6. dishonesty 7. chemical 8. Independent 9. mystery 10. disasters

PART 2: Supply the correct form of the word provided in brackets in each sentence
1. We should learn about keeping our environment _______________ ( POLLUTE )
2. She looks _____________________ in her new dress. ( ATTRACT )
3. The ______________ have to cook rice in this contest. ( PARTICIPATE )
4. He was not promoted due to his ________________ (RESPONSIBLE)
5.___________________is a very serious problem in many countries (EMPLOY)
6. The tiger wanted to see the farmer's ________________. (WISE)
7. Her husband's death made her life _________________ (MEAN)
8. A fairy appeared and _________________changed her old clothes. ( MAGIC)
9. Heavy rain and excessive use have________________.the soil. (POOR)
10 Let me get an __________________form and we can fill out (APPLY)

Answer:
1. unpolluted 2. attractive 3. participants 4. irresponsibility 5. unemployment
6. wisdom 7. meaningless 8. magically 9. Impoverished 10. application
PART 3:Supply the correct form of the word provided in brackets in each sentence
1. The boy was very violent and his parents found him . MANAGE
2. The talks were totally________. We didn’t reach agreement on anything. PRODUCE

3
3. If a machine, a vehicle, a place or an activity is ________, it does not have or need a person to control or
operate it. MAN
4. He has his own ways of beating the system, making sure that he has good relationships with ________
people. INFLUENCE
5. The profile summarizes key information about a product in a ________ format designed to make it easier to
compare products. STANDARD
6. It was feared that the ________ of the oil tanker would result in further pollution. BREAK
7. ____________education, maintaining skills and educating others are important aspects in building safer
systems.
CONTINUE
8. The view from the hotel room is equally ________ even if the room is smaller than expected. BREATH
9. He'll be the _________ director until they can appoint a permanent one. ACT
10. I __________ this morning, and was late for school. SLEEP

Hint: 1. unmanageable 2. unproductive 3. unmanned 4.influential 5.standardized

6. break-up 7. continuing 8. breathtaking 9. acting 10. overslept

PART 4. Supply the correct form of the word provided in brackets in each sentence
1. I agree with the sentiments so ________________ expressed in David’s wonderful speech.
(ELOQUENCE)
2. My daughter left a half ________________________ orange on the table. (EAT)
3. The manager handed in his ____________________ after being accused of dishonesty. (RESIGN)
4. Colin acted with _____________ restraint, despite how angry he must have been feeling. (ADMIRE)
5. Crimes of violence were _________________ rare until a few years ago. (COMPARE)
6. The judges describe Jones as a __________criminal who was a danger to members of the public.
(HARD)
7. Rescue team held out little hope of finding other _______________________ (SURVIVE)
8. In ______________________with the rules of the competition, the team was disqualified.
(ACCORD)
9. Our school set up a project to _________________________ the library system. (COMPUTER)
10. I ______________________this morning, and was late for school (SLEEP)

Keys:
1. eloquently 2. eaten 3. Resignation 4. admirable 5. Comparatively 6. Hardened 7. survivors
8. accordance 9. Computerize 10. overslept

PART 5. Supply the correct form of the word provided in brackets in each sentence
Supply the correct form of the word provided in brackets in each sentence.
1. Our teacher told us not to include ______________ information in our essays (RELEVANT)
2. Keeping large animals in cages is ______________. (HUMANE)
3. Without color dyes people would find a lot of processed food rather ______________ (APPETITE)

4
4. The police asked the man if it was his ______________ on the document. (SIGN)
5. Exercising regularly is a powerful weapon to enhance _________________well-being (PSYCHOLOGY)
6. It has been _______________ proved that fasting has tremendous health benefits (SCIENCE)
7. Mother Teresa was said to be one of the most _____________ personalities of the twentieth century
(INFLUENCE)
8. Studies have shown that __________________ for invention mostly comes from natural world
(INSPIRE)
9. A medical _____________ is the invention which is admitted to be really humane (INCUBATE)
10. Could you _________________ the picture over the sofa? (STRAIGHT)

ANSWER:
101. irrelevant 102. inhumane 103. unappetizing 104. signature 105. psychological
106. scientifically 107. influential 108. inspiration 109. incubator 110. straighten

PART 6. Supply the correct form of the word to fill in the blank.
Vietnamese people generally shake hands when greeting and (1) _________________(PART). Using both hands
shows respect, as does a slight bow of the head. In rural areas, elderly people who do not extend their hand are greeted
with a slight bow. Women are more likely to bow their head (2) ____________(SLIGHT) than to shake hands.
Vietnamese names begin with the family name and are followed by a given name. People address another by their
given names, but add a title that indicates their perceived (3) ________________ (RELATION) to the other person.
These titles are family related rather than (4)__________________ (PROFESSION). Among colleagues, for example,
the younger of the two might combine the given name with the title of Anh (“Older Brother” ). A basic
(5)____________________ (GREET) combined with the given name and the title is Xin chao (“Hello.”). Classifiers
for gender and (6)_________________ (FAMILIAR) are also combined with the greeting. In formal meetings,
business cards are sometimes exchanged on greeting. Vietnamese have strong sense of (7)_________
(HOSPITABLE) and feel (8) _________________(EMBARRAS ) if they cannot show their guests full respect by
preparing for their arrival. Therefore, it is (9)__________________ (APPROPRIATE) to visit a home without
having been invited. Gifts are not required, but are appreciated. Flowers, incense, or tea may be appropriate gifts for the
hosts. Hosts also appreciate a small gift for their children or (10)___________________ (ELDER) parents.

Answer:
1. parting 2. slightly 3. relationship 4. professional 5. greeting
6. familiarity 7. hospitability 8. embarrassed 9. inappropriate 10. elderly

PART 7. Complete the following passage with the correct form of the words given.

The families in our streets are slowly being driven mad by the __________________.(REFUSE) of the
inhabitants of No.13 to have any form of communication with them. The trouble started over what is
known as noise ._______________( POLLUTE). Every evening, the _____________(THINK)
neighbours used to turn up the volume on the TV so loud that no one in the (NEIGHBOUR) was able
to hear anything else. Not knowing what ________________.( ACT) to take, local residents held a
meeting to see if anyone had any ________________( SUGGEST) as to how to deal with the problem.
A decision was ______________( MAKE) to send a number of people to talk to the family in No. 13
and ask them ______________( POLITE) to turn their music down after six in the evening.
Unfortunately, the visit did not turn out to ________________( SUCCEED), as the inhabitants of
No.13 refused to talk to them. So on the ______________(ADVISE) of local police, the matter is now
5
in the hands of the court.
Answer:
1. refusal 2. pollution 3. thoughtless 4. neighborhood 5. action 6. suggestions 7. made 8. politely
9.successful 10.advice

III. ERROR IDENTIFICATION :

* There are ten errors in the text below. Find and correct them.
PART 1:
Example: 0. that which

Robots can work in places to that humans can’t easily 0. that which
get. These including deep oceans, on distant planets or on 1. ________________________
sites with bad pollution. Robots are also used in factories 2. ________________________
although they can work much quickly and accurately than a 3. ________________________
human, and without needing to rest.
Improvements in technology over the past fifty years has 4. ________________________
meant that scientists are now able to create very clever
robots. The most complicate of these can make decisions 5. ________________________
for themselves, learn new things, and deal for problems. 6. ________________________
However, while robots that look as people are very 7. ________________________
common in science fiction films, they are very rarely in real 8. ________________________
life. Making a machine that can balance and move on two
legs is a real challenge and is unnecessary for most of the 9. ________________________
jobs we need robots to make for us. However, a Japanese 10. _______________________
robot called as Asimo does walk on two legs and can even
climb up and down stairs.

Answer:
1. including include 2. although because
3. much more 4. has have
5. complicate complicated 6. deal for deal with
7. look as look like 8. rarely rare
9. to make to do 10. called as known as / called

PART 2: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write their correct
forms in the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.

Line

Over a period of time, much habitats change with respect to the 00. many
types of plants and animals that live there. This change is known as 1.___________
successive

6
 Succession occurs because plants and animals causes a change 2. ___________
in the environment on which they live. The first weeds and grasses that 3. ___________
appear on a bare field, for example, change the environment by
shielding the soil from the direct sunlight. As these plants spread, the 4. ___________
ground surface becomes coolest and moisture, than it was originally. 5. ___________
Thus, the environment at the ground surface has been changing. The
6. ___________
new surface conditions favor the sprouting of shrubs. As shrubs grow,
they kill the grass by preventing light from reach them and also build up 7. ___________
the soil in the area, in addition, they attract animals that also enhance 8. ___________
the shrubs. They are not able shading out oak and hickory seedlings,
therefore, they have found the forest floor suitable. These seedlings 9. ___________
grow in to large trees that eventual shade out the pines. 10. ___________
11. ___________
12. ___________
13. ___________
14. ___________
15. ___________

Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction

1 2 Successive Succession 6 10 Grass Grasses
2 3 Causes Cause 7 11 Reach Reaching
3 4 On In 8 13 Shading To shade
4 7 Coolest Cooler 9 14 Therefore however
5 9 Changing Changed 10 15 Eventual eventually

PART 3: There are ten errors in the text below. Identify and correct them.

Children who say pop music do not interfere with their homework 0. do not → does not
receive support today, with the discovery that pay attention to visual
1. _____________________
stimuli and sounds requires completely different brain pathways which
can operate at a same time without your appreciation of either being 2. _____________________
damage. Researchers have found that listening to car stereos does not 3. _____________________
create much interference when you are driving. Similar, pop music
4. _____________________
should not interfere to children’s homework. The effect of pop music on
their performance at it is far outweigh by other factors, such as how 5. _____________________
happy they are to be doing it. These findings could be apply to the
7
design of places which people have to take in large amounts of 6. _____________________
informations very quickly. They could, for example, be relevant to the
7. _____________________
layout on pilot cockpits on aircraft.
8. _____________________

9. _____________________

10. _____________________

Keys:

1. pay → paying 6. overweigh → overweighed

2. a same → the same 7. apply → applied

3. damage → damaged 8. which → where

4. Similar → Similarly 9. informations → information

5. to → with 10. on → of

PART 4: Find and correct 10 errors that the following passage contains. Underline the error and write
the correction in the space provided.

Iford Manor Festival Season

Iford Manor has been described like one of the most stunning concert 1.
venues in the West Country. Throughout high summer, Iford Arts 2.
stages an internationalrenowned festival in a breathtakingly beautiful 3.
pastoral setting. Opera performances are staged in-the-round in the
4.
intimate surroundings of the Italianate Cloister, that could not be
more perfect in terms of scale and style. While the classical backdrop 5.
could hard be more fitting, the real delight for our audiences is that, 6.
as the sky turnpurple overhead, the first stars appear and the first 7.
heady notes resound across the countryside, noone is seated little
8.
than twenty feet from the performers. The opportunity for a relaxed
pre-show picnic in our tranquil gardens overlook the meandering 9.
River Frome will complete a already magical experience. 10.

Hint: 1. likeas 2. internationalinternationally

3. OperaOperatic 4. that which
5. hardhardly 6. turnturns
7. little less 8. relaxedrelaxing
9. overlookoverlooking 10. aan
8
V. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION :
PART 1: Finish the second sentence without changing the meaning by using the words given at the
beginning
1. “I wouldn't stay out too late, Lee,” said Mary.
Mary advised ....................................................................................................................................
Mary advised Lee not to stay out too late.
2. She spent her childhood in Spain.
She was..............................................................................................................................................
She was brought up in Spain.
3. Tom arrived late and started complaining.
Not only ............................................................................................................................................
Not only did Tom arrive late, but he (also) started complaining.
4. I’m always nervous when I travel by air.
Traveling ..........................................................................................................................................
Traveling by air always makes me nervous.
5. Being late is inexcusable.
There is ..............................................................................................................................................
There is no excuse for being late
6. Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission.
Without ________________________________________________________________________
Without absolute secrecy, the mission wouldn’t have succeeded.
7. It’s sad, but unemployment is unlikely to go down this year.
Sad ____________________________________________________________________________
Sad as it is, unemployment is unlikely to go down this year
8. The students’ riotous behaviors should have been severely punished.
The students deserved _____________________________________________________________
The students deserved severe punishment for their riotous behaviors
9. Tear gas was released as soon as the thieves touched the safe.
No sooner_______________________________________________________________________
. No sooner had the thieves touched the safe than tear gas was released
10. What has this experience taught you?
What conclusions ________________________________________________________________?
What conclusions have you drawn from this experience ?

PART 2: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it mean exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.
1. It takes him about two hours each day to do his homework.
→ He______________________________________________________________.
 He spends about two hours each day doing his homework.
2. Although he was rich, he never helped the poor.
Rich ________________________________________________________________.
Rich as he was , he never helped the poor.
3. I haven't seen my uncle for a long time.
→ It's a long time ____________________________________________________________.

9
 → It’s a long time since I last saw my uncle/
4. She dances beautifully and she sings sweetly, too.
→ Not only ________________________________________________________.
→ Not only does she dance beautifully but she also sings sweetly.
5. I don’t intend to apologize to either of them.
→ I have _______________________________________________________
→ I have no intention of apologizing to either of them
6. We had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house.
No sooner _____________________________________________________________________
No sooner had he had time to settle down than he sold the house.
7. It is extremely unfair that no witness were questioned.
The fact_______________________________________________________________________
The fact that no witnesses were questioned is extremely unfair.
8. We have no seats left for the concert on December 14th.
All the_______________________________________________________________________
All the seats for concert on December 14th have been sold/ booked.
9. They did not realize that the film had been nominated for an Oscar.
Little ________________________________________________________________________
Little did he realize that the film had been nominated for an Oscar.
10. Just thinking about this face at the moment makes me laugh.
The very _____________________________________________________________________
The very thought of this face at the moment makes me laugh.
11. It is known that colourful T-shirts were popular during the 1960s.
→ Colourful T-shirts…………………………………………………………………………………………..
Colourful T-shirts are known to have been popular during the 1960s.
12. It was wrong of you to be rude to Judy last night.
→ I’d rather……………………………………………………………………………………………………
I’d rather you hadn’t been rude to Judy last night.
13. Someone has suggested the resignation of the minister.
→ It ....................................................................................................................................................
It has been suggested that the minister should resign.
14. She never seems to succeed, even though she works hard.
→ However ........................................................................................................................................
However hard she works, she never seems to succeed.
10
15. I never thought that I would win a prize
→ It had ..............................................................................................................................................
5. It had never crossed my mind that I’d win a prize.
*PART 3: Rewrite the sentences in such a way that the second sentence has the same meaning as the first
one, using the given words.
1. How old is your father? (AGE)
→What ___________________________________________
→ What is your father’s age?
2. I don’t agree with prohibiting smoking in bars. (FAVOR)
→ I’m_______________________________________________________.
→ I’m not in favor of prohibiting smoking in bars.
3. I used to be familiar with every corner of this school. (HAND )
→ I used to know __________________________________________________________.
→I used to know every corner of this school like the back of my HAND
4. She liked Paris very little and Rome less. (WORSE)
→ She thought ___________________________________________________________.
→ She thought Rome even worse than Paris.
5. If he calls, ask him to leave a message. (SHOULD)
→ _____________________________________________________.

→ Should he call, ask him to leave a message

6. The last time we met each other was a fortnight ago. ( SINCE)
______________________________________________________________________________
It has been two weeks since we last met each other.
7. Mary used to think that she would become a famous actress in Hollywood.( IMPRESSION)
 ______________________________________________________________________________
Mary used to be under the impression that she would become a famous actress in Hollywood.
8. The police arrived as the thieves were committing the crime.( RED-HANDED)
 ______________________________________________________________________________
The police caught the thieves red-handed.
9.We couldn’t possibly sell this painting. ( QUESTION)
_____________________________________________________________________________
It would be out of the question for us to sell this painting.
10. Bill had a strong personality and we were constantly frightened of him. ( FEAR)
______________________________________________________________________________
11
So strong was Bill’s personality that we lived in constant fear of him/were in constant fear of him.
*PART 4: Rewrite the sentences in such a way that the second sentence has the same meaning as the first
one, using the given words.
1. My father is not feeling well these days. (WEATHER)
→ My father _________________________________________________________ these days.
My father IS FEELING (A BIT) UNDER THE WEATHER these days.
2. Don’t run away with the idea that this job is easy. (CONCLUSION)
→ Don’t __________________________________________________________easy.
Don’t COME TO/DRAW A CONCLUSION THAT THIS JOB IS easy.
3. His choice always followed what his wife decided. (STEP)
→ His choice____________________________________________________decided.
His choice was ALWAYS IN STEP WITH WHAT HIS WIFE decided.
4. I was made responsible for foreign sales. (CHARGE)
→ They put_____________________________________________________.sales.
They put ME IN CHARGE OF FOREIGN sales.
5. I know I can convince Dave that I'm right about this matter. (BRING)
→ I know ______________________________________________________.this matter.
I know I CAN BRING DAVE ROUND TO MY WAY OF THINKING ON this matter.
6. I enjoy being the boss of a small company. (FISH)
_______________________________________________________________________________
I enjoy being a big fish in a small pond.
7. Follow this advice and you will find yourself in trouble. (WATER)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Follow this advice and you will find yourself in hot water.
8. Although he had his legs cut off after a serious accident, he competed in the Olympic Games and won a
medal. (PREVENT)
His legs being ____________________________________________________________________
His legs being cut off did not / could not prevent him from competing in the Olympic Games and
winning a medal.
9. I daren’t turn on the television because the baby might wake up. (FEAR)
_______________________________________________________________________________
I daren’t turn on the television for fear of waking the baby up.
10. The best solution was thought of by Sally. (CAME)
Sally ___________________________________________________________________________
10. Sally came up with the best solution.

11. I find driving on the left in England very strange. (ACCUSTOMED)

12
I .......................................................................................................................................................
I am not (yet) accustomed to driving on the left in England.
12. Natalie didn't listen carefully enough to the spoken instructions. (ATTENTION)
Natalie didn't ....................................................................................................................................
Natalie didn't pay enough attention to the spoken instructions.
13. Her mother won't tolerate rudeness. (PUT)
Her mother .......................................................................................................................................
Her mother won't put up with rudeness.
14. I She likes to travel abroad. (KEEN)
She ...................................................................................................................................................
She is keen on travelling abroad.
15. I expect you were very tired by the end of the week. (MUST)
By the end of the week .....................................................................................................................
By the end of the week you must have been exhausted.

THE END

13