Download 1. .Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in

1. .Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. She ……………………… (feel) better after she ……………………… (take) her medicine last night.
2. I ……………………… (think) that Brad ……………………… (travel) to Italy now.
3. I ……………………… (not hear) the phone last night because I ……………………… (sleep).
4. Yesterday, I ……………………… (run into) Jim. I ……………………… (not see) him in years.
5. They ……………………… (not know) what they ……………………… (want) to study this year.
3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Stunt people 1. ……………………… (perform) dangerous actions in films. They frequently 2. ………………………
(endanger) themselves in order to bring spectacular scenes to the screen. However, a lot is done to protect them.
An early example was in a 1928 film when Buster Keaton 3. ……………………… (perform) one of the most famous early
stunts. The front of a house 4. ……………………… (fall) on him, but Keaton 5. ……………………… (escape) injury. Set
designers carefully 6. ……………………… (measure) the dimensions of the house so that it crashed down around Keaton,
and not on him.
These days, technology 7. ……………………… (make) stunts much safer. Digital special effects are used to make high-speed
car chases and fiery explosions 8. ……………………… (look) dangerous without putting the stunt person in harm’s way.
However, not all stunt people appreciate the new, high-tech tools.
One stunt person says, “Computer tricks 9. ……………………… (take) the thrill out of the stunt. I 10. ………………………
(prefer) to do stunts without any special effects.”
6. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Although I 1. ……………………… (know) for years that exercise is important, I 2. ……………………… (not have) time
to go to a gym every day. Then a friend told me about a great new computer game, Wii Fit, that 3. ……………………… (help)
people get fit at home! He told me that after he 4. ……………………… (try) this game, he 5. ……………………… (stop)
going to his gym! The next day, I 6. ……………………… (buy) Wii Fit. There are about 40 activities and the game’s special
graphics 7. ……………………… (help) you to do the exercises correctly. Wii Fit 8. ……………………… (combine) fitness
with fun, so when I 9. ……………………… (read) that Wii Fit 10. ……………………… (sell) at a current rate of 90 copies
per minute, I wasn’t surprised.
7. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
When we 1. ……………………… (move) to our new house by the sea, I was eight years old. Even before that,
I 2. ……………………… (spend) every summer on a boat. My dad 3. ……………………… (teach) me to sail before
I 4. ……………………… (learn) to ride a bike so I 5. ……………………… (know) how I wanted to spend my time at our
new house – I 6. ……………………… (plan) to get my own boat and sail it every day, which is exactly what I did. Now, when
I 7. ……………………… (look back) on my childhood, I realise how lucky I was to grow up by the sea. I still
8.
……………………… (love) sailing.
10. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets
Sardinia holds the world record for the highest percentage of people who 1. ……………………… (live) to be over 100. Most
of the locals 2. ……………………… (believe) that the reason lies in the place itself – the air and the food. But now, scientists
3.
……………………… (investigate) another hypothesis. For centuries, the islanders 4. ………………………
(not intermarry) with outsiders, so it is likely that Sardinians have got similar genes. Therefore, it’s logical to assume that they
5.
……………………… (share) a gene for longevity. Recently, a research team 6. ……………………… (succeed)
in analysing the proteins found in the Y chromosome. They 7. ……………………… (not find) the key gene yet, but the
research coordinator has predicted that the team 8. ……………………… (come up) with the answer. As he’s a Sardinian, it’s
likely that he 9. ……………………… (reach) the age of 100. Maybe, he 10. ……………………… (discover) the longevity
gene by then.
14. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Jane Spader 1. ……………………… (not notice) the dark sky as yesterday’s storm was approaching. She
2.
……………………… (not hear) the thunder or see the lightning. She was too busy talking on her mobile phone as she was
walking to her car. The next thing Jane remembered was that she 3. ……………………… (lie) on the ground and her 12-yearold brother Tom was shaking her and calling her name. The lightning 4. ……………………… (strike) Jane. Luckily for her,
Tom 5. ……………………… (see) what had happened and immediately called an ambulance. Incredibly, Jane survived. A
doctor at the hospital said, “Jane was very lucky. The lightning 6. ……………………… (could / kill) her.” Metal objects 7.
……………………… (attract) lightning. So when you’re outdoors in a thunderstorm, even holding a mobile phone can be
dangerous. I’m sure Jane 8. ……………………… (not make) that mistake again.
17. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets
In 1913, Arthur Wynne 1. ……………………… (create) the first crossword puzzle. It 2. ……………………… (must be)
a success since the word game soon spread across the USA. At first, newspapers 3. ……………………… (carry) them as a
weekly feature, but after Simon and Schuster 4. ……………………… (publish) them in book form, they
5.
……………………… (grow) in popularity. People 6. ……………………… (can / not get) enough of them. Puzzles
began to appear everywhere. Railway companies 7. ……………………… (print) them on the back of menus in dining
cars. Diners would solve the puzzles while they 8. ……………………… (wait) for their meal. Since 1997, computers
9.
……………………… (help) to advance the development of crossword puzzles. With special software, people
10.
……………………… (be able to) construct their own puzzles. Today, people 11. ……………………… (consider)
the crossword to be the most popular word puzzle. Over 40 million people in the USA 12. ……………………… (solve) a
crossword daily. If you 13. ……………………… (open) any newspaper, you 14. ……………………… (probably find)
a crossword. It 15. ……………………… (seem) that crossword puzzles are here to stay!
18. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets
1. When we reached the station, we discovered that the train ……………………… (leave).
2. Who do you think ……………………… (win) the game tomorrow?
3. Tom ……………………… (dream) of being an actor since childhood.
4. If it ……………………… (not be) for you, he wouldn’t have succeeded.
5. The grass is wet. It ……………………… (must / rain).
19. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the active or passive form.
Doctors Without Borders 1. ……………………… (found) in 1971. It’s an independent medical organisation that
2.
……………………… (provide) emergency health care to people who 3. ……………………… (affect) by war, epidemics
or natural disasters. Over the years, this humanitarian aid organisation 4. ……………………… (help) millions of people
in more than 60 countries around the world.
So how 5. ……………………… doctors ……………………… (convince) to get involved? As one volunteer explained,
“The first time I 6. ……………………… (hear) about Doctors Without Borders was when a spokesperson
7.
……………………… (invite) to the hospital where I 8. ……………………… (work) at the time. She told us about the year
she 9. ……………………… (spend) in Bosnia. She 10. ……………………… (must / speak) for over two hours. Her story
inspired me. I realised that if I did something, perhaps many people 11. ……………………… (can / help).”
Well, this volunteer hasn’t stopped helping people. This time next month, he 12. ……………………… (fly) to Darfur
on another project.
21. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. By the time the race is over, Mike ……………………… (run) for a total of three hours.
2. That’s not true! She ……………………… (lie)!
3. Yesterday the news ……………………… (not broadcast) on time.
4. He told me ……………………… (turn off) the light.
5. “Help me, please,” he said to the police officer. “I think I ……………………… (follow).”
6. Dolphins ……………………… (say) to be clever.
7. I ……………………… (not answer) the phone if it had rung during dinner.
8. She suggested ……………………… (go) to the new Chinese restaurant.
22. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
I 1. ……………………… (dream) of being a screenwriter for years. I 2. ……………………… (recently complete)
a screenwriter’s course. During the course I wrote several scripts, all of which 3. ……………………… (reject). Then one
day my luck 4. ……………………… (change). My work 5. ……………………… (accept) by some producers who claimed
they 6. ……………………… (look) for an original script for a TV series. I 7. ……………………… (invite) to Los Angeles
to sign a contract. On the morning of my appointment, I 8. ……………………… (show) into an elegant office. For
a moment, I panicked. 9. ……………………… the series ……………………… (succeed)? Suddenly the producer looked at
me closely. He asked me if I 10. ……………………… (ever act) before. He 11. ……………………… (must / notice) my
panic. He suggested that I 12. ……………………… (do) a screen test. I protested, saying that I 13. ………………………
(study) to be a screenwriter, not an actress. He promised me that I 14. ……………………… (become) a famous actress, and
he was right.
REPORTED SPEECH:
1. “Which beans are you going to put in the soup?”, Ella asked me.
2. “Can I use the computer now?”, Tom asked the librarian
3. “I think we should study before we go out”; I told my boyfriend
4. “I didn´t read your diary”, My brother denied
5. “I´ll e-mail the photos to you”, said Alan
6. “I lost your MP3 player”, said my sister.
7. “When did you and Gena meet?, asked my mum
8. “I think we should go to the gym today”, said Ben.
9. “I don´t know anything about it”, he said
10. “Sam, don´t forget the meeting tomorrow”, Jan said
11. “be careful”, Janet warned me
12. “let´s light some scented candles”, Mary suggested
13. “how long will the flight take?, he asked
14. “Why did you call me?, Sandra asked
15. “What time does the concert begin?” he wanted to know.
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