10. Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets in suitable Past Tenses.

1. When I was a child, I … to be a doctor. (want)

2. At seven o’clock yesterday evening they … dinner. (have)

3. He was annoyed. He …. at the airport for three hours. (wait)

4. I … our holiday last year. (enjoy)

5. He was happy. He … an important contract. (sign)

6. At 9.45 she …. her new car. (wash)

7. They … for a house for six months before they found one they liked. (look )

8. She … work when she met her friends for coffee. (finish)

9. He … down the street when he ran into an old friend. (walk)

11. Change these sentences into Passive. Make the underlined words subjects of the passive sentences.

1. The police fined the driver for speeding.

2. People had sent her lots of birthday cards.

3. The lights went out when they were serving the meal.

4. Journalists asked the prime minister a lot of difficult questions.

5. Nobody told me what to do.

6. The police were following him until he got to the office.

12. Rewrite the newspaper report below using the Passive where possible.

Cuban Red Cross Give Montserrat Children A Holiday

A group of children from Montserrat, aged between 10 and 16, arrived in Cuba on Friday. Stress from the volcanic eruptions has affected all of these children. The volcano has destroyed many home on the island.

Red Cross workers took the children by bus to a holiday camp. They will organize leisure activities for the children.

The Cuban Red Cross organized the trip last month. They have used the camp at Tarara, which in the past cared for children from the Ukraine and Russia. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster affected those children.

13. Rewrite the following sentences in the passive.

1. They were selling new children's books in that shop when I entered it yesterday.

2. A large group of young people joined us on our way to the station.

3. A young teacher started a school in this village. 4. They were translating this article when I entered the classroom.

5. Galsworthy wrote "The Forsyte Saga."

6. Thousands of peo­ple attended this meeting.

7. The teacher had explained it to us.

8. They did not invite her to the party.

9. I did not leave the window open.

10. They had told us a lot of interesting things.

Listening

14. You will hear a part of the interview with Steve Moody, the manager of the Marks and Spencer store in Cambridge, England. What do you know about Marks and Spencer? What do they sell?1

a) Listen to Part One in which Steve Moody describes the role and responsibilities of a store manager. Which of the following tasks is he responsible for?

1. designing the store and its layout 2. displaying the merchandise 3. employing the sales staff 4. ensuring the safety of staff and customers 5. establishing the company’s principles 6. getting commitment from the staff 7. increasing profits

8. maintaining a pleasant working environment 9. motivating staff 10. organizing the day-to-day logistics 11. pricing the merchandise 12. running 40 out of 280 stores 13. selecting the merchandise 14. supervising the day-to-day running of the store 15. training staff

b) Listen to Part Two, and answer these questions.

1. Why are Marks and Spencer’s store managers limited in giving accountability to their staff and delegating responsibilities?

2. What do they concentrate on instead?

c) Listen to Part Three, and answer the following questions.

1. Steve Moody mentions two kinds of regular meetings. The first is weekly meetings for management and supervisory staff. What is the second part of meeting called?

2. Who attends them?

3. What are they designed to achieve?

4. What kind of problems cannot be dealt with by meetings?

5. How are such problems dealt with?

Speaking