11. Put the verbs into the correct form: present perfect simple or past simple. Read the whole text before you begin. (Units g13-14) (40)

THEN and NOW

Twenty years ago only a few people ⁽¹⁾ realised (realise) how greatly technology was about to transform our daily lives. This short period of time ⁽²⁾ _ (see) enormous changes, in how we live, study and work.

Trips to the supermarket which once ⁽³⁾ _ (take) half the weekend have been replaced with online ordering. Music lovers who a decade ago ⁽⁴⁾ _ (spend) hours wandering around the shops, simply download the tracks they want to hear. Information which ⁽⁵⁾ _ (require) hours of research in a library ⁽⁶⁾ _ (become) available to anybody in just a few clicks on the keyboard. The spread of laptops and WiFi ⁽⁷⁾ _ (enable) students and business people to work almost anywhere at any time and mobile phones ⁽⁸⁾ _ (transform) the way people organise their lives.

Some of us may wonder, however, how much our lives ⁽⁹⁾ _ (improve) in recent years. Online banking, for example ⁽¹⁰⁾ _ (replace) the friendly bank clerk who ⁽¹¹⁾ _ (know) your name with an impersonal website. Teachers complain that students ⁽¹²⁾ _ (learn) to copy and paste instead of thinking for themselves. There are fears that governments ⁽¹³⁾ _ (not /do) enough to safeguard personal data held on computers. Certainly, many people may now be wondering whether modern technology ⁽¹⁴⁾ _ (bring) us as many problems as it ⁽¹⁵⁾ _ (solve).

12. Write true sentences about yourself, using some of the activities from the box. Use the present perfect or past simple. (Units g13-14) (42)

play computer game play / football go / swimming ride / bicycle

study / English eat / burger do / washing up watch / television

listen / music drink / milk eat / birthday cake have / accident

pass / exam write / email make / phone call

Example: I haven’t played a computer game since last month.

1. Yesterday I _ .

2. In the past six months I _ .

3. Since my last birthday I _ .

4. I _ recently.

5. Last year I _ .

6. Six months ago I _ .

7. I _ since I was a child.

8. I _ yesterday evening.

9. This week I _ .

10. Last week I _ .

13. Put + next to the correct (underlined) alternative in this email from Peter to his work colleague. (Units G5-6. 15-16) (43)

From: peter@zapnet.com

To: jms@zapnet.com

Cc: margo35@kwikmail.co.uk

Subject: International student conference

___________________________________________________________________

Hi Jenni

Thought you’d like to know that the conference was very successful.  The talks ⁽¹⁾ were / had been really interesting and all the speakers ⁽²⁾ had prepared / prepared their material very thoroughly. Everyone agreed we should do the same next year.

However  there were some problems with the conference centre. When we ⁽³⁾ arrived / had arrived, we ⁽⁴⁾ discovered / had discovered that the manager ⁽⁵⁾ reserved / had reserved the wrong room for us. This meant that we ⁽⁶⁾ didn’t have / hadn’t had enough space. Unfortunately, he couldn’t let us have the larger room because he ⁽⁷⁾ gave / had given it to another group, which was even bigger than ours. 

He ⁽⁸⁾ also misunderstood / had also misunderstood the letter explaining what food we ⁽⁹⁾ wanted / had wanted. In fact, we ⁽¹⁰⁾ suspected / had suspected that he ⁽¹¹⁾ lost / had lost it. I don’t recommend using that place again!

Speak to you soon,

Peter

14. There are mistakes in these sentences. Correct the sentences by underlining / highlighting the incorrect word / phrase and writing the correct word / phrase on the right. (Units G5-6, 15-16) (44)

1. I was pleased to see my friends from uni

at the conference last week as we didn’t see we hadn’t seen each other

each other since graduation. (example)

2. By the time we reached the stadium, the

match ended and the spectators were leaving. _

3. At the end of the meal, he found he couldn’t

pay his share of the bill because he didn’t

bring his wallet with him. _

4. We were pleased that Gary was having his

laptop with him, but we were less pleased

when we discovered that he hadn’t charged

the battery. _

5. When I came out of the cinema, I had found

that a thief had taken my phone from my bag. _

6. At first the authorities thought the athlete had

been using drugs, but they soon realised

the lab mixed up the test results. _

7. When my cousin came into the room, I

didn’t recognise him because I didn’t see

him since he was at primary school. _

8. We couldn’t find anywhere central to stay

when we arrived in Rome, so we had decided

to book a hotel room the next time. _

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