1. Read the text. Are the sentences below true or false? The British on holiday

In the nineteenth century, railways were built from the big industrial cities like Leeds and Manchester to seaside towns like Blackpool and Scarborough. For the first time, ordinary working people could visit the seaside. They used to take trips on Sundays and special days like Easter. Traditionally, people sat in deckchairs on the beach, swam in the sea, and ate fish and chips. Children could watch Punch and Judy puppet shows, build sandcastles and ride donkeys on the beach.

In the 1950s, the first package holidays were launched. Throughout the 60s and 70s, the British increasingly began to abandon the traditional seaside holiday in favour of sunshine and warmer seas in countries like Spain and Greece. Caravan and camping holidays also became popular in the 60s and 70s as car ownership increased.

In the 1990s, budget airlines like EasyJet slashed the cost of air tickets to many European destinations. Long-haul flights also came down in price, so holidays to exotic destinations in Australia and Asia became affordable to ordinary families. A growing number of people began to book their own flights and accommodation and, as a result, the package holiday market declined.

The holiday habits of the British are continuing to change. Increasing levels of affluence mean that, for many families, a second foreign holiday – often a winter skiing holiday – is possible. City breaks are also growing in popularity, and not only to nearby destinations – Las Vegas, Dubai and Cape Town are all favourites for long weekends. And independent travel is becoming more and more popular as the Internet allows holidaymakers to find the best deals on line.

1. In the nineteenth century, new railways made it possible for working people to go to the coast.

2. In the nineteenth century, people used to have long holidays at the seaside.

3. Traditionally, water sports were the most popular holiday activity.

4. A lot of British people bought cars between 1960 and 1979.

5. As package holidays became more popular, seaside holidays in Britain became less popular.

6. In the 1990s, short flights were cheap, but long flights were still very expensive.

7. Short holidays in distant places are becoming more popular.

8) Most Britons have their holidays outside Europe.

2. Choose the correct option.

Student Helen Jones spent the night in Lincoln History Museum. She 1) ………… get out after the museum closed and 2) ………… stay there until the morning. Helen 3) ………… get some information for a history project, so she went to the museum on Saturday afternoon. Her friends 4) ………… go, they 5) ………… do a project, so she was alone.

Helen 6) ………… take photos (you are not allowed to use a camera in the museum) but she 7) ………… get a lot of information. She was so interested in the museum that she didn’t notice the time. There 8) ………… two museum workers on Saturday. Ted was ill and Bill 9) ………… close the museum himself. Bill closed the museum while Helen was still inside. Helen 10) ………… call anyone because she didn’t have her mobile phone with her.

The next morning, Bill opened the museum and found Helen. Helen was very tired after such a long night but she 11) ………… get up and answer our phone call this morning. ‘I don’t feel well,’ she said, ‘I was hungry, so I ate some sweets I found in the museum. I 12) ………… eaten those sweets. They were 500 years old.

1 a could b should c couldn’t d shouldn’t

2 a must b must have c had to d has to

3 a needed to b needed c needed have d need

4 a had to b have to c must not d didn’t have to

5 a didn’t need b hadn’t to c didn’t need to d need not

6 a was able to b couldn’t c mustn’t d needed to

7 a should have b ought to c need d was able to

8 a should have been b could be c was able to be d were able to be

9 a have to b must c needed d had to

10 a didn’t have to b couldn’t c didn’t need to d needn’t have

11 a could b was able to c had to d should have

12 a was able to have b wasn’t able to have c shouldn’t have d should have