II Complete the reported speech sentences. Use the past simple, could/couldn't, past continuous or past perfect.

1. 'I hate drug dealers,' said Amy.

Amy said that she _________________drug dealers.

2. 'Some boys are vandalising a car!' said James. James said that some boys ___________________a car.

3. 'Every year burglars break into hundreds of houses in the city,' said the journalist.

The journalist said that every year, burglars________________into hundreds of houses in the city.

4. 'A thief stole my wallet,'she said. She said that a thief _______________________her wallet.

5. 'A shoplifter stole three CDs,' said the shop manager.

The shop manager said that a shoplifter________________________ three

CDs.

6 “The murderer is in the police car,' said the police officer.

The police officer said that the murderer______________________ in the

police car.

7. 'Burglars can easily break into your house if you don't lock all the doors and windows,' said the police officer.

The police officer said that burglars easily ______break into their house if they _________________lock all the doors and windows.

8. 'Joyriders took my car from my garage,' the man said. The man said that joyriders _____________________ his car from

his garage.

II Complete the sentences. Use the past simple and the past perfect form in each sentence.

1)After Tom ______________(eat), he________________________ (read) the news online.

2)When I_______________________(turn on) the TV, the match ____________________ (already / start).

3)Jason________________________(not live) in a capital city before he ________________

(move) to London.

4)We____________________________(play) tennis after school ____________________ (finish).

5) I_________________ (not can) go out because I __________________ (not do) my homework.

II Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence. Use the correct form of be.

1. A) Somebody has stolen my bike! B) My bike______________stolen!

2. A) Brazil has won the football World Cup five times.

B)The football World Cup___________________won by Brazil five times.

3. A)They've built that house too near the cliff! B)That house________________________built too near the cliff!

4. A)People have grown olives for thousands of years, B) Olives____________________grown for thousands of years.

5. A)Scientists have discovered a new planet.

B) A new planet______________________ discovered by scientists.

II Choose the correct words to complete the present simple passive sentences.

1. Portuguese is / are spoken in Brazil.

2. Shoes isn't / aren't worn in Japanese homes.

3. Pork isn't / aren't eaten in Muslim countries.

4. Ferraris is / are made in Italy.

5. Most Internet pages is / are written in English.

6. Champagne is / are drunk on special occasions.

II Complete the superstitions with the will form of the verbs in brackets. (first conditional)

If you _____________(sing) before 7 a.m., you_____________ (cry) before 11 a.m.

2) If you_______________(not take) down the Christmas decorations

before Twelfth Night, you'll have bad luck.

3. If you have an itchy nose, you_________________________ (have) an argument with someone soon.

4. In Russia, if you aren't married and you sit at the corner of the table, you___________________(not marry) anyone in the next seven years.

5)In Ireland, you____________________ (not have) bad luck if you put

a penny in your shoe.

II Rewrite the sentences with not as ... as.

1)Joanna is more ambitious than Peter.

___________________________________________________________

2)Disaster films are more gripping than comedies.

______________________________________________________________________

3)The school in the town is bigger than the school in the village.

______________________________________________________________________

4)You're more interested in action films than me.

______________________________________________________________________

5)Animated films are usually funnier than normal films.

______________________________________________________________________

6) Jan is luckier than me.

______________________________________________________________________

II Complete the sentences with a, an or the.

1) I've got______games console and ______MP3 player, but______MP3 player is broken.

2)When we visited ______ USA, we went to __White House - but we didn't see _____ President!

3)My friend has got snake and _____ spider_______snake is green and_______spider is black.

4)I had ______ apple and _____ orange for lunch. _ apple tasted horrible.

5)I bought T-shirt and______ sweatshirt. I gave_____ sweatshirt to my brother.

6)My dad is actor. He's doing a show at ______Globe Theatre in London.

7)I was eating a sandwich in the kitchen when _______ door opened and ____ boy walked in.

8)We had________amazing holiday in _____ Lake District