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of an audience for the first time. Anyway, Miranda tried to tell (7) … that
it was no different from playing to a group of friends at home, but she was
so nervous that she didn’t say (8) … between the songs. She played some
songs she had written (9) … and some by other people. She says that the
people in the audience seemed to enjoy (10) … so the evening was quite
successful.
Part B. Add personal and refl exive pronouns to this text
A MODERN HOBBY
They say that if you want something done right, (11) … have to do
it (12)… . And we all know that if something is broken, (13) … certainly
won’t fix (14) … . As a result, there are many more Do-It-(15) … shops
in Britain these days. It seems that (16) … have all suddenly decided to
do our home repairs (17) … . So, are all the real builders and plumbers
out of work now? It doesn’t look so. They’re even busier now, trying to
fix the mess left by those who discovered that (18) … really couldn’t do
it (19) … and had to call for professional help. So, the next time your
kitchen sink gets blocked, call for a plumber, don’t take any chances
(20) … , okay?
Part C. Read the letter. Fill in the gaps with SOME, ANY, MUCH,
MANY, ALL, BOTH, EACH, NONE, (A) FEW, (A) LITTLE. Add “of”
where necessary.
NEWS FROM NEW ZEALAND
Wellington, December 1st.
Dear Helen,
Greetings from New Zealand! Sorry I haven’t written recently, but
I haven’t had (21) … time. We’ve done (22) … traveling during our stay.
We’ve visited the South Island twice, and also (23) … the (24) … small
Islands that make up the country. (25) … the west of the South Island is
mountainous, but the east is quite flat and full of sheep! I’d never seen
that (26) … in one place before. The weather was good when we went
and we had very (27) … rain. Before I came here, I didn’t know that New
Zealand, had (28) … ski slopes. But (29) … people here seem to spend
most of their winter skiing. (30) … us had skied before, so we were pretty
awful. Susan learned quickly though, and after (31) … falls she became
quite confident.
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(32) … the children send their love. They’ve grown a lot and I suppose they’ll look (33) … different to you when you see them again. (34)
… Susan and Tim really like it here. They’ve made (35) … very good
friends, and some of them are planning to come over to England soon.
You asked about the animals here. No, we haven’t seen (36) …
snakes – there are (37) … In New Zealand! In fact, (38) … animals in
New Zealand were originally from here, (39) … were introduced from
overseas (40) … them, like the rabbit, from Europe. And yes, we really
did see (41) … whales ... So you heard about the volcano! There are
three main volcanoes on the North Island, and (42) … them is still active. But I think we’re quite safe here in Wellington.
(43) … the people I work with are Maori. Almost (44) … them live
on the North Island, with very (45) …, apparently, on the South Island.
(46) … the Maori we’ve met have spoken English, although I’ve been
told that just (47) … speak only the Maori language. If you see (48) …
our friends In England, tell them we’ll see them soon. Although (49) …
them said they would try to visit us, (50) … them did.
We’ll be really sorry to leave the friends we’ve made here. Things are
going to get even busier as we pack up to come home, so this will probably be my last letter before we see you again. Love to the family.
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PART THREE VERBS
ORIENTATION: EMMA WATSON
3.1. Read the biography of a popular actress and choose the
correct variant.
A STRAIGHT ‘A’ ACTRESS
There is nothing extraordinary about Emma Watson. She (1) is /
is being just a girl who (2) does / has done everything well – be it act-
ing, modeling, or taking school exams. Like Hermione Granger, whose
character Emma (3) has created / has been creating in the Harry Potter
film series, Watson is a perfectionist.
The future actress spent her childhood in
France and Britain. She (4) wanted / had wanted
to be a movie star since the age of six. For a number of years Emma trained at an Oxford-based
part-time theatre school where she (5) studied /
was studying singing, dancing and acting. By the
age of ten the girl (6) had been performing / had
performed in various school productions but she
(7) had never acted / never acted professionally
before the Harry Potter saga. When casting for
the first film began Emma (8) was discovered /
discovered through her acting teacher and the producers (9) had been im-
pressed / were impressed by her confidence. Rowling, the book’s author,
supported the girl from her first screen test.
The release of the first film(10) had become/ became Emma’s screen
debut and first triumph. While critics (11) were praising / praised all the
three leads they (12) would often single / had often singled out Watson for
particular acclaim. Many were saying she (13) stole / had stolen the show
with her admirable acting.
The young actress was nominated for a number of awards winning
the Young Artist Award for Leading Young Actress. Other films followed
and Emma Watson matured together with her character. The actress said
hers (14) was / had been a fantastic role to play and a truly charismatic
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character. As she grew older Watson (15) became / has become something
of a fashion devotee, saying that she (16) sees / is seeing fashion as very
similar to art which she studied at school. The girl has never neglected
her education either. While on film sets Watson and her peers (17) had
been tutored / were tutored up to five hours a day.
Despite the focus on filming Emma Watson maintained high academic standards. She took GSCE examinations in ten subjects achieving eight A+ and two A grades, which (18) were followed / followed by
A grades in her A-level exams. Watson’s work in the Harry Potter films
earned her more than 10 million pounds and she acknowledged she (19)
would never have / will never have to work for money again. Yet she has
declined to leave school to become a full-time actress saying that school
(20) keeps / is keeping her in touch with reality.
PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINUOUS
3.2. Write the correct form of the words in brackets to complete
the sentences. Use only Present Simple or Present Continuous.
1. Carina … (enjoy) hospital dramas so she … (watch) ER every
week.
2. Japanese cooking … (not use) a lot of dairy food.
3. … the interest rate. … (usually / change) because of inflation?
4. Britney Spears … (stay) in the Waldorf Astoria on this visit to
New York.
5. We … (take) a two-week winter holiday every year.
6. I … (feed) the neighbor’s cat this week while she’s in hospital.
7. The court … (not / usually / send) first-time offenders to prison.
8. Then you … (mix) all the ingredients and … (put) the mixture in
a hot oven.
9. I can see them! The three front runners … (turn) into the stadium now.
10. Hewitt certainly … (not / play) his best tennis at the moment.
11. Hurry up and buy your sandwich! Here … (come) the bus!
12. The course … (consist of) twenty lectures and five full-day
seminars.
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13. … (you / think) we should allow more than an hour to get to the
station?
14. We can’t leave a child on her own. What on earth … (you /
think) of?
15. Don’t ask him! He …(be) really difficult at the moment.
3.3. Complete the text using Present Simple or Present Con-
tinuous.
SAVING FORESTS
Sarah
Welcome to the programme. This afternoon I (1) … (stand) in
the middle of the northern Black Forest, Germany with Rainer
Sanger from Friends of the Forest.
Rainer
Good afternoon, Sarah.
Sarah
Rainer, you’re very concerned about this area of the forest, aren’t
you? Can you tell us why?
Rainer
Yes. Much of the forest was wiped out in the hurricane last winter,
as you can see. Many of the trees are dead, and more (2) … (die)
because of the irreversible damage. We at Friends of the Forest
(3)… (believe) that the authorities (4) … (not / do) enough right
now to restore this beautiful forest to its former state.
Sarah
But they (5) … (clear) the dead trees away, aren’t they? I saw some
men on the way here ... .
Rainer
Of course, but they (6) … (do) that every year. It’s the normal procedure. We need more trees now, but they (7) … (not / plant) any
new trees to replace those that died.
Sarah
I see. But you have approached the authorities about this, I (8) …
(understand).
Rainer
We have tried, but each time they (9) … (say) that they haven’t
got enough money to restore the forest as quickly as we’d like.
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They (10) … (always / use) money as the excuse. It’s getting really
frustrating!
Sarah
But it’s not just an excuse, is it? Anyway, the hurricane was an
unforeseen occurrence. Now Rainer, could you tell us ... .
3.4. Complete this newspaper report. Write the verbs in brack-
ets in the correct form, Present Simple or Present Continuous.
FICTION AND REALITY
It’s summer, and a man is out for a quiet walk. He’s walking along
a country road and he (1) … (mind) his own business when he (2) … (be
knocked down) and seriously injured by a minivan. The man, a writer of
thrillers and horror fiction, (3) … (survive) but he (4)… (become) obsessed
with the vehicle that maimed him. He doesn’t bear a grudge against the
driver. Instead, he (5) … (buy) the minivan and (6) … (hide) it.
This sounds like the plot of a Stephen King thriller, but it is in fact
the latest chapter in the writer’s real life. King has bought the van and he
(7) … (intend) to take a sledgehammer to it. At present King (8) … (re-
cover) from his injuries at home, where he (9) … (suffer) from a broken
hip, a fractured leg and a collapsed lung. The story is uncannily like the
plot of his novel Thinner written several years previously, in which the
victim’s family (10) … (put) a curse on the driver.
3.5. Complete the conversation. Write the verbs in brackets in
the correct form, Present Simple or Present Continuous.
A TIRING JOB
- John (1) … (not look) well these days. Is he all right?
- Apparently, he (2) … (not sleep) well just now.
- Sounds like something (3) … (worry) him.
- Well, that’s part of the problem. You (4) … (know) that he (5) …
(work) for Tardown, the engineers, don’t you?
- Yes, I know that.
- Well, at the moment he (6) … (work) on a major road-building scheme in Liverpool, so he (7) … (drive) up there every day,
which (8) … (take) a couple of hours each way. And on top of
that, he (9) … (suffer) from a cold and (10) … (have) difficulty
breathing.
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3.6. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. In most
of the lines there is one word too many, a word that does not fi t gram-
matically. Spot the mistakes and correct them.
AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE
1. _____ This week in Kyoto in Japan the latest conference
2. _____ on the environment is being taking place. The whole
3. _____ world is today watching to see what happens
4. _____ as delegates from more than 165 countries discuss
5. _____ what measures need not to be taken to reduce the
6. _____ fumes that do create the greenhouse effect. They
7. _____ are hope to agree on ways of reducing the amount
8. _____ of carbon dioxide and other gases that we
9. _____ send into the atmosphere. These gases to act the way a
10. _____ greenhouse does and, as a result, the Earth is
11. _____ be getting hotter and hotter all the time. The
12. _____ temperature it is rising gradually and
13. _____ in 100 years’ time the Earth will be hotter by about 4°C.
14. _____ The solution in Kyoto is depends on what the key.
15. _____ nations of the world feel is in their interests.
PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS
3.7. Complete the text using Present Simple or Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous.
A CLIMBING ACCIDENT
Concern (1) … (mount) for the safety of two British climbers who (2)
… (miss) in the Andes. Their companions, all French, (3) … (raise) the
alarm when the climbers (4) … (fail) to arrive back at their base camp
two days ago. It (5) … now (become) clear that a number of avalanches
(6) … (hit) the area last week, and local experts (7) … (blame) these on
the very warm weather conditions for the time of year. Rescue parties (8)
… already (scour) the slopes, but foggy and windy weather (9) … (ham-
per) these operations. Yet rescue rangers (10) … (count) on helicopters to
arrive at the scene and render help.
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3.8. Complete the text using Present Simple or Present Con-
tinuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous.
AN INEFFICIENT EMPLOYEE
Alex (1) … (work) in the accounts department when I (2) … (become) advertising manager at the firm. At first I (3) … (find) him to
be very efficient, but after a while his work (4) … (start) to deteriorate.
He (5) … (forever lose) important documents and (6) … (make) excuses
when there were delays. The final straw was when he (7) … (spend) three
weeks on a piece of work that should have taken only a day or so. By the
time he (8) … (finish), I (9) … (feel) pretty annoyed and (10) … (complain) to the managing director.
3.9. Complete the text using Present Simple or Present Con-
tinuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous.
AN ELDERLY SHOPLIFTER
The other day I (1) … (buy) a new alarm clock in Taylor’s the jewelers, when I actually (2) … (see) somebody shoplifting. I’d just finished
paying for my clock and as I (3) … (turn) round, an elderly woman (4) …
(slowly put) a silver plate into a bag that she (5) … (carry). Then she (6)
… (walk) over to another part of the shop and, when she (7) … (think)
that nobody (8) … (look), she (9) … (put) an expensive-looking watch
into the bag. Before I (10) … (have) a chance to tell the staff in the shop,
she (11) … (notice) that I (12) … (watch) her and (13) … (hurry) out.
Unfortunately for her, two police officers (14) … (walk) past just at that
moment and she (15) … (run) straight into them.
3.10. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: Simple
Past or Past Continuous.
AN UNLUCKY DAY
1. Peter and Ann (decide) to redecorate their sitting-room themselves.
2. They (choose) cream paint for the woodwork and apricot for the
walls.
3. When John (look) in to see how they (get) on, Ann (mix) the
paint, and Peter (wash) down the walls.
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4. They (be) glad to see John and (ask) if he (do) anything special that day.
5. He hastily (reply) he (go) to the theatre and (go) away at once,
because he (know) they (look) for someone to help them.
6. They (begin) painting, but (find) the walls (be) too wet.
7. While they (wait) for the walls to dry, Ann (remember) she
(have) a phone call to make.
8. Peter (start) painting while she (telephone), and (do) a whole
wall before Ann (come) back.
9. He (grumble) that she always (telephone).
10. Ann (retort) that Peter always (complain).
11. They (work) in silence for some time.
12. Just as they (start) the third wall, the doorbell (ring).
13. It (be) a friend of Peter’s who (want) to know if Peter (play)
golf the following weekend.
14. He (stay) talking to Peter in the hall while Ann (go) on paint-
ing but finally he (leave).
15. Peter (return), expecting Ann to say something about friends
who always (come) and (waste) valuable time talking about
golf.
16. But Ann nobly (say) nothing.
17. Then Peter (think) he would do the ceiling.
18. He just (climb) the step ladder when the doorbell (ring) again.
19. Ann (say) she (get) tired of interruptions but (go) and (open)
the door.
20. It (be) the postman with a letter from her aunt Mary, saying
she (come) to spend the weekend with them and (arrive) that
evening at 6.30.
3.11. Put the verbs in brackets in the simple past or past con-
tinuous.
A FAILED DETECTIVE
1. I (walk) along Piccadilly when I (realize) that a man with a
ginger beard, whom I had seen three times already that afternoon, (follow) me.
2. To make quite sure, I (walk) on quickly, (turn) right, then left
and (stop) suddenly at a shop window.
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3. In a few minutes the man with the beard (appear) and (stop)
at another shop window.
4. I (go) on but whenever I (look) round he (be) still there.
5. He (look) a very respectable type and (wear) very conven-
tional clothes and I (wonder) if he was a policeman or a private detective.
6. I (decide) to try and shake him off.
7. A bus (stand) at the bus stop just beside me.
8. Then the conductor (come) downstairs and (ring) the bell;
just as the bus (move) off, I (jump) on it.
9. The man with the beard (miss) the bus but (get) into another
one, which (follow) the first.
10. Both buses (crawl) very slowly along Knightsbridge.
11. Every time the buses (pull) up at a stop, the man (look) out
anxiously to see if I (get) off.
12. Finally, at some traffic lights, he (change) buses and (get) into
mine.
13. At Gloucester Road Underground, I (leave) the bus and
(buy) a ticket at a ticket machine.
14. As I (stand) on the platform waiting for a Circle Line train,
my pursuer (come) down the stairs.
15. He (carry) a newspaper and when we (get) into the same
compartment, he (sit) in one corner reading it, and I (read)
the advertisements.
16. He (look) over the top of the newspaper at every station to see
if I (get) out.
17. I (become) rather tired of being shadowed like this, so finally
I (go) and (sit) beside the man and (ask
low) me.
18. At first he (say) he (not follow) me at all but when I (threaten)
to knock him down, he (admit) that he was.
19. Then he (tell) me he (be) a writer of detective stories and (try)
to see if it was difficult to follow someone unseen.
20. I (tell) him he hadn’t been unseen because I had noticed him
in Piccadilly and I (advise) him to shave off his ginger beard
if he (not want) his victim to know he (be) followed.
) him why he (fol-
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