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Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbsin brackets.

t She loves go=tn! (go) to rhe cinema.z He doesn'r mind (help) me.g I'd rather (study) u, ho*".+ Could you srop (make) rhar noise?5 I remember

"--.__ _..__.__ (take) my driving test.6 I rhink you,d better (get) so6" ,1".0z Did you remember __-,__.__.,_.__.___., (buy) some milkl8 My dad made me __.__-__,__.,__.__.__, (choose) this

,'@ cnoose the correct verb forms.My husband and I r @ididnaru decided ro learnChinese a year ago. We-fueve r went/,ve never been toChina, but we 3want/,rewanting

to go there next yearWe aadvised/were

advised to have lessons and wes're studying/,ve been studying with a private teacherfor three months _ we 6usually give/;re usually givensome homework to do every week.I Twas starting/started mine after I got back from worklast night. l Bknow/,m knowing thut _y grammar isn,rvery good yet, but while I sread/was reading mycoursebook I recognised a lot of chinese .huru.r".,so I lothink/'m thinking my vocabula ry 11gets/is gettingbetter. My husband often lzworks/is *oir,rg late so hecan't study much, but he 13has/,s having u f"* duyr,holiday ar rhe moment so he can do a bit more. Ourteacher says that we 14're learning/,ve learned a lotsince September. We 1s,ve been/were pleased whenshe 16uzas telting/told us thatl Before welTstarted/had started having lessons we i8,ye never spoken/'d neverspoken any Chinese at all!

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€ffi: Eiff in the gaps with one word.1 My ftrst language is Spanish.2 I'm quite fluent Arabic now.3 Did you pick any portuguese when

you were in Brazil?+ Sue's reasonably good _-____--__.,__._.,____ languages.s I did French at school, but it,s a bit6 He knows a -

;;;;"in,;*";r;l' "o*7 My boss can get ----.--.______._____._.in German.e Joe is bilingual French and English.9 Anna can _____,__.__.,_.__-____ a conversation in polish.

10 Mum can,t speak a of ltalian.

*n'" these words/phrases connected to education.t a place where people study for qualificationsafter leaving school: a c allege

z the amounf of money you pay to go to a privateschool or a university: I

university or college: a &___..____-.,_..__-___

a teacher who works with one student or a smallgroup of students: a L __._-.__._-,._____

a talk on a subject, especially at university orcollege: a L____._____.,__._..__,

the money that a student borrows from a bankwhile at university: a s__,..__._.,_,__-_..._ L. ,

somebody who is studying for their first degreeat university or college: an u_-__.,__,_-._._-.

-somebody who has a first degree and is nowstudying for a higher degree: a p_.._ _.__.__-__.____

money paid by a university. erc. to a srudentwith ability, but not much money: a s_._-

11 a class in which a small group of studentsdiscuss a particular subject: a s-.,_.____..__.,_.__

12 the job, or series ofjobs, that you do duringyour working life; a c_.__.,_.__._..__...-_.

13 somebody who teaches at a university or college;al "

14 a teacher of the highest level in a universitvdepartment:ap. .,

course.

s I stopped .__,,____-

off her bike.10 My older brother kughr me ___.,__.__,__.,..__ (drive)11 Your sister doesn,t seem,.___.__.__.,_ (like) mel12 Iencouragedhim . ", (learn)Spanish.t3 Julie finished (do) hs. homework.14 I forced him , (tett) me his name.

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@ niff in the gaps in this conversation with a posirive ornegative auxiliary. Use contractions where possible.

ANNA Hi, Paul! 1 Did you go to thar talk thismorning?

nAUL Yes, I 2__-.__...-____________ , but I 3

very much.ANNA Oh, 4

____- _ you? I'm glad I missed it then.PAUL you working in the library?ANNA No, I 6______-______--.______ sleeping. I'm exhausted and

17 . hate getting up earlylThere 8 been a lot to do this week,

there?

ANNA Yes, there . You know Igoing ro try and finish my

project this week, but I 12 doneanything yet!

PAUL Don't worry, neither 13__-__._.,,__________,, I.ANNA That makes me feel a bit better. By the way,

14 you going to George's party nextSaturday?

IAUL No, I 1s______________.,._____ not. Actually, I 16

usually like parties much, although Ienjoy that one we went to last

month.ANNA You mean Brian's? Yes, so 18.

_.____________.____. I. Iget home till 4 a.m.l

PAUL A lot of people find Brian a bit unfriendly, butI20

ANNA No, neither 21 I. I think he's reallvJ

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roM Hi Jill. How are you?

JILL Not great, actually.roM Oh! Whv 1 'sthat ?

JILL lt's my course. I'm not enjoying it any moreToM How 2__-.-.,-._,__ ? You loved it when

you started.

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I know. I think it's the teacher really.Why? What .. ?

He's a bit boring so I don't listen properly andthen I don't do well in the coursework. Ineed to sort my life out a bit.Ina,- ", .",.?I don't know. Do somerhing different.Like s______-

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Join a study group and do some exciringthings in my free time.What 6 . things?Acting, for example. I am studying drama,after all! By the way, did I tell you thar I'mwriting a play?Really? How 7_--,_________ .- ,. ?

Very slowly. I've had to do a lot of researchinto 20th century politics.What 8. -". .. ?

My play's about a Canadian politician. In factI'm going to Canada soon.Whoe - ?

My friend John. We're travelling around andvisiting a few different places.

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nlce.IAUL Me too. An1'way, I musr go. See you. [120]

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JILL Montreal, first of all. There's a film festivalthere.

ToM That sounds fun. Whereare you going?

JILL Well, we're going hiking in the Rockies.ToM How lons 12 ?

JILL Oh, about a month.roM Fantastic! [ETick the correct sentences. Change the incorrectones.

I need1 +fi:fteediftg a better computer.

2 I've been studying English for years. /3 My brother refused speaking French.

4 I was driving home when he called.

5 We ended up to eat in a seafood restaurant.

e She persuaded me to go to her yoga class.

7 When I arrived, the film already finished.

8 The way English is taught has changed a lot.We plan visiting New York next year.

We stopped to get some petrol.

Jo's parents didn't go to college, bur mine are.

He's riding his motorbike for three monrhs.

What course do you study at the moment?

I'm really liking your new shoes.

You should tell your parenrs what happened.

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