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Meeting again Dear Harry, Do you remember me? We have met last year when you were on holiday in Brighton. I'm sorry I haven't been written to you since by then. I have been working abroad and I have only just come back home to England. Next week I am planning is to be in Bristol, and I was thinking about that we could meet. Do you remember Shirley, the girl we have met in Brighton? We are getting married next month, and we are want you to come to the wedding. I have lost your phone number, but when I have get to Bristol I'll try to contact you. It will be great to see you again. Are you still studying, or I have you found a job? You won't recognise me when you will see me! I had my hair cut last week, and now I look at completely different. Shirley doesn't like men with long hair, you see! Best wishes, Graham Norris

II. Decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

The latest news Dear Linda, I'm sorry I (1) B. to you for so long, but I (2) very busy lately. All last month I (3) exams, and I (4) anything else but study for ages. Anyway, I (5) studying now, and I (6) for my exam results. As you can see from this letter, I (7) my address and (8) in Croydon now. I (9) that I wanted a change from central London because it (10) so expensive. A friend of mine (11) me about this flat, and I (12) here about two months ago. When you (13) to London this summer, please visit me. I (14) here until the middle of August. Then I (15) on holiday to Scotland.

Please write soon, Margaret

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III. Underline the most suitable verb form in each sentence. a) Helen asked me if I liked visiting old buildings. Do you like/Did you like visiting old buildings?' asked Helen. b) Bill asked Mary if she had done anything the previous weekend. 'Have you done /Did you do anything last weekend?' c) The policeman asked me if the car belonged to me. 'Does/Did this car belong to you?' asked the policeman. d) Fiona asked me if I had seen her umbrella anywhere. 'Did you see/Have you seen my umbrella anywhere?' asked Fiona. e) Joe asked Tina when she would get back. 'When will you get/have you got back?' asked Joe. f) Eddie asked Steve who he had been to the cinema with. 'Who did you go/had you been to the cinema with?' asked Eddie. g) My parents asked me what time I had got home the night before. 'What time did you get/have you got home last night?' my parents asked. h) David asked a passer-by if it was the right road for Hastings. 'Is/Was this the right road for Hastings?' asked David.

IV. Complete the sentences. a) 'Do you think you could possibly tell me what the time is?' David asked me b) 'Excuse me, but I wonder if you'd mind opening the window.' The man sitting next to me asked me c) 'You go down this street, turn left, then take the second turning on the right The cinema is just down the street on the left.' A passer-by told me how d) 'I want to know how much this bike costs. Can you tell me?' John asked how e) 'Look, don't worry, I'll help you if you like.' Sue said she f) 'All right, I tell you what, the car's yours for 500.' The salesman said I could g) T hope you don't mind my saying this, but you're being a bit silly aren't you?' Peter told me I h) 'It doesn't look as if I'll be arriving until after eight, I'm afraid.' Jane said she probably V. Underline the most suitable verb forms in each sentence. a) If the machine stops/will stop, you press/will press this button. b) I can't understand what he sees in her! If anyone treats/will treat/treated me like that, I am/will be/would be extremely angry! c) If you help/helped me with this exercise, I will/would do the same for you one day. d) According to the timetable, if the train leaves/left on time, we will/would arrive at 5.30. e) If it is/will be fine tomorrow, we go/will go to the coast. f) If we find/found a taxi, we will get/would get there before the play starts. g) It's quite simple really. If you take/will take/took these tablets every day, then you lose/will lose/lost/would lose weight. h) I don't like this flat. I think I am/I will be/I'd be happier if I live/will live/would

live/lived in a house in the country. i) I don't know how to play baseball, but I'm sure that if I will do/did, I play/will play/would play a lot better than anyone in this awful team! j) If I phone/will phone/phoned you tonight, are you/will you be/would you be in? VI. Decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. The stolen bike One morning last week I realised that my bike (1) B. stolen from my garden. I phoned the police and two officers called at my house the next day. They (2) me if I had seen or heard anything. I told (3) I had been out that evening, and hadn't noticed anything suspicious when I came home. 'If I had seen anything, I (4) you,' I replied. 'It was raining hard too. If the weather (5) so bad, I would have ridden my bike.' The officers told me that lots of people (6) their bikes stolen lately. 'The thieves (7) to have put the bikes in a van,' said one of the officers. 'I (8) I had known about that,' I said. 'I saw a black van that evening. In fact, it (9) opposite my house.' The officers asked me what the van's number (10) , but I couldn't remember. '(11) you saw the van again, (12) you recognise it?' one of them asked. 'It (13) painting. I remember that,' I replied. However, there was a happy ending to this story. After the officers had left, I (14) by a friend of mine. 'By the way', she said, '(15) you want your bike, I'll bring it back this afternoon. I borrowed it a couple of days ago.'
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VII. Put one suitable word in each space, or leave the space blank where possible. Murder At The Station by Lorraine Small. Episode 5. Trouble on the 6.15. The story so far: Jane Platt, (1) who is travelling to London because of a mysterious letter, is the only person (2) witnesses a murder at Victoria Station. The detective to (3) she gives her statement then disappears. Jane goes to an office in Soho to answer the letter (4) she had received. There she discovers that her uncle Gordon, (5) lives in South America, has sent her a small box (6) she is only to open if in trouble. Jane, (7) parents have never mentioned an Uncle Gordon, is suspicious of the box, (8) she gives to her friend Tony. They go to Scotland Yard and see Inspector Groves, (9) has not heard of the Victoria Station murder, (10) was not reported to the police. Jane gives Inspector Groves the murdered man's ticket (11) she found beside his body. Then Jane and Tony decide to go to Redhill, (12) was the town (13) the murdered man had come from. On the train they meet a man, (14) face is somehow familiar to Jane, (15) says he knows her Uncle Gordon... VIII. Put one suitable word in each space. An old school friend When John saw the large crowd (1) which... had gathered (2) the street, he wasn't sure (3) first what had happened. There were (4) many people blocking the entrance to the hotel, that he had to push his way (5) them to get (6) the door. At the door he found two policemen (7) were trying to hold the crowd back. 'What (8) earth is going on?' he asked them. Then John noticed that some of the crowd were holding placards (9) read: 'We love you Sally.' (10) course, that was it. Sally Good was a footballer, the first woman to play for England. (11) John wasn't really interested in sport he decided to join the crowd and wait (12) she appeared. About ten minutes (13) , a smiling woman appeared and waved to the crowd. John was taken completely (14) surprise when she took his arm and said, 'Remember me? I'm the girl (15) used to sit next to you at school.'