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Practice 11
Practice 11
Practice 11
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Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
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Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
Complete the passage with the verb in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
Nearly everyone 1. .................................. (love) chocolate, but most people 2. .................................. (think) that it is
unhealthy because it 3. .................................. (contain) a lot of calories and a high amount of fat. However, these days,
scientists 4. .................................. (find) that it has also got some health benefits. Based on recent studies, researchers
5. .................................. (begin) to promote the idea that moderate amounts of dark chocolate can help protect against
heart disease and high blood pressure. Furthermore, dark chocolate provides small amounts of important nutrients, so
it adds some vitamins and minerals to your diet. I 6. .................................. (want) some chocolate right now; what about
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Complete the passage with the verb in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
I was looking forward to a quiet evening at home last night. But it wasnt as quiet as I had hoped.
I 1. .................................. (watch) television when the first call 2. .................................. (come). It was my old girlfriend.
I didnt want to talk to her, so I 3. .................................. (tell) her that I 4. .................................. (study). Then Lisa rang,
but she 5. .................................. (laugh) so much that I couldnt understand what she 6. .................................. (say).
After that, my new girlfriend, Mary, 7. .................................. (arrive) at the door. While she 8. ..................................
(stand) in the hall, the phone 9. .................................. (ring) again. Luckily, it was Bob. He 10. ..................................
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(do) his homework when he realised that he 11. .................................. (need) the maths assignment. Finally, Mary
12. .................................. (leave), the phone stopped ringing, and I watched another programme on TV.
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Decide which sentence has got a meaning that is similar to the first one.
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They offered me more tea, but I already drank / had already drunk enough.
By the time Mia decided / had decided which jeans to buy, she had tried on seven pairs.
Jason was upset / had been upset last night because he hadnt scored a goal.
The thieves were caught after they robbed / had already robbed three banks in a month.
I spoke / had spoken to my sister when she called home yesterday.
Alice came home after her parents went / had gone to bed.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use the Past Simple, Past Perfect
Simple or Past Continuous.
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Sally .................................. (hike) when she and David met for the first time.
What .................................. you .................................. (do) after you heard the news?
Last night, Joni was wearing the boots she .................................. (buy) the day before.
By the time we got to the station, their train had already arrived and they .................................. (wait) for us.
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Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Present Perfect Simple .
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.................................. you already .................................. Susan that you cant come to her party?
They .................................. the books for the new school year yet.
My sister .................................. never .................................. advice from anyone.
.................................. you ever .................................. about living somewhere else?
Lucy .................................. this late for months! I wonder what time she arrived home.
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Until the late 1990s, flying between European cities 1. was / has been quite expensive, so people often
2. have chosen / chose to travel by coach, train or car. Recently, however, new airlines 3. have been /
were established that offer low-cost flights throughout Europe. When these airlines 4. began / have begun to
operate, many experts 5. have believed / believed they would fail. But with thousands of passengers taking
advantage of the new lower fares, that 6. didnt happen / hasnt happened yet. For many people who
7. havent already taken / didnt take one of these flights, they should think about it many are now cheaper
than a train or coach!
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Complete the dialogues using the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Use the Present Perfect Simple or the Past Simple .
Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. Do not change the meaning of the sentence.
Use the Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple forms of the verbs .
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Sherlock Holmes, the fictional English private detective who solves complex mysteries with logical
thinking, has captivated readers for over a hundred years. Writer Arthur Conan Doyle introduced him in
the 1887 novel A Study in Scarlet. A second Holmes novel, The Sign of Four, appeared in 1890. Then,
Conan Doyle began writing short Holmes stories for the monthly magazine The Strand. Accompanied by
dramatic illustrations, the stories were immensely popular. And then, quite suddenly, tired of the
character, Conan Doyle ended Holmes life in the December 1893 story The Final Problem.
Holmes fans reacted emotionally. Twenty-thousand Strand readers cancelled their subscriptions. Some
men wore black cloth around their arms as a sign of sadness over Holmes death. And disappointed
readers wrote letters begging Conan Doyle to produce more Holmes stories. But Conan Doyle ignored
his fans and concentrated on writing historical novels, which were unsuccessful.
In 1901, needing money, Conan Doyle published the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, presenting it
as an old Holmes case. A couple of years later, he brought the character back to life and by 1927, he had
written over 30 more Holmes short stories. Conan Doyle died in 1930, but the Holmes stories live on.
They still sell well in various languages, and have been made into dozens of films and plays.
Holmes has even been the subject matter of academic articles, books and the game, a hobby of
thousands of people around the world. Participants call themselves Sherlockians and pretend to believe
that Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson were real people. They research the stories in order to work out
conflicting details and unsolved issues that Conan Doyle never specified, such as when Holmes was
born, or what university he attended. Sherlockians have set up local clubs and Internet sites, published
their research and held conferences. With new books about Holmes being released every year, the
number of Sherlockians is sure to grow.
Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)? Find evidence in the text to support your answers.
...... 1. Holmes first appeared in a short story in a magazine.
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...... 2. After The Final Problem was published, more people subscribed to the Strand.
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Complete the sentences using the information given in the text. Use your own words as far as possible.
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