Complete the following sentences using the words in the box. Use each word only ONCE.

Be caref ul,
there are TWO EXTRA words.

dreadful turned up given up obscure

detrimental effects ambitious beneficial gutted

commercials missed the opportunity

When I was 16, I was really into cars, and was waiting to be 18 to get my driver’s license. However, my father

wouldn’t let me take his car to practice. So, one day, I took the car secretly and drove really fast; thus I had a

terrible accident. Several bones on my legs and arms were broken badly, and I had to stay at the hospital for a

month! I can’t tell how (1) _______________ that period was because I was stranded in a hospital bed all day

long and was away from the school. This accident had another negative effect on my life as well. For example, I

(2) _______________ to play at the school team. Despite my pains and broken bones, my parents were

thankful to God because I (3) _______________ home safe and sound. To be honest, I am (4)

_______________ whenever I think of those days. However, I have never (5) _______________ speeding;

this accident made me even more (6) _______________ about it. On the other hand, on TV I sometimes

watch the (7) _______________ advertising the latest models of cars with which you can easily speed, and I

think of how they affect the youth. We should have more advertising campaigns to give the young people the

message that thoughtless behaviors may have (8) _______________ on their lives.

Part 1 - Complete the news report about a protest against a new road. Put in the correct form of the
verbs using Conditionals Type 0, 1 and 2. (12 items)
Nowadays people are more sensitive about the environment. If there is a harm to the environment, protesters

(1) _are_____ (be) always there to protect it.

Yesterday we saw an example of it in London; protesters managed to hold up work on the Oldbury bypass.

Protest leader Alison Compton defended the action by members of the Green World group. 'If we don't

protest, soon there (2) _will be /is going to be____ (be) no countryside left,' she told reporters. The bypass is

now well behind schedule; its opening was delayed for two months because of the protestors. 'If these fields

(3) __disappear _______ (disappear), we can never see them again,' said Ms Compton. 'Why can't we use public

transport? Provided that more people (4) ___travelled / were to travel_____ (travel) on buses and trains, we

wouldn't need new roads. If the motor car never existed, the world (5) __would /could /might be____ (be) a

more pleasant place today.'

But many people in Oldbury want their new bypass. 'Unless they (6) ____ build__ (build) it soon, the traffic

jams in the town will get worse,' said Asif Mohammed, whose house is beside the busy A34. 'We just can't

leave things as they are. If things remained the same, people's health (7) _would /could / might suffer ____

(suffer) even more from all the pollution here. It's terrible. If we don't get the traffic out of the town, I (8)

__will go / am going to go / can go___ (go) mad. If I (9) ____had / were to have______ (have) a chance now,

I (10) ___would / could /might sell______ (sell) this house now but it is impossible to sell it because of the

traffic. If the government (11) ___does________ (do) something soon, there will be less traffic today.'

And the protest is making the new road even more expensive. 'If this goes on, there (12) ___won’t be/ isn’t

going to be ___ (not / be) enough money left to finish the road,' says the Transport Minister.
ANSWER KEY

Complete the following sentences using the words in the box. Use each word only ONCE. Be careful,
there are TWO EXTRA words.

dreadful turned up given up obscure

detrimental effects ambitious beneficial gutted

commercials missed the opportunity

When I was 16, I was really into cars, and was waiting to be 18 to get my driver’s license. However, my father

wouldn’t let me take his car to practice. So, one day, I took the car secretly and drove really fast; thus I had a

terrible accident. Several bones on my legs and arms were broken badly, and I had to stay at the hospital for a

month! I can’t tell how (1) __dreadful_____________ that period was because I was stranded in a hospital

bed all day long and was away from the school. This accident had another negative effect on my life as well. For

example, I (2) __missed the opportunity_____ to play at the school team. Despite my pains and broken bones,

my parents were thankful to God because I (3) __turned up_____ home safe and sound. To be honest, I am (4)

___gutted______ whenever I think of those days. However, I have never (5) __given up________ speeding;

this accident made me even more (6) __ambitious_______ about it. On the other hand, on TV I sometimes

watch the (7) ___commercials_________ advertising the latest models of cars with which you can easily

speed, and I think of how they affect the youth. We should have more advertising campaigns to give the young

people the message that thoughtless behaviors may have (8) __detrimental effects______ on their lives.