If we look around us at the things we have Purchased(1) at some point in our lives, we would no

really(2) notice that not everything we own is being make(3) to good use: the thick woollen coat which
we thought looked trendy …………..(4) the fact that we live in a tropical country, the smartphone that got
put away when we bought ourselves the newest model, the car that only gets used at the weekends, or
even the guest room in our house that ………..(5) got turned into a storeroom.

Those …………(6) items may seem useless to some, but could be an asset to others. With the …………(7) of
the internet, online communities have figured out a way to …………(8) profit from the sharing of those
…………(9) assets. Using websites and social media groups that facilitate the buying and selling of second-
hand goods, it is now easier than ever for …………(10) sharing activities to take place. And this is known
as the sharing economy.

These ………….(11) online platforms are providing a chance for people to make a quick ………….(12) or
two. To give an example, busy parents previously might not have bothered with setting up a stall at the
local market or car boot sale to sell their children's old ………………..(13), but with online marketplaces,
parents are now able to sell on those hardly …………..(14) baby clothes that their children have …………..
(15) and the expensive pushchairs and baby equipment they have invested in, so as to put some cash
back into their pockets.

1. a. buy b. taken c. purchased

2. a. doubt b. really c. mean

3. a. make b. put c. take

4. a. in spite of b. despite c. despite of

5. a. somewhere b. somewho c. somehow

6. a. underusd b. underutilised c. undertaked

7. a. invent b. advent c. find out

```````````````````````````````````````8. a. make b. made c. generate

9. a. underutilised b. underused c. undertake

10. a. take to take b. hear to hear c. peer to peer

11. a. democratised b.publican c. democrat

12. a. money b. bar c. buck

13. a. food b. equipment c. stuff

14. a. wear b. worn out c. worn

15. a. outgrew b. outgrow c. outgrown

You put me on a P………. and tell me I'm B……….
Raise me up into the sky until I'm S……… O……… B………. (yeah)
Fill me up with confidence, I say what's in my chest
Spill my words and tear me down until there's nothing left
R……………. the pieces just to fit me with the rest, yeah
But what if I, what if …… ………?
What if I, what if …….. ………?
Then am I the …………..?
Just let me know
And what if I, what if I ………….?
And what if I, what if I …………..? Yeah
Then am I the monster? Yeah
Just let me know, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I was F…………… when the W………… put me on a pedestal
I had big dreams of doin' shows and making ……………..(yeah)
Made some bad moves trying ……… …… ……, upset by their ……………. (uh-uh)
T……………… me up (………….. me up), ……………. me up (yeah)
And ……………… me down (down), ………………. me down (down, down), yeah
I'll take R………………….. (ooh) for everything I've done (yeah)
H……………. it against me (yeah) like you're the H…… O….. yeah
I had a chip on my S……….., had to let it go
'Cause U……………… keeps them in control
I came in with good I……………. then I let it go
Oh, please just let me know, yeah
But what if I, what if …… ………?
What if I, what if …….. ………?
Then am I the …………..?
Just let me know
And what if I, what if I ………….?
And what if I, what if I …………..? Yeah
Then am I the monster? Yeah
Just let me know
Baby, I am …………….for ya
Please don't let me fall
Oh, please don't let me fall