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Eiff in the gaps with one word.

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Fill in the gaps with the correct

form of the verbs
in brackets.
t She loves go=tn! (go) to rhe cinema.

1 My ftrst language is Spanish.

2 I'm quite fluent
Arabic now.
3 Did you pick
any portuguese when

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".0
z Did you remember
(buy) some milkl
8 My dad made me
(choose) this

you were in Brazil?

+ Sue's reasonably good

languages.
s I did French at school, but it,s a bit
6 He knows a
;;;;"in,;*";r;l' "o*
_-____--__.,__._.,____

7 My boss can get

e Joe is bilingual
9 Anna can
10 Mum can,t speak a

----.--.______._____._.in

_____,__.__.,_.__-____

"--.__

German.

__-,__.__.,_.__.___.,

French and English.

a conversation in polish.

__.__-__,__.,__.__.__,

course.

of ltalian.

I stopped
(help) a girl who had fallen
off her bike.
10 My older brother kughr me
___.,__.__,__.,..__ (drive)

*n'" these words/phrases connected to education.

t a place where people study for qualifications

somebody who has a first degree

from
university or college: a
&___..____-.,_..__-___
a teacher who works

with one student or a small

__._-.__._-,._____

college: a

L____._____.,__._..__,

the money that a student borrows

from a bank

while at university: a s__,..__._.,_,__-_..._

L. ,
somebody who is studying
for their first degree
at university or college: an
u_-__.,__,_-._._-. somebody who has a first
degree and is now
studying for a higher degree:
a p_.._
_.__.__-__.____

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money paid by a university.

erc. to a srudent
with ability, but not much money:
a

s_._-

11

a class in which a small group

of students
discuss a particular subject:

12

job, or series ofjobs, that

you do during
your working life; a c_.__.,_.__._..__...-_.

-- a-

s-.,_.____..__.,_.__

the

13 somebody who teaches at

a university or college;

al

&

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14 a teacher of the highest level

in

15

department:ap. .,

a universitv

an advanced university degree:

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(do) hs. homework.

(tett) me his name.

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group of students: a L
a talk on a subject, especially
at university or

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finished
14 I forced him
,
Julie

couege: ; #:-*.;_

;le

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to go to a private
school or a university:
I
tana and buildings or a university
or

.__,,____-

11 Your sister doesn,t seem,.___.__.__.,_

(like) mel
12 Iencouragedhim .
(learn)Spanish.

after leaving school: a c

allege
the amounf of money you pay

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cnoose the correct verb forms.

My husband and I r

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decided ro learn

Chinese a year ago. We-fueve

r went/,ve never been to
China, but we 3want/,rewanting
to go there next year
We aadvised/were advised to
have lessons and we
s're studying/,ve
been studying with a private
teacher

for three months _ we 6usually

give/;re usually given
some homework to do every
week.
I Twas starting/started mine after
I got back from work
last night. l Bknow/,m knowing
thut

_y grammar isn,r
very good yet, but while I sread/was
reading my
coursebook I recognised a
so

lot of chinese .huru.r".,

lothink/'m

thinking my vocabula ry 11gets/is

getting
better. My husband often lzworks/is
*oir,rg late so he
can't study much, but he 13has/,s
having u f"* duyr,
holiday ar rhe moment so he
can do a bit more. Our
teacher says that we 14're learning/,ve
learned

a lot

since September. We 1s,ve been/were

pleased when
she 16uzas telting/told us thatl
Before welTstarted/
had started having lessons
we i8,ye never
'd neverspoken

spoken/

any Chinese at all!

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2007

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niff in the gaps in this conversation with a posirive or

negative auxiliary. Use contractions where possible.

JILL

TOM
LL

JI

TOM

Ina,-

JI LL

I don't know. Do somerhing different.

TOM
ILL

TOM
JILL

ANNA Hi, Paul! 1

Did

you go to thar talk this

morning?

nAUL Yes, I

TOM

2__-.__...-____________

but I

enjoy it

very much.

ANNA Oh,

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 earlyl
There 8
been a lot to do this week,
____- _

JILL

TOM
JI

LL

there

know I
going ro try and finish my
project this week, but I 12
done
anything 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 next
. You

Saturday?

IAUL No, I

not. Actually, I 16
usually like parties much, although I
enjoy that one we went to last
month.
ANNA You mean Brian's? Yes, so 18.
I. I
1s______________.,._____

_.____________.____.

till 4 a.m.l

get home

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

I20
ANNA No, neither 21
I. I think he's reallvJ
nlce.

IAUL Me too. An1'way, I musr

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go. See you.

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niff in the gaps in this conversation with rhese

words/phrases.
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JILL

's it

going

for (x

2) what way

's he tike

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writing a play?
Really? How 7_--,_________ .- ,.
?
Very slowly. I've had to do a lot of research
into 20th century politics.
What 8. -". ..
?
My play's about a Canadian politician. In fact
I'm going to Canada soon.

JILL

Montreal, first of all. There's a film festival

ToM

That sounds fun. Where

are you going?
Well, we're going hiking in the Rockies.
?
How lons 12
Oh, about a month.

10

there.

JILL
ToM
JILL
roM Fantastic!

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ones.

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you started.
Answer Key p194

s______-

Such

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roM Oh! Whv 1 'sthat

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

-)

Like
Join a study group and do some exciring
things 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'm

TOM

12

Hi Jill. How are you?

Not great, actually.

.",.?

My friend John. We're travelling around and

visiting a few different places.

JiLL

10

"_

",

Whoe

TOM

there?

ANNA Yes,

I know. I think it's the teacher really.

Why? What
.. ?
He's a bit boring so I don't listen properly and
then I don't do well in the coursework. I
need to sort my life out a bit.

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+fi:fteediftg a better computer.

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

I was driving home when he called.

We ended up to eat in a seafood restaurant.
She persuaded me to go to her yoga class.
When I arrived, the film already finished.
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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