We get ……… a 63 bus to take us to the Elephant and Castle, because the pictures are just next door.. the picture already start and it was very dark in there.. I turn round to see w
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I Put the right tenses to complete the following passage:
1 That afternoon, we all ( get ) …… ready to go to the pictures We ( get ) ……… a
63 bus to take us to the Elephant and Castle, because the pictures are just next door There ( be ) a great big queue waiting to go in and we ( be ) …… At the very back Soon we ( get ) ……… in the picture ( already start ) and it was very dark in there We had to go down some stairs to get to our seats but instead of walking down them we ( fall) down them Soon we were in our seats We ( sit ) there watching the film when something ( hit ) me on the head It was an ice-cream tub I ( turn ) round to see who it was and a little boy who ( sit ) two rows behind me ( say ) “ I am very sorry I wasn’t meant to hit you I was meant to hit the boy in front”
2 Reports are coming in that a train ( crash ) near Birmingham According to eyewitness, it ( hit ) a concrete block which somebody ( put ) on the line
3 Halfway to the office Paul ( turn ) round and ( go ) back home because he ( forget ) to turn the gas off
4 I ( do ) housework allday today, I ( clean ) every room in the house
5 It wasn’t surprising that she ( start ) getting toothache She ( not go ) to the dentist for two years
6 London (change) a lot since we first ( come ) to live here
7 “ How many times you ( see ) this film?”- This is the first time I ( see ) it
8 “ Who’s that? I ( never see ) him before in my life”
9 They ( just discover ) a new fuel; it’s half the price of petrol, and much cleaner
10 My sister ( be ) married three times
11 While she ( talk ) on the phone the children ( start ) fighting and ( break) a window
12 You know, she ( stand) looking at that picture for the last twenty minutes
13 He used to talk to us about all the interesting things he ( do ) in his life
14 I ( spend ) a lot of time traveling since I ( get ) this new job
15 When I ( be ) at school we all ( study ) Latin
16 When I ( meet ) him at work , he ( work ) as a waiter for a year or so
17 We ( live ) in Scotland until I ( be ) eighteen
18 She ( have ) a hard life , but she’s always smiling
19 You ( hear ) the storm last night?
20 After he ( finish ) his breakfast he ( sit ) down to write some letters
II There are too many mistakes in this paragraph Find and correct them
all
Yesterday , I decided to visit my medicine because I’ve been having aches in the chest I heat all the time, and then I suddenly cold I don’t have hunger at all and think I’m thinning I tire myself easily,as well Last week, I developed a sore neck and could hardly speak I hope it would better, but in fact it got worst The doctor
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pharmacists he said.” Don’t worry You ‘ll soon be alright” I leased the doctor to give me some advices When you feel better, make plenty of exercise, and you need plenty of open air You’ll be good in to time I thanked the doctor as the nanny showed me out before leading the next customer
III Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings
1 put about a discourage
2 put across b provide accommodation
3 put down to c postpone
4 put forward d tolerate
8 put out h circulate information
9 put up i in convenience
10 put up with j attribute to
IV Choose the correct phrasal verb to complete :
1 Don’t let me ……… You……… going to see it I mean, the film does have its good points
2 At the meeting someone ……… The idea that there should be a student
representative on the committee
3 He did seem a bit short-tempered, I agree I …… It …… to overwork
4 I’m just not prepared to ………… your inefficiency any longer You ‘re fired!
5 Thank you I’d love to stay to dinner, as long as it won’t …… you …… at all
6 We’ll just have to ………… The meeting ……… until everyone’s back from holiday
7 The part of the course I enjoyed least was philosophy It wasn’t ……… very well
by the lecturer
8 If my sister can ……… me ………… I’ll save the cost of a hotel room for the night
9 She……… it ……… that she was thinking of leaving the company and as a result, she received several offers from rival organizations
10 He didn’t really hurt his leg, you know He limped a bit, but he was only……… it
……… to get our sympathy