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- Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses: simple past, past continuous, or past perfect.
My first car nightmare
This story __________ (happen) to me about five years ago, and it's probably the worst thing that's ever happened to me while driving a car.
I __________ (buy) my car the week before, and I __________ (still feel) very excited about it. It __________ (not have) air conditioning but that __________ (not matter) to me because it was my first ever car! I __________ (know) that my best friend Penny __________ (always want) to visit a picturesque little village in the mountains about 100 miles from where we live, so I __________ (call) her and __________ (tell) her that I would take her there the following day. The sun __________ (shine) and the sky was blue. While I __________ (drive) and we __________ (talk), I __________ (see) something out of the corner of my eye. It was a wasp that __________ (fly) into the car! Penny and I both __________ (buzz) around inside the car. But the wasp __________ (try) to kill the wasp that __________ (sting) me! I forgot that I __________ (disappear). Then I __________ (feel) a pain in my arm: the wasp __________ (drive), and... BANG! I __________ (crash) into the car in front of us. Nobody was hurt, but that was the end of our day out and of my car.
- 1 GRAMMAR usually and used to
a Correct any mistakes in the highlighted phrases.
Tick (✓) the correct sentences.
1 Where did you used to live before you moved here?
did you use to live?
2 Jerry used to have a beard, but now he's shaved it off.
✓
3 I psually go to the gym when I leave work
4 My wife doesn't use to wear make-up. She doesn't like it.
5 Did you use to have long isair?
6 1 use to walk to work. My office is only ten minutes from my house.
7 Carol didn't used to talk to me, is now she always says hello.
8. Do you use to get up late on Sundays?
9. Did you used to watefi cartoons when you were little?
10 We don't usually stay in expensive Isotels, bm this
weekend is special.
- We use the following prefixes to form opposites.
dis- dishonest - dishonest
il- (before l) legal - Illegal
in- independent independent
im- (before m.p) possible impossible
un- happy unhappy
ir- (before r) responsible - Irresponsible
But: realistic unrealistic
reliable - unreliable
reasonable unreasonable
- 14 Fill in the gaps with the correct words derived
from the words in bold.
1 We love living in the country
because life is so __________ here.
2 What you did was silly and
COMPLICATED
LOGICAL
3 Mark cheated in the competition
so he was __________.
QUALIFIED
4 Sarah was completely
in what the teacher was saying.
INTERESTED
5 The special effects in that film
were very __________.
REALISTIC
6 You don't need to wear a suit, it's
a(n) __________ party.
FORMAL
7 This chocolate cake is
......... I must have another piece.
RESISTABLE
3 It would be very ..........
of us not to go to John's party.
POLITE
Some of this information is .......... We should check
the facts again.
CORRECT
- 2
Match column A with column B to make sentences, as in the
example.
1 a
2
He didn't mean
Oh no, I forgot
Thank you for
3 c
4
Please try
5 e
6
Do you go
It's no use
7 8
Saran
remembered
She likes
Jogging
They're looking
- They're looking
forward to
- 3
Fill in the gaps. Then, answer the questions using your own
information.
1 Have you ever thought about volunteering (volunteer)? If
so, for which group?
nes. I've thought about volunteering for Greenpeace.
2 What beautiful country do you look forward to ..........
(visit)?
- 3 Have you ever tried .......... (write) to your local
newspaper or representative? What about?
- 4 How often do you go .......... (swim) in the sea?
- 1 My dad is a shift worker. He
works very.......... hours.
- 3 VOCABULARY strong adjectives
Match the normal adjectivas 1-14 to the
strong adjectives a-n.
- 2 VOCABULARY the weather
a Circle the word that is different.
1 below zero cold cool inild)
2 damp drizzling drought hurnid
3 balling freezing hot scorching
4 breeze chilly hurricane windy
5 changeable fog mist smog
6 pouring showers warm wet