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10. We _________ an extension onto our house, but

it's only half-finished. (build)

(10p)

4. Write the correct form of Present Simple or Present

Continuous. (25p)
1. “What Tom (think) of the Budget?”
“He (think) it most unfair.”
(15p) “I (agree) with him.”
2. “What this one (cost)?” “It (cost) forty pence.”
2. Write the Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect 3. You (hear) the wind? It (blow) very strongly this
Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. (15p) evening.
4. He never (listen) to what you say. He always (think)
1. Agnes _________ me Polish for a couple of years about something else.
now, but I'm still struggling with the 5. This book is about a man who (desert) his family and
pronunciation. (teach) (go) to live on a Pacific island.
2. The Dogs' Home ________ five hundred pounds 6. “You (understand) what the lecturer is saying? “
from a rich animal lover. (receive) “No, I (not understand) him at all.”
3. I'm really tired now, I _________ my 7. “What you (have) for breakfast usually?”
assignments all weekend. (write) “I usually (eat) a carrot and (drink) a glass of cold
4. You _________ all the bread, have you? Now I'll water.”
have to buy another loaf! (eat) 8. “Why you (walk) so fast today? You usually (walk)
5. How lovely to see you! It ________ ages! (be) quite slowly. “
6. They ___________ of moving house recently. “I (hurry) because I (meet) my mother at 4 o'clock and
(think) she (not like) to be kept waiting.”
7. He _________ all the complex guitar chords. He 9. “This car (make) a very strange noise. You (think) it is
can play anything now. (learn) all right?”
8. How many jobs _______ she ______ since “Oh, that noise (not matter). It always (make) a noise
university? (have) like that.”
9. Anna __________ her hair colour again. It's
bright red now. (change)
5. What is the key to success? Express your opinion and support it with two arguments. State your opinion in the
first paragraph. Develop the two arguments with explanations and examples in the next two paragraphs and write
a short conclusion restating your opinion. (about 150 words) (25p)