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1. If it’s cool / stormy / snowy today, we can have a picnic in the park.
2. Jeanie will wear her new swimsuit if it’s hot / cool / windy.
3. Did you lose / score goals / break a record when you ran 600 metres in 1.55 minutes?
4. The champion / finish line / match is at the end of a race.
5. There isn’t any rain / wind / snow, so we can’t go skiing.
6. On very cloudy / warm / cold days, it’s usually rainy.
7. In a basketball game, both referees / teams / races want to win.
8. Listen to the snow / lightning / thunder. It’s very frightening!
3.- Complete the sentences with the words below. There are more words than you need.
(8 x 1 = 8 points)
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5.- Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple, Present
Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous.
Ben and Jim usually 1. ride / were riding / are riding their bikes around the park at the
weekend, but last weekend they 2. decide / decided / were deciding to go on a bike trip in the
mountains for the first time. They 3. were packing/ packed / are packing some food and water
in a small backpack and 4. leave / left / were leaving early in the morning.
While they 5. rode / was riding / were riding their bikes, Jim suddenly 6. cried / cries / was
crying loudly, “Look, Ben! A bird 7. is lying / lies / was lying on the ground and I 8. am
thinking / thinks / think it can’t fly.”
Ben and Jim 9. stopped / were stopping / stop their bikes immediately and 10. go / were
going / went to look at the bird. “Let’s take it to the vet right now,” Jim said. “We can go on a
bike trip tomorrow.”
In the 1960s , Mary Quant was a popular fashion designer in London, but her clothes were
1 too cheap / not cheap enough / cheaper than for many teenagers. Then in 1964, clothing
designer Barbara Hulanicki opened the shop Biba. Biba’s clothes were 2 as trendy as /
the trendiest / trendy enough Mary Quant’s clothes, but they were 3 not as expensive as /
Biba became one of 4 the biggest / bigger than / big enough tourist attractions in London.
It was 5 the most popular / more popular than / less popular than Harrods. Then in 1970,
Biba became a department store, but for Barbara the business was 6 too big / big enough /
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8.- Complete the text with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. Use the present
simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous or present perfect.
My brother, Sam, (1) ……................. (go) to a gallery last week to see an exhibition by a new
artist. While Sam (2) ……................. (look) at one of the paintings, a man (3) …….................
(appear) next to him. The man asked, ‘(4) ……................. you ……................. (enjoy) the
exhibition?’ Sam said, ‘It’s very good, but I (5) ……................. (not understand) this painting.’
‘Really? That’s interesting,’ the man replied. Sam said, ‘I (6) ……................. (stare) at it for a
long time, but I (7) ……................. (not decide) if I like it yet. The subject is interesting but the
style and colours are a bit simple. What do you think? (8) ……................. you ever
……................. (see) this artist before?’ ‘Yes,’ he replied, ‘I am the artist.’ Sam (9)
……................. (blush) but the man said, ‘Don’t worry. I like talking about my paintings and I
(10) ……................. (prefer) people to be honest.’
10.- Write questions to complete the interview about a participant in a police identity
parade. Use the Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple.
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3. Why ................................................................................................... ?
I decided to do this because I saw an advert in the local newspaper. The police were
looking for people to help identify criminals.
4. .............................................................................................................. ?
No. The police didn’t interview me for the job. I went to the police station and gave them
information about myself.
5. What ................................................................................................. ?
They wanted to know my height, weight, eye colour, hair colour and skin colour. Then
they matched me to other people. All the people in a parade look similar.
6. .............................................................................................................. ?
Yes. The police paid me for my time. I got £10 for the first hour and £5 for every
additional hour.