Ex. 23.

are really angry with me. Why do our parents put us under so much pressure? What do you do when your parents criticise you when you don't do well at school? How can I explain to my parents how I feel?

drop in living up to turned up paid for

ended up take out push on got on pointing out

Kate’s Travel Diary

We decided to (0) push on and try to reach Venice by Friday afternoon – before the weekend hordes (16) ___________. Susan was eager to see the city of waterways, as she had never been before, while I wanted to look up an old friend called Davina, who was now studying Italian at university in Venice. Davina had given me an open invitation to more or less (17) ____________ at any time, and she was as good as her word, for she not only put us up, but also spent the whole weekend (18) ____________ the sights to us. She had never met Susan before, but they (19) ____________ immediately, which was a relief. My intention had been to pay her a flying visit, and then head off to Trieste, but we had such a wonderful time that we (20) ____________ staying for four days. Venice did not disappoint us, (21) ____________ its reputation as the most beautiful of cities.

On a less triumphant note, poor Susan lost her handbag, including a large amount of cash and her bank cards. She ran up a huge bill phoning home and contacting her bank in London. At least she’d had enough sense to (22) ____________ travel insurance, so this (23) ____________ the costs of most of the loss.

1. Greta (sing) at the party beautifully. 2. Peter (read) three pages yesterday. 3. I (send) the documents by post. 4. It (rain) yesterday. 5. You (enjoy) the house-warming party. 6. We (give) some photos to Betsy. 7. Mary (do) the housework alone last week. 8. He (get) to the office by taxi. 9. I (go) to England five years ago. 10. We (pay) a fortune for the furniture. 11. The working day (last) seven hours yesterday. 12. It (be) very hot the day before yesterday. 13. Frank used to play ping-pong in his childhood. 14. She (receive) four large presents on her birthday. 15. Helen (be) absent because she (have) a terrible headache yesterday. 16. The plane (disappear) beyond the mountains. 17. I last (see) Jane on Monday. 18. All those years they (want) to return to their native town. 19. The teacher (look) at him in amazement. 20. The bag (cost) $ 20. 21. The doctor (speak) to Kate quietly. 22. Sally (miss) the classes because she (be) ill. 23. Nick (enjoy) sports programmes. 24. Tom used to run 5 kms a day when he (be) young. 25. Dad (fix) his car for four hours yesterday. 26. They (live) in Minsk for twenty years before the war. 27. She (use) to be a naughty girl.

when they _______________(arrive) here. 2. “The phone is ringing”. – “I ______________(answer) it. 3. _____________(we/start) the experiment now or ______________(we/wait) until everybody ________________(come)? 4. He thinks nothing wrong _______________(happen) to the girl. She is grown and reliable. 5. Rosemary and Philip _______________(come) later this evening. We ______________(have) a good family party. 6. I don’t know when I _______________(be) in the mood for entertainment. 7. There is a train that ________________(leave) Waverly at ten o’clock tomorrow morning. 8. I ________________(probably/come) back at 10 tonight. 9. What _______________(I/say) to him? 10. They _________________(get married) this spring. 11. Don’t make this noise! You _______________(wake up) Lucy.

Questions

Ex. 5. Put the words into the correct order to make questions. 1. do/he/did/this work_________________________________________? 2. do/reading/you/like/magazines___________________________________? 3. much/got/you/how/have/time__________________________________? 4. this/who/wrote/book_________________________________________? 5. salt/how/did/much/put/my/you/in/salad___________________________? 6. does/often/come/here/he/how___________________________________? 7. playing/don’t/why/you/tennis/like_______________________________?

2. Martha _______________(find) a new job. She is starting next week. 3. When ______________Simon _______________(arrive) at the cinema yesterday? 4. John is a well-known artist. He ______________(paint) a lot of pictures. 5. John ________________(paint) his first picture in 1980. 6. Mike _______________(win) more than 20 medals when he was a sportsman. 7. I ________________(see) Sting last year. 8. I ______________(speak) to Celine Dion. 9. I _______________(write) 5 letters this week. 10. I ______________(read) this book a month ago. 11. He _______________(still/not/buy) a computer. 12. They ________________(yet/not/find) the way out. 13. _______________you ______________(write) this translation yet? Ex. 3. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous 1. What ____________you ______________(look) at? –Some photos I __________(take) when I _____________(be) on holidays. 2. I _______________(be) sorry, but I ______________(not understand) what you _____________(mean). 3. What ___________Jane_____________(do)? – She ______________(be) a teacher, but she ______________(not teach) at the moment. 4. He never _____________(smoke) and ___________usually __________(not eat) meat. 5. Last time I _____________(go) abroad was when I ______________(go) to London. We _____________(stay) in London for three days. On the first day when I ______________(do) the sights, I _____________(meet) my old friend. He ___________just______________(go) to his hotel when we ___________(come) across. 6. ___________you ____________(often, go) to the gym? – I _______________(not go) much at the moment, I ____________(not have) time. I ____________(be) too busy these days. But I ___________(want) to go to the gym next week. 7. Tomorrow Kate _____________(visit) her aunt, that’s why now she _____________(make) a cake. It _____________(smell) delicious! When Kate ____________(visit) her aunt last week, she _______________(buy) some pastries from the baker’s, but they _____________(not be) that good.