Grammar 1 Read part of a story about a woman returning home and then put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense, As Anne drove west, she (1) wmf (feel) almost as though she were driving in a dream. But as she @ +e (get) closer to home, there was an excitement she (3) (not experience) for years. She (4) -nwene (ve) abroad for so long that she (5) “orget) what it was ike to feel that you really belonged somewhere. Her family were there, in her village, and they (6)... (wait) for her. As she (2) (come) over the hill, the view (8)... vnonn (be) the Same aS it) on (always / be). She noticed ‘a young man who (10).. w= (walk) purposefully towards the centre of the vilage. AS the car drew near, he (11) Aturn) and Ga aae (nod) as people doin this part of the world. She (13). _.(not realise) until then that it Was Nia, BOY she (14). ssononnnnn (babysit) many times when she was a teenager. So not everything (15)... _ (stay) the same. Anne herself (16).. va» (@ls0 / change) of course. The night before, she (17) (stay) in a hotel in Dublin and the receptionist (18) (sk) her (19). -» (you / be) to Ireland before?’ But what could she expect when her accent 20) (almost / cisappear)? 2 Read each pair of sentences and then answer the question which follows. 1 A Katrina studied Portuguese when she arrived in Brazil. B Katrina has been studying Portuguese since she arrived in Brazil Inwhich sentence is Katrina still in Brazil? 2A My brother was always borrowing my things when we were teenagers, B My brother always borrowed my things when we were teenagers. Inwhich sentence does the speaker seem slightly ititated? wan 3 A Has Richard rung this morning? B Did Richard ring this morning? Inwhich sentence isit still morning? .. 1 AMschosd eam werctheregions champloratier ive times. B My school team has won the regional championship five times since 1997, Inwhich sentence does the speaker think the team might win the regional championship again? 5 A When Giulia got home, her friends made her @ meal. B When Giulia got home, her friends had made her a meal In which sentence was the meal ready when Giulia arrived? Used to 3 Look at the past tense verbs in these sentences. Rewrite any sentence where the verb can be replaced by used to. Write ‘No’ for any sentence that cannot be changed, Did parents use tbe 1. Were-porente stricter with their children fifty years ago, do you think? 2. After I left school, | went abroad twice to work as an au pair 3 People wrote letters by hand or on a typewriter until computers became widespread 4 Is lunch stil as important in your country as it was? 5 My father has worked in several different countries so I've been to lots of different schools. 6 | spent last surnmer helping my grandparents decorate their house. Did you get as stressed at yourlastjob as you do here? 8 I speak Russian quite wel as | studied it for four years. 9 Japanese people didn't eat as much chicken in the past as they do now. 10 Wasn't there a factory on this site until a few years ago?re 4 © Used to and be/get used to have different meanings and forms. Look at these sentences written by exam candidates. Find the mistake in each one and then correct it used 41 The children hate walking because they are use to going everywhere by car 2 Some students are used to eat a snack during classes, 3 Hockey didn't used to be very popular in Spain. 4 Even if you find joining a new school difficult at first, you will soon get used to. 5 Were you used to work under pressure in your old job? 6 Ifyou do not used to walking every day, you will ind a trekking holiday very difficult. 7 Have you got used to cook for yourself? 8 José use to be a good swimmer when he was younger, 9 Travel helps you be used to different ways of deing things. 10 Laura was used to have a lot of noise around her because she came from a bia family. Vocabulary 1 Choose one word from the box to fit in the gap in each sentence. There are two words that don't fit anywhere. competent conscientious genuine idealistic insensitive sedest outgoing protective self-centred unconventional 1 You should tell everyone about the prize you won you're MUCH 100 sani 2. Jamie is Very mnnnnnnnnnn ABOU making sure he does a job properly and to the best of his ability. 3. My Spanish isn’t brilliant but I'm . wwe @nough to write an email or book 2 hotel. 4 Peter is $0 oneensnssnnnn 0 those around him that he doesr’t even notice when he upsets someone. 5 Many of Us @f@ neennnnnnmene when we're young and think we can change the way the world works 6 My brother is extremely conn and simply loves, meeting new people. 7 Annais avery « _-person; you can always trust that she means what she says. 8 Joanna has always been extremely little brother because he is several years younger than her. aw of her 2 © Look at these sentences written by exam candidates and then choose the correct verb. 1 Our college ives)/ makes us a wide choice of subjects to study, 2 The students were asked to give / make their opinions about the new menu in the canteen, 3 We do /make a lot of business with American companies, 4 The politician asked the newspaper to do / make an apology for the inaccuracies in their report. 5 Ihave done / made hundreds of exercises on grammar and vocabulary this week. 6 We can give / make a discount to our regular customers. 7 The strike didn't do / make any harm to local businesses, 8 Silva gave / made a remark about her sister which | thought was a bit unkind, 9 The college hopes to do / make a profit by selling its magazine 10 The bus company has done /madle improvements to the services it offers 11 It is too late to repair some of the damage done / made to the environment. 412 Itis worth doing / making an effort to look back at what you've learnt. 13 Nowadays both men and women do / make the housework but it wasn't like that in the past. 414 You will have to do / make your own bed every morning while you are living here. 48 The band gave / made the best performance of their lives last night.Reading and Use of English ‘You are going to read an extract from an autobiography. For aver Ont) 16. w eo a ee gaswer (A. B, Cor D) which you think fits best according fo the text = ¥ A visit Home ‘Amid the swarming, clattering travellers, railway staff and suitcases, | saw the thick, dark eyebrows of my brother Guy lift by approximately one millimetre in greeting a8 | came down the steps of the footbridge and ‘out into the station forecourt. Guy speaks Tike most men in the village we come from, ‘ot at all until he has spent five minutes considering whether there are other means ‘of.communication he can use instead. His favourites are the eyebrow-rase the shrug, and the brief of set? bie chi fhe is feeling particularly emotional, he may perform all vee together. That morning, as | worked my bags through fhe other passengers, he kept his eyebrows raised. Standing in hie wrk clothes he looked rather out of place resembling large, solitary rusty malin the midst of but apart from, che trowd of people: his tee-capped boots, battered, formless jacket and heavy stubble seemed to be causing many people to give him a wide bert, diverting their path tothe ext rather than heading for it directly. Richard Benson: author oF extract “uisiehome’ ‘Hello, Guy sai. ‘Now then’ he replied. Give me one of your bags! thank you. | said, and passed him a large bag, “whatever have you got in here” he exclaimed. My brother is appalled by indulgences such as luggage although his exclamations are less aggressive than resignedly bemused. With Guy, you have co understand that when he asks what on earth you've gotin a bag, itis away of saying ‘Hello, how are you” ‘ell be the computer that’ heavy. And there are some books; \ explained. “Books; he said wearily, shaking his head ‘sorry! ‘Doesn't matter! he said. ‘l’s not that heavy! He yanked the bag up onto his shoulder. ‘ies nice to see you, Guy! ‘Guy raised his eyebrows and chin five milimetres, and strode off towards the car park. | felt relieved by his distracted, Mont oF ONE FARILY AND tunemotional expression THE Teun COUNTRYSIDE because itwasusual:sincehe — RICHARD BENSON ‘was a small child he had gone through much of life looking i he was pondering the answer toa complex mathematical problem, But as | caught up with fhm and tooked at him from the side, | noticed dark half-cirles below his eyes. “are you al ight, then?” | sald He raised his eyebrows again, and blew out through pursed Tips He looked a ithe were trying to pop the Features of his face. Then he gave me the sort of consolation smile you Bive people when theyve asked a stupid question, barted his lashy black-brown eyes and shrugged. "You look a bit worn out I said. «\ should think do’ he sid 'Tve been doing twelve-hour days sin the farm since uly. ling your bags into che back of the Van then! ‘This was not as straightforward as he made ie sound. He used the van as a workshop, storage unit and mobile home, and so jewel as the usual driving-dregs of sweet wrappers and plastic bottles, there was farm equipment of an often surprising scale straw bales, black polythene barrels, bundles of shovels vind forks, metal toolboxes which were themselves almost as large as small cats and other tools which | didnot recognise tiderstand,Intermingled with that were random, inexplicable ousehold articles: sofa cushions halfa dozen plant potsand roll of carpet. retakes only ewenty minutes to drive through the hills co ‘our vilage, but that day the journey seemed to take forever Neither of us could think of anyching to say to each other 50 Guy precended to concentrate on the speed of his windseree wipers which were keeping the driving rain off the windscree qo he could see the road ahead. |,on the other hand, leant forehead against the side window, looking out at the scenery ‘which was so familiar to me but was actualy obliterated by the horizontal rain,1. What aspect of Guy's personality is the writer reinforcing when he says ‘if he is feeling particularly emotional, he may perform all three together’ (lines 12-13)? A His facial expressions are difficult to interpret. B His speech is always backed up by non-verbal expressions. C He is very controlled when expressing his feelings. D He can give out conflicting messages about what he is thinking. 2 What is meant by many people giving Guy ‘a wide berth’ (line 19)? ‘A People were staring at him because of the way he looked. B People were getting annoyed with him because he was in their way. C People did not understand what he was doing there. D People did not fee! comfortable getting too close to him. 3 How does the writer feel when Guy complains about his bag? ‘A He knows he shouldn't take the complaint seriously. B He thinks Guy is making an unnecessary fuss. C He wishes Guy had not greeted him with a complaint. D He is embarrassed about bringing so much luggage. 4 As they walk towards the car park, the writer realises that Aho is not being sensitive enough about Guy's situation B there is @ change in Guy's normal behaviour, C Guy's expression seems more worried than usual. D he had more reason to be concerned about Guy than he initially thought 5 What does the writer exaggerate when he is describing the back of the van? A the combination of items B the size of some of the contents CC how old some of the contents were D how many items were unnecessary What does the writer say about the journey in the van? A He preferred to look out at the countryside rather than talk B He didn't speak to Guy because the driving conditions were difficult. € The fact that they travelled in silence seemed to make it longer. D Itwas much slower than usual because of the weather. Writing Read this essay written by a student and the teacher's notes and then rewrite the essay, making the corrections that the teacher suggests. Essay: Is it better to travel alone, or with other people? In my opinion, travelting is very exciting, and all people, ‘including me, likes to travel, because it [is allowing] you to mest new countries and cultures. But that which you have to decide is if you should travel alone, or with others. There are advantages and disadvantages to each. If you travel alone, you are free to [going] anywhere; ‘there is no one who will deny to follow you to the place you want to go! However, you may feel extremely lonely. You haven't got anyone to enjoy the trip with. Except from that, a solo trip is more expensive, because you have to pay for everything yourself and you can’t divide the cost with anyone. In case you travel with your Friends, you will enjoy the journey more than if you are alone. Humans are social creatures and with someone else is good for your mind. With friends, tthe travel will not be boring! In fact, there aren’t many disadvantages to travelling with friends. The only one is that you might [be disagree] with them about the places, you want to visit. This isn't a serious disadvantage, because sooner or later you have to reach a decision. Finally, you could travel with your parents. This is the best case because you arer't responsible for anything and you go everywhere your parents go. You probably [haven't] to pay for anything yourself. However, if you are above the years of eighteen, you won't want to travel with your parents, because this will guide you, which is something you don't want. You [must] want to decide what to do and this is impossible with your parents around. This is a good eseay, but there are a few things you can do to improve It 4. Inseveral places Ive undertined where you've used the wrong word or expression, and you need to replace them with one of these words: age, apart, discover, everyone, if,joumey, refuse, restrict, share, solution, what, whether. 2 Ive shown six verbs where youve used the wrong form or tense, 3 Please divide your essay into four paragraphs!