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PRACTICE EXERCISE 2
Put the verbs in brackets into correct form
1. Only 25 new students (admit) into the department in 1994.
2. We asked the librarian for the book the professor (recommend) while he (give) his lectures on the history of World War II.
3. I’m going out for a walk. I (read) too long, in fact since early morning.
4. Just as I (leave) home for school the telephone (ring).
5. Stay in the house and wait until you (get) a phone call from him. He (tell) you where to look for her.
6. I (do) my homework when my mother (send) me to the chemist’s with the prescription she (give) by the doctor.
7. By the end of this month, I hope, I (write) 200 pages of my new novel.
8. It (take) a moment before Nick (realise) he (office) a cigarette by the stranger.
9. It’s no use (get) impatient. The plane (not arrive) until the weather (clear) up.
10. The experiment (make) when the lights (go) out.
1. were admitted 2. had recommended – was giving 3. have been reading 4. was leaving- rang 5. get – will get 6. was doing- sent – had been given 7. shall have written 8. took – realized – was being offered 9. won’t arrive – clears 10. was being made- went
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense and correct form .
Over the past 600 years, English (grow)1 ………..from a language of a few speakers (become)2 ……….. the dominant language of international communication. English as we (know)3……….. it today (emerge)4……….. around 1350, after (incorporate)5……….. many elements of French that (introduce) 6……….. (follow) 7………..the Norman invasion of 1066. until the 1600s, English (speak)8……….. , for the most part, only in England and (not extend) 9………..even as far as Wales, Scotland, of Ireland, during the course of the next two centuries, English (begin) 10……….. (spread) 11……….. around the globe. As a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and missionary work. Thus, small enclaves of English speakers (become)12……….. (establish)13……….. and (grow)14……….. in various parts of the world. As these communities (proliferate)15……….. English gradually (become)16……….. the primacy language of international business, banking, and diplomacy.
Currently, about 80 percent of the information (store)17……….. on computer systems worldwide (be)18……….. in English. Two-thirds of the world’s science (write)19……….. (be)20……….. in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers.
Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are nonnative speakers, consulting the largest number of nonnative users than any other language in the world.
1. has grown 2. to become 3. know 4. emerged 5. having incorporated 6. were introduced 7. following 8. was – spoken 9. had not extended 10. began 11. to spend 12. became 13. established 14. grew 15. proliferated 16. became 17. stored 18. is 19. writing 20 is
Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Each year many people ……….. take care of the old and the disabled. (VOLUNTEER)
2. Hong Kong is one of the most ………………. areas in the world. (POPULATION)
3. Could you …………..the picture over the sofa? (STRAIGHT)
4. Her room is beatifully decorated with balloons and …………….lights. (COLOUR)
5. We should cut down the use of ………… and pesticides for cultivation. (FERTILE)
6. This writer must be ………………. to write those fantastic novels. (IMAGINE)
7. The ……………… are concerned about the deforestation and killing rare animals. (ENVIRONMENT)
8. Sorry about the mistake, I ………………..the instructions you gave me. (UNDERSTAND)
9. Did you invite them to the party? – No, they came ………………. . (EXPECT)
10. Do me the …………….of listening to what I have to say. (COURTEOUS)
1. voluntarily 2. populous 3. straighten 4. coloured 5. fertilizers 6. imaginative 7. Environmentalists
8. misunderstood 9. unexpectedly 10. courtesy
Read the passage below and then circle the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete it.
Parents whose children show a special interest in a particular sport have a difficult decision to (61)……….. about their children’s career. Should they (62)………….their