1) Rewrite the sentences using the words given, use only 2-5 words:

   a)     Excuse me, is somebody serving you?

   being

   Excuse me, ……………………………………………, sir?

   b)     I think we should go home now.

                                                Went

   It´s ……………………………………………………..home.

   c)      The painters painted our house last month.

                                                Had

   We ……………………………………………….last month.

   d)     It´s a pity that Charles is always complaining.

                                              Wouldn´t

   I …………………………………………………..so much.

   e)      Someone will meet you at the airport.

                                                 Be

   You ……………………………………………at the airport.

   f)       People think that train-robber Dave Briggs has escaped.

                                                Have

   Train-robber dave Briggs ………………………escaped.

   g)     “Don´t forget to buy some bread, Mum,” said Pauline.

                                              Reminded

   Pauline …………………………………….buy some bread.

   h)     Have you received your salary yet?

                                                Been

   Have …………………………………………………….yet?

   i)       I think I´ll manage to finish the letters by 4.00.

                                                Get

   I think I´ll ………………………………………… by 4.00.

   j)       My parents made me study every night.

                                                Was

   I …………………………………every night by my parents.

   

   2) Fill in the gaps with suitable forms of verbs in brackets:

A friend in the rain

   Last week I ………….. (walk) home after playing tennis when it …………… (start) raining very
   heavily. “Oh no, I ………… (get) soaked before I ……………. (reach) home,” I thought. “I wish I
   ……………(remember) to bring my raincoat.” But unfortunately I ………….. (leave) it at home. “How
   stupid of me! I …………………. (always forget) to bring it with me.” Luckily just then a friend of
   mine passed in her car and offered me a lift. “ ……………. (you go) home?” she asked, “or ……………..
   (you want) to go for a drink?” “I think I´d rather you ………….. (take) me home, “ I said. “If I
   ………………. (not change) my clothes, I know I ……………… (fall) ill, and then I …………………. (not be able)
   to play in the tennis tournament next week. And I …………………. (practise) hard for the last
   month.” “I …………………. (wait) for you to change if you …………….. (like),” she told me. “I think
   it´s time you ……………… (relax) for a change. You …………………. (worry) too much about hings lately.
   And people who …………….. (worry) too much ……………… (fall) ill more easily. It´s got nothing to do
   with the rain!”

   

   3) Rewrite the sentences using the words given, use only 2-5 words:

   a)     Please don´t open the window.

   You

   I´d ……………………………………………………open the window.

   b)     Fiona wanted to know the time.

  What

   Fiona wanted to know …………………………………….was.

   c)      We won´t go out if the weather is bad.

  Won´t

   We ………………………………………………the weather is good.

   d)     I would like you to be here!

  Wish

   I ……………………………………………………………..here.

   e)      Catherine refused to let me go.

  Couldn´t

   Catherine ………………………………………………… go.

   f)       If I were you I´d try to get some sleep.

  Advise

   I …………………………………………….to get some sleep.

   g)     What a pity we didn´t see the match.

  Wish

   I …………………………………………………….the match.

   h)     The old man introduces himself.

  Us

   The old man …………………………………………..name.

   i)       David told me the time of the next train.

  What

   David told …………………………………………train left.

   j)       The police inspector said I had killed Mrs Burns.

  Of

   The police inspector ……………………….killing Mrs Burns.

   

   4) Fill in the gaps with suitable forms of verbs in brackets:

The facts about sugar

   Packet sugar from the supermarket …………………. (extract) form either sugar cane or sugar beet.
   These products ………………… (mix) with hot water, which …………………. (dissolve) their natural sugar.
   Sugar ………………….. (also find) in fruit some of which, such as dates and grapes, ……………….
   (contain) very high amounts of sugar. To be a little more scientific, sugar should …………………
   (call) sucrose. Sucrose ……………… (make up) of two substances, glucose, which ……………….. (use) for
   instant energy,  and fructose, which ……………. (last) longer as a source of energy. The sugar in
   fruit is mainly fructose. So when we …………….. (eat) fruit, we ………………… (also eat) quite a large
   amounts of natural sugar. Some scientists ……………… (believe) that too much sugar …………….. (eat)
   in sweets, cakes and biscuits. It ………………. (say) to be generally bad for the health, although
   nothing ……………………….. (definitely prove) so far. However, it  ……………… (know) that sugar ……………
   (cause) tooth decay. As one exper put it: “If other foods …………….. (damage) our body as much as
   sugar ……………… (damage) our teeth, they  ………………. (ban) immediately.”

   

   5) Fill in the gaps with one word only:

   a)     This is the book I told you …………

   b)     There´s someone outside ………….. car has broken down.

   c)      Sue won the gold medal ……………. Having a bad leg.

   d)     I suppose I agree with you ………….. a great extent.

   e)      The police, from …………… I learned nothing, are being secretive.

   f)       Excuse me, but your bicycle is …………… my way.

   g)     She bought me a present  …………….. I told her not to bother.

   h)     Tony knows most of Shakespeare …………… heart.

   i)       The letter was addressed: “To ………….. it may concern.”

   j)       There are no letters today. The post office is …………… strike.