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BESTEDU EXERCISES PART I

1. Choose the correct variant: 1. Hardly ...... I ........... the game when my grandmother called me. a) did start b) has been starting c) had started 2. A cell phone had already.......... bought by my mother. a) be b) is been c) been 3. Last week my cousins ................. read a word in English and now they can. a) shouldnt c) cant c) couldnt 4. Pencils are ........................... pens. a) as small as b) smaller c) the smallest 5. I ................ do an essay at English for a better grade. a) should b) must c) shall

2. Complete the text using a single word:

How to win friends and influence colleagues


The worst sins that office workers can commit in the eyes of colleagues are interrupting people (0) on the telephone, talking loudly in front of someones desk and arriving late (1)........ a meeting. It is almost (2)....... bad as to eat at your desk, (3)........... personal calls or leave coffee cups (4)......... around, according to BODYTALK, a guide published by the Industrial Society, (5).......... lists the 30 traits most likely to annoy colleagues. High (6).......... the list are signing on at someone elses computer terminal (7).......... signing off afterwards, messing up the photocopier (8)........ jamming the paper on leaving (9)............ set to produce multiple copies. Reading newspapers, doodling, chewing gum, keeping cuddly toys or ornaments on your desk, and putting up postcards or supposedly witty slogans (10)......... invite disapproval. Also unpopular are (11) .......... who never fetch a colleague a drink from the machine, or who (12) ............... hold the lift door open when the others are approaching. (13)............... conduct, according to the guides author, Judi James, not only gives you an unprofessional image (14) ...... also is downright anti-social and could result (15)...... dismissal.

3. Complete the sentences using two or more words. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. I could swim but........................................... No sooner had she began to scream ........................................... May I ................................................? People mustnt ................................ I am stronger than .........................................................

4. Write an informal letter to a friend from London, U.K. telling him/her about your winter holiday and plans. (100 words)

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