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4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when given.

a) According _____ the results of a recent study, some people _____ (find) to be super recognizers. b) People _____ suffer from prosopagnosia find it difficult _____ identify faces. c) Hi Jane! I remember _____ (meet) you _____ a party last year. d) If the witness _____ (not be) in that city five years earlier, she _____ (not meet) the waitress. a) A diamond is the ____ (hard) natural substance ____ earth. b) If a diamond is heated to about 700 C, it ____ (vanish), without ____ (leave) any ash. c) During the 15th century, it ____ (discover) that diamonds ____ only be cut with other diamonds. d) At the beginning of the 20th century, a prominent scientist, ____ was born in 1854, spent a considerable part of _____ fortune trying to produce diamonds. a) 1% of Norwegians are addicted to the internet. An additional 5% are at risk of _____ (develop) internet addiction. The _____ (high) rate of addiction is in the 16-29 year old group. b) Internet users in Greece have _____ internet addiction rate of 8.2%. Most internet addicts are males _____ play online games. c) It wasnt _____ the 1940s, with the development of electronic data machines, that manual calculation _____ (become) obsolete. d) Technology addiction amongst teenagers is having a negative effect _____ learning. The report revealed that, last year, students _____ (spend) 1-2 hours a day on social network sites. a) The explorers _____(train) _____ the past few months. b) The expedition, _____ starts 97 miles from the South Pole, _____ (lead) by David Adams. c) If Alicia _____ (not go) to the North Pole, Amelia _____ (be) the first teenager on an expedition of this kind. d) Rewrite the sentence beginning with the words given: Amelia said I am not sure if Ill be able to sleep. Amelia said (that) _________________________

a) Last year my neighbour _____ (buy) a Google car and he _____ (complain) since then. b) According to the World Health Organization, more _____ 1.2 million lives _____ (lose) in accidents every year. c) Nowadays, there car. d) The robot car was invented _____ Sebastian Thrun, _____ engineer who works for Google. a) Naming your baby is one of _____ (important) tasks you will ever face. A silly name may affect you and your child _____ ever! b) _____ you dont like the first name that comes into your mind, keep _____ (search) until you find a name that you really like. c) No one _____ (like) having their name constantly _____ (mispronounce), thats for sure. d) Once you have an idea for your _____ (baby) name, always check the initials! I had a neighbour _____ initials were P.I.G.. a) Everybody_____ (believe) that bears love _____ (eat) honey. b) If we want to know the real facts _____ animals, we _____ study them in action. Rewrite the sentences starting with the words given: c) Its not necessary to dissect an animal to know a lot about it. You . d) When Rogers went near the bear, he called to it Dont worry, bear! Rogers told. a) India is a country in South Asia _____ comprises most of the Indian subcontinent. The Ganges is the _____ (long) river in India. b) The term colony comes _____ the Latin colonia, which originally _____ (mean) a place for agricultural activities. c) How _____ does it take to fly from London to India? It_____ (take) around nine hours. d) The Ming dynasty began in 1368, and lasted until 1644 AD. _____ founder was a peasant who became Emperor after _____ (defeat) the Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty. many people who would enjoy _____ (drive) a robot

a. Music, _____constitutes a bridge _____ the quiet world that the children knew and a new world of sounds, is used in rehabilitation. b. These sessions _____ (videotape) and analysed _____ show the results. c. There is still _____work to be done _____researchers in this area. d. Rewrite the sentence beginning with the words given. The mother said: My son has improved his communication with music therapy. The mother said that a) _____children dont get sweets _____ their neighbours, they will play tricks on them. b) The Irish emigrated to America _____ they could find _____ better life. c) _____ it is an American tradition, interest _____ Halloween is increasing in Europe. d) Rewrite the following sentence from the text. Begin with the words given. d. New Yorks Village Halloween Parade attracts two million people who celebrate in the streets. Two million people .. a) People know that if they _____ (not recycle) their rubbish, in a few years they _____ (have to abandon) the village of Kamikatsu. b) Villagers tie their newspapers into packets _____ (use) string made _____ recycled milk cartons. c) The problem of used cooking oil is solved. It _____ (make) into fertiliser, _____is used in gardens. d) Rewrite the following sentence, beginning with the words given: When recycling glass bottles, you must classify them by colour. When recycling glass bottles, they ___________________ a) All we know _____ King Solomon comes _____ the Bible. b) Before _____ (become) King of Judah, Solomons father was _____ shepherd, according to the Old Testament c) When the Queen of Sheba arrived _____ King Solomons palace, she _____ (give) the king many gifts. d) The action of King Solomons Mines takes place in Africa. The novel _____ (write) by H.R. Haggard, _____ adventure books were set in exotic locations.

a. As a result of too much shopping, some anxiety or depression may ______ (experience) and this might interfere _____ work or school performance. b. Contrary to the general idea that shopping is a ladies habit, men are now ______ (admit) that they also have this problem, and they even ask ____ some help. c. Doctors suggest that compulsive shoppers ______ cultivate more spiritual aspects of their lives, rather ______ buying material things to complete themselves. Rewrite the following in reported speech. d. Yesterday the salesman said to me: Dont pay now. a. The _____ (easy) way to prevent children _____ watching too much television is to keep them busy with other interesting activities. b. The television, _____ was invented many years ago, has both positive and negative aspects. c. Because _____ poor eating habits and too much television, the number of obese children _____ (increase) in the last few years d. Ann enjoys _____ (watch) her favourite TV programmes for hours.Afterwards she always _____ (try) to exercise more. Last year she _____ (spend) 200 at a gym.

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