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Underline the correct option.

From: Maggie Tait

To: Stefan Richter
Subject: I'm bored

Hi, Stefan

It rains / It's raining, so I write / I'm writing to you. I'm hating / I hate rain! Do you remember / Are you
remembering Lorenzo, my cat? At the moment, he lies / he's lying on the floor and keeps / keeping my feet
warm. He's really old now, and every day he's sleeping / he sleeps for hours. One good thing, he doesn't catch / he
isn't catching birds any more - he's too slow.

My mum and dad watch / are watching an old black and white film on TV. They're liking / They like the old Buster
Keaton comedies. They don't laugh / They aren't laughing very much, so maybe this one isn't funny.

Oh, big surprise! I've got a job. Every Saturday I work / I'm working from 9 o'clock to 5 o'clock in a supermarket. It's
an OK job, but I don't want / I'm not wanting to stay there forever.

What do you do / are you doing at the moment? I think you sit / you're sitting in your garden and the sun
shines / the sun's shining and ... Tell me.

Love, Maggie

Fill in the blanks to make questions.

 …………… ………….. your parents ?

They’re fine.
 …………… you a teacher ?
No, I’m a student.
 ………….. ………………………. is your watch?
Silver.
 …………… ………………. re these shoes?
£50.
 …………… are you in a hurry?
Because I have a job interview.
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Which is right?

I think he drives dangerously /dangerous

Eat your meal quick / quickly, and get started.

He did really badly / bad in the last exam

The teacher explained really careful / carefully and everybody did quite good / well.

You look happily / happy today

Was it a good / well party?

Complete the sentences with the following modals

mustn’t * Could * will * should

1) Somebody ran in front of the car as I was driving. Luckily, I …………… stop just in time.

2) I promised I’d call Amy this evening. I ……………… forget.

3) You’ve lost a lot of kilos. You ……………. Eat more.

4) I think Philip Nelson …………… win the election.

Complete this email from Nina, who lives in Britain, to Martin, her Australian friend.
Use :
it is * it isn’t * it was * it wasn't
there is * there isn't * there was * there wasn't.

From: Nina Lester

To: Martin Jones
Subject: British weather

Hi Martin
What a strange country I live in! The weather yesterday was amazing. In the north of England ……………………….
snow.
………………….. unusual to have snow in the spring there. But last winter, when everybody wanted to go skiing,
………………………….. any snow at all. Here in Oxford ………………………… very windy yesterday - but that's normal.
………………………….. often a strong wind in spring, but yesterday …………………………… really cold too. My sister
lives on the east side of the country, and she said that yesterday …………………………. really dark in the middle of the
afternoon and ………………………. a storm. It frightened her kids. Today is different again! …………………. cloudy.
……………………….. no rain yet, but I know ……………………. coming. Yeah - the first drop has just landed on the
window!
Nina
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Put the verbs into the right tense (simple present or simple past)

The origin of Mother’s Day

When her mother (to die)…………… on 9 May 1905, Anna (to decide)……………..to dedicate her life to
establish a day in honour of mothers. So, a memorial service (to be)……………. held at Andrew's Church in
Grafton. At that occasion Anna (to pass out)………………. carnations, her mother's favourite flowers: a red
carnation (to be)………………. worn to honour a living mother, and a white one to honour a deceased
mother. The idea of memoralizing mothers (to spread)………………. rapidly, and on 8 May 1914, President
Woodrow Wilson (to sign)………………… a resolution naming the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.

Many countries now (to celebrate)…………………Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May, but other
countries (to celebrate)…………………… it at different times throughout the year.