II. Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word in the box.

accomplish succeed admire accompany collect

discard indulge occupy classify profit
1. She needed only one more stamp to complete her ….
2. You could spend your time ……………………………………. more with a good book.
3. The girl sang to the ……………………………………………… of a piano.
4. Drawing and singing were among her many ….
5. He never lost the ………………………………………. of his students.
6. My doctor advised me to avoid ……………………………….….. excessive in sweets and canned drinks.
7. We need something to keep the children……………………………... in their summer holiday.
8. The books are into different categories to subject.
9. Confidence is the key to ……..
10. The room was littered with ……………………………….. newspapers.
Complete the passage with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.
Agatha Miller (1) .......................... (bear) on 15 September 1890 in Torquay in south-west England. Better known as
Mrs Agatha Christie, she (2) ...................................... (write) altogether 78 mystery novels and 19 plays. Very few other
crime writers (3) ................................................. (write) more books than this, and few (4) ………………….....
(become) so immensely popular.
Ever since she (5) …………………………..... (publish) her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920, her
books (6) …………………………..... (never, be) out of print. They (7) ...................... (translate) all over the world, and,
perhaps surprisingly, her sales (8) ........................ (actually increase) since she, (9) ……………........ (die) in 1976. For a
short time after her death they (10) …………………………….... (fall), so it was perhaps the screen that (11)
…………………...... (revive) her popularity.
People (12) …………………….... (enjoy) Agatha Christie's stories for years, and her popularity currently (13) ......
…………………(seem) higher than it (14) ............................... (ever be). It is not of course the first time that an author
(15) ………………………...... (become) more popular in death than in life.
V. Rewrite the sentences to focus attention on the underlined information. Start with it + be and an appropriate
wh-word or that.
1. She bought the car from Tom.
………………………………………….
2. My secretary sent the bill to Mr Harding yesterday.
……………………………………………………………..
3. He already plays for national side; he only turned professional last year.
…………………………………………………………………………………
4. The film was made in Bristol.
…………………………………………………………………..
5. We are coming to stay with Jane this weekend.
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6. Columbus sailed to America in 1492.
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7. The president makes the important decisions.
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8. I'm not looking forward to physics, but I'm most worried about, the statistics exam.
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9. She's been seeing a doctor at Newtown Hospital, but she's having the operation in the Queen Mary Hospital.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
10. Caroline has been feeling a bit depressed for some time, so she booked a holiday in Amsterdam to cheer her up.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11. It's not that I don't want to have dinner with you tonight; I can't come because I've got so much work to do.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12. I had my wallet when I went into the sports hall, so I lost it somewhere in there.
……………………………………………………………………………………..
13. She doesn't find learning language very easy, and she improved her Spanish only by studying very hard.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14. I have had great help from my best friend Dave in doing my research, and I delicate this thesis to him.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
15. I don't mind her criticising me, but I object to how she does it.
…………………………………………………………………………………
V. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition.
1. My uncle is very good .................................... accompanying people singing ................................... his guitar.
2. My brother is fond .......................................... tennis.
3. I have not been very successful ..................................... playing the guitar.
4. He's keen ...................................................... collecting coins.
5. I usually give ...................................... the common stamps to my friends.
6. She was free to indulge …………………………..... leisure activity like reading.
7. I don't need these papers - you can throw it .......
8. John is very interested .............................................. all sorts of sport.
9. I classify my books ............................................ different categories.
10. Books provide the reader ……………………………….... so many facts and so much information.