Flashback used to and would
7 Complete the sentences with the correct form
Computer words
10 Complete the sentences with one word.
of used to or would and the verbs below.
play have make get like lie
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I _________ a scooter, but I sold it. I _________ vegetables. I do now. She _________ the clarinet at school. Mum, _________ your teachers _________ angry if you arrived late at school? 5 He used to go to the beach and he _________ there all day. 6 In tests, at school I used to finish first but I _________ a lot of mistakes.
Round up!
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Underline the correct option.
At last, John (1) has started/had started his new job. He is now (2) working/worked at Trentham girls’ school. He (3) has been waiting/is waiting anxiously for months to start. He (4) has never/ had never worked in an all girls’ school before and he (5) had not been teaching/didn’t teach for very long, so he was a bit nervous. He (6) walked/was walking into the school on his first day when he (7) has seen/saw two girls in uniform smoking in the car park. Later, in the classroom, as he (8) was taking/had been taking the register, two girls arrived late. They were the same two girls that he (9) saw/had seen in the car park. They said that their bus (10) broke/had broken down. He just told them to sit down and continued with the lesson. He was a strict teacher but he never (11) use/used to raise his voice. The girls (12) had respected/respected him and he became their favourite teacher.
VOCABULARY
Phrasal verbs
9 Complete the sentences.
1 I b____ up with my boyfriend after we had a bad argument. 2 Their old car keeps b____ down. 3 Her jokes always c____ me up when I’m feeling sad. 4 Your negative comments about the film p____ me off going to see it. 5 We’re trying to w____ out the answer to the last clue in the crossword puzzle. 6 I c____ across an interesting website about new gadgets on the Internet the other day. 7 If I don’t know something, l____ it up online. 8 I can’t k____ up with all the homework – our teacher gives us too much to do!
download switch digital stores security viruses hack computer
hat puts me off using computers most is W (1) _________. Apart from damaging your (2) _________, some (3) _________ can be used to (4) _________ into your personal data! But the good news? I recently bought an e-reader. It (5) _________ books in (6) _________ form. It’s great. I can (7) _________ thousands of electronic books onto it very cheaply and when I (8) _________ it on I can access my whole library! Before I got one I had run out of space on my book shelves!
Adjectives
11 Underline the correct option.
1 My teacher told me off in front of everyone. I was really embarrassing/embarrassed. 2 I didn’t enjoy the film. It was really bored/ boring. 3 I love studying history. I find it amazed/ interesting. 4 The party we went to was terrible. It was exciting/disappointing. 5 I’m very excited/exciting about going to the concert to see my favourite band. 6 I can’t follow these instructions. They are a bit bored/confusing. 7 Those kids stole my mobile! I was really disappointing/angry. 8 She’s a great teacher. She is really encouraging/disrespectful.
12 How do you feel in the following situations? Use the adjectives in the box.
shy embarrassed successful happy confident angry sad depressed bored nervous relaxed friendly excited
1 You’ve messed up a test. _______________________________________ 2 You’ve passed an important test. _______________________________________ 3 Someone has stolen your mobile phone. _______________________________________ 4 You have to speak in front of a lot of people. _______________________________________ 5 You have to read a difficult book for school. _______________________________________ 6 You are going to take a Maths test. _______________________________________ 25
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