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1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. [7 x 1 = 7 points]
1. In my opinion, he (should / not wear) jeans at his cousins wedding.
Everyone else wore elegant clothes.
2. If I hadnt enjoyed the book, I (not recommend) it to you.
3. She asked me when the train (arrive) that night.
4. This is the third time my motorbike (steal)!
5. Next week, the film (screen) at the Odeon Cinema.
6. By next summer, we (move) into our new house.
7. Why didnt you tell me that you (break up) with Paul?
2. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. [10 x 1 = 10 points]
Many blind people 1. (rely) on guide dogs to help them in their daily life. The idea that
dogs 2. (can / train) to help the blind originated just after the First World War in
Germany, after thousands of soldiers 3. (lose) their eyesight. An American dog
breeder, Mrs Dorothy Eustis, who 4. (live) in Switzerland at the time, 5.
(hear) about a school in Germany that 6. (train) dogs as guides
for blind veterans. Impressed by what 7. (do) there, she and Morris Frank, a blind
American, 8. (set up) a foundation called The Seeing Eye to train guide dogs in the
United States. This foundation 9. (exist) to this day. It 10. (give)
independence and dignity to blind people through the use of guide dogs.
3. Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. Do not change the original meaning of the
sentences.
[8 x 1 = 8 points]
1. Its a pity that you didnt watch the programme. (should)
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2. Yesterday, we helped a woman. Her child had got lost. (whose)
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3. Were going to visit Thailand for the first time. (never)
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4. Were going to eat between 12.00 and 1.00. (At 12.30)
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5. I think John is at school now. (might)
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6. I wanted to buy those jeans but I didnt have enough money. (If)
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7. Dont make a lot of noise, his mum said. (told)
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8. You dont have to pay this bill until next week. (paid)
KEY
Grammar
1. 1. shouldnt have worn
2. wouldnt have recommended
3. was arriving
4. has been stolen
5. will be screened
6. will have moved
7. had broken up
2. 1. rely
6. trained
2. can be trained
3. had lost
8. set up
4. was living
9. exists
5. had heard