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Complete the sentences using the correct form of the present simple or past simple.
e.g. I usually ____watch____ (watch) TV but last night I ____went___ to bed early.
LIFESTYLES
Four years ago 45-year-old Jake Orby (1) ______________________ (be) the manager
of an international computer company in the USA. He (2) ______________________ (work) in
the centre of New York City. Today he (3) ______________________ (work) in the garden of a
big hotel in Ireland. Why (4) ______________________ (he / change ) his job?
'Well, for twenty years, every day I (5) ______________________ (get up) at 5.30 in the
morning and (6) ______________________ (arrive) at the office at 7.00. Then I usually (7)
______________________ (stay) there until 10.00 in the evening! I (8)
______________________ (make) a lot of money and at the age of thirty-five I (9)
______________________ (become) manager of one of the biggest computer companies in the
world. But I never (10) ______________________ (spend) any time with my wife and children
- I (11) ______________________ (tell) myself it was more important to earn lots of money.
Then five years ago my wife (12) ______________________ (leave) me.
Now I'm very happy in a new country with a new wife and a new job. Stella, my wife, (13)
______________________ (work) with me in the hotel. I work long hours but I (14)
______________________ (enjoy) every minute of it!
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Write the adjectives to describe feelings
e.g. Why are you looking so r__elaxed___ ?
Because I was on holiday last week.
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1 Why are you b___________________?
Because I haven't got anything to do.
2 You look very n__________________. Why's that?
Because I've got an exam in ten minutes.
3 Why are you so im_________________?
Because I've waited here for two hours!
4 Why are you in a b________________ m________________?
Because my girlfriend left me last week.
5 Why are you so s________________?
Because I don't like big dogs!
6 You look very w________________. What's the problem?
I can't find my car keys.
7 Were you d________________ by the film?
Yes. I didn't like it and everyone else said it was great.
8 Steve was very e_________________ because he went into the women's toilet by mistake!
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Complete the gaps with one word.
e.g. We go to bed __at_____ half past eleven.
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1 We saw a great film _______________ night.
2 It gets very hot here _______________ summer.
3 No thank you. I had lunch an hour _______________.
4 I spoke to her _______________.
5 I was born _______________ 1999.
6 I start college _______________ September.
7 When was the last _______________ you bought a car?
8 Yoga starts again _______________ January 17th.
9 Lights go out _______________ midnight.
10 I first knew Maisie a long time _______________.
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4
Choose the correct answer.
e.g. The classroom feels very __c__.
a) coldly b) warmly c) hot
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1 I don't feel like _____ tonight.
a) go out b) to go out c) going out
2 Thank you for asking about John. He _____ better.
a)'s feeling b) feeling c) feel
3 I feel _____ at the moment.
a) unhappily b)upset c)sadly
4 I don't know how I feel _____ Gregor's new girlfriend.
a) like b) for c) about
5 They _____ very angry when they heard the news.
a) felt b) feeling c) fell
6 I feel like _____.
a) a tea. b) cold c) walk
5
Join the sentences using so, because, and, but or then.
e.g. I don't speak Spanish. I speak Portuguese. I don't speak Spanish but I speak Portuguese.
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1 I'd like that cake. That one too. ______________________________________
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2 I finished school. I went to university. ______________________________________
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3 I felt scared. It was my first time at school. ______________________________________
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4 There's a problem with my car. I walked. ______________________________________
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5 I like coffee. I don't like tea. ______________________________________
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Write the past simple of these verbs
e.g. hear heard
1 stop ________________
2 try ________________
3 buy ________________
4 appear ________________
5 stay ________________
6 laugh ________________
7 put ________________
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