Practise some structures. Fill in the gaps.

123.
Hi Anna,
I'm (o) _______ having a very good week!
Yesterday my team had (41) _______ volleyball match, but we lost. The other team played much better
(42) _______ we did! Then my friend Jeff, who lives in Australia, telephoned with bad news. He can't
come to stay (43) _______ us during the holidays because he's got a summer job. We can't (44)
_______ camping together now. And this morning, my sister got (45) _______ late so she rode my
bike (46) _______ school! She didn't tell (47) _______ she needed to use (48) _______ I'm really
angry with (49) _______. I hope you have some good news! Write back today (50) _______ you can.
Love,
Greg

124.
Dear Mr Chapman,
I have done (0) _______ homework but I can't come (41) _______ class today. I (42) _______ broken
my arm and the doctor says I must stay at home (43) _______ two days. Please send me some more
work (44) _______ I have nothing to do all day.
Thank you,
Peter

125.
Indre,
I have (0) _______ problem and I need your help. Can you come shopping (41) _______ me
tomorrow? My grandmother is going to (42) _______ 80 next month and she is having a party (43)
_______ Saturday.
The problem is I don't have anything to wear. I (44) _______ grown so much that all my trousers (45)
_______ too short for me now! I want (46) _______ buy some new ones and maybe a pair (47)
_______ boots. I haven't got a (48) _______ of money to spend but I think it will be enough. (49)
_______ you like to meet me in the morning (50) _______ the afternoon?
Let me know.
Sarika

126.
Dear Deshini,
It's great that (0) _______ are my new penfriend. My name is Tom and I (41) _______ fifteen years
old. I (42) _______ born in Canada but I live in England now. Please write and tell me all (43) _______
your life in India.
I (44) _______ love to go there one day.
Do you live in a small village (45) _______ in a big town'? (46) _______ is your school like? (47)
_______ you got any pictures of your school you could send me? I'm sending you (48) _______ few
photos of my family I'll send more the (49) _______ time I write.
I hope you'll write (50) _______ me soon.
Carrie.

127.
Dear Keira,
Thank you (0) _______ your letter. I had my first day (41) _______ my new school today. A girl (42)
_______ Nicole looked after me and showed me (43) _______ my classrooms were. She is very nice
and I (44) _______ going to visit her this weekend. My favourite lesson today was Maths and I was
happy because I knew more (45) _______ the other girls. I also played hockey for (46) _______ first
time. I really enjoyed it.
Most of the teachers seem friendly but I'm afraid (47) _______ the head teacher. No one likes
(48)_______ because he shouts (49) _______ lot.
I must go now because I have (50) _______ do my homework.

128.
Dear Maria,
It's good to (0) _______ back home in my country but I still think (41) _______ all the friends I made
in our English class, especially you. I cried (42) _______I left England because my visit (43) _______
too short. I would (44) _______ to return to England but (45) _______ time I will stay in a different
city. I have started English classes again here. I learnt a (46) _______ of things in England but I know I
(47) _______ to study even harder.
(48) _______ about you? (49) _______ you still looking for a job? I hope you find (50) _______ soon.
Love,
Lynda

129.
Dear David,
I'm going to visit your country (0) _______ month. I'm going to travel (41) _______ two friends. We
don't know (42) _______ to stay. Are (43) _______ any cheap hotels in your town? We (44) _______
like to stay somewhere in the centre. Can (45) _______ help us?
Carlos
Dear Carlos,
Hotels in the centre (46) _______ expensive, but I have good news. I (47) _______ spoken to my aunt
Gloria about you and she says you can all stay at (48) _______ house. It (49) _______ more bedrooms
than my house! That (50) _______ be all right for you, won't it?
David

130.
Dear Jane,
I'm sitting (0) _______ the beach at the moment.. Soon, I'm (41) _______ to have a swim.
I arrived here three days (42) _______ with my family. We (43) _______ be on holiday together here
for two weeks.
It (44) _______ a beautiful place. The beach is very near
(45) _______ hotel. The sea isn't cold and (46) _______ are many interesting places to visit. Yesterday
we walked (47) _______ a village in the mountains. I took lots (48) _______ photographs.
It's (49) _______ pity that you didn't come (50) _______ us.

131.
Dear Jeff,
I'm having a good holiday (o) _______ Australia. When we arrived two weeks (41) _______ the
weather was bad and (42) _______ was cold. Now the weather is better and we go to the beach (43)
_______.
This week we (44) _______ staying in Sydney but (45) _______ week we went to the Great Barrier
Reef. Because (45) _______ water was so warm, I loved swimming there. The fish were all different
(47) _______: red, yellow, purple! Australia (48) _______ very beautiful. We don't want (49) _______
come home!
See you at the end (50) _______ September.
Sue

132.
My name (0) _______ Elisa Valdez. I'm twelve and I live in Mexico City. I (41) _______ two brothers,
Emilio and Miguel. Both of (42) _______ are a few years older (43) _______ me.
My sister, Maria, is (44) _______ youngest in my family and it was her tenth birthday (45) _______
week.
I love spending time (46) _______ my friends. We often (47) _______ shopping or play volleyball
together. I really enjoy dancing too. I joined a dance school five years
(48) _______ and I go there twice (49) _______ week to practise. I've learned a (50) _______ of
interesting things about my country's music and dancing.

134.
Dear Sonia,
I _______ writing this postcard (41) _______ my college room in Canterbury. I arrived here three days
(42)_______. There (43) _______ no lessons over (44) _______ weekend.
Yesterday I went
sightseeing around the town. I visited the famous Canterbury Cathedral and the tombs (45) _______
many important people. Then I (46) _______ a delicious meal in (47) _______ old English pub.
Tomorrow (48) _______ the first day of English lessons. I'd better (49) _______ to bed early. I'll write
(50) _______ you soon.
Lots of love,
Ivan

135.
Dear Mark,
Thank you (40)________ the postcard from Italy. I (41) ________pleased you had a great time.
(42)________ you get my postcard from France? We had a great time, too.
We stayed (43) ________ Paris for a week. I went shopping every day and now (44) ________ haven't
got any money but I (45) ________ got lots of lovely clothes! Of course, I also went to (46) ________
Eiffel Tower. I went up (47) ________the top. The view from (48)
________ was fantastic! Paris is
such a beautiful city. I want to (49) ________back there next year.
Write soon and tell (50) ________ all your news.
Best wishes, Mary
136.
Dear Suzanne,

I am writing (40)________ thank you (41) ________ the wonderful CDs you gave me for (42)
________birthday last Saturday.
As you know, I love all music, but I especially like classical music (43) ________ opera. I must say that
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony played (44) ________ the London Symphony Orchestra was (45)
________ excellent choice!
I particularly enjoyed Kiri Te Kanawa's CD with its collection (46) ________ classical songs. I think she
(47) ________ an amazing voice. She is probably one of (48) ________ best opera singers I've (49)
________ heard.
Thanks again and I hope (50)
________ see you soon!
Best wishes, Rose
137.
Hi Gabriella,
You're from (40) _______ island of Sicily, aren't you? I really need you (41) _______ help me with my
homework! I went to the library yesterday to (42)
_______ for a book because I need some
information (43) _______ Sicily. I couldn't find (44) _______ good books there, just an old map!
Can I ask you (45) _______ few questions?
First, (46) _______ big is the island? When did (47) _______ become part of Italy? I (48) _______
like to know one more thing. Farmers grow lemons there, but (49)_______they grow other fruit too?
Please email me your answers as (50) _______ as possible!
Thanks,
Heidi
138.
Dear Kate,
It will (0) _______ my 14th birthday (41) _______ March 8. Mum and Dad (42) _______ going to take
me to the beach. We'll go by car, so I can take four friends (43) _______ me. Would you like to come?
Hannah has said (44) _______ will come. I am asking David, Maria (45) _______ you. Mum will take all
the food, so you don't (46) _______ to bring anything to (47) _______.
(48) _______ the weather is good, we may swim (49) _______ the sea so remember to bring your
swimming things.
I really (50) _______ you can come.
Love, Barbara
139.
Hi Paul,
I'm sending this email (0) _______ you from France! Im having (41) _______ excellent time here in
Lyon and learning a (42) _______ of new words on my language course.
I'm staying with a great family. (43) _______ are two teenage boys and one of (44) _______ has got a
computer in his room. I (45) _______ send you an email every day (46) _______ you like. They've also
got a pool (47)______ the garden and after college I often (48) _______ swimming.
How's everything (49) _______ home? Write to (50) _______soon,
Kenny
140.
My name is Sara Lewis and I am fourteen (0) _______ old. I live in the centre (41) _______ Toronto,
Canada. When I grow up, I want to (42) _______ an actress. My father (43) _______not think this is a
good idea! He is a doctor and he wants (44) _______ to study medicine at university. But I know I
wont like medicine. I have science lessons at school and (45) _______ are very boring.
I (46) _______ like to travel all around the world. I (47) _______ only been to Europe once. We
usually, spend our holidays in Canada but (48) ............ year we may visit Australia. Please, (49)
_______ am email to tell me (50) _______ your life.

141.
Dear Michael
I (40) _______ sorry I didn't see (41) _______yesterday. We're going swimming today (42) _______
four o'clock. Do you (43) _______ to come? We (44) _______ meeting outside the pool.
Bring (45) _______ money.
See you,
David
Dear David,
I (46) _______ go swimming today. I
(47) _______ got to finish my homework. I went (48)
_______the cinema last night so I must do (49) _______today.
Have (50) _______ good time!
Michael
142.
Dear Mr Cooper,
I (40)_______ sorry I cannot come (41) _______ class today. I (42) _______ to stay (43) _______
home for a week because I have got the flu. I hope to be back at school on Monday. (44) _______ you
send me (45) _______ homework, please?.
Yours, Sarah
Dear Sarah,
Thank you for (46) _______ note. I hope you get better (47) _______. If you want to do some
exercises you can (48) _______ the one in your book (49) page nine.
I hope to see you in class (50) _______ week.
143.
Dear Nigel,
We're having a scout meeting (40) _______ the church hall
(41) _______afternoon.
It will begin (42) _______four o'clock and (43) _______about seven
o'clock. If you (44) _______come, please leave a message for me.
See you, (45) _______.
Yours,
John Smith
Dear Scout Master,
Thank (46) _______for your note. I am very
(47) _______ but I can't (48) _______to the meeting
this afternoon. I have a very difficult exam (49) _______Monday morning and my mother says I (50)
_______to study.
I'll see you at church tomorrow.
Yours,
Nigel
144.
Tom,
I (40) _______sorry I can't wait
(41) _______you any longer. I (42) _______to go to the doctor. If
you (43) _______ I can play tennis with you tomorrow (44) _______
(45) _______you book the court?
Thanks,
Mary
Dear Mary,
I'm (46) _______I arrived late yesterday. I have booked (47) _______court for 3 o'clock. Is that (48)
_______? Can you bring an extra racket (49) _______mine is broken?
See you (50) _______.

145.
Dear Mr Matthews
I am (40) _______I cannot come (41) _______work this week.
I (42) _______got a very bad backache. The doctor says I (43) _______stay in bed(44)
_______a
week.
If you (45) _______me to do some work in bed please send me a note. (I can't answer the telephone!)
Sorry,
Richard
Dear Richard
Don't worry. I don't want you to work (46) _______bed, I want you to (47) _______better (48)
_______.I will come to see (49) _______after work (50) _______Wednesday.
Yours,
Mr. Matthews
146.
Dear Maria,
I went (40) _______the town centre yesterday and I bought (41) _______new clothes. Let (42)
_______tell you what I found. (43) _______was a sale in one shop and I got two pairs of jeans (44)
_______the price of one! Then I decided to look in the market (45) _______they sell clothes and other
things very cheaply. I saw a beautiful leather belt and (46) _______was only 10 euros.
You know I like T-shirts very (47) _______. Well, I found a great one yesterday. The picture (48)
_______the front is the Mona Lisa, but the colours (49) _______orange and green! This is now (50)
_______favourite T-shirt.
Love,
Gillian
147.
Dear Christina,
How (40) _______ you? I'm going to have (41) _______first horse-riding lesson tomorrow and I'm
really pleased (42) _______it! Mum's going to drive me to the riding school (43) _______ I can't get
there by bus. The riding school is bigger (44) _______ the one you go to. They've got over thirty
horses so I (45) _______ ride a different one next week (46) _______. I want to.
I've got a new (47) _______ of riding trousers and a hard hat, (48) _______. I need to buy boots. For
tomorrow's lesson I'm going to borrow (49) _______ and see how they feel. How (50) _______did your
boots cost? Write and tell me soon.
Love,
Maggie
148.
Dear Sam,
I'm sorry to hear youre (40) _______hospital. How (1) _______ your leg feel now? You were lucky (2)
_______ to hurt anything else when you fell off your bike. I'd
(3) _______to visit you soon. How (4) _______on Friday afternoon? When are you (5) _______to leave
hospital?
Love, Helena
Dear Helena
My leg still hurts (6) _______it feels a bit better than yesterday. The doctor (7) _______I'll be home by
Wednesday, so you (8) _______visit me there on Friday! Can you bring some (9) _______your DVDs? I
know I'll (10) _______really bored at home!
See you soon, Sam.
149.
Jahan Begum (27) _______ born on a farm in the hills. She lived there with her family (28) _______
thirteen years. The family grew their own food and (29) _______ animals. But then one year it didn't
rain so they decided to move to (30) _______ country. The journey (31) _______ the mountains was

long and difficult. (32) _______ first home in the new country was a tent. Then Jahan's brothers made
a house with wood and stones so the family had somewhere better to live.
Now, (33) _______ day Jahan makes things like hats and socks out of wool She sells (34) _______ in
the market to get money for food. She is happy with her home and her work, but she (35) _______
hopes to return to her farm in the hills one day.
150.
Dear Karen.
My sister is going to have (40) _______ party on Saturday (41) _______she has just finished her
exams. Everybody is going to bring some food to eat and (42) _______
will be fruit juice and
lemonade to drink. (43) _______ music will be good too. My sister has got (44) _______ of CDs and
(45) _______of her friends has a guitar and will sing a (46) _______ songs.
My sister lives in Station Street,
(47) _______to the cinema, and the party will start (48)
_______nine o'clock-. Why (49) _______we go there together? Please phone me this evening (50)
_______you get home.
Yours,
Maria
151.
NEW ENGLISH CLUB
Class 7 is going (40)_______ start an English Club next week. We (41) _______like students in other
classes to come to (42) club. We want to meet at the same time (43) _______week and (44)
_______will be films in English twice a month. You don't
(45) _______to pay for these.
Mr Brown will let (46) _______use Room 12 near the library (47) _______Wednesday afternoons.
Please speak to Maurizio or Elena (48) _______you want to know more (49) _______
the club.
See (50) _______ next Wednesday at 4.30!
152.
Dear Mrs Grant,
Thank you (40) _______ much for letting (41) _______ stay with you in Oxford. I (42)
_______a
lovely time.
Now (43) _______ friends and I are on a camping holiday. (44) _______are only eight tents on the
campsite and (45) _______day we visit a different place. Yesterday we walked to a small town and (46)
_______some shopping.
(47) _______night it rained but today it is sunny.
Tomorrow we (48) _______ going to go fishing. I hope we catch a (49) _______of fish!
I (50) _______write again soon.
Yours
Ali

153.
Dear Pat,
I arrived (40) _______ three weeks ago. I'm studying at a language school (41) _______ Brighton. The
students come (42) _______ many different countries and I (43) _______ made a lot of new friends.
There (44) _______ classes for five hours every day. I like (45) _______ teacher very much (46)
_______ name is John and he helps me (47) _______ I make a mistake. I want (48) _______ visit
London next weekend because I (49) _______ going back to my country on Monday. Can I see you
there? Please write to (50) _______ soon.
With best wishes from,
Maria

154.
Dear John,
Thank you for helping (40) _______ with my English. You are (41) _______ very good teacher. I
enjoyed my stay (42) _______ Cambridge.
Now I am staying at my brother's flat. (43) _______ is studying to be a doctor. I will stay (44) _______
him for two weeks and then go home (45) _______ Greece.
I like London very (46) _______. We (47) _______ to Regents Park by bus yesterday. It (48) _______
very sunny and we had a good time.
Tonight, I am (49) _______ to see a film with my brother and some (50) _______ his friends.
I'll write again from Greece.
Best wishes,
Kostas
155.
Dear Alison,
Are (40) _______ very busy studying? Please write to me (41) _______you've got time. I (42)
_______ to know how (43) _______ make that lovely banana cake of yours. What (44) _______l buy?
How (45) _______does it take to cook?
Love Vera
Dear Vera
I'm pleased that you like (46) _______ cake. It's easy to make. You (47) _______ two eggs, 100
grams butter, 50 grams brown sugar and 150 grams flour. Cut three banana (48) _______small pieces
with a knife. Put (49) _______ together and cook for forty minutes. Keep (50) _______ slice for me!
156.
Hi Mary,
I will be (40) _______ London (41) _______
Thursday morning. Would you like to have lunch (42)
_______me?
Write and tell (43) _______ when you are free and where I (44) _______ meet you.
Yours,
Joan
Hi Joan,
Thanks (45) _______ your letter. I got it this morning. Yes, I'd (46) _______ to see you. How about
meeting outside (47) _______ office at one o'clock? There's (48) _______ good Italian restaurant near
there. (49) _______ you like Italian food? I have to be back at work by two o'clock, so please don't
(50) _______ late!