1. We … play games together as a family when I was growing up.
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Will never
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Were never
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Would never
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Are never
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2. We … next to the gym for a couple of months before I decided to join.
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Had lived
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Were living
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Have lived
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Had been lived
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3. It sounds like the plane … take off in a few minutes
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going
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Is going to
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Is
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Will
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4. I… already… one flying lesson, which … great fun, and I … immediately that I … to get my pilot’s licence.
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Had/had/was/knew/wanted
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Had/had/were/knew/wanted
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Have /had/was/knew/wanted
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Had/have/was/knew/wanted
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5. I’m out of breath because I… to get here in time
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Has been running
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Have been running
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Have running
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Has run
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6. I … already … the computer game when I … cheaper in another shop.
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Had/buy/saw
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Had/bought/were
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Had/bought/saw
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Have/bought/saw
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7. Taxi drivers … at the train station because of the roadworks
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Aren’t stopping
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Stopping
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Doesn’t stop
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Isn’t stopping
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8. Dad … the car when I want to use it.
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Does always cleans
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Is always cleaning
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always clean
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Is always clean
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9. I … gradually … being in a new team.
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Am/getting used to
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Would/use to
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Am/use to
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Was/used to
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10. When I was very young, my grandfather … take me to the park to play.
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Would
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Did used to
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Am used to
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Use to
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3. “Every April, along with many other species of birds, the swallow arrives to spend the summer months in northern Europe, in Russia, Iran and parts of Siberia. Here it will breed and raise its young.” Find the definition of the word given in bold.
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To produce young animals or birds
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To produce plants
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To manufacture the goods
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To produce products
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4. In the hundreds years up to 1860s, the work of a small group of construction engineers carried forward the enormous social and economic change that we associate with the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The most important of these engineers was Isambard Kingdom Brunel, whose work in shipping, bridge-building and railway construction, to name just three fields, both challenged and motivated his colleagues. He was the driving force behind a number of highly ambitious projects, some of which resulted in works which are still in use today. With what fields in engineering did Isambard Kingdom Brunel motivate his colleagues?
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Shipping, bridge-building, sculpture
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Shipping, agriculture and railway construction
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Shipping, bridge-building and railway construction
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Shipping, bridge-building, sculpture and railway contruction
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6. Complete the following description by inserting the verbs in the correct tense. fix = carry = grow = fall =spread a seed ________ from tree to the forest floor or ________ along by the wind, or by a bird or other animal. Lying dormant until the arrival of the spring, the seed then sprouts roots _______ it into the ground. The seed begins ______ and in time develops into a fragile sapling. Eventually, the sapling grows into a tree, whose seeds in turn _______ by the wind.
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Falls, is being carried, to grow, are spread, to fix
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Falls, is carried, to fix, to grow, are spread
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Falls, is carried, to fix, to grow, is spread
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Falls, to fix, grow, are spread, is carried
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8. In the hundreds years up to 1860s, the work of a small group of construction engineers carried forward the enormous social and economic change that we associate with the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The most important of these engineers was Isambard Kingdom Brunel, whose work in shipping, bridge-building and railway construction, to name just three fields, both challenged and motivated his colleagues. He was the driving force behind a number of highly ambitious projects, some of which resulted in works which are still in use today. Find the right definition to the phrase given in bold.
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Person that tries to earn his leaving
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Energy behind something in motion
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A thing that helps to build
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Shipping engineer
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9. In the hundreds years up to 1860s, the work of a small group of construction engineers carried forward the enormous social and economic change that we associate with the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The most important of these engineers was Isambard Kingdom Brunel, whose work in shipping, bridge-building and railway construction, to name just three fields, both challenged and motivated his colleagues. He was the driving force behind a number of highly ambitious projects, some of which resulted in works which are still in use today. In what spheres had the Industrial Revolution in Britain effected?
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social and economic
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cultural and economic
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economic
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social and cultural
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11. The early decades of the 1800s are well known as a period of discontent and social unrest. The Industrial Revolution meant the decline of traditional rural communities and her growth of a working-class urban population, particularly in the new industrial towns of the north such as Manchester. Living and working conditions for the urban factory worker were frequently appalling and gave rise to a number of movements aimed at bettering working-class conditions. One such movement was Chartism, which aimed to present a people’s charter, or petition for reform, to parliament. It had a number of aims, but first and foremost among them was the granting of universal suffrage, or the vote for all men over the age of 21. With what are the early decades of 1800s well known?
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A period of working-class urban population
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A period of discontent and social unrest
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A period of satisfaction and rest
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A period of traditional rural communities
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12. It sounds like the plane … take off in a few minutes
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Is going to
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Is
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going
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Will
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13. The early decades of the 1800s are well known as a period of discontent and social unrest. The Industrial Revolution meant the decline of traditional rural communities and her growth of a working-class urban population, particularly in the new industrial towns of the north such as Manchester. Living and working conditions for the urban factory worker were frequently appalling and gave rise to a number of movements aimed at bettering working-class conditions. One such movement was Chartism, which aimed to present a people’s charter, or petition for reform, to parliament. It had a number of aims, but first and foremost among them was the granting of universal suffrage, or the vote for all men over the age of 21. What was the aim of Chartism?
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to present a people’s charter, or petition for reform, to parliament
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to present working –class condition
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to present the new industrial towns
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to present urban class-workers
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14. The early decades of the 1800s are well known as a period of discontent and social unrest. The Industrial Revolution meant the decline of traditional rural communities and her growth of a working-class urban population, particularly in the new industrial towns of the north such as Manchester. Living and working conditions for the urban factory worker were frequently appalling and gave rise to a number of movements aimed at bettering working-class conditions. One such movement was Chartism, which aimed to present a people’s charter, or petition for reform, to parliament. It had a number of aims, but first and foremost among them was the granting of universal suffrage, or the vote for all men over the age of 21. What was the foremost aim of Chartism?
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to present petition for reform
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the granting of universal suffrage, or the vote for all men over the age of 21
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to present to parliament
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to present a people’s charter
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17. “At the end of the summer season, when the swallows are about to leave, they frequently flock together in large numbers on convenient high open perches, like roof ridges and telegraph wires. When people remark that ‘the swallows are gathering’, they mean …” Find the suitable continuation.
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That the swallows are going to breed
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That the autumn has arrived
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That the young swallows are playing
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That the swallows are hunting
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18. Taxi drivers … at the train station because of the roadworks
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Isn’t stopping
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Aren’t stopping
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Doesn’t stop
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Stopping
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19. “The swallow is well-known for several reason. Firstly, it is very distinctive, with its forked tail and characteristic acrobatic swooping flight. Secondly, it is very common, and, like its near relative the house martin, lives in close proximity to human habitation, at least in rural areas. It is, however, rarely to be encountered in tows or cities.” Find the odd information due to the text.
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It can’t make a characteristic acrobatic swooping flight
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It has a relative known as house martin
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It lives in close proximity to human habitation
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It has forked tail and it is distinctive
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