Variant 1 You could have come first and won the race if you … faster

13. I would have gone to the dancing contest. I wish you … me about it.
A) had told B) would tell C) have told D) told
14. Well, I`ve got … time to spare. Shall we go out and grab a coffee?
A) a little B) little C) few D) a few
15. 1980 was the year when I first went back to the small village … I was born.
A) where B) that C) when D) which
16. We met at the appointed time. While our coffee …, I told him our sad story which impressed him greatly.
A) was being made B) was making C) has been made D) made
17. – Did you buy any stamps?
– I forgot to do, but I … some now if you like.
A) will get B) am getting C) get D) am going to get
18. The fulfilment of all your dreams … within you if you just believe in yourself.
A) lies B) lain C) have lain D) lie
19. “Of course I`ll write to you as soon as I arrive”. He ... as soon as he arrived.
A) told me to write to him B) says he will write to me C) promised to write to me D) asked me to write
20. We would be happy to send you information about our new vacuum cleaners; our leaflets contain a complete … of the latest models.
A) describe B) descriptive C) description D) describing


In eighth grade I was diagnosed with epilepsy. Up until that time I was on high honour roll, I never really had to study; learning just came naturally. I would hear information in class and remember it. But when they put me on all these different medications epilepsy, I didn`t grasp information like I used to, so my grades went down. I started ninth grade taking three honour classes and one college prep class, which was well above what everybody else was doing. However, because things didn`t come to me the way they used to, I wasn`t able to hold on to all of my classes. It was really hard because my classes and my grades – that was me. I thought, Okay, I`m smart, and I have all the potential; but when I couldn`t do the work I used to do, it really brought me down. My mom just kept telling me, if you try hard, you can do this. So I kept trying, I kept trying, I kept trying. And I have been able to bring my grades back up. Just this past August they took me off my medicine and I`m fine now.