UNIT 2 PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
Complete each of the sentences with the appropriate word from the box. Make changes if necessary.
embarrass personal idol excite imagine
memory embrace sneak fuss experience
A lot of teenagers make Bi Rain their idol.
The task needs the skills of a suitably experienced engineer.
She smiled to hide her slight embarrassment.
I personally prefer Pizza to hamburgers.
The romantic evening cruise will be a memorial experience.
They left quietly, without fuss.
I have a sneaking suspicion that she knows more than she`s telling us.
They were locked in a passionate embrace on the station platform.
Don`t get the children too excited.
I haven`t got a picture of this so you`ll just have to use your imagination.
Complete the passage with the correct verb form.
(1) Have you ever been (you/ ever/ be) in a cable car? Well I have. Last February, I (2) went (go) on a ski strip to Switzerland. What a trip! The first morning, I (3) got (get) into a cable car. I (4) wanted (want) to go to the top of the mountain and (5) ski. The cable car (6) started (start) up the mountain. I (7) looked (look) down, and it was so beautiful. Then there (8) was terrible noise. Suddenly the car (9) stopped (stop). It (10) didn’t move (not move), and there was quiet everywhere.
It was cold, and it (11) began (begin) to get dark and snow. I (12) was (be) alone for one hour, two hours. I thought, "They (13) have forgotten (forgot) me!" At last the car started back down the mountain. It went very fast. "Sorry" a man said when I (l4) climbed (climb) out of the car. "We (15) have never had (never/ have) this problem before. Please, try again tomorrow." "He (16) is joking (joke)," I thought. "I (17) have had (have) enough of cable car for a lifetime."
Cross out any improbable answers.
I’ve understood/ I understand biology a lot better now that we`ve got a new teacher.
I went/ had gone to see a Formular One race last week, but I admit/ I’m admitting that I don`t know much about cars.
Do you find/ Have you found it difficult to concentrate on your work with this music on?
We’ll do/ We do our best to get the computer repaired by next week, but we won`t guarantee/ we don`t guarantee it.
I`ve just started/ I just started to learn how to drive. Now I`m knowing/ I know how difficult it is.
She says that she wasn`t in the kitchen when the bottle was smashed / smashed, but I refuse/ I`m refusing to believe her.
I`m certainly agreeing/ I certainly agree with you that people shouldn`t drink and drive.
I know the company made/ has made a loss this year, But I won`t apologize/ I don`t apologize for that.
It`s very difficult for us to get jobs here, so we`re considering/ we consider emigrating to Canada.
Since I has won / won the lottery, my telephone didn`t stop/ hasn’t stopped ringing. People phone/ are phoning to ask how I spend / I`m going to spend the money.
In tonight`s World Cup match, France currently beat / are currently beating Germany 2-1 with five minute of the match to go. If the score remains/ is remained the same it will be the first time Germany lost/ have lost to France since 1998.
Beckham passes/ is passing to Giggs who shoots/ is shooting just over the bar. Manchester United attack/ are attacking much more in this half...
She goes/ She`s going up to this man and looks/ looking straight into his eyes. He`s not wearing/ He doesn`t wear his glasses, and he`s not recognizing/ he doesn`t recognize her...
I have gone/ went to a concert yesterday in the Town Hall. In the middle of it, while the orchestra played/ was playing a man suddenly was standing/ stood on his seat and starting/ started to conduct them...
This man plays/ is playing golf when a kangaroo bounds/ is bounding up to him, grabs/ grabing his club and hits/ hitting his ball about half a mile...
Complete the sentence using these pair of verbs. Use the past simple or past progressive.
come - show; get - go; break - ski; live - spend; look- see; look - slip; start - check in; add - taste; go off - light; not listen - explain; push - run; write - drive; shut - start; come - put; take - place .
The smoke alarm went off when he lit neath it.