Read the following text and then choose the best phrase from the list below to full each gap.
Five thousand people (a) __________, an island named (b) _________ on a lost Spanish ship in the year 1603, Amity Harbor, (c) ______, was home to fishing ships and one - man gill - netting boats. It was a rainy, (d) ___________ village which had seen better times. On winter nights its steep streets lay broad and empty under the rain.
San Piedro also had a green beauty, (e) _________ rising and falling (f) _________ and the south. The island homes were built among fields of grass, grain and strawberries. Fences lined the careless roads (g) _____ the shadows of the trees and past the fields. Here and there an islander cut timber on his own, leaving sweet - smelling piles of dust (h) _________.
1. by the sailors; 2. the iskand’s only town; 3. lived on San Piedro; 4. wind - beaten sea; 5. to the north; 6. with enormous cedar - covered hills; 7. at the side of the road; 8. which slid beneath.
II. Grammar.
Open the brackets
Past Simple or Past Perfect?
- He (forgot) his French since he (leave) Paris.
- I (lose) my keys and cannot remember where I (see) them last.
- What you (do) last night?
- I (not play) much football since I (leave) school.
- How’s Jack? When you (see) him? – Oh, I (not meet) him for ages.
Present Simple or Present Continuous?
- Tom usually (play) football but today he (play) tennis.
- The professor (speak) five foreign languages.
- My friend always (tell) me the truth, but I see that she (tell) a lie now.
- I (not recognize) the man who (give) a talk.
- I (feel) Nick (want) to know where you (live) now.
Future Simple or Present Continuous?
- Where you (go) for your next holiday?
- He (come) if you ask him.
- I (finish) school next June.
- Where (do) now? – I (write) the letter for my friend now.
Test. Choose the correct amswer.
- . . . he play chess? – Yes, he can.
a) could b) may c) can
- . . . . I go home? – Yes, you may.
a) could b) may c) must
- The weather in winter is. . . than in summer.
a) colder b) cold c) the coldest
- This music group is popular. But the. . . group is the “Beatles”
a) popular b) most popular c) more popular
- Where. . . your sisters from?
a) are b) is c) do
- The news. . . very bad today.
a) are b) is c) am
- How much. . . this coat cost?
a) do b) is c) does
- Mary. . . live in Paris.
a) doesn’t b) don’t c) isn’t
- It’s late. I think I (take) a taxi.
a) takes b) is taking c) will take
- They help. . . in difficult situation. We were thankful.
a) them b) us c) me
- They are our friends. We invited. . . to the party.
a) them b) us c) me
- She. . . herself to. . . . up, and. . . . to the bathroom last Sunday.
a) makes, got, goes b) makes, get, went c) made, get, went
- She. . . for some minutes and. . . her new beautiful dress.
a) thinks, chooses b) chose, thinks c) think, chooses
- The Summer Gardens. . . . by the famous designers in 1564.
a) decorated b) were decorated c) were decorate
- I. . . to prepare this work.
a) was told b) tell c) told