1.      Fill in the blanks with ten words from the list below. Be careful ; there are two extra items

 

Spend – minds – abusing – rows – loss – according – suffer – option –claim – with – wrong – chosen.

If your parents have always  racist and still don’t see sense, there is very little you can do to change their views. Il’s very hard to reason  with  racists. Let them alone change their  minds  your only option is to be true to yourself –you know what’s right and  wrong  and have to live  according  to that. You must make a stand and try to stop you parents  abusing  your boyfriend. After all you’ve chosen  .to marry him and  spend  the rest of your life with him – not them you owe it to him not to have to  suffer   If your parents can’t be happy for you it’s their  loss  not yours.

2. Put the bracketed verbs in the right tense or form.

A taxi driver knocked a nine-year-old boy then [ charge ]   charged £ 10 to take him to hospital. Lewis Kendal [run]  was running  to catch when he [step]  stepped  was in front of the taxi and [knock] knocked  

into the air, [suffer]  suffering  a broken leg.

The driver offered the [injure]  injured  youngster a lift to hospital then charged his dad, Mark, full fare for the five –mile trip to Bristol Royal Infirmary.

Yesterday, his mum Tracey stormed : “ How could he have the nerve to do this ? I’m just glad he [not ask]  didn't ask  for a tip. The family later [insist] insisted

They didn’t blame the taxi driver for accident- which [leave]  left  Lewis in plaster for six weeks.”

3. Circle the right alternative.

Large sport clubs as they exist in many European countries do not exist in the United States . Organized sport and competitions (which / who / whose ) take place within an educational context in schools and colleges usually have excellent sports ( abilities / facilities / possibilities) swimming pools basket ball courts stadiums etc … provide the equipement and training needed and (maintaining / maintained / maintain) teaching and coaching staff to run athletics programs at ( these / this /that) institutions. Students who make the team have to work hard in their sport to ( fulfill /feel /fill) the expectations of coaches the schools and the public. But they must also ( met / meet / meeting) the academic (require / required / requirements ) of the institutions and study ( because / so as/ so that ) they can ( graduating / graduate / to graduate ) from a school or college .