* Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in the bracket

1. Traffic (use) to be much slower three hundred years ago.                                         …………………

2. Five years ago, people in this town (not, feel) worried about traffic jams.  …………………

3. She (ever, win) an Oscar for Best Actress?                                                      ………….………

136. (luck ) ……………………………..I forgot my book at home.

139. He is a ( home ) …………………………….. child.

140. Playing video game too much brings a lot of ( advantage). ………………

148. Ba’s house is the ………….........to the town center. (near)

151. It's impossible to ........................... everybody. (PLEASANT)

152. You should not ........................... the room without knocking on the door. (ENTRANCE)

153. Your skirt is rather short, you'd better ask the dressmaker to ....................... it. (LONG)

154. The success of the show is ........................... on the weather.(DEPEND)

156. The new film is ........................... good. (EXCEPT)

157. These remote areas are still ........................... to the Internet.(ACCESS)

158. His plan is .................... good, but it won't work in practice. (THEORY)

159. He is ........................... for his charitable activities than for his business in the steel industry. (KNOW)

160. Her boring essay is the ..................... I have ever read. (LENGTH)

1Read the report about a kite fitival and tick X the activities Kate talks about.

dancing  \(\) 

making costumes

singing

swimming

runing

taking photographs

2. Read the report again.Choose which sentence (A-G) fits each gap(1-5) in the text.You do not need all the sentences.

A. It's a difficult competition.

B I hope we win.

C The people in the town are putting up decorations.

D He says he's too old for it !

E Everybody is prepering for of it.

F At the moment there are lots of aliens in the sky.

G Lots of people are whatching us.

Flying   aliens!

Hi.my name is Katie and i'm with my family at an international kita festival in Belgium.It's very windy but I'm having great fun.Each day we fly our kites on the beach and watch the kite competitions.Flying kites is a tradition in our family.My granddad makes them but he doesn't travel to festival now.1)..... The kites are amazing and I'm taking lots of photographs! There are hig birds,fish,lizards and this year there are aliens too. The children love the alien kites and are running up and down the beach with them.20...It's spooky!

Tonight is the last night of the festival and there's a special shoew. 3)...... My friend and I are performing in the show. We're making costumes and practising a dance act. After the show we're marching in a parade through the town centre. There's a prize for the best costume.4)....At the end of the evening we're having a feast on the beach so lost of people are making cakes and sandwiches.5).....they look very pretty. At midnight we're having fireworks onthe beach. I can't wait !

(1) Write a paragraph about the traffic problems where you live, or in a town, or a city you know well. Use the cues above, and the following outline. (page 13)
too many people using the road
too many vehicles
narrow and bumpy roads
traffic accidents every day
wild animals running across the road
young people riding their bikes dangerously
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 (2) Now write a short paragraph about the festival you attended. Use the notes below. (page 33)
What was the festival?
Where was it held?
When was it held?
Who celebrated it?
How was it held?
Why was it held?
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 (3) Write a short passage about what we should do to save energy. Use the cues below. (page 45)
Use electricity more efficiently
Reduce our electricity bills
Turn off the lights before going to bed
Use low energy light bulbs
Use public transport
Avoid using cars or motorbikes for short trips
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Can you correct the passage? Write the correct version.

nowadays there are some traffic problems in my town if you come to my town you can see some cattle dogs and chickens run along the roads some boys often play football on the roads too in the morning many people sell and buy things on the roads near my house it is very noisy and dangerous. sometimes there are traffic jams people throw litter on the roads and it is very dangerous for people to go through i think every schools in my town should teach the children about the roads safety and the children themselves should obey traffic rules.

kate lives in an apartment  in sydney.it is a modern city.ti has a lot of building  shops and..... .there are of traffic ..........during the rush house.the cityis noisy and expensive.but kate likes living here because life is exciting.at weekend,she often visits her ........in brooklyn, a small town about fifty ...............from sydney.there are notmany people and shop there.the .........are much cheaper.there isn't much traffic .kate's grandparents enjoy living there because the people are friendly