1/ In most countries a child (start) ........................school at six and (stay)................................ for about fives years in a primary school. Then he (move) ...............................to a secondary school. At 17 or 18 he (take)................................ an exam; if he (do) ........................well in this exam he can (go)........................... on to a university if he (wish)...........................
2/ One of the first novels in history of literature (be) ...........................written in England in 1719. It (be) ........................Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dofoe. He (bear)............................... in London in a rich family. When Daniel (be)......................... a schoolboy, he (begin) ............................to write stories. After (leave) .............................school he (work) .............................in his father's shop and (write)........................ articles for newspapers. Dofoe (visit).............................. many countries and (meet)............................... many people. That helped him much in his writings.
3/ Rob Fellow (come) .................... from England. He (come) .................... to Paris six months ago to learn French. He (start) (learn) ....................French at school in England when he was eleven so he (learn) .................... it nearly for ten years. He just (take) .................... an exam. If he (pass) ...................., he (move) .................... into the next class. He (be) .................... excited today because his parents (come) .................... tomorrow to stay with him for a few days.
4/ Dear Jill,
Here I am in New York! I (be) ....................here for two weeks now and it (be) .................... very interesting. My friend, Nancy, whom I (meet) .................... in London in 1982, (live) .................... in New York for three years, so she (know) .................... all about it. Yesterday, we ( go) ....................to China town and (eat) .................... hot dogs there. We (visit) .................... the Statue of Liberty this Sunday.
5/ Jack London (bear) .................... in San Francisco on January 12, 1876. He (begin) .................... his education at the university of California, but (not/finish) .................... it there, he (write) .................... a lot of adventure books. He (travel) ....................much, and his experience in his strips (help) .................... him write many famous books.
6/ John hasn't got a job. He (be) .................... unemployed for six months. He (work) .................... for a textile firm which (have) ....................to close because it (not/have) .................... enough orders.
7/ Today there (be) ....................more than 3000 different (speak) .................... languages in the world. English (be) .................... the most widely spoken language, over 350 million people (speak) .................... it but more people speak Chinese. You may wonder why English (more widely/ speak) ....................although more people who (speak) .................... Chinese are found in China but English (speak) .................... by people (find) .................... in almost every corner of the world.
8/ Short after the war, my brother and I (invite....................) to spend a few days' holiday with an uncle who (just/return) .................... from abroad. He (rent) .................... a cottage in the country, although he rarely (spend) .................... much time there.
We (understand) .................... the reason for this after our arrival. The cottage (have) .................... no comfortable furniture in it, many of the windows (break) .................... and the roof (leak) ...................., making the whole house damp.
9/ At first I (enjoy) (listen) .................... to him but after a while I got tired of (hear) .................... the same story again and again.
10/ She apologized for (borrow) .................... my bike without (ask) ....................permission and promised never (do) .................... it again.
11/ Because of the bomb scarce, no one (allow) .................... in the building. People (prevent) ....................from (open) .................... this front door by a guard who was stationed there.
12/ I woke up one Sunday morning and (discover) ....................that my sandals (miss) ..................... I (search) .................... high and low for them when my brother (rush) ....................into my room (exclaim) ....................:" Come quickly! the neighbour's dog (take) .................... all the shoes!". Upon (see) .................... the dog, we gave chase. Unfortunately, we could not catch it and to this day nobody (know) .................... what happened to our shoes.
13/ When we (return) .................... our holidays, we (find) .................... our house in a mess. What (happen) .................... while we (be) .................... away? A burglar (get) .................... into the house and (steal) .................... a lot of our things. The burglar (get) .................... in through the kitchen window. He (have) ....................no difficulty in forcing it open. Then he (go) .................... into the living room.
14/ In the past travel (consider) .................... an essential part of education. Poets and writers (realize) .................... the value of travel and (go) .................... out to other countries in search of knowledge. A man's education (not/ complete) .................................... until we (visit) .................... foreign lands.
15/ Our university (send) .................... 21 students to study in the other countries last year. In total, we (send) .................... 186 students abroad over the last ten years.
16/ Wood (not/ sink) .................... in water.
17/ (See) .................... photographs of the place, he had no desire to go there.
18/ (Infuriate) .................... by the interruptions, the speaker refused to continue his speech.
19/ (Find) .................... the money, they began quarrelling about how to divide it.
20/ When the painter felt the ladder (begin) (slip) .................... he grabbed the gutter (save) .................... himself from (fall) .....................
21/ You shouldn't get Jack (type) .................... this letter. He's a careless man.
22/ The teller (make) (lie) .................... down on the floor.
23/ I (say) .................... that last night? I (be) .................... absent-minded.
24/ I resented (unjustly,accuse) .................... and asked him (apologize) ....................
25/ While I (walk) .................... to the bus-stop, I realized I (leave) .................... the cooker on.
26/ Danny's train (arrive) ....................tomorrow morning at 6.00 so we (meet) .................... him at the station.
27/ It's high time the local government (do) .................... something about the sewage system which (not/ upgrade) .................... for years.
28/ It is advisable that we (be) .................... economical in the economic recession.
29/ The telephone, which is considered (be) .................... one of the most useful scientific achievements of the century, is said (invent) .................... by A. Bell.
30/ They didn't come. They (not/be) .................... absent. They were supposed (sit) .................... for an important test during the afternoon.
31/ The population (increase) .................... rapidly in Vietnam nowadays.
32/ I'll phone you at eight.-No, I (watch) .................... a football match then.
33/ His doctor advises that he (eat) .................... less meat.
34/ We have postponed (tell) .................... anyone the news until someone considers (do) .................... something about our matter.
35/ He happened (stand) ....................outside the bank, and he witnessed the robbery (take) .................... place.
36/ If you are (catch) .................... the first train, it will mean (get) .................... up at 5.00.
37/ The accident (report) (cause) .................... by a reckless motorist.
38/ Look! The rain (spoil) .................... our furniture. You (close) ....................all the window last night.
Oxford for 15 years, then (7.move) .................... to London in 1970. They now (8.live) .................... in Cadogan Square in central London
39/ Paul Carrack is a musician and a singer. He (1.be) .................... in the music business for over 20 years. He (2.start) .................... playing professionally while he (3.be) ....................at school. He (4. Travel) .................... all over the world. He (5.have) ....................his first hit record in 1974. So far he (6.make) .................... a lot of records. Young people in America and Britain (7.know) .................... his name and they never (8.forget) .................... his number one song “ The Living Years”.
40/ If you’d like to meet the president, I (arrange) .................... it.
41/ someone offered you to buy one of those rings, which you (choose) ....................?
42/ If I (see) .................... a tiger walking across Hyde Park I (climb) .................... a tree.
43/ Let's go to the beach. No, it's too cold. If it (be) .................... warmer, I wouldn't mind going to the beach.
44/ Why do you read newspapers? Well, if I (not/ read) .................... newspapers, I wouldn't know what was happening in the world.
45/ I'm not tired enough to go to bed yet. I (not/sleep) .....................
46/ I would be grateful if you (send) .................... me your brochure as soon as possible.
47/ Liz gave me this ring. She (be) .................... very upset if I (sell) it.
48/ If I (be) a bird, I (not/ live) .................... in a cage.
