Choose the best answer to these requests.1. We've got so much work on and it's all got to be finished by Wednesday. Would you mind working all weekend?   a) Sure. It's ten o' clock.    b) Sorry. I'm in the middle of something. Get it yourself.   c) It's my office too, you know, but I'll try to be quieter.   d) I'm afraid I can't. It's my parents' thirtieth wedding anniversary and we're having a big party for them.2. The phone's ringing. Could you get it?   a) Sure. It's ten o' clock.    b) Of course. I'll pick you up at about eight.   c) Sorry. I'm in the middle of something. Get it yourself.   d) It's my office too, you know, but I'll try to be quieter.3. Would you mind moving elsewhere to talk. I cannot concentrate.   a) Sure. It's ten o' clock.    b) It's my office too, you know, but I'll try to be quieter.   c) Sorry. I'm in the middle of something. Get it yourself.   d) Of course. I'll pick you up at about eight.4. Could you come back at 3.00?   a) Fine, absolutely no problem.    b) Sorry. I'm in the middle of something. Get it yourself.   c) Sure. It's ten o' clock.    d) Of course. I'll pick you up at about eight.5. Could you come back at 3.00?   a) Sorry, I can't make Tuesday. How about Wednesday? b) Of course. I'll pick you up at about eight.   c) Sorry I've got another appointment at 3.00.    d) Sorry. I'm in the middle of something. Get it yourself.   6. Would you mind moving our meeting to Tuesday?   a) Sorry, I can't make Tuesday. How about Wednesday?    b) Sure. It's ten o' clock   c) Sorry. I'm in the middle of something. Get it yourself. d) Of course. I'll pick you up at about eight..   7. This printer is jammed again. Could you give me a hand?   a) Of course. Dreadful things, printers. Always going wrong.   b) Sorry. I'm in the middle of something. Get it yourself.   c) It's my office too, you know, but I'll try to be quieter.    d) Sure. It's ten o' clock.8. Could you tell me the time?   a) It's my office too, you know, but I'll try to be quieter.    b) Of course. I'll pick you up at about eight.   c) Sorry. I'm in the middle of something. Get it yourself. d) Sure. It's ten o' clock.9. Could you phone me tomorrow?   a) Of course. I'll pick you up at about eight.    b) Sorry. I'm in the middle of something. Get it yourself.   c) Sure. It's ten o' clock.    d) Sorry, I can't. I'm tied up all day.10. Could you give me a lift? My car has broken down.   a) Sorry. I'm in the middle of something. Get it yourself. b) Of course. I'll pick you up at about eight.   c) It's my office too, you know, but I'll try to be quieter.  d) Sure. It's ten o' clock.1. Could you tell me how much it costs?   a) a boss to a secretary    b) a customer to a sales person   c) a visitor to a company    d) a policeman to a prisoner2. Could you say that again please? I didn't understand.   a) a boss to a secretary   b) customer to sales person   c) a visitor to a company   d) somebody whose English is not perfect3. Could you tell me if the price includes sales tax?   a) a boss to a secretary   b) customer to sales person   c) a hotel receptionist to a visitor   d) somebody whose English is not perfect4. Could you fix us two black coffees please, Barbara?   a) a boss to a secretary   b) customer to sales person   c) a visitor to a company   d) somebody whose English is not perfect5. Could you please speak more slowly? I didn't understand.   a) a boss to a secretary   b) customer to sales person   c) a visitor to a company   d) somebody whose English is not perfect6. Would you mind opening that suitcase?   a) a customs officer   b) customer to sales person   c) a visitor to a company   d) somebody whose English is not perfect7. Would you mind telling me who your present supplier is?   a) a boss to a secretary   b) customer to sales person   c) sales person to customer   d) somebody whose English is not perfect8. Would you mind spelling your name please?   a) a boss to a secretary   b) somebody answering the phone   c) a visitor to a company   d) a customs officer9. Could you tell me how to pronounce "specialization"?   a) a boss to a secretary   b) customer to sales person   c) a visitor to a company   d) somebody whose English is not perfect10. Would you mind working late tonight?   a) a boss to a secretary   b) customer to sales person   c) a visitor to a company   d) somebody whose English is not perfect11. Could you tell me where Mr. Brown's office is?   a) a boss to a secretary   b) customer to sales person   c) a visitor to a company   d) somebody whose English is not perfect12. Could you tell me if you have any in stock?   a) a boss to a secretary   b) customer to sales person   c) a visitor to a company   d) somebody whose English is not perfect

1. Artists must be …..,otherwise they just repeat what they see or hear              CREATE2. Why are you so ………of his work? He's just doing his best.                               CRITIC3. Have you made up your mind? We need to know your ……….as soon as possible.  DECIDE        4. He's too shy to look people ……..when he talks to them                                    DIRECT5. Have they put the Christmas …….yet?                                                          DECORATE6. They put too many unnecessary …….in food                                                     ADD7. I …….think that there's no point in arguing with him. Just ignore him.                  HONEST8. Extraterrestrial life has not been ……..proved yet.                                      SCIENCE9. Why don't you call the ………if the lights don't work?                                      ELECTRIC10. Music and television are forms of ……..                                                 ENTERTAIN11. The concert didn't live up to our …….                                                       EXPECT12. The electric company admitted their ………for the blackout                         RESPOND13. Did you use to have ……..as a child?                                                                ALLOW14. I don't like those trousers, no matter how ……..they are                                 FASHION15. Life ………varies according to country and gender                                            EXPECT1. Detroit is renowned for the ……….of cars.

PRODUCE2. If you make a good …………….at the interview, you

will get the job IMPRESS3. Teaching and medicine are more than ……… they're

professions. OCCUPY4. My history teacher has a vast ………….of past

events. KNOW5. You are never too old to go to college and gain

some …………..QUALIFY6. My greatest …………..was graduating from the

university. ACHIEVE7. The weatherman said there is a strong ……….of rain

today. POSSIBLE8. Some old laws are no longer ………….EFFECT9. Athens is ……………for its ancient buildings.

FAME10. He was caught shoplifting so now he has

a ………….record. CRIME

11. Despite her severe ……….., she fulfilled her goals in life. DISABLE

12. Being …………..is the worst thing that can happen to someone. EMPLOY

13. If you buy presents in the summer your ……....can be very high. SAVE

14. Due to the pilot's …………, the copilot managed to land safely. GUIDE

15. It's important to also see the less ………sides of the job. DESIRE

16. I was surprised at his ……….to give up. REFUSE17. Children are by nature ……of danger. AWARE18. She is always ………towards her parents. RESPECT19. The hospital has the best medical ………and fast

ambulances. EQUIP20. You can relax in the comfortable …….of the hotel.

SURROUND21. The ………looked dark and there were hardly any

other guests. ENTER1. It's totally ……… (understand) that you stayed home when

you were sick. 2. Don't laugh at his stupid jokes! You'll only ………

(courage) him to say them again. 3. That sidewalk is …………… (slip), I almost fell! 4. After Monday, I will no longer be a foreigner -I am

receiving my …………. (citizen)! 5. Arthur will be very lonely unless you ……………. (friend)

him. 6. Every afternoon, the cooks ………… (sharp) their knives

in preparation for dinner. 7. I hate being around Mary Lou, she is so, so.……

(friendly). 8. The stock market crash of 1929 left my great-

grandfather ……. (penny). 9. I have a class at 8:00 a.m. but I always ….. (sleep). 

10. The groom may …… (veil) the bride only when their vows have been exchanged. 

11. I think we should try something else. That strategy seems

way too ….. (risk). 12. My father's death left me with a great ………… (empty)

in my heart. 13. George W. Bush is pretending that he attacked Iraq

to ………….. (liberty) the Iraqis. 14. Americans fought hard to earn their …………… (free)

from Britain. 15. When you work at a nuclear power plant, you have to be

extremely ………….. (care). 16. Every time I think I've beaten you, you ………….. (do)

me! 17. I had to take three months off when I was pregnant, but

my boss has been very ………. (understand). 18. He will ………… (cork) the wine as soon as we are ready

for dinner. 19. You need to work on your orthography so you

don't ………… (spell) these words. 20. The weather ………….. (cast) looks bad for a picnic-

rainy and windy! 

We earn our _____ (LIVE) in America today in peaceful ______ (COMPETE) with people all across the Earth. Profound and _____ (POWER) forces are shaking and _____ (MAKE) our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make

change our friend and not our enemy. This new world has already _____ (RICH) the lives of millions of Americans who are able to _____ (COMPETITION) and win in it. But when most people are working harder for less, when others cannot work at all, when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to _____ (BANK) our enterprises, great and small, when the fear of crime robs

law abiding citizens of their _____ (FREE), and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling them to lead, we have not made change our friend.

Food ProductionIn the not-too-distant past farm animals were able to live (0) NATURAL NATURE lives in what we would now term 'free-range' conditions. Such farming methods however, were not able to supply the rapidly growing (1) ...POPULATE of the world and the increasing demands on food (2) CONSUME ... In order to cope with this rising demand, factory farming methods were introduced along with the (3) ...DEVELOP of genetically engineered (4) ... GROW hormones, which resulted in a massive increase in food (5) ...PRODUCE. However, these developments in the use of factory farming and drug (6) ... TREAT have led to a widespread feeling that animals are being caused a lot of distress and that the quality of the food itself suffers as a consequence. Certainly, many people (7) ... AGREE with the idea of keeping animals in one building for their entire (8) ...EXIST and argue that more emphasis should be given to (9) ...ALTERNATE farming methods. A growing number of people are choosing to eat organic food, supporting farmers who use free-range methods, a system which has proved to be both (10) ... ECONOMY and more humane.

Dress CodeUK companies have received (0) CRITICISM CRITIC from a business forum for what their report refers to as a rather narrow-minded attitude towards the dress code for office workers. This follows a case in which a male (1) ... EMPLOY working in the post room of a large (2) ... ORGANIZE in the United Kingdom received a (3) ... SUSPEND for wearing jeans to work. Whilst the report accepts that there is a need for people dealing with (4) ... CUSTOM to look well dressed, it questions whether employees who work behind  the scenes necessarily need to dress formally.  The authors of the report made a (5) ... COMPARE between the UK and other European nations where employers seem (6) ... CONCERN about the need for their workers to wear smart clothes in the office.  Their (7) ... ARGUE is based on research that claims workers are far more (8) ... PRODUCT when they have the (9) ... FREE to dress in a way that they feel most (10) ... COMFORT in.

Kitchen HygieneThe next time you go to the supermarket don't forget to buy the (0) BIGGEST BIG bottle of kitchen cleaner you can to (1) ... INFECT your work surfaces. Recent (2) ... SCIENCE research in America has shown that the kitchen is often the most (3) ... HYGIENE of all the rooms in the home. The (4) ... COMBINE of food, heat and dampness means the kitchen is (5) ... POTENTIAL a breeding ground for bacteria that can cause stomach upsets and vomiting. The study at the University of Arizona examined 15 homes over 30 weeks. Levels of (6) ... CLEAN were certainly not below average yet cutting boards and dishcloths were found to contain bacteria in far greater number than elsewhere in the home. (7) ... RESEARCH say ignorance is the cause of the problem and point out that (8) ... ADEQUATE cleaning can lead to serious food poisoning. The (9) ... SOLVE ? Make sure you clean all work surfaces (10) ... DAY and keep an eye on that dishcloth!

Fears of Future Global HungerA recent report has warned of global food ………. SHORT unless the current system of farming and food distribution is changed. The report highlights fears that currently rapid increases in yields come at the expense of …….. SUSTAIN and that unless action is taken, hunger and ……….. NUTRIENT will become growing problems. The population is expected to rise to around 8.3 billion in the next twenty years, and ………….. URBAN is set to continue, and it is expected that 65-70% of the world’s population will live in cities. Increasing world ………. PROSPEROUS will lead to the rise in demand for energy, food and fresh water. The report also considers the billion people worldwide who………. EAT and are therefore obese to be another example of the  ……. FAIL of the current system to provide health and well-being to the world’s population. The authors believe that the  ……. APPLY of new technologies can play a role in …………. MINIMAL future food shortages. They see cloning, nanotechnology and genetic …….. MODIFY as potential solutions. However, although many of these technologies have been adopted worldwide, there is still …….. RESIST to their use in parts of Europe.

1. Because of my parents, I ………….TV on Sunday evenings (never / watch) 2. Why ……………TV in the living room ? She must go to bed right now ! (She / watch) 

3. If I were expected to do so, I ……………..him (help).  4. I don't think that I ………………to the party next Friday (come) 5. If I had taken the time, I ……………..my grandmother (visit). 

6. When they arrived, the match …………………. (already / start). 7. …………… my new wife ? (she/ meet / ever). 8. When ……………..to England ? And What are you doing now in London ? (you / go) 9. When ……………to England? Was it last year or the year before? (you / go) 10. If you don't work much better, you ………..fired (be). 1. He ……………. (to know) her for ten years.  2. The sun ………. (to rise) in the East. 3. Look! a man ………… (to run) after the bus. He must be mad. 4. When ………. (you /last /to see) your neighbor ? 5. My brother ……… (to leave) school a year ago. 6. You ……… (to sleep) when the manager called. 7. When I ……… (to go) out the sun was shining. 8. He …….. (to watch) the championship match tomorrow . 

9. Many people ………. (to speak) English around the world. 10. I ………… (to know) him for a long time.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)1. Look! Sara (go) ………….. to the movies.2. On her right hand, Sara (carry) …………….. her handbag.3. The handbag (be) …………… very beautiful.4. Sara usually (put) ……… on black shoes but now she (wear) …………… white trainers.5. And look, she (take) ………… an umbrella because it (rain)……………

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect)1. When he (wake up) …………….., his mother (already /prepare) ……….. breakfast2. We (go) …………….. to London because our friends (invite) ………………… us3. He (hear) …………….. the news, (go) …………… to the telephone and (call) ………….. a friend.4. When she (start) …………… learning English she (already /learn) …………….. French.5. Jane (already / type) ……………… three pages when her computer (crash) …………………6. By the time the doctor (arrive) ………….. at the house the patient ( die) …………………7. Before that day we (never / think) ……………… of traveling to Japan.8. I (know) ……………. him a long time before I (meet) …………….. his family.9. They (not / know) ……………. where to meet because nobody (tell) ……………….. them.10. It (be) …………… cloudy for days before it (begin) …………… to rain.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect).1. I (just / finish) ……………. my homework. Mary (already / write) ……………… five letters.2. Tom (move) …………….. to his home town in 1994.3. My friend (be) ………….. in Canada two years ago.4. I (not / be) ……………… to Canada so far.5. But I (already / travel) ………………. to London a couple of times.6. Last week, Mary and Paul (go) ………….. to the cinema.7. I can't take any pictures because I (not /buy) ……………. a new film yet.8. (they / spend) …………… their holidays in Paris last summer?9. (you / ever / see ) …………. a whale?

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).1. The receptionist (welcome) ………….. the guests and (ask) ………………… them to fill in the form2. The car (break) ……………….. down and we (have) ……………… to walk home.3. The boys (swim) …………….. while the girls (sunbath) ………………..4. My father (come) …………… in, (look) ……………. and (tell) …………… me to tidy up my room.5. While one group (prepare) ……………. dinner the others (collect) …………. wood for the campfire.6. While the parents (have) …………….. breakfast the children (run) ………….. about.7. Martha (turn) …………….. off the light and (go) …………………. to bed.1.    Laila………….not swim when she was one year old. 2.    …………. I borrow your pen?3.    Muneera………… come to the party, but nobody is sure.4.    I have no time. I………..leave now. My parents are waiting for me.5.    Stop smoking! You really……….not smoke. 6.    Who (invent)……….. the washing machine?7.    Where (be)……… you yesterday? 8.    When I was buying the stamps somebody (call)………. my name.9.    They (build)………. power station at the moment.10.   Somebody (steal)………. my watch at the swimming pool last week.11.    She speaks English but  she………. (not speak) Italian.12.    My favourite country is Thailand. I (be)……….. there four times.13.    Jack is from New York. He (live)……… there all his life.14.    I saw Lisa at the museum when I was going to the restaurant, but she (not see)…….. me.15.    I (not go)………… to the cinema last night. I was too tired.16.    I (never eat)…….. bananas. 17.    Carol invited us to the party but we (not go) …….. We had other things to do.18.    Can you swim? No, I (never swim)………. 19.    'Where's Jill?' 'She (have)……… breakfast at the moment.'20.    'Where are you going on holiday?' 'I don't know. We (not decide)…….. yet.'21.    'Where…….. (your parents live) ?' 'In a village near London. They have always lived there.'22.    'What time ……… (Ann come) ?' 'An hour ago.'23.    'How long ………. (you study)  biology?' 'For six months.' 24.    ……….. (Thomas work be) ? No, he is on holiday.25     ………. (she wear)  the nice coat when you saw her? 26.   When I go shopping I (buy) ………… some drink.