A. circle the correct answer. 1. i felt under the —- and mom let me stay at home and not go to school. a climate b weather c clouds 2. lots of cars in the streets produce pollute the environment. a fumes b fog c flames 3. after the earthquake almost all the town lay —- ruins. a on b in c by 4. when visiting london don’t —- the chance to visit the madame tussaud’s museum. a leave b miss c lose 5. because of —-rains the lower part of the city was flooded. a huge b massive c heavy 6. the prime minister couldn’t arrive on time and the press conference was called-— . a out b off c for 7. before the flight the plane —- give the passengers all the essential information. a. team b crew c staff b. fill in the missing words. three words are not necessary. *legendary * rescue * breeze * tsunami * avalanche * occur * generate *flood * horrific * frost * collapse 8. after the trauma bruce and had to take medications. 9. the disaster caused the bridges and buildings the roads to crack. 10. after the —-hit the village, it was almost buried after the snow. 11. che gevara was a —- rebel who led the revolutionary movement in cuba. 12. drought can —- in an area when there is no rain for a long period of time. 13. the —- team was looking for people who survived after the hit of a huge wave. 14. i love the light —- blowing from the sea. 15. a terrible —- caused by long lasting rains has destroyed many houses in the village. c. underline the correct item. 16. he avoids to travel/travelling by plane because of his phobia. 17. helen will never forget dancing/to dance with tom hanks at the party. 18. let’s spend our weekend to shop/shopping downtown. 19. mark has decided to become/becoming a lawyer as his father. 20. if you want to be successful you should use/to use your imagination. 21. julia is looking forward to getting/to get a mail from her boyfriend. 22. looking at tom’s funny face i couldn’t help laughing/to laugh. 23. dad, really i promise to look/looking after my younger sister. 24. what you can do/to do is just not to mind your business. 25. don’t let him to eat/eat ice cream or he will get a sore throat. d. fill in the blanks with used to, be used to, get used to and the appropriate form of the verb in brackets. e.g. paul grew in a house by the sea, so he is used to going (go) swimming at any time of the day. 26. when he worked as a managing director he (sleep) very little. 27. in the new flat i’ve rented there are noisy neighbours, like an italian family, but i think i (live) next to them soon. 28. she has 4 children, so she (deal) with their problems. 29. he (go) on foot to work but now when she has got a promotion she goes by car. 30. i don’t think he (live) in the country as he has always lived in a city. e. complete the sentences with the words derived from the words in bold. 31. the —- of a very important letter was a shock for the ambassador. disappear 32. you can’t deny the —-of illegal workers at your factory, they were caught on the camera. exist 33. what are your —- in food? prefer 34. thanks to the generous —- new houses were built in the area that suffered from the hurricane. donate 35. we were given a task to make a project about the —- of the environment. protect
1. I felt under the - B weather -- and mom let me stay at home and not go to school.
2. Lots of cars in the streets produce toxic- A fumes --which pollute the environment.
3. After the earthquake almost all the town lay - B in -- ruins.
4. When visiting London don’t - B miss -- the chance to visit the Madame Tussaud’s Museum.
5. Because of - C heavy --rains the lower part of the city was flooded.
6. The prime minister couldn’t arrive on time and the press conference was called-- B off - .
7. Before the flight the plane - B crew -- give the passengers all the essential information