I. Put the verbs into the correct form:

1. ……………………… (understand) why people like camping. 2. We ……………………..(spend) three days camping in the mountains next week. 3. I ………………………..(think) the sea is too dirty to swim in. 4. The river Amazon …………………..(flow) into the Atlantic Ocean. 5. I’ve got some very important exams in three weeks. I usually……………..(play) tennis on Thursday evenings and……………….(go) out with my friends at the weekend . But I…………………(not go) out in the evening at all at the moment .It’s quite boring but I ………….(think) it’s important to pass my exams. I …………..(want) to go to university next year. 6. When I was a child , I……………(live) in Sicily. 7.I………………(start) playing the quitar when I was eight. 8. I’m starving! I …………………….(not eat) anything since this morning. 9. How long ……………..(have) that watch? 10.Next Saturday , I……………..…..(go) to the zoo with Sue. 11.Our cities ……………….(get) dirtier and dirtier. 12. I ………………………..(think) that Sandra probably won’t come today. 13.In the next few years,the world’s population …………………………..(continue) to increase. 14. This museum opened five years ago. It……………..(get) to get thousands of visitors every year. 15.I ……………………………(just see) the most incredible film. 16. ……………………………..(you finish) your essay yet? 17. You didn’t need to get any milk. Jon…………………………….(already buy) some. 18.We first…………………….(visit) London five years ago. 19.I……………….(know) my English teacher for a long time. 20.The train…………………………….(not/arrive/yet).

II. Correct the mistakes

1. His phone is no working at the moment.2. Linda and Bob is staying with us for a few days.3. I’m travelling around Europe for two weeks.4. We are developing a new system for paying by credit card.5. I haven’t spoke to my next-door neighbours since last weekend.6. My hair has being the same length for three years.7. My family has lived at the same address since five years.8. I had these shoes since January9. I knew the person sitting next to me for nearly two weeks.10. I’ve had this watch since three months.11. How many people did they go to Astrid’s party?12. Who you told my secret to?13. I’d also like to know if I wouls you’d like coffee.14. Could you tell me where is the nearest post office?15. What time the train arrives in Paris?

III.Choose the correct option to complete each sentence :

1. A clean and efficient way of producing electricity is by using…….power.A. sun B. sunny C.solar

2. I prefer to go on………..holidays, so I’m doing something useful.A. making B. helping C.working

3.Do you know what the judges take into……..when they decide?A. claim B.account C.count

4.My town has a lot of recycling ………for paper,clothes and glass.A. bags B. banks C.benches

5. I definitely wouldn’t be able to……the pressures of being famous.A. have B take C.do

IV. Complete the second sentence in each of these pairs so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,using the word given. You must use one to three words ,including the word given.

1. Wendy ,have you been to Argentina? asked Mick been

Mick asked Wendy if she…………………………………………………to Argentina.

2. I think that chemistry is more difficult than biology.as

I think that biology is……………………………..difficult as chemistry.

3. I took an umbrella so that I wouldn’t get wet.not

I took an umbrella in………………………….to get wet.

4. I’ve invited the whole class because I don’t want to upset anyone.order

I’ve invited the whole class………………………………………to upset anyone.

5. She put her alarm clock on because she wanted to wake up early.that

She put her alarm clock on ………………………….…she would wake up early

V. Translate into English

1. Cand exploratorul american, Hiram Bingham, a descoperit Machu Picchu in 1991, a fost mult mai dificil. Bingham a aflat despre ruine din intamplare si a fost hotarat sa le gaseasca.Dar nu existau trenuri,erau multi serpi veninosi si era dificil sa reusesti prin jungle deasa.

2. Exista o perioada in viata fiecarui copil cand ei au doar un “cel mai bun prieten”. Este singura peroana de care se intereseaza si singura persoana de care ei au nevoie. Dar pe masura ce inaintam in varsta, majoritatea oamenilor realizeaza ca este mult mai bine sa sa ai un cerc mic de prieteni buni care au tipuri de personalitati diferite.

3. Victoria a devenit interesate de David dupa ce i-a fost aratata o fotografie cu acesta de catre un journalist. Cand s-au intalnit in cele din urma, in martie 1997, dupa un meci al lui Manchester United, ei au spus ca au simtit ca se cunosteau de o viata.

VI. Write an essay about your deskmate. (10-15 lines)