I Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:

1. My sister and I ___________ (be) very close. We ___________ (share) secrets and we _____________ (not, fight).
2. He _____________ (not, call) last night because he ____________ (be) busy.
3. The evening was quite nice. After I _____________ (make) myself a sandwich, I __________ (turn) on the TV and ____________ (watch) a series.
4. Bob ______________ (never, be) to Japan before, although he ______________ (like) traveling a lot.
5. What ________________ (you, do) when the storm _______________ (happen)? – I ___________________ (read) a book in my bedroom.
6. I _________________ (think) of moving to Belgrade. Life in a small town _________ (be, not) what I want.
7. My best friend _______________ (study) every day, but I _____________ (not, can) do that.
8. Hey, Dave, the phone ______________ (ring)! Can you answer it?
9. We ______________ (live) here since 2001, and we ________________ (not, plan) to move.

II Use verbs do, make, spend, have, sign, iron, work, receive, to get the right meaning of the phrases:

1. ________________ time
2. ________________ the clothes
3. ________________ letters
4. ________________ the shopping
5. ________________ the documents
6. ________________ an attempt
7. ________________ dinner
8. ________________ long hours

III Fill in using one preposition only:

1. They got married ______ 22^nd November 2014.
2. I was born _______ summer.
3. What do you think _________ my new coat?
4. How much money did you spend ________the books?
5. I love shopping and I never look __________ the price.
6. Sarah planned __________ eat a steak and some salad.
7. Do you turn _________ your TV when you go to bed the evenings?
8. I have a new printer __________ the office desk.

IV Fill in the gaps using the given words. There is one word extra which you do not need to use.

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1. Tesla left many ______________ and projects which are kept in special books.
2. My first neighbour is a _____________, so I always buy bread in his shop.
3. Since Dave decided to ____________ a company, he went to the bank to ask for a loan.
4. All doctors must keep their patients’ histories _____________.
5. I don’t know what I am doing _____________! It just never seems to be right!
6. If we didn’t have electricity, we could never use any of the household _____________.
7. All details about your business plan should be written down in a ____________.
8. Although we may think the Brits are reserved, they are in fact very ___________.

V Correct the mistakes in the sentences:

1. The Queen always is having meetings at noon.
2. I’m having two brothers and one sister.
3. Soldiers serve drinks in a bar.
4. The match was started at 7.30.
5. I didn’t can help him with his car last night.
6. We all enjoy to have parties.
7. Have Sara ever been to Italy?
8. You haven’t enough money for the book.