FCE - Language development
Ruth 1. Rewrite the sentences, putting the word in brackets in the correct place.
1. Adam leaves for school at seven o´clock in the morning. (ALWAYS)
2. He goes to school by bus. (EVERY DAY)
3. In the past, he used to wait very long for the bus. (NEVER)
4. The bus would be two or three minutes late. (SOMETIMES)
5. Nowadays, the bus is late. (OFTEN)
6. As a result, Adam arrives late for school. (FREQUENTLY)
7. Fortunately, his teacher doesn´t complain. (USUALLY)
8. Adam does his homework on the bus. (REGULARLY)
9. He doesn´t get home until after six o´clock. (ON SOME DAYS)
2. Present simple or continuous?
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb given.
HAVE
a. Sandra ..................... a large collection of DVDs.
b. Mum, answer the phone, please! I can´t answer it because I ............................ a shower.
SEE
a. I ................... why your sister gets so annoyed with you. You´re always borrowing her things!
b. My brother isn´t going out with Stella anymore. These days he ............................ Tina instead.
FEEL
a. I ................... much better today. The antibiotics are obviously working.
b. My dad ........................... that I should stay at school but I want to get a job now.
THINK
a. You haven´t said anything all evening. What ..................... you ....................... about?
b. What ....................... you ........................ about the new History lecturer?
APPEAR
a. Although my dad ..................... to be very strict, he´s not really.
b. Alex Cameron ....................... as Hamlet at the Theatre Royal all week.
SMELL
a. Why ..................... you ..................... those roses? Don´t you know they are made of plastic?
b. The biscuits my sister made this afternoon ....................... delicious.
LOOK
a. Today my family´s going on a picnic, but it ..................... as if it might rain.
b. Why ....................... you .......................... at me like that? Have I done something wrong?
EXPECT
a. I ..................... you are tired after playing football all afternoon.
b. I can´t go out tonight because I .......................... a phone call from my aunt in America.
3. Past habit: Some sentences contain mistakes. Tick the correct sentences. Correct the ones with mistakes.
EXAMPLE: When I lived at home, I used to going fishing with my father every Saturday.
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EXAMPLE: My mother would make sandwiches for the day.
1. I remember how we would have spent hours waiting for a fish to bite.
2. Sometimes we didn´t use to come home until after dark.
3. I remember how my mother used to look at us when we were late.
4. My father used to taking me with him on long walks in the mountains
5. I used love listening to him talk about nature
6. Did I ever used to get bored? Never! There were so many things to do.
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