1. – What’s ____ name? – Michael. He’s Irish, I think.
5. ____ fruit for breakfast.
6. Our local festival is ____ Friday.
8. ____ the first American president?
10. How many bathrooms ____ in the house?
11. Listen! The neighbours ____ again.
12. – What ____? – They are doctors.
13. ‘No, thanks, I don’t want ____ tomatoes.’
14. This is ____ building in the city.
15. Are cars ____ in Britain than in the USA?
16. We ____ to Italy last year.
17. I’ve read the book but I haven’t ____ the film.
19. The exercise was very difficult. We ____ do it.
20. ____ it was dark, I could read the map.
21. Who ____ this song? I like it.
22. – My exam is tomorrow. – You ____ .
23. – It’s hot in here. – ____ open the window?
24. In my dreams I saw a man. He ____ the violin.
25. – Do you want a coffee? – No, thanks, ____ one.
26. Tomorrow’s a holiday. We ____ work.
27. What will you do if you ____ the exam?
28. If we had a garden, I ____ a dog.
29. You ____ your sister. You have the same eyes.
30. She often ____ cycling after work.
31. He ____ have a lot of friends at school. He wasn’t very popular.
32. The radio ____ by Marconi.
33. When I’m tired I don’t want to see ____ .
34. There’s a towel on the floor. Please ____ .
36. We were too late. When we arrived the match ____ .
37. ‘I love you.‘ She said she ____ me.
38. Today most people ____ on junk food.
39. A person who trains a team is a ____ .
40. He ____ swimming on Tuesdays.
41. Let’s eat in this restaurant. It’s ____ than the other one.
42. Anne How long ____ for me? Bill For half an hour!
43. Why ____ work last weekend?
44. I’ve never ____ to dance salsa very well.
45. Mary enjoys ____ in London.
46. They ____ be French. They’re speaking German.
47. I won’t speak to her unless she _____.
48. What ____ you do if you won a competition?
49. I bought a paper ____ what’s on at the cinema.
50. _____ is banned in all pubs in Ireland.
51. ‘Do you like playing basketball?’ He asked me _____ playing basketball.
52. The museum is ____ at the moment so it’s closed.
53. ‘Please be quiet.‘ He told me ____ .
54. If I ____ known your number, I would have called you.
55. We had a fantastic time, _____?
56. Would you mind ….. me a cigarette, please?
57. I think you’d better ….. to the doctor.
58. I like him. He makes me ….. .
60. I really hate ____ by a police car!
61. We had a wonderful time on holiday. It was a really ____ two weeks.
62. Carol is suffering from ____ stress.
63. It took a little time to get used to ____ on the left, but I’m fine now.
64. The one person from this century who I’d most like ____ is Elvis Presley.
65. ____ she’s nearly ninety years old, my grandma still drives to the shops every day.
66. He is ____ more intelligent than he looks.
67. ____ I admire most of all is his honesty.
68. Ellis ____ money from the company for several months before anyone realised.
69. In ten years time everybody ____ the current financial situation.
70. I wish I ____ more free time.
71. He’s rather dirty. He ____ a bath before he came here.
72. It’s time people ____ their attitude to plastic surgery: it’s everywhere nowadays.
73. If only I ____ harder. I wouldn’t have failed.
74. ____ honest, I haven’t really thought about it.
75. His exam results are due any day now. He must ____ nervous.
76. I ____ to ask you what you wanted to do tonight, but I can see you’re too tired to do anything.
77. Don’t call John now. I think he might ____ on his presentation.
78. Most people’s ____ of living has improved dramatically in the last 50 years.
79. Tanya is very ____ . She’s decided to go to India and nobody will change her mind.
80. ____ the film twice before, I decided not to watch it again.
Keep it in the family
Wouldn’t it be good to make your own money? Or would it? Well, a family in East London did just that and found out that they had to pay a high price for it! It sounds like a dream – printing millions of £20 and €50 notes. No need to ever go to a bank again! Unfortunately, for this particular family the dream has ended in prison sentences for all of them.
This illegal operation was the biggest that the police have ever seen in the UK. Over 14 million pounds’ worth of fake bank notes have been recovered and they think that this ‘family business’ was producing over 66% of all fake bank notes in the UK. There could be many, many more. Only the family know how many notes are still out there and they’re not going to tell anyone. It was a very large, complicated, and successful business!
The public have become interested in this story because of the family aspect. Four generations of the same family were part of the operation. The ages ranged from 23 to 85 and included grandchildren, parents, grandparents and even a great-grandmother! The great-grandmother, who was 85, lived in special accommodation for older people and the police found £22,000 of notes in a plastic bag on top of her kitchen cupboard, ready to be distributed!
This forgery business was very well organized. It was run like a real business and each person had his / her place. They used very high-tech equipment to print and cut the fake notes and they had 20 different sites to keep the money, such as the great-grandmother’s kitchen. The police watched the operation secretly for over four months before they arrested the gang.
At the trial the judge told the public that they shouldn’t feel sorry for people like this. They are organized criminals and they are stealing from everyone and hurting the economy. However, a lot of people have a secret admiration for the family. Is this a worrying fact or is it human nature? I wonder.
1. Some people from the same family have been sent to prison.
2. The family is from just outside London.
3. They printed fake notes worth more than 14 million pounds.
4. More than half the fake money in the UK was made by this family.
5. The youngest member of the family is a teenager.
6. The great-grandmother didn’t live with the rest of the family.
7. The money was all hidden in her house.
8. The police caught them actually printing the money.
9. They are all going to prison for the same number of months.
10. The judge felt sorry for the family.
II. Match five of the highlighted words / phrases to the definitions.
1. discovered a fact:
2. people in general:
3. a place for somebody to live:
4. places that are used for something:
5. the process in a court where a judge decides if somebody is guilty:
1 Your best friend
2 A conversation in which you and your friend discuss plans for the weekend
3 The best day in your studies or career
4 Your home town
5 Festivals and national holidays
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