(Las palabras con asteriscos arriba vienen traducidas en el vocabulario abajo

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1. Complete the brackets. Use Present Simple or Present continuous.
During a phone conversation, (1) ___________ you sometimes _________ (wonder)* how
the person at the other end (2) ________ (feel) about what you (3) _________ (say)?
Would you like you know what he or she (4) ___________ (think) at the moment? Now
there is a device* that can help you do this. It (5) ____________ (analyse) voices and (6)
__________ (tell) you if the person you (7) _________ (speak) to (8) __________ (be)
interested or bored. The inventor (9) ____________ (think) that this will be an ideal tool
for people who (10) __________ (work) in telephone sales and marketing.

1. Complete the passage with the words in brakets. Use Past Simple, Past
Continuous, or Past Perfect Simple.
When Nick Flynn (1) ________ (go) to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge in 2006, the
results (2) _____ (be) disastrous. Mr. Flynn, who (3) ________ (visit) the museum several
times before, (4) ________ (have) a very unfortunate accident.
As he (5) __________ (walk) past some ancient and very valuable Chinese vases*, he (6)
________ (trip) and (7) __________ (fall). The museum staff* who (8) ___________ (rush)*
to help him (9) __________ (discover) that he (10) __________ (break) three vases into
hundreds of small pieces.
After the incident, the director of the museum (11) __________ (send) Mr. Flynn a letter.
He made it clear that he (12) ____________ (not want) him to visit de museum again.
The director obviously thought that Flynn was responsible for the accident. However,
when other people (13) ____________ (hear) about the incident, many wondered why
the museum (14) ____________ (not take) better care of such valuable vases.
2. Complete with Past Simple or Past Perfect Simple
Last week we (1) ____________ (publish) a story about two Australian tourists who (2)
__________ (find) old coins in a shipwreck*. Yesterday, we (3) ___________ (discover)
that the tourist (4) ____________ (place) the coins in the ship. According to the tourists,
the (5) _____________ (mean) to cause trouble, and they (6)___________ (do) it as a
joke.
3. Complete with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Present
Perfect Simple.
The concept of mini motorcycles (1) _________ (begin) years ago in Japan. Due to their
increasing popularity, Italina manufacturers (2) ___________ (start) producing highquiality pocket* bikes in the 1980s. Today, pocket-bike racing* (3) _____________
(become) a recognised sport around the world.
So what are pocket bikes? Pocket bikes are high-speed racing vehicles which look like
toys. Fans (4) _______ recently ________ (describe) these bikes as miniature works of
art. A pocket bike is one-fourth of the size of a normal motorcycle and weighs* about 18
kilos. It can reach a speed of 56 km/h quite fast for such a small vehicle. This high
speed (5) _________ (cause) many people to consider pocket-bike racing a dangerous
and extreme sport.

But in spite* of the dangers, pocket-bike racing is very popular. In fact, several famous
European motorcyclists (6) ________ (launch)* their racing careers after competing in
pocket-bike racing. The Grand Prix racing champion Valentino Rossi, for example, first
(7) ___________ (ride)* to fame on a pocket bike. Pocket-bike has also got many fans.
Clubs around the world (8) __________(create) websites to keep them up to date on the
sport and its competitions.

4. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple,
present continuous, present perfect simple, past simple, past
continuous or past perfect simple.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

Where is Anne? I _________ (not see) her since yesterday.

No, thanks. I ___________ (not smoke).
Jane isnt here. She ____________ (just/leave).
Janes plane ______________ (arrive) at midnight last night.
Jim phoned us after he __________ (collect) his suitcases.
Please wait for me. I ___________ (leave) the house now.
Where _________ you _________ (walk) when you saw the bear?
Thomas doesnt want any coffee. He ____________ (already/have) three
cups today.

5. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple,
present continuous, present perfect simple, past simple, past
continuous or past perfect simple.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

Beth was happy that she _________ (find) a new dress.

We _________ (have) a wonderfull time. Its a great party!
I was sleeping when the phone _________ (ring)
What _______ you _________ (think) of the new manager?
When I saw Eileen, she _____________ (ride) her bicycle.
I went to get my jacket, but someone _____________ (take) it.
I cant come now. I ____________ (wait) for the doctor.
Johns printer* stopped working while he ___________ (print) his
homework.
She looked at her watch and the she _____________ (begin) to walk
faster.
By the time I got to school, the lesson _____________ (already/begin).

VOCABULARY
1.
To wonder = preguntarse (a uno mismo). Verbo regular. Ej.: Me pregunto por qu
hizo eso. I wonder why he did that.
Device = dispositivo
To be bored = estar aburrido.
2.
Vases = jarrones
Staff = empleados
To rush = precipitarse/ apurarse (moverse deprisa). Es verbo regular.
Shipwreck = naufragio
Pocket = bolsillo
Racing = carreras/ de carreras

 To weigh = pesar (pesa tantos kilos). Sustantivo Weight (Peso)

In spite = lo tenis en la fotocopia que os di muahahah.
To launch = lanzar / dar orden de partida /disparar . Es un verbo regular. En este
caso quiere decir que su carrera se dispar o comenz tras estas carreras.
To ride = montar (ride a horse). Aqu quiere decir que empez su fama en ese
momento. Verbo irregular (ride/rode/ridden).
3 . Printer = impresora. // To print = imprimir. Verbo regular.