Complete the sentences using the words from the table.
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1. Natasha knows English well and often works as an …… for tourist groups.
2. What a funny ……. radio!
3. I don’t like him: he is always …….. to me.
4. It’s ……….. lunchtime.
5. He greeted us .
6. Is it your ……… decision to leave tonight?
7. Does Mary ……. to be a friendly girl?
8. How much do you ………. ?
9. We listened to the story ……….. and couldn’t believe our ears.
10. I’m trying to find a particular ……… of “Romeo and Juliet”.

Make these sentences passive.
They have published her new book recently.
Dinner is ready and hot. Someone has just cooked it.
There are no letters on the table. Somebody has posted them.
The town council has just opened our local museum.
My dress is clean. Someone has washed it.

Put THE, A, AN or ZERO ARTICLE where necessary.
Look at … sky!
Nick has got … dog.
…. dog’s name is Rex.
It is … early winter now.
It is … frosty winter now.
It was … high afternoon.
She wanted to finish the job she had …day before but never finished.
Andrew understood he couldn’t sleep on … morning like that and walked out of the house.
It was … unusually cold day for 35 … summer.

What is better: Present Perfect or Past Perfect? Put the verbs in brackets in the necessary form.
When I arrived at the country house I realized I (lose) the keys.
Jack (play) tennis three times this week.
I (live) here for 12 years and I’m moving to another one next week.
She told me she (work) in England before.
Wait, I’ll go and see if she (go) out.

What is better: Present Perfect Continuous or Past Perfect Continuous?
Put the verbs in brackets in the necessary form.
When mother got home she found that little Kitty (paint) her room.
It (rain) for several days before the wind changed.
I can’t listen to him any more. He (lecture) us for an hour and a half.
Jane’s voice sounds strange. She (cry) for 20 minutes.
Alec said he (stand) there since 6 o’clock