3 * Complete the text with places from Exercise 1.
BUS STOP
PENCIL
MUSEUM
So, for
1
My town is really boring! The only thing we can do
is play in the street, but we don't enjoy it in the rain.
We haven't got a ', so I can only watch
films on TV or online. There's a street ?
on Fridays in the town square, but I'm at school,
of course. We haven't got a
things like new jeans or trainers, I need to go
another town by bus. There's a “
where
I sometimes play tennis, but it's quite expensive. My
friends and I play on our skateboards in the street,
so we're asking for a 5
but I think it's
impossible. When I'm bored, my mum always says
the same: 'Visit the Pencil 6
it's free and
it's interesting.' For her, maybe, but do you want to
know the history of PENCILS? I don't!​

When Simon 1) (arrived) at the cinema, dozens of people 2) (were queuing) outside. They 3) (were waiting) to see the same film as Simon. Simon, however. 4) (had bought) a ticket in advance, so he 5) (walked) straight to the front of the queue and 6) (entered) the cinema. He 7) (felt) relieved that he didn't have to queue. He 8) (reached) his seat just as the
lights 9) (were going down) for the start of the film.
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Last weekend, Cathy 1) (hired) a car and2) (drove) to the seaside. When she 3) (arrived) the wind 4) (was blowing) and the sky 5) (was) cloudy. She 6) (got out) of the car and 7) (took) a walk along the seafront. Then she 8) (decided) to go for fish and chips at a nearby restaurant that she 9) (had seen) earlier and liked the look of. By the time she 10) (was leaving) the restaurant, it 11) (had already /grown) dark. As she 12) (was walking) to her car it 13) (began) to rain. However, Cathy 14) (did not/mind) because she 15) (had had) a wonderful day. 

1) This year universities have been given great funding, twice as much as last year.
2) You should get down to work as soon as possible.
3) All universities pay as much attention to the entry requirements as to the curriculum.
4) Universities’ advisers will give you advice on your studies as well as on applying to the college of your choice.
5) There are as many British students as foreign ones.

1) He is as good at languages as his groupmates.
2) As many as 500 applicants were admitted on a competitive basis.
3) More than ten students of our group get the highest possible grant.
4) Nowadays some full-time students work as well as part-time ones.
5) Andrew studies harder than my other friends.