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He wears this round his head
Exercise 20
Write: Put in the simple present or present progressive. Note where both forms are possible.
A HOLIDAY JOB WITH A DIFFERENCE!
I (study)
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am studying English at Exeter University. I’m on holiday at the moment
and I (work)
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_________ in a public library. I’m lucky to have this job. I (not have to)
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________ get up early. The library (open)
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_________ at 10 and (close)
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_________ at.7.
it’s interesting work because people (always come in)
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_________ and (ask)
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________
me to help them, so I (learn)
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__________ a lot about different subjects. I (enjoy)
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_________
the job and (find)
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________ it very amusing, too. People (use)
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______ the
strangest things as bookmarks. I have found a rasher of bacon (uncooked!). Matchsticks
(be)
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_________ common and so (be)
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__________ bus tickets. My colleagues (always
find)
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__________ things too – even a $ 10 note, but I haven’t been so lucky! I often
(think)
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__________ of the photo of a beautiful woman, which I found. On the words; ‘I
(love)
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_________ you. I (miss)
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_________ you and I’ll never forget you.
The strangest bookmarks!
Exercise 21
Write: Put in suitable forms of will and shall.
RETIREMENT
I’m going to retire next week and I’m looking forward to it. For the First time in my life I
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shall be able to do all
the things I’ve always wanted to do. I
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__________ (not) have to travel to work any more. I
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_________ (not) have to
earn a living. My firm
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__________ pay my pension into my bank account and I
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__________ (not) have to worry about
earning money ever again. My wife and I
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________ be able to spend more time together. We
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_________ take care of
the house together. We
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___________ do the shopping together all these plans to my wife. ‘Of course,’ she said. ‘I’m
looking forward to your retirement, too, but you must remember that while you can retire, I can’t. I’ve written out some
simple rules for us both which
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_________ apply from the day you retire. Here they are:’
RULES OF THE HOUSE
1. We
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__________ take turns to do the cook- ing and the housework.
2. We
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_________ (not) watch TV all day long.
3. We
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__________ keep regular hours.
4. We
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__________ find interesting hobbies to keep us occupied.
5. We
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__________ spend time out of the house as well as in it.
6. We
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__________ keep fit in mind and body.
‘They look like sensible suggestions,’ I said. ‘They are,’ my wife answered. ‘If we
follow these rules I’m sure we
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__________, enjoy a long and happy life together.’ ‘I hope
we
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_______, ‘I answered. If we follow these rules
… .
Exercise 22
Write: Put in simple future, the future
progressive or the future perfect
simple.
FLYING JUNK
By the middle of the 21st century we (build)
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will have built space stations which (circle)
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__________ the earth
and (probably circle)
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__________ the moon, too. We (establish)
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__________ bases on planets like Mars. At present,
we use radar to ‘watch’ nearly 8.000 objects in space. In addition, there are at least 30.000 bits of rubbish from the size
of marbles to the size of basket balls flying round the earth. There (increase)
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________ in number by the year 2050
and (orbit)
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_________ the earth. All these bits and pieces are watched by NORAD (North American Radar Defiance
Command). NORAD (have)
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________ more and more rubbish to watch as the years go by. Some bit fall back to earth,
like the Russian satellite C954, which crashed in the Northern Territories of Canada in 1978.crashing junk could give us
a bad headache. Most of the stuff (stay)
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________ up there (we hope)! The sad fact is that we who are alive today (not
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