Full Bast 4 (Module 2)

Jessica didn’t wear her jacket because there were cat hair / hairs all over it.

Offer your seat to your grandmother! You should respect the elderly / mature.

Most people experience / support problems at some time in their lives.

The police arrived at the crime chase / scene immediately.

I was offended when she asked me how much money I gain / earn.

I’m not familiar ___ this computer program.

Can you help me?

Liam’s got no sense ___ humour. I don’t think his jokes are very amusing.

You are ___ of luck. You’ve just missed the bus!

Nowadays, we rely ___ computers to organise our work.

Keep ___ mind that you mustn’t tell anyone about this.

___ furniture in this room. It’s crowded.

Not everyone is coming by plane; ___ of my friends have decided to come by train.

Erica gave me ___ useful advice on how to paint my bedroom.

Complete the text with the Past Simple or the Past Progressive of the words in brackets.

Last month two teenage boys from Melbourne, Australia, (1) ___ (swim) 20km along the coast for charity. They (2) ___ (raise) $2500 in total but they (3) ___ (not know) they (4) ___ (risk) their lives at the same time. While spectators (5) ___ (watch) the two boys finish their long journey, they (6) ___ (notice) something close behind them. It (7) ___ (be) a shark, but luckily the two boys (8) ___ (reach) the beach safely. It was a lucky escape.

Complete the text with the Past Simple or the Past Progressive of the words in brackets.

Last month two teenage boys from Melbourne, Australia, (1) ___ (swim) 20km along the coast for charity. They (2) ___ (raise) $2500 in total but they (3) ___ (not know) they (4) ___ (risk) their lives at the same time. While spectators (5) ___ (watch) the two boys finish their long journey, they (6) ___ (notice) something close behind them. It (7) ___ (be) a shark, but luckily the two boys (8) ___ (reach) the beach safely. It was a lucky escape.

Complete the text with the Past Simple or the Past Progressive of the words in brackets.

Last month two teenage boys from Melbourne, Australia, (1) ___ (swim) 20km along the coast for charity. They (2) ___ (raise) $2500 in total but they (3) ___ (not know) they (4) ___ (risk) their lives at the same time. While spectators (5) ___ (watch) the two boys finish their long journey, they (6) ___ (notice) something close behind them. It (7) ___ (be) a shark, but luckily the two boys (8) ___ (reach) the beach safely. It was a lucky escape.

Complete the text with the Past Simple or the Past Progressive of the words in brackets.

Last month two teenage boys from Melbourne, Australia, (1) ___ (swim) 20km along the coast for charity. They (2) ___ (raise) $2500 in total but they (3) ___ (not know) they (4) ___ (risk) their lives at the same time. While spectators (5) ___ (watch) the two boys finish their long journey, they (6) ___ (notice) something close behind them. It (7) ___ (be) a shark, but luckily the two boys (8) ___ (reach) the beach safely. It was a lucky escape.

Complete the text with the Past Simple or the Past Progressive of the words in brackets.

Last month two teenage boys from Melbourne, Australia, (1) ___ (swim) 20km along the coast for charity. They (2) ___ (raise) $2500 in total but they (3) ___ (not know) they (4) ___ (risk) their lives at the same time. While spectators (5) ___ (watch) the two boys finish their long journey, they (6) ___ (notice) something close behind them. It (7) ___ (be) a shark, but luckily the two boys (8) ___ (reach) the beach safely. It was a lucky escape.

Complete the text with the Past Simple or the Past Progressive of the words in brackets.

Last month two teenage boys from Melbourne, Australia, (1) ___ (swim) 20km along the coast for charity. They (2) ___ (raise) $2500 in total but they (3) ___ (not know) they (4) ___ (risk) their lives at the same time. While spectators (5) ___ (watch) the two boys finish their long journey, they (6) ___ (notice) something close behind them. It (7) ___ (be) a shark, but luckily the two boys (8) ___ (reach) the beach safely. It was a lucky escape.

Complete the text with the Past Simple or the Past Progressive of the words in brackets.

Last month two teenage boys from Melbourne, Australia, (1) ___ (swim) 20km along the coast for charity. They (2) ___ (raise) $2500 in total but they (3) ___ (not know) they (4) ___ (risk) their lives at the same time. While spectators (5) ___ (watch) the two boys finish their long journey, they (6) ___ (notice) something close behind them. It (7) ___ (be) a shark, but luckily the two boys (8) ___ (reach) the beach safely. It was a lucky escape.

Complete the text with the Past Simple or the Past Progressive of the words in brackets.

Last month two teenage boys from Melbourne, Australia, (1) ___ (swim) 20km along the coast for charity. They (2) ___ (raise) $2500 in total but they (3) ___ (not know) they (4) ___ (risk) their lives at the same time. While spectators (5) ___ (watch) the two boys finish their long journey, they (6) ___ (notice) something close behind them. It (7) ___ (be) a shark, but luckily the two boys (8) ___ (reach) the beach safely. It was a lucky escape.

Read the text and answer the questions. Choose a, b or c.

The Great Train Robbery

In 1963, a group of criminals stole £2.6 million from a train travelling through Buckinghamshire in England. Most of the money was never recovered and it is considered to be the largest robbery in British history.

The robbery took months to organise. The leader of the group was a man called Bruce Reynolds, but there were 16 more robbers involved. The train they robbed was a Royal Mail train travelling from Edinburgh to London. Fifteen of the robbers were at the robbery. Their plan was first to stop the train, and they managed to do so easily by covering a green traffic light and placing a red light powered by a battery in front if it. At the sight of this, the train driver, Jack Mills, stopped the train.

The robbers’ plan was to then for one of their people to move the train to the place where their van was and load all the money. Ronnie Biggs was the robber responsible for finding someone to drive the train. Unfortunately the man he found, Stan Agate, couldn’t drive that particular kind of train. In the end, they made the original train driver drive the 800m down the track.

The robbers had no problem getting the money from the train to the van and, amazingly, there were no police officers or security guards on board. They cut all the phone lines in the area so none of the train workers could call for help while they were escaping to an old farm 27 miles away. On the way, they were listening carefully to the radio for reports of the crime and once there, they divided the money into 17 equal amounts.

Most of the robbers were arrested within six months of the crime, and because of the size of the robbery, it was a major news story making the robbers well-known all over the country. The most famous robber is probably Ronald “Buster” Edwards because of the 1988 film Buster about his life and involvement in the robbery. Another one of the train robbers who became famous was Ronnie Biggs. He was sent to prison after the robbery, but escaped and went to France. He spent 36 years on the run living in Australia and Brazil. In 2001, he returned to England and was arrested.

1. Why did Jack Mills stop the train?

Read the text and answer the questions. Choose a, b or c.

The Great Train Robbery

In 1963, a group of criminals stole £2.6 million from a train travelling through Buckinghamshire in England. Most of the money was never recovered and it is considered to be the largest robbery in British history.

The robbery took months to organise. The leader of the group was a man called Bruce Reynolds, but there were 16 more robbers involved. The train they robbed was a Royal Mail train travelling from Edinburgh to London. Fifteen of the robbers were at the robbery. Their plan was first to stop the train, and they managed to do so easily by covering a green traffic light and placing a red light powered by a battery in front if it. At the sight of this, the train driver, Jack Mills, stopped the train.

The robbers’ plan was to then for one of their people to move the train to the place where their van was and load all the money. Ronnie Biggs was the robber responsible for finding someone to drive the train. Unfortunately the man he found, Stan Agate, couldn’t drive that particular kind of train. In the end, they made the original train driver drive the 800m down the track.

The robbers had no problem getting the money from the train to the van and, amazingly, there were no police officers or security guards on board. They cut all the phone lines in the area so none of the train workers could call for help while they were escaping to an old farm 27 miles away. On the way, they were listening carefully to the radio for reports of the crime and once there, they divided the money into 17 equal amounts.

Most of the robbers were arrested within six months of the crime, and because of the size of the robbery, it was a major news story making the robbers well-known all over the country. The most famous robber is probably Ronald “Buster” Edwards because of the 1988 film Buster about his life and involvement in the robbery. Another one of the train robbers who became famous was Ronnie Biggs. He was sent to prison after the robbery, but escaped and went to France. He spent 36 years on the run living in Australia and Brazil. In 2001, he returned to England and was arrested.

2. Who drove the train to the van?

Read the text and answer the questions. Choose a, b or c.

The Great Train Robbery

In 1963, a group of criminals stole £2.6 million from a train travelling through Buckinghamshire in England. Most of the money was never recovered and it is considered to be the largest robbery in British history.

The robbery took months to organise. The leader of the group was a man called Bruce Reynolds, but there were 16 more robbers involved. The train they robbed was a Royal Mail train travelling from Edinburgh to London. Fifteen of the robbers were at the robbery. Their plan was first to stop the train, and they managed to do so easily by covering a green traffic light and placing a red light powered by a battery in front if it. At the sight of this, the train driver, Jack Mills, stopped the train.

The robbers’ plan was to then for one of their people to move the train to the place where their van was and load all the money. Ronnie Biggs was the robber responsible for finding someone to drive the train. Unfortunately the man he found, Stan Agate, couldn’t drive that particular kind of train. In the end, they made the original train driver drive the 800m down the track.

The robbers had no problem getting the money from the train to the van and, amazingly, there were no police officers or security guards on board. They cut all the phone lines in the area so none of the train workers could call for help while they were escaping to an old farm 27 miles away. On the way, they were listening carefully to the radio for reports of the crime and once there, they divided the money into 17 equal amounts.

Most of the robbers were arrested within six months of the crime, and because of the size of the robbery, it was a major news story making the robbers well-known all over the country. The most famous robber is probably Ronald “Buster” Edwards because of the 1988 film Buster about his life and involvement in the robbery. Another one of the train robbers who became famous was Ronnie Biggs. He was sent to prison after the robbery, but escaped and went to France. He spent 36 years on the run living in Australia and Brazil. In 2001, he returned to England and was arrested.

3. What were the robbers doing while they were trying to get away?

Read the text and answer the questions. Choose a, b or c.

The Great Train Robbery

In 1963, a group of criminals stole £2.6 million from a train travelling through Buckinghamshire in England. Most of the money was never recovered and it is considered to be the largest robbery in British history.

The robbery took months to organise. The leader of the group was a man called Bruce Reynolds, but there were 16 more robbers involved. The train they robbed was a Royal Mail train travelling from Edinburgh to London. Fifteen of the robbers were at the robbery. Their plan was first to stop the train, and they managed to do so easily by covering a green traffic light and placing a red light powered by a battery in front if it. At the sight of this, the train driver, Jack Mills, stopped the train.

The robbers’ plan was to then for one of their people to move the train to the place where their van was and load all the money. Ronnie Biggs was the robber responsible for finding someone to drive the train. Unfortunately the man he found, Stan Agate, couldn’t drive that particular kind of train. In the end, they made the original train driver drive the 800m down the track.

The robbers had no problem getting the money from the train to the van and, amazingly, there were no police officers or security guards on board. They cut all the phone lines in the area so none of the train workers could call for help while they were escaping to an old farm 27 miles away. On the way, they were listening carefully to the radio for reports of the crime and once there, they divided the money into 17 equal amounts.

Most of the robbers were arrested within six months of the crime, and because of the size of the robbery, it was a major news story making the robbers well-known all over the country. The most famous robber is probably Ronald “Buster” Edwards because of the 1988 film Buster about his life and involvement in the robbery. Another one of the train robbers who became famous was Ronnie Biggs. He was sent to prison after the robbery, but escaped and went to France. He spent 36 years on the run living in Australia and Brazil. In 2001, he returned to England and was arrested.

4. What is true about Ronnie Biggs?