Prepare 4 units 5-6

1. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. A _________ came into our house while we were on holiday and took our jewellery.

2. _________ is a problem on the buses in the city centre.

3. _________ found out all the online customers’ passwords.

4. Please watch my bag for a minute. I don’t want anyone to _________ it.

1. There was a __________________________ yesterday and all the lights went out.

2. Sorry, I’m late. We were in the car and there was a terrible __________________________. We couldn’t move.

3. Don’t cross the road here, it’s dangerous. Use the __________________________ over there.

4. Too much __________________________ in cities can make people who live there ill.

2. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. I’d like you to write a story about yourself / themselves.

2. My friends and I often help each other / ourselves with our homework.

3. My brother hurt herself / himself during the rugby match.

4. I love taking selfies – you know, photos of myself / themselves.

3. Match the sentences halves.

1. You’re driving too fast. The speed ...

2. We’re lost. Let’s look at that road ...

3. Put all those letters in the post ...

4. There’s a taxi ...

4. Choose the correct words to complete the text.

It was Sunday afternoon and my friends and I felt / were feeling bored so we decided / was deciding to go cycling.

We rode / were riding down the hill when I saw a small box. My friend Jack looked / was looking inside the box and found about €300. 

We didn’t know / wasn’t knowing what to do.

I held / was holding the money when two police officers arrived / were arriving. 

We gave them the money. Two weeks later, I got / was getting a letter. It said ‘Thanks for returning my money. Here’s €50 for you and your friends.’

5. Complete the text with some or any.

I like living in my city – I can’t think of ¹____ bad things. It’s quite small and most people walk or use public transport so there aren’t ²____ traffic jams.

There are ³____ great places like the park or sports centre where I can meet my friends.

There are also ⁴____ cheap cafes where we can have a drink and ⁵____ food.

It’s a tidy city – there are ⁶____ recycling bins outside most apartment buildings and there isn’t ⁷____ rubbish on the floor.

Can you think of ⁸____ good things about your city?

6. Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs.

1. The thief took the necklace and then he ______________________ (run) towards the trees.

2. We ______________________ (have) fun at the beach when it started raining.

3. My friends ______________________ (not play) cards when the teacher came in.

4. I ______________________ (score) a goal in the last two minutes and we won the match.

6. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. Is there ________ graffiti in your town?

2. We can’t make a pizza. We’ve only got ________ cheese.

3. How ________ parks are there in the city centre?

4. Where can we put this rubbish? I can’t see ________ bins.