Exercises - I A) 1) it’s high time (you/start/pack) as we are setting off early in the morning tomorrow - > you started packing 2) I (rather/you/help) us to pitch the tent before it gets too dark - > I’d rather you helped 3) If only (I/join/group) travelling to Thailand. All my friends came back impressed with its natural beauty - > I wrote – I had joined a group – but I’m not sure if there should be ‘a group’, ‘the group’ or maybe even ‘groups’? 4) Immediately after we got on the coach, (we/remind/fasten) our seat belts by the coach driver - > we were reminded to fasten 5) if (you-book-room) in advance, we wouldn’t be wandering around in the rain and looking for a place to stay now - > you had booked a room (a room/the room/rooms?) 6) If only (we-remember-bring) camera with us – we could have taken great pictures - > we had remembered to bring a (a/the/– ?)B)complete the text with one word in each gap (4). The mona lisa, one of the world’s masterpieces, has been recreated with 3,604 cups of coffee and 56 pints of milk. each coffee cup was filled with varying amounts of milk to create the different sepia shades of [the] painting. the impressive twenty foot high and thirteen foot wide image took a team of eight people three hours to complete. It was created for The Rocks Aroma Festival in Sydney and seen by 130,000 people [who] attended the event. Elaine Kelly, one of the event organizers, was delighted with the result. She said; “we wanted to create an element of surprise and a sense of fun in the way we engaged with the public. Once we came up with the idea, we had to [make] a decision which painting to reproduce. we opted for the mona lisa because it’s been reproduced so many times in various mediums but, as [far] as we know, never out of coffee, the result was fantastic. C) choose the correct option: 1) in my opinion, calling sth –/an/the original piece of art does not mean that it is unique (I chose an) 2) the museum covers an area of 10000 m2 and was opened to –/a/the public in 2000 (the) 3) the singers’ performance received –/a/the huge amount of praise from the audience (a) 4) Leonardo da vinci is renowned primarily as –/a/the painter (a) D) replace the word which has been crossed out with the correct one. some venues are already sold out, and many have only a [little] seats left - > few E) complete the sentences with one word in each gap 1) Getting children [to] become library members and read more can improve educational standards. 2)[Having] more ppl turning to the internet for news, newspapers will soon become a thing of the past. 3) Trailers and ads for films have [no] or very little influence on cinema-goers. 4)Most young ppl nowadays are not [used] to attending cultural events. 5) The news of the Oscar nomination [came] as a big surprise for everyone. 6) the actors spent an hour discussing the character’s motives only to reach the [conclusion] that his behavior was totally predictable. F) Match the phrases and make collocations: 1) complete shooting 2) walk 3) give the actors 4) speak about the concert 5)observe the actors 6) discover the truth 7) follow the director’s instructions a) from a distance b) at a steady pace c) without question d) ahead of schedule e) by chance f) at length g) a standing ovation 1d 2b 3g 4f 5a 6e 7c G) 1) there were 250 passengers [on] board when the plane crashed. 2) the whole film was shot [on] location; nothing was filmed in a studio. 3) It’s an old film [correct form of the verb – star] Katherine Hepburn - > starring? H) articles (tell me why you would choose another one if the ones chosen by me are incorrect): 1) We were tired of lying in [the] sun, so we went back to [the] hotel. 2) Jackie found [a] large sea shell and put it in [a] plastic box to protect it. 3) London is visited by [–] tourists from all over [the] world. 4) when my parents were on [a] holiday in England, they saw [a] play by Shakespeare. 5) we visited [an] amazing outdoor museum in the Netherlands. I’ll show you [the] photos I took. 6) the author of this book is worried about the impact of [–] tourism on [–] environment. 7) do you think [–] art is a form of [–] entertainment? 8)I’m thinking of writing [a] novel. it will be set in [the] small town where my brother was born. I)complete the text with one word in each gap (4). With its long pacific coastline and beautiful beaches, Chile might be a perfect place for seaside resorts. unfortunately, due [to] a cold sea current, the water seldom gets warmer than 15C. the owners of the resort of san alfonso del mar have found a solution: they build the world’s largest swimming pool. the pool, separated from [the] sea by a narrow beach, is over a kilometre long, has an area of eight hectares, and contains approximately 250 million litres of water, [which] is pumped in from the ocean, filtered and warmed naturally by the sun. along the pool there are schools where you can learn every water [sport]in the world – from swimming to ocean sailing.