Choose the correct answer: People in India and in some South American countries celebrate/ are celebrating/ have been
celebrating Friendship day for many years. The idea of a special day for friends is/ was/ has been around since the beginning of the 20 th century. The owner of a greeting cards company thought/ had
thought / thinks of the idea in 1919 and set it on the first Sunday in August. The idea was not as/ less/ least successful as the company wanted it to be. In fact, they weren´t able to/ shouldn´t/ can´t interest people in buying cards for friends. But the idea didn´t /hasn´t/ doesn´t disappear. In India, Friendship day is still on the first Sunday in August. Another Friendship day began many years later. In 1958, a man in Paraguay has/had/ was having dinner with some friends when they had the idea of creating World Friendship day on 30th July. For/from/since then, this day has become very popular with people in Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. In the future, friends in another countries should/must/may start celebrating this holiday too. I think if/unless/when the holiday came to Europe, my friends and I will
enjoy/would enjoy/had enjoyed it. What do you think? Complete with the correct modal verb: 1.
I´m studying. I
talk right now.
2.
Do you think I
3.
You
4.
John grew up near the beach. He
5.
You are smart and sensitive. sensitive. In my opinion, you
6.
Ellen is busy this morning, but maybe she
wear this shirt or that one?
be late. If you are, they won´t let you in. surf when he was eight years old. study medicine. have free time this afternoon.
Choose the correct option: For many years, tourists are visiting/ visits/ have been visiting Alnwick Castle in England, but since 2001, it has become/ became/ becomes even more popular. This is because film makers uses/ were
using/ used the castle in Harry Potter film. This is just one example of film tourist. One of the newer/ new enough/ newest film tourist destination is Stockholm, Sweden, because of The girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Every year, more than 10.000 people took/have taken/ take a tour of the film locations. And,
while a film company will be making/ was making/ made American versions of the Sweden films, tourist officials were already planning for more tourists. Fans of James Bond films, Sherlock Holmes or Notting Hill, are finding/ will find/ found tours of the locations in London. Sometimes, film tours take people to places that hasn´t/didn´t/wasn´t use to be popular with tourists. tourists. For example, after film makers were filming/had filmed/ have filmed scenes of the Dark Knight Rises in Pittsburgh, USA, a tour company started a special bus tour of the film locations. So, are you a film fan ? Will you be/ Are you/
were you taking a film tour of you favourite film?
Complete with the correct conditional: 1.
It´s cold outside, so we won´t go to the beach. If it………………………………., it………………………………., we would go to the beach.
2.
They didn´t run because there was ice on the running track. If there…………………………….on there…………………………….on the running track, they would have run.
3.
You should buy a map of the city so that you won´t get lost. You won´t get lost if you…………………..a map of the city.
4.
The newsagent´s wasn´t open so I couldn´t buy the magazine. I…………………………………….the I…………………………………….the magazine if the newsagent´s had be en open.
5.
The train often leaves late, so he doesn´t arrive on time. When the train doesn´t arrive late, he ……………………………on time
