B. Rewrite the sentences below using the beginnings given. Use the introductory verbs in the box



promise         beg         apologise         suggest         congratulate  


1. ‘Please, please, don’t tell my mother that I’ve been skipping classes’, the boy said to me.
The boy                                                                                                                                      .

2. ‘Well done! Your performance was spectacular and deserves a standing ovation’, Mary said to us.
Mary                                                                                                                                           .

3. ‘How about going on a skiing trip next weekend?’ my friend asked me.
My friend                                                                                                                                    .

4. ‘I will never spend such a huge sum of money without asking you first’, said my wife.
My wife                                                                                                                                      .

5. ‘I’m sorry I forgot to inform you about the important meeting regarding your proposed business trip
abroad,’ my personal assistant said.
My personal assistant                                                                                                             .

 


C. Complete the sentences using the correct form infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.

1. I consider                                                 (lie) to your parents about your whereabouts to be not only
terribly irresponsible of you but also morally wrong. 

2. You were                                                 (replace) Andy as a guest speaker at the conference but your
services will no longer be required.

3. He tried hard                                                 (clinch) the deal but it fell through and he was forced to come
home empty handed.

4. Having told so many lies she was not in a position to (remember)                                                 what she
had said to her colleagues at work.

5. She was right                                                 (take up) the job offer because an opportunity such as this
only arises once in a lifetime.

6. Her father regretted                                                 (tell) her about the savings account he had opened for
her when she was a baby because she kept on nagging him to give her the money.

7. She was used to                                                 (train) six hours and never complained about all she had
to be deprived of in order to become a swimming champion.

8. Although Albert Einstein is believed                                                 (have) early speech difficulties, he was
a top student in primary school.

 


READING

Read the texts A-E and answer the questions 1-15 by writing the correct letter A-E in the boxes.

 


Who would recommend their diet to other people?

Who has been on numerous diets in the past?

Who started their diet without planning to lose any weight?

Who feels let down by the effectiveness of their diet so far?

Who is no longer on a diet?

Who had medical advice to start dieting?

Who says their diet has attracted some negative publicity?

Who have failed to lose any weight?

Who mentions an advantage and a drawback of the diet they follow?

Who has started to take more exercise?

Who has a particular date by which to finish their diet?

Who have to calculate how much energy is in their food?

Who replaces some meals with liquids?

A. Jane I started my diet as a new year’s resolution. I know it’s a bit of a cliché, but I really did want to turn over a new leaf and have a new lifestyle. This was my first diet, at least it is if you exclude a crazy one based on eating pineapples which I tried in my early twenties. But when celebrities like Rene Zellweger and Geri Halliwell swear by it, and every other magazine has an article on it, when I realised it was time for a diet, I realised also it was time for an Atkins diet. The great thing about Atkins is that everything you eat is what you want to eat, and therefore everything tastes good; the downside is that most of their suggested menus are on the expensive side, since they include foods like lobster. I’ve been on the diet for 3 months now, and I’ve lost 5 pounds, which is frankly disappointing, but at least I’m still going.  

 


 


 


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