Decide whether to use Infinitive (with/without to) or Gerund.

1. What can we do ____________ a healthy life? (live)

2. In our society, people spend more and more time____________ (work)
3. So we often don't bother ____________healthy meals. (prepare)
4. In order ____________time, we tend ____________ fast food. (save / buy)
5. At fast food restaurants, we can ____________ quite a lot without ____________
____________a fortune. (eat / have / pay)
6. And children enjoy ____________ chips and burgers and ____________ lemonade
and cola. (eat / drink)
7. That's a problem because eating habits are hard ____________. (shake)
8. The high amount of carbohydrates in fast food and sugary drinks is blamed for
____________ the body's regulation of appetite. (destablish)
9. So we keep on ____________ ____________ more. ( want / eat)
10. Bad eating habits result in people ____________obese. (become)
11. Obese people risk ____________ from heart diseases. (suffer)
12. We can ____________ ____________ such diseases by ____________
____________ healthy food. (avoid / risk / choose / eat )
13. Be careful though. Some people are convinced ____________something for their
health by ____________ on energy bars or cornflakes. (do / live )
14. And this is what the advertising for these products wants ____________us
____________ (make / think )
15. In reality, however, these foods are often heavily sugared ____________them
flavor. (give)
16. But sugar is not mentioned as clearly as the low fat - that's why experts warn against
____________ on the ads. (rely)
17. To live a healthy life, we ought ____________our food wisely. (choose)
18. We should ____________ regular meals and ____________
____________ways of ____________ more. (eat / try / find /
exercise)

Re-write the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original.

1 "You must be prepared for the worst," the doctor said.
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2 "Do you understand French?", she asked me.
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3 "We're meeting John next weekend," she said to me.

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4 "Can you pass me the bread, please?" she asked me.
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5 "Will you like to go to Parets?" she asked.
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6 "Have you finished the homework, Paul?" she said.
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7 "No way! I won't phone Mary," he said.
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8 "The film had already started when they arrived," I said.
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9. "Did you enjoy the meal?" she asked me.
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10."You must finish the report today," my boss told me.
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11. "Open your books and start reading, children," the teacher told the children.
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12. "Did you pass the exam?" I said to Joe.
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13."I can't believe what you're saying," Paul told me.
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14."What time did you arrive in London?" he asked.
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15."I'll show you when I finish," he said.
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Put the adjectives in the correct order, add A or AN where necessary.

1. At home there is _______________________ table in the dining room.
(beautiful / square / wooden)
2. I was offered _______________________ ring by my husband. (gold / unusual)
3. My grandmother has knitted _______________________ pullover for me.
(woolen / new / nice)
4. I saw _______________________ movie with friends at home.
( old / interesting / American)
5. It may rain ! There are _______________________ clouds floating in the air.
( black / big)
6. It was such _______________________ day that we decided to go out for a walk.
( sunny / lovely)
7. My daughter has _______________________ hair. ( black / long / beautiful )
8. Last week, I visited _______________________ village in a remote place.
(old / lovely / little)
9. The gallery exhibited mainly _______________________ paintings.
(old / strange / French )
10. John was given _______________________ kitten by his sister
( little / black / adorable )
11. It started to rain so I opened _______________________ umbrella.
(enormous / Chinese / red )
12. I came into _______________________ house built in 1860. ( old / picturesque )
13. _______________________ was parked opposite my house.
(new / Italian / sports / shiny )
Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using the past perfect continuous or the past
perfect simple.
1 When the student revolution came, I _____________________________________
there for 6 months. ( work )
2 Before Jim finally decided to go to Thailand, he
_____________________________________ about it for months. ( think )
3 They _____________________________________ all the chocolate cake by the time
Michael got to the party. ( eat )
4 I _____________________________________ Scarlett Johansson on three previous
occasions. Lucky me! ( met )
5 The forensic evidence shows that he _____________________________________ his
nose just before he was murdered. ( pick )
6 When the doctor told him his liver was seriously bad, he
_____________________________________ hamburgers for a month. ( eat )
7 Prior to the explosion, the fat man _____________________________________ seven
large chocolate cakes. ( eat )
8 When they cancelled the flight to Alicante, the storm
_____________________________________ all afternoon with no sign of abating.
( rage )

Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using the past continuous or the past perfect
continuous.
1 When I asked Carlos if he wanted to go out, he said he couldn't because he
_____________________________________ an assignment. ( finish )
2 Scarlett came into the room panting. She _____________________________________
round the park. ( jog )
3 Scarlett wasn't in. She _____________________________________ around the park. (
jog )
4 I _____________________________________ a bath when I suddenly had a great
idea. ( have )
5 He told me he _________________________ seriously _________________________
about finding another job soon. ( think )
6 He _____________________________________ about finding a new job for about a
year before he finally got round to it. Hes happy now. ( think )
7 It was obvious from her outrageous behaviour that
_____________________________________. ( drink )
8 I _____________________________________ a latte in the Caf New York, when I
saw a famous actor walk past the window. ( drink )
Complete the sentences below with although - despite - in spite of.

1. ___________ the weather was bad, we enjoyed our trip.

2. The children slept well ____________ the noise.

3. ________________ earning a low salary, Linda gave money to her parents.

4. John rarely sees Paul ___________ they live in the same town.

5. Julie failed the exam ____________ of working very hard.

6. ____________ it was cold, she didn't put on her coat.

7. Tom went to work ___________ not feeling very well.

8. Anna never learned the language ___________ she lived there for two years.

9. ____________ of the difficulty, they managed to climb to the top of the mountain.

10. I couldn't eat _____________ I was very hungry.