5. John really likes to live / living in his own flat.
6. Will you stop to pick up / picking up hitchhikers if you are driving alone?
7. I remember to see / seeing a bright light in the sky.
8. Have you ever tried to ride / riding a horse?
9. When did you learn to drive / driving?
10. I’ll never forget to take / taking my first English exam!
11. I have no idea how this thing works! – Try to press / pressing the red button.
12. Remember to call / calling your mother tomorrow!
13. They arranged to leave / leaving early.
14. I regret to say / saying that to her.
15. I tend to make / making the same mistakes.
Past and present habits: 14 points
Fill in the gaps with appropriate expressions used to talk about present and past habits:
I ………………love going to the seaside as a child. Building sandcastles was great fun.
When I was younger I ………………often get into fights with my older brother. We ……………… hate each other then!
My sister hates getting up. She ……………… always wait until the last minute before getting out of bed.
I ……………… enjoy science subjects at school, because I wasn’t very good at them.
My grandmother ……………… always come round for dinner at our house on Sundays.
If there’s a party, Tina ……………… be there!
Annoying habits: 14 points
Complete the text using the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets and such expressions as: keep / insist on / always / forever:
I dread my Aunt Rita’s visits. She (sweep) into the house wearing her designer outfits and bright red lipstick and then she (kiss) me on both cheeks. She (try) to tell me what I should do with my life. She (talk) about what a model student she was and all the great things she did when she left school. Then she (use) long words, thinking she’s impressing me. When she leaves, she (get) me to walk her to her car. And off she goes. The funny thing is, although she (tell) me what a great career she had, Dad said she’s never actually done a day’s work in her life.
Small talk: 5 points
Write the appropriate response:
1. Long time no see. –
2. Thank you for a lovely evening. –
3. Lisa sends her regards. –
4. What have you been up to lately? –
5. I must be off. –
Vocabulary: Football 11 points
Fill in the gaps:
What football team do you …?
Many Arsenal’s fans felt disappointed when the match ended in a …..
It would have been a 1-0 defeat, if they hadn’t managed to … the score.
In the 2006 World Cup Final Zinedine Zidane committed a … against Marco Materazzi.
Will the Russian national team ever … for the World Cup?
In the 46th minute Arshavin was … a penalty, but shot ….
Finally Ronaldo took the … and … the vital away goal.
Neither team managed to score: first a David Beckham shot was … and then Alessandro del Piero saw his shot hit the ….
Paraphrase the following sentences: 16 points
Change the grammar of the sentence, if necessary
I occasionallyfeel likedriving very fast on a highway. (3)
“Here, I’ll make you comfortable in bed and then you’ll sleep well,” my mother used to tell me when I was a child.
You can’t go unpunished for being late every morning.
My friend thinks about Kate Winslet all the time (1!)collecting all sort of information about this beautiful woman that many people dream about and all those successful films she starred in. (3)
Watching English or American films on DVD with subtitles running is almost as good a way to enlarge your vocabulary as talking to a native speaker.
Special classes are provided for couples in order to help them settle their financial and religious disagreements before getting married. (2)
She went to a law court because she didn’t want to be married to him any longer.
A course of vitamins may be prescribed in order to prevent an attack of a virus.
Every morning I let myself enjoy sipping coffee with cream from my favourite cup watching the news.
Students are allowed to make three attempts to take an exam.
Hundreds of students were left hungry, which was caused directly by closing of the university cafeteria.
