2025. Ready for exams. Use of English. Test 13

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text grammatically. Write the answer in capitals without spaces as in the example. Example: WILLNOTBE It started as a normal Monday morning. My alarm clock woke __________ up early in the morning. I had breakfast, brushed my teeth and ______________ outside to catch the bus. At school I noticed that something was different. I came up to my friend Laura and asked her: “What’s going on? Why __________ everyone so excited?” “Don’t you know?” she said. “All the teachers ___________ (LEAVE) for a conference. Only the headteacher and a few of the school staff are here. The senior students will be teaching us today. They are only two or three years __________ than us. How can they possibly teach us?” However, she was wrong. Our substitute teacher, a student two grades above, was very serious. He said that he ______________ some French poetry to us. It was an unusual, but interesting French class. The poem ___________ on the board, our new teacher read it and then we discussed the poet’s message, choice of words and other poetical things. Probably because the teacher was almost the same age as us, we felt relaxed and spoke freely. He also told us several amusing __________ about the poet and his time. When the class was almost over, our substitute teacher invited us to attend the next session of the school literary society. “I’m the Chairman of the society,” he added, “If you come, we ________ a special welcome party for new members.”

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text grammatically. Write the answer in capitals without spaces as in the example. Example: WILLNOTBE It started as a normal Monday morning. My alarm clock woke __________ up early in the morning. I had breakfast, brushed my teeth and ______________ outside to catch the bus. At school I noticed that something was different. I came up to my friend Laura and asked her: “What’s going on? Why __________ (BE) everyone so excited?” “Don’t you know?” she said. “All the teachers ___________ for a conference. Only the headteacher and a few of the school staff are here. The senior students will be teaching us today. They are only two or three years __________ than us. How can they possibly teach us?” However, she was wrong. Our substitute teacher, a student two grades above, was very serious. He said that he ______________ some French poetry to us. It was an unusual, but interesting French class. The poem ___________ on the board, our new teacher read it and then we discussed the poet’s message, choice of words and other poetical things. Probably because the teacher was almost the same age as us, we felt relaxed and spoke freely. He also told us several amusing __________ about the poet and his time. When the class was almost over, our substitute teacher invited us to attend the next session of the school literary society. “I’m the Chairman of the society,” he added, “If you come, we ________ a special welcome party for new members.”

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text grammatically. Write the answer in capitals without spaces as in the example. Example: WILLNOTBE It started as a normal Monday morning. My alarm clock woke __________ up early in the morning. I had breakfast, brushed my teeth and ______________ outside to catch the bus. At school I noticed that something was different. I came up to my friend Laura and asked her: “What’s going on? Why __________ everyone so excited?” “Don’t you know?” she said. “All the teachers ___________ for a conference. Only the headteacher and a few of the school staff are here. The senior students will be teaching us today. They are only two or three years __________ than us. How can they possibly teach us?” However, she was wrong. Our substitute teacher, a student two grades above, was very serious. He said that he ______________ some French poetry to us. It was an unusual, but interesting French class. The poem ___________ on the board, our new teacher read it and then we discussed the poet’s message, choice of words and other poetical things. Probably because the teacher was almost the same age as us, we felt relaxed and spoke freely. He also told us several amusing __________ (STORY) about the poet and his time. When the class was almost over, our substitute teacher invited us to attend the next session of the school literary society. “I’m the Chairman of the society,” he added, “If you come, we ________ a special welcome party for new members.”

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text grammatically. Write the answer in capitals without spaces as in the example. Example: WILLNOTBE It started as a normal Monday morning. My alarm clock woke __________ up early in the morning. I had breakfast, brushed my teeth and ______________ outside to catch the bus. At school I noticed that something was different. I came up to my friend Laura and asked her: “What’s going on? Why __________ everyone so excited?” “Don’t you know?” she said. “All the teachers ___________ for a conference. Only the headteacher and a few of the school staff are here. The senior students will be teaching us today. They are only two or three years __________ than us. How can they possibly teach us?” However, she was wrong. Our substitute teacher, a student two grades above, was very serious. He said that he ______________ (EXPLAIN) some French poetry to us. It was an unusual, but interesting French class. The poem ___________ on the board, our new teacher read it and then we discussed the poet’s message, choice of words and other poetical things. Probably because the teacher was almost the same age as us, we felt relaxed and spoke freely. He also told us several amusing __________ about the poet and his time. When the class was almost over, our substitute teacher invited us to attend the next session of the school literary society. “I’m the Chairman of the society,” he added, “If you come, we ________ a special welcome party for new members.”

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text grammatically. Write the answer in capitals without spaces as in the example. Example: WILLNOTBE It started as a normal Monday morning. My alarm clock woke __________ up early in the morning. I had breakfast, brushed my teeth and ______________ outside to catch the bus. At school I noticed that something was different. I came up to my friend Laura and asked her: “What’s going on? Why __________ everyone so excited?” “Don’t you know?” she said. “All the teachers ___________ for a conference. Only the headteacher and a few of the school staff are here. The senior students will be teaching us today. They are only two or three years __________ than us. How can they possibly teach us?” However, she was wrong. Our substitute teacher, a student two grades above, was very serious. He said that he ______________ some French poetry to us. It was an unusual, but interesting French class. The poem ___________ on the board, our new teacher read it and then we discussed the poet’s message, choice of words and other poetical things. Probably because the teacher was almost the same age as us, we felt relaxed and spoke freely. He also told us several amusing __________ about the poet and his time. When the class was almost over, our substitute teacher invited us to attend the next session of the school literary society. “I’m the Chairman of the society,” he added, “If you come, we ________ (HAVE) a special welcome party for new members.”

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text grammatically. Write the answer in capitals without spaces as in the example. Example: WILLNOTBE It started as a normal Monday morning. My alarm clock woke __________ up early in the morning. I had breakfast, brushed my teeth and ______________ outside to catch the bus. At school I noticed that something was different. I came up to my friend Laura and asked her: “What’s going on? Why __________ everyone so excited?” “Don’t you know?” she said. “All the teachers ___________ for a conference. Only the headteacher and a few of the school staff are here. The senior students will be teaching us today. They are only two or three years __________ (OLD) than us. How can they possibly teach us?” However, she was wrong. Our substitute teacher, a student two grades above, was very serious. He said that he ______________ some French poetry to us. It was an unusual, but interesting French class. The poem ___________ on the board, our new teacher read it and then we discussed the poet’s message, choice of words and other poetical things. Probably because the teacher was almost the same age as us, we felt relaxed and spoke freely. He also told us several amusing __________ about the poet and his time. When the class was almost over, our substitute teacher invited us to attend the next session of the school literary society. “I’m the Chairman of the society,” he added, “If you come, we ________ a special welcome party for new members.”

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text grammatically. Write the answer in capitals without spaces as in the example. Example: WILLNOTBE It started as a normal Monday morning. My alarm clock woke __________ (I) up early in the morning. I had breakfast, brushed my teeth and ______________ outside to catch the bus. At school I noticed that something was different. I came up to my friend Laura and asked her: “What’s going on? Why __________ everyone so excited?” “Don’t you know?” she said. “All the teachers ___________ for a conference. Only the headteacher and a few of the school staff are here. The senior students will be teaching us today. They are only two or three years __________ than us. How can they possibly teach us?” However, she was wrong. Our substitute teacher, a student two grades above, was very serious. He said that he ______________ some French poetry to us. It was an unusual, but interesting French class. The poem ___________ on the board, our new teacher read it and then we discussed the poet’s message, choice of words and other poetical things. Probably because the teacher was almost the same age as us, we felt relaxed and spoke freely. He also told us several amusing __________ about the poet and his time. When the class was almost over, our substitute teacher invited us to attend the next session of the school literary society. “I’m the Chairman of the society,” he added, “If you come, we ________ a special welcome party for new members.”

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text grammatically. Write the answer in capitals without spaces as in the example. Example: WILLNOTBE It started as a normal Monday morning. My alarm clock woke __________ up early in the morning. I had breakfast, brushed my teeth and ______________ outside to catch the bus. At school I noticed that something was different. I came up to my friend Laura and asked her: “What’s going on? Why __________ everyone so excited?” “Don’t you know?” she said. “All the teachers ___________ for a conference. Only the headteacher and a few of the school staff are here. The senior students will be teaching us today. They are only two or three years __________ than us. How can they possibly teach us?” However, she was wrong. Our substitute teacher, a student two grades above, was very serious. He said that he ______________ some French poetry to us. It was an unusual, but interesting French class. The poem ___________ (WRITE) on the board, our new teacher read it and then we discussed the poet’s message, choice of words and other poetical things. Probably because the teacher was almost the same age as us, we felt relaxed and spoke freely. He also told us several amusing __________ about the poet and his time. When the class was almost over, our substitute teacher invited us to attend the next session of the school literary society. “I’m the Chairman of the society,” he added, “If you come, we ________ a special welcome party for new members.”

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text grammatically. Write the answer in capitals without spaces as in the example. Example: WILLNOTBE It started as a normal Monday morning. My alarm clock woke __________ up early in the morning. I had breakfast, brushed my teeth and ______________ (RUN) outside to catch the bus. At school I noticed that something was different. I came up to my friend Laura and asked her: “What’s going on? Why __________ everyone so excited?” “Don’t you know?” she said. “All the teachers ___________ for a conference. Only the headteacher and a few of the school staff are here. The senior students will be teaching us today. They are only two or three years __________ than us. How can they possibly teach us?” However, she was wrong. Our substitute teacher, a student two grades above, was very serious. He said that he ______________ some French poetry to us. It was an unusual, but interesting French class. The poem ___________ on the board, our new teacher read it and then we discussed the poet’s message, choice of words and other poetical things. Probably because the teacher was almost the same age as us, we felt relaxed and spoke freely. He also told us several amusing __________ about the poet and his time. When the class was almost over, our substitute teacher invited us to attend the next session of the school literary society. “I’m the Chairman of the society,” he added, “If you come, we ________ a special welcome party for new members.”

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text lexically and grammatically. Write the answer in capitals. 'Surfers Against Sewage' (SAS) was founded in 1990 by water sports enthusiasts in the UK. They are an environmental _____________ that tries to protect the UK’s oceans and beaches. They say that it may be really _____________ to swim in the seas, and even sunbathe on the beaches because of the pollution. When SAS appeared, it informed people about the problem in quite an _______________ (USUAL) way. They went to public events with their surfboards and handed out leaflets. They ______________ attracted the attention of the media and people of Britain. They even managed to put pressure on the ______________ to forbid dumping waste in the sea, rivers and lakes. The campaign was indeed _____________. Officials agreed to spend 8.5 billion pounds on cleaning up Britain’s seas and rivers.

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text lexically and grammatically. Write the answer in capitals. 'Surfers Against Sewage' (SAS) was founded in 1990 by water sports enthusiasts in the UK. They are an environmental _____________ that tries to protect the UK’s oceans and beaches. They say that it may be really _____________ to swim in the seas, and even sunbathe on the beaches because of the pollution. When SAS appeared, it informed people about the problem in quite an _______________ way. They went to public events with their surfboards and handed out leaflets. They ______________ (QUICK) attracted the attention of the media and people of Britain. They even managed to put pressure on the ______________ to forbid dumping waste in the sea, rivers and lakes. The campaign was indeed _____________. Officials agreed to spend 8.5 billion pounds on cleaning up Britain’s seas and rivers.

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text lexically and grammatically. Write the answer in capitals. 'Surfers Against Sewage' (SAS) was founded in 1990 by water sports enthusiasts in the UK. They are an environmental _____________ that tries to protect the UK’s oceans and beaches. They say that it may be really _____________ to swim in the seas, and even sunbathe on the beaches because of the pollution. When SAS appeared, it informed people about the problem in quite an _______________ way. They went to public events with their surfboards and handed out leaflets. They ______________ attracted the attention of the media and people of Britain. They even managed to put pressure on the ______________ (GOVERN) to forbid dumping waste in the sea, rivers and lakes. The campaign was indeed _____________. Officials agreed to spend 8.5 billion pounds on cleaning up Britain’s seas and rivers.

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text lexically and grammatically. Write the answer in capitals. 'Surfers Against Sewage' (SAS) was founded in 1990 by water sports enthusiasts in the UK. They are an environmental _____________ that tries to protect the UK’s oceans and beaches. They say that it may be really _____________ (RISK) to swim in the seas, and even sunbathe on the beaches because of the pollution. When SAS appeared, it informed people about the problem in quite an _______________ way. They went to public events with their surfboards and handed out leaflets. They ______________ attracted the attention of the media and people of Britain. They even managed to put pressure on the ______________ to forbid dumping waste in the sea, rivers and lakes. The campaign was indeed _____________. Officials agreed to spend 8.5 billion pounds on cleaning up Britain’s seas and rivers.

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text lexically and grammatically. Write the answer in capitals. 'Surfers Against Sewage' (SAS) was founded in 1990 by water sports enthusiasts in the UK. They are an environmental _____________ (ORGANISE) that tries to protect the UK’s oceans and beaches. They say that it may be really _____________ to swim in the seas, and even sunbathe on the beaches because of the pollution. When SAS appeared, it informed people about the problem in quite an _______________ way. They went to public events with their surfboards and handed out leaflets. They ______________ attracted the attention of the media and people of Britain. They even managed to put pressure on the ______________ to forbid dumping waste in the sea, rivers and lakes. The campaign was indeed _____________. Officials agreed to spend 8.5 billion pounds on cleaning up Britain’s seas and rivers.

Transform the word in brackets so that it fits the text lexically and grammatically. Write the answer in capitals. 'Surfers Against Sewage' (SAS) was founded in 1990 by water sports enthusiasts in the UK. They are an environmental _____________ that tries to protect the UK’s oceans and beaches. They say that it may be really _____________ to swim in the seas, and even sunbathe on the beaches because of the pollution. When SAS appeared, it informed people about the problem in quite an _______________ way. They went to public events with their surfboards and handed out leaflets. They ______________ attracted the attention of the media and people of Britain. They even managed to put pressure on the ______________ to forbid dumping waste in the sea, rivers and lakes. The campaign was indeed _____________ (SUCCESS). Officials agreed to spend 8.5 billion pounds on cleaning up Britain’s seas and rivers.