Relationships. Tenses

Choose the correct option. This time next Monday John ___ his brand-new car.

Choose the correct option. William ___ the news when I called to tell him.

Choose the correct option. I'm sure Harry will forgive you when he ___ your side of the story.

Choose the correct option. I ___ my grandparents this week, so I'll visit them next week.

Choose the correct option. Linda ___ to find a present for her mum for over an hour before she finally saw something nice to buy her.

Choose the correct option. Helen was exhausted because she ___ for two hours.

Choose the correct option. By the time we arrive at the theatre, the play ___ .

Choose the correct option. While Emma ___ her homework, her brother ___ music loudly, and she couldn’t concentrate.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Write the full form. My sister Tonia performed really well yesterday. She ___ (practise) for months before the recital.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Write the full form. By the time my parents got to the theatre, the play ___ (start).

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Write the full form. I ___ (think) about joining the gym.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Write the full form. The basketball game ___ (start) at 7.00 p.m.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Write the full form. This jacket ___ (belong) to my cousin Cathie. She wears it every day.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Write the full form. Dad! Mind the low ceiling! You ___ (hit) your head!

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Write the full form. My sister Nia ___ (clean) her bedroom right now.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Write the full form. While I ___ (prepare) dinner, the phone rang.

Choose the correct option. The condition of the British family is a frequent topic throughout Britain today. A typical British familyconsist of a mother, father and two children. But in recent years, theremany changes in family life. Some of them have been caused by new laws, others are the result of social changes. For instance, as the law made it easier to get a divorce, the number of divorces. In fact, one marriage in every three ends in divorce, whichrise to a lot of one-parent fami­lies. Society is now more tolerant of unmarried people, unmarried cou­ples and single parents than it used to be some years ago. The majority of divorced people marry again and sometimesresponsibility for a second family.

Choose the correct option. Close relatives and members of family groups — grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins — keep in touch, but they see less of each other than they. This is because people often move away from their home town to work, and so the family becomes scattered. The traditional season for the family reunion is Christmas when relativesmany miles to spend it together. In general, each generation is eager to become independent of par­ents in establishing its family unit, and this fact can bring about so­cial as well as geographical differences within the larger family group. There are about 10 million old-age pensioners in Britain, of whom about 8% cannot live entirely independently. The governmentfi­nancial help in the form of a pension, but itmore and more difficult for the normal economy to support the increasing number of elderly people. Nowadays, more than half of all old people are looked after at home. Many othersin Old People’s Homes, which may be pri­vate or state-owned.