My exam nightmare

Consolidation of grammar

1) Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: past simple, past continuous or past perfect:

I woke up (wake up) on the morning of the maths exam with a horrible feeling in my stomach. I knew that I _______ (not study) enough the night before and that I was going to fail.

When left home it _______ (rain) and there was a lot of traffic. I ________ (arrive) five minutes late and the exam ________ (already / start). I sat down quickly and looked at the questions. I _______(not can) answer any of them! It was the most difficult exam the teacher _______(ever / give) us. I ______(sit) next to one of my friends called Sophie and I could see that she _______ (write) very quickly. She was great at maths. Suddenly I had an idea. I ______ (look) at the teacher, Mr.Everitt.

He _______(stand) by the window and he ________(not look) at us. I wrote a message on a piece of paper and ______ (throw) it to Sophie. It said ‘I need help’. Sophie _______(already / finish) the exam. She copied the answers on a piece of papered quickly passed it to me.

The following day Mr.Everitt ______ (call) us both to his room. We saw that he ________ (hold) my exam paper, and Sophie’s, too. He told us that we ______ (both/ fail) the exam. We _______ (write) exactly the same answers for every question, including several wrong answers.

Exercise 1 Use your dictionary to find out the names of these sports. How do you pronounce them?

1 ______________________	4 __________________
2 _____________________	5 ______________________
3 ___________________________	6 ________________________

Exercise 2 Complete the sentences with a noun from the box:

strength height weight depth width length

1 Sumo wrestlers have tremendous __ strength ___.

2 Smokers usually put on _________ when they give up smoking.

3 The average ________ of a professional basketball player is 2.02 metres.

4 What is the standard ________ and ________of a basketball court?

5 Scientists have calculated the ________ of Loch Ness in Scotland to be 150 metres.

Exercise 3 Use your dictionary and explain the rules of these Kazakh national games:

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