Unit 11

Add the missing word to complete the sentences.

1. It is easier to make friends ________ people who share our interests.
2. Trust is fundamental in any relationship. Never cheat ________ your friends.
3. Mary and Sam are good colleagues. They get ________ well with each other.
4. Frank and Julie have been going out together for some time but they have had a ________. They are certainly going to split ________.
5. When I realized that my ________ friend was talking badly about me, I was deeply disappointed.
6. They are not going to the same evening classes anymore. They have changed their ________.

Read the presentation then say whether the following statements apply always (A) or never (N).

I am a very insecure person and I never know when I can trust people. Maybe it is simply because I don't always trust myself. Especially when feelings are concerned. I tend to make friends easily, but as easily as that I then try not to get too much involved with people. This is why I don't have good friends, and I have never had a very close one, the best friend who you can tell all your secrets. Sure, I would like to have one but when the occasion presents I am scared of taking it.  I have never spent hours and hours talking to another girl, for example. And I end up with having lots of superficial friends. I have had ups and downs as anybody else, and superficial friends are never there to help you in the bad moments of your life. That is understandable. Have I ever been a reliable friend for any of them? I would like to, but I just lack confidence. However, things are going to change, I am sure. If one has the patience of scratching under the surface, one realizes that I am in need of good close friends as any girl of my age. I have met a boy, he is absolutely fantastic: caring and all. We have started going out for a pizza and a film. Nothing serious, but I think I like him and this time I can trust my feelings. I don't know about him but he has asked me out several times and this is a good start, isn't it?

1. The girl doesn't trust people. ________
2. She has made friends easily.  ________
3. She has had many close friends. ________
4. She says she has had lots of superficial friends. ________
5. She has been a reliable friend for them. ________
6. She has wanted to have a best friend. ________
7. She has been self-confident. ________

Now re-write the sentences 1-7 including the adverb always or never.

1.________
2. ________
3.________
4. ________
5. ________
6. ________
7.________

Turn the sentences into the negative form making any necessary changes.

1. She has been to visit her parents twice this month.
________
2. They have done lots of interesting things together.
________
3. Martin has always had good manners.
________
4. I have always got on very well with my classmates.
________
5. His mum has let him make his own mistakes.
________
6. Chloe has cheated on her boyfriend more than once.
________
7. The two friends have changed their minds about next summer's holiday.
________

Write the appropriate question for each answer.

1.________
I have never been to the USA.
2.________
They have never attended evening classes.
3.________
My mum and I have never had a row.
4.________
Sheila has never thought about joining a sports club.
5.________
Martin and Sue have never got on well together.
6.________
Miss Jordan has never liked working on a computer.
7.________
Pauline has never had a very close friend in her life.

Put the following activities in chronological order.

study – be born – graduate – marry – go to school – grow up – start work – have a baby – retire – go to university

1. ________
2.________
3.________
4.________
5. ________
6. ________
7. ________
8. ________
9. ________

Now use them to complete the following biography.

Simon ________ in Newcastle in 1970. He ________ in Manchester where his family moved in 1973. He ________ there but then moved to Cambridge where he ________. He ________ in history in 1992 and ________ almost immediately after. He ________ a couple of years later and ________ when he was 30. He has been working for different organizations for almost 35 years now and he ________ soon.

You will hear brief descriptions of the lives of three celebrities. Guess which of the six people in the list the speaker is talking about.

Pope Francis I –  John Lennon – Lady Gaga – Barack Obama – Leonardo DiCaprio – Zac Efron  

1.________
2.________
3. ________

Complete with the present perfect form of the verb in brackets, adding ever, never or always.

Joan (have) ________ the experience of being famous, but she may be one day. She (want) ________ to enter a musical contest and now she (do) ________ it, thanks to her boyfriend who signed her up for the regional musical contest and now that he (do)   ________ it she is quite happy. As you can imagine, she (practise) ________ very hard and now feels ready. (try/you) ________ to imagine what it means to sing solo in front of a jury of experts? But the road to success (be) ________ easy!

Complete the sentences with the missing verbs in the correct form of the past simple or past perfect.

1. Johnny and Tim ________ a row last year and since then they (not) ________ on well with each other.
2. When I was living on the university campus I ________ lots of friends, but since then I ________ many ups and downs and it has been more difficult to trust people.
3. I ________ born in Scotland but ________ up in England and I have lived in England ever since.
4.Tony ________ from university in 1980 and ________ work on the same day as his graduation. He ________ for the same company for almost 35 years now and he is going to retire soon.

Drag and drop the words in the correct blank to complete the profile.

My name is Lizzie and I was ________ in Liverpool, just like Paul McCartney, but many years later. I am very fond ________ the Beatles and in my city there ________ always been people who have come to see the hometown of this great group. In 1998 I ________ my career as a musician in search of ________. I was determined to be in the ________ one day. My friends and I ________ a band and we ________ around playing the Beatles' hits as well as our own songs. At the time I ________ we were fantastic and I have never changed ________. Very sadly, our drummer ________ a very serious accident and couldn't play for a while. It was then that we started ________ and eventually ________ up. That was the end of my dream.

Choose the correct option.

When you read the history of an artist's life, in other words their biography, you are often astonished by how normal their life ________. Because they are famous we think they ________ a very special childhood. But this is not ________ true. Most of them ________ in a traditional family, went to school, had friends, went to university or to drama school, ________, and so on, just like most young people. ________ certainly depends on many factors. Sometimes it is a matter of chance. Being in the right place at the right time. I ________ many gifted artists in my life and most of them have ________ become known. Probably they ________ the right person who could introduce them to an agent and so give them the opportunity they deserve. Or maybe they just didn't ________ themselves enough.