Part A (Narrative tense)/10
The sentences on this page make a complete story so read all of them before you start choosing the correct verb forms.
- This happened about ten years ago. I _____________ with a college friend, Sarah, in the country.
- was staying b) stayed c) had stayed d) have been staying
- They _____________ a very large old country house a few miles from Cambridge
- recently bought b) have recently bought c) had recently bought d) had been buying
- and she ____________ me down to see it.
- had invited b) invited c) had been inviting d) was inviting
- Anyway, it was a dark, winter afternoon and we ______________ in the sitting room.
- have been chatting b) were chatting c) chatted d) had chatted
- Sarah’s mum _____________ a little while earlier, so we were alone in the house.
- went shopping b) had been shopping c) had gone shopping d) had been going shopping
- Then, to our surprise we ______________ someone walking around in the room above.
- have heard b) had heard c) heard d) had been hearing
- But Sarah said, “Oh I expect Mum _______________ something – she always does.”
- has forgotten b) had forgotten c) forgot d) was forgetting
- So we took no notice and __________________ talking.
- had carried on b) were carrying on c) have been carrying on d) carried on
- Imagine our surprise when five minutes later, we __________ Sarah’s mum’s car driving up to the house!
- had seen b) saw c) had been seeing d) seen
- So who... or what ….. _________________ around upstairs?
- had walked b) walked c) had been walking d) was walking
Ghost Ship
Japanese authorities 1. try / are trying to identify eight people whose badly decomposed remains 2. found / were found on a wooden boat that 3. washed up / were washing up on a beach.
The discovery 4. took / had taken place in the northern Akita prefecture.
It 5. comes / is coming days after a group of men claiming to be North Korean fishermen 6. washed / were washing onshore in the same area.
Crew-less boats or vessels with bodies on board, 7. known / had known as "ghost ships" and thought to be North Korean fishing boats, regularly wash up in Japan.
They 8. have / had usually been found on the western coast, which 9. faces / is facing North Korea.
In the latest incident, Japanese broadcaster NHK said the boat, 10. measuring / measured about 7m (23ft) long, 11. found / was found on a beach near Oga city on Sunday. The vessel 12. missed / was missing a rotor blade and navigational devices.
On Monday officials 13. found / were found the remains of eight people, some reduced to bones, while 14. inspecting / inspected the boat.
Kyodo news agency 15. reported / was reported that the coast guard suspected the boat and its occupants had come from North Korea.
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Multiple choice questions for the listening on the term “Orwellian”
Political prisoners are ____________ and tortured in the Ministry of Love.
A) depicts
B) detained
C) inundated
The population is _____________ with a constant barrage of propaganda
A) inundated
B) thrown around
C) detained
chances are you've heard the term Orwellian ________________ in one context or another
A) thrown around
B) step out of line
C) pen name
Questions for The Dunning Kruger effect
Match
A) incendiary
B) budget hike
C) cognitive bias
D) be blessed with
1.be lucky to have something
2. increased expenditure
3. Systematic error in thinking
4. causing to excite or inflame
Multiple choice
to declare untrue
A) repeat
B) deny
C) distort
The use of technology to ease human labor
A) automation
B) disbelief
C) incarceration
uplifted
A) to spot
B) futile
C) distorted
D) bouyed
True/False
doubt about the truth of something → disbelief
T / F
again and again → incendiary
T / F
useless → futile
T / F
imprisonment → incarceration
T/ F
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