Fotos 13-10-2026

ACTIVITY 1

Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form.

Reporter Philip Taggart visits a farm where the sheep are super fit!

Farmers, as you may (1)

(KNOW), (2)

(HAVE) a hard time of it in Britain lately, and (3)

(TURN) to new ways of earning income from their land. This (4)

(INVOLVE) not only planting new kinds of crops, but also some strange ways of making money, the most unusual of which has got to be sheep racing. Yes, you (5)

(HEAR) me correctly! A farmer in the west of England now (6)

(HOLD) sheep races on a regular basis, and during the past year over 100,000 people (7)

(TURN UP) to watch the proceedings. 'I (8)

(PASS) the farm on my way to the sea for a holiday,' one punter told me, 'and I (9)

(THINK) I'd have a look. I (10)

(NOT/BELIEVE) it was serious, to tell you the truth.' According to a regular visitor, betting on sheep is more interesting than betting on horses. 'At proper horse races everyone (11)

(ALREADY/STUDY) the form of the horses in advance, and there are clear favourites. But nobody (12)

(HEAR) anything about these sheep! Most people (13)

(FIND) it difficult to tell one from another in any case.' I (14)

(STAY) to watch the races, and I must admit that I (15)

(FIND) it quite exciting. In a typical race, half a dozen sheep (16)

(RACE) downhill over a course of about half a mile. Food (17)

(WAIT) for them at the other end of the track, I ought to add! The sheep (18)

(RUN) surprisingly fast, although presumably they (19)

(NOT/EAT) for a while just to give them some motivation. At any rate, the crowd around me (20)

(OBVIOUSLY/ENJOY) their day out at the races, judging by their happy faces and the sense of excitement.

ACTIVITY 2

Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form.

Ask hundreds of people what they (1)

(PLAN) to do on a certain day in August next year, or the year after, and there (2)

(BE) only one reply. Provided of course that the people you (3)

(ASK) (4)

(BELONG) to the Elvis Presley Fan Club. Although the King of Rock and Roll (5)

(DIE) nearly two decades ago, his fans (6)

(MEET) every year since then outside his home in Memphis, Tennessee, to show respect for the singer they (7)

(LOVE) so much. Fans like Jean Thomas, from Catford in South East London. Jean (8)

(VISIT) Graceland, the house where Elvis (9)

(SUFFER) his fatal heart attack, twice in the past five years. 'The first time I (10)

(BORROW) the money from my Mum, as I (11)

(NOT/WORK) then. But two years ago I (12)

(GET) married and since then I (13)

(WORK) in my husband Chris's garage. Chris and I (14)

(GO) together last year, and we (15)

(THINK) of spending two or three months in the USA next year. I (16)

(ALWAYS/WANT) to visit some of the places where Elvis (17)

(PERFORM). Like Las Vegas for example.' Jean says that Elvis (18)

(BE) her obsession ever since she (19)

(BE) ten years old, and she (20)

(OWN) every single one of his records, good and bad.

ACTIVITY 3

Decide whether each underlined phrase is correct (C) or not (I). If it's incorrect, rewrite the phrase.

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Activity 4

Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form.

1. This is my new car. What

(YOU/THINK) of it?

2. A: Who are you?

B: What do you mean? I

(LIVE) here.

3. I can't find the car keys. What

(YOU/DO) with them?

4. Sorry I haven't fixed the plug. I

(MEAN) to get round to it, but I just haven't found the time.

5. What

(YOU/DO) on Saturdays?

6. I don't know what time we'll eat. It

(DEPENDS) when Helen gets here.

7. I supported you at the time because I

(FEEL) that you were right.

8. Peter couldn't understand what had been decided because too many people

(TALK) at once.

9. Jean, I'm so glad you've got here at last. I

(EXPECT) you all day.

Activity 5

Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form.

1. Sam

(NOT/RECEIVE) the parcel the last time I

(SPEAK) to him.

2. I

(CONSIDER) buying a house but now I

(CHANGE) my mind.

3. When you

(FEEL) hungry, room service

(BRING) you whatever you want.

4. I

(FIND) it difficult to convince the ticket inspector that I

(LOSE) my ticket, but he believed me in the end.

5. Ever since I

(BE) a young child, I

(DIE) to meet you.

6. As soon as I

(HAVE) a look at the designs, I

(SEND) them to you. You'll get them by Friday.

7. Whatever

(HAPPEN), I

(MEET) you here in a week's time.

8. By the time you

(FINISH) getting ready, we

(MISS) the train!

9. Sally! I

(NOT/EXPECT) to see you here! What

(YOU/DO) in New York?