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Ergänzen Sie das korrekte „question tag“.

1He’d have loved to have joined us, ___________

2Someone’s been using my computer, ___________

3You believe he’s still alive, ___________

4They’d better get a move on, ___________

5So you think your team will stay in the national league, ___________

6Let’s do something special for Christmas, ___________

Setzen Sie die Verben in die richtige Zeitform.

7Joyce’s boyfriend will never change his ways. If I were her, I’d try ___________

(forget) him.

8Would you mind not ___________ (use) my bath towel?

9After an hour’s walking Peter stopped ___________ (smoke) and I poured us some tea.

10I distinctly remember ___________ down her telephone number.

11One day you’ll regret ___________ (give up) Latin.

12Let’s take a taxi. I can’t stand ___________ (wait) any longer.

Some time ago I ___________ (decide)(13) to spend my summer vacation in Greece. In fact I ___________ (leave)(14) tomorrow morning. I ___________ (fly)(15) because my time ___________ (be)(16) limited. The plane ___________ (take off)(17) at ten o’clock unless, of course, it ___________ (delay)(18) by bad weather. Originally, my cousin

___________ (want)(19) to come along too, but she found out yesterday that she

___________ (not be able)(20) to. At the very last minute her boss ___________

(decide)(21) that she ___________ (stay)(22) here and ___________ (work)(23), although he ___________ (give)(24) her permission to go. It ___________ (be)(25) a pity, because although she ___________ (see)(26) a good deal of Europe already, she

___________ (not visit)(27) Greece yet.

Indirect speech – Setzen Sie die Verbformen in indirekte Rede.

“People are destroying large areas of forest every day. In fact, somebody has bought the land right next to us and will be building on it in no time, unless we do something now. Of

course, this trend is nothing new. We all know that massive deforestation started long ago, but it has reached a critical level.“

Several months ago Mr. XY lamented the fact that large areas of forest ___________

(28) every day. In fact somebody ___________ (29) the land right next to them and

___________ (30) on it in no time, unless they ___________ (31) something

___________ (32). He went on to explain that the trend was nothing new. It was common knowledge that massive deforestation ___________ (33) long ago. The trouble was that it ___________ (34) a critical level.

Complementation with introductory verbs: Report the following direct speech 35 – 39

35„You shouldn’t have borrowed my bike without asking.“ She told me off ___________ her bike without asking.

36„You’ve broken my video recorder!“

She accused me ___________ her video recorder.

37„Have you thought of taking up yoga?“ She urged me ___________ yoga.

38„True, I haven’t always told the whole truth.“

She admitted not always ___________ the whole truth.

39„You really should see a doctor, you know.“ She suggested that ___________ a doctor.

Complete the following text

When my grandmother was at school, she had to learn everything ____ (40) heart, and even years later she could recite countless poems ____ (41) memory. She was discouraged ____

(42) thinking ____ (43) herself, and concentrated simply ____ (44) learning facts. The teachers were very strict ____ (45) pupils in those days. My grandfather confided ____ (46) me that he was expelled ____ (47) school ____ (48) playing truant just once.

Adverb/adjective

Jane moved __________ (close)(49) to me to examine the creature which lay __________

(motionless)(50) in my hands. When she saw what it was her eyes opened __________

(wide)(51) and for a moment I thought she was going to cry. Her reaction, however, came totally __________ (unpredictable)(52), for she began to laugh __________ (loud)(53), which was __________ (most)(54) unnerving. After all, I have a __________ (high) (55)respected position. But she seemed __________ (hard)(56) aware of my status. To be

__________ (honest)(57), it was as if she didn’t take me __________ (serious)(58) at all.

Vervollständigen Sie folgende Sätze mit dem fehlend Wort / Ausdruck. Achten Sie auf die vorgegebene Interpunktion.

This dissertation __________ (59) never interested me in the first place now bores me to tears. Professor Thornton __________ (60) was meant to supervise it has changed universities and I’ve been left alone with a task __________ (61) doesn’t interest anyone else in our department. What’s the point of it all? For __________ (62) am I writing this stuff? In __________ (63) interest is the whole project? I’m fed up with the whole thing.

Vervollständigen Sie den Text

Political correctness has made and continues to make ____ (64) significant impact on our language as we are all encouraged, for ____ (65) common good, to make ____ (66) increasing use of euphemistic paraphrase. We should turn ____ (67) backs on expressions like ‘the poor’ and embrace ‘the economically disadvantaged’. ‘The chronically hard of hearing’ is suggested as ____ (68) substitute for ‚the deaf’. This is all very well and not asking ____ (69) world of us. It is rather when the trend is taking to the extreme and ‚the bald’ find themselves referred to as ‚the follically challenged’. Out with the old and in with the new may have ____ (70) virtue as ____ (71) saying, but so does ‚Let sleeping ____ (72) dogs lie’.