Fill in the blanks with the verb to be: 1. the shorts … too tight for me! 2. the stairs … worn by thousands of visitors. 3. my earnings (not) … high, but at least they … regular. 4. where … the scissors? 5. all their belongings … in those boxes. 6. your scales … broken! i can’t weigh so much! 7. your trousers … too expensive. 8. look! your clothes … dirty again! 9. the trouser leg … torn. 10. there … a new pair of gloves for you on your desk. 11. new goods … being loaded at this time. 12. your glasses … in your pocket! 13. where … my trousers, mum? 14. i need my glasses. where … they? 15. can i use your scissors? mine … not sharp enough.

1. The shorts …are too tight for me! 2. The stairs are… worn by thousands of visitors. 3. My earnings (are not) … high, but at least they are… regular. 4. Where are… the scissors? 5. All their belongings are… in those boxes. 6. Your scales are… broken! I can’t weigh so much! 7. Your trousers are… too expensive. 8. Look! Your clothes are… dirty again! 9. The trouser leg is… torn. 10. There is… a new pair of gloves for you on your desk. 11. New goods are… being loaded at this time. 12. Your glasses are… in your pocket! 13. Where are… my trousers, Mum? 14. I need my glasses. Where are… they? 15. Can I use your scissors? Mine are… not sharp enough.

Chewing gum is usually associated with some thoughtless automatic process. Television has recently become like a chewing gum too.  For many years it has been considered the main source of information.  But in recent years it has turned out in some endless entertainment full of silly commercials and stupid soap operas.  Very often people can’t tell one film from another, or one TV show from another because they are so much alike.  For some people watching TV turned into the constant switching of the channels.  They fail to find what they like so they prefer to watch a little bit of everything which leads to total absence of any integral or useful information.  It is very hard to get a full picture of a film when every five minutes it is interrupted by commercials.  Permanent blinking of bright colours and a rapid change of images make people lose the sense of  what is shown.  In the end they just passively watch the programmes as if they were chewing a gum.  And when a programme becomes too boring, they just switch to another channel.  And the next day people just take a new fresh chewing gum and chew it till it becomes tasteless and then they spit it out ruthlessly. Don’t you think watching TV is the same?   

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1. He was forced to admit that many years have passed since then, as he took leave.
2.
They adored this child. He was their solace from the moment I was born.3.
Her thoughts were still about his mother. She hasn't seen her since then, Irina has gone to London.
She not only gave her and her brother the love and support, but always inspired them to achieve all desires. She was always their mother and father.4.
She complained that as she knew her husband, he was always a workaholic.5.
Oksana knew the poem by heart, as the mother taught her many years ago. And all this time it was in her memory (tostayinthemind).
6.
He announced that he was in love with her since he first saw her.7.

It was clear that my mother did not have a minute of rest, since we got two puppies and a cat.
8.
She was very sorry she for many years was not in the town where she was born.9.
His English was perfectly (flawless). He was raised and educated in England ever since his family moved there.
10.
He looked like a man who just received a million dollars.