1. write the correct present simple form of the verb in brackets. 0. jane reads (read) ‘the guardian newspaper, but i read (read) ‘the independent’. 1. fred (cycle) to work, but his wife (go) by car. 2. mark (say) he (do) a lot of fishing, but he never (catch) anything. 3. jeff (buy) his food in small shops, but jane (do) all her shopping at the supermarket. 4. diana (like) physics, chemistry and biology; she always (get) good marks in her science exams. 5. susan (live) in leeds, but she (work) in bradford. 6. i (leave) work at 6 o’clock, but john (finish) work at 5 o’clock. 7. mary (ride) her bike to school and her father (carry) her books. 8. for breakfast, ann (eat) cereal with milk and then she ) some toast.

1)cycles / goes
2)says / does  /catches
3)buys  /does
4)likes  /gets
5)lives  /works
6)leave  /finishes
7)rides  /carries
8)eats  /has.

6. Tony’s c. shy. He doesn’t feel comfortable with people.

7. A more awful a. flood happened in China in 1998. It was caused by heavy rainfall.  

8. I am very good a. at English.

9. John works Monday to Friday, 9 to 5. It’s a c. full-time  job.

10. Dave is b. overweight. He must go on a diet.

11. a. Earthquake is a shaking of the ground

12. Big factories are responsible for water b. pollution.

13. Computers had a huge a. impact on the 20th century.

14. The b. opposing team scored three goals in 30 minutes and won the match.

15. If you train hard, you b. get on the team.

16. You should play b. more carefully than yesterday.

17. He swims a. faster than the Canadian sportsman.

18. If I were you, I would watch my favourite team play all over the world.

19. If I had time, I b. would play a game of football.

20. “a. Shall we dance, Mr Clark?” asked Polina.

21.You c. needn’t  do all your home work today, you can finish it tomorrow.

22. b. The Volga is the longest river in Europe

23. - Canada is in - North America

1 Some people didn't use/used to think unicorns existed.
2 Many people used to believe Marco Polo's book was fact not fiction
3 Transport used to be much slower three hundred years ago.
4 They didn't use to wear jeans in the thirteenth century.
5 People didn't use to have mobile phones
6 People used to travel by train and ship before the invention of the aeroplane.
7 A long time ago people used to believe that the sun went around the earth.
8 In Britain in 1600 most children from poor famiels didn't use to go to school
9 People didn't use to drive cars in 1750
10 Before DVDs people used to watch/use VHS videos.