
Many people (8)_ do this type of surfing today.Īfter a while people started to use boards and rode the waves by lying, kneeling or standing (9)_ them.



These first surfers did not (7)_ a board. Men swam (6)_ to sea to catch fish and found they could come back to land very quickly by riding the waves. It started hundreds (5)_ years ago in Hawaii. However, by practising a few times you will learn (4)_ to do it. Don’t (2)_ to be able to surf properly the (3)_ time you try. Surfing is a skill, and it needs learning. These large waves are known as surf and the people who ride them are called surfers. Many beaches have waves (1)_ are very high. On hot summer days, you can see thousands of people at the beach. Fill ONE suitable word into each of numbered bla n ks in the passage.Īustralia is a big country, but nearly all Australians live near the sea. (C) Moreover, it's (D) i n accurate.ģ/ I'm not (A) astonish she (B) shouted at us! (C) How would we like (D) to be pushed into a wall?Ĥ/ Nguyen is (A) everything we'd ever (B) want (C) in a man - brilliant, (D) fun and attractive.ĥ/ They just hope (A) that the money (B) goes to those (C) who are mainly in (D) needs.Ħ/ A doctor (A) with profession, this is his first (B) pleasure trip (C) into writing (D) for the theatre.ħ/ She (A) views her life (B) like a spiritual (C) voyage towards a superior (D) understanding of her confidence.Ĩ/ Trung was a (A) youthful sailor (B) on his first (C) sea (D) excursion.ĩ/ The (A) journey guide (B) pointed out the message (C) that runs round (D) the inside of the sports ground.ġ0/ (A) Supersonic airplanes can (B) go (C) more fast than (D) the speed of sound. Identify the errors in the following sentences and correct them.ġ/ We won't mind your (A) being late – (B) beside, it's (C) hardly your (D) mistake.Ģ/ (A) The whole report is (B) badly typed. RELY)_ ways of safeguarding your property. SENSE) _ thing to do is to go along to your local police station, where they will be more than willing to make (9. ADVISORY) _ is to make sure that your (7. What can we do to protect ourselves? The most important piece of (6. VALUE) _ have disappeared, because a window had (5. PAIN) _ experiences a home (3.OWN) _ can have is to arrive home and find that his or her (4. Crimes like burglary and (1.THIEF)_ are definitely on the increase. People are becoming more security conscious these days. Complete the passage below using the correct forms of the words in brackets. Did you use to do a _ when you were at the university.ġ5. He _ to have a very big fortune and a beautiful wife.ġ4. We can tell you that we often have a friendly _ in our class.ġ2.

Either Peter and his brothers _ the keys to the car.ġ1. If you want to attend the course, you must pass the. There is a fault at our television station. They received _ advice from their parents that they became successful.Ĩ. They took pride _ being the best players of the school.Ħ. The new manager explained to the staff that she hoped to _ new procedures to save time and money.Ĥ. If you work for us, you’ll get somewhere to live _ free.ģ. _ from John, all the students said they would go.Ģ. Choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the blank spaces.ġ. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the othersġ. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the othersġ.
