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I play the violin in the college orchestra. Last month we _________________ part in a music festival in France. (TAKE)
TOOK
I worried a lot before we left for France as I had never been away from home for so long. Mum tried to encourage __________. ( I )
ME
She said that we __________ well. (PERFORM)
WOULD PERFORM
And she was right. We performed very successfully. It was a great journey though there __________________ some things I missed very much while being in France. (BE)
WERE
One of them was my favourite mug. Without it, neither tea nor soup tasted like at home. Another thing was the warmth. The floor in my room at home __________ with a thick carpet. (COVER)
WAS COVERED
In our place in France the floor was icy cold with no carpet at all. My __________ were always cold. (FOOT)
FEET
“If it goes on like this, I __________ a cold,” I told my roommate, Cathy. (CATCH)
WILL CATCH
“I wish I __________ a pair of woolen socks. But I left them at home.” (HAVE)
HAD
“You can take mine if you want,” said Cathy. I thanked her but her socks were two sizes __________ than I needed! (SMALL)
SMALLER
It’s obvious that language skills are essential for everyone today. Foreign languages are very __________________ not only for travelling, but also for studying and building a career. (USE)
USEFUL
There are lots of __________ ways to learn a new language. (DIFFER)
DIFFERENT
However, everyone agrees that learning languages is __________ without dictionaries. (POSSIBLE)
IMPOSSIBLE
The main job of any dictionary is to explain what words mean. This can be done via __________ or the unknown word can be explained in other words. (TRANSLATE)
TRANSLATION
It’s also good if the dictionary contains some examples of how the word is used – it helps to understand the __________ much better. (MEAN)
MEANING
If you are a busy __________________, you probably prefer online dictionaries to paper ones. Online dictionaries are very convenient to use if you have Internet access. (LEARN)
LEARNER
