Gold B1 Unit 4

IN SPITE OF / DESPITE . . . having a tear, the comic sold for over $175,000.

I think it’s important to provide ................................spaces to exercise in.

Complete the sentence using "used to": There ..............(never / be) as many cars on the roads.

This city has a very ................................climate at this time of year.

This bag has been on the floor for / since yesterday.

I've been waiting For / Since ages!

However / Although . . . The house was in a nice area, the building was a mess!

It ..............(become) the capital of the United States in 1789. That ..............(last) just one year, though.

Gennaro Lombardi ..............(move) to this city in 1895 and ..............(open) the first pizza restaurant.

Complete the sentence using "used to": I ..............(not / miss) my school days as much as I do now.

IN SPITE OF / HOWEVER . . . , for David Gonzalez, those papers were a lucky find.

The walls hadn’t been painted for years and the windows were ALSO / AS WELL AS in urgent need of repair.

I've been here for / since three years.

I haven't seen John for / since 2015.

They are building more ................................grounds for kids in wheelchairs in my town.

There aren’t enough ................................facilities in this town

When people first ..............(start) to live in this area, they mostly ..............(earn) their money by farming cows.

City planners ..............(build) over a thousand kilometres of underground railway since the beginning of the twentieth century. Biologists ..............(find) over a thousand forms of life living in that subway system.

ALSO / AS WELL AS . . . being unpleasant to look at, the walls were packed with old newspapers to keep the cold wind out.

prefer to leave the city for the ................................air of the forests at weekends.

Despite / In spite . . . of the mess and awful decoration, David Gonzalez's house turned out to be a real treasure!