When Fayed _________________ (retire) next year, he’ll have been working for this company for forty years.
retires
There are treaties which prohibit nuclear explosions from being used in space________
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CORRECT THE MISTAKE We have some suggestions about what to do if the weather is bad in the day of the boat trip
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After weeks of frenetic _______, the job was finally finished.
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CORRECT THE MISTAKE Could you give us some advice about where to go or what to do at the evening?
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It only needs a small wrist______ to start the process
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She wrote a strong letter to the paper complaining about the council’s ___________in closing the town centre to traffic during the festival.
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CORRECT THE MISTAKE You’ll have to sit an exam in the end of this course.
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What______________ would they engage in during all this time?
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Susannah’s party was the social_____ of the year
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Outlying villages which had been quiet, sleepy places before trains arrived / had arrived became busy suburbs
arrived
CORRECT THE MISTAKE Unfortunately, we are overloaded with printing jobs in busy times of the day, so you cannot count on your order being dealt with immediately.
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Newspapers and TV will always blow them out of proportion when they occur / will occur.
occur
The women’s 200-metre _________will be followed by the men’s 100 metres.
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There was a sudden flurry of ______when the director walked in.
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We had expected to arrive an hour late, but in the ____________ we were early
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We’ll really celebrate when _______I (get) the news that I ___________(pass) my exams
get/ have got, have passed
When Samya __________(write) the proposal, she checked it through, then emailed it to her boss.
had written
Lots of my friends were waiting for me when I ____________(get) back from my trip.
got
Our special guest on the tonight_______ is Daniel Day Lewis.
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The government is going to pass a law making it illegal to smoke when you ____________ (drive)
are driving
She offered the book to several publishers before it ________ (accept).
was accepted
Do you think people will lose interest in Olympic events when athletes no longer break / will no longer break records?
no longer break
I looked in the _________to find out the actor’s name.
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CORRECT THE MISTAKE The games contain some violence, but in the same time you have to use your brain
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We felt very frustrated because the project was cancelled when we ________________(work) on it for almost three years
had been working/ had worked
I’m not going to take my driving test until I ___________(be) sure I can pass.
am
I can imagine the travellers degenerating into barbarism and fighting after they will have spent / have spent several generations in space
have spent
CORRECT THE MISTAKE I was able to visit the United States for the first time of my life.
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The school offers an exciting and varied______ of social events.
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CORRECT THE MISTAKE The other event of May was a swimming gala.
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CORRECT THE MISTAKE I would recommend going on that tour in the beginning of summer.
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CORRECT THE MISTAKE Mariano likes to watch football at Friday night, but he doesn’t often get the chance.
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CORRECT THE MISTAKE They’ve met in many occasions but they’ve never become friends.
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When the steam train was invented / had been invented, it completely changed 19th century society, didn’t it?
was invented
They began to believe they were no longer totally at the mercy of natural _______
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Tennis is a very relaxing spare-time __________
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This problem calls for swift_______ from the government
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They could take_______ to harness these phenomena.
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Will people lose interest in Olympic______ when athletes no longer break records?
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The key change occurred when top sports people had stopped / stopped being amateurs and devoted themselves full time to their sport
stopped
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