10L – Check-back

1

a) You can buy computers in shops, but you can …

b) Modern computers are very fast, however, early …

c) Although I have no problem programming my video, I don’t work very well…

d) Peter is working very hard so that he can have …

e) As I hadn’t finished my homework, I didn’t go …

f) She wanted to read the book in the original language because she learnt English.

g) Since we’re in the shopping centre, let’s go to the cinema.

h) English is a Germanic language whereas Portuguese is descended from Latin.

i) She’d look lovely if she didn’t use such baggy clothes.

j) Mary was sleeping when you called her.

k) My friends arrived while we were having lunch.

l) Despite the rain, we all enjoyed the trip.

m) Although we were very tired, we couldn’t sleep.

n) If I had known you had to wake up early, I would have waken you up.

2

a) The telephone and the gramophone were invented by Graham Bell.

b) The school gates were locked at 7 p.m.

c) Many accidents are caused by careless driving.

d) Those flats were built in 1990.

e) The computer was being repaired when I arrives at school.

f) All our suggestions have been turned down.

g) Your first dte will be remembered forever.

h) Whole libraries can be called up on a computer screen.

i) The online version of most newspapers can be read as soon as they appear.

j) I was offered a well paid job.

k) Opportunities are offered to teenagers with initiative.

3

a) The mathematician John McCarthy coined the term Artificial intelligence in 1956.

b) Burglars broke our house last weekend.

c) Technicians have repaired the phone box.

d) Employers pay women a much lower salary.

e) Teachers have encouraged students to use the Internet.

f) A thief had stolen Peter’s new car.

g) The headmaster must take the decision.

h) Robots will do repetitive work.

i) My parents gave me a new mobile phone.

j) The teacher taught our class useful study skills.