Complete the blog post with one word in each space. @ View previous comments Cancel Share Post 11)__was ___ talking to my dad about computer games yesterday and he told me about this game — Pong. \t was one of the first ever computer games. It was a kind of sports game, | think. My dad says it 2) _... to be quite slow. | don't think it was very exciting]! You could play by 3) _. oF two people could play against 4) _ other My dad says he and his brother loved it. They 5)... Play for hours. I’m amazed that they 6) ___..... get bored with it! Anyway, it got me thinking. What other computer games did people 7) __ to play in the 4970s and 80s? If there are any relatives of 8)____——_—swho played computer games at this time, I'd love to hear about it!Complete the article with one word in each space. Is this the longest gap year ever? When Martin Stokes and his girlfriend ‘Anna left university, they decided to take a gap year and go travelling. That was five years ago, and they've 1)....beent__ travelling ever since! They have 2) been to over twenty countries and they have plans to visit at least ten more before they stop. ‘We haven't Visited India 3) says ‘Anna. ‘I really want to go there.’ So far, they 4) funded their trip by doing casual work when they can, ‘Sometimes we work,’ says Martin, ‘and sometimes people give 5) _____ food and shelter for free. People are incredibly kind. Once in the United States we didn't have enough money to buy our train tickets, so someone bought them 6) __ust’ They both agree that this isthe best experience they have 7)» had. 'I know some of our friends 8) __. been working since they left college, but we think this experience is just as valuable as working, Maybe our friends have been earning money 9) the last five years, but we've been living!”Complete the text with one word in each space. Eco Homes ‘We all know that we waste too 1) ____much energy at home and we should cut down. But the fact is that most of the homes we live in just aren’t energy-efficient 2) . They use 3)________ much energy to keep them warm in winter and cool in summer, and that’s without all the lighting and modern electrical appliances we all love. Now, more and more | people are looking for an eco-home — a home that is comfortable 4) ___ to live in all year round, without using 5) a lot of energy that it damages the environment. This house has 6) ___._.__._. solar panels on the roof ) me BOePate all its own electricity. In fact, last year it generated 8) _ much electricity that it sold some to the main electricity supplier. Owner Adam Trilby is delighted with his eco-house. ‘It’s good to know we're helping the environment, he says, ‘and it’s 9) om a, cheap house to live in that we now have more money to spend on other things’ SpeeComplete the blog post with one word in each space. @ View previous comments Cancel Share Post | was having a tough time at school last year. Problems with friends were getting me 1) __... down... $0 | started spending more and more time online. It was my way of getting 2) from my problems, | guess, but after a few months | realised that | was completely addicted 3) social media. It ruled my life! | didn’t take part 4) . _ any activities at the weekend because | was worried 5) missing an important chat with my online friends. ' decided | needed to become more confident and learn to stand on my 6)... two feet. So | Joined a local choir. | never thought | was brilliant C= _. Singing and | was a bit anxious 8)_ _singing in front of other people. But it turns ‘out that I've got quite a good voice. Now I'm really passionate 9) singing. Even if I'm feeling a bit down, singing always cheers me 10) _ _...» Why don't you give it a go?‘ Ld mailbox Hi Tara, Do you think you 1)___wil!__ be allowed to come ice skating with me on Saturday? You don't need 2) go worry about paying because my mum is paying for everything. It's my birthday treat! You must wear gloves, but you 3) __.. have to take your own skates — you can hire them there. | hope I'll 4). me. Ole to stay on my feet this time. The last time | went skating, all! 5) do was move around the edge, holding on! Anyway, | 6) ‘ better get on with my homework now. ve 7) __. to finish my geography project. See you on Saturday - | hope!@ View previous comments Cancel Share Post When it comes to thinking skills, one of the best known brains in the world is the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. I've read a 1) ____ few of the books and I’ve seen 2) the films, which | loved. In fact, there’s 3) ___ film coming out soon and I'll definitely go and see that, too. Holmes takes on all kinds of criminal cases and 4) ____..... of them is different. Sometimes there are plenty of clues to help him, but in other cases there are very 5) clues, so he has to use his intelligence to find the criminal, with a6)... help from his companion, Dr Watson.7) _... Holmes nor Watson are police officers, but they always seem to get better results than the police. In fact, there is 8) ___........... in the police force who seems as good at solving crimes as Holmes. I'd definitely recommend the Sherlock films. 9) seems to enjoy watching them and I’ve never met {Oar who doesn't like them.The World Sudoku Championship 1 - = organised each year 2) _--m the World Puzzle Federation. The first competition 3 _._ held in 2006 and there has been one 4) year since then. The event started with only a5) __ “eee countries represented, but now teams from all over the world take part. The next championship will 6) ... held in the UK and it is expected to be the biggest yet. The competition consists of around fifty puzzles which 7) Selved(8) odie ees the competitors, working to finish as quickly as possible. Gg) of the puzzles are easy, of course, but some are more difficult than others. The most successful players are Thomas Snyder of the USA and Jan Mrozowski from Poland. The championship has 10) won by 1) eee ete players three times.Guess what? I've got a job working at the zoo in | the summer holidays! | decided 1) {0 apply because my brother worked there last year and he said it’s really interesting. The only problem is that they want 2) ___ to work in the snake house! I’m not very happy about that. | don’t really like snakes and | wouldn't know 3) xe to do if one escaped! | 4) rather work with the elephants! They 5) __ __. Supposed to be really intelligent animals, aren't they? Anyway, I guess 16) _.... better accept any job they're willing to give me. | just hope | don't ve to touch the snakes! a iiceenenenhelidienaiiulsianiaenntaaiade®® View previous comments Cancel Share Post Well, | guess it's my lucky day! | went for an audition for the X-Factor today and guess what? | got in! The judges listened to me singing, then told 1)__...me___ that | had a lot of talent and that e 12) Z performed = i really well! One of the judges said that!3)_ ae the best singer they'd heard that day! How about that? | talked to the judges afterwards and told 4) about my dreams of becoming a famous singer. They 5)... I've definitely got what it takes, but they told me 16) _......, 0 take my singing more seriously if | really wanted to make it big! They suggested start GE) secre “get a personal singing teacher They also said 8) ........ | Ought to think about my image more. Any ideas, anyone?HOW 00 YOU BECOME A SUCCESSFUL COMEDIAN? We spoke to young comedian Andy Roberts. He told us that he 1). .had___ started performing at a young age. He said a friend had advised him 2). become a comedian because he 3)... always making jokes at school. It seems his parents weren't so keen. They advised him 4)... _to try and make a living from performing, but — Andy's heart was set on a career in comedy and he knew it was something he 5) to do. At the age of sixteen, an agent suggested that he 6) ____ start by trying to do some shows in small venues close to home The agent said 7) " Andy would know fairly soon whether he was popular with audiences. Audiences loved him and a lot of people who saw his early shows wrote to him and encouraged 8) __ to continue performing. He now performs all over the country and has just been offered his own TV show! Nw le PIEastleigh Youth Club At Eastleigh Youth Club we believe 1) in helping young people to grow into confident adults, Our members can take 2) in lots of fun activities or just chill out and chat. We run football teams for boys and girls. We believe that team sports help you learn to stick 3) ___ and stand up 4) = each other. We don’t focus O) ae. winning, though. We think it’s important to take pride 6) doing well, but also accept losing with a smile! At Eastleigh we stand 7) _. fairness. We encourage our members to s espect 8) each other and to speak 9) _ if they see others behaving badly. We try to help all our young people to have confidence 10) themselves and to feel confident about the future.Speaker’s Corner Speaker's Corner in London is known as a place where people can speak 1) out A about anything that is on their mind. Londoners take pride 2) the fact that many famous people have spoken on this spot, including Karl Marx. Anyone has the right to stand up and talk about anything that they believe 3) ___... For example, some people might feel it is important to 4) the truth about a political scandal. Others might want to focus 5) ___.. an environmental issue such as global warming. Whatever your beliefs, Speaker's Corner gives everyone the opportunity to stand 6) =e __ for their values and feel that they are 7) a difference. All you need is to 8) plenty of confidence in yourself — and a good loud voice!