WASHROOM STORY Rearrange the sentences and put them in the correct order to complete the story: Leaving

Montreal, I decided to stop at one of those rest areas on the side of the road. ___ Then I hear the person, all confused, say: ___ -Not bad............ ___ I am starting to find this a bit weird, but I say: ___ Look, I'll call you back--every time I ask you a question this idiot in the next stall keeps answering me! ___ Okay, I am not the type to strike up conversations with strangers in washrooms on the side of the road. I didn't know what to say, so finally I say: ___ I go into the washroom. The first stall is taken, so I go into the second stall. I had just sat down when I hear a voice from the other stall............ ___ Well, I'm going back east............... ___ Hi there, how is it going? ___ Then the voice says: So, what are you doing? Einstein's Chauffeur This is a true life anecdote about Albert Einstein, and his theory of relativity. snooze attend delivering place perfection just calculations chauffeur out opportunity on row vehicle deliver

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After having proposed his famous theory, Albert Einstein would tour the various Universities in the United States, __________________ lectures wherever he went. He was always __________________ by his faithful chauffeur, Harry, who would __________________ each of these lectures while seated in the back __________________. One fine day, after Einstein had finished a lecture and was coming out of the lecture theatre into his __________________, Harry addresses him and says, "Professor Einstein, I've heard your lecture on Relativity so many times, that if I were ever given the __________________, I would be able to deliver it to __________________ myself!" "Very well," replied Einstein, "I'm going to Dartmouth next week. They don't know me there. You can __________________ the lecture as Einstein, and I'll take your __________________ as Harry!" And so it went to be... Harry delivered the lecture to perfection, without a word __________________ of place, while Einstein sat in the back row playing "chauffeur", and enjoying a __________________ for a change. __________________ as Harry was descending from the podium, however, one of the research assistants stopped him, and began to ask him a question __________________ the theory of relativity.... one that involved a lot of complex __________________ and equations. Harry replied to the assistant "The answer to this question is very simple! In fact, it's so simple, that I'm going to let my __________________ answer it!" Find the words in the text that mean: 1. excellence 5. speech made to teach smo. sth. 2. teach 6. investigate, study, explore 3. act 7. talk to someone 4. celebrated, legendary, well-known 8. hypothesis, proposition, True or false: 1. The chauffeur knows a lot about the theory of relativity. 2. A podium is a small raised area for a performer, speaker, or musical conductor to stand on. 3. The word equation comes from the word equal. 4. If you do something to perfection it means that there arent many mistakes. 5. If you are involved in something that doesnt mean that you are part of it. 6. The chauffeur is an intelligent person.

Past perfect the past activity that happened before another past activity not 1. The man __________________________ (be dead) when they arrived. 2. The man __________________________ (die) when they arrived. 3. I __________________________(get) up and then I brushed my teeth. 4. I couldnt remember where I ______________________________(see) him before. 5. When Mum __________________________(come) home we __________________________(already go) to bed. 6. She told me she __________________________(never see) that man in her life. 7. If only I __________________________(listen) to him! His advice to send the company was totally wrong. 8. If only I __________________________(not like) sweets It would be so much easier to lose weight. 9. When they found the lost baby they realized she ____________________________ (not eat) for days. 10. I couldnt eat anything because I ____________________________ (already had) dinner. 11. When I __________________________(open) the door I realized someone ___________________________(be) there.

Choose the correct word: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

ANY? IF / UNLESS you are careful on the internet, you WILL LOSE / WOULD LOOSE all the files. Mr Bell DISCOVERED / INVENTED the telephone. Im sorry Im late, but I MISSED / LOST /VE MISSED /VE LOST my plane. The SPECTATORS / AUDIENCE / VISITORS clapped for 5 minutes after the concert yesterday. My car broke DOWN / UP / OFF, so I MUST / HAD TO call a taxi. Weve RUN OUT OF / RUN UP OF sugar. COULD / MAY you go to the store and get SOME / My alarm clock didnt go ON / OFF SO / BECAUSE I was late for THE WORK / WORK / THE

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I studied for the exam, HOWEVER / ALTHOUGH / AND I didnt PAST / PASSED/ PASS. He isnt good IN / AT / German, but he speaks Japanese PERFECTLLY / PERFECT / .TO PERFECTION. 10. Its not NATURAL / NATURALLY to see that NONE / NO ONE of the students knows ANYTHING / NOTHING. 11. I dont want to DO / HAVE NOTHING / ANYTHING with you, and I WONT / WANT answer ANY/NO of your questions.

Make passives:
1. They print newspapers every day. 2. He built this house last month. 3. They have killed 15 hostages since February. 4. The cant do anything to help him now. 5. She will take her children to school tomorrow. 6. They are printing the latest issue of The Times. 7. If you dont do the job properly the boss will fire you. 8. They must keep all the infected people in quarantine.

Reported sentences:
1. Be quiet and dont move! 2. I dont want to hear another word

3. Its extremely difficult to do this. 4. I didnt see him yesterday 5. I will do this later 6. Im going to lend you some money 7. If you dont tell the truth theyll kill you. 8. I have to go now, its really late.