Amazing Advanced English

Test 1 Lessons 1- 8
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1. In a contest, the participants were asked to describe their relationship with a
subject they study. For example, a Literature teacher should write about her/his
relationship with Literature and an engineer could write about her/his relationship
with Math. Lisa is a Literature teacher and she participated in this contest. Read
her article and complete it with the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present
Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
I ______________(think) my relationship with literature started when I was really young. I
______________(remember) listening to stories since I was a child and I
______________(guess) it is for this reason that I ______________(always like) literature.
Despite my love for literature, it took me a long time to ______________(realize) its
importance in peoples lives. When I started studying History at school I noticed that some of the
books I had read were related to History. As a result, I decided: I ______________(want) to
study literature.
Now I ______________(study) the influences of History on Literature and it
______________(is) really nice, because I ______________(think) about putting literature and
history together for a long time.
To summarize, sometimes I ______________(wonder) if it was in my destine to study
literature, because in spite of being undecided among other professions I chose literature and I
______________(feel) realized each day of work.
2. In each sentence there are two linking words that can be used in a way that the
meaning continues the same. Choose the only one that can NOT be used.
a. I guess that, for this reason, I have always liked literature.
Because of this once as a result of it
b. Despite my love for literature, it took me a long time to realize its importance in peoples
lives.
In spite of but in other words
c. As a result, I decided: I want to study literature.
Because of this although for this reason
d. To summarize, sometimes I wonder if it was in my destine to study literature.
To conclude to remember to sum
3. Complete the sentences that need to be complete and check () the sentences
that are OK.

a. Alana doesnt want.

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b. Suzan is not going to the party because she is really sick.
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c. Louises mom has traveled and Louise really misses her, that is why.
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d. Rooney is afraid of taking about.
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e. Is he ok?
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4. Imagine you are participating in the contest from exercise 1 and write an essay
about your relationship with your favorite subject.
It must contain:
- All the present tenses (present simple, present continuous, present perfect and
present perfect continuous)
- For paragraphs.
- At least 15 lines.
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