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openMind 2, Unit 1

Grammar A

1. Write the correct verb forms.

A: What (1) ____________ Johnny Depp ____________ (do) when he was discovered?
B: He (2) ____________ (play) in a rock band and he (3) ____________ (make) a TV series
when Tim Burton (4) ____________ (start) using him in his movies. He soon (5)
____________ (become) a star.

2. Write the correct verb forms.

A: Hi, Adam. (1) ____________ you ____________ (get) my text?
B: Yes, I (2) ____________ (read) it a few minutes ago.
A: Mark had a car accident last night. He (3) ____________ (drive) home when he (4)
____________ (lose) control of his car. It (5) ____________ (rain) at the time.

Grammar B

3. Write the correct verb forms.

A: What (1) ____________ you ____________ (do) around 10 o'clock yesterday morning?
You weren't at the computer center.
B: I (2) ____________ (want) to play tennis, but it (3) ____________ (rain) so I (4)
____________ (stay) home. And you?
A: I (5) ____________ (study) for my exam.

4. Write the correct verb forms.

A: Where (1) ____________ (be) John and Betty last night?
B: They (2) ____________ (study) for the exam. I (3) ____________ (try) to call you, but
you (4) ____________ (not answer).
A: I (5) ____________ (watch) a movie at Bob's house.

Vocabulary A

5. Complete the sentences with the following words.

amazed, download, excited, files, online
I use the Internet to play (1) ____________ games and to (2) ____________ music. Last
week I was (3) ____________ at a new Web site. It has thousands of free songs and movie
(4) ____________. I'm very (5) ____________ about it.

6. Complete the sentences with the following words.

checking, e-mail, read, shocked, worried

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I was (1) ____________ my (2) ____________ this morning and I was (3) ____________ by
a message Will sent me. He said he (4) ____________ your blog and he's (5) ____________
about you. You seem depressed.

Vocabulary B

7. Circle the correct words.

I'm very happy (1) about / by / in a new Web site I found. I can (2) download / read / use
music and it has a great (3) online game / movie file / search engine to find new music. I'm
interested (4) about / by / in finding old popular songs. I (5) read / shop / write a blog. It's
very popular. Over 500,000 people read my thoughts every day.

8. Circle the correct words.

I'm very upset (1) for / by / in an article I read on a famous (2) blog / e-mail / search engine.
It said young people spend too much time playing (3) blogs / movie files / online games. I
was very surprised (4) on / at / by the writer's opinions. He doesn't know anything about
young people. I'm worried (5) about / at / by the older generation.

Reading

9. Read the text and identify the pronoun.

What happened in 1994?
(1) It was an amazing year. Nelson Mandela was elected President in the South African
elections. (2) They were the first multi-racial elections in (3) that country. In (4) his inaugural
speech, Mandela called for national unity. That year the Channel Tunnel opened. It was now
possible to use (5) it to drive between France and England. Also, in 1994, Brazil won the
World Cup.
Write the number of the pronoun which refers to each of these things.
Channel Tunnel: ________
Presidential elections: ________
Nelson Mandela: ________
South Africa: ________
1994: ________

Writing

10. Write a paragraph.

Write a response to this question posted on a Web site. You can use your imagination.
What were you doing in 2005?

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