Pioneer Pre-intermediate Unit 8

Below is part of a film review. Read it and choose the correct word.

The Grey is an adventure film that was one of the 1              [blockbuster, documentary, leading]____ films of 2012. It was directed 2      [from, by, of]__ Joe Carnahan and the 3            [soundtrack, plot, cast]_____ includes some excellent actors. Liam Neeson has the 4_          [special, leading, original]__ role and plays John Ottway, the main 5            [director, actor, character]____ of the film. The Grey is 6_          [based, set, directed]__ on the short story Ghost Walker, which was 7         [write, wrote, written]___ by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. The film is 8           [starred, managed, set]____ in Alaska, and there are some beautiful 9_           [effects, scenes, reviews]___ of this snow-covered country. Ottway works for a company that is drilling for oil. His job is to protect workers from dangerous wolves that live in the area. One day, Ottway and a group of men board a flight to the city of Anchorage, but they hit bad weather and the plane crashes. Seven men survive the crash, but find there are hungry wolves all around. What continues is an action-10 _          [packed, full, story]_____ fight to survive as they try to find their way back home.

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A: Hi, Jack. Are we meeting up later?

B: No, I’m 1      [such, so, how]___ tired that I don’t want to leave the house.

A: It’s OK. We 2_                [mustn’t, don’t need, don’t have to]__ go out. I can come over, but I don’t want to sit inside. It’s 3_        [so, such a, such]___ nice day.

B: All right. We can sit in the garden. I just 4           [have to, needn’t, must]____ get the lawn chairs out from the garage.

A: That’s OK. I’ll help you.

B: 5_        [What, How, Such]___ nice of you!

A: What are you doing? You’re not the goalkeeper. You 6                 [mustn’t, don’t have to, needn’t]____ pick up the ball when a player on your team kicks it to you. It’s against the rules.

B: I’m sorry, I’m new to football. 7_      [So, How, What]___ a complicated game! There are 8      [such, so, how]____ many rules that I get confused.

A: Well, you 9_               [must, need, don't have to]___ to remember that rule.

B: I’m so sorry.

A: You 10_           [needn’t, mustn’t, c. can’t]___ apologise. Just remember for next time.

Choose the correct present and past simple passive or active forms to complete the following text

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking 1             [is appeared, appears]1 in the middle of the 15th century in Yemen. It was here in Arabia that roasted coffee seeds 2              [were boiled, boiled] 2for the first time. Coffee 3              [prepared, was prepared]3 then in a very similar way to how we 4               [are prepared, prepare]4 it in the present day. Coffee 5          [used, was used]5 by Sufi circles to stay awake for their religious rituals.

In the 16th century, coffee 6              [was reached, reached]6 the rest of the Middle East, Persia, Turkey, and northern Africa. And not long after that, coffee 7              [was exported, exported]7 to Italy and to the rest of Europe, and to the Americas.

In Europe, coffee 8             [arrived, was arrived]8 in Venice first, and from Venice, it 9                [was introduced, introduced]9 to the rest of Europe. Coffee became more widely accepted after Pope Clement VIII 10          [said, was said]10 that it was a Christian beverage in 1600; many people wanted to ban coffee because they said it was a "Muslim drink". The first European coffee house opened in Rome in 1645.

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Romantic comedies (romcoms)

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Horror films

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Animated films

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Action films

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Documentaries

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Musicals