Solutions. Intermediate. Test 7

Lost Pissarro paintings discovered!

Two paintings by the famous 19th-century French artist Camille Pissarro                      [are discovered, have discovered, have been discovered] in a secret room under an old house in Magdeburg, Germany. They                [were found, had them found, were finding] while building work                [has been done, is done, was being done] on the house.

‘I wanted a new kitchen, and I                    [was having it made, was being made, have it made] at the time,’ said the owner, Wolfgang Brandt. ‘But after the old stones on the kitchen floor                  [are removed, have removed, had been removed] , we found stairs down to a secret room. That’s where we found the paintings,’ Mr Brandt told reporters.

Camille Pissarro lived in France, but he escaped to England during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870−71. He had to leave 1,500 of his paintings in France. Most of these paintings                    [had them destroyed, were destroyed, are destroyed] by Prussian soldiers, but some disappeared. And they                       [are not found, have never been found, never had found] − until now.

At the moment, the paintings                  [are being looked, are looking, have looked] after by a museum in Berlin. But after they              [have cleaned, are cleaning, are cleaned] , they                [will be sent, are sent, have them sent] back to France.

Complete the sentences with reflexive pronouns, or the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. You’re very good at drawing, Mark. Did you study it at college or teach          to do it?

2. Your sister’s getting married next weekend! That’s great. Where                           (the wedding / hold)?

3. Mum and Dad are very angry with my brother. He                   (his / hair / dye) bright red last weekend.

4. I’m not going to work here any more. I                    (not / pay) for the last two months!

5. Sally does her hair at home. She                      (not / it / cut) by a hairdresser.

6. Nobody helped me to compose the song. I wrote it all        .

7. Do you like our photography book? We took all the photos, then we                      (the book / print) in London.

8. Mum and Dad are away this weekend, so we have to look after           .

9. It was a surprise party, so Joshua                   (not / tell) about it before he came home.

10. Rich people have chefs to cook for them. They don’t cook anything            .

Match the quotes with the words.