Writing 9 form\ 2 term

Complete the fact file with the correct form of the adjective in brackets.

· Malls are 1)                  [popular, more popular, the most popular]. (popular) places to shop in America.

· There are 46,990 malls in the United States of America.

· The Mall of America is one of 2)             [large, larger, the largest] (large) malls in the US. It is long enough to fit seven Yankee stadium’s inside! However, it is not as 3)             [big, bigger, the biggest](big) as Dubai Mall, which is 1.1 million square metres in size!

· California has 4)          [much, more, the most] (many) shopping malls than any other state, with 6,243 altogether.

· Malls are usually open for 5)             [long, longer, the longest] (long) hours than smaller shopping areas.

· The 6)              [busy, busier, the buisiest](busy) shopping day of the year is the Saturday before Christmas, as last minute shoppers hit the stores.

Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect continuous.

A: Hi, Belinda. How’s the holiday preparation going?

B: Great. I can’t wait to go, I 1)                   [have looked, have been looking] forward to this holiday for months.

A: Where are you going this time?

B: Well, I 2)                    [have dream, have been dreaming]of seeing the pyramids for as long as I can remember, so I decided to go to Egypt.

A: Wow, I 3)                     [haven’t seen, haven’t been seeing] the pyramids. You’re so lucky.

B: I know. Everybody 4)                  [has told, has been telling] me how lucky I am all week.

A: 5)                       [Have you been booking, Have you booked] your ticket yet?

B: Yes, and the hotel room. And I 6)                  [have bought, have been buying] new clothes for the trip.

Complete the sentences with have been (to) or have gone (to) in the correct form.

Fill in the exchanges with so, such or such (a/an).

1 A: How was your trip?

B: I had ……………….. amazing time that I’ve already booked my tickets to go back.

Fill in the exchanges with so, such or such (a/an).

A: This is ……………….. important project that we have to get it right.

B: I know, but there’s ……………….. much to do that I don’t know where to start.

Fill in the exchanges with so, such or such (a/an).

3 A: This film is ……………….. boring that I don’t want to see the end.

B: Well, we can watch something else.

Fill in the exchanges with so, such or such (a/an).

4 A: This charity does ……………….. good work that I want to help out.

Complete the dialogue by putting the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
Use past simple, past perfect or past perfect continuous.

A: Hi, Ollie. Are you ok? You look worried.

B: Hello, Anne. I’m a little worried, yes. I can’t find my mobile phone. I think somebody 1)                   [stole, had stolen, had been stealing] it while I wasn’t paying attention.

A: Oh dear! What 2)                    [did you do, had you been doing, had you done] before you 3)                    [realized, had realized, had been realizing] it was gone?

B: Well, I was really tired because I 4)                   [been studying, had studied, had been studying] for hours. So, I went and 5)            [bought, had bought]a drink at the library café. When I 6)                 [came, had come, had been coming] back to my table, somebody 7)                 [took, had taken, had been taking] my phone from my bag!

A: Oh, dear. Well, it’s lucky you 8)              [didn't leave, hadn’t left] your wallet while you were away from the table, too. Let’s go to the police station and make a report.

Match to fill in the gaps in the sentences