Writing Test 10

Read the text and choose the correct answer.

The film Boyhood follows the life of a boy called Mason as he is         [getting, growing, looking]up. Mason's parents are divorced, so he and his sister are         [brought, made, signed] up by their mother, Olivia. Olivia eventually marries her university professor, but the children don't like him because they        [aren't, didn't, don't] used to his strict discipline. Finally, the couple             [pass away, settle down, split up], but Olivia soon marries again. By this time, Mason is in his teens and he soon       [falls, gets, goes]in love himself. The film finishes when Mason             [goes, goes to, goes to the] university and meets a new group of friends, who he accompanies on a trip to the desert. The thing that makes Boyhood remarkable is the fact that the director            [took, was taking, had taken] nearly twelve years to make it. Once a year, he             [got used to, was used to, used to] meet up with the actors to develop the next part of the film. He wanted to know what               [happened, was happening, had happened]in their real lives in the previous months, especially in the case of the child actor who played Mason. As a result, the film succeeds in portraying what the boy              [thought, was thinking, had thought]during each stage of his childhood.

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Tim has decided to improve his health, so he's enrolled in a short course for healthy cooking. He                [goes, is going, is going to go]to his first class on Monday evening. According to the programme, the classes             [start, is starting, will start] at 6 o'clock. He                    [probably takes, is probably taking, will probably take] notes in the class, so he                 [is going to buy, is buying, buys, will buy] a notebook later today. He hopes the dishes that he learns to cook                    [aren't going to be, won't be, aren't being] boring or tasteless!

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We might         [join, to join, joining]a tennis club to improve our fitness.

She hopes         [win, to win, winning] the marathon next week.

The football players don’t seem       [be, to be, being] too upset by the score.

Have you finished          [watch, to watch, watching] the replay of the football final yet?

You could easily         [beat, to beat, beating]me at chess if you really tried.

Just keep          [train, to train, training] hard and you could be a champion one day.

My doctor advised the athlete         [have, to have, having]more protein in his diet.

Alice enjoys          [swim, to swim, swimming] in the sea, even in winter.

Does your coach ever let you        [eat, to eat, eating] junk food?

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