3 Read the story and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, B or C. I'll never forget something that happened to me when I was 16 years old.
I thought that it was time to (1) —. All my friends were (2) — in sports or
going to the gym every day so I thought it was a good idea to do the same.
Well, I decided to (3) —_football. I was a fast runner and it was fun hanging
out with all the other players. Anyway, our team (4) — very hard every day
and we won enough games to play in the (5)—! On the day of the big (6) —
we were very nervous. There were hundreds of people in the (7)—. With two
minutes left, the score was 2-2. The ball came to me and I kicked it as hard as
I could. The ball went the wrong way and the (8) — went silent. I looked
around and saw why - I had scored a goal for the other team!
1 A get fit
C do fit
2 A doing B taking part
B get up
3 A put up
B get up
B took up
B game
C taking up
C take up
C took part
C sport
4 A trained
5 A final
6 A spectator
7 A stadium
8 A match
B stadium
B match
B stadium
C match
C final
C spectators
2. He said that Moscow was much larger than Saransk.
3. The pupil said to the teacher that he had gotten most of his information from that book.
4. She said that their older son had gone to work in the factory.
5. My mother said to me that letter was from the Jones family.
6. They asked me if i had stayed with them last summer.
7. My mother said to me that she was in the kitchen and said to come and help her.
8. Helen said to me that she knew they were my best friends.
9. Mike asked me if we often met at the institute.
10. Fred said that they hadn't recognized that place.
11. He said he was sure they would refuse to come.
12.John said that his father had been the first member of the family to go to college.