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Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

devastation / heritage / precarious / cash-strapped / kick-start

1. When acquired in 1998 the roof at Gelli Iago had already collapsed and its chimney and external walls were in a state, said the trust.

2. The latest eurozone inflation figures showed inflation turned negative in December, with prices down 0.2% from a year earlier, but the data means the European Central Bank may be forced to try fresh stimulus measures to the economy.

3. Greece is trying to reach a deal that will unlock bailout funds. It is seeking to avoid defaulting on a €1.5bn debt repayment to the IMF.

4. Brazil now has five cultural art forms which have been given Unesco cultural status.
They include several dance and music forms, indigenous rituals and art.

5. A lorry driver has been arrested after a crash involving up to 13 vehicles near Tunbridge Wells left "a scene of carnage and ".

1.) How long did you stay there?/How long was Nick doing his homework?
2.) Where did Sam go yesterday?/ Where was Mary walking until I rang her?
3.) What was Ann doing at 5 o'clock last Friday?/ What did you do last weekend?
4.) Why did you send her an e-mail two weeks ago?/ Why was Ally watching that show from 3 till 4 yesterday?
5.) Whom did Alex write a letter last Monday?/ Whom was you doing a present before I came to you?
6.) How was you clining your room from 5 till 7 yesterday?/ How did you play with her brother yesterday?
7.) When did he start his work?/ When was Peter cooking?
8.) Who did paint this picture?/ Who was working in her garden from 9 till 11 yesterday?

I was born in a small town on the Volga. As a child I was often sick n why he didn't like noisy games. I beat Liu books. The city was not their (local) theatre, but when he came to the Saratov theatre (company), I never missed an opportunity to look at them performances. I so loved the theater that he decided to become an actress after I graduate from school. I participated in an Amateur (amateur) performances, and several times during the holidays we went to Moscow to watch performances from such great actors, as Moskvin, Paschen, Kacha fishing, one Day, Tarasov.
Finally the day came, when I first came on the scene well of this house. I was so worried that didn't notice, as the curtain rose. When I spoke to him, I didn't recognize his own voice. Then ended the first act and the curtain has fallen. I felt that I was crying because I was very upset: I thought I was bad played a role. I was approached and spronin why I was crying. "Don't you hear the audience applauding you? You played perfectly.
At first I believed it, but then I was under my teacher, one of the oldest actors of the theatre, and said that he really liked my playing. I was approached the other actors and said that I had fulfilled my role. It was the happiest day of my life.