REVIEW

OPEN CLOZE: READ THE TEXTS BELOW AND THINK OF A WORD THAT FITS EACH GAP.
USE ONLY ONE WORD.

I 1___________________ an only child and I always wished I 2 _________ had a sister or a brother to
play with. My parents 3 _______________me a puppy instead, but it wasn’t the same! Then soon after
I left drama school I married my husband. I wish I 4 _________________ known him a bit longer –he
was a ski instructor, 20 years older 5 __________ me, and I should 6 _______________known it wasn’t
going to work out.

I 7 ____________________ always liked singing and dancing ever since I was a child. I 8

__________________to love appearing in musicals at drama school, but my tutor encouraged me 9

___________ do more serious acting instead, so I joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. I do enjoy
it but thinking back I 10 ______________ have followed my own instincts. But we all make mistakes!

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Apparently, Jane’s aunt 1 ___________ died and she’s come 2 ___________ some money. She doesn’t
know for sure what she 3 _____________ going to do with that money. She said that she plans 4

___________ save some to go to Australia so maybe she’ll do that, but first she wants to pay 5

___________ her student loan. She is also thinking about paying 6 _______________ what she owes
her father, too. 8__________ you hear that the prices of houses have gone 9 _____________? They
are certainly 10 _____________ cheaper than before. So perhaps she might buy some property.