Question

Read the text carefully and choose the correct option to complete the text.


Last year, I went away on vacation twice. In March, I went to Rome, in Italy, (1) ________ two weeks. I went with a group of students from my school. Later, in August, I had a vacation in Mexico with my family.

Before I went to Rome, I was excited because I hadn’t been there before. We were tired when we arrived because (2) ________ had a very long flight. When we left the airplane, it (3) ________ and we got very wet! A bus tool us to our hotel in the center of the city. The next morning, I was tired (4) ________ I hadn’t slept very well. But after a delicious breakfast in the hotel I felt a lot better. Rome was amazing! Every morning, we went (5) ________ in the city with our teachers. At lunchtime, we ate out. The pizza and pasta in Italy is fantastic! In the afternoons, we had Italian lessons for two hours. In the evenings, we were allowed to explore the city. Our teachers always came with us because we (6) ________ allowed to go out on our own, but that was OK.

On the last day of the vacation, we all rented bikes and rode them around a big park in the city. While I was biking, I fell of my bike and grazed my leg. My teacher took me to see a doctor, but it wasn’t serious. I hadn’t (7) ________ my leg!

I enjoyed the vacation a lot. Our teachers were happy, too, because we’d learned a lot about the city and we’d learned to (8) ________ some Italian, too.

My vacation in Mexico was very different. I stayed in a modern hotel near the beach with my parents. We knew the hotel well because we’d stayed there twice before. Most days, we went to the beach, (9) ________ was really beautiful. I didn’t visit museums or go sightseeing; I just relaxed and swam in the ocean with my family.

On the last day, I spent all day windsurfing and I got a bad sunburn. I (10) ________ have gotten a sunburn, but I forgot to take any sun cream with me. If I (11) ________ my sun cream, I wouldn’t have gotten a sunburn. But I was OK. It was a great vacation!

1. A) since B) during C) for D) in

2. A) it’s B) we’ve C) we’re D) we’d

3. A) was raining B) rains C) is raining D) had rained

4. A) but B) that C) because D) for

5. A) sightseeing B) hiking C) eating D) buying

6. A) couldn’t B) weren’t C) don’t D) hadn’t

7. A) hit B) burned C) gotten D) broken

8. A) speak B) listen C) talk D) hear

9. A) who B) what C) which D) when

10. A) mustn’t B) shouldn’t C) hadn’t D) couldn’t

11. A) had B) hadn’t used C) had taken D) brought

Answer 1

Resposta:

1 - for / 2 - we'd / 3 - was raining / 4 - because / 5 - sightseeing / 6 - weren't / 7 - broken / 8 - speak / 9 - which / 10 - shouldn't / 11 - had taken