1. Read the text and put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense

Celin Dion's singing career (0) started (start) in a similar way ti Michael Jackson's. The youngest of fourteen children, she (1) ___________ (begin) performing with her family in the Canadian province of Quebec when she was just twelve years old. By the age of eighteen, she (2) _____________ (produce) nine albums in her native French, but she was still unknown in the English-speaking world. She (3) ____________ (decide) to learn English so she could enter the world of international pop music.

Dion does not write her own love songs. She (4) __________ (admire) singers who (5) ___________ (write) their own material, but, for the moment, she is happy to interpret other people's songs. Since she (6) ___________ (become) successful, she says, she (7) ___________ (receive) thousands of songs from writers, so she has plenty of songs to choose from.

At the moment she (8) __________ (record) in French and she (9) __________ (want) to introduce her French songs to an English-speaking audience.

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous, the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous

I (0) found (find) this story while I (1) __________ (read) Spotlight the other day. ˝In 1986, a Canadian man (2) __________ (rise) from the sofa where he (3) __________ (fall) asleep, (4) __________ (drive) 14 miles, (5) __________ (kill) his mother-in-law and seriously (6) __________ (injure) his father-in-law. He was charged with murder but aquitted when a court (7) __________ (accept) his lawyer's argument – and his physician's evidence – that he (8) _______________ (sleepwalk).˝

3. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

argumentative grumpy tolerant naive reserved flexible stubborn hot-headed courteous level-headed

1 My cousin is quite ____________ and doesn't say much.2 I was very ____________ when I went to university but I'm much more experienced now.3 The staff at the airport were all very ____________ to us. It was a pleasant surprise.4 We're lucky to have Jill as an employee. She's ____________ and can change her hours if we

need her to.5 My sister was very ____________ when she was young and got into a lot of trouble.6 I don't think winning a lot of money will change Sam. He's very ____________ .7 My dad is so ____________ you'll never persuade him to apologise.8 In today's society people need to be ______________ and listen to others' points of view.9 They're being very ____________ today! They've disagreed with everything I've said!10 Don't be so ____________! You can always find something to smile about.