Question

Grammar and Vocabulary
Task 2. Complete the sentences using the appropriate forms from the words given in capitals. (1 point for each correct answer – 7 points max)
Gold
Gold, gold, gold… The Prince of Wales 1________________ a British royal tradition when, on 29 July, 1981, he gave his bride, Lady Diana Spencer, a wedding ring made of a piece of Welsh gold. For ages, gold 2______________ a special attraction, as its history tells us.
Gold 3________________ in large quantities in Australia, Africa, Siberia, and in North America, but the most exciting discovery 4________________ in the Klondike at the end of the 19th century. Thousands gold-diggers rushed there. They 5 ________________ of vast fortunes literally picked up from the earth. However, not everyone was lucky. About 100,000 men 6 ________________ through the region by 1900, and only a few of them actually found gold – a mere four per cent of those who survived the cold and the hunger. Even the lucky ones 7 ________________ any illusions they might have had, though they became rich.
FOLLOW
HAVE
FIND
MAKE
DREAM
PASS
LOSe

Answer 1

1 FOLLOWED, 2 HAS HAD, 3 IS FOUND, 4 WAS MADE, 5 DREMT/WERE DREAMING, 6 HAD PASSED, 7 LOST