1. Read the following text and put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (10 x1p=10p) Martin Backings, the magician. (1)..................(disappear) together with his precious black hat. Yesterday everybody (2)............(wait) for him to come at the rehearsals for a charitable show, but he (3) ...............(fail) to arrive. Mr. Backings, who (4)..............(live) in Southampton. (5)....... ....(leave) home at four o'clock yesterday afternoon for St. Lawrence Rehearsal Hall, a journey he (6)...............(make) several times the week before. Two people who were walking past his home at the time saw him leave. But no one (7.).................... (see) him since then. For hours and hours, workmates and friends (8)....................(try) to contact Mr. Backings, but they have had no success so far. The police (9)..............(take) the matter seriously. However, everybody hopes that, in the next couple of hours, he (10)... ..(show) up without a scratch and happy that everything has been just a blackhumour trick. 11. Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in each sentence (10 x 1p-10 p) 1. There are an number of foreign businesses setting up bases in the city. INCREASE 2. However, the benefits seem to outweigh the... 3. Some satellites provide . ADVANTAGE ...information for weather forecasting. RELY of 3 metres. LONG 4. The komodo dragon is a giant lizard that grows to a 5. It has an average..... 6. Their of 136 kilograms. WEIGH .STABLE ...to dinosaurs makes them a popular tourist attraction. RESEMBLE 7. People nowadays think that progress only causes anxiety and 8. He was very hot and began to........ 9. Things we are ..his shirt. DO ..about in our daily lives often feature in our dreams. ANXIETY 10. Teachers worry that competitive games encourage an unpleasant children. RIVAL between ​