1. Ex. 1 Read the story and put the verbs in the right forms.
Falling in love
“ I will never, never, never, NEVER go to school by bicycle, …”
Tom was shouting angrily. His mother looked at him . Ex. 2 True/false
“But you _______________(to miss) your bus, darling.”
1Tom was shouting at the top of his voce.
“Yes, because you ____________(not wake) me in time.”
2 He was angry with his mother.
“Didn’t you buy that alarm clock of yours because you wanted
3 Tom is fifteen.
your independence? Come on, ________( not to be) angry. Give
4 Tom’s mother opened his diary on purpose.
me a minute, I will take you by car.”
5 Bingo is Tom’s friend.
“Take me?” Tom was indignant. “Don’t you think I’m old enough
6 Tom isn’t interested in Eva.
to go on my own? I’m thirteen and a half, remember? I can walk
7 Tom ‘s mother was reading his diary .
to school on my own.”
“But it’s too far, darling.” Ex.3 Underline the words expressing the
Tom _______________( already to close) the door behind following ideas in the text.
him.
“OK, walk then and be late, as usual,” Mrs Wheel couldn’t help 1 A feeling of being grown up.
shouting after him. She looked out of the window and 2 Furious and resentful.
_________(to see) him running at top speed. She made 3 Mrs Wheel lost her patience.
herself a cup of tea, ad she ____________(go) into the living 4 Mrs Wheel read Tom’s diary by chance.
room, when she saw Tom’s diary on the table. He 5 Tom wasn’t interested in the English lesson.
___________(to leave) it at home again! Tom was really 6 Tom was very shy with Eva.
absent-minded these days. She opened it automatically and a 7 Tom had a lot of things to talk to Eva about.
picture _________(to attract) her eyes. Then a sentence 8 Tom’s mother was worried.
attracted her eyes. She sat at the kitchen table and began
reading. The hairdresser would have to wait for her a bit
longer, this morning.
Tom was not late for school after all, but he was all in a sweat.
“All the better” he thought. Bingo ____________(to tell) him
once that sweating was a sign of virility.
The first lesson was Maths and time ______(to fly). The
second was a two-hour session of English. He was getting so
bored that he decided to work a little on his diary. He looked
into his satchel but it wasn’t there. He must have left it on his
bed. Luckily mother never _____________(to enter) his room.
Finally the break arrived. He adored those short fifteen
minutes which he ________(to spend) talking to wonderful Eva
from 2nd B.
Or better he spent them talking about her with Bingo; she
sometimes talked to him, but on those occasions Tom seemed
to lose his voice. And his mind _________(to turn off)
completely. Eva quickly lost interest in his conversation and she
left Tom to join her group of girl friends. Ex.3 Read about Tom and number the pictures
This morning he ___________(to prepare) a possible list of
topics but it was Eva who approached him and said: 1 This is what Tom dreams about Eva and him
2 Tom does this to become athletic and attract
“ You live in Elm Street, don’t you?”
Tom nodded, and swallowed. She __________(to know) his Eva’s attention. He hopes to impress her.
3 Tom sometimes stands upside down when Eva
address! She added:
“My family are going to move to Elm Street tomorrow. I was is looking at him.
4 Tom hopes to become a rich man to buy a
wondering, wouldn’t it be cool if we cycled together to school
now that it’s warm?” Ferrari and conquer Eva.
5 This is Tom’s best fantasy. He imagines this
When Tom arrived home that afternoon, he _________(to
tell) his mother that maybe she was right and that on the scene during boring English lessons .
6 This happened when Tom saw Eva for the
following day he would cycle to school. He was sure his mother
would be happy about his decision, but his mother had a funny first time.
7 Tom is dreaming about Eva, that’s why he
face . And she was carrying his diary under her arm.
doesn’t hear the alarm clock.
8 This is how Tom imagines his future with Eva.