1 Choose the word from the box and fi ll in the text. listen to, understand, learn, have to, improve, study, know
I want to ... my English. That’s
why I ... to work hard at it. I have to
... how to read. I have to learn
many words to ... English better. I
have to do many exercises to ...
English. And, of course, I have to
... spoken English to understand
English better. I am sure, it can all
help me to ... English.
2) The young man answered he was happy to answer my questions and asked if my parents had had some illnesses.
4) I answered that my mother had been very unhealthy when she was a child, and she had had problems with her health all her life.
5) The manager asked if my father had been healthy.
6) I answered he had had heart problems.
7) The manager said quietly he was sorry to hear that.
8) He asked how old they had been when they died.
9) I answered they had been still very young and my mother had been thirty-five and my father had been forty.
10) He said he, couldn't give me some life insurance.
11) When the man was leaving the office, another manager came up to him and said I had to be so honest with people and added I had to use my imagination and make something up.
2) The young man answered he was happy to answer my questions and asked if my parents had had some illnesses.
4) I answered that my mother had been very unhealthy when she was a child, and she had had problems with her health all her life.
5) The manager asked if my father had been healthy.
6) I answered he had had heart problems.
7) The manager said quietly he was sorry to hear that.
8) He asked how old they had been when they died.
9) I answered they had been still very young and my mother had been thirty-five and my father had been forty.
10) He said he, couldn't give me some life insurance.
11) When the man was leaving the office, another manager came up to him and said I had to be so honest with people and added I had to use my imagination and make something up.