1. holiday
2. although
3. preparations
4. bought
5. relatives
6. put
7. top
8. are

1. English is spoken over the world.
2. Would you mind if I took a photo?

1 C

2 A

3 D

4 B

5 C

6 C

1 go

2 are going to see

3 speak

4 go

5 wrote

6 to play

7 reading

8 is doing

1 She is hooked on going to the suburbs and painting pictures of natural landsapes

2 It took the boy hours and hours to play chess with his grandfather

3 People used to make fire by rubbing pieces of bamboo 

4 Despite making careful preparations, they had a lot of difficulties in making the film 

1 C

2 D

3 D

4 A

5 D

1 She hates going swimming on Sunday

2 The doctor said to him that he should stay in bed for a few days

3 The teacher asked him to come into his office

4 My grandmother used to live in the countryside when she was young

1 A week ago

2 No, they didn't

3 It is 45 km 

4 They went there by car

5 They picked wild flowers

6 They sat quietly fishing by the stream

7 No, they didn't

8 They went home at 5.00 Pm