Fill in the gaps with the correct connector. Rewrite the sentences. Choose the correct tense of the verbs.

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6) Use the correct connector to fill the gaps.

• a) I slept ii) while my grandmother finished telling the story.
• b) To encourage their leader, the animals cheered ii) as he talked.
• c) Chameleon married the girl because it was assumed that he had arrived i) before Hare did.
• d) Hare felt cheated iii) after he lost the girl.
• e) The father agreed to give his daughter to chameleon iii) after he arrived first.

7) Rewrite the sentences below as instructed in the brackets without changing their meaning.

• a) Neither the taxi driver nor the passengers knew that such a situation could lead one to prison.
• b) Mugabe is not used to getting out of the house on Sundays.
• c) Every flying bird has wings.
• d) Henry is said to be 100 years old.
• e) John is not only a hardworking man but also a loving father.

8) A person is describing a photograph of some friends. Choose the correct tense of the verbs in brackets – the present simple or continuous form.

• a) This first person with the cigarette is Ben. He still smokes about twenty a day.
• b) And next to him is his girlfriend, Amy. They are working in Cameroon at the moment with a voluntary organisation.
• c) They really don't want to stay there forever but for now they really are enjoying themselves.
• d) And this last person with the tie is Anton. He never usually wears a tie so I think it