Question

Part OneHere is a conversation between Julia and her Uncle Jim. Julia is going on a schooltrip to Spain, to help improve her language skills. Read the conversation and writeeach verb in brackets in the correct tense. The first one has been done for you.Oh, Uncle Jim, I am so happy – and I know you will be (be) too when youhear my news. I have been talking to Mum and Dad and they1______________ (agree) that I can go on the school trip to Spain. It isquite expensive, but they think it will be worth it.Hello Julia. You are right, I 2______________ (please). As you know, I thinklanguage learning is very important, and the best way to learn is to spend timein the country where the language is spoken. And I 3______________ (know),because that is how I have managed to speak three languages – even though I am only fluent in English! I just wish I could speak French and Russian betterthan I do. Of course, your mother 4______________ (speak) French veryfluently, but that’s because she lived there for a year when she was a student.I know, Mum is brilliant in French. It makes it so easy when we go on holiday there;she can do all the talking. She says it is the only time Dad allows her5______________ (make) all the decisions – and the reason he does so is that hecannot understand a word she is saying. So my idea is that, if I improve mySpanish, then perhaps we could go on holiday to Spain next year. That would befantastic, as I am sure the weather is better there, and they have some fabulousbeaches.I don’t know about the weather in Spain, but I wish I had been given youropportunity to study in another country for three weeks when I 6______________(be) still at school. And your school trip to Spain is not a holiday. You will have towork hard, you know. Will you be staying with a family? Do you know which city7______________ (go) to? And how long will you be there?Steady on, you are asking so many questions! We will be going for three weeks,and I will be living with my penfriend’s family, in Madrid – and I will also be going toschool with her every day, and 8______________ (have) lessons in Spanish. Allday, every day. There will be other girls from my school there too, but as they9______________ (be) older than me, I will not see them very often in the Spanishschool. I will be on my own with my penfriend, Sophia.That’s excellent. You will either have to learn to speak in Spanish, or you will haveto live for three weeks without talking – and I know you can’t do that. I tell you whatI will do. If you promise to work hard while you are there, I will give you somespending money before you go, and if your teachers tell your parents that you10______________ (make) good progress while you were in Spain, I will also giveyou spending money for that holiday in Spain you want so much.Part Twoдрузья, помогите убедиться в том, что задание сделано правильно!Later Julia is telling her mother about the telephone call with her Uncle. Fill thegaps using the numbered phrases written in in bold from the conversation in PartOne. The first one has been done for you.“Oh, Mum, I have just had a lovely chat with Uncle Jim. I was telling him about you andDad agreeing that I can go to Spain He is so pleased; he said that he thinks languagelearning is very important, and that the only way 11___________________________ tospeak three languages was by spending time in each country.He also said that you speak French really well, but that is because12___________________________ when you were a student. And he added that hewished he had been given the opportunity to study abroad when he was at school.Oh, and he asked me loads of questions about the arrangements. He is worse than youand Dad! He wanted to know if 13___________________________ which city I wasgoing to, and where I would be staying. So I told him about going to Madrid, and beingwith Sophia, and I explained that for most of the time 14___________________________with her.And then he was really amazing! He said that if 15_______________________________while I was in Spain, he would give me some spending money! That means you and Dadwon’t have to pay out quite so much for the trip.”

Answer 1

1-agreeing / agreed (both i think correct )
2-am pleased 
3-know
4-speaks
5-to make
6-was
7-you going
8-i will have
9-are
10-made
11-he has managed
12-you lived there for a year 
13-i know
14-i will be
15-i worked hard 

Answer 2

Based on the provided text, here are the correct tenses for the verbs in the conversation:

1. agree - have agreed 2. please - am pleased 3. know - know 4. speak - speaks 5. make - to make 6. be - was 7. go - will go 8. have - will have 9. be - are 10. make - made

Conversation with Julia's Mother:

“Oh, Mum, I have some great news to tell you! Uncle Jim called and I told him about the school trip to Spain. He was pleased to hear that you and Dad have agreed that I can go. I know how important language learning is to Uncle Jim, and he knows it too because he has managed to speak three languages. He wishes he could speak French and Russian better. He also mentioned that you speak French fluently because you lived there for a year.

Uncle Jim thinks that if I improve my Spanish, then we could go on holiday to Spain next year. He believes the weather is better there and they have fabulous beaches. I don't know much about the weather in Spain, but I think it would be fantastic to go on a holiday there. What do you think, Mum?

Uncle Jim also asked me many questions about the school trip. He wanted to know if I will be staying with a family and which city I will be going to. I told him that I will be living with my penfriend's family in Madrid. I will also be going to school with her every day and have lessons in Spanish. There will be other girls from my school there too, but as they are older than me, I will not see them very often at the Spanish school. I will be on my own with my penfriend, Sophia.

Uncle Jim said that I will either have to learn to speak in Spanish or live for three weeks without talking, and he knows I can't do that. He made me a promise. If I promise to work hard while I am there, he will give me some spending money before I go. And if my teachers tell you and Dad that I made good progress while I was in Spain, he will also give me spending money for the holiday in Spain that I want so much. Isn't that amazing, Mum?"