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  1. Rewrite the following sentences in the causative form, as in the example.

E.g.: I am going to ask my sister to sew me a dress. I am going to have a dress sewn (by my sister)

  1. Someone has written a letter for John.

  2. When will they repair my telephone?

  3. She pays someone to clean her house every week.

  4. Can you ask him to move my furniture?

  5. Pay someone to translate your article.

  6. When will you service your car?

  7. They are going to ask the guide to show the museum.

  8. She should ask someone to send a message.

  9. Peter is going to ask his brother to pay some bills for him.

  10. Someone has shortened her dress.

Listening

  1. Listen to the song “Happy New Year” filling in the gaps.

No more 1) ____ And the 2) ____ are through Here we are, me and you Feeling lost and feeling 3) ____

It's the end of the 4) ____ And the 5) ____ seems so grey So unlike 6) ____ Now's the time for us to say Happy New Year Happy New Year 7) ____ we all have a vision now and then Of a world where every 8) ____ is a friend Happy New Year Happy New Year May we all have our 9) ____, our will to try If we don't we might as well lay down and die You and I Sometimes I see How the brave new 10) ____ arrives And I 11) ____ how it thrives In the ashes of our 12) ____ Oh yes, 13) ____ is a fool And he thinks he'll be okay Dragging on, 14) ____ of clay Never knowing he's astray Keeps ongoing anyway Happy New Year Happy New Year May we all have a vision now and then Of a world where every neighbor is a friend Happy New Year Happy New Year May we all have our hopes, our will to try If we don't we might as well lay down and die You and I Seems to me now That the 15) ____ we had before Are all dead, nothing 16) ____ Than 17) ____ on the floor It's the end of a 18) ____ In another ten 19) ____ time Who can say what we'll find

What lies waiting down the 20) ____ In the end of eighty-nine Happy New Year Happy New Year May we all have a vision now and then Of a world where every neighbor is a friend Happy New Year Happy New Year May we all have our hopes, our will to try If we don't we might as well lay down and die You and I

  1. Listen and decide whether the following statements are true or false

  1. New Year is when we make plans to change our life over the coming year.

  2. “January 1 is a 'magical' date and a vow made on this day is much more powerful than one made on August 26.”

  3. Most of our promises to quit, start or change things are not usually broken by January 31st.

  4. People tend to make the same resolutions’ year by year.

  5. More than 45 per cent of people make resolutions.

  6. One of common resolution is to lose weight.

  7. A few of us stick to resolutions.

  8. 71 per cent of people stick to resolutions for the first two weeks.

  9. 50 per cent of people stick to resolutions less than 6 months.

  10. Most people give up resolutions because they don’t have willpower.