Texts with exercises

Task 1 Read the text and highlight all the adjectives.

You don't simply go on holidays to Paris – you start a romance that lasts for life. As soon as you arrive, you’ll fall under the spell of the city on the Seine. The capital of France sets the

standard for city breaks across the globe. Start the day with an oven-fresh croissant and

smooth black coffee in a little corner café. Then it's on to those Parisian icons – the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame. Or perhaps a promenade down the Champs-Élysées so that you can visit some big-name shops and have an ice cream in the park.

Travel to Paris isn't complete without treating your taste buds. Lively bistros line the

Latin Quarter. A mini-maze of restaurants hide behind the stunning Sacré-Cœur. And

state-of-the-art pâtisseries pepper the whole city. If the charms of this aristocratic city

haven't won you over already, the cuisine most certainly will. Holidays in Paris –

prepare to fall in love.

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Jill answered the phone. It was Jack.

"Jill, will you marry me next week?"

"What?"

Jack repeated his question.

"Of course not," she replied. She wondered why he was asking her that question. They had already agreed that when people get married, they immediately start to take each other for granted. They don't do the "little things" like opening the car door or holding hands. They get too comfortable. They treat their partner like an old shoe. And eventually, they get bored with each other and get divorced.

"We already agreed that we don't want to get married because we don't want to get divorced."

Jack agreed. But he argued that they were special. They were different from other couples. They loved each other too much to end up in a divorce.

"Yes, that may be true. But still, why next week? Why can't we think about it for another year or two?"

"Because I had two dreams the last two nights. In both dreams, you left me for another man. In fact, you left me for two different men. I want to get married now so I don't have these dreams anymore."

"Hmm. What did these men look like?"

Learners of English often confuse do and make. There is a rough guideline, but no hard and fast rule:

• We often use do when we speak about everyday jobs and tasks: do the shopping; do the dishes; do my homework.

• We use make when we want to speak about creating something, in particular something which didn’t previously exist: make a cake; make a suggestion; make an offer.

When to use make

 When to use do