III. Complete using the present, the past or the perfect participle of the verbs in the brackets. 11. …… ……………………………… (make) the salad, I cut my finger. 12. … ……………………………… (warn) about the bad weather, they cancelled the fishing trip. 13. …… ……………………………… (read) the book, I wrote down some notes. 14. ………… ……………………… (beat) well, the mixture will thicken. 15. ………… ………………………… (polish) his car, he then vacuumed it. 16. The man ……… …………………………… (give) the speech is my son. 17. ……… …………………………… (not feel) well, the boy left school early. 18. ……… ………………………… (surprise) by the event, we didn’t know what to say. 19. …………… ……………………… (not know) where to go, I asked for directions. 20. ……… …………………………… (trap) in the car, they waited for help. 21. The dry cleaner ruined my coat while …………………………………… (clean) it. 22. The food ………… ……………………… (eat) by the guests had been prepared by caterers. 23. The novel, …………… …………………… (be) a great success, will be made into a film. 24. Only articles ……… ……………… (write) by students will appear in the school’s newspaper. 25. ………… ………………………… (spend) all my money, I asked my brother to lend me some. C. VOCABULARY I. Complete each sentence with a verb from the box. Blocked collapsed crashed Exploded Flooded Injured sank Trapped 26. Yesterday a lorry ……………… …………………… into a bus at the traffic lights. 27. The falling roof tiles ……… …………………………… several passers-by, though not seriously. 28. The old wooden building ……… ……………………………… in a high wind. 29. A terrorist bomb ……………… …………………… at the railway station last week. 30. The river burst its banks and ………… ………………………… the town during the night. 31. Rocks and mud from the mountain ………………………………… the main road yesterday. 32. The storm at sea ………… ………………………… several small fishing boats. 33. The rising water …………… ……………………… two families in their homes for six hours. III. Complete each sentence with a compound noun made from two words from the box. Air bus Car center City failure hour jam park parking Pollution power Rush shortage Stop strike ticket traffic train water 47. The roads were crowded and I was stuck in a …… …………………………………… for hours. 48. The … … …………………………………… is bad in this city. It’s getting hard to breathe! 49. All the lights went out because there was a …………… ………………………… 50. I left my car in the wrong place and the police gave me a … ……………………………………… 51. I couldn’t use the railway yesterday because there was a … ……………………………………… 52. I had to pay a fortune to leave my car in a multi-storey …… …………………………………… 53. I waited at the …… 54. …………………………………… for hours but all the buses were full. 55. There is always a lot of traffic during the ………………………………………… 56. It doesn’t rain a lot here, and at the moment there is a ………………………………………… 57. The Government has decided to ban all cars from the