EXERCISE 12: a. Joe said that he (1 - look) ……….for a job since the previous month. b. Ms. Lana was badly hurt in a car accident. she (2 - wear) …. her seat belt, she (3 - not hurt) ……. so badly. c. We (4 - make) ………… to work hard in order to pass the next entrance exam. d. Listen to those kids! What language they (5 - speak) ………….? e. When I met Nam yesterday, it was the first time I (6 - see) ………. him since we left school. f. We watched the young bird ( 7. fly) ……………… out of its net. j. I (8 - be)………. afraid the children (9 - wake) ……… up my uncle Tom, who ( 10 - sleep) ………. in the next room for the last two hours. EXERCISE 13: In the past, both men and women (1- expect) to be married at quite young ages. Marriages (2- general/arrange) by parents and family, with their children having little chance to say no in the matter. In the past it (3- not be) surprising to find that a bride and groom (4- only just meet) on the day of their engagement or marriage. In modern Vietnam, this (5- change) completely as people choose their own marriage-partners based on love, and in consideration primarily to their own needs and wants. Moreover, early marriage is quite illegal. The traditional Vietnamese wedding is one of the most important of traditional Vietnamese occasions. Regardless of westernization, many of the age-old customs practised in a traditional Vietnamese wedding continue (6- celebrate) by both Vietnamese in Vietnam and overseas, often combining both western and eastern elements. Besides the wedding ceremony, there is also an engagement ceremony which (7- take place) usually half a year or so before the wedding. The number of guests in attendance at these banquets (8- be)huge, usually in the hundreds. Several special dishes are served. Guests (9- expect) to bring gifts, often money, which the groom and bride at one point in the banquet (10- go) from table to table collecting. EXERCISE 14: