Exercise 10: Complete the text with available words. since yet had already ago for have already never ever I (1) ......................... always been very fit and healthy, and I have (2) ......................... had a serious illness. However, a couple of weeks (3)........................., I caughtthe flu. I must admit that until then, I had not realized just how unpleasantthe flu could be. I (4)......................... a high temperature for nearly a week,and my whole body hurt. I don’t think I have (5) ......................... felt somiserable. It’s taking me ages to get my strength back. It really bothersme that I haven’t had enough energy to play football (6)......................... I gotill. In fact, I have (7)......................... been to the doctor to ask if it’s normal tofeel weak for so long. He says I’ll soon feel better. Apparently I’m lucky. For some people, especially the old and the weak, the flu can be very serious.Doctors have tried (8)......................... years to find a cure for the flu, but theyhaven’t found one (9)......................... Fortunately, researchers have developeda vaccine which gives effective protection against the disease. According tomy doctor, most of his elderly patients have (10)......................... received theirflu shots. Exercise 11: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Film maker George Richards (1. be)........................... interested in the cinema since he (2. be)........................... a small child. He (3. make)............................ his first film when he (4. be)......................... just twelve years old. He is now almost forty and he (5. make) ......................... thirty films. George loves travelling. His work (6. take)......................... him all over the world. He (7. be)......................... to Africa, India, Australia, China, the USA and South America. Last year, he (8. visit)......................... Russia for the first time. George is married to the singer Kathy Burke. They (9. be)......................... married for ten years. They live withtheir two children on the Greek island of Kos. They (10. buy)......................... a house on the island in 1987 and they are still living there.