"Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when given." This part of the university entrance exam in Madrid (Spain) is worth up to 2 points (out of 10). The gaps to be filled in include all verb tenses (in both the active and the passive voice), prepositions, connectors, all types of pronouns, etc.
These are the sentences included in the PDF:
1. Over the last ten years or so, face recognition ______________ (become) a popular area of research. No doubt, this will be one of the ______________ popular technologies of the future.
2. If scientists ______________ (work) harder, smart authentication devices ______________ (use) in the last Olympic Games.
3. The next Biometrics Conference, ______________ will be held in Tampa, aims at ______________ (promote) information exchanges between the government and outside entities.
4. The lack of interest ______________ (show) by scholars is sometimes the result of the boredom that our educational system often ______________ (produce).
5. If pupils’ artistic skills ______________ (encourage) when they were at school, they ______________ (not be) so frustrated in their adult lives.
6. He ____________ (give) a new tablet for his birthday, although he was not old ______________to know how to use it.
7. Smart watches will become ______________ fashionable in a near future that nobody will be able to live ______________ one.
8. Remember ______________ (switch) off your phone before the concert ______________ (start).
9. I have met lots of young people _________ suffer _________ anxiety if they don’t have the latest device.
10. They ______________ (take) the dog to the kennel because it had been abandoned by its owner a long time ______________.
11. Last year, it ______________ (prove) that patients made progress in activities ______________ therapy dogs were used.
12. If we ______________ (know) about all these new therapies with dogs, we ______________ (avoid) much suffering in the past.
13. ______________ many new devices have started to conquer the market, smartphones are still the ______________ popular gadget among young people.
14. If you ______________ (be) a boring salesman, ______________ would you do? Would you wear one of those new watches?
15. This is the first device that ______________ (match) different types of data to read the tone of conversations. Every detail ______________ (put) together with the greatest precision.
16. Romantic films, ____________ are sometimes very silly, are often more entertaining ____________ westerns.
17. I felt like the ____________ (lucky) person in the world after I ____________ (win) two tickets to attend a play in New York.
18. I really don’t feel like ____________ (go) out to the cinema tonight. I’d rather ____________ (stay) home and watch TV.
19. ____________ smoking is no longer permitted, some people still ____________ (enjoy) socialising in pubs.
1. Over the last ten years or so, face recognition ______________ (become) a popular area of research. No doubt, this will be one of the ______________ popular technologies of the future.
2. If scientists ______________ (work) harder, smart authentication devices ______________ (use) in the last Olympic Games.
3. The next Biometrics Conference, ______________ will be held in Tampa, aims at ______________ (promote) information exchanges between the government and outside entities.
4. The lack of interest ______________ (show) by scholars is sometimes the result of the boredom that our educational system often ______________ (produce).
5. If pupils’ artistic skills ______________ (encourage) when they were at school, they ______________ (not be) so frustrated in their adult lives.
6. He ____________ (give) a new tablet for his birthday, although he was not old ______________to know how to use it.
7. Smart watches will become ______________ fashionable in a near future that nobody will be able to live ______________ one.
8. Remember ______________ (switch) off your phone before the concert ______________ (start).
9. I have met lots of young people _________ suffer _________ anxiety if they don’t have the latest device.
10. They ______________ (take) the dog to the kennel because it had been abandoned by its owner a long time ______________.
11. Last year, it ______________ (prove) that patients made progress in activities ______________ therapy dogs were used.
12. If we ______________ (know) about all these new therapies with dogs, we ______________ (avoid) much suffering in the past.
13. ______________ many new devices have started to conquer the market, smartphones are still the ______________ popular gadget among young people.
14. If you ______________ (be) a boring salesman, ______________ would you do? Would you wear one of those new watches?
15. This is the first device that ______________ (match) different types of data to read the tone of conversations. Every detail ______________ (put) together with the greatest precision.
16. Romantic films, ____________ are sometimes very silly, are often more entertaining ____________ westerns.
17. I felt like the ____________ (lucky) person in the world after I ____________ (win) two tickets to attend a play in New York.
18. I really don’t feel like ____________ (go) out to the cinema tonight. I’d rather ____________ (stay) home and watch TV.
19. ____________ smoking is no longer permitted, some people still ____________ (enjoy) socialising in pubs.