General Practice

General Practice 1- Imagine you work for a travel agency, and you receive the following e-mail. Complete it with the right form of the verbs, and then write a short reply: To : From Subject Date

(you) Martin Thomes Is this a good service? Tuesday, September 23rd.

Dear (travel agent) I’m writing to let you know some inconveniences we _______ (have) last month when we _________ (plan) to spend some days on vacation at the Solstar Hotel. It (be) _______ a terrible holiday. Nobody (meet) _________ us at the airport, so we (not know) ________________ how to get to the hotel. We finally (get) _______________ a taxi, which (cost) __________ us $15, and (arrive) ____________ at the Solstar hotel at midnight. Of course, there (be) _________ no one at the reception desk. We (ring) ________ the bell several times, and then a bellman (come) ________ , but he (not speak) ______________ English or Spanish . After five minutes or so, he (see) ______ that we were getting very angry, so he (telephone) _____________ the manager who (introduce) ____________ himself as Mr. Trueba. “I’m sorry, I can´t help you”, he said. “We had no free rooms” . “But we (book) _________ a room six months ago”, we reply ___________, and our travel agent (tell) ________us that the reservations (be) _____________. “Oh…..” Mr. Trueba (begin) ____________ to look worried. “(not receive) ____ you ___________ my letter telling you that the hotel (be) ________closed this month? That (be) _______ just the beginning of the holiday: after that, things (get) ________worse. …………

2- Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. Make any necessary changes 1- There aren’t many jobs for young people without a degree. (employment)

2- He couldn´t give much information about their decision. (details)

3- When I moved my apartment, I had very few chairs or tables or anything. (furniture)

4- There aren’t many apartments to rent in this part of town. (accomodation) _____________________________________________________________________ 5- I don´t have many bags. They’re in the back of the car. (baggage)

6- I had a little time to spend, so I quickly looked around a bookstore. (minutes) ____________________________________________________________________ 7- Very little research was done to find out the cause. (experiments) _____________________________________________________________________