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Gap Filling

Read the text of a news reporter and fill in the blanks with the Simple Present Tense or the Present
Continuous Tense forms of the verbs in the parentheses.

I am in Sydney, Australia, for the The music band (7) _________________ Not everybody is outside. Here is
(play) music for the visitors from
festival for a week. Sydney Festival
different countries and for all the the inside of the Vivid Sydney. The
is the festival of art, performance,
participants of the festival. Every two tourists (13) _________________
and big ideas. It (1) _________________ January, the same music band (enjoy) the experience inside Light
(run) for three weeks every January, (8) _________________ (participate) in this Origami here at the moment.
from January 6 to January 30. It festival and plays their special music
(2) _________________ (have) different for this festival.
activities such as contemporary
and classic music, dance, circus,

drama, visual arts, and artist talks.

By the Opera House at the Bay
The festival area is full of people,
and there are different shows. Some Bridge, we see travellers and local
people (9) _________________ (take) photos people. They (14) _________________
of these events. Here is Sally. She says (have) their beverages, and they

More than 130 events take place she (10) _________________ (come) to this (15) _________________ (wait) for the
in Sydney Festival. Every year, festival every year to take photos and shows to start. Generally, local
the festival (3) _________________ make an album for herself. people (16) _________________ (spend)
(attract) 500,000 people from all time here, especially on sunny days,
around the world. You will enjoy but today is special also for them.
live performances of the artists. Lots of people from all around
There's something for everyone
to enjoy at Sydney Festival. The Australia (17) _________________ (try) to
Sydney Festival is a huge event find a good place for themselves
that started in 1977. to watch tonight’s shows, so they
The festival (4) _________________ Can you see the ship? It is very close also (18) _________________ (arrive)
(start) with the festival’s free to the firework shows. A lot of people earlier than usual on this festival
opening event, Festival First Night. (11) _________________ (get on) these ships day every year.
Now, we (5) _________________ (attend) to watch the shows closely every
this event with our cameraman, year. This year is the same. You see
John. We (6) _________________ (walk) there are a lot of tourists and natives.
around to see what other people They (12) _________________ (enjoy) this
are doing. beautiful scenery on the ship.

MATEMATİK-11
ORTAÖĞRETİM 7 ENGLISH-9
GENEL MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ