17.
The academic term was coming to its end and Kate decided to arrange a party to celebrate the coming holidays. To be frank, there ___ one more reason for the party.

BE

18.
Kate wanted her classmates to meet someone from her family. She was sure it would impress ___ and would help her popularity.

THEY

19.
Kate ___ sandwiches in the kitchen when Hugo came in.

MAKE

20.
“It looks like I’m the ___ guest, doesn’t it?” Hugo looked embarrassed. “Sorry for coming so early.”

ONE

21.
“Oh, it’s ok,” said Kate, “Come in! You ___ me in the kitchen, won’t you?”

HELP

22.
“Sure,” Hugo entered the room and ___ in surprise. “Are you saying you made all this yourself?”

STOP

23.
On the table there was a huge pie. It ___ with different fruit and looked fantastic.

DECORATE

24.
“No,” Kate looked pleased with his reaction. “My cousin helped me. She ___ for the shop. She’ll be back any minute.

LEAVE

25.
The front door opened and a girl entered. Hugo understood that he ___ her many times in different TV programmes for teenagers. “A TV star?” Hugo sounded so silly that both girls burst out laughing.

SEE

26.
At school, writing essays was a real problem for me, and my grades were always low. ___ enough, I didn’t like writing and tried to avoid writing lessons at all costs.

NATURAL

27.
I thought I didn’t have enough ___ for any kind of writing.

IMAGINE

28.
I only understood what my problem was after school. In a ___ journal I saw an article about children’s writing problems.

SCIENCE

29.
The author claimed that anyone could become a good ___ if they learned some rules. I read and reread the article several times. Then I tried to use the information in practice.

WRITE

30.
I have never become a professional journalists but from time to time I publish some pieces of my ___ writing on my blog.

CREATE

31.
My friends find these essays and stories very ___ .

ENJOY