Complete the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.

Hi Amanda,

Here I am at university! It feels a little strange to live and study so far away from home.

Being a first-year student isn’t easy, I’m telling you. I really wish our professors (1)..... (take)

it a bit easy from time to time. Only this week we (2).... (give) two large essays to write for

next week! So, as you can imagine, I don’t have much time for a social life. As for my new home,

I’m sharing a flat with two guys, Robert and Patrick. Robert is a quiet , hardworking person.

Too hardworking, perhaps. I rarely get a chance to talk to him because he says he mustn’t

(3).... (distract) when he’s studying, which he does all the time! Patrick, on the other hand,

is a completely different story. He doesn’t seem to worry about studying at all. I’m afraid

that if he keeps on that way, he (4).... (expel) from the university after the first term.

Anyway, the flat is quite nice and comfortable. Before we moved in at the end of September,

the landlord (5).... (have/the flat/redecorate), so it’s a pleasant place to live. I’d better

close now. It’s getting late and it’s high time I (6)..... (take) a look at my notes before

tomorrow’s classes with Professor Hoffman.

Write back,
Mark