Part 3: Complete the gaps in the newspaper article below with a suitable form
of the verb in brackets. Choose from the following active or passive forms: present simple,
present continuous, past simple, present perfect, past perfect and modals.
          VOLUNTEERING Two and a half years ago, Anita Kapur (0) left (leave) university with
high hopes and a degree in the History of Art. She then (1) ........................... (spend) the next
two years applying in vain for jobs. ‘I soon (2) ............................................ (realise) that I (3)
........................... (study) something more practical, like computing or accountancy,’ admits
Anita. ‘I (4) .................................. (have) no work experience, and there (5)
........................................... (always be) a lot of competition for jobs in the art world.’ Last
summer, Anita (6) ........................... (see) an advertisement for volunteers to help organise an
arts festival in her home town. She (7) ................. (apply) and (8)................ (accept). Since
then, Anita (9) ........................ (find) a job as an administrator in a London gallery. ‘I
definitely (10) ........................................... (not get) this job, if I (11)
......................................... (not gain) such useful experience doing the voluntary job at the
arts festival,’ she says. Anita’s experience is far from unique, but it is not only job-seekers
who (12) ......................... (benefit) from volunteering. If businesses (13) ..................... (see)
to be doing something for the community, it (14) ............................ (enhance) their public
image. For this reason, more and more companies nowadays (15) .................. (encourage)
their employees to volunteer, either partly or wholly in the company’s time.