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1. Mike is keen
(buy) things off websites.
2.He is not the only one
(find) this attractive.
3. He wants
(have) a new camera.
4. Instead
(go) to a normal shop he prefers online shops
5. Ebay is a website really worth
(try).
6. It is so easy
(buy) cheap things there.
7. But you must be very good
(bid).
8. Mike enjoys
(bid) until the very last moment.
9. And he is very successful. He remembers
(buy) a skateboard for only 5 pounds.
10. When he had bought it, he was looking forward
(receive) it.
11. He wasn´t sure if the seller really meant
(send) it to him.
12. Then he thought, maybe he might have forgotten
(post) it.
13.
(be) without the skateboard would have been very bad for Mike.
14. It would have meant
(lose) 5 pounds which was still a lot of money for him.
15. Of course, everybody knows the danger
(trust) people you don´t know.
16. But Mike didn´t expect anybody
(cheat) other people.
17. Anyway, there is also a chance
(trick /
passive form
) in a normal shop.
18. Mike will surely go
(look) for interesting things on the internet.
19. He won´t stop
(use) the internet.
20. But when he spends too much time in front of the computer screen his mother tells him to stop
(see) some friends or
(do) sport.
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