Dream Wedding

I hope that you enjoy the story! Feel free to listen to the story first. It’s more fun to hear it than to read it, and I don’t think it will help you with the test!

Some of the phrases are ‘very American’. I wouldn’t use them all myself! When you have done the tasks, don’t forget to click ‘View Questions’ to see the full text.

Current
Review
Answered
Correct
Incorrect

Question 1 of 6

1. Question

the x 4 | a/an x 9 | no article x 3 | для no article ставим букву ‘x’

BLANK 1 of 16 fall of 2009 found me and my then-fiancee, Megan, trying to plan BLANK 2 of 16 wedding. And we were unemployed, we came from BLANK 3 of 16 humble beginnings, and no matter how much we tried to crunch BLANK 4 of 16 numbers or plan BLANK 5 of 16 most banal, menial wedding possible, it was just not going to happen. And we were BLANK 6 of 16 little upset, you know, because we were in love and we were ready to start our life together. And BLANK 7 of 16 things were complicated because I had just gotten (brought) her to L.A. We had done BLANK 8 of 16 long-distance relationship across to Michigan, and I had to leave her behind – she had to stay and run our apartment complex – that was my normal job. And I had to book out to Sacramento to work as BLANK 9 of 16 actor in BLANK 10 of 16 professional theater where, ironically, we had met before. I was going to be gone for BLANK 11 of 16 long time. And right before I left, she said, you know, I think I found BLANK 12 of 16 way for us to have BLANK 13 of 16 wedding. And I said, what? And she goes, well, I found this online contest. It’s called BLANK 14 of 16 Southern California $100,000 Dream Wedding Giveaway. I found it on BLANK 15 of 16 website called BLANK 16 of 16 Broke-Ass Bride.
Fill in the blank 1 of 16 fall of 2009 found me and my then-fiancee, Megan, trying to plan Fill in the blank 2 of 16 wedding. And we were unemployed, we came from Fill in the blank 3 of 16 humble beginnings, and no matter how much we tried to crunch Fill in the blank 4 of 16 numbers or plan Fill in the blank 5 of 16 most banal, menial wedding possible, it was just not going to happen.
And we were Fill in the blank 6 of 16 little upset, you know, because we were in love and we were ready to start our life together. And Fill in the blank 7 of 16 things were complicated because I had just gotten (brought) her to L.A. We had done Fill in the blank 8 of 16 long-distance relationship across to Michigan, and I had to leave her behind – she had to stay and run our apartment complex – that was my normal job. And I had to book out to Sacramento to work as Fill in the blank 9 of 16 actor in Fill in the blank 10 of 16 professional theater where, ironically, we had met before. I was going to be gone for Fill in the blank 11 of 16 long time.
And right before I left, she said, you know, I think I found Fill in the blank 12 of 16 way for us to have Fill in the blank 13 of 16 wedding. And I said, what? And she goes, well, I found this online contest. It’s called Fill in the blank 14 of 16 Southern California $100,000 Dream Wedding Giveaway. I found it on Fill in the blank 15 of 16 website called Fill in the blank 16 of 16 Broke-Ass Bride.
Question 2 of 6

2. Question

the x 9 | a/an x 4 | no article x 2

And I said, listen, and BLANK 1 of 15 skeptic, BLANK 2 of 15 realist, you know, came out in me and I said, listen, BLANK 3 of 15 fine print, you’re going to read it. You’re going to find out it’s not really doing what it’s going to do. And even if we entered it, we’re going to lose to someone with BLANK 4 of 15 terminal illness or BLANK 5 of 15 Iraqi war vet. (veteran) It’s just going to happen. So I blew it off. I went up BLANK 6 of 15 North. I started doing my thing. She came up and visited me BLANK 7 of 15 couple of times. And after BLANK 8 of 15 holidays, she came and visited me again. She was only there until Friday. And on Friday, she said, you know, today’s BLANK 9 of 15 last day to turn in BLANK 10 of 15 form for BLANK 11 of 15 Southern California Dream Wedding Giveaway. Please. And she coerced me into it. And I said, fine. I started filling out BLANK 12 of 15 form. And BLANK 13 of 15 perfectionist in me took over. And I kind of started getting into it, these cute questions and how you met and what’s your song and all BLANK 14 of 15 kinds of stuff. And we filled it out. And, like, BLANK 15 of 15 hour before it was due, we turned it in online with over 600 other couples. And I went, done. And she went back to Los Angeles.
And I said, listen, and Fill in the blank 1 of 15 skeptic, Fill in the blank 2 of 15 realist, you know, came out in me and I said, listen, Fill in the blank 3 of 15 fine print, you’re going to read it. You’re going to find out it’s not really doing what it’s going to do. And even if we entered it, we’re going to lose to someone with Fill in the blank 4 of 15 terminal illness or Fill in the blank 5 of 15 Iraqi war vet. (veteran)
It’s just going to happen. So I blew it off. I went up Fill in the blank 6 of 15 North. I started doing my thing. She came up and visited me Fill in the blank 7 of 15 couple of times. And after Fill in the blank 8 of 15 holidays, she came and visited me again. She was only there until Friday.
And on Friday, she said, you know, today’s Fill in the blank 9 of 15 last day to turn in Fill in the blank 10 of 15 form for Fill in the blank 11 of 15 Southern California Dream Wedding Giveaway. Please. And she coerced me into it. And I said, fine. I started filling out Fill in the blank 12 of 15 form. And Fill in the blank 13 of 15 perfectionist in me took over.
And I kind of started getting into it, these cute questions and how you met and what’s your song and all Fill in the blank 14 of 15 kinds of stuff. And we filled it out. And, like, Fill in the blank 15 of 15 hour before it was due, we turned it in online with over 600 other couples. And I went, done. And she went back to Los Angeles.
Question 3 of 6

3. Question

the x 6 | a/an x 9 | no article x 7

About two days later, we got BLANK 1 of 21 phone call. Megan called me to tell me we made BLANK 2 of 21 top ten finalists. I found out right before I was going on BLANK 3 of 21 stage in BLANK 4 of 21 dressing room. And I flipped. Because all my worry and my fear up to that point kind of dissipated because this was BLANK 5 of 21 confirmation that there was BLANK 6 of 21 chance. There was BLANK 7 of 21 chance. And there were two more rounds of BLANK 8 of 21 competition left to go. We had BLANK 9 of 21 voting round. And then there was BLANK 10 of 21 big party at BLANK 11 of 21 end that all BLANK 12 of 21 vendors and sponsors would go to. So we started BLANK 13 of 21 massive campaign. It was BLANK 14 of 21 internet voting. And it was kind of tricky because it was only one vote per IP address. So, basically, in BLANK 15 of 21 layman’s terms, it’s one vote per computer. You couldn’t hammer BLANK 16 of 21 vote button BLANK 17 of 21 hundred times. So you had to reach out to everybody. So we got BLANK 18 of 21 Facebook fan page. And we were calling, doing BLANK 19 of 21 bulk e-mails, getting BLANK 20 of 21 hold of BLANK 21 of 21 teachers and relatives we hadn’t talked to in years, didn’t want to talk to for years, just begging anyone to vote.
About two days later, we got Fill in the blank 1 of 21 phone call. Megan called me to tell me we made Fill in the blank 2 of 21 top ten finalists. I found out right before I was going on Fill in the blank 3 of 21 stage in Fill in the blank 4 of 21 dressing room. And I flipped. Because all my worry and my fear up to that point kind of dissipated because this was Fill in the blank 5 of 21 confirmation that there was Fill in the blank 6 of 21 chance.
There was Fill in the blank 7 of 21 chance. And there were two more rounds of Fill in the blank 8 of 21 competition left to go. We had Fill in the blank 9 of 21 voting round.
And then there was Fill in the blank 10 of 21 big party at Fill in the blank 11 of 21 end that all Fill in the blank 12 of 21 vendors and sponsors would go to. So we started Fill in the blank 13 of 21 massive campaign. It was Fill in the blank 14 of 21 internet voting. And it was kind of tricky because it was only one vote per IP address. So, basically, in Fill in the blank 15 of 21 layman’s terms, it’s one vote per computer. You couldn’t hammer Fill in the blank 16 of 21 vote button Fill in the blank 17 of 21 hundred times. So you had to reach out to everybody. So we got Fill in the blank 18 of 21 Facebook fan page. And we were calling, doing Fill in the blank 19 of 21 bulk e-mails, getting Fill in the blank 20 of 21 hold of Fill in the blank 21 of 21 teachers and relatives we hadn’t talked to in years, didn’t want to talk to for years, just begging anyone to vote.
Question 4 of 6

4. Question

the x 4 | a/an x 4 | no article x 8

I was driving around with my laptop in my passenger seat of my car, pulling over in front of BLANK 1 of 16 restaurants that had BLANK 2 of 16 Wi-Fi and linking in and voting. I was doing BLANK 3 of 16 show – at BLANK 4 of 16 end scene I had BLANK 5 of 16 tuxedo. So I came out in my tuxedo to BLANK 6 of 16 lobby and met every patron and handed them BLANK 7 of 16 flyer to please vote for us.  And Megan was doing her best down in L.A. But no matter how many votes we get, we couldn’t top Amber and Tyler. And Amber and Tyler were this couple that just kept pulling ahead. And they were every fear I had personified. Tyler was BLANK 8 of 16 firefighter battling BLANK 9 of 16 testicular cancer. Impossible!   So we had to, you know, dig deep. So I got my buddy Jacob, who’s BLANK 10 of 16 friends with Panic! at BLANK 11 of 16 Disco, which was this huge band. And we got them to put on BLANK 12 of 16 Twitter to tweet our link to vote. And it went out to 90,000 people. Bam! Overnight. Overnight. We went from BLANK 13 of 16 hundreds of votes down to BLANK 14 of 16 hundreds of votes ahead. And they responded. Tyler’s mom contacted BLANK 15 of 16 Livestrong Network (a cancer charity). And BLANK 16 of 16 thousands of cancer votes just started piling in. There’s nothing we can do about it. We went underneath.
I was driving around with my laptop in my passenger seat of my car, pulling over in front of Fill in the blank 1 of 16 restaurants that had Fill in the blank 2 of 16 Wi-Fi and linking in and voting. I was doing Fill in the blank 3 of 16 show – at Fill in the blank 4 of 16 end scene I had Fill in the blank 5 of 16 tuxedo. So I came out in my tuxedo to Fill in the blank 6 of 16 lobby and met every patron and handed them Fill in the blank 7 of 16 flyer to please vote for us.
 And Megan was doing her best down in L.A. But no matter how many votes we get, we couldn’t top Amber and Tyler. And Amber and Tyler were this couple that just kept pulling ahead. And they were every fear I had personified. Tyler was Fill in the blank 8 of 16 firefighter battling Fill in the blank 9 of 16 testicular cancer. Impossible!   So we had to, you know, dig deep. So I got my buddy Jacob, who’s Fill in the blank 10 of 16 friends with Panic! at Fill in the blank 11 of 16 Disco, which was this huge band. And we got them to put on Fill in the blank 12 of 16 Twitter to tweet our link to vote. And it went out to 90,000 people. Bam! Overnight.
Overnight. We went from Fill in the blank 13 of 16 hundreds of votes down to Fill in the blank 14 of 16 hundreds of votes ahead. And they responded. Tyler’s mom contacted Fill in the blank 15 of 16 Livestrong Network (a cancer charity). And Fill in the blank 16 of 16 thousands of cancer votes just started piling in. There’s nothing we can do about it. We went underneath.
Question 5 of 6

5. Question

the x 9 | a/an x 1 | no article x 7

But you know what? It wasn’t over yet. There was one level left. BLANK 1 of 17 party. And even though we got BLANK 2 of 17 second place in BLANK 3 of 17 votes, it all came down to BLANK 4 of 17 decision at BLANK 5 of 17 party. And BLANK 6 of 17 problem was I couldn’t go. I was in Sacramento. And Megan was in Los Angeles. And I couldn’t make it. I didn’t have BLANK 7 of 17 understudy. There was no one to cover me. And my sister’s putting BLANK 8 of 17 fear of God in me, going, you’ve got to get down there. Showing up is 90% of it. You’re going to lose. And there was nothing we could do. So Megan, brilliant, cuts out BLANK 9 of 17 huge cutouts of my face and puts them on BLANK 10 of 17 Popsicle sticks. And hands them out to four of our friends that went to BLANK 11 of 17 party. So even though I wasn’t there in BLANK 12 of 17 body, in every photograph, I’m there in 2D. And they bring all BLANK 13 of 17 couples up on BLANK 14 of 17 stage for one final kind of dating show game Q&A. And they asked my wife, you know, what do you think about Peter? What makes you think about him? And she talked about BLANK 15 of 17 kiss and how it felt like BLANK 16 of 17 home. And it was beautiful. It melted BLANK 17 of 17 people’s hearts.
But you know what? It wasn’t over yet. There was one level left. Fill in the blank 1 of 17 party. And even though we got Fill in the blank 2 of 17 second place in Fill in the blank 3 of 17 votes, it all came down to Fill in the blank 4 of 17 decision at Fill in the blank 5 of 17 party. And Fill in the blank 6 of 17 problem was I couldn’t go. I was in Sacramento. And Megan was in Los Angeles. And I couldn’t make it.
I didn’t have Fill in the blank 7 of 17 understudy. There was no one to cover me. And my sister’s putting Fill in the blank 8 of 17 fear of God in me, going, you’ve got to get down there. Showing up is 90% of it. You’re going to lose. And there was nothing we could do. So Megan, brilliant, cuts out Fill in the blank 9 of 17 huge cutouts of my face and puts them on Fill in the blank 10 of 17 Popsicle sticks.
And hands them out to four of our friends that went to Fill in the blank 11 of 17 party. So even though I wasn’t there in Fill in the blank 12 of 17 body, in every photograph, I’m there in 2D. And they bring all Fill in the blank 13 of 17 couples up on Fill in the blank 14 of 17 stage for one final kind of dating show game Q&A. And they asked my wife, you know, what do you think about Peter? What makes you think about him? And she talked about Fill in the blank 15 of 17 kiss and how it felt like Fill in the blank 16 of 17 home. And it was beautiful. It melted Fill in the blank 17 of 17 people’s hearts.
Question 6 of 6

6. Question

the x 17 | a/an x 3 | no article x 12

And they went to Amber. And Tyler wasn’t there because he was recovering from BLANK 1 of 32 surgery. And they asked Amber, what’s funny about BLANK 2 of 32 banking? Because apparently she was in BLANK 3 of 32 banking. She goes, what’s funny about BLANK 4 of 32 banking? He goes, yeah, tell us something funny about BLANK 5 of 32 banking. She goes, I don’t think there’s anything funny about BLANK 6 of 32 banking. And she looks at her sister. Her sister freezes. Her sister looks at BLANK 7 of 32 emcee and goes, can we have another question? She tanked. And everyone that went to BLANK 8 of 32 party that night said that when they went up to her, she was BLANK 9 of 32 cold fish. And I just closed my eyes in BLANK 10 of 32 hope. We went to BLANK 11 of 32 bed that night. Megan went to BLANK 12 of 32 bed, I went to BLANK 13 of 32 friend’s house who had been with us BLANK 14 of 32 whole way. And he said, dude, just enjoy BLANK 15 of 32 journey. You lost it. They can’t not give it to them. BLANK 16 of 32 public backlash from, you know, not having BLANK 17 of 32 cancer winner, it’s just enjoy BLANK 18 of 32 journey. So I went to BLANK 19 of 32 bed. Two days later, 9:30 in BLANK 20 of 32 morning on BLANK 21 of 32 Valentine’s Day, we got BLANK 22 of 32 call, and we won. We won BLANK 23 of 32 whole thing, and BLANK 24 of 32 fine print was true. We got BLANK 25 of 32 ice sculpture and BLANK 26 of 32 cigar bar and BLANK 27 of 32 photo booth and BLANK 28 of 32 free dress and BLANK 29 of 32 tuxes and BLANK 30 of 32 hotel rooms. And it was unbelievable. And for two kids on BLANK 31 of 32 unemployment, it was BLANK 32 of 32 dream wedding. And three weeks today, we celebrate our one-year anniversary.
And they went to Amber. And Tyler wasn’t there because he was recovering from Fill in the blank 1 of 32 surgery. And they asked Amber, what’s funny about Fill in the blank 2 of 32 banking? Because apparently she was in Fill in the blank 3 of 32 banking. She goes, what’s funny about Fill in the blank 4 of 32 banking?
He goes, yeah, tell us something funny about Fill in the blank 5 of 32 banking. She goes, I don’t think there’s anything funny about Fill in the blank 6 of 32 banking. And she looks at her sister. Her sister freezes. Her sister looks at Fill in the blank 7 of 32 emcee and goes, can we have another question? She tanked. And everyone that went to Fill in the blank 8 of 32 party that night said that when they went up to her, she was Fill in the blank 9 of 32 cold fish.
And I just closed my eyes in Fill in the blank 10 of 32 hope. We went to Fill in the blank 11 of 32 bed that night. Megan went to Fill in the blank 12 of 32 bed, I went to Fill in the blank 13 of 32 friend’s house who had been with us Fill in the blank 14 of 32 whole way. And he said, dude, just enjoy Fill in the blank 15 of 32 journey. You lost it. They can’t not give it to them. Fill in the blank 16 of 32 public backlash from, you know, not having Fill in the blank 17 of 32 cancer winner, it’s just enjoy Fill in the blank 18 of 32 journey.
So I went to Fill in the blank 19 of 32 bed. Two days later, 9:30 in Fill in the blank 20 of 32 morning on Fill in the blank 21 of 32 Valentine’s Day, we got Fill in the blank 22 of 32 call, and we won. We won Fill in the blank 23 of 32 whole thing, and Fill in the blank 24 of 32 fine print was true. We got Fill in the blank 25 of 32 ice sculpture and Fill in the blank 26 of 32 cigar bar and Fill in the blank 27 of 32 photo booth and Fill in the blank 28 of 32 free dress and Fill in the blank 29 of 32 tuxes and Fill in the blank 30 of 32 hotel rooms.
And it was unbelievable. And for two kids on Fill in the blank 31 of 32 unemployment, it was Fill in the blank 32 of 32 dream wedding. And three weeks today, we celebrate our one-year anniversary.

Dream Wedding

Task Summary

Information

Results

Results

Categories

1. Question

2. Question

3. Question

4. Question

5. Question

6. Question