1. Complete the text with the correct participle forms of the verbs below. There are verbs that you do not need.
abandon, grow up, shout, commit, offer, play, show, look, borrow, invent, listen, take, think, move, allow, postpone, agree
They go to Europe, play professional football and earn millions. Not surprisingly, celebrity West African footballers 1______ for European clubs, like Drogba, Toure and Eto'o, are huge heroes in their home countries, and millions of young boys 2________ in West Africa dream of following in their footsteps.
Unfortunately, there are lots of dishonest agents 3_______ advantage of these boys with big dreams. The agents offer the most talented boys trials with European clubs 4________ for new players. The boys 5________ this fantastic opportunity are usually very keen to say 'yes', but there's a huge cost involved.
Many parents, 6___________ that they will soon be rich if their son's trial is successful, pay with money 7_________ from friends and family, or sell their home to raise the funds. The agents take the money and take the boys to Europe, but then ... nothing. The agents disappear. The trials are a fiction 8________ to cheat the boys' families. The young footballers, 9________ in a foreign country without money or documentation, often end up sleeping on the streets or working for criminal gangs. Meanwhile, the agents 10_______ this cruel fraud make a fortune.
2. Write sentences with similar meaning beginning with one of these words or phrases
