Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks with suitable articles.(即是a ,an and the )
(e.g) An eleven-year-old boy in (1) small town wanted to be (2)
train driver. But (3) boy was born without arms.
He was taught by his uncle to use his feet as hands. He couldn’t go
to school so he spent all his time on watching trains coming and going because he lived near (4) station. How he wished he could be (5) train driver! One day he saw (6) empty trian and he climbed in. He started
it with his feet easily. Soon (7) train was travelling at forty kilometres (8) hour. Nobody could see (9) boy in (10) train and stop (11) train.
(12) train reached (13) small station (14) little way from (15) town and then (16) boy drove it back.
When he was near (17) town, (18) worker caught up
with (19) train and stopped it. At first he was very angry, but when he saw (20) boy, he was so surprised that he could hardly believe it was
true.
Exercise 2
Fill in the blanks with suitable articles.(即是a ,an and the ) When no
article is needed, put X in the blank.
It was (1) cold spring morning in (2) London. (3) weather was very cold, and many people were ill. So there were many people in (4)
doctor’s waiting room. At (5) head of (6) queue, there was (7) old woman. (8) woman was (9) visitor. She did not live in (10) London.
She lived in (11) country. She was in (12) city to visit her daughter.
She wanted to see (13) doctor because her back
hurt.
Soon (14) Indian came into (15) waiting room, and walked quickly to (16) doctor’s room. (17) old woman
thought he was (18) queue jumper. She stood up and took his
arm. Slowly, she said, “We were all here before you. You must wait
for your turn. Do you understand?” (19) Indian answered, “No,
(20) madam. You don’t understand! You’re all after me. I’m
(21) doctor."
Word Power Common Idioms (1) Fill in the blanks with the idioms given in the box. fond of afraid of at once at first at last in a hurry instead of at least proud of prefer ... to ... in love with full of
1. Don’t stop. We are _________________ . 2. Michael is _______________Winnie. They like each other. 3. The room is ____________ people. 4. His mother is ___________ him because he got very good results in the exam. 5. You should do your work ______________ . Don’t hesitate.
6. You should have ________________ a copy in your hands. 7. Can you give me the file ________________ the book? 8. Would you like some coffee? No, I ________ tea ______ coffee.
9. _________________ , he was a good boy. Then he turned bad when he met some bad friends. 10. You can finish your project ____________ . It’s been delayed for a week already.
Language Game Place to Go Jenny is going to buy the following things. Where should she go to? book shop supermarket furniture shop florist shop boutique jewellery shop goldsmith bakery toyshop newspaper kiosk gift shop shoe shop computer shop music shop
Things to BuyPlace to Go 1. newspaper 2. some flowers 3. some bread 4. a dictionary 5. a dress 6. a pair of sports shoes 7. a sofa 8. a diamond ring 9. a birthday present 10. a CD 11. some frozen food 12. board games 13. a desktop computer 14. a lock
Parts of Speech Exercise 1 Fill in each gap with a word of the right part of speech. Underline the correct answers.
Mr. Smith was a biology e.g. ( __professor__ / profession ), and he had a big 1. (collect / collection ) of rarer bones which he was very 2.(pride / proud ) of. One year he 3. (managed / management ) to get a new and better job at another university.
Because Mr. Smith was very busy, his wife made the 4. (arrangements / arrange) for all their 5. (possess / possessions) to be taken in a 6. (moving / moved) van to their new home while he was away at work.
The 7. (following / follow) week, three men started taking the things out of Mrs.Smith’s house and loading them into the van, when one of them brought out a large 8. (wood / wooden) box,
he was just about to throw it into the van with all the other things when Mrs. Smith ran out of her house and said, “Please treat that box very 9. (gently / gentle)! That one has all my husband’s bones in it.”
The man was so 10. (surprised / surprise)that he 11. (near /nearly) dropped the box on his feet.
Exercise 2 Fill in the blanks with the right part of speech. In some cases, you may have to change the form of verb. e.g love (n.) (v.), lovely (adj.) (a) I ___love___ you. (b) Fiona is a ___lovely___ girl. (c) I sent mother my ___love___ .
Word Power Common Idioms (1) Fill in the blanks with the idioms given in the box. fond of afraid of at once at first at last in a hurry instead of at least proud of prefer ... to ... in love with full of
Word Power Common Idioms (1) Fill in the blanks with the idioms given in the box. fond of afraid of at once at first at last in a hurry instead of at least proud of prefer ... to ... in love with full of
Word Power Common Idioms (1) Fill in the blanks with the idioms given in the box. fond of afraid of at once at first at last in a hurry instead of at least proud of prefer ... to ... in love with full of
1. Don’t stop. We are _________________ . 2. Michael is _______________Winnie. They like each other. 3. The room is ____________ people. 4. His mother is ___________ him because he got very good results in the exam. 5. You should do your work ______________ . Don’t hesitate.
6. You should have ________________ a copy in your hands. 7. Can you give me the file ________________ the book? 8. Would you like some coffee? No, I ________ tea ______ coffee.
9. _________________ , he was a good boy. Then he turned bad when he met some bad friends. 10. You can finish your project ____________ . It’s been delayed for a week already,
