I. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words.
| small - tired - swimming - very - picture - was |
We went(1)...............at Waikiki Beach as soon as we arrived on the Hawaiian island of Tahu. We took a(2)...................plane to Kilauea Volcano this afternoon. The lava(3).................pouring when we flew overhead. If was(4)..................exciting.
| souvenirs, snowy, island, accommodation, shore, hotel, high, low, lava, tour |
1. Hawaii is a beautiful..............of Oahu, the USA
2. I bought a lot of.........in Hawaii for my friends
3. We're going to Thailand on a...........We're coming to several cities and visiting a lot of pagoda there
4. It was interesting to see the.......pouring out when we flew overhead
5. It is always ............in winter in Chicago. The temperature is -20oC
6. If you travel on a tour , your...........is inclued in te ticket price
7. Chicago is situated right on the...........of Lake Michigan
8. You should be careful when you go to the desert. The temperature is very.........at daytime but it is very.........at night
Fill in each black in the letter with a suitable word
Dear Mom and Dad,
This is just a quick letter to let you know that I'm fine. We are all working quite hard because the exama are only a few weeks aways, but our teacher (1) ................ he thinks we'll do well.
Anyway, we (2) ................... a wonderful time at half term. We went off Paris for a (3) .............. days with my friends and we went on a guided tour. We saw most of the famous sights (4) ................. the louver, here they have an amazing collections of painings, and the Eiffel Tower. Then we went down to the south of France (5) ............. train. It was so (6) ............... thw whole journey was only about fours hours. We (7) ........... a little time in Nice and in Cannes as well, and we all (8) ............... enjoyed it. On our last day we went to a small island (9) ................... the Ilea des Pelerins and we saw the castle where they (10) .................. to keep the '' Man in the Iron Mask''. All in all we had a great time and the weather was really good as well.
Anyway, I must go now as I've got to do a lot of homework for tomorrow. Will you write soon?
Love,
Jane
I. Fill in the gap with the suitable prepositions
1. I'm only be............. town for 3 days.
2. The lava was pouring............when we flew overhead.
3. The heads of four American presidents are carved.............rock.
4. What is special............ Mount Rushmore ?
5. He is always complaining.......... the heavines of my suitcase.
6. Can I use your computer................... one hour?
7. Could you solve this math problem ..............me?
8. You could save some money............. used things.
9. My class won the first prize............. collecting cans.
II. There is a mistake in each of these sentences. Underline the mistakes and then correct it:
1. I went to the USA and my accommodation included in the ticket price.
2. The weather was fine but he didn't take so many warm clothes with him.
3. Mrs.Lan went to shop and she bought a lot of souvenirs.
4. She loved the specialities in one of the restaurant in Chicago.
5. I wanted to know what the climate was like bringing suitable clothes.
6. It's rain and cool with the temperature in 40oC
7. There is a soccer match at the stadium next Sunday afternoon.
8. I did my homework when my friend came.
9. The table is two meters in long.
Complete the sentences with the best time word from the box.
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After always / as / as quickly as possible / immediately / at the age of / eventually / later soon / then / until |
e.g. __After________ I phoned you I went to the park.
1 The doctor came _______________. It took him only 5 minutes.
2 We waited for four hours but _______________ we decided to go home.
3 I heard a window breaking _______________ I was walking past the house.
4 Nick Bolton died _______________ 92.
5 We _______________ knew our mother was important but we never knew what her job was exactly.
6 I was so tired that when I went to bed I fell asleep __________.
7 Meg worked for the BBC __________ 1995.
8 They drove for 50 km. __________ they stopped at a roadside café.
9 ‘How __________ can you come?’ he asked.
10 We got married when we were very young. Three years _______________ we got divorced.
I)complete the passage with the most suitable words
Torquay is one of the (1)_____ popular holiday resorts in Britain.(2)_______provides entertaiment,sports of every kind,ect.You can (3)______at the hotels by the sea,or at comfortable but less expensive (4)______hourses.There (5)_____ camping sites too.Torquay has large sandy beaches (6)________you can buy refreshments and hire (7)_______to sit on.There are large areas of grass land and miles of cliff paths (8)________walkers.
II)put in correct form of the verbs in brackets
Reporter: Mike and Harriet, tell me what you _______(see)
Harriet: Well,when we (1)________(drive) home last night,we (2)_______(see) a strange object in the sky
Mike: While we (3)_______(come) down the hill into town,it just suddenly (4)_______(appear) in front of us.We (5)_______(stop) the car and (6)_______(get) out
Harriet: It (7)_____(be) a clear night.The stars (8)________(twinkle) in the sky
Mike: It was a spaceship.It (9)________(seem) quite big.It (10)________(have) some strange writing on the side.And a light (11)________(flash) on the top
Harriet: While we (12)________(watch) it,it suddenly (13)________(fly) away and (14)_______(disappear)
III)fill in the blanks with the suitable prepositions
1, You must come______for dinner one night
2, We'll only be_____town______three days
3, What the weather_____?
4, I'll pick you______at the hotel_______7 o'clock
5, They went swimming______Waikiki Beach as soon as they arrived_______the Hawaiian island_____Oahu
6, If we don't finish the report today,we can go______with it tomorrow
7, She complained_____me______his rudeness
8, This doll is made______China
9, We went______a 10-day tour of central Africa
10, They caught the flight 710____10.00______Thursday,22
IV)write the question to complete the dialogue
Samuel: Hi,Cathy. How was your trip to Japan?
Cathy: It's was wonderful! I really enjoyed it
Samuel: (1)__________________________?
Cathy: I went with my parents
Samuel: (2)___________________________?
Cathy: I was there for two weeeks
Samuel: Great! (3)_________________Kyoto?
Cathy: Yes,I did.It's a beautyful city
Samuel: (4)____________________in Kyoto?
Cathy: The weather was very nice.It's warm and sunny
Samuel: (5)____________________________?
Cathy: Well,I visited some temples.They're really fantastic!And then I went to a sumo match in Osaka
Samuel: (6)_____________________________?
Cathy: Yes,it was very funny and excited
Samuel: (7)__________________while you were in Kyoto?
Cathy: I stayed in an old Japanese inn.
Samuel: And (8)________________________?
Cathy: Yes,I liked Japanese food.But I didn't like sushi.By the way,do you want to see my photos?
Samuel: Sure!
V)make an accent mark over the stressed syllable of these words
Australian , vacation , wonderful , accommodation , departure , gallery , university , exciting , president , souvenir , hospitable
16.When we flew overhead, we saw the.....pouring out of the volcano
A. Water
B. Lava
C. Liquid
D. Got
18. Eight hundred years ago, Christmas songs were......for people in towns and villages
A. Shown
B. Made
C. Performed
D. Demonstrated
19. The Eiffel Tower was built for the 100th.......of the French Revolution
A. Celebration
B. Anniversary
C. Festival
D. Organization
20. This meants that they must have .......to a computer
A. Access
B. Combination
C link
D. Connection
Choose A,B,C or D to complete the following passage.
When our class teacher suggested an excursion (1) _______ the last June holidays, we chose the Botanic Garden, the place we all wanted (2) ______. All the boys and girls of the class assemnled in our school one day and started our bus journey at 9:00 AM. As soon as we arrived to the garden, our teacher took us to an open grass patch and told us about the program for the day. The Botanic Garden has a variety of flowers and trees, each and everyone is (3) _______ the air was very cool and clean, so we (4) _______ very refeshed. It was so pleasing to see the well cut grass, hedges and flowering plants all around.
Our teacher (5) ______ us about the history of the Botanic Garden. We spent sometime (6) _______ jokes and telling stories. After that we had lunch. The some of us played games while others went out to collect seeds of flowers. Our teacher (7) _______ a few photographs of us in the garden (8) ______ about 4:00 PM, we returned home
1. A. on B. at C. during D. to
2. A. visit B. to visit C. visiting D. visited
3. A. label B. labeling C. labeled D. to label
4. A. feel B. fall C. fell D. fetl
5. A. told B. said C. asked D. advised
6. A. crack B. cracking C. to crack D. cracked
7. A. carries B. laid C. had D. took
8. A. At B. On C. In D. Among
Fill in each gap with suitable relative pronoun: where,when,why or which
1. Here is the beach _____ is the safest for swimmers
2.Mr Bike will buy the house ____ is opposite to my house
3. This is the place ___ the battle took place 40 years ago
4.The town ____ we are living in is noisy
5. The town ___ we are living is noisy and crowed
6. SUnday is the day ___ we usually go fishing on
7. Sunday is the day __ we usually go fishing
8. I'll never forget the day __ I first met her
9. This is the hotel ___ we stayed last summner
10. Tell me the reason __ you have cancelled the tour
11. The year __ we came to live here was 1975
12. I wish to see the factory __ your father uses to work
13. That's the house __ I was born in
14. The city ___ I lived as a child has been pulled down now
195. The weather was so bad that we couldn’t go sailing.
The weather wasn’t _______________________________________________________
196. The plane took off before we arrived at the airport.
By the time _____________________________________________________________
197. I don’t live in a big city, so I can’t go to the cinema very often.
If _____________________________________________________________________
198. She never seems to succeed even though she works hard.
In spite of ______________________________________________________________
199. Jeanie is the tallest girl in her class.
No one _________________________________________________________________
200. You didn’t plan things at the start, so we are in this mess now.
If _____________________________________________________________________
201. My father bought a car with a sun roof.
The car ________________________________________________________________
202. It’s said that English people are quiet and severed.
English people ___________________________________________________________
203. Fiona had to get on the plane though she was afraid of flying.
Despite ________________________________________________________________
204. Foxes can use their noses to find their dinners because they have a keen sense of smell.
Because of ______________________________________________________________
205. He was very old, but he walked ten miles everyday.
Despite ________________________________________________________________
