2. Put one of these phrases in each gap in the passage.

friendly as different from the same as(2) as quiet as as narrow as

My hometown has changed a lot - it's defintely not (1) ............................... it was before. It's not (2) ............................ it was 5 year ago. It' much more noisy, but I prefer it now. There are more shops and restaurants. The restaurants are (3) ......................... the ones we had before. Now we can eat many different kinds of food - Italian,French,and even Mexican!

There have been so many changes. Even the streets are not (4) ................... they were before. They are wider now to make space for the extra traffic.

One things hasn't changed though. The people here are as warm and (5) ............................. before. That's one thing that's (6) ....................... it was before.

Put One suitable word in each space:
Miss Darby was one of those people who never threw anything away.''You never know when you might need it''was(1)...of her favourite sayings.She lived(2)...herself in a large Victorian house across the road from us.Although I never went to her house,I knew it was full(3)...antique furniture,Persian carpets and so on.In every room,there were dozens of painting so that her house was(4)...an art gallery.I remember my father(5)...that she was a''Strafford shire Darby''but I had(6)...idea what he mean.I(7)...out years later that the Darby family had made their money from coal-mining in Strafford shire.We use to make up stories(8)...her.My sister Alice,(9)...was a romantic girl.told us that Miss Darby once had a lover but he walked out one day and she(10)...saw him again.

CHOOSE TWO WORDS (ONE FROM EACH BOX TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

1.- The party went wrong because it was _______________      __________________

2.- I thought it would be expensive but it was _________________     _________________

3- My grandmother is ______________     __________________ in hospital.

4.- What a huge ship! It is ______________     ________________

5.- Fortunately, my car was only ______________    ______________   in the accident.

 6.- My dog is always barking but today it is ______________     _______________

 7.- After the redecoration, my flat was _______________     _______________ It looked new!

 8.- Don’t make their wait ___________________     _________________ . They’re so impatient!

1.Read the passage and fill each numbered space with ONE suitable word
I had a terrible experience last Saturday. This is what happened. I left my flat at 2 o’clock went into (36) to do some shopping. I go shopping most Saturday afternoon. (37) 4 o’clock, I had finished shopping and went into a (38) for a cup of coffee. While I was sitting in the café, I saw a friend called Julie Jones and she (39) me. At around 4:30 Julie and I paid the (40) and left the café. As we were leaving, I offered to give her a (41) home in my car. She said she would like a lift so we walked to the car park together. I always put my (42) in the same car park near the town centre, but when we got to the park. I had a big (43) . My car was not there! Of course, I immediately thought that someone had (44) it. I was going to phone the police, but luckily I didn’t. I suddenly realised the truth. I had (45) driven into town that day! I had come on the bus instead. Imagine how stupid I felt.

Exercise 7: Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. 

I would like to live in one of the (96) ………… modern houses in the world. It will produce all the energy it needs from the (97) ………… energy, the wind energy, but not from gas, or oil. There will be modern electronic (98) ………… in the kitchen such as a smart refrigerator, a dishwasher, a microwave oven, and so on. The house will also have a hi-tech TV that helps us to watch TV programmes from space. A home robot will be able to do all of (99) …………, so our life will become more comfortable than ever (100) …………

96. A. more B. almost C. much D. most

97. A. solar B. sunny C. sun D. cloudy

98. A. tools B. appliances C. machines D. equip

99. A. the homework B. the housework C. homework D. housework

100. A. after B. until C. then D. before

Fill one suitable word in each blank to complete the following passage.

CHILDREN’S DAY IN KOREA

In Korea, there are lots of (1) …………………. Among my (2) …………………is Children’s Day. I can’t enjoy it anymore (3) …………………I am all grown (4) …………………but every year on that day, it makes me remember the time (5) …………………I was a child.

I can remember that Children’s Day was always happy. (6) ……………on that day, all (7) …………cooked delicious food for the kids or had a party with all family or they went on a picnic. Also, there would be the giving of (8) …………………to the kids. (9)……… ..it is a holiday that we have only once a year, it will always remind me forever (10) ……………my childhood.

Ex 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions. Write your answer in the space given.

1. You should brush your hands _______ and ________ having meals.

2. Yesterday, my paresnt were _______, so I had to stay at home to look _________ my little sister.

3. Cheer _______! Try laughing _________ a change.

4. There was no explanation _______ his absence ______ class yesterday.

5. He has a bag ____________ mail ___________ his motorbike.

Ex 2: Fil each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word. Write your answer in the spaces below.

               I always wacth the weather ___ on television to see what tomorrow's weather will be ___. In England the weather ___ very often. It's very changeable. Sometimes it rains for a day or two, but after the wet weather, often with noisy thunderstorms, it is sometimes ___ for a long time, with no rain at all. On some days the sun shines and the ___ is clear, but on other days it is so ___ you can't see the sun. English summers aren't usually very hot but the ___ usually reaches 25⁰C, it's quite ___. In winter it is sometimes quite mild and pleasant but sometimes it's very ___ or even freezing. The English climate isn't very good ___ holidays but it makes the countryside green.