Exercise 1: Choose one suitable word in the box to complete each space in the passage.
in
stay
English
her
and
of
language
one
an
what
from
call
My name’s Thomas, but people ...............(1) me Tom. I’m from Sheffield.............(2) the North of England. However, I live in Lisbon, in Portugal. I’m ..............(3) English teacher. I work in a ...........(4)school. I’m married. My wife’s Portuguese. ............ (5)name’s Juliana. We have two children. Laura is 5 ..........(6) Victor is 2. They speak ............... (7)and Portuguese. I’m 35. My school is in the centre ............(8)Lisbon. It’s a small ..............(9) with about 200 students. ............ (10)Monday to Friday, we get up at six, have breakfast and go to work or school. My wife is a good cook. At the weekend, we .........(11) in bed until 8 a.m, we can do ..............(12)we want. On Sunday we often visit our parents-in-law. They live approximately 30 kilometres from us.

Exercise 1: Choose one suitable word in the box to complete each space in the passage.
words
some
mobile
Americans
postcode
English
speak
a
very
and
is
different
British &American English
British and American people (1) .................... the same language – (2) ...................., but with some small differences. Some (3) .................... are different in American English, for example Americans say 'zip code', not (4)'....................', 'vacation', not 'holiday', and 'cell phone', not (5)'.................... phone' (6). .................... words have (7) .................... meanings, for example in British English (8).................... purse is a thing where women have their money (9) ....................credit cards. In American English a purse (10)....................a woman's bag. American grammar is (11) .................... similar to British grammar, but with some example, (12) .................... say 'See you Friday', but British people say 'See you on Friday'.

Exercise 1: Choose one suitable word in the box to complete each space in the passage.
words
some
mobile
Americans
postcode
English
speak
a
very
and
is
different
British &American English
British and American people (1) .................... the same language – (2) ...................., but with some small differences. Some (3) .................... are different in American English, for example Americans say 'zip code', not (4)'....................', 'vacation', not 'holiday', and 'cell phone', not (5)'.................... phone' (6). .................... words have (7) .................... meanings, for example in British English (8).................... purse is a thing where women have their money (9) ....................credit cards. In American English a purse (10)....................a woman's bag. American grammar is (11) .................... similar to British grammar, but with some example, (12) .................... say 'See you Friday', but British people say 'See you on Friday

Exercise 1: Choose one suitable word in the box to complete each space in the passage.
breathe
hairy
different
swims
under
water
times
full
feeds
live
spins
by
An odd spider
Most spiders (1) ________on land, but this spider is (2)________. It spends most of its time(3)________water. How does it (4) ________? It breathes (5) ________making a tent full of air bubbles under (6) ________. First it (7) ________a web in the shape of a bell. Then it fixes it to plants the water. Next it (8) ________up to the top of the water and traps a tiny bubble of air with its (9) ________back legs. It drags the bubble to its home. It does this many (10) ________until its home is (11) ________of air. Then it sits nice web and (12) ________on tiny fish and other water animals

Exercise 1: Choose one suitable word in the box to complete each space in the passage.
breathe
hairy
different
swims
under
water
times
full
feeds
live
spins
by
An odd spider
Most spiders (1) ________on land, but this spider is (2)________. It spends most of its time(3)________water. How does it (4) ________? It breathes (5) ________making a tent full of air bubbles under (6) ________. First it (7) ________a web in the shape of a bell. Then it fixes it to plants the water. Next it (8) ________up to the top of the water and traps a tiny bubble of air with its (9) ________back legs. It drags the bubble to its home. It does this many (10) ________until its home is (11) ________of air. Then it sits nice web and (12) ________on tiny fish and other water animals

Exercise 1: Choose one suitable word in the box to complete each space in the passage.
married
because
alive
came
lives
was
as much as
at night
stopped
unfortunately
couldn’t
didn’t earn
My grandparents lived in Hungary in the 1920s.They (1) ____________ to England in 1946, after the war. My grandfather worked in a factory in Birmingham and he studied English (2) ____________.
My grandmother stayed at home (3) ____________ she only spoke Hungarian and so she (4) ____________ get a job. Life (5) ____________ difficult because my grandfather (6) ____________ much money in the factory. My grandparents have three children, my mother and my two uncles. They helped their parents (7) ____________ they could. My grandparents (8) ____________ work when they were sixty and they liked having a lot of free time together. (9) ____________, my grandfather died in 1994, but my grandmother is still (10) ____________.

Exercise 1: Choose one suitable word in the box to complete each space in the passage.
depressing
short
grey
are
working
day
first
why
warm
starts
dark
feel
Favourite times
In the UK the third Monday in January is the most (1)________day of the year, says psychologist Dr Cliff Arnall, who calls it Blue Monday. Why? Because it's winter, the weather is usually (2)________ and cold, the days are (3)________, and Monday is the (4)________ day of the (5)________week. People are also often (6)________ of money after Christmas, some people (7)________ bad after breaking their New Year resolutions. And the happiest (8)________of the year? The third Friday in June, says Dr Arnall. And it's easy to see (9)________ -it's summer, it's (10)________ outside, the evenings (11)________ light, and the weekend (12)________ now!

Exercise 1: Choose one suitable word in the box to complete each space in the passage.
depressing
short
grey
are
working
day
first
why
warm
starts
dark
feel
Favourite times
In the UK the third Monday in January is the most (1)________day of the year, says psychologist Dr Cliff Arnall, who calls it Blue Monday. Why? Because it's winter, the weather is usually (2)________ and cold, the days are (3)________, and Monday is the (4)________ day of the (5)________week. People are also often (6)________ of money after Christmas, some people (7)________ bad after breaking their New Year resolutions. And the happiest (8)________of the year? The third Friday in June, says Dr Arnall. And it's easy to see (9)________ -it's summer, it's (10)________ outside, the evenings (11)________ light, and the weekend (12)________ now!

Exercise 1: Choose one suitable word in the box to complete each space in the passage.
away
in
money
as
that
of
make
requires
what
throughout
Every day of the year ………….(1) the world, about twenty million paper bags and newspapers are screwed and thrown …………..(2)
Making paper ………(3) a lot of wood pulp and the work of million of workers. Many countries have had plans to recycle waste paper to save …………(4) and labor. ………(5) countries where there is the cooperation of the public, paper mills recycle as much ……..(6) sixty percent of waste paper. Their simple work is to take away the ink, crush it and ……….(7) it into pulp again. For every ton ………….(8) recycled newsprint, twelve trees can be saved. We can insist …………(9) the more paper people save, the more ………….(10) are preserved.