II. Fill each blank in the following sentences with the correct form of the word in parentheses (10ms)
1. The most famous (invent).......... of Thomas Edition was the electric light bulb.
2. The hotel was so awful that we wrote a letter of (complain) .......... to the agency.
3. My teacher is extremely (knowledge) ............. about the history of our country.
4. Many people find it ( waste ) ............ to advertise.
5. All the newspapers praised the (brave).......... of the firemen.
6. Lionel Messi plays soccer (skill)...............
7. Walking is an easy and (expensive)............. activity.
8. The best way to see the (see) ..................... of Manhattan is from a ferry around the island.
9. Hard work always brings (succeed)............. .
10. You should not go out in the (hot)............. of the day.
III. Verb forms. Write the correct form of the given verbs . (10ms)
1. It (rain) ________________ every day so far this week.
2. I will wait here until she (come) ________________
3. Felix phoned the fire brigade when the cooker (catch) ________________ fire.
4. I (walk) ________________ home when it started to rain.
5. There’s someone at the door. I (answer) ________________ it.
6. There is a river (flow) _________________ across the village.
7. No one (see) _________________ Peter since the day of the party.
8. Rice (grow) ____________________ in tropical countries
9. Lan (have) ____________________ dinner when the phone rang.
10. You (eat) ____________________ Vietnamese food?
IV. Use the correct form of the verb in brackets. (10ms)
When I was a child, I (1. dream ) _______________ about traveling to lots of different places. I (2. long ) _______________ to go to Japan, to Honolulu, to Alaska. Well, I am 40 years old now, and I (3. be) _______________ a travel guide for ten years; so I (4. be) _______________ to all those places. This year alone I (5. travel) _______________ to fifteen countries. Last week I visited friends in Bangkok, and then to see the sights of Singapore.
Now I have just returned from Cairo – I (6. fly) _______________ there a week ago with a group of businessmen. When we got home, one of them shook his head and (7. say) _______________ to me, “You look tired, you (8. have) _______________ a holiday recently?” I (9. laugh) _______________ and said, “Going on holiday is my job.” He (10. reply) _______________, “Perhaps you ought to work for a week or two then.”
V. Cloze test. Supply one word for each blank . (10ms)
One warm spring day, Mrs. Baker went to the park near her house. She sat down (1) ______________ a park bench and started to read a letter (2) ______________ her daughter, Karen. Karen and her family were in Florida on holiday for two weeks. Karen said that they were having a wonderful time, and she (3) ______________ some postcards showed pictures of Florida.
Mrs. Baker smiled (4) _______________ she read the letter again. She was happy that they were having a good time. While she was reading, a man (5) _______________ and sat down at the other (6) _______________ of the bench. He opened his newspaper and (7) _______________ to read.
Suddenly the cards blew out of Mrs. Baker’s hand fell on the (8) _______________. They started to blow away. The man quickly reached down and helped Mrs. Baker to (9) _______________ them up. Mrs. Baker thanked him and showed him the postcards. They introduced (10) _______________. It was the beginning of a very pleasant friendship.
