Exercise 1. Read the text and fill in the blanks with suitable words in the box below.

           City is often (1) ___________ as a large and a highly populated area. (2) __________, city life is living in a large populated, technologically advanced area. (3) ____________ to World Health Organization, 54% of the world’s population lived in urban areas by 2014. A city is technologically (4) ____________ advanced and complex than the countryside. Therefore, there are many advantages in living in a city. Technology (5) ____________ our lives easy in a city. Cities have many facilities like high-quality hospitals, educational institutes, banks, shops (6) ____________ other business institutes. This makes our life easy as we (7) ____________ access the facilities provided by these institutes and organizations without delay. Moreover, many employment opportunities are available in the city as many major business institutes, factories are (8) ____________ here. City life also gives us access to developed infrastructure facilities, like water, electricity, telecommunication and transportation facilities.

          (9) ____________, we can also notice the difference in the behavior of the people living in the city. City dwellers tend to be (10) ____________, ambitious and distant compared to the village folk.

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1.Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. There are TWO words that you don’t need.

decorate      decorations      traditional       parade       celebrate      costumes       fireworks

GOLOWAN FESTIVAL

Golowan festival is one of the biggest (38) __________ festivals in Europe. Golowan means ‘midsummer’ in Cornish, the old language of Cornwall. ‘Midsummer’ is the longest day of the year and people celebrate ‘midsummer’ in many countries. The festival lasts for ten days. The celebrations begin with a big (39) __________ show and lots of different music events. People (40) __________ the streets with flags in different colors. School students make amazing animals out of paper. There aren’t any cars or buses on the streets in the town center. Hundreds of people dress up in beautiful (41) __________ and walk along the streets in a big (42) __________. Musicians play guitars and drums while people dance. Visitors can also try Cornish food at the food stands.

. Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. There are TWO words that you don’t need.

decorate      decorations      traditional       parade       celebrate      costumes       fireworks

GOLOWAN FESTIVAL

Golowan festival is one of the biggest (38) __________ festivals in Europe. Golowan means ‘midsummer’ in Cornish, the old language of Cornwall. ‘Midsummer’ is the longest day of the year and people celebrate ‘midsummer’ in many countries. The festival lasts for ten days. The celebrations begin with a big (39) __________ show and lots of different music events. People (40) __________ the streets with flags in different colors. School students make amazing animals out of paper. There aren’t any cars or buses on the streets in the town center. Hundreds of people dress up in beautiful (41) __________ and walk along the streets in a big (42) __________. Musicians play guitars and drums while people dance. Visitors can also try Cornish food at the food stands.

Read the following email and fill in each blank with a suitable word/phrase from the box. There are two words/phrases that you don't need.

                        experience      sample       excited       interesting

                      walking tour      performance          sightseeing

Hi Amy,

My family and I are going to Edinburgh next month and I'm really __________. We are traveling on Friday. I've made some plans. In the morning, we are talking a ___________ around Edinburgh. It's a good way to learn about the city. In the afternoon, we are visiting Edinburgh Castle. That will be an amazing ___________ for sure. Then we are going to have dinner àn enjoy live ___________ in a really nice restaurant. If we have time, we will visit Royal Botanic Garden. It's very popular with tourists. There's also a local market near the garden. People can ___________ traditional cakes and chocolate, or buy local art and jewelry for souvenirs. I think we will have a terrific time

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. There
are TWO words that you don’t need.
decorate decorations traditional parade celebrate costumes fireworks

GOLOWAN FESTIVAL

Golowan festival is one of the biggest (38) __________ festivals in Europe. Golowan
means ‘midsummer’ in Cornish, the old language of Cornwall. ‘Midsummer’ is the longest day

of the year and people celebrate ‘midsummer’ in many countries. The festival lasts for ten days.
The celebrations begin with a big (39) __________ show and lots of different music events.
People (40) __________ the streets with flags in different colors. School students make amazing
animals out of paper. There aren’t any cars or buses on the streets in the town center. Hundreds
of people dress up in beautiful (41) __________ and walk along the streets in a big (42)
__________. Musicians play guitars and drums while people dance. Visitors can also try Cornish
food at the food stands.

Read the following text and use the words given in the box to fill in the le.

    there        ;            real             ;         sticking          ;        about     ;

    are           ;      legally             ; the               ;      at.

   Friendship is an interesting kind of love. There's no contast (1) _______ binding you two together, there's no unspoken rule (2) _________ loving each other unconditionally, and there's no (3) _______  blinding commitment to the opposite person other than what you are willing to put in to the relationship.                                 But maybe these (4) _______ the reasons why our relationships are so valuable. The option is always (5) ______ to back out at any time, and yet, with the really, really authentic ones, we never do.

    Because (6) _____ the end of the day - after the breakups and divorces and estrangements - we choose (7) _______ companions we want in our lives, and they are the ones worth (8) _______ around for.

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. There are

decorate decorations traditional parade celebrate costumes fireworks

GOLOWAN FESTIVAL

Golowan festival is one of the biggest (38) __________ festivals in Europe. Golowan means ‘midsummer’ in Cornish, the old language of Cornwall. ‘Midsummer’ is the longest day of the year and people celebrate ‘midsummer’ in many countries. The festival lasts for ten days. The celebrations begin with a big (39) __________ show and lots of different music events. People (40) __________ the streets with flags in different colors. School students make amazing animals out of paper. There aren’t any cars or buses on the streets in the town center. Hundreds of people dress up in beautiful (41) __________ and walk along the streets in a big (42) __________. Musicians play guitars and drums while people dance. Visitors can also try Cornish food at the food stands.

V. Read and complete. Fill in the blank with one suitable words 

1. It was Sunday yesterday. Linda (1) ___________ up late. She (2) ___________ have breakfast. She didn't do the washing. She went out for (3) _____________ with her family at around 11:00. In the afternoon, she went shopping with (4) _____________ mother. She didn’t listen to her favourite music, but she watched the film “Tom and Jerry” (5) _____________ TV. In the evening, she had no homework. She did not go out with her friends. She went to bed (6) _____________. 

2. Unusual       others              fun       normal             other                game                sports

Hobbies are activities for entertainment. Hobby can cost you nothing. Music is the most popular. For example, many people play the guitar for ___________ in their free time. Sports provide other ___________ hobbies. Cycling, running, tennis, table-tennis are the sports that millions of people play during their leisure time.

Some people’s coin collections are wonderful. There are still hundreds of ____________ collections, such as bottle collections, seashell collections, butterfly collections, and so on.

For some people, a hobby is a favourite ___________, like chess. In shess, we need two or more people to play.

Read the following text and use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks.

English art and architecture, the distinctive national art and (1) __________ that art may be said to have evolved in the 12^th century with the Norman style. Building (2) _________ that time was in what is commonly called the Saxon (3) ________ Anglo-Saxon style, which combined Roman (4) ________ Celtic features, it is represented (5) __________ sparse remains of monasteries, churches, and cathedral crypts, notable (6) __________ the use of long-and-short ashlar stonework (7) _________ churches were small, relatively simple structures, having one or (8) ________ towers and one or three aisles, with wooden or stone roofing.