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Complete the following sentences using appropriate conjunctions. 1. He is not as clever ………………………………… his younger brother. 2. He will be punished …………………………………… he is guilty. 3. He was not punished …………………………………… he was guilty. 4. He was not punished …………………………………. he was not guilty. 5. Give everyman thy ear, …………………………………. few thy voice. 6. He will die someday ………………………………….. all men are mortal. 7. He worked hard …………………………………. he might pass the examination. 8. I waited for him ………………………………….. the clock struck eleven. 9. It has been years …………………………… I last saw you. 10. Hardly had he reached the station ………………………………… the train came. 11. All men were against Dr. Johnson ………………………………. he persevered. 12. Send me a message ……………………………. I will come at once. Answers 1. He is not as clever  as  his younger brother. 2. He will be punished  if  he is guilty. 3. He was not punished  though  he was guilty. 4. He was not punished...

Fill in the blanks with the correct simple present tense form of the verb. 1. My brother ___________________  (go) to college. 2. I  ___________________ (understand) English. 3. My friends always  ___________________ (laugh) at my jokes. 4. The weather in Colombo ___________________ (be) perfect. 5. Our cats ___________________ (sleep) all day. 6. Your dress  ___________________ (look) very pretty. 7. My sister ___________________ (walk) very quickly. 8. We ___________________ (make) mistakes when we speak English. 9. I  ___________________ (be) from Italy. 10. My brother ___________________ (have) two dogs. ANSWERS: 1) goes 2) understand 3) laugh    4) is    5) sleep  6) looks   7) walks   8) make     9) am  10) has

Choose the correct response for each of the sentences: 1. If you _________ greasy food, you will become fat.   a) eat     b) will eat 2. If your sister goes to Paris, she _________ a good time.   a) has     b) will have 3. If he _________ that, he will be sorry.    a) will do     b) does 4. If I leave now, I ________ in New York by 8:00 PM.   a) will arrive     b) arrive 5. You ________ on your test if you don't study.   a) won't do well     b) don't do well 6. They won't know the truth if you ________ them.   a) won't tell     b) don't tell 7. If I bake a cake, ________ have some?   a) will you     b) do you 8. If he ________ you, will you answer the phone?   a) will call     b) calls 9. If you don't go to the party I ________ very upset.  ...

Choose the correct form of the PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE: 1. The children ________ outside.   a) were playing   b) was playing 2. The dog ________ at us.    a) were barking   b) was barking 3. My teacher ________ the exercise to me.   a) were explaining   b) was explaining 4. I ________ to my mp3 player.   a) were listening   b) was listening 5. Those people ________ towards the library.   a) were walking   b) was walking 6. The cook ________ a tasty meal.   a) were preparing   b) was preparing 7. I ________ to fix my computer.    a) were trying    b) was trying 8. My friend and I ________ basketball.   a) were playing   b) was playing 9. The police officers ________ the thief.    a) were chasing    b) was chasing 10. My sister and my brother ________.    a) were singing ...

Read the text and answer the questions. William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in Stratford on April 23rd, 1564. His father, John Shakespeare, was an important man in the town – William didn’t come from a poor family. When he was eighteen, William married Anne Hathaway in Stratford but he didn’t want to stay there. He wanted to be an actor and the best theatres were in London. So, in 1587, William went to London, where he worked as an actor in a theatre called The Rose. He began to write plays for the actors. He wrote Romeo and Juliet , Julius Caesar, Richard II, Antony and Cleopatra and many more. Everyone liked his plays, and he became famous . When James I became king in 1603, Shakespeare worked for him, and performed his plays for the King and his friends. He also worked at the famous Globe Theatre. This play presented his last play, Henry VIII. There was a gun in this play, and the fire from the gun burned the theatre down. In 1610, Shakespeare...

Complete the followi ng and practice. ·          My name’s .................. ·         I’m from .................. (country) ·         I live in .................. (city) ·         I’m  ...  years old. ·         My birthday is on .................. ·         I’m a student at ....................... ·         My favourite subject is ....................... ·         My favourite sport is ....................... ·         There are ... members in my family. ·         They are ............................................... ·         My father is a ............... and my mothe...

 Read the text and write True or False. I’m Rob Jefferson.I’m a rock musician.I live alone in a town near London. I go to work at ten o’ clock in the evening, and I play until 3.00 am. After work I have dinner at a restaurant. Then I take a taxi home. I go to bed at five in the morning and sleep until two in the afternoon. I only work three nights a week-Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I live in a small house. My favourite room is the living room. It’s the room where I relax when I am not working. There are some beautiful pictures on the wall, there’s a bookcase, an open fire, a coffee table, two big armchairs and a comfortable sofa. Sometimes I sit on the sofa and watch TV. I usually see my friends on Tuesday. We meet in a bar and talk until very late at night but last Tuesday we went to the cinema. We saw a horror movie, but it wasn’t good. Anyway we had a very good time. 1)       Rob is a doctor. 2)       He lives in...