Professional Documents
Culture Documents
A.
1. He’s swimming in the river.
2. Where’s Julie? She’s at school.
3. The plant is on the table.
4. There is a spider in the bath.
5. Please put those apples in the bowl.
6. Frank is on holiday for three weeks.
7. There are two pockets on this bag.
8. I read the story in the newspaper.
9. The cat is sitting on the chair.
10. Lucy was standing at the bus stop.
11. I'll meet you in the cinema.
12. She hung a picture on the wall.
13. John is in the garden.
14. There's nothing on TV tonight.
15. I stayed at home all weekend.
16. When I called Lucy, she was on the bus.
17. There was a spider on the ceiling.
18. Unfortunately, Mrs Brown is in hospital.
19. Don't sit on the table, sit on a chair.
20. There are four cushions on the sofa.
B.
1. Stop worrying about your exam - everything will be fine.
2. I've waited for Judy for 30 minutes. I’m going home.
3. Stop talking and concentrate on your work.
4. Don't forget to pay for the newspaper.
5. He explained the computer program to me.
6. I don't know what we'll do at the weekend. It depends on the weather.
7. She will arrive in Beijing at 3 p.m.
8. I like to listen to the radio when I wake up.
9. He borrowed £20 from his brother.
10. Who does this coat belong to?
11. She left without paying for the meal.
12. It was so hot, I couldn't concentrate on my book.
13. Mothers always worry about their children.
14. Please explain the meaning of this word to your classmates.
15. I'm fed up with waiting for spring.
16. That car belongs to my father.
17. She listens to opera on the tube.
18. A: Which university will you go to? B: It depends on my exam results.
19. A lot of people borrow money from the bank.
20. When she arrived at the pub, it was already closed.
Exercise-3: Parts of speech - Below each sentence, write the name of the underlined part of speech.
1. adjective
2. verb
3. noun
4. verb
5. noun
6. adverb
7. adjective
8. adjective
9. noun
10. adjective
11. adverb
Exercise-4: Combine the two sentences in each pair to make one sentence. Use and, or, but according
to the meaning.
1 The children enjoy going to the cinema and eating ice cream.
2 We may go to a concert or stay at home.
3 Matt visits his grandmother every Sunday, but he couldn’t visit her last Sunday.
4 Mary has always been a kind young lady, and she is also very beautiful.
Exercise-7: Complete the sentences below with and, but, because or so.
1 Clint likes westerns but he hates science fiction.
2 Claire can speak Spanish but she can’t speak Hungarian.
3 I go to the cinema nearly every week because I love films.
4 Your marks are bad because you don’t study enough.
5 I didn’t feel very well so I stayed at home.
6 Susanne did her homework and then she phoned a friend for a chat.
7 You can go out but you must be home by eleven, okay?
8 It was a beautiful day so we had our sandwiches in the park.
9 Jim’s going to Spanish classes because he’s going to visit South America.
10 The weather forecast says it’s going to rain so don’t forget to take your umbrella.
11 I spent the afternoon in the library because I had an exam the next day.
Exercise-8: Put the following jumbled words in order to make simple sentences.
1- He put a scarf on his face before he went into the bank.
2 He went to the consulate every day until he got a visa.
3 After you wash the vegetables, you should cook them.
Exercise-9: Read each sentence below. Underline the independent clause once and the dependent or
4. Even though they did the work, they will still have to do it again.
8. Before the game, I went to the store and bought some gum.
9. If he fails, I will be the one to blame.