Let's English

William the Hero!  Brave William Baldock, 1.___ is six years old, is a hero after helping his mother when she fell downstairs, William quickly rang 2.___ an ambulance when he discovered his mother had broken her leg. In spite of being frightened, he 3.___ the emergency services what had happened and answered all the questions they asked him. He also telephoned his father 4.___ work, and then his grandmother, to explain what he had 5.___. While waiting for 6.___ people to come, William looked after his 18-month-old sister. When ambulance man Steve Lyn went to the house, he was amazed: 'It's 7.___ that a young boy of six knew the right number to 8.___, and was able to give us the correct information. 9.___ of William's quick thinking, we were able to 10.___ there immediately.' Mrs Baldock left hospital yesterday, very 11.____ to both William and the ambulance service. 1. A. who   B. that   C.which    D. whose 2. A. to   B. ...

Up meaning more or better The number of students getting good marks in their exams is going up. I was afraid no-one would come to my lecture, but the room is filling up  nicely now. Things were bad last week but the situation is looking up  now. Business was down at the beginning of the year, but is picking up now. Would you like me to heat up  the rice or will you have it cold? Simon's been ignoring the situation for ages -  it's time he woke up to what's happening. 1. Try to guess the meaning of the previous Phrasal Verbs. Other phrasal verbs When I look back over the last year I see an awful lot of changes in my life. For instance at work, there has been an almost total changeover  of staff in the office. Then during the year we have phased out  all the old computers and phased in  a completely new system of office administration. I wasn't sure how things would pan out  at first and there were a few problems to begin with. ...

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Complete the following text with the correct word in each case. Money What is money? The pound, the dollar or the euro are actually just 1.___ a gram or a kilometre. The difference is that you can exchange money for something 2.___. A ten pound note may buy a book, a huge bag of sweet, or a 3.___ of cinema tickets. But the note itself is only a printed 4.___ of paper which costs almost nothing to make. Thousands of years 5.___, people didn't have money as we know 6.___. There were no banks 7.___ even shops. In those days, Mr Green the farmer exchanged the corn he 8.___ grown for Mr Hive's honey. This was exchange arranged between two 9.___, each of whom had something that the other wanted. But in time, most societies invented their own 'currencies' 10.___ that people could exchange more. The different currencies began to join together, which is why 11.___ everyone uses the same currency in their country. 1. A.like   B.as   C.similar   D.same ...

You are going to read a newspaper article about children's safety. Choose the most suitable heading from the list for each part of the article. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. Crasg courses 1.___ It is a typical urban scene. Two cars are parked close together at the kerbside and a child is attempting to cross the road from between them. Down the street, another car looms. Houses flank the pavements and around the corner there is a brightly-lit petrol station. 2.___ It is all extraordinarily realistic, but it is unreal. For the difference between this and thousands of similar locations throughout the country is that this street is indoors- it is mock-up designed by studio set-builders from Anglia Television. 3.___ We are standing inside a converted warehouse in Milton Keynes, home of a project which is the blueprint for an excitiing new way of teaching children safety awareness, especially road safety. It is called Hazard Alley. If the cen...

1. Report what the assistant said to you in each shop when you were hunting for a particular piece of computer software. John Brown's Software Store: "I've necer heard of that particular product. I'm not sure it exists." Softly Softly: "We don't actually stock what you want but there is a shop down the road that does." Disk Jockey: "We normally keep them but we've had a run on them and I'm afraid we've sold out. We're expecting some in sometime next week." Apple Core: "We only deal with Apple Mac, so we won't be able to help you." Surf'n Byte: "We've got something very similar but I can't guarantee that it will do what you want it to do." Graphics Unlimited: "I think there's a place not far from here where they may be able to help you. A friend of mine bought something similar from them last week." Softly Softly: "You were here a few hours ago. We still don'...

"Bang Bang" by Nancy Sinatra  I was five and he was six We rode on_____ made of sticks He wore black and I wore white He would always _____ the fight Bang bang, he shot me down Bang bang, I hit the _____ Bang bang, that_____sound Bang bang, my baby shot me down Seasons came and changed the time When I grew up, I _____ him mine He would always laugh and say "Remember when we _____ to play?" Bang bang, I shot you down Bang bang, you hit the ______ Bang bang, that _____ sound Bang bang, I used to shoot you down Music played and people _____ Just for me the church bells rang Now he's gone, I don't know_____ And 'till this day, sometimes I cry He didn't _____ say goodbye He didn't take the time to lie Bang bang, he shot me down Bang bang, I hit the _____ Bang bang, that_____ sound Bang bang, my baby shot me down

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given.  A very friendly taxi driver drove us into town. DRIVEN We ____________ a very friendly taxi driver Joan was in favour of visiting the museum. IDEA Joan thought it would be ___________ to the museum  Arthur has the talent to become a concert pianist. THAT Arthur is so ________ could become a concert pianist.  'Do you know when the match starts, Sally?' asked Mary. IF Mary asked Sally ________ time the match started.  I knocked for ages at Ruth's door but I got no reply. LONG I _______ knocking at Ruth's door but I got no reply. Everyone says that the band is planning to go on a world tour next year. SAID The band ____________ planning to go on a world tour next year.  I'd prefer not to cancel the meeting. CALL I'd rather ____________ the meeting.

1. Fill in each space with an appropiare word from the list, forming a compound noun. word      table      worker      washing      piece     meal      time     wife     book    up     electrical     washer     computer     sitter     house A house husband My wife is a social 1.____ and she works for the local council and has a very busy time 2.____ every day. She obviously can't be in full-3._____ work and be a house 4.______ at the same time. This means I've been a 5.______ husband for mant years now, because my job as a text 6._____ writer for students of English can be done from home working on a personal 7._____. As we can't afford a baby-8.____ I'm in charge of the baby as well as having to do all the cooking and washing-9.____. My job is made much easier by the variety o...

Read the following text and decide if each sentence below is correct or incorrect. Stamp collecting- It's a hobby that can grow and grow Millions of people of all ages enjoy a hobby which is both interesting and fun. And every year, more and more people start a stamp collection of their own and discover an interest which can last a lifetime. Starting your collection is easy because stamps are everywhere. Holiday postcards from friends, birthday cards from favourite aunts and letters from pen-friends can all provide you with stamps from all over the world. But once you've started collecting seriously, you will probably want to join the Stamp Collectors' Club which exists to provide collectors with new British stamps. As a Club member you order the special sets of new stamps you want for your collection. You can receive these in three different ways. We can either post you a complete set of stamps on an envelope addressed to you, or send you the same stamps in a ...

Complete the text with the suitable form of a question tag. Global warming arguments It's easy to suppose that we al feel the same way about global warming. After all, everybody wants to save the world, 1.___ they? We all want to make a contribution, however small, and we all so our best. You aren't one of those people who wastes water 2.___ you? Of course not! And I'm sure you've got low-energy light bulbs in your house 3.___ you? You bet! Not everyone is so enthusiastic, of course. Some people wonder what they can go to help, and don't really know what to do. Until they find out by paying attention to what the world's scientists are saying. At least, we all hope this is true, 4.___ we? Still, there are quite a lor of people who just hope that the problem will go away. Why do they do this, we might as. Do they want to make a difference? Their usual response is 'We don't really know whether the climate is changing'. 5.___ we? Well, of cours...

Friday the 13th History The fear of the number 13 has been given a scientific name: " triskaidekaphobia "; and on analogy to this the fear of Friday the 13th is called  paraskevidekatriaphobia , from the  Greek words  Paraskeví  (Παρασκευή, meaning "Friday"), and  dekatreís  (δεκατρείς, meaning "thirteen"). An early documented reference in English occurs in  Henry Sutherland Edwards ' 1869 biography of  Gioachino Rossini , who died on a Friday 13th:The superstition surrounding this day may have arisen in the  Middle Ages , "originating from the story of Jesus'  last supper  and  crucifixion " in which there were 13 individuals present in the  Upper Room  on the 13th of Nisan  Maundy Thursday , the night before his death on  Good Friday . While there is evidence of both  Friday  and the number 13 being considered unlucky, there is no record of the two items being referred to as espec...

Verbs connected with beliefs and opinions I'm convinced  we've met before. I've always held  that compulsory education is a waste of time. She maintains that we're related, but I'm not convinced. I feel she shouldn't be forced to do the job. I reckon  they'll get married soon. I doubt  we'll ever see total world peace. I suspect  a lot of people never even think about pollution when they're driving their own car. 1. Try to guess the meaning of the previous verbs and the differences between them. Phrases for expressing opinion In my view/ in my opinion , we haven't made any progress. She's made a big mistake, to my mind. If you ask me, he ought to change his job. From a teacher's point of view , the new examinations are a disaster. 2. Try  to guess the meaning of the previous expressions Prepositions used with belief and opinions words Do you believe in  God? What do you think of   the new bos...

Read the following text carefully. Some of the lines are correct but in the others there is a word which should not be there. Correct them. I think the interview went well. He wanted to know whether a number of things about me and what I had been doing in the last few years. First, he asked me if I have had had a nice trip down from Manchester and how long it had been taken me to get there. He also wanted to know whether or it had been snowing in Manchester. The chitchat over, he asked from me how old I was and where I was born although I had sent him my CV by post. He then asked how long I had I lived in Manchester and I told him. His next question was the whether I was married and whether I had a family or not. I explained him that I was separated and that I had one daughter. He asked me how long did I had worked as an editor and how much I was had being paid in my present job. He asked me what was I liked most about my job and who had told me about their company. The...

Look at the text in each question. Mark which is the correct explanation NO BICYCLES AGAINST GLASS PLEASE A. Do not leave your bicycle touching the window. B. Do not ride your bicycle in this area. C. Broken glass may damage your bicycle tyres. Francesco! Problem - Maria's borrowed my history textbook and she's away. Could you lend me yours? Leave it with Ken when you see him. Thanks, Natalie Whose textbook does Natalie want to borrow? A. Ken's B. Maria's C. Francesco's This car park is locked after business hours each day. A. Users must lock the car park after leaving. B. People can park here while they are at work. C. This car park is for employees only. Players Wanted for Friday's basketball match against Barton College - can YOU help the team? Come to the gym at 3 p.m. today, whatever your level. A. The basketball team only wants to see experienced players. B. There aren't enough team members available on Friday. C. The Bart...

Conditional I If you  (go)    out with your friends tonight, I  (watch)    the football match on TV. I  (earn)    a lot of money if I  (get)    that job. If she  (hurry / not)   , we  (miss)    the bus. Conditional II If he  (try)    harder, he  (reach)    his goals. I  (buy)    these shoes if they  (fit)   . It  (surprise / not)    me if he  (know / not)    the answer. Conditional III If we  (listen)    to the radio, we  (hear)    the news. If you  (switch)    on the lights, you  (fall / not)    over the chair. She  (come)    to our party if she  (be / not)    on holiday. Mix If I _______ stronger, I'd help you carry the piano. If we'd seen you, we _________ If we ________...

Complete the following text with a words that you think best fits each gap. A car called "Splinter" The hi-tech car in the picture looks like something from the future, but it's actually just made 1.___ of wood. Joe Harmon, the man 2.____ developed the "Splinter" car, claims it could travel at over 385km per hour. Harmon carried out lots of experiments 3.____ order to build as 4.____ different parts of the car as possible using wood. This includes the bodywork and the frame, as 5.___ as some components of the wheels. Harmon designed and built the car for a project at university. It was 6.___ his intention to presuade people that wood is the best material for making cars. Instead, he says his aims 7.___ to develop new ways of working and to find 8.___ innovate way to use wood. Several companies have paid to sponsor the car 9.____ as to have the right to use Joe's ideas in their products. Harmon is confident his car could last 10.___ very long...

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Symptoms I keep throwing up. I have eaten something expired. I'm fighting off  a sore tthroat. My ankle has swollen up. I must go to the doctor. I think I'm coming down with flu.  I've put my shoulder out. My nose is blocked-up. I'm going down with  flu too. I can't shake off this cold.  I've passed out  a couple of times recently. I think I have low blood presure. 1. Try to guess the meaning of the previous Phrasal Verbs. One medical story Marge has had a hard time recently. Firstly, her sister broke down  after her divorce and was sick for several months. Marge was still carring for  her when her brother was hit on the head by a tle that fell from a roof. He was unconscious for a couple of days. Fortunately, he pulled through  and has now more or less fully recovered although he does seem to have slowed down  a lot. No sooner were they both better than their grandfather passed away and then just a few weeks later t...

Fill in the gaps, using the words given. You may use some words more than once. ago    since    already    before    still    until    while    for    yet    during    in     from Flying home A couple of months ago Charles was in Athens on his way back to the States from a business trip. It had been ages 1.____ he had felt so angry. He had been at the airport 2._____ seven o'clock in the morning 3._____ now, waiting for a flight to New York. An announcement had 4._____ been made to say that the plane was delayed due to 'technical problems'. Half an hour 5._____ that, another announcement had said there was to be a delay caused by air traffic congestion. Now the plane had been sitting on the runway 6._____ at least an hour but it was 7._____ not ready to board. 8._____ this delay, Charles tried to complete his report, which he hadn't finisged 9._____, though his bos...

Here are some sentences about a game. For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use no more than three words. The game is called Jotto. The name _________ is Jotto. You can't  play Jotto unless there are at least two players. You can only play Jotto __________ there are at least two players. You can play Jotto in a team or by yourself. You can play Jotto in a team or on __________ own.  I enjoy the game, and my parents enjoy it too. I enjoy the game and so _________ my parents. My friend said that she had never played Jotto. My friend said, 'I _________ played Jotto.'  What about playing the game now? Shall ________ the game now?

Read the following text and decide if the sentences below are correct or incorrect Dolphin Trip  by Paul Hannan My family have always been huge fans of New Zealand - my mum comes from the capital - so we saved uo and went for a holiday there. We started with a week in the city she grew up in. After that, we toured around for a while before ending up by chance in Kaikoura, a small town on the coast. The first evening it seemed a rather dull place, but the next day I remembered what I'd read about it - that it was often possible to see dolphins and whales there! I'll always think of Kaikoura as the place where I finally achieved my lifelong ambition - to swim with wild dolphins. My family and I set off on a dolphin trip on a cold, grey day with a number of ther people on a small boat. However, the sky soon turned blue, and we raced across the waves in the sunshine until we finally reached the place where we were supposed to go swimming. To my surprise, this was more...

1. Rewrite the following active sentences using two passive forms, making the underlined words the subject. Omit the agent if it is not necessary. They've just sent me a whole lof of junk mail . The Credit Bank lent me two thousand pounds   in 1999. They gave each of the children a bottle of milk every day. They showed us the sights of the city . They will pay the workers $50   every Friday. Someone had promised the children more food. The magician told them the secret. They offered   her the job. One of his uncles had taught him maths. Someone gave the animal charity 2. Complete the second sentence so that it is as similar in meaning as possible to the first sentence, using the word given. They say the country is on the verge of civil war. said The country __________ on the verge of civil war. People thought the President was ill. be The President ________ ill  People have suggested that you could be on the committ...

A special Easter 1. What do they like about Easter? 2. What does the Easter Bunny do? 3. Who is Jesus according to these kids? 4. Who were his disciples according to the kids? 5. What did Jesus teach? 6. Which miracles do they mention? 7. Which miracles do the kids think are cool? 8. According to the kids, what did they eat at the last supper? 9. What happened on Sunday morning? 10. Why did Jesus do all this according to them?