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. ...

Here you have an example of Listening level B1. Let's do it!

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