1. Fill each space with ONE suitable word:

My neighbors are very nice people and I get on well with __________. They live in the

two-storey house __________ mine and have a tall hedge all __________ the garden. Mr.

Jenkins is a school teacher in __________ late 50's. He is tall and rather plump. He

__________ spectacles and has a happy face. He is __________ sincere, conscientious

and honest man __________ is patient __________ his students. He is a person you

__________ trust. His wife, Mrs. Jenkins, is a well-known novelist in her early 50's. She

is short and slim. She __________ long, curly, black hair and a wrinkled _________. She

is modest and reliable and __________ a lot of time writing. She and I have __________

each other for ten years and we have __________ close friends. Her only bad point is

__________ she is usually absent-minded, __________ which makes her __________

her appointments, and __________ her food sometimes. Anyway, I strongly __________

that people who have good neighbors are very __________ and I am very glad I am one

of them.

2. Complete with the correct preposition:

• The man in black was accused __________ murder.

• The old woman smiled __________ me as she gave me the brochure.

• I couldn't believe that my best friend had lied __________ me.

• Have you heard anything else __________ the plane crash in the Alps yesterday?

• The U.S.A. consists __________ fifty states.

3. How do we say....

• the outer front or back page of a book? __________

• something printed and for sale? __________

• someone who binds a book? __________

• someone/something that prints books? __________

• someone who corrects and prepares the book for printing? __________

4. Write the opposites of the words in brackets:

He was always __________ with slow learners. (patient)

She is __________ and never tells the whole truth. (sincere)

Peter is __________ and so he can never be trusted to carry out plans. (responsible)

You cannot depend on what he says. He is __________ (reliable)

People who cheat others are __________ (honest).

5. Circle the correct answer:

1. To get on well with someone means: a. to visit someone

b. to be on good terms with somebody

2. To be conscientious means: a. to be hard-working and careful

b. to be polite

3. To be modest means: a. not to be conceited

b. not to be loyal

4. To be absent-minded means: a. to forget things

b. to be absent

5. To claim means: a. to say that something is true

b. not to believe in something

6. Complete with Present Simple or Present Continuous.

• Ron __________ walking to driving. (prefers).

• Jane and her sister __________ table tennis at the moment. (play).

• My friend __________ some cash to pay the electricity bill. (need).

• The train __________ in two hours. ( leave).

• Peter is very clumsy. He ____________________ things. (always/drop).

7. Make questions for the words in bold:

• This painting belongs to Patrick. ...........................................................................................................................................?

• The boys are washing their bikes now. …..........................................................................................................................................?

• Dick left for Paris last week. …..........................................................................................................................................?

• A lot of people believe in ghosts. …..........................................................................................................................................?

• Mike sometimes drives his dad's car. …..........................................................................................................................................?

8. Pick the correct sentence:

a. We haven't met for 5 years. b. We haven't met since 5 years.

a. He couldn't went out because of the snow. b. He couldn't go out because of the snow.

a. He told me he might drive me home. b. He told to me he might drive me home.

a. I visited the British Museum twice so far. b. I've visited the British Museum twice so far.

a. I'm understanding what you are saying. b. I understand what you are saying.

9. Complete with ONE suitable word:

• The sideboard Christina has bought is a beautiful __________ of furniture.

• The teacher gave the students some __________ of paper to write the test on.

• There was a __________ of scissors in the drawer when I opened it.

• Sandy asked Wendy to buy a __________ of strawberry jam for her.

• I really appreciate what you said. It was a very useful __________ of advice.

• There were five __________ of wine on the table.

• Suddenly there was a __________ of lightning and then a clap of thunder.

• The car is a useful __________ of transport.

• I read an interesting __________ of news in the newspaper yesterday.

• The first __________ of rain made us leave the beach in a hurry.

10. Read the passage that follows and answer the questions:

When I was a small boy we lived in a semi-detached house with the usual two

storeys and a garden back and forth.

Most of my recollections are happy ones and I think of that time as the good old

days. There was, however, one fly in the ointment: the couple next door had twin boys

who were three years older than me. The twins' favorite pastime, it seemed to me, was to

play tricks on and set traps for their younger neighbor- in other words, me. I tried very

hard to take no notice of them and in general succeeded until the day they tried to kidnap

my dog. I was an only child and my dog was my constant playmate. When I looked out of

the window and saw those two boys climb over the fence and catch little Brandy by the

collar as he was digging under the apple tree, I lost my temper completely. I dashed out

into the garden, shouting furiously, shaking my fists. They were so surprised that they

dropped Brandy and disappeared back over the fence.

You can imagine my relief the day I saw a removal van outside their house...

1. The writer used to live in:

a. a tall block of flats

b. a skyscraper

c. a house joined to another one

d. a house in the country

2. The couple next door had two boys who were:

a. different ages

b. as old as the writer

c. younger than the writer

d. both the same age

3. The two boys used to:

a. play attention to the writer

b. annoy the writer all the time

c. swear at the writer

d. hide from the writer

4. One day they tried to:

a. take the writer's dog away

b. beat up the writer's dog

c. send the writer's dog out of the fence

d. kick the writer's dog

5. Finally, the writer's neighbors:

a. sold their house

b. let their house to somebody else

c. bought a new van

d. moved house

11. Describe in a few words your neighbors:

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