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Write from
scratch

If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk,
crawl. But by all means, keep moving .
– Martin Luther King-
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1. Simple questions

PART A - Fill in the missing information and delete the wrong

information:

1. My name is .
2. I come from .
3. I'm years old.
4. I'm in the th year student
5. My English teacher's name is .
6. I live in .
7. I am very/quite tall/short/ medium-height.
8. I have long/short/medium-length black/brown/blonde hair.
9. My eyes are blue/grey/brown.
10. I have no brothers or sisters/ one brother and two sisters ....
11. I like soccer/tennis/reading/swimming ...
12. I don't like Korean food/homework ..
13. My favorite color is red/brown/green ...
14. My favorite school subject is English!!/math ...
15. A school subject I don't like is ...
16. Three more sentences about myself or my family:
a.
b.
c.
.........................................
PART B - Write full sentence answers to these questions:
a. What is your name?
b. Where are you from?
c. How old are you?
d. Which grade are you in?
e. What is your English teacher's name?
f. Where do you live?
g. Have you got any brothers or sisters?
h. What do you look like?
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i. What are your hobbies?
j. What school subjects do you like and dislike?

2. Correct simple sentences

Correct the sentences, then write your answer underneath.

1. what is your naim.
2. where are you form
3. who old are you
4. wich grade are you in.
5. who is Your Englihs teatcher
6. what is your locker number
7. waht is your Telephone number.

2. Unscramble sentences

A. Unscramble these words to make good sentences. Don't forget

to put a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end of
each sentence.
1. name her is Susan
2. goes to she PeakUp Center English
3. from Canada comes she
4. brother in grade the her is seventh
5. old is 19 she years
6. father in works a bank her
7. playing she tennis likes
8. language Vietnamese is first her
9. black green hair eyes and has she
10. by comes to bus school she

B. Unscramble these words to make good questions. Begin each

question with a capital letter and end each one with a question
mark.
11. your is what name
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12. you from come do where
13. old how you are
14. birthday when your is
15. you school how to do come
16. your work does father where
17. to what you do play like
18. grade are in you which

4. Missing words

Each star means a word is missing. Erase the star and write in
the best word:
Gopal and Nataki live near a * in India. Gopal is a *
and he is happy because he * his job. One day he * a big
fish in his * ; he is going to kill it when the fish opens its
* and starts to talk. It says, "Do not * me, put me back in
the * . I want to live!" So Gopal puts * fish back and goes
home. When he tells Nataki * the fish, she is angry. She
tells * to go back to the river and ask the fish for some *
and a new red dress. So Gopal goes back and the fish * into
his net. He * the fish what Nataki wants, and the fish
answers, "She can't have * she wants. Put me back in the river
and
go home!"
When Gopal gets home, he * food on the table and Nataki is
* a new red dress. "Beautiful!" he says, "Are you *
now?" But Nataki is not happy and she tells her husband to go
back
* the river and * the fish for more things. Each time the fish
gives her what she * but she is still not satisfied. Finally,
she wants to be * of her country. When Gopal tells the fish,
it says again, "She * have everything she wants. Put me back
in the river and go home. And * , Gopal!" When Gopal gets
home, Nataki is in her old * and all her new things have gone.
She is * and tells him to go back to the river, but Gopal *
not see the big fish. It * jumps into his net again!
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5. Writing about yourself
Write some sentences about yourself:

1. My family:
2. What I like:
3. What I hate:
4. What I like about PeakUp:
5. What I think about Vietnam:

6. Correct a text

A. Correct the mistakes in this text.

my Summer Hoiliday
;in the sumerholidays i travellewd to spain with my familie =We
ewent their by plain and the jouurney took 4hours. <>: we
>staid
in abighotel by theSee. i went swim
ing everyday and 3in the evenings I wached tV. i had a great
time! &

B. Write some sentences about your best summer holiday:

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7. Too many words

Read the following text and delete any word that is not
necessary.
JOHN'S SUMMER HOLidAY
John lives in the London. He is and twelve years old and he is
likes
swimming and fishing. He goes to France every a year with his
family.
They stay in a big hotel by the sea. John want goes to the beach
every day and plays
he on the sand with his friends. When the weather is to hot he
swims in the sea.
In the evenings he goes into town and
does plays golf with his father. He likes the France and wants to
go to there
again next year.

8. Word game

Can you make ten new words using letters from each of the
following big words? Your words must have four letters.
Example: CONSERVATION coat coin nest note
soon nose vase near rice race
1. CONGRATULATIONS

2. TEMPERATURE

3. BRIEFCASE
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9. Analogies

A. Can you complete the following analogies?

Example: Boy is to girl as man is to .. WOMAN.
1. Hot is to cold as big is to ..
2. Hand is to glove as foot is to ..
3. School is to learn as church is to ..
4. Simple is to easy as hard is to ..
5. Word is to dictionary as map is to ..
6. Peel is to orange as skin is to ..
7. Pencil is to write as typewriter is to ..
8. Air is to breathe as water is to ..
9. Hand is to finger as foot is to ..
10. Teacher is to classroom as scientist is to ..
B. Now write three more analogies of your own:
1.
2.
3.

10. Questions

A. Write short answers to the following questions.

Example: Are you sitting next to a boy? Yes, I am! or: No, I'm
not!
1. Is Mr Keller wearing a blue shirt today?
2. Did you come to the class yesterday?
3. Are you going swimming tomorrow?
4. Will you give me 50 dollars?
5. Can you play the piano?
6. Were you at pronunciation class?
7. Do you like school?
8. Are you looking at a computer screen?
9. Did you watch television last night?
10. Does your father work in a bank?
11. Did your English teacher give you homework yesterday?
12. Is this the last question?
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B. Now write e questions for these short answers:
Example: Do you like English lessons? - Yes, I do!
1.
- Yes, I did!
2.
- No, I can't!
3.
- Yes, I will!
4.
- No, I don't!
5.
- No, I'm not!
6.
- No, I won't!
7.
- Yes, I do!
8.
- Yes, I can!
9.
- Yes, I am!
10.
- Yes, I was!
11.
- No, it isn't!
12.
- No, he didn't!

11. Rhyming words

Words that rhyme have the same sound. CAT and HAT are
examples of words which rhyme.

A. Find a word to rhyme with the examples below; erase the

question marks and type in the rhyming word. There is a
sentence to help you in each case. Be careful: not all words that
rhyme use the same letters!
1. cat hat (you wear it on your head)
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2. mad ????? (short name for father)
3. late ????? (the opposite of love)
4. yard ????? (not easy)
5. house ????? (a tiny animal)
6. book ????? (what you do with your eyes)
7. ball ????? (part of a house)
8. tree ????? (doesn't cost anything)
9. grows ????? (you smell with it)
10. meat ????? (on the end of your legs)
11. night ????? (you do this with a pen)
12. rule ????? (where you are now)

Can you think of more words?

B. Now write 6 pairs of rhyming words of your own with a clue:
1.
2.
3.
4
5.
6.

12. Story without a middle

There are three main parts to a story. The BEGINNING says

where and when a story happens and who the people or
characters are. The MidDLE tells what happens to these people.
The CONCLUSION tells how the story ends.
A. Read the story below. It has a beginning and an conclusion but
no middle.
SALLY'S PROBLEM
Sally sat at the back of the classroom, looking out of the
window. She didn't hear what the teacher said because she was
thinking about her big problem .........

Sally jumped up and ran to the phone. She just knew everything
was
going to be alright again.
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B. Write two ideas what Sally's problem could be:
1.
2.
C. Choose the idea you like best, and write about it. Put your
middle between the beginning and the end of the story of Sally's
problem.

13. Book review

Book reviews tell other people about books we have read. A book
report gives the author's name, the book title, and says what the
book is about.
A. Read this book report by one of last year's ESL students.
TITLE: Jaws
AUTHOR: Robert Benchley
type OF BOOK: Adventure
CONTENT: It's about a big shark which eats people when they are
swimming.
OPINION: I liked the story. It was exciting and a bit
frightening. I've seen the film - that was good too.
B. Now answer these questions about the book report.
1. What is the book about?
2. Who wrote it?
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3. What did the student think about the book?
4. Was it a love story?
C. Now read this book review by another student.
"I didn't like the story about the ship; it was boring and the
pictures in it weren't very good. J.R Smith wrote "The Sinking of
the Titanic" because his father was killed when the ship hit an
iceberg. More that 1,000 people died when the ship sank. I don't
like True Life stories - I prefer adventures."
The book review is a bit mixed up. Rewrite the information under
the headings below.
TITLE:
AUTHOR:
type OF STORY:
CONTENT:
OPINION:

14. Spelling

A. All these sentences contain one or more words which have one
letter too many. Can you correct them?
Example: fourty = forty writeing = writing
1. Can your help me with my homeworks? 2
2. Why do you allways forgett to bring your materials to class? 2
3. I'm flying back to Brazil tommorrow. 1
4. We had a wonderfull time on our hoilidays in Switzerland. 2
5. I need to buy some tabletts; I've got a terrible stomache
ache. 2
6. The last time I saw him he was liveing in a large appartment in
the middle of the city. 1
7. If you want to get fit you must take plenty of excercise. 1
8. I was so tired last night that I sleept for ten hours. 2
9. I went shopping yesterday and brought all my Christmass
presents. 2
10. Can you give me a differrent fourk, please. This one is dirty. 2
11. Have you written your 'thank-you' letters yet. - No, I'm going
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to do it when I have finnished cutting the grass. 1
12. Why where you absent yesterday? - I had to go to the
optician
to have my eyes tested. 1
13. My friend has a lot of pets: 3 hammsters, 4 rabbitts and 5
mices. 3
14. Where does your farther work? - In a factory, I beelieve. 2
15. What do you want four you're birthday? - A new settee with
lots
of soft cushions and a new cofffee-table. 3
16. Go to bed know, please! - But I cann't, I have to clean my
teeth
first. 2
17. I went to the zoo last weekeend and saw 3 kangarroos, 2
girraffes and a gorrilla. 4
18. What are you doing? - I'm fixxing my brother's biciycle. 2
19. I have choosen a nice blue blouse for my sister's birthday in
Ocktober. 2
20. She always laughes when she gets an answer wrong. 1
B. Now write 6 sentences which contain ONE word which has ONE
letter too many.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

15. Questions

A. Write questions for these short answers.

Example: a. Why are you yawning? - because I'm tired
1.
- in Hanoi
2.
- I played tennis
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3.
- at 10 o'clock
4.
- he's a teacher
5.
- about once a week
6.
- because I got an F in my test
7.
- Ho Chi Minh
8.
- it's mine!
9.
- by bus
10.
- the red one
11.
- because I like you
12.
- frogs

16. Fill in the missing words

The stars show where a word is missing from the text. Erase the
star and put in a suitable word!
The White family want a * in the town, where they can * near
the shops and the cinema, but a new house * $400 and they
haven't got this much * .
One day Mr Keller, an old * of theirs, comes to visit them.
The Whites like to hear his * about different countries.
Suddenly Rosie * that Keller has something in his * - it's a
monkey's foot! Keller * them that they can have three * with
the foot but he knows that it is very * and so he throws it on
the * . While the others go to the table to start dinner,
Rosie * the foot from the fire without * seeing him.
Later, when Morris has * , Mr White picks up the foot and
* for $400. The foot * in his hand but no money appears. They
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are * and go to bed. Next * there is still no money and they go
off to * as usual.
Rosie doesn't return from the * at the normal time and Mr and
Mrs White start to get * . Suddenly there is * on the door. It
is a * from Rosie's workplace. He has some terrible * for the
Whites - that Rosie was * in a big machine in the factory. He
has a * with him, offering them $400 compensation!
Later that night the Whites are in * . Suddenly Mrs White
* that they have 2 * wishes and runs to get the monkey's foot.
Mr White tries to * her but he is too late - she wishes her son
* again. At first nothing * , then they hear footsteps coming
down the * towards the door. Then something knocks on the door
- * and again. Mrs White rushes downstairs to open up but
* she can do this Mr White finds the * and wishes his son *
again. When Mrs White * the door there is nothing * !

17. Spelling

A. All of the following sentences contain one or more words which

have a letter missing. Can you put the missing letter back in?
Example: Franfurt = Frankfurt Intenational = International Scool
= school
1. I'm going to Japan in Febuary. 1
2. Did you do anything intresting at the weekend? 1
3. Has your mother stoped smoking yet? 1
4. You passed your driving test first time? Congratulatons! 1
5. Thanks for helping me. - It's a plesure! 1
6. You will burn youself if you sit to close to the fire. 1
7. Turn of the radio and go to bed imediately! 2
8. I've lost a lot of weigh recently; my trousers are too lose. 2
9. The libarian was very anoyed with me for forgeting to bring my
book back on time. 3
10. Do you realy eat octopus for brekfast? 2
11. It took us hours to clim to the top of the mountan, 2
12. What's the opposit of 'marvelous'? - It's 'terible', I
think. 3
13. What are you laghing about? I don't think it's at all funy. 2
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14. The bigest animal in the world is the wale. 2
15. Were was he yesteday? - I'm not sure, but I think he was
sick. 2
16. On Wenesdays I play sqash and on Satudays I go swiming. 4
17. Do you now where she is? - Yes, she's in the dining-room
nitting
a new pullover. 2
18. The baby is getting biger and biger evry day. 3
19. Can I have a diffrent nife, please? This one's dirty. 2
20. Can I have the scissor, please? 1
21. Why are you always geting the ansers rong? 3
22. You will never get fit unless you execise more. 1
23. We wached an exiting film on televison last night. 3
24. It's easier to clean you carpet with a vacum cleaner. 2
25. I'm going sking with the school next January. 1
26. Can you help me finish this crossword puzle? 1
27. You must come straigt home when you've bougt your
presents. 2
28. Their house is so big that they have to kichens. 2
29. What do you want for your birtday? 1
30. If the wether's good tomorow we'll play tenis. 3
B. Now write 6 sentences of your own - each containing ONE
word with ONE letter missing.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

18. Anagrams

A. Anagrams are new words made up of all the letters of another

word. For example, 'team' is an anagram of 'meat', and 'stone' is
an anagram of 'notes'.
Write down the anagrams of these words:
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1. dies = (a page has 2 of them!)
2. gulp = (put in a socket)
3. post = (full ... = period)
4. vase = (opposite of spend)
5. master = (small river)
6. sheet = (not those!)
7. taco = (good in winter)
8. ring = (type of smile)
9. hose = (half of your teacher's name!)
10. dear = (... a book!)
B. Write five anagrams of your own (plus clues):
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

19. Night to remember

In the following story there are some words missing. You have to
decide where a word has been left out and type it back in. USE
CAPITAL LETTERS!
Example:
He got out bed and walked into bathroom.
Answer: He got out of bed and walked into the bathroom.

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER!
It was half past on a windy winter. Mr and Jones had just gone
bed
when they heard loud noise coming from downstairs. This
frightened
but Mr Jones decided to down to investigate. He picked his heavy
walking stick and tiptoed down the. He went slowly into the
dining
and, pulling back the curtains, he looked the window into the
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garden. He was relieved to see that the sound was coming from
the
branches of a which were scraping against the window in the
wind.
Meanwhile dog which had been sleeping in the kitchen had woken
up
and silently followed Mr Jones the dining room. Without Mr Jones
noticing, the dog over to the window and rubbed cold nose
against
his master's ankle. This gave Mr Jones such a shock that jumped
into the air and fell through the window, cutting his very badly.
Mrs Jones, hearing all the noise, came down to what was
happening.
When she saw her husband's cut hand she went to bathroom to
get a.
But the cut didn't stop bleeding so she decided to ring for an
.........
B. Can you finish the story, also missing out some words?

20. Word association

A. Delete the two words in the list which have nothing to do with
the word on the right.
Example: BOOK - page car food words
BOOK - page words
Now add two extra words of your own that have something to do
with the word on the left.
Example: BOOK - page words cover author
1. SCHOOL - bird homework teachers scarf
2. HOUSE - chimney roof lace typewriter
3. CAR - saddle handlebars boot bumper
4. FLOWER - petal ankle cheek stem
5. ORCHESTRA - needle conductor baton thimble
6. WEDDING - bride confetti corner slipper
7. BATHROOM - tap towel storm break
8. BICYCLE - speak spanner puncture punctuation
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9. EARTH - grin planet offer worm
10. FRUIT - celery gooseberry turnip cherry
12. GLASSES - frame window smell optician
13. COMPUTER - record store monitor video
14. BANK - safe counter lizard bowl
15. SUITCASE - rail maid handle lock
B. Now make up your own lists from the following words.
Remember only two of the four words should have anything to do
with the one on the left!
a. RAFT
b. BUCKLE
c. BEAVER
d. AXE
e. LIFEBELT
f. PEG
g. SPADE
h. WELL
i. WOODPECKER
j. PLUG
k. LOBSTER
l. HOSE
m. FAIRY
n. CRADLE
o. CLAW

21. Nogap

A. The person typing the following text was too lazy to type
capital letters or make spaces. Can you correct his work for him?
amanwaswalkingalongabusyshoppingstreetinManchesterwhensud
denly
hewasstoppedbytwopoliceofficersyouhadbettercomewithussirweha
ve
reasontobelieveyouwereinvolvedinthebankrobberythattookplacein
London4daysagobutitcouldn'thavebeenmesaidthemanpullingnervo
usly
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athislongblackhairi'vejustgotbackfroma2-weekholidayinFrancehe
saidandtookaphotooutofhiswalletlookhereIamstandingundertheEif
el
Toweroneofthepoliceofficerslookedcarefullyatthephotographandsai
d
yesthat'syoualrightbutthispicturecouldnothavebeentaken4daysago
I
thinkyou'dbettercomewithusbuthowdidyouknow?protestedtheman
well
repliedthepolicemanthephotoshowyouwithshorthairitcouldn'tpossi
bly
havegrownsolonginjust4days
B. Now write a short no-gap story of your own - about a crime:

22. Nogap

A. The person typing the following text was too lazy to type
capital letters or make spaces. Can you correct his work for him?
sallywasthepresenterofatalentshowthatwaslookingforexcitingperfo
rmers
foranewTVseriestodaywasthedayoftheauditionsandmanyyoungpeo
plewere
waitingnervouslyfortheirchancetoshowwhattheycoulddothefirstgirlt
oaudition
wasamusicaljugglershecouldkeep3ballsintheairwhileplayingtheflut
eatthesame
timesorrynotexcitingenoughnextpleasesaidsallythesecondapplican
twalkedin
withhisdogandtheystartedtobreakdancetogetherboringsaidsallysee
nitathousand
timesnextafterauditioningabouttenpeoplewhowereallveryunexcitin
gayounggirl
withthenameofsparrowwalkedinwhatcanyoudo?askedsallyiimitateb
irdssaidsparrow
doyouwantmetodemonstratebythistimesallyhadhadenoughandshe
shoutedangrilydo
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youreallythinkpeoplearegoingtoturnontheirTVstolistentosomeonew
histlingsilly
birdsongsgetoutofhereandstopwastingmytimeoksaidsparrowandsh
ejumpedintotheair
andflewoutofthewindow

23. Who/which

A. A good way of putting two ideas together in one sentence is to

use the words "who" or "which". Look at these examples:
a. The teacher is a good tennis player. He comes from California.
The teacher who comes from California is a good tennis player.
b. A dictionary is a book. It tells us the meanings of words.
A dictionary is a book which tells us the meanings of words.
Here are some more examples:
- A dentist is a man who fixes your teeth.
- I'm going to see a film which is about a shark called Jaws.
- Masako's friend lives in a big house which has 15 rooms.
- I don't like teachers who give us a lot of homework.
B. You can see that we use "who" to join sentences when we are
talking about people and we use "which" when we are talking
about things or animals.
C. Put these sentences together using "who" or "which".
1. A vet is a doctor. He looks after sick animals.
2. I like teachers. They let us watch videos.
3. A corkscrew is an object. It is used to open bottles of wine.
4. I hope the police catch the men. They stole our car.
5. I hate anyone. He smokes while I'm eating.
6. What was the name of the horse? It won the race.
7. A scarf is a piece of clothing. It is worn around the neck.
8. Tippex is a liquid. It lets you correct mistakes quickly
and easily.
9. Where is the person? He took my homework planner.
10. A hammer is a tool. It is used to knock nails into wood.
11. I'm looking for someone. He can help me repair my bike.
12. He doesn't like watching films. They scare him.
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D. Now finish these sentences. Remember you have to use
""who" or "which". (Erase the dots)
1. An optician is a doctor ......
2. A waiter is a man ......
3. I like people .......
4. I hate people .......
5. A pair of scissors .......
6. A dog is an animal ......
7. I like anything ........
8. I can't stand anything ......
9. What is the name of a person ...... ?
10. What do you call a thing ........?
E. Now look at the way of putting sentences together when we
are
talking about a place.
Example: A school is a building. Students learn about different
subjects there.
A school is a building where students learn about
different subjects.
F. Put these sentences together with the word "where".
Remember to delete the word "there".
1. Paris is the city. You can visit the Eiffel Tower there.
2. A supermarket is a shop. You can buy different kinds of food
there.
3. Africa is a continent. There are lots of wild animals there.
4. The kitchen is the room. Many people clean their bikes there.
5. Last week I visited the town. I was born there.
6. The hotel was very expensive. We stayed there last summer.
7. I would like to live in a country. The sun shines every day
there.
8. Can you tell me the name of the shop. You bought your lovely
new dress there.

24. Missing words

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A. Erase the dots and write in ONE word at the end of these
sentences.
Example: Sorry, Mr Shoebottom, I've forgotten to do my ......
Sorry, Mr Shoebottom, I've forgotten to do my HOMEWORK.
1. If you want to cut wood you use a .........
2. You wouldn't have so many accidents if you drove more .........
3. How often do you go .............?
4. Who are you going to play basketball .........?
5. I'm really thirsty; I need a ............
6. You will never get good grades unless you work ............
7. Who's that girl? - I don't know; I've never seen her .........
8. Why did you cut your ...............?
B. Now write 4 more sentences of your own with a missing word
at the end.

25. Revolting recipes

First read this normal recipe:

Ingredients: 1/2k flour; 1/2k sugar; 20g butter; 1l milk
Instructions: Melt the butter and mix in the flour. Then pour in
the milk and sugar and stir for 5 minutes with a wooden spoon.
Put in the oven and cook for 20 minutes at a temperature of
5250C.
Leave to cool and eat with a hot cup of coffee.

Now look at this revolting recipe:

Ingredients: 1 cats tail; 1/2k mud; 1l petrol; 50g vomit
Instructions: Heat the vomit for 5 minutes in a saucepan,
stirring all the time with the cat's tail. Pour in the mud and
petrol and mix well. Grill for 25 minutes and eat while still hot.
Goes well with boiled sheeps' eyes
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Now write a revolting recipe of your own. (If this makes you feel
sick, write a normal recipe instead!!)

26. Proofreading sentences

Proofreading means carefully checking your work for errors. You

should always try to make your finished writing as free of
mistakes
as possible. Your writing should be in correct paragraph form.
It should have correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
A. Read the sentences below. When you find a word that you
think is misspelled, erase it, and type in the correct spelling.
1. Azusa laught at the funy joak.
2. Mads like lissening to musik.
3. Orit dosen't like her math teatcher.
4. Whitch one of you rote on the wall?
5. Anna loves lerning Sience.
B. Read the sentences below. If you find a letter that needs to be
a capital letter, erase the lower-case letter and type in a capital
letter. If the letter is a capital letter by mistake, erase it, and type
in a lower-case letter.
6. mr. shoebottom is a good Tennis player.
7. The ESL Students come from many different countries, like
korea and japan.
8. Masako is going to visit her grandparents in march.
9. One of Peter's favorite Films is "the adventures of roger
rabbit.
10. who knows where Mr Schwaninger lives? - i do, in oberursel
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C . The following exercises will give you practice in finding and
correcting punctuation errors. You will need to add or erase some
punctuation marks.
11. Hye-Seung had, pens pencils erasers and books in her
schoolbag.
12. Fabrizio who is your favourite, singer.
13. Kamyar asked "Have you seen my ESL workbook.
14. Look out Jutaro? Theres a spider on your shoulder
15. Were going, to the cinema Do you want to come too

27. Illogical sentences

A. All the following sentences are illogical. Can you correct one
word to make them right?
IMPORTANT: - Write in the new word before you erase the old
one!
1. - "I'm going to England next week for a short holiday!"
- "Don't forget to change your euros into dollars before you go!"
2. Chairs, tables, knives and beds are all types of furniture.
3. My father's brother is my cousin.
4. My sister-in-law is my sister's husband.
5. The meat we get from a pig is called beef.
6. I see a saw on the saw-see.
7. I can't afford to buy a new computer - it's too cheap.
8. The train went through the funnel and out the other side.
9. The weather was wonderfully hot so she put on her scarf.
10. - "I've just won 10,000 euros in the lottery!"
- "Really? How awful!"
B. Now write 3 illogical sentences of your own!
1.
2.
3.
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28. Twelve questions ( work with friends)

Somebody thinks of something and the others have to guess

what it is by asking questions. These questions can only be
answered with "Yes!" or "No!".

Write twelve questions below - the first two are done for you.
1. Can you eat it?
2. Have you got one?
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

29. Advertisements

Advertisements are written to try and make us buy something.

The
words in an advertisement give us a very clear idea of the
product, and really make us want to have it. Look at this example
of an advertisement for ice cream:
"Cool, delicious Strawberry Surprise. What could be nicer on a hot
summer's day?"
A. Imagine that you are an advertiser who is trying to get
people to try a new car. Type ten words that can be used to
describe cars (you can use your dictionary!):
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
9. 10.
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B. Using some of your words from above, write an advert for the
car in the space below.

30. Identifying sentences

A. Put a full stop or question mark somewhere in the following

passages to make two sentences. Remember to capitalize:
1. What are you doing I told you not to throw food.
2. I like the girl who lives next door she always says hello
in a friendly way.
3. The capital of France is Paris it is a beautiful city.
4. The animal you saw yesterday is a hedgehog they hibernate
in the winter.
5. Why did you say that don't you want to help me?
6. If you're going to the shops can you buy me some eggs I
want to make an omelette.
7. I'd like another cup of coffee and a piece of cake and
bring me a clean spoon, please.
8. I went to New York in the summer vacation I had a
wonderful time.
9. If you want to cut wood you need a saw if you want to cut
paper you need scissors.
10. This is the last question I hope the exercise was not too
hard!
11. Why did you do that I've told you many times how
dangerous it is.
12. It's never too late to learn to swim you never know when
you may fall from a boat.
B. Now write 4 more run-on sentences of your own:
1.
2.
3.
4.
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31. Monsters

A friend of your father's who makes films is looking for a good

idea for his new horror movie. He wants to write a story about a
monster which is so horrible that people who see it drop dead
from
fright. As you are a monster fan, he asks you to write 5 words
describing this monster.
Important: If you don't like to think about monsters, write about
a good ghost!
A. Write your words below:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
B. Now write 5 sentences describing your monster in greater
detail.
Example: It has one huge eye in the middle of its head.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

32. Silly sentences

Erase the words in block capitals in the following statements or

questions and write in a different word which makes the sentence
very silly. You score one point for every time you make your
teacher laugh.
1. I was WATCHING the television when suddenly the phone
rang.
2. Oh no! Somebody's eaten my APPLE.
3. I always CLEAN my teeth before going to bed.
4. Where's my racquet? I want to PLAY TENNIS.
5. It was a beautiful day - there wasn't a CLOUD in the sky.
6. How are you travelling to Japan next week? - I'm going by
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PLANE.
7. My grandmother sent me a lovely POSTCARD from Africa
where she
was on holiday.
8. I like my new WATCH - it's got two white hands and a green
face.
9. If you do that again, I will TELL THE TEACHER.
10. Have you ever DRUNK WHISKEY? - Oh yes! I DRINK
WHISKEY three
or four times a week.
11. I WENT to the cinema with my girlfriend last night.
12. How many times have I told you not to SWING ON YOUR
CHAIR?
13. The phone rang while I was HAVING A BATH.
14. Why don't you ever LISTEN TO me?
15. I'm getting too fat; I should stop eating so much
CHOCOLATE.

33. Homophones

A. Homophones are words which sound the same but which have
different meanings and (sometimes) spellings.
Example: meat / meet.
Delete the wrong homophone in the sentences below.
1. Can't you ever do anything right/write?
2. Eye/I can see/sea the see/sea from my bedroom window.
3. I would like two/too apples two/too, please.
4. Which/witch which/witch do you like the best - the one/won
with the green hare/hair or the one/won with the blue
knows/nose?
5. If you want to make a cake you need to buy some flower/flour.
6. I red/read a red/read book last week.
7. Were/where where/were you yesterday?
8. I'm going to draw/drawer a picture of that draw/drawer.
9. Know/no I don't know/no!
10. Wear/where are they? -Their/there/they're
their/there/they're!
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B. This time you have to find the wrong homophone/s and correct
it/them. The number in brackets tell you how many homophone
mistakes there are in each sentence.
Example: Apples and pairs grow on trees. (one)
Answer: Apples and pears grow on trees.
11. The principle's sun grew up to be a famous pop singer. (two)
12. Since going on a diet I have lost a lot of wait. In fact my
waste is now too centimeters smaller. (three)
13. What did he by when he was in town yesterday? (one)
14. My friend is very clever; she past all of her exams. (one)
15. Whose coming to your party tomorrow? (one)
16. Where we're you yesterday? (one)
17. The naughty student through a banana at his teacher. (one)
18. I eight ate apples last weak. (three)
19. My farther one a nice price in his company's lottery. (three)
20. You're so lazy. You spend the hole time in lessons just
looking out off the window. (one)
21. When the whether was good last summer she road her bike
to
school every day. (two)
22. My dog always berries his bone under the earth. (one)
23. What are you doing hear? I told you to weight in my room!
(two
)
24. Wood you like me to read you a fairy tail before I put you to
bed? (two)
25. Be quite! I'm trying to do my homework. (one)
26. That old man always stairs at me when I walk passed his
house.
(two)
27. Sorry, she can't come to school. She's to week - she's
got the flew. (three)
28. If you brake my bike you'll have to pay for it. (one)
29. You need flower if you want to bake a cake. (one)
30. She tied a not in her handkerchief so she wouldn't forget his
birthday. (one)
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C. Can you think of any more pairs of homophones? Write them
like this: bear/bare
a.
b.
c.

34. Tongue twisters

Tongue twisters are words or sentences which are difficult to say.

Here are some famous examples:
- She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.
- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.
As you see, tongue twisters very often have words which start
with
the same letters.
Write some tongue twisters of your own. You get a point if
your teacher can't say them without making a mistake!
1.
2.
3.

35. Hidden words

Each of the following sentences contains a hidden word. When

you find it, type it at the end of the sentence. There is a clue to
the hidden word in the bracket.
Examples: Yoichi never comes late. = CHIN
Eveline very often gets top score. = NEVER
1. Chama often takes a book home from the ESL library. (You can
sleep in it)
2. I hope the train will arrive right on time. (moving water)
3. Come outside after you have finished your homework.
(not able to hear)
4. Pick up those books now, please! (seen in winter)
5. He won't win the race; he's too slow. (brother or sister
born at the same time)
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16. That nasty crab bit my finger! (an animal)
7. The post arrives at 7 o'clock every day. (you see it in the
sky at night)
8. My uncle and aunt are coming to dinner tomorrow. (not dirty)
9. The last one to leave the room has to put the chairs up.
(you find it in the middle of a cherry)
10. She came racing along the corridor and bumped into Mr
Wood!
(it has a lens)
11. I ate a cherry last night. (there are lots of them at this
school!)
12. Do you like her pretty red dress? (part of a bike)
13. Please go at once and meet her at the bus stop. (two
animals)
14. I came late to class again. (an animal)
15. Do get up! It's late and you'll miss the bus. (an animal)
16. His nails are very long. (an animal)
B. See if you can write three sentences with a hidden word.
1.
2.
3.

36. Crazy texts

A. Can you correct these texts by replacing the silly words with
sensible ones?
One day last banana I was driving down the window when
suddenly a table jumped in front of my tooth. I put my eye on
the trees but it was too late and my tooth drank the table.
Luckily he wasn't written but he had broken his fish so I
slept an ambulance which skied him to the river. My tooth
was damaged so I had to throw it to a garage to have it
tickled.
Anna had a very bad day in school tomorrow. Everything went
green. First she ate her toothbrush, then her gorilla sneezed
at her because she had washed her walkman and finally when
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she got to the pencil sharpener she realized she had no frogs
so she couldn't kill air.

B. Now make up a crazy text of your own.

37. Whose

Put these sentences together using the word "whose".

Example: The man phoned the police - his car had been stolen.
The man whose car had been stolen phoned the police.
1. We saw some people standing by the road - their car had
broken
down.
2. I apologized to the woman - I had spilled her coffee.
3. She visited her teacher - his house was on the edge of town.
4. Who is the boy - his sister won the table tennis competition?
5. The man is famous for inventing a cure for AidS - his picture
is in every newspaper.
6. The girl is a good friend of mine - I borrowed her camera.
7. I don't like people - their manners are bad.
8. I want to find the boy - his dog ate my book.
9. The teacher was very angry - his classroom had been left in a
mess.
10. The librarian can't find the book - its cover was torn by a
student.
11. I don't want to eat in a restaurant - its cooks smoke while
they are preparing the food.
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12. The boy will get a detention - his ball broke the cafeteria
window.
B. Write definitions for these words using "whose"
1. orphan
2. cripple
3. widow
4. widower
C. Can you ever leave out the word "whose"? Delete: yes no

38. Punctuate into sentences

The writer of this summary was too lazy to make sentences. Can
you do it for him?
the woman is found guilty of murder by the jury and the judge
sentences her to life imprisonment she promises that she
will escape as no prison can hold her as soon as she arrives in
jail she gets into a fight with another prisoner and she asks to
be sent to the laundry while she is there she tries to escape in
the laundry truck but she is discovered by a guard and sent to
solitary confinement for 30 days when she comes out she again
fights with Shirley who injures her face badly Doc the
gravedigger nurses her but she tricks him about a letter he is
waiting for which will tell him if he can have an operation on his
eyes he promises to help her escape by giving her a master key
she
will get into a coffin when she hears the death bell he will bury
her then dig her up later unfortunately he is the one who has died
as she sees when she lights a match in the coffin she now knows
that she will soon die too she screams but no-one hears her

39. Newspaper proofreading

You are the proofreader for your school newspaper. Your job is to
read each story and correct mistakes before the paper is printed.
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Correct the newspaper stories below. Look for mistakes in
spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
1. the science room has a new pet It has a shell and livs 9in a
glas cage
sometimes it changes shells. can you guess whot it is It is a
crab
2. The Seventh grade took a trip to oberurselhospital oin 9april.
They visited the acident room and sow many ofthe 9mashines
docotors
use a nurse takled about furst aid and8safety Everyone got a
packet
fo band-aids to take home?
3. in february the midle school went sking in austriaThe
=students
and teatchers staid in a big hotel on the Mountain.the sun
shined most
days and everbody had a grate time?

40. Silly sentences

Fill in the blanks with a suitable silly word (use CAPITAL letters):
Example: I've never DRIVEN a tree.
1. My parents gave me a lovely for my birthday.
2. Have you ever a frog?
3. When I saw him he was wearing a on his head.
4. My friend has a pet .
5. Did you a book last week?
6. What's she doing? -She is her homework.
7. My grandfather sleeps on .
8. I came to school by yesterday.
9. I can't come to your party -I have to my hair.
10. My has a big head and little legs.
11. Have you my brother?
12. For breakfast I like to eat and drink .
13. Why are you the table?
14. He for 8 hours every day.
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15. On holiday last year I every evening.

41. Tense practice

Erase the INCORRECT part of the answer.

Example: Q. I played / I have played football yesterday.
A. I played football yesterday.
1. I ate / have eaten toast for breakfast yesterday.
2. I ate / have eaten toast for breakfast every day this week.
3. He forgot / has forgotten to do his homework again.
4. Did you watch / Have you watched TV last night?
5. When my teacher asked / has asked me the question in the
last
lesson I didn't know / haven't known the answer.
6. I flew / have flown to New York more than 20 times since I
came to live in Europe.
7. I flew / have flown to New York more than 20 times when I
lived in Canada.
8. Jae Hyun is always the first to say: I finished / I've
finished!
9. But in yesterday's ESL lesson Jee Hae finished / has
finished before him.
10. Chama was a good student - she hasn't ever come / didn't
ever
come late to ESL class.
11. Vivian has been at FIS since 1991 and she hasn't ever come /
didn't ever come late to class.
12. Did you speak / Have you spoken Japanese with Edvard
yesterday, Yoichi?
13. Yes, I spoke / have spoken Japanese with him every day
since I
came to Germany.
14. Did you wear / Have you worn your red skirt this week,
Noriko?
15. Yes, I wore / have worn it last Monday, but I didn't wear /
haven't worn it yesterday.
16. What did you do / have you done in Fall Break, Eveline?
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17. I went / have gone to Holland. I go / I am going there every
holiday.
18. Have you ever smoked / Did you ever smoke a cigarette,
Vivian?
19. No, but I smoked / have smoked a cigar when I was 4 years
old!
20. Jung Yoon bought / has bought a beautiful little puppy at the
weekend.

42. Sentence correction

A. All these sentences have something wrong in them. You need

to correct them.
1. I see Chama in town yesterday.
2. What's Jee Hae doing? - She eats a hot dog.
3. Edvard has lots of freinds.
4. Where does Eveline live.
5. I went to the cinema with peter last week.
6. Beatriz like playing tennis.
7. Katsuhiko writes a long letter to his grandmother last
week.
8. Noriko is getting up at 7 o'clock every day.
9. Wheres Vivian? - She's doing her homework?
10. Yoichi has not did his homework!
11. Listen! Kyung-Eun knocking on the door.
12. Tetsuya come late to class yesterday.
13. Nouman want's to play football tomorrow.
14. Chee Young come to school by bus every day.
15. Jung Yoon wears her pink pullover today.
16. Jae Hyun forget to do his homework last night.
B. Now write 5 sentences of your own, each containing ONE
mistake.
a.
b.
c.
d.
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e.

43. Tense practice

A. Erase the incorrect answer in the following sentences:

1. Kazuyoshi plays / played soccer yesterday.
2. Nouman is always coming / always comes to school by bus.
3. Katsuhiko doesn't wear / isn't wearing his black shoes
today.
4. Do you always speak / Are you always speaking Portuguese at
home, Beatriz?
5. Why didn't you / don't you come to my party last Friday.
6. Kyung Eun usually eats / is eating rice for breakfast but this
morning she eats / ate bread.
7. Is Chee Jung reading / does Chee Jung read a book about
sport at the moment? - No, but last week she reads / read a
magazine about animals.
B. Finish these irregular verbs:
a. begin
b. break
c. bring
d. buy
e. drive
f. find
g. give
h. grow
i. run
j. see
k. speak
l. swim
m. take
n. teach
o. think
p. wear
q. win
r. write
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44. Logical/illogical

If the sentence is logical leave it; if it is not, change one word in

the sentence to make it logical.

Examples: My friend is polite - she always says 'Please' and

'Thank you'. - Logical!

My friend is very stupid - she always gets grade A in her tests. -

Illogical!

Correction: My friend is very clever -she always gets grade A in

her tests. - Logical

IMPORTANT: - Write in the new word before you erase the old
one!
1. If you want to buy bread you must go to the butcher's.
2. I haven't got enough money to buy the record - it's too
cheap.
3. The teacher told the class he was very pleased with them for
being so lazy.
4. My dog was unwell so I took him to the optician.
5. My brother is a carpenter - he repairs cars.
6. Let's go to the beach today - the weather is terrible!
7. When someone sneezes you have to say 'Cheers!'
8. Why are you whispering? I can't hear a word you're saying.
9. I always get embarrassed if I give the wrong answer in class.
10. I'm so miserable I passed my last math test.
11. She went up to the cellar to fetch a bottle of wine.
12. You can't swim in that water - it's too shallow.
13. My friend did worse than me in the last ESL test - she got an
A and I got a B.
14. I've just failed my driving test - Congratulations!
15. I went to the shop and brought a new record.
16. The neighbour's cat barks all night - I never get enough
sleep.
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17. You will soon have a baby sister - your mother is pregnant.
18. My grandmother lives in a beautiful cage on the edge of town.
19. I had a marvellous time on holiday in France; I hated every
minute of it.
20. (Two friends speaking on the telephone)
- Can you come to my party tomorrow?
- Hang up! I'll go and ask my mother.

45. One word missing

A. In each of the following sentences there is a missing word.

Decide what it is and write it in. In some sentences more than
one answer is possible.
Example: I going to the cinema tomorrow.
Answer: I'm going to the cinema tomorrow.
1. I like listening to radio.
2. The new student comes Japan.
3. Today the weather is hot sunny.
4. I drink coffee I don't drink tea.
5. She waited the corner for the bus.
6. My friend has lot of money.
7. The boy put his hands in pockets.
8. I have many pets: three dogs, two cats and hamster.
9. He forgotten to do his homework again.
10. Do you swimming every week?
11. Many FIS students can play piano.
12. Most students like to sit the back of class.
B. Now write some sentences of your own with one word missing!
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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46. Nonsense words

How clever are you at making up nonsense words? Replace the

word/s in the following sentences which are marked with a star *
with a nonsense word. Just one thing to remember: you must be
able to say the nonsense word. So 'yoog' is possible, but 'txctz' is
not.
Example: Have you *seen your father today?
Answer: Have you stagged your father today?
1. Oh dear, I've lost my *dog.
2. Look, he's *feeding the cat.
3. Did you *clean your teeth last night?
4. You always do your homework too *quickly.
5. When's the last time you *saw an elephant?
6. How many times do I have to tell you not to *chew *gum in
class!
7. My favourite food is *pizza.
8. The *boy *walked slowly across the *room.
9. We live in a *big *house in the middle of town.
10. *Listen! Someone is *playing the *piano next door.
11. Have you ever *spoken Greek?
12. I *love my *cat very much.

47. Make words from letters

A. Fill the gaps in these letters with a vowel to make a word.

(Vowels are the letters a,e,i,o,u.
Example: b g = bag w t = wet
1. p g 2. f n 3. b n 4. p t 5. w n
6. w t 7. j b 8. y t 9. d d
B. Put a consonant at the beginning and end of these letters to
make a new word. (Consonants are all the letters which are not
nouns.)
Example: oa = boat in = sink
1. am 2. os 3. an 4. ar 5. in
6. us 7. en 8. ha 9. al
C. Make new words from these letters by adding at least 3
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letters at the beginning or end. A small prize to the person with
the longest word! (Count the letters)
Example: ump = jumped ox = boxes
1. ig 2. eck 3. amp 4. if 5. up
6. ate 7. rag 8. con 9. tic

48. Tense practice

A. Put all the verbs in this text into the PRESENT tense.
1. Mrs Cable was the richest woman in the city, but she is also a
busybody. She always wanted to know what everybody is doing.
When
she needs something she rings a bell and a servant came. One
day a
truck stops in front of her house and three men got out. They are
carrying a large box. Mrs Cable sees this and told her servant,
Sam, to go and see what the men were doing. Sam goes out and
spoke
to the men but they don't tell him. 2. When he came back Mrs
Cable is very angry with him. Next she sent George to find out.
He
didn't want to go at first and Mrs Cable told him he is afraid.
When he goes out the men ignored him when he said good
morning. He
tries again but this time the big man hit him in the stomach and
he fell on the ground. 3. Mrs Cable sees all this and came on to
the street. The men take her by the arms and put her in the box.
B. Now do it again, putting all the verbs into the PAST tense.
4. Mrs Cable was the richest woman in the city, but she is also a
busybody. She always wanted to know what everybody is doing.
When
she needs something she rings a bell and a servant came. One
day a
truck stops in front of her house and three men got out. They are
carrying a large box. 5. Mrs Cable sees this and told her servant,
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Sam, to go and see what the men were doing. Sam goes out and
spoke
to the men but they don't tell him. When he came back Mrs Cable
is
very angry with him. Next she sent George to find out. He didn't
want to go at first and Mrs Cable told him he is afraid. When he
goes out the men ignored him when he said good morning. 6. He
tries again but this time the big man hit him in the stomach and
he fell on the ground. Mrs Cable sees all this and came on to the
street. The men take her by the arms and put her in the box.
C. Now write the word which is the same in both tenses - (you
didn't have to change it!)
The word is:

49. Extra words

A. Read the following text and find the extra words. The number
tells you how many extra words there are in each line. Put
brackets round the extra word - the first has been done for you.
2 Have you ever (not) looked at a bee? If you see why a bee on a
2 flower, and take a close look at it. Do you see many little of
1 hairs? The hairs hold something that looks like a bits of dust.
1 This "dust" is called from pollen. The pollen is food that the
1 bee carries from flower to flower and plant to the plant.
1 From some plants it bee carries away pollen. On other plants it
1 drops off pollen. In this also way the bee carries pollen from
1 one plant to another. The pollen helps new or plants to grow.
1 While the bee gets food hungry, it is also starting new plants.
B. Now write your own text with extra words:
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50. Dog to cat

A. Can you change DOG to CAT, one letter at a time, using the
following clues:
DOG
*** (You find it on top of the letter i)
*** (A baby's bed)
CAT
B. Now change FIND to LOSE:
FIND
**** (GOOD, BEAUTIFUL)
**** (YOU HAVE TO WAIT IN IT IN THE CAFETERIA)
**** (SOLITARY)
LOSE
C. Now make up one of your own with clues:
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51. More interesting sentences

A. Look at these sentences:

- Chama has a dress. It is new. It is red. It has silver buttons.
- Noriko ate lunch. She ate a sandwich. She had a bowl of soup.
The soup was hot. She drank a glass of milk. The milk was cold.
- Vivian comes from Brazil. She has hair. It is long. It is brown.
She has eyes. They are large. They are brown.
B. You probably agree that it is boring and difficult to read
such short sentences. It is much better to put them together like
this:
- Chama has a new red dress with silver buttons.
- For lunch Noriko ate a sandwich and a bowl of hot soup and she
drank a glass of cold milk.
- Vivian, who comes from Brazil, has long brown hair and big
brown eyes.
C. Make the following short sentences into ONE longer sentence.
Write it underneath.
1. Look at that dog! It is tiny. It is black. It has white
spots on its face.
2. My friend likes coffee. She likes tea. She doesn't like milk.
3. Jee Hae comes from Korea. Kyung Eun comes from Korea. Jae
Hyun comes from Korea.
4. I'm going to buy the skateboard. It is blue. It has red
wheels. It has a picture of a dragon on top.
5. My father is 45 years old. He plays football. He goes
jogging. He doesn't play tennis any more. His wrist was
broken. This happened two years ago.
6. I get up. I go to the bathroom. I brush my teeth. I comb my
hair. I go back to my bedroom. I get ready for school.

52. Linking words

A. Look at these groups of two sentences:

- I play tennis. The weather is nice.
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- He is playing tennis. The weather is bad.
- I clean my teeth. I go to bed.
- I am very fit. I run every day.
In each case we can join them together using a linking word
(conjunction). For example, we could say:
- I play tennis when the weather is nice.
- He is playing tennis although the weather is bad.
- I clean my teeth before I go to bed.
- I'm very fit because I run everyday.
Here are some of the most important linking words:
and but when while or so because although
until if unless after before
Use one of these words to join the following pairs of sentences.
The new sentence must make sense!
1. I like coffee. I don't like tea.
2. He had to have a lot of fillings. He never cleans his
teeth.
3. Do you homework. You will get a detention.
4. I will buy a new skateboard. I win a lot of money.
5. My friend has two brothers. He has three sisters.
6. You must wait here. I come back.
7. It's a good idea to get undressed. You get in the bath.
8. The telephone rang. I was having a shower.
9. He studies hard for tests. He always gets good grades.
10. His parents were pleased with him. He brought home a bad
report card.
11. We will have a picnic tomorrow. The weather is bad.
12. She went to bed. She had done her homework.
13. She jumped out of bed. Someone knocked on the window.
B. To make our writing more interesting, we can start sentences
with some of these joining words (conjunctions). For example we
can say:
- Although the weather is bad, he is playing tennis.
- Before I get out of bed, I listen to my radio for ten minutes.
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C. Write sentences 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13 again

underneath with the joining word at the beginning. Number 2 has
been done as an example.

D. Erase the dots in the following sentences and write in a

sensible conjunction.

1. He couldn't do the answer ........ he asked his teacher.

2. .......... you ask the teacher for help, you must try to do it
yourself.
3. You will get a detention .......... you do your homework.
4. ......... I get some money for my birthday I will buy a new
skateboard.
5. Wait .......... the rain stops or you will get wet.
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6. Some clever people can do their homework ............
watching television at the same time.
7. Give me some money ........ I will hit you with a fish!
8. .......... you didn't give me a birthday present I'm not
going to give you a Christmas present!
9. .......... you have finished number 10, do number 13.
10. ......... I don't like big cities, I spent my last holiday in
New York.

53. Sex change

A. Change the text so that you are talking about Jane. Start like
this:

Her name is Jane; she .....

Hi! My name is John; I'm 26 years old and I live in London. I
work as a waiter in a small restaurant near the centre of
town. I finish work at 5 o'clock and travel home by bus. My
wife doesn't have a job - she stays at home to look after
our baby. My wife's name is Jane and she is two years younger
than me. She is very pretty and likes wearing long dresses. She
would like to be an actress when our child starts going to school.

54. Indirect speech

Rewrite the sentences below in indirect speech.

EXAMPLE: "I'm not going to help you" Answer: He refused to help
me.
1. "Sorry I'm so late!"
She apologized
2. "You're the person who stole the video, aren't you?"
He accused me
3. "Please, please don't tell the teacher!"
He begged me
4. "No, it wasn't me who broke your walkman."
She denied
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5. "Would you like to come to my party?"
She invited me
6. "Sit down and be quiet!"
He ordered me
^ 7. "Why don't you have a holiday?
He suggested
8. "I'll lend you the money."
He offered
9. "Yes, it was me who broke the window."
He admitted
10. "You should stop smoking!"
The doctor advised me
11. "Don't forget to buy flowers on your way home."
She reminded
12. "I'll kill you if you tell the teacher."
He threatened
13. "Don't play with matches!"
She warned us
14. "Ok, so we'll meet at sevn o'clock.
We arranged
15. "Can you help me please?"
He requested/asked me
16. "The weather's always so bad in Germany."
She complained
17. "Thanks for inviting me. I'll be glad to come."
She accepted
18. "You must not open that box!"
She forbade me
19. "You may close the window if you want."
He permitted (allowed) me
20. "Your father looks like a cow!"
He insulted

55. Sentence building

A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought. A

sentence can be a statement or a question. Here are some
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statements:

- I hate Mondays.
- She forgot to do her homework.
- Girls are cleverer than boys!

A. Add to the following groups of words to make them

statements. Don't forget to check punctuation and capitalization
after adding your words. You can put the words at the beginning,
middle or end of your sentence.
1. the cafeteria
2. eats glass
3. homework
4. jumped out of the window
5. is disgusting
6. the angry teacher
7. noisy students
8. was late for class
9. ran after me
10. the school bus
11. she never
12. once a week
B. Now add more words to make each sentence above longer.

For example:
- I really hate wet Mondays in November.
- She forgot to do her homework for the third time in a week.
- Some girls are cleverer than some boys some of the time!

56. Finish sentences

Finish these sentences to give information about yourself:

1. What I like about FIS is
2. What I don't like about FIS is
3. I hate it when
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4. My favorite thing in the world is
5. If I won a lot of money I would
6. If I didn't have to come to school any more I would
7. My best ever holiday was
8. The most frightening thing that has ever happened to me
was
9. My most embarrassing experience happened when
10. (You choose the start of the sentence!)

57. Sentence building

A sentence is a number of words which give us a full and

complete
idea. A sentence can be short, eg.
The girl is reading.
or long, eg.
The beautiful girl with the long black hair is reading a
book about insects which she borrowed from the library
yesterday during her lunch break.
But the important thing to remember is that a sentence must be
a
complete and full idea.
'Is reading'
is not a proper sentence because it doesn't tell us who is
reading.
'The beautiful girl with the long black hair is'
is not a full sentence because it doesn't say what she is doing.
A. Now look at numbers 1 to 15 below and decide whether they
are full sentences or not. Write "yes" at the end if you think they
are, and "no" if you think they aren't. When your answers have
been checked, write some extra words to make your "no"
answers into full sentences. You can write these extra words at
the beginning or end. Make sure you punctuate correctly.

Example: The monkey was eating a banana. YES

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My brother likes. NO

Correction: My brother likes going swimming.

1. All the people in the room.

2. I hate my teacher because he.
3. Plays football every Saturday.
4. She likes school.
5. After breakfast on Sunday.
6. When it rains.
7. I don't drink milk.
8. Because I had a toothache.
9. It's fun to ski.
10. Do you know why he?
11. It's going to rain.
12. Who are you going?
13. Can you help me with.
14. Is looking at you.
15. If I get a detention.
16. Because he got an A in his last test.
17. To buy a book.
18. This is the last question.
B. Remember - Finish each uncompleted sentence above!

58. Direct speech

Using dialogue (conversation) makes your writing more

interesting.

A. Complete the following sentences with the person's actual

words. Begin the sentence with a capital letter and end with a
period. Put speech marks ("..") round the sentence you write. The
first one is done for you.
1. The teacher said, "There will be a word test tomorrow."
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2. The girl said,
3. Ms Hadley said,
4. The stupid boy said,
5. The lazy student said,
B. In the next sentences write a question the person asks. Make
sure you punctuate properly - the first one is done for you.
1. The teacher asked, "Have you done your homework?"
2. The principal asked,
3. The school nurse asked,
4. The secretary asked,
5. The clever girl asked,
C. Complete the sentences below with an exclamation. (An
exclamation is a short sentence with a strong emotion like
surprise, fear or anger). Remember to punctuate with
exclamation and speech marks.
1. Mr Shoebottom yelled, "Stop that at once!"
2. The policeman yelled,
3. My father yelled,
4. The bus driver yelled,
5. The angry girl yelled,

59. Corrections

The person who typed these reports about sport was too lazy to
type capital letters or make new sentences with full-stops. Can
you do it for him? Each text should have three sentences.
1. the basketball game was very exciting fis was winning 30-28
with three minutes left suddenly the lights in the hall went out
and some of the spectators started to scream
2. john was late for the soccer match last saturday he forgot he
was supposed to go straight to the sports ground the two teams
were already playing when he finally arrived
3. carl lewis won four gold medals at the 1984 olympic games he
won his fourth gold medal in the U.S. 4 x 100-meter relay race
the
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team set a world record
4. boris becker was in trouble in the last set against ivan
lendl he was 40-15 down on his own service and losing 3-5 in
games becker then hit 3 aces in a row and finally won the match
5. in the team frisbee competition 6S have won 3 out of 3 games
6G are in last place having lost all their matches the last games
take place on friday morning
6. to be a good basketball player you have to practice very hard
for many years michael jordan had won every award in the sport
except the nba title but at last in 1991 his team Chicago bulls
were successful jordan is probably the most famous sportsman in
America

60. Wanted

The police on Mars are looking for two dangerous murderers who
have escaped from prison.
Write a poster describing them and put a box around your text.
Example:

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| WANTED - DEAD or ALIVE |
| |
| Drago Dryquzix, aged 1,768, |
| he has three heads, each with six square green eyes |
| his noses are like upturned bananas and his mouths |
| are full of sharp green teeth |
| |
| Be careful! He's armed and extremely dangerous! |
| |

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Your poster:
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61. Wrong pronouns

The following text has many wrong pronouns, (words like: he, it,
we, us, them etc.) Can you find the wrong pronouns and correct
them? Use CAPITAL letters.

Example: He is a cat in the garden.

THERE is a cat in the garden.

She was a beautiful summer; I wasn't a cloud in the sky.

Peter was happy, because school had finished and it had no
more tests. Now we needed to find a job. He wanted to be a
writer and work for a newspaper, but first she wanted to have
a rest.
There was hot in the house; he was no wind.
"They'll go for a walk,' said Peter to ourselves. "She'll go
down to the river."
While I was walking by the river we suddenly saw a beautiful
girl. He had long blond hair and big dark eyes. It was
standing on the river bank looking into the water. Peter went
up to him and started to speak, but they just looked at us
and shouted: "Stay away from it or he'll scream!"

62. Wrong prepositions

The following text has many wrong prepositions, words like: in,
on, at, by, with etc.) Can you find the wrong prepositions and
correct them? Use CAPITAL letters.

Example: School starts in 8.40.

School starts AT 8.40.

In Saturday I went to visit my grandmother who lives with

Berlin. My father drove me through the airport and I got on
the plane for 7 o'clock. We arrived through Berlin two hours
later, and my grandmother was there to meet me. We got under
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an S-Bahn and travelled by her house.
Later I looked after some old photos my grandmother showed
me and watched a film without the TV. I fell asleep above the
sofa, and when I woke down my grandmother had already gone
in
bed.

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